Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-08
List of Survivors Announced.

List of Survivors Announced.
| This bulletin was quickly followed by
! a list of survivors received from Liver
| pool. AS fast these names could be
checked with the passenger lists they
/, We're given out The first list contained
Z! the names of fifty-two first cabin pas
| sengers. Among them were d. A.
. Thomas of London. millionaire coal
| operator: his daughter, Lady Mack
| worth: Julien de Ayala. Cuban consul
general a Liverpool. and Lady Allan
| OF Montreal.
! Although inaurers. who came early
| to the offices were few in number, tele-
| grams by the hundred poured in over
| night and continued to arrive in swell
| ing torrents during the forenoon. The
| telephone lines of the company were
| choked with calls. \ large deta chment
| of clerks was detailed to answer in
| quiries.
AS fast is the work could be done.
list of survivors from the second cabin
was prepared. The first list. il
thought. would be followed by others
during the day
There was no noticeable increase in
the number of persons calling at the
office during the early part of the day.
Among them was Harry Nienark.
Belgian. who came to America with his
father. Abra ham Niemark. three months
ago. leaving his mother and sisters in
London. The elder Niemark sailed on
the I.usitania. taking with him the entire
fortune of the family, which he had
converted into diamonds in order that
they might he realized on readily His
name not in the first list of sur
vivors cabled from Liverpool.
crowd at Offices Increases.
AS the day wore on the crowd at
the Cunard line increased At noon
women. many of them crying. who
waited for word of relatives and friends
aboard. Several hundred more. unable
to crowd into the offices. crowded the
sidewalk.
Every clerk in the lines employ. ex-
cept those engaged in making out lists
of survivors as they dribbled in from
Liverpool. was put to work answering
inquiries. The walls of the offices and
the counters Were placarded with pas
senger lists showing all aboard A
check mark in ink was placed opposite
the names of those reported saved.
There were many white gaps betweer,
the check marks.
Most of the inquiries We're for pa ssen-
gers in tho second cahin-in which
there were more than 6p0-and thu,
storage Many women begged be
seechinsly for word of relatives
ors landed on the coast of Irela nd
would sail today for England was re-
ceived shortly before noon 1t read:
Queenstown wires all passengers for
Liverpool now at station waitina, for 3
o'clock connection for Holyheud viii
send you complete list as soon as we
can get it ready"
+. 7. tiaskell. in charge of the out
bound freight of the Cunard line,
denied = report that there had been
picric acid aboard the Lusitania Mr.
C;askell said there Were no explosives,
ammunition or any int1amma Bile mate
rial on the ship.
Travellers Again Warned.
There was frequent mention during
the day of the fact that the advertise
ment placed by the German embassy
in New York papers the morning of the
Lusitania's sailing had reappeared in
the newspapers today. This advertise
ment reminded the public that Ger
ulany had declared Il war zone about
the British Isles, and warned travellers
that they would embark at their own
risk on ships flying the flags of the
allies.
ance of this advertisement the Lusi-
tania's name was stricken from the
advertisement of the Cunard line:
Statements attributed to Capt. Turner
of the LuSIanld the SAILING anu
recalled now indicate that the British
admiralty relied on the Lusitania's 8
speed, rather than conveys. to enable
her to make port safely. When Off
cials Of the Cunard line were asked
today if they cared to comment on the
question of the lack of convoy, w. T.
Stead, publicity agent of the line. said:
..One OF the first things we did yes
terday was to issue an order that no
otticial of the line should make any
statements We decided at once to
confine ourselves simply to giving out
the cable messages We received 1t
would obviously be improper for us to
do anything else. You Will doubtless
get some comment on this question
from the other side. 1t should very
likely be the subject of statement
in parliament"
At the offices Of the line it was an