Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-06
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About one hundred survivors have
been landed at Malta and they have
report that "all were saved except
some members of the crew.
Altho the ship was ordinarily
freightef, it may have carried pas
sengers.
The Japanese steamer Kenkon
Maru was submarined, but it has not
been stated where. The crew was saw
ed.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Jan. s.
Probably over $50 perished when the
liner Persia was submarined in the
Mediterranean Thursday.
Seventeen of the 81 women and
two of the 80 children, and 40 others
of the 241 passengers We're landed
here by warship. Some of the
survivors may die from the exposure,
The women were lightly clad and
suffered terribly from the cold while
in the life boats.
Many of the men were rescued from
the water without their coats.
The survivors declared that most
of the passengers were at luncheon
when the ship was torpedoed 1t i'm
mediately listed.
Only five boats We're put over the
side before the doomed liner sank
five minutes after it was hit.
One lifeboat with the women and
children in it capsizcd
Most of the passengers were group
ed on the deck, the women clinging
to the men and the children crying
when a great wave swept over them
as the ship plunged to the bottom.
There was no wild panic in the
lifeboats.
United States Consul McNeeley
was drowned.
The authorities have taken an affi-
davit from Charles Grant, of Boston,
survivor of the outrage.
LONDON, Jan. IA dispatch to
the owners of the Glencyle said that
ten members of the crew were miss
ing.
LONDON, Jan. 3.-The Russians
are now 50 miles inside Galicia and
are attempting to recapture Lem
berg, Czernowitz and the Carpathiar
passes. Their offensive is assuming
serious proportions.
If Czerowitz falls the Teutons
will be forced to retire from the Ru'
manan frontier. Then it is possible
that the Gar may be able to force
of buy the support of Rumanla from
her allies.
AMSTERDAM, JAN. 3.-N is rt
ported that Russian warships sanl
two German submarines off Varna.
ALEXANDRIA,, Egypt, Jan. A.
Charles Grant, an American sur
vivor of the Persia said:
II was dining when all of sud
den there was terrific explosion
The saloon became filled with smok'
and broken glass. Steam from |
broken boiler, which had apparentl.
been destroyed by the explosion wa
everywhere. There was no panic am
we went to the deck as tho at drill
| climber the railing, but the list wa
so great that | slid from the rail Z
the water. | got caught in rop
which pulled my shoe off, but final
" broke loose, and then climbed on
to some wreckage. | had floated TO
10 hours in the water when I saw tn
lifeboats. The pulled me aboard an
looked for other stragglers. Four @
the boats were tied together, wit
the fifth following behind. FINAL
an English cruiser rescued us.
McNeeley was in his cabin at tn
time of the explosion.
The scene that followed the e'
plosion was terrible. The water wa
as black as ink. Some of the pa!
sengers were screaming and Other
were calling goodbye. One boatloa
sang hymns.
LONDON, Jan. 4.-Only 90 p'
cent of the men of military age hay
volunteered during the six weeks I
Lord Derbys recruiting campaign.
Calling the attempt failure Il
: cabinet has completed the conscri
ton bill and will present it to parli
ment this week.
1t is expected that the governme
will draft over $4,000 unmarri'
men who are not urgently needed
other occupations.
Two million eight hundred al
twenty-nine enlisted in the Der
campaign.
Single men between % and 20
elusive who enlisted in the Der
campaign, have ben called to the c.
ors, to report February 8.