Evening star., 1915-05-11


Mauretania. sister ship Of the Lu.i-
tania. advertised for May -, has
been cancelled.
LONDON. Nav II, 20 pm
Walter H. Page, the American
ambassador, has received d mes
sage from Wesley Frost, the
! American consul at Queenstown.
urging him to make clear to the
Cunard Company and to the Brit
ish admiralty that really effec-
tive measures to recover the LOO
missing bodies from the Lusitania
are imperative
Sixteen bodies were brought
into Queenstown this afternoon
by a tug chartered by the Cunard
line. None of the bodies has vet
been identified.
The bodies are those of nine
men, five women and boy and
a girl. They were floating with
life belts twenty miles east OF the
scene Of the disaster. All the
bodies have greatly deterioratcd.
and, in consequence, identification
will be difficult.
The tugs decks were Uttered
with deck chairs and other wreck
age from the Lusitania.
r. j. Gauntlet OF Washington, after
sending messages to the American am
bassa1or here and the State Depart
ment at Washington. asking that rep
resentations be made to induce the au-
thorities to resume the search for the
bodies Of victims of the Lusitania, has
persuaded the Cunard Company to char
ter powerful tug. which left Queens
town last evening for the scene OF the
disaster, and today 1t s searching the
Irish coves and inlets.
Mr.. Page said today that the embassy
was doing everything possible to ex-
pedite the recovery of bodies and that
he had assurances from the admiralty
and the company that they were doing
and would continue to do the same.
the bodies Of Americans embalmed, and
upon identification It will see that they
are returned to America
internal Explosion Theory.
The cause of the heavy loss OF life.
the absence Of any naval escort for the
Lusitania, the suddenncss with which
she sank afford room for much specula-
tion in London today. Capt. Turner in
bot 81
damge. said the second explosion
which the passengers heard was an in
ternal one. This idea of an internal
explosion is supported by naval ex-
perts who point out that If the tor
pedo had exploded contact thei
steamer would have only been disabi ed
or had one or two of her compartments
flooded. 1t is evident, however. they
say that If the torpedo penetrated the
hull and the charge of 426 pounds of
explosives was detonated it would have
created an effect similar to the ex-
plosion of magazine within ship.
There is little wonder, therefore, they
say, that the Lusitania sank SO rapidly
or that so many persons We're killed
by the fumes of the explosive.
Naval Escort Discussion.
On the question of why no naval es-
cort accompanied the Lusitania Mr.
Churchill declared that the policy of
the admiralty is that merchantmen
must look after themselves. due TO the
fact that the admiralty had not suffi-
cient destroyers to escort all mer-
chant ships, they being required to
guard the continuous stream of trans
ports from England to France. and to
protect the English coast from Ger
| Naval observers are of the opinion
that the use of destroyers for the pro-
lection Of shipping is probably what
1
land to give. but they say that the ad-
miraIty, with it's eye first on the naval
and military needs of the country. Will
not divert it's ships for other purposes.
The sinking of the Lusitania has
doomed recruiting. Every recruiting
office reported today that more men
had presented themselves for service
! than for weeks past. The main hall of
the chief recruiting office. in London
was crowded all day with men waiting
for medical examination.
Bodies Come Ashore.
oUEENSTOWN. May 1.-THE num-
her of bodies Of victims of the tor
nedoing of the Cunard liner Lusitapia
II Baltimore, a small port on the
southern Irish coast. was increased
This morning to ten. Two other bodies
have been brought ashore at Castle
towsend near Baltimore. OF the bodies
at Baltimore six ARE of men and four
Of women
The Cunard line today dispatched a
tug to Baltimore to bring all twelve
bodies to Queenstown. Relatives of
survivors who had planned to leave
TODAY are going to remain over in the
hope OF the possibility OF making fur
ther identifications-
II Is reported here that one of the
bodies at Baltimore had it papers
| bearing the name Harrison. Main stree:
bridgeport, Conn. and that on another
| there was found the circular of a firm,
I'D X
! manufacturers, in Connecticut.
| The tug dispatched yesterday evening
| by tie cunard company to the scene
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