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ITALIAN LINER
SENT TOBOTTOM
CARRIED 432 PASSENGERS AND
100 IN CREW.
ONLY 466 ARE ACCOUNTED FOR
Reports are Conflicting as to Number
Of Survivors. One Hundred Shots
Were Fired Before Torpedo
Was Launched

| was LaunCheG.
London, Nov 1O.-Heavy loss o.
life among the crew and passengers
of the Italian steamer, AncOra. de-
. stroyed by a submarine flying the
Austrian cOlors.
The AnCOra was hit off the Tunis
! ian coast in the Mediterranean late
Tuesday.
The liner carried 432 passengers
and 100 crew, and of these, 466 could
be accounted for and these in dis
patches vague and conflicting, which
/ leaves doubt concerning them.
An early Rome message said that
270 survivors had been landed at the
French Naval station of Bizerta on
the Tunisian coast. Lloyds reported
two boats containing "a of the r:ew
lat Cape Bon.
Later Rome accounts say 144 in.
Guiding both passengers and crew had
reached Ferryville. All accounts
spoke of some as injured. This was
apparently explained by the firing OF
la hundred shots az the liner before
launching the torpedo. If true. it
was thought the Ancora attempted to
escape and was shelle1.
U. S. Concerned.
Washington, Nov. lO.-News of the
sinking of the Ancona caused a sensa
ton here. 1t was regarded as
TO, eshadowing a new controversy be-
tween the United States and Austria
similar to the critical dispute with
Germany that followed the torpedoing
OF the Lusitania. Before making any
comment, however, officials awaited
Information on two points - whether
the vessel was torpedoed without
warning and whether any Americans
were among the victims. /
ShOHld it develop that the AnCona
was warned and ifnOred it and at
tempted to escape, the rules Of naval
warfare, according TO the Washing
ton governments view, justified the
use OF force. IF she was attacked !
without warning, and a case parallel
Ing the Lusitania develops, the atti-
tude of the United States probably
will be along the lines already fol-
lowed with Germany despatch Of
note demanding disayowal Of the
act TepaTatiOn and assurances that
such incidents will not occur in the
future.
Officially Austria has never given
the United States notice that she re
garded the waters of the Mediter-
ranean surrounding Italy, as block
AIDED, or that her submarines would
torpedo merchantmen without warn
ing. This fact raises in the minds of
some officials the point as to how far
Of
notes between the United States and
Germany morally bound the Teutonic
allies.
Due to Sail for New York.
New York, Nov l0-The Ancona
sailei from New York to Naples on
October II. She had on board 1,245
Italian reservists and a general cargo.
She arrived at Naples on October 20,
and was due to sail from Naples for
New York yesterday, Nov. g /
The Ancona was built at Belfast, in
1908. She had a gross tonnage OF
S,2IO, was 482 feet in length and So
feet BEEN.
For several months before Italy's
entrance in the war the AncOna was
engaged in carrying home Italian re-
seryists from this country and sup
plies for the Italian government.
On one of her trips from New York
to Naples late in August last year, the
AncOna was stopped by the British at
Gibralter and twenty-four Germans
AM one Austrian were taken off the
ship. Late last summer the AncOna
left here for Italy with $4,000 bushels
OF wheat, 1000 tons of hay and 500
horses for the Italian government.
Help for Survivors.
Paris, Nov l0.-OIiers to the
French naval authorities at Bizerta
to do everything possible to help the
27O survivors of the torpedoed liner,
Ancora, were urged from here today.
Steamer on Fire at Sea.
Galveston, Nov. 10.-All hope was
abandoned of reaching the Italian
steamer Levietta, afre, 65 miles east
of Sabine Pass. 10000 cases Of gas
and $4,000 cases of oil exploded. A
wireless from the steamship Gulf
Stream, standing by the fire made no
mention of the crew. An earlier mes
sage stated that the captain and &c
men had been taken off.
TWO Americans Aboard.
New York, Nov. 1O-At least two
Americans were aboard the Italian
liner Ancona, sunk by a submarine.
l.. Giger of New York told the Off.
Gals of the liner today that he had
a letter from his uncle stating that
he, +. Giger, and wife would sail for
New York on the Ancona.
News Reaches Rome.
Rome, Nov. l0.-News reached Rome
that the Italian liner Ancona, which