Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-05-13


rection where other underwater craft |
Were waiting to strike with their dead.
ly torpedoes
Most Powerful! Submarines.
These submarines. naval experts be-
lieve are of the latest type of proba.
bly, ! 4 o tons and much more power.
full than any possessed by other navies.
Beyond anger at the Germans, the
catastrophe has had no effect on the
British people. Steamers are arriv.
ing and departing as usual and even
the steamers to Ireland are being free.
ly patronized !
The Lusitania was not in the Brit
1sh navy list for April among the mer
,, chant vessels commissioned as naval
auxiliary craft and the officials of the
Cunard COMPANY deny that it ever was
used for that purpose
| At Queenstown soldiers toiled in the
| graveyards digging graves for the un.
/: known dead. who will be buried there
today The public funeral will be too
large for the ordinary faci tiles OF
| Queenstown and Cork and trucks will
] be pressed into service TO carry the
collins The funeral will be marked
| by military pomp, such as is accorded
| those who die in the armed service of
| their country
Lined on the Decks
A full list of the survivors who in.
clude very few of the first class pas
sengers. is not vet available but prob
ably there are not many names to add
| to those which already have been
made public All the evidence goes to
show that the first class and many OF
| the second class passengers mad such
confidence in the ability of the Lus
1 tania. because of its watertieht com.
! partments to remain ahoat after it re.
4 ceived the first blow that they did
not concern themselves about taking
to the boats or even providing them.
! selves with life preservers
When the passengers did realize
that the Lusitania was doomed they
found that most of the boats on the
the great list of the vessel that they
could not be lowered and the last
seen of them by the more fortunate
! passengers who had secured places in
the starboard boats, or who had
i jumped overheard and had been picked
up. they were lined on the sloping
decks awaiting their fate. doubtless
even then believing that with and so
close they would still he saved.
Il However the torpedoes had torn
i such gap NJ hoes in the liner that it
did not remain afioat for more than
4 twenty minutes. and the call for help
which the wireless sent out although
answered quickly could not bring the
rescuing steamers to the spot in time
to be of any service.
British People Aroused.
Nothing that the Germans have done
since the outbreak of the war has so
aroused the anger and determination
of the British people as the sinking OF
the Lusitania This anger is shared
by the Americans in London who had
relatives or friends aboard
The members of the London stock
exchange insisted on the withdrawal
of all members of German birth, al.
though nationaliZed AT many places
throughout England. these national
lied British subjects were made to
suffer for Germany's action In one
large shipbuilding plant at Wallseno
the workmen threatened to strike un.
less those employees with German
names were discharged. and the com
pany. although badly in need of work,
men, was compelled to grant the de-
mand German BARRIERS and other
Germans whose presence in England
has been tolerated since the war be.
gan also found themselves boycotted
1t was the Lusitania which, last
February, made use of the American
, flag to protect it from possible attack
on the part Of the German underses
boats.