‘ 1,300 LOST ON LUSITANIA Fastest Ocean Liner in the World Sent to Bottom by German Pirates eee eas More ‘than thirteen hundred 1 es were lost when the Cunard liner Lusitania was torpedoed without warning off Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, by a German sub:aarine Friday afternoon, sink- ing within thirty-five minutes. Out of a total number of 2,104 persons aboard, passengers and crew, with over 200 Canadians and 189 United States citizens, between 800 and 900 are reported ashore at Queenstown, Kinsale, Galley Head and Clonakilty, but a late bulletin received by the Cunard Company in New York from a chief steward expressed his belief that no more than 500 or 600 were saved. Among the survivors, it is reported, e naval hospital at Queenstown, thus estab- have been taken to th lishing that the explosion must a second interior explosion. Loss of Life Enormous. is feared that-more than 1,300 have perished. Out of the crew aboard the ship, 1,25: gers and 850 crew, feet ie Aesinite rmation concerning 700 of them, a even the con immed re: rescues at’ vari- me ports. aad very few more to the it. n- The latest bulletin comes from the Stormeoek i is ending Reus Ss passengers ported by the ele that the trawlers Dock ai ndian ‘ire have about 200; the tug Flying a boats have re putting these up at the hotels and _ boarding aimee: 7, 5 p.m. ie Lusitania was sunk at 2.33 this afternoon off Old Head Kinsale by Assistance has been 7.—The Guy r has been The Reap te sailed last ®atur- ‘rom New Yor! Cunard Gives"Te t ‘of Pelégram. ay Cunard Line gve out the following cable- gram ee from Liv. ol: “Lan pale reported gate made by Lusitania, as 1e at once; big list, tion ten miles south Kinsale,’ sequently received telegram from n that ail sal sredb: in to nervou ised because the publication in ute ena of an advertisement travellers that's state of'war exist: ed between Germany and: Great Britain and her allies; that’ the zone of war includes the waters woe to the British Isles; that ttn tl Mets given by Germa: ment vesse sti liable to des: ters and This earrerpaeMenk was “Imperial _ Germai signed, - bass, This warning apparently did n cause many cancellations, for aoe ship sailed with a very full passen- P. Sumner, general agent, of the Cunard. Line, was at tatement made hat the voyage of. the Tupimate would not be attended ty any Piet 3 whatever, as the liner Speed of twenty-five and a, ht Rants ed wee prov unusual watertight bulkheads, In commenting on the report the torpedoing of Lusitania, marine men _poin' out that in ir opinio e Lusitania could Gwynne Vanderbilt, bard, Charles Frohman, and other a before many of ssengers “series telegrams) ‘om a mysterious source ee them not to make the voyage” something was going to happen to m the big liner. The Lusitania was commanded by. fapiain W. T. Turner, Royal Na- i petsnves and .St. aff Captain J. wd: assistant. | On Hit Without Warning. ere is no doubt that she was “glaterpool| The ‘aptain Turner wo sald Ss think of stopping any German submar- ine, bet would rely on his the moment he saw a periscope in 2,104 ser te and | i t dead a ia sailed some of pI i flying the fag gts Great a Hastasa tere To 10") export of wheat aoe have been terrific, or there was sight. It would only be by chance ab a Therefore, ie is believed to-nighi a great lose of ites e ee ein Cee town by the Cunard Company Steward one pits the meantime the injured and the are taking up all our atten- tion.” Sent Only One Wireless. After the early re report of the Lusitania nothing was heard That was all that ever came out of the ship so far.as can be lea: It would not h: Something muse ped the whole ‘ord. from panes Yape Clear rushed into eau bate and Jarge boats and dashed out. Old Head of Kineale was the next A to semd a little word. observer there’ with pobvartul: gia ee es mm out the big ship ten unites out, listed to one side almost’ on e point of turning over. There was cole Bisiy tee ses ‘of this, and then word, ‘‘She has aon ok tier of fact, it is estimated the Lusitania was und 2.15 o'clock was under. water by) 2.45, saee officially laces the’ time: as t! Then th iT seers t the S| small boats on the spot Toft qvhen the big ship vanishé: passenger ships, merchant ante and fishing trawlers, and w ‘0- mise bets that, so fan as in a lies, ine deaths of these American ci ns shall ‘be avenged.”” Says 200 Americans coats New York, rete, Ma) More than is supposed there,were 400. cans:on SSR wees Plenty of India Wheat To Supply Britain A. despatch from London The? British, 6 price of mses for the current year in this ¢ Goveradient ‘interference hs the Indi; e speaker said, was due to the I belief - | that ale less some strong action were would be created in India owing to wap adeno — to which the wheat Seaeiont was prepared, the Marquis concluded, to take much wheat from Rae as it could in view of wl rice ess was likely to beg in ae sane are many wounded, who| sent would strike home’ not fi says: | hand serious position fo: Heat and Thirst F ail to Stop Botha A despatch from Cape Town says: “Gen Botha has occupied the im- portant railway junction of Karibib and other stations (German South- west Africa). He eames fe oer of Windhuk very soo: ven Vi Nes were taken at Karibi town was occupied after a foreck” march of 35 miles over a te elas sgaates unde; thirst ‘and hunger Maye caued’ | er “the _ Brea reatéest resolutios ties of rolling ak including se-! and gri POISONED WELLS BEFORE RETREAT The Germans in South-West Africa Threw Arsenic Into the Z Water. A despatch from London says: ficoaretitot charges that the Ger. mans had wells ois = South-west trian Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of Biate for the Colonies, @ com- syuesetion in which he says that. when Louis Botha, comman- der pe the Unies ES pos Africa forces, occupied exorminnd be he discovered that six oe had Poisoned by an arsenical cattle ae a remonstrance Gen. Botha nt a communication to Col. Francke, commander 6 Ger- man forces. This elicited a re- sponse, according to the statement of . Harcourt, that the German had been given orders that ‘Gf they possibl, prevent it, form which allows it to be ioe man or beast. When Swakopmund was evacuat- ed, the reply ‘of Col, Francke con- the officer in char; of cooking salt thrown , but it was found th These copper dip, that: ie using this materi | & enemy occupying the town would for some time have to rely on water from ‘elsewhere. ve communication says that de- 2 re ruger, of Binilly eelenec! aimowstelees a0 ie SS Mae oe is fighting spirit, is unable to return Se until shortly after 2 o’clock,| quoted in the communication to the ‘front. when, the qikieia-ororsise at | saying: “The 1 at abib. has E Land's End, Ireland, caught this} heen hietructed | thoroughly to ine hurriedly: “‘Come at once. Big} with disease la. mine. DEVOTE EFFORTS oa ten miles south of | proach noes nd: tie leastitie with extreme caution. Don’t water there eee, e their evacuation of Aus, ave consistently ae vaca "all wells along the railway line in their retirement. other two minutes. i Bet at PASSHNGRR: SHIP: (3 sae hrc Sean p 6 wor jong. ’ ‘ich ed, her the jump from Waterford ‘clear! CTINK BY PIR ATES ; Tat Gee sian steamer landed thé crew of the Danish ‘Steamer Was On Her Way Prom Biel for Chi ‘A’ despatch jae London «says The Danish steamer Cathay, 2, ean all were landed safely” at gate. e The trawler Stratton, of Grims- the North ponent chie: The report palyce; at the ti n she was bes is ‘the bot- tom. ——_— + : TOOK SPLINTER FROM HEART. French Surgeons Performed an Operation That Was Unique. A despatch from Paris says. A young sergeant in the French army, inter of ted Dr. Beanssenat, ief tary pecans was presented sl f Medicine last night ie by’ Profemor A “Armengs aud, of Bor- ent, was wounde: car- the ti lodging within e The splinter remained in the ven- tricle four. a half months be- fore it was Pea, “The opera- ra declared to have been unique the annals of surgery. Considerable eS “he Setue several times, Various considered cured, as his heart normally. ey a Will Stop Exports ». Of Coal and Coke acts Mulhausen, Namur, Charleroi and Champagne, and was his distinguished conduct. last named action he lost both legs, and though still full of the Fifteen Fi: marines seem. to mined’ effort from procuring fish in the North to ies stories told bee May crews, surrendered while the as| tion on this sul The. re sures of retalliati. to prevent success ing such gross and unr analleled eae the Sslabration’ of the iCiig’ - Thirties. The cable s ty’s ton Majesty’s Mieeciee this year fiat in of Tne as on as it ‘alipped “from Re” Paton new froot are under General Sir Doug- jas, Hai der Spee a 4 those’ a1 A Common Sight in France. Jean Marie Cauyolle lost both| 1 of his legs and has a medal for his bravery in the . He t in the ‘battles vot Altkineh, lecorat ie hi TO TRAWLERS ng Steamers Submar- ined Without Loss of-Life, Despite Shell Fire, A despatch from London says: mn. tr To the nine trawlers, the sinking rawler Sceptre, which was torpe- loed forty miles off Peterhe: ¢ total number of be making a deter- to prevent England a. None of the trawlers, according sli pare! r 9 Lit Markets. ally the fishermen did not to| mon Bel Sade ‘rt ike eir poets pate bullets or shells hice 60 te Yea, a ae Seg SisSbsa 0 ere flying about them, —Despi medium, $5.75 0, $f: do, com: these statements no ° los of life] Boy Selb 2.88 50; busehers: bulls, chotee, among the crews. of the trawler has 75; butchers’ ject. solu tion sets dont “that louse agrees to such mea- ion as is essenti attachin, e she was attack-|tion of the rules of w ject, | eons, ts Forests ed, flew the ne "of the Relief Com. hevtdvds{ th. ho. conelice unie ie Assoclation a sheneee hace trees miss she had also large| the preparation of any gas used by | free of charge sheets bearing the name of the com-| his Majesty’ military forces the ut: great deal of the oak used on mission -stre along her sides. | most Fegan paid to the dictates es Pacific coast comes from. the The report points out Particularly of humanit art of Asia. Tek Gh iad heed proved that tha P Habbingewith turpentine will. re- Harpalyos weeiradi, winsdi tie wae Spi store the golor to g No Demonstrations On mae Birthday ‘Adeapiiah tram 0 Ottawa sige ssage from Right Hon °s wish tl should. be. flown, Instructions have been sent out|§ by the Militia De cers commanding Seino and dis- to offi- ricts to carry ow! wish- es s Hh enaut their Tapes com- ae Lead a New Ariny, despatch from 4 London, says: Sir chief com- mand of one of Great Britain’s six Two of the armies already at the tions against action Lieut. ears ‘Sh Krehitata Hun- e first ‘‘Kitchen: will be appointed, however, ‘to con- bie fuels to prohibited. Seep Pinte King. Gai betaine ee ‘to peo i ter commands th “itehener | Buen eae eontenlthy int exportation of coal and to] Boies Hee enerals Rundle and | ;ended sending an increased mi all countries ther than Bri-| Bruce Hamilton the femasning £70: ber to the we eats to- possessions a1 ea poe) fier is unlimited. We and allied countries. A committee ae treat ee equip men to the Women applied ‘last year in "the best of our ability and provide m for no fewer than ) 0 patents. PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS ed at $1.70 12; No. 2 at $1.68, at $1.66. 0: augted “a $1.05 to $1.65, outside: ‘Ame! App! sively: te saw handles, < ne ‘s enthusiasm. means for getting them speedily to the front.’’ ARR Peinhint THE. Leaoind TRADE TRES OF AMERIC. witronta freight, Wheat—Manitoba No. 1 Northern ial . Western ‘and No. 3 at Bay ports. * Bene market is nominal. malting grades, 73. to 75e, outside. Rye—The market is dull at $1 to $1.05, outside, Peac—The market is quiet, with No. 1 rican quoted at orte, and No, 3 at 81 1-20, horts—Bran is quoted at $27 ton, ehorte at 829 to, $50. ats—Car lots, per bag of 90 Ibs, a Rolled 83.40. Country aC Butter—Choice dairy, 24 to, 260; inferior, 2 to 2c; creamery prints, 32 to 34; do., is 29 to 300. e market is ‘steady, with’ sales at Be. per, dozen, in ease lote, ees o—The market. is quiet, with new quoted. at 7 16 tor. lange, oonet at, 17 S40 forsewine, “14% coy ae ota toes: Segre wicks, car lots, 60¢ per Provisions. Bacon—1 clear, 13 3-4 to 140 per Ib. in car TameMedium, °i? to 7 1-2 Ne 200; “orhpound, ‘tubs, 9 $4 Go; do: palle, 10 to 10 140, Baled Hay and Straw. is quoted at $7.50 to $8 a ton in car ee sflsliverice on track here, is quoted at $17 to gi7-80; No. 2 at $14.80 (5 812-50, and No. 3 at $12 to $13, usiness in Mont Montreal, May 10> Com, yellow, 83 to ‘Amerie: , Cai nadia wes! a oF 505 straight rollers, &1-#0 10. 81; ag, v2) {0 $5.60. Rovied. oats, bariela,. #740 718; do, bags et 5-50. 50 the, Lorts, $28. = it 10: pute, wood pale, 20 Ibs. net, 120. United Etnies Markets. $1.60.34; July, 81,55 bid. “Com low, 734 to 53 to 53 1-20. Duluth, “May -10~Wheat No. $1.8 S8F'No ot aoe $1.55 58; No, Northern, 1.59 5-8 Sole 8 Linseed, ool, $1.) July, $2.01 3-4. New York Stay’ Hone cee pet a four, Seiki Hay strong; No. $1.22 1-2; No. ‘se $1.05 10 Hops quiet. SSproug “balie: si to. $5. 01 at $9 per ewt., wei wh, WElghed of can SOME. NE NEW FACI FACTS. To Eoaea, aguinst quase tree sur- enough to be carried in a pocket- De - has ‘the, most it yields an annual net gain of $12. 4 [Bg ae wood, used almost exelu- fu a anges for mai “Aiton ‘he ‘United States re- than any other y all the ore used ario end New Ca’e-/ In Northern Idaho end Montara, | which had many fires during i is ct summer, fires on ansed by reilpoeds, 26 per cent. by} Hahn 10 pe £ the mom expen in the nite ited a has been ouoted at a inch, and Liss a $1, 209 b Giaueandl board f iScarage Boom in-Reer A feces crurtiitee shows no signs of diminution. Premier Fisher, replying. to the ot rs supervision ale, | Paymaster, who } are fe PETROGRAD IS NOT ALARMED vos| PomPorary Success Can the Russian Advance Into Hungary A despatch from London says: The battle now progressing between the Vistula and the Carpathians is oe described by the correspon- dent of the Daily Mail at Petro- grad “Tor the moment masses of Ger- an who for ee! trating at Crac Spay and Meee of Gunite: forced the Russians along the Du ajec to draw ian force approached the Biala creep south of Tarnow. At first they were held in check, but soon. German reinforcements wrived, including many first. line troops not before used in the Oar- pathians. zs the same time at the upper Vistula, a very vigorous offensive feat Sit i put out of seriou rane 00 uthivers being mi sonérs. ‘Then came the movement of the Do No -More Than Delay 2 » ay wa the jec and unger oo cover of a heavy and at tata vtillery fire pe an ad- vance. No sooner ] gained’ the right bank, however, than Sinay ree the enemy’s losses were very heavy. “In son with this ment other at Nida, o! huchno, and in the Gorlice district. rst ven- ture failed, all attem) oe to cross the Nida being repulsed the ind enemy being driven back on the left bank, na he_had oceupied bor som e,, At Gorlice the advan w ‘ious. The beet 24 the Germans here is to compel the Russian armies in the Carpathians to retreat by threatening their line of communications. “No anxiety y regarding the result is felt here, it is not believed than delay the ussian advance into Hungaty.’? PAY-DAY AT THE FRONT. Explaining How Tommy Gets His Cash When on Active Service. read recently of a severe rescuers twenty pounds of company money wi was carrying on his person. ven on active service every en- for the money. What, then, is the system which en- ables the soldier in. war to. recei is just dues almost, with the regu: r larity of peace-time In command of the financial | forces there is a paymaster-in-chief, 2 who is charged with the general pay am counting services for the forces in the field, Under him is a chief paymaster or in financial x r at eac! S80; hie is, Pete | a paymaster who acts as cashier. He, in turn, is ean bted by field cashiers appointed for duty on ihe lines of communica- tions. oF at the front. If necessary, field cashiers are escorts, wney finds its way up to the firing-line and into charge e regimental officers. The tc may be able to arrange a regular pay-day, but as likely as not ee sii pay out, eaee there i re ee madg this is cut out and sent to the re pas; ney pay-book to paymaster charged with soning the man’s account. ared Statement. In Italy Has Pre despatch from Rome says: addition. to. milita ary prepanations, he vernment. is taking al meaaiires possible. in a diplo- PRE ‘Scnnino has prepared @ long asin a for pate lication the mome allies, in ease she ne upon this This statement is designed “al, strategical racial, economic and Teaaoag. erage ni e nation, ar wells upon the rable posi: Sondbet ital in the Adriatic and on her- eastern frontier, ets’ in the Gesmiin: Army ae tha history Prussian Royal Family Ail si y to be saney than tthere are a lot of people who will never discover difference. .| why, my victim of the unlucky | (My, SMYRNA CUT OFF FROM STRAITS British Aviator Drops Bombs on Panderma we Destroy: ing I patch from London’ Domes fighting is in progress on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turks have been reinforced by a division, and the allies are now pce YoERee, to prevent this ‘om joining the other bodies of Turkish Hoon: The los: heavy. the Penii 3 oI Turkish troops Trapacert of supplies from the in- terior of Asia “Minor have been ren- dered diffien! The Marke, considerably rein- forced, attacked the allies’ camp w at Krithia, but repulsed, leaving 1,500 dead ing to advises: totapMitglanes: Kateiea about three miles up the. Gallipoli Peninsula. from” Beda-elBahr’ at ‘ip, and is an interior point. The allies have advanced into ans interior, the says, , Was su Sea, b; the gunfire of a German submarine, | 9° r3 to Bera, Lege rea "Zrii. lull-in, the: Aghting, and as toealbi le ppeetnas ot great stra- The Daily Mail in an editorial | Tye “crew was taken on board the|. Several trawlers which were chal-| feadere” ¢ me across their men. ii Hae! says of the sinking of the Lusitania| submarine, and later. landed at{lenged. by submarin their | bails, $6 a) uke Naturally, there “is no time for] pjqa"ePort from ‘Tenedos be aitern and:thedlous of lite : artlepool in a small boat. ceeape by putting, on. a full; head | ¢575 to $5; milNens, ‘choice, each, $8040) the keeping of elaborate aecounts.| Pett reg were meopnued. their “Tt was not an melee nes it was e schooner Earl of Latham|of steam and ‘outfooting the Ger-| $9, do., comm yments made are at once en-|in the Davienehed vorelon’ pe Meguen @ case eowar murder) was ‘sunk by a German submarine | 22! $7 to $8.50; do., tered-on what is called the acquit- ——____k____ 8 fered ine felon Reet with | Ot, Kisale, onthe | Trish" ccaat. a) here “yeatlinglambe, 88 tance roll,and in the soldier's pay. | °™¥™"® : aan DeLee ‘axe ‘| Resolution to Ratif: 0. There vel joice 3 A cLiving “Torped ourselves we addres f y a kets Br les’ of a jiving Torpedo. Inryie Caaheat ik “we deter eee te ome eee Uses of Gases in War if hea pit ha | iid aaah este la wide when wea tsi venture to offer to them from. the] The submarine. fired nine shells * to §6,75, while are cows. brought | one ‘may sued to him, but for| 8 much of the torpedo, it is per- bottom of our ede message of| at the sechtoner before she sank . A déspatch from London says: | ftom. $f 0,87, and. pulls ihe"ematl meat the time being he will not be allow- peek ikea bent know that there profoundest sympathy. It. is The British steamship Harpalyce, | The suggestion that Great Britain | trace Wis: the weaker fooling inhi ed to di y prior to the date of sh which nee this mame. auch tien ai dhege ‘esseuitiat by, the | under charter to the American ad in tiation for | Het foro ee win 4 ted Uberat ate his reporting his loss. The acquit- This ge the ton or electric ray, kinship of the English-speaking} gian Relief Committee, which was|the use of gases in battle by the Cg rt Ce ee tance roll is forwarded a dweller in uthern seas, whi peoples that we make unmistakably by a German’ submarine in the |.Germans 1 Re en te form. fod Ga spate nate pp ina ovat official at the base, a copy. being re- ray tf a seal mieaa thatwe share their indig-| North Sea the early part of April, | Joseph represaliting thie re ey ena eectia edeaalng Andina ba by the company office We ty or “eight ‘ As tia e rh hi Ai ie nant, loathing and contempt for| was sorpesoed eens in in ied of | North Distt of Somerset in the| fair at, $4 to $8 cach, and-old sheep. sold hat happens when a oldier dies S pecuhar ish has a y he assassins who: sneak under the | the Dutch are-| House of Commons, announced his| &t, St fo $50 per owt. The tone of the | on atte service oul <i body, 8 mort tai gta eee to wage a campai port made-to Hace peniate. ‘Sduairalty intention of introducing a resolu-| demand, and pales of selected lots were| The pay-book is the place jn which | small mout Rails i biter an investigation which w. mide a 99.05 to, 63-50,,and. beayy-welght | tovmake'ny will; mari it one dig bent 13 color, and fhe undesnent pa do obtains its shocl shock, to Baie ® with which “it. comes in contact. henever an enemy Soprcenue a the emits from its bedy a kind of electricity, ~ which ineapacita tes attacker immediately. In retin’ its food the torpedo finds t paver a Use, Being we inactive uur ue the small fish ‘Wwivieh oan its Ghat; parit ties in wait until, they wim close throws out ite, pomentit eiOskes winch aiatansls sfenders them helpless, If @ person touches: this etrange fish he-is at- tacked by a eta Open allceta \ the stomach, pr Sony We For ts reason the 5 torpedo is. sometimes known as the “eramp-fish.’ Hard Luck. “What bs you ie fo. ed f ed one of "those ayinp anes eed uplift advocates recently, ‘Well,-you see, mum, I'm the y mumber 13."° and | supe. ‘ how novel tious!’ Tell me all about i unlucky 13,’” & | “Yess mum; 12° jurors and one Judge.” RAIDS. BY ALLIED, AIRCRAFT — Z:>pziins Destroyed, Soldi iers Soldiers Webs teithed. and Long. Trains Filled With Benzol” Burned a A despatch from Paris says: In a bombardment of the railway sta~ tion at Briey damage was done to Conflans, Briey and Mets, where provision were destroyed and the railway line was cut. Explosions were heard throughout aes ‘wenty-four dicigs were killed, iment the eae an The ee at St. Quentin and a central depot of. munitions was bombarded, One rer nan and fifty. express trains were di € cars, containing | and all traffic between Lecpold-~ benzol, and Haltingen was suspend: Gis sean lctely aan ose by fire, which lasted fourteen hours. shohe fed,