The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-09-10


LONDON, ENG. - The Allan liner
Hesperian, attacked by a German sub
marine off the Irish coast Saturday
evening, sank at 6:47 a. NJ, while pro-
ceeding to Queenstown.
Captain Main and members of the
crew who remained aboard the Hes
perian were taken off safely.
One first cabin passenger, six sec
ond cabin passengers and six third
class passengers are unaccOunted for,
according to a statement made in the
afternoon by an Allan line official.
Womans Body Found.
A womnas body has been identified
&C that of Miss Carberry, probably Of
Newfoundland.
The American embassy received to-
day a telegram from Horace L. Wash
ington, American consul at Liverpool,
saying that he had been informed Of
ficially by the Allan line that there
were no Americans among the pas
sengers, but that no figures were
available regarding the number of
Americas in the crew.
Another message from Consul Frost
at Queenstown to the American en-
bassy said the total loss of life might
reach 20.
Gets Americans Statement.
Mr. Frost added that he had taken
affidavits of the two American stew
ards on the Hesperian, Barney Mac
MILAN of Grand Rapids, Mich, and a
man named Dallas of Buffalo.
Lieutenant Lewis B. Mcbride, naval
attache of the American embassy,
was on his way to Queenstown to col
lect evidence before he was aware
that the vessel had sunk. Amabassa-
dor Page had instructed Lieutenant
Mcbride to inspect the hull. On learn
ing that the vessel had gone down the
ambassador decided not to recall the
lieutenant, believing that he might
still be able to gather useful evidence.
Captain Main made the statement
later at Queenstown that the vessel
had been torpedOed and that no warn
ing was given
Baby Among Missing.
A Queenstown dispatch in the after
noon said the 11-months-old baby of a
Mrs. Jenkins of Birmingham was
missing.
About 1000 sacks of mail went
down with the Hesperian. The point
at which the vessel sunk is about 100
miles west of Queenstown
Two mine sweepers and two adj
mortlty tugs attempted to tow the
Hesperian to port, but the ship, partly
filled with water, was so unmanage-
BILE and the sea was so heavy that no
progress could be made
Major Maitland Kersey, manager in
chief of the ocean services of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, said the
list of missing was likely to reach IS
passengers and perhaps one or two
members of the crew. He added that
all would have been saved but for an
unfortunate mishap in launching one
Iifeboat in the darkness.
Will Inquire of Berlin.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Beyond the
belief that certainly the German gov
eminent must make some statement
with regard to the sinking of the Ca
madam liner Hesperian, no conclu-
sions were reached here as to the eff
feet the incident will have upon the
relations between the United States
and Germany and the submarine is
sue generally.
The expectation is that the usual
inquiry will be addressed to the Ber-
lin government as to whether it has
any information about the case. An
answer to this inquiry will probably
be delayed two or three weeks,-the
Arabic was sunk nearly three weeks
ago and the German government has
not yet answered the inquiry of the
United States. Upon the responses
given by Germany in the Hesperian
case much will depend Should the
German government deny responsible
ity, many here believe that it will be
most difficult for the United States to
make an issue of the case in view OF
the lack of proof that it was a sub
marine which caused the sinking OF
the liner Should responsibility be ad-
mitted, it is the hope and expectation
of Washington that the action of the
commander will be disavowed.