El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-27
LACON|A CASE
IS OVERT ACT.
TwoAmerican Women Dead;
Conflicting Reports Re
garding Eight Negroes.
Continued From Page II

of opinion obtained after a conference
between president Wilson and secre-
rarv OF state Lansing No further IN
vestigation is considered necessary
Thirteen Lives Lost.
London. Eng, Feb 24--Unlted otaies
consul Frost at Queenstown has tele-
s.raphed the American embassy mere
maj Mrs Mary Hoy and Miss Eliza
befh How her daughter, Americans
died of exposure and that their Douies
were buried at sea
a later telegram from consul Frost
gave the total number of persons
landed from the Laconla as zel- out o.
2g4 on board. of the i lost, i've Were
drowned and eight died from exposure
and were buried at sea SIX persons
are in hospitals at Queenstown. the
telegram said Then condfs-oh Is MOI
Eight Are Negroes
Eight American negroes, members OF
The crew of the Laconia. died OF eN-
posure. according to central News
dispatch from Queenstown
Consul FrOsts message read:
Mrs Mary Hoy and Miss Eliza 1eth
Hoy. passengers on the t IoSie G GeTe
from exposure Ihelr Doules wei
Mrs Hoy's husband. DR.. Albert II;
HOY, who is a Civil war veteran, anu
her son. Austin Y Hoy, reside IN Lon
don. The latter called at the embassy
I this morning and received a copy %
the message from consul frost As IdI
as the embassy knows, these Two Were
.he only Americans lost on the Laco-
MIA The embassy's list of American
passenger survivors follows:
F P Gibbons. Chicago Tribune; Mrs
F L Harris, wife OF Lieut.. Col + l.
Harris. L. S. A: \. T. KirDy, New York.
and the Rev. Joseph Mareing' balu-
How About the Negroes
The American embassy has received
news Of the death of one America
citizen in the crew of the Tacoma "a
/ discrepancy exists in the accounts, one
! dispatch saying eight American negroes
The number of dead or missing was
given by the Cunard company this az
ternoon as IL, made up as follows:
Passengers. three dead. three MISS
ing: crew six missing. Six others are
Theatrical Manager Dies.
. Queenstown. Feb. e7.-Cedric P.
watts. a theatrical manager, VINO was
I a passenger on the Lacohla. oleu
| exposure. Mr.. Watts was resident OL
Passengers Drilled, No Panic.
! Correct reports on those missing are
not vet obtainable although the Cunard
staff is working on the list OF crew
/ and passengers. Four passengers are
among those sent TO hospitals 4nelI
! injuries are slight Among the IouI
] is Dr. Hawke. a resident OF san ran
{ cisco. who said he was playing a game
! Of bridge in the ships surgeon room
I when he heard an awful crash and
guessed that the ship had been at
3 tackled by a submarine. He said that
J the first torpedo struck the liner ait
! on the starbOard side and everyone
made for the life preservers- The pas,
! sengers had previously been instructed
i'm boat drill and got into the boats
q without panic. DIT. Hawke said that all
= behaved well and that discipline was
/ truly good.
Second Fired When Boats Near.
--Tbe submarine returned after we
rad been in the boats and fired an
other torpedo which put out the lights
: and was followed by terrific ex-
I plOsion and the ship must have sunk
/ soon after The second torpedo. mind
you. was fired although the lifeboats
q were close to the vessel and the crew
. Of the submarine could not have falled
TO see us. as it was moonlight II
was about $50 D. m, on Sunday when
We took TO the boats and about
o'clock on the following morning when
We were picked up"
Women and Children Behave Well.
Dr. Hawke gave the highest praise
: TO the behavior of the women and chill
dren and said that the captain and
crew were marvellous
It appears that two boats reached
Z Bantry with % people, eight of the oc-
! cupants having died from exposure
, Among those saved was the singer
Hiss AIitsie Siklosi, of Paris.
The bodies Of the eight persons who
died were consigned TO the deep. Among
the Laconia's firemen were &c Ameri-
can negroes.
First Torpedo Strikes at $3.50.
After being landed here. fathe
Wareing and Mr.. Gibbons said the voy
age was a very pleasant one up to tn
time OF its fatal termination. 1t wal
at about $50 o'clock Sunday night, thel
said when they were startled by thu
explosion of the first torpedo, which
struck the ship on the starboard sid
OF the stern The vessel kept STEADY
and the crew. with magnificent dis
cipline. got out the boats and provided
the passengers with life belts. Al
hands took to the boats, the passenger
first
II was very shortly afterward tina
the second torpedo was fired. striking
the Laconia amidships- The vessel thel