The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
ENGLAND

monster submarine. larger than any
ever seen In British waters, torpedoei
and sank the LeyIand liner Armenian
with q loss Of at least twenty-nine
lives, including about twenty Amerl-
cans, according to the stories told by
survivors here today.
"Ths y bost was At least three
hundred ;fses ions,S declared Il. Ben
ton, Of Waterbeach, Cambrid0eshtro.
"She had big roomy deok and mount
cd several gums. She was the biggest
thing Of her kind J ever saw"
"The submarIne was not submerged
whom she was fret sighted by the
Armenian She dashed through the
water at incredible speed, sending
shell after shell screaming across tbs
liners decks, while Captain Triekey
wac attempting to n1aneuver hls boat
and escape.
1--WE were coming UP toward this
Bristol channel when We spled the
German" saId Benton. Captain
TrIekey ordered full speed ahead ana
began zig.xagoing.
ave had the submarine guessing tor
twenty minutes but she was too
speedy for 10. (The Armenian had
speed Of "a knots) was stand'na
near the wreeIhouse when she began
firing. Nobody had counted on that
and they were all crowded around on
deck watching tho chase. One shell
ripped rloht into 4 crowd and bie~
some Of the men Into tho water.
1--WE picked up the wounded the best
we could and DOT over tho side lit
tic before she torpedoed us, woundin9
several, nanqllns others. The cap
tain brought the Armenian to. The
submarine came alongside and ner
commander yelled that he would give
us time to oct over in the boats.
awhile we were pulling away, the
submarines crew stood on deck ana
jerred at us. When we got clear, she
shot two torpedoes against the Armen-
ian's side and fired several shots from
her guns. There was big explosion
and the steamer went down stern
first" :.
Four Of the wounded In Benton's
boat died before they were picked up,
he said. He was not certain whethsr
all those wounded by shell IRE were
aotten into the boats before the
Armenian went down"
| The s,rst rspcst Of the torpedolng o.
the Armenian was brought TO Ply
mouth Tuesday night by the West
African mail steamer Tarquah. The
rarouah received an 8. o. 9. call
from the LeyIand liner Monday after
noon while the latter was being chased
by the submarine.
The greater portion Of the Armen.
IAN. dead lost their lives when ono Of
the six boats sank Immediately after
Il was put over her side. The others
were victims Of German shells. Tho
survivors, estimated that the subma-
rtne fired at least 100 shells before
she launched her torpedoes.
IuslrANIA HEARING.
LONDON, July t.-Further investl-
cation Of the charges that the lusi-
tania was running at reduced speed
when torpedoed, was begun here to-
day. ..
Joseph MarIchal, passenger, said
the Cunard company, out Of conside-
ration for the reduced speed, cut the
second class fare from $40 to $50.
CREW Is LANDED.
LONDON, July 1.-SeveraI member :.
Of the crew Of the British ship Thistle
Bank torpedoed of Fsstnet by Ger
man boat we're landed tday nea"
Cork. The bark was enroute from
Argentina for Queenstown with a car
40 Of wheat. She was vessel Of e..
43O tons.
AMERICAS CHANCE.
NEW YORK, July lit 10 up TO
America to win the war for u.s. de-
cIared Hector J. Boon, director In sew
eraI great English corporations, who
10 here on mission, the nature of
"She alone Is In position to furnish
the ammunition desired by the allies.
"EnoIand is almost totally disor-
Boon said today. "kitchener
has done wonderful work in raising an
army, but he was too short sighted to
know how to equip Il. American man
ufacturers should organize at once TO
produce 100000 rifles and any guam
tity Of cartridges and other anmuni-
tion. orders for them must come
whom the English public realizes the
desperate condition Of the country and
the stupidity Of tho London war Of
flee"
LOSSES IN TURKEY.
LONDON, July 1.-eritlsh losses In
the effort to force the Dardanelles to
Nav 81, total 3s,635 In dead, wounded
and missing, Premier Asquith stated
In the house Of commons this after
noon, on this number 1922 officers
and men were killed.
THIRTY LIVES LOST.
LONDON, July 1.-Adm'ralty die
patches this afternoon reported thirty
lives lost In tho sinking Of the liner
Armenian, eleven Of whom were
Americans. survivors, were landed At
Cardiff, Bristol and Liverpool.
The American embassy today ar
ranged to send the American survlv.
ors to their homes.
Black Hand Bombs.
CHICAGO, July BLACK handlers
today fired the grocery store of
George Salarmo in Chicago avenue,