Show SUBMARINE FIRES LINER ATTEMPT I 1 IS MADE TO SINK PASSENGER BOAT BOUND FOR THE UNITED STATES torpedo misses 1 mark and the at tacked vewel vessel succeeds in escaping injury by Hj Rt nning inning at full speed from the enemy washington into the grave situa tion that hae ham developed deteen the united states and germany over the sinking ot of the lusitania was thrust another issue when it was revealed on saturday that the british steamer carrying a score ot of ameri amert cans had been attacked by a german man submarine the cunard liner bound from lb to new york with passengers including twenty two americans waa was attacked without warning it wa was learned on her arrival at new york by a german submarine on the morning of july S 9 should first reports of an attempt to torpedo without warning be borne out by the official investigation about to be instituted it was indicated in official quarters hat the united states probably woula regard the incident as adding f P grave element to the already strain strained cd relations ons be between teen the two countries twenty miles from the graveyard of the lusitania Lusi tanta off old head of kinsale Kin aale the escaped the lust fan tania iba s fate by one halt half a cond of time or tea feet of space the german torpedo churning the water that distance behind the liners rudder then the sped away she was as fol towed lowed by the submarine which rose to the surface eur tace manned a gun on her deck and shelled the fleeing steamer the attack was timed at tit 10 minutes to 6 but a few of her passengers lay sleeping in their berths aroused by stewards the passengers dressed hurried ly and went to the upper deck where they put on life belts and took their places at tho lifeboats they heard beard the sclean of the shells and saw tho the ocean spit up columns of water where the struck when the fire grew hot they a ere ordered for their protection to the next deck below for halt half an hour the showed her heels to the assailant through marine glasses the cassea gera gers watched the dark splotch on the waters aters surface astern they saw the low 13 1 ins ing german warship coming on but the Ord unaa Is flight waa was faster t than ban the pursuit and after seven hots had been fired without effect the submarine gave up tip the chase |