The Independent . ks of mail, including 1500sacks that were to go on the , but were taken off when the THE GREAT WAR February 26—British take Kut. Sixships sunk. President asks Congressfor authority to arm ships. February 27—British popular warLoan exceeds $5,000,000,000. Fiveships sunk. February 28—British casualties for February 18,428. No ships sunk. March 1—Germans retiring on ships sunk. March 2—Russians retake Hamadan,Persia. No ships sunk. March 3—Italians attack Gormanlines in southern Serbia. One shipsunk. March 4—Senate adjourns withoutempowering President to arm sh
The Independent . ks of mail, including 1500sacks that were to go on the , but were taken off when the THE GREAT WAR February 26—British take Kut. Sixships sunk. President asks Congressfor authority to arm ships. February 27—British popular warLoan exceeds $5,000,000,000. Fiveships sunk. February 28—British casualties for February 18,428. No ships sunk. March 1—Germans retiring on ships sunk. March 2—Russians retake Hamadan,Persia. No ships sunk. March 3—Italians attack Gormanlines in southern Serbia. One shipsunk. March 4—Senate adjourns withoutempowering President to arm ships sunk. American liner failed to sail. The La-conia was commanded by CaptainIrvine of the Royal Naval Reserve andwas armed with a inch rapid firerin charge of a Royal Naval Reservegunner. The weapon, however, was ofno avail since she was struck aboutten oclock at night when a submarineis invisible. The Laconia was run-ning without lights but evidently wasnot invisible to the The passengers had eaten their lastdinner as they were expecting to landnext day and many of them had goneto bed when the first torpedo explodedin the side of the ship. Boat drill hadbeen practised every day, but in thedarkness and confusion lifeboat No. 8was smashed against the side of thevessel. In this boat were two Americanladies, Mrs. Mary E. Hoy and herdaughter, Miss Elizabeth Hoy, and anAmerican negro fireman named three died from injuries or ex-posure and their bodies were thrownoverboard to lighten the boat. A sec-ond torpedo was fired at the ship whichsank in an hour. The submarine ap-proached one of the boats and theofficer standing beside the periscopeinquired in good English what was thename of the ship he had struck andwhere the captain was. When the peo-ple in the boat reproached him withmurdering women and children he re-plied that they would only be out ashort time for a British patrol boatwas near. He told them which way torow toward it
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