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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1915
Page
8
German government’s version awaited before actions by the United States. Officials call the situation grave. President Wilson to act with extreme caution. Public opinion inflamed and feared.
Washington authorities say Ambassador Gerard will seek Germanys report on the Lusitania disaster as officials weigh grave implications. President Wilson and aides push for full facts, restraint, and a firm but cautious policy amid the loss of 137 American lives and rising public pressure.
The United States sent notes to Germany and Britain after war zone declarations, urging protection of American lives. The German note warned that destroying an American vessel or killing citizens would trigger U.S. accountability and possible action to safeguard lives and property.
Rome reports that German ambassador to Italy bade farewell to the pope and king amid failed Austria talks. King Victor Emmanuel III postponed the senate meeting as war sentiment grows in parliament. Italy prepares for possible entry with rail suspensions aiding troop movements while Austria intensifies frontier armament. German statements warn readers of Lusitania risks and imply Allied alignment implications.
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Survivors mill about the Queenstown docks as rescue boats return with bodies from the Lusitania sinking. Officials report about 500 saved. 124 dead at the morgue, including many women, as scenes of heroism and loss unfold. Survivors refuse to leave the wharf, watching seaward for missing loved ones.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt is reported among victims of the Lusitania disaster per a message to Ambassador Page via the American consul at Queenstown. The note cites a casualty list and confirms Vanderbilt’s death amid the sea tragedy.
Latest figures show about two thirds of those aboard the Lusitania perished. Cunard reports 1919 total aboard, with 703 survivors. Rescue fleet progress stalls as Admiralty says few more survivors likely. only 76 of 290 first class passengers saved.
New York crowds gathered at Cunard offices as hundreds sought word on Lusitania passengers. Officials posted survivor lists, checked saved names, and answered anxious questions about second cabin and steerage passengers. FP Gaskell denied any panic or presence of explosives aboard the ship.
Dr Dy Vv Moore of Yankton South Dakota traveling to England to join the British hospital corps cabled the Journal that he saved his life by clinging to a keg and was picked up by a patrol boat in Sioux City in May.
London reports that Berlin dispatches carried hundreds of telegrams of congratulation to Admiral von Tirpitz on the sinking of the Lusitania, seen by Germans as retaliation for the destruction of the German squadron near the Falkland Islands. News of Lusitania’s loss elicited mixed feelings of astonishment and enthusiasm.
London reports admiralty figures show 2 067 aboard Lusitania at torpedoing with 658 survivors later rising to 708. American consul lists 43 Americans saved with total survivors at Queenstown around 684 and 33 unidentified bodies. Charles Frohman’s body recovered at Queenstown and embalmed.
Washington May 8 Rep Gardner at the White House sought permission for constituents to visit the mansion parlors and issued a statement on the Lusitanian disaster urging President Wilson to act firmly toward Germany and outlining what Colonel Roosevelt would do Secretary Tumulty said the White House resented Gardner using the executive offices as an annex to his press bureau
Bulletin boards near the Courier and Reporter will carry developments from the Lusitania disaster and the coming Allied-German clash. Readers will be kept advised on the evolving events and any significant Japan Chinese situation updates are anticipated as they occur.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt Charles Frohman Ebert Hubbard and Charles Klein unaccounted for Of 2,160 persons aboard ill fated ship only 658 known to have been saved little hope for remainder two torpedoes hit liner.
London reports show fifteen hundred lives lost as Lusitania torpedoed off Kinsale with 658 survivors. Of 2160 aboard, many saved landed at Queenstown and Kinsale, while bodies reach Queens town and Cork hospitals. US consul accounts 51 Americans saved. many still feared dead. Queenstown mortuary and city grieving as officials update casualty figures.
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