New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-13
GOT NO WARNING,
ANCONA CAPTAIN
SAYS IN REPORT
Declares Passengers Were
Not Even Given Chance
to Escape.
BERLIN PAPERS
JUSTIFY SINKING
Assert Liner Fled from Subnla-
rine-Page Holds Confer
ence with SorninO.

enCe with SonninO.
London. Nov. 12.-The Ancona was
sunk without warning and those on
board were not given a chance to es'
cape. Captain Massardo, in report
to the owners of the liner Mt Naples
to-day, makes those charges.
The first shot, the captains report
declares, was fired when the submarine
was three miles distant. The captain
Immediately stopped the ship, he says,
but this did not appear to satisfy the
commander Of the submarine, which
continued to shell the liner.
The captain without delay ordered
everybody to take 10 the boats. Then,
he declares, the submarine turned all
her guns on the liner. killing and
wounding many persons In the boats
and on the deck Of the steamer. Some
Of the passengers who were thrown
into the water and sought 20 save
themselves by clutching the sides of
the submarine were pushed away With
jeers and insults. he asserts.
Berlin Press Justifies Act.
Berlin newspapers fatty contradict
Captain Massardo's report IN their ac
counts OF the Ancona disaster, declaf-
ing that the liner tried % escape attef
receiving warning from ihe sun
marine, and justifylng the subsequent
use ef force. d.
saws the Overseas News Agency, that
ali the news from foreign sources
agrees that the submarine few the
Austro- Hungarian flag. They shrn'
tina. IL was not German boat, becsuss
no warship would A. other than us
right flag az the moment Of action
German naval circles as yet have no
news OF the AnconA incident eNeep,
that which has come from hostile
sources Even the semi Official an
nouncement made yesterday by Berha
that the Ancon8 was sunk while trying
70 escape was derived from accounts
sent out by the Havas and Stefan news
agencies. The German Admiralty
stated 10 day that so far ss known the
Austrian government had received 10
report Of the incident.
-Four Guns on Submarine.
Reports from Naples describe the
submarine which torpedoed the Al
coma az 2f0 feet long. painted p oark
gray and having two white sun turrets
armed with four guns. The crew are
said 20 have worn gray-grcen uniforms
ornamented with double row Of gilt
buttons. The Austrian flag was
bois,ed only Just before the submarine
let fv the torpedo The scene Of the
disaster De- now more exactly described
as between Maritime. the last islet of
tho Fgadl Archipelago. west of Ira
pani. Sicily. and Cape Bon, the eN
,rome eastern point Of the Gulf oi
Tunis.
According 20 n cable message received
here to-day. the number OF Survivors
now reaches 3i0. The Ancona carried one
hundred Hfcboats. which were capable
of being lowered within quarter Of
an hour. but all except eleven Of these
were destroyed.
A dispatch 10 "Tho Daily Mail" from
Rome SAYS n now appears that the sub
marine which sank the Ancona also in
tended 10 catch tho homcward bound
Italian liner America. which was saved
bv it's wireless operator. His susricion'
were aroused during communications
exchanged with supposed wir"lcsa
.tation. lie suspected that a submarine
had pickcd up his message and was
sending sham supplies. The captain
,hcrcupon ordered the operator u
ccnge. communicating. changed his
course and made straight for Naples
Roilc, Nov. 10 United States Am
bassador Page called at the Foreign
Office to-day and had long tal X with
Baron Sonnino. The nature of the con-
ference is unknown, but it is assumed
tho sinking Of the Ancona was dis
cussed informally The Italian govern
ment has ordered a rigid investigation
of the disaster. The inquiry is pro
ceeding under he direction OF the ltal-
ian Consul at Tunis. assisted by ltallan
naval officers. ;,
A special effort Is being made to de-
termine all the facts relating to inter
national responsibility, whether warn
ing was given and whether an oppor-
tunity was afforded the passengers 10
escape. II is expected here that thls
investigation will have bearing on
any diplomatic represehtations 'ns
United States may make IN behalf OF
American passengers on poard the
steamer.
San Francisco, Nov. 12.--Miss Rhoda
Leichter, young artist who was re-
ported as among the victims of the
steamship Ancona, is safe in Rome, ac-
cording TO a telegram received here TO-
dav by her bother, Mark Leichter. The
telegram states that Miss Lelchter rs
not on the steamer.
Unpunished Lusitania Blamed
for Sinking of the Ancona
Paris, Nov. r. Commenting IN lie
Figaro" on the sinking OF the Ancona
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