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_ S zet 412 n’m‘ m » s â€" jfl_ 3 f Was Takâ€" &n and Submarine Was /. Been Before Vessel® _ _ ~~~ Was Struck. .. â€"~ 45 Died of Injuries. ‘ e bodie &mg of â€" in _landed at Queenstown. Rive are at Kipsale and it has peen reported that ‘an ‘armed <trawler accompanied . by . $wo fishing boats has picked. up 100 "r off Queenstown. 4 * _‘ ‘Many Dying of Injuries. . / \Many dead, lie in hotels and boardâ€" ing houses Â¥ictims of injuries and exâ€" ‘haustion, tliere are still others whose ~equditic appeared more serious. Two ;_g,,'v', e â€" children who were brought: ‘ &shot Clasped in each others arms / have not yet been identified. The: w w i landing presented a pitiful apâ€" peatance, some of them were covered wonly with blankets. _ Many children were without their parents. Funerala ‘‘of most ‘of the British victims _ will be keld at Queenstown on Sunday . /.«‘ Struck by Two Torpedoes. / â€")Two stokers have confirmed the rteâ€" t that the steramer was struckâ€"by wo torpedocs, .the first entered No. 4 stokehold, and the second the enâ€" tion of. those at Queenstown _ are ‘gine room. . A considerable proporâ€" _ members of the crew including Capt. g Furner, with first and second officers.. ~ All the other officials are pelieved to ‘ have ‘perished. P a _\ Bexeral,of frail craft evidently capâ€" imy ‘of those taken ashore were serâ€" ,m,u_thqy were launched soon afâ€" %‘;‘»,_‘ rwards. Lookouts sighted the perâ€" _ dously injured, ‘and more than a score . #scope of the submarine a thousand _ _yards â€" away, and the next instant . Apparently ... esery precéution â€" had aken against ~ A. surprise _ atâ€" L by a submarine.~ Lookouts were |2 alert coustantly as the steamâ€" ship ‘steered towards the coast. Difâ€" ficulty was experienced . in launching the boats because of the heavy list of the Lusitania, immediately after she was torpedocd. es P use ces > they saw the trail left by a torpedol as it flashed on its course. f 0 __> ~A Terrific Crash. I \ When came a terrific crash as the misile pierced the linet‘s side, followâ€" ed almost immediately by another: which littered the decks with wreckâ€" age. The course of the linet was at once turned towards shore. it y ".Fout torpedoes Fired. ;&& torpedoes _ apparently® were « at. the Lusitania but only two ‘of them found their mark. The los: ‘of life caused py the torpedoes themâ€" melves and the explosions they caused amust have peen terribly. heavy as : the ‘Abragic‘ sight of the bodies taken to " wn bears . evidence of _ it. w they , were â€"removed . to Cork and. Queenstown Hosaitals. w imated at 658 Out of Fotal 2160. Precautions WereTaken: TORPEDOES 3'{.&‘ quarterly Board will evening, it being the com Frail Craft Capsized meeting of the church yeatr. Josephsburg. of Rescued is| London, May 6.â€" (§ tions of great o w onl penpaagpants ‘m ys:* "The unf tion of the enemy in the remains unchanged. The holds only two points on the coast, e he is protected by the fire from hig ships. London, May 6,â€"â€"An Exchange Téleâ€" c". Mzu from Mitylene . says Twfik‘ considerably ; reinf w allles camp . | at e rarty "Tuesday morning, leaving 150 dead.~~ The: allies .Now : OcCu| tiong of great strategetic imp REWARDS FOR ; BRITISH x.un#@ ARE APP NOVEL PROTECTION AGAINST SHRAPNEL MONEY FOR , _ PROVINCES TO BOOST AGRICULTURE Ottawa, May 6.â€"The artment of Agriculture will Mmm‘% turn over to the provinee the money to be expended this year under ‘the Agricultirtal Instruction Act. Mr.C. C. Jane:, who had ch rze . of the campaignâ€" for increased production, has completed that work and is enâ€" ;a ed in the administration of th? ‘A;ricultural Instruction Act, under which $900,000 will be distributed amoig the provinces this year. . The money is paid out from timg to time ’by erranzement with the provincts to e appl‘ed under a definité proâ€" [;rlmme in the case of each province. New York, May 7.â€"The cortespondent ‘of the Tri Li that it was ° recently set by, the Cabinet and approved bi George that if the allies ¢r C over Germany Sir John will be made a Duke and réceive $1,000,000 cash. Sir John coe will be created V land receive £50,000, or 11 the fleet wins a great naval ment he will pe made an . and receive a half a million d a Lord Kitchener will be ad ed a step in the peerage and rédeive: a grant of $100,000 dollars., | CEMENT FROM It is now reperted that a® French frm is makine an effcient cemen from a byâ€"rroduct in the process Of making be‘t sugar. The seum ‘ fcrms when the teets are boiled, which hse hrâ€"tofors peen own away, consists _ largely of c t of lin® and water, and from 70,000 tons of tect treated, 4,000 tous of earonate _ of lime are ostain:d; t this 1.100 tons â€" ofâ€"clay ar the â€" resulting . product lq 1 tons of excollent cement. & ‘The scum is pumped â€" into lirge tankg, ~. wherd it is â€" attowed. ta dty partially; firelyâ€"divided lflny 3- North of France, May It has been noticed for some that the French . soldger‘s . s: does not protect him from i splinters of shrapnel. â€" The conâ€" servative spirit has so_far, pre vented those in authority &‘n'- y ing anything in the historic head~ piece in this war. Hoz:ve&'f: sentiment must give | way to utlâ€" lity, and an effort has been made to find a suitable helmet. . «One just proposed to the military authâ€" orities is made all in one piece, so as to protect the head, the back of the neck, and the temples. ‘The whole thing weighs 800 grammes,‘ which seems at first sight anuch too heavy. s eP Uya mixed with it; the mixg 18 thoroughly amaigamated 5 J‘atfli for an hour and burned in a rotary kilh, much in the same weyâ€"as Portâ€" land cement, â€" The clinker:iqi;theo removed and pulycrized into ceq.-nt‘ â€"Tit Bits. ITALY ON THE BRINK OF WAR TURKS‘ LOSSES ESTIMATED AT On the Italian Front, May 11.« ‘The opinion prevails in Rome that Italy‘s participation in the war is only*a question 6f days. ... _ _ Along the _ Austrian frontiâ€"r, where an Associated Press corr:a pondent has peen from one hod "C the line to the other, n?fl-t» versaily felt that wat is.A ques< tion of only hourg.;~~~~~ â€" London, ~ May. 11.â€"The . allfed troops on the Gallipoli peninsula continued their advance on Friday and ‘ Saturday, to .an Athens despatch to the | Terograph Co. _ % o. A5 DJ 44 itc Aveliind 7 f They are reported to M“A\efi pied important positions In spite of desperate resistance offered by the Turks, whose total losse® are estimated at 45,000 men, J DEAD IN: ALES‘ CAMP SUGAR BEETS . 45,000 MEN P a General Manager: of Cunard Company Says No Warnâ€" ing Was Given. c W iplete B uhy C £ k KE y x l i: h s :\ Iricrs ~werd " 184 Alflericme â€" on | (Y "PHARUN â€" :: .: .. > ‘ \ board the Lusitania.~ The o\harm & j d Ke L ALR VE (6Be) «0 Aiil, [ : |sengers included 961 British, 27 \VUL Â¥ * y es tant . |‘stans, 6 Persians, ‘ ©® French â€"and 5 Nes . C oT f , im‘ f ‘Gnek and 2 Mexicans. [ f 7 ~| __" . Sunk: Without Warning l C * | ' Liverpcol, May 8â€"S. J. Liston, genâ€" , ? ‘ ; eral manager of the Cunard Steamâ€" i pirelie ie oicenene ie c ‘ship Company at Liverpool, gave the > f * lf L";'l':“,”‘.f,.:,'fi;"'}:;‘;,::{,q:“{‘,f.’,"g; London, May 5.â€"The !ollowin; official communication was issued this . |\ Lusitania â€" was torpedoed at 2.33 evening by the British War ‘Office :â€" , | o‘clock toâ€"day when ten miles south of , ‘‘The general situation remains t nchanged. § ‘g: !!(“l"::::;‘ ment,:;tt r'“l “l:zl "Fighting is in progress on Hill No. 60,, southeast of Ypres, on â€" ‘‘call, ‘Comeâ€"at once, we have begun Which the Gernidns attained a footing this morning under cover of poisonâ€" | to list.‘ ‘That was the last heard from ‘ous gases, which were excessively used, and were favored py weather conâ€" her. . It l; apparent that the LusitaDI®)|gitions, A feeblé attack, also preteded by an extensive use .. of poisonous ’lw .:;:m:lz:z:‘m.::::‘:' igas, was made cast of Ypres, and was casily repulsed, our artillery : inâ€" New York, May $â€"Life boa a ting severe loss on the: enemy . l'nftl carried by‘l ’th. mf:m“'.:n Q?"In the neighborhood of Givenchy the Germans exploded a mine and t‘s.!:lf to ':cc:mno:ng 2,605, &hutt‘O\lurl again employed poisonous gases.â€" Four men were poisoned, but otherwise \Line stated. She had 22 life boats 1 i iy," : »with a capacity of &2 to 69 each, the enemy‘s efforts in this direction have failed completely i.,;"cnty collapsible boats, with a capacâ€" POISONING THE WELLS. 2 of 49 each, twelve rafts with a a € ity of 24 each, an two rafts with In support of charges that the Cermans had poisoned . wells in the 0 | @ cupmoity of 43 each, 'Sonthmt African campaign, the Right Hon. Lewis Harcourt, Secretary b‘ Subs, Were Waiting of State for the Colonies, toâ€"night ‘ sued a communication in which ~he h ‘on a.°:6u§:Â¥n couai:‘:l}cl:]:nam';: says that when General Louis Botha, Commander of the Union of South E miilés southâ€"southwest of Cork. It is Africa forces, occupied Swakopmund he . discovered . that six wells had ° Wkouthwest of ‘St. George‘s Channel been poisoned by an arsenical cattle wash. 1 a heve to ;l;l'chh :;"":': mm w...:‘: _ As a remonstrance General Botha sent a communication _( to . Col. is .© For several ~Ffancke," Commuander ol tle German forces. . This elicited m response, â€" acâ€" is | pool days German : sul . + s marines have been operating in the cording to the statement of Mr. Harcourt, that the German troops ~had :'mu A.th::nt:l:o':::um °= ""I been given orders that ‘"if they possibly can prevent it, not to. allow â€"any :t,,‘_ell,, believing it was impossible for water :supplies to fall into the hands of the enemy in a form which alâ€" n German submarines to catch the big lows it to be used for man or beast."‘ A 3‘;'&':;‘ :g“:,,cm ;2':. Awhm m General Botha has informed the Commander of: the German lo}'cu ‘ | Lusitania and other big liners in the that he will hold the officers concerned responsible for acts contrary â€" to ltnlht that their services might be The Hague Convention, and will take measures of reprisal. | needed ht:r. Not only were warships / C s lupt‘out EUSHd the LUSItANMI® UDOM | â€"â€"=mâ€"â€"â€"mmmmmâ€"mmmmementemmemenmme mmz memmtmzmmz mm omm zen n eatee [hor arrivel, but special nrecautions ; f were exercised to protect the lingr. ; ; 7 Anonymous Warning | TAT[S Hl p New ~York, May 8â€"Befors the steamer Lusitania sailed last Saturâ€" , & mi \‘day, 50 atonytmous telegrams addres $ 3N â€"â€" med ‘to prominent persons who had | * . | hn npats Fomestoaly mestet| O UP! 4 % em , vess * & * «> cAs! x E‘ofll and‘ sunk before. it rfi . mm en onet! a | verpool, ‘ollowln‘ the telegrams ¢ (Canadian Prcss.) | ""...‘."'r..fl'“.'.'.‘:.:' ysteto!| . Washington May 8. â€"The United States Governâ€" 24 $ire and feie friends on the Cunard | ill toâ€"day direct Ambassgador, Gerard to make inâ€" « ment wi y direc I to. make â€" 1N * | pler to whum they whispered in for | ‘*, * Sages + A. *\ sien accents that death would: from the Germa® W‘fofltp geyomfafln; o pany tne tomnemie on mos rofre ue parmapgre m e PWA T alt w s o 0 . L on Cc 1 h s iâ€" telling them.not to go in her. Among|+* U Conrcernimg tae supmurgâ€" v:-:----â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"-:â€"â€"« T anng T thes recipienia of the telestaphic »8ip |Came known. after a conferenct‘ between high officials, Llom: 'm;d "O-ml._:wm at| who said privately that the gituation was very grave. onte. Have learned on authority f * N o. Hane" 4 tant "rarmt ant President Wilson Deeply Shooked. . # [ t other oficers of the great liner aid| â€" _ ; Washington, May 8. â€"Following the usual Saturday : ::- Tae Lusitanly‘s M"ln.. eustom, President Wilson went to the Eols links, vou & 3 mt s o PE se ohs : nc h ons ie c s V 6 on IAtvexta was among % Stormoock at * & were in this party. . said: "The passengers were at lunch when a stbhmarine came up gm two torpedoes which struck Lusitania on the starboard side, one forward and the other in the en» gine room. They caused terrife ex» Ws. Captain Turner immediate» ly ordered the boats out. ‘The chip m:w list badly immediately.. Ten ‘ were put into the water and between 40) and 500 passengers enâ€" tered them. ‘The boat in Wwhich I was epproached the land with three other :I“uh and we wrre picked up shortly gna 4 o‘clock by the Stormceock. I fear that few of the officers werse maved. ‘They acted bravely. â€" There was only fifteen minutes from the time the ship was struck until she Ilmmdcred. going down bow foremost. It was a dreadful sight." <ourle" Lusitania‘s Cargo ° .*The‘ cargo of the Lusitania was valued at $750,000 and fully covered ‘by insurance, It contained various ‘munitions of war and other supplies #0r ihaâ€"allies including 189° packages ‘ot * goods," v‘lugl at $62,281 271. cases of ammBunition apâ€" at: $47,624, both consigned to J ol and\ 4,200 cases of cartâ€" es and â€" ammunition valued at 152,400‘ consigned to London. Other temis and their value were: Precious stones, $13,360; sheet brass, $49,565; furs, $119,220; leather, $47,000; â€"copâ€" ‘per,.. $20,995;. geese, $33,884; bacon, $1,502; copperâ€"goods,$21,000,â€"and dry goods, $19,086. , c The Lusitania‘s passengers were %n follows: OBE 1 . .o i2.. 04.Â¥ ns * B0K Secondâ€"class °............ ... 599 . © Thirdâ€"<lass ...0.....02...4. 0 331 ‘â€"Jobn J. Drew, K,C., _ a promin‘nt 4.-?.1 and un’sa'i Guelph‘s most highly respected citizens, died on Satâ€" urday motning in the Guelph Hospiâ€" tal, following a serious operation. Well Knownâ€" Lawyer Dice VELY | uC BRTISH TROOPS OELIVEAED COUNTEA * KTTAGK ON HILL 60, JFECAPTURING PORTION OF TRENCHES THAT WERE LOST Paris, May 6.â€"The h War Office this afterâ€" noon gave out the following/ report on the progress .. of hostilities, reading:â€" Â¥ f o the north of YÂ¥pres we _ repulsed . with . facility night attacks made by the Germans from Steenstraate. To the south of Ypres the Germans yesterday, at. a point near Sewartelen, made an attack on the trenches of Hill No. 60, occupied last. month _by _ the [British troops.~ The very vidlent onslaught, during the eourse of which they made use of asphyxiating gases made them masters in the beginning of this position, but our allies subsequently delivered a counter attack and recaptured the portion of the trenches previously lost. in ; In the forest of Ailly cotunter attacks delivered by us towdrds the end of the day. made slight progress, and we récaptured a portion of the position which the . Gezâ€" mans had succeeded in gaining in the morning. t mgx!g the night the Germans delivered counter atâ€" tacks against our position at Mameéton, east ‘of Silleker, the summit of which was reoccupied, _ > > !/ / â€" ‘All the remainder of our gain in the direction River Fecht has been consolidated and maintained. *"In the neighborhood of Givenchy 1 again employed poisonous gases.â€" Four the enemy‘s efforts in this direction h hat ut ies dsA c ahmd Snd M the enemy‘s efforts in this directidn have failed gmnpleuly." f v POISONING THE WELLS. in support of charges that the Cermans . had poisoned . wells in the Southwest African campaign, the Right Hon. Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, toâ€"night ‘ sued a com;nunicatlon in which ~he says that when General Louis Botha, Commander of the Union of South Africa forces, occupied Swakopmund he discovered . that six wells had Lainâ€"nnianmai 1v Sn arsenical cattle wath. 3 Washington May 8. â€"The United â€"States Governâ€" ment will toâ€"day direct Ambasgador, Gerard to make inâ€" quiry from the Gerfi\anWafoflgtn mfiffie Tacts Corrcernpng Te mstuonaddge~ Vrekptvirermtersmen vrerbrerie t3 h e l came known . after a conferencé‘ between ~high officials, who said privately that the situation was very grave. i President Wilson Deeply Shooked.. _‘ » * Washington, May 8.â€"Following the usual Saturday icugpm, President Wilson went to the golf links, directing that important details regarding the Lusitania lincident be forwarded. There is every indication that the ‘President, while deeply shocked, is determinéed" that â€" a ‘thorough invoestigation shall be made before mmino ing upon the course ‘of action for the United States. an in s P of That y.sterday afterncon .. went out from here to the sc ne of the Lusiâ€" tania disaster returned to Queensâ€" town last night and early this mornâ€" ing. ‘All ot them . brought l-mivolz &; ‘gr. lesset number. It i w aved ‘bere that 600 willte ths outsi‘¢ num‘er of these saved: The latest rescue boats to. arrive are tringing mestly bodies of dead, pickâ€" ed ‘up from the watcr at the scene of the disester, The dead now ~here number 124 and many of then: _ are women., «4818 ++ thy sre able to wal%, refuse to Te‘ main in the hotels. They haunt the doeks, â€" waiting and â€"â€" watching for iteds and relatives. Many of _ the survivers â€" are‘still bewildered from the terrible experiences and their ac« counts of the sinking ofâ€" the Lusitanâ€" ia are not entirely clsar. â€"One and all unite in enlogising the mabmer in which the ships off.cials behaved. was hit â€"with / the second tor:edo amidship she had listed and the ie boats on one side could not be laun ched at all. The work of getting as many â€" people as possible, . for the maost pert women and children, . into the only toats that could te . got clear was at â€" once unduhkeng(nd performed â€" with . efieiency and . heroâ€" ‘The se.ne as th> big â€" liner went doun is described py the survivors as Iy artâ€"rending beyond words. Batâ€" tling for life the passengers called to telativtes ‘and friends, or bade each other goodâ€"bye.: Small teats which wlhm‘mic k:l‘uy. from . the ulideot r â€" p many survivors, who with llle-bel'z or Jll.hc tb wne aze were foating on the surface of the water. But son the boats were all crowded. These poats wore in ‘turn ~picted up by the rescue stiametrs, coming at full speed . from shore points, but in many caSes w ahd mote hours elapsed before the tescuers reached the sceme. In many cases the only work left for the rex" cuers to do was td collectâ€"from the London,.May 10.â€"The Press Bureau has given dut a Foreign Office stateâ€" ment enclosing sworn statements from m_Bw:h w men, in which mmmhmmmuhpflnmflflmrmm German t ‘ The documents comprise statements alleged to have been made to the paper men by two German deserters to the effect that tha Bavarian regim were ordered by Prlnea Rupprecht to take no British under pain WM All had to be shot, the desorters sa 566 ts tnctanced in which it is alleged that 40 . h prisoners were HEARTRENDING SCENES AS. fw% WOMEN AND GHILOREN _ â€" / * ~ BMMLED FOR THERLNES _ Oné care ie Instanced in burned alive in a lunlf.o'n instance deals with 24 wall at Warvick. hoi Shucdu lcAfi The Genman dessrters who are said to e ; is for stories disappeared mysterlously tollowing .flm%a sAILOR:. BLOUSES _. Al WHITE LAWN WAISTS ‘Fine quality, smart styles, all sizes, lonyg or short sleeves. Queenstown, May 8.â€"Various craft Eoth men and women . resued. / if 54 inches wide, one piece left in grey only, just half price. BLACK AND WHITE CHECK 54 INCH COATING Sells regularly at $2.25, 154 in. check, all wool, for smart coats! Five minutes= after the Lusitania DRY G00bDS;° SEASONABIE, RELIABLE .QUALITY, â€"AT: .. .. _ ING rRebudtion@â€" M:fl,osMAmf E 3"% ~ m oÂ¥ O C L4 ) «408 % ‘? nsunt surrs, coarts, skints. wAits, unbenweAn, . ~M1QSt '-mm'rouo,ouum.um,m e 3 4 Whua aimer me caAlm £ «s FORTY BRMTISH PRISONERS GREY SICILLIAN CLOTH Rescued Haunt the Dccks Listed in‘ Five Minutes Heart Rending Ecâ€"nes C. H. MLLS & C0. §125 I5° mn‘"" “.l'; which it is alicgul that '. prisoners were pae. gor. QGermane concerned .sn‘l Another C« oing. ufln prisonera alleged an shot against a ALL MUST BE §0..D BURNEV ALIVE TN HANGAK the * Ceenhonht dize s To _ 4 . y -.b ' '“ E hu:.:v’ly-:'; :T.T.'.....,,..S..,...- fast colors. hnd 33e wat r the floating, bodies .of dead /. Several sengers "/w taken ug toard trawlers, severgly ~injured, onâ€" \, Iy to. die.Le‘ore. they toutd be trans KFew Cabin Pascenzers Saved _ first cavin passefigers, ‘of which there were 391, um«d there _ are saved 53, unzccounted for 338. There were â€"sncond ‘cavin> passengets 601, ind ‘it is believed there are saved 20, Â¥nmaccounted for 572. & *~~‘ Survivors Total 650 Londen, May ~8.â€"A statement isâ€" sued by . the British Admiralty says the total number ofâ€" survivors of the Lusitania is go It is telieved onâ€" ly a: few of ‘the first class passengers are saved. y AMERICAN MODEL CORSETS Ait sizes, white. coutil, latest model, a fine comfortable corset: A TABLE ._OF _GINGHAMS, Prints, Musiins, Lawns, Art Creâ€" tonne, Voiles, etc., your loc choice per yard «. «.‘ > C QucenstowR, May 8,â€"The bodics of viet‘ms fram the Lusitania are arâ€" riving on every incoming boat.â€" The Cunard line warshouse, which is beâ€" ing used as a tomporary morgue, alâ€" re;dy h:s beeh filled and sixty more ;:ii‘:el bave keen taken ‘to the town London, May 8.â€"A numter of Sur«/ vircrs landed by fishing boats on | Soverezn Islend many . it is {eated a, will die of injuries: . o Brinzing: in the Dead. _ #% // Kew ‘Yors, May 8:â€"The Cunard line | stated this mctaing.it had mug : word from, Liverrool" crediting. d Admiraity ‘ with the Statement that . only a few firstâ€"class j .m * saved. Three tFoits . were tted < trinzing 100 todm“i‘(}mmg: "s, Washing ton, May, 8.â€"A «despatch Te« ceived at thet State Department catly today. _ from...Consul ~Lauriat. at Queenstown put the. number of tesâ€" eved > of all â€" nfi?liflqmm Lusitania«dis: st r. g% 634. An carâ€" lier â€" des;a‘ch. from him says 700. The Consul‘8 . 106:st message added the names of four Americans . saved, to those . mentipned in ‘his previous despatch, m&h;.:w of 5ih Amâ€" ericans saved. others were resâ€" pred. ?«u’gl . unidentified podies hcd â€" teen tecovered . the Consul Tte* ports. , CÂ¥ Fiftyâ€"ons â€"Americans Saved Werehouse as a Morgue y Fishng Boats Help a ut holtizar