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HO! SHIP WAS SUNK I P1C STORY OF TORPElO ING OF LUSITANIA HEAT SHIP MOVED SLOW As Liner Zigzagged Across Irish Sea Passengers Sight Submarine-Tor yoedo Track is Seen as Weapon Leaves Boat-Explosions Are Ter rific. -How the Lusitania was sunk, the story of the fight to save the passen gers, the struggle for lfe in the water after the giant liner disappear ed-the story of what happened in the great marine tragedy, waq re lated by survivors. While the.-e is much conflict in their narratives from them have been gathered ff.cts which, when aszembled, form a story which stands only second 'o that of the titanic disaster. The Lusitania was steaming Long on the last leg of her ioyage to Liv erpool, making 16 knots. It was about 2 o'clock iL-the afternoo.n The day was clear and calm. The zun was shining brightly. It was a bealtiful day at sea. In the morning tho speed of the vessel had been reduced by Capt. Turner when of Fastnet, probably in fear of scattered mines. The ship was gliding along smoothly. Most of the saloon passengers were at lun cheon. Some had quit the salcon and were on deck. A majority of the see ond class and steerage passengers also wero on deck. Passengers lolled in steamer chairs or played at quoits. Others lined the railings, peering anxiously out over the water. For there- was much ner vous tension dud to. the ever present peril of submarine attack. On-the bridgo a sharp lookout was -being kept. Sharply at 2.05 the sig nal was given f:om the bride: " Full -speed ahead." The liner plunged forward under the new impetus. The whole of the ships cmpany seemed to feel the thrill of the new moveugent. Pas sengers on deck flocked to the side. Suddenly a cry rose from scattered points of vantage on the starboard side, "There' a submarine.". About a thousand yards off the starboard bow passengers saw break Ing the sun-glinted surface the sleek huB of a -dreaded under-water craf. It rested foi but a moment on the surface, then as quickly submerged. This-apparition was the only warn Ing given. There was air impetuous rush to the side of the ship on the saloon deck. On the saloon deck, faces:reflected more of curiosity.than far. Ahong the other classes aboard xcitement fast gained hold and pan!e ias incipient. Anxious eyes were -turned to the bridge. The first flush of the excitement had just passed when there arose 2 more ominous cry from. the watchers: "There's a torpedo coming straight From the point where the sub - marin'e sank, a great -while streak. Othe track of the torpedo, was traced. It was .aimed slightly ahead of 'the Lusitania, but as the liner plunged ford ward' at great speed, the track seemed to veer more and more- to k ward-a point amidships until'it struck -fair btween -th first and second fun nels with a dull thud. There was great tearing of metal. followed by a terrific explosion in the - ~stoke: bold. .The ship trembled from stem to stern. -The decks seemed to rise under foot. -The liner settled as -if sorely woundad. A great column of steam and w:, rose and coal and -wood splinters were hurled high and fell in an avalanche on the upper deck. The liner appeared to falter, then steadied asthe helm was swung over and her course was directed for land. But~before she could answer to her helm a see, nd torpedo pierced her bow. About four minutes intervened - between the two. - Some passengers ste tha.t not only a second but a third torp~edo struck the ship. It is S generally believed, however, that the explosion of the second- torpedo was mistaken for the Impact of a third. It iwas iwhile the ship was making 21 knots with a heavy list to star A board that the order was given, im - mediately after~ the second missile struck; to lowe'- the boats. Among the saloon passengers rela tive. cam prevailed. It was the gen erally. accepted idea that the Lusi tana would float. Cool heads coun . s 1 llied. calm and the more timorous were-quieted. Many of the first cabin passngers went about their depar uare leisurely, some even remaining it table until luncheon was conclud Below the scene enacted was wide ldifferent. Women, many of them with babies in their arms, became panic stricken. Officers and passen gers did their best to calm them. Fumes arising from the explosion permeated the ship and many fell un conscious to the deck. Meanwhile the crew struggled valiantly to lower the boats. -But due to the high speed of the vessel and the heavy list the boats fouled the davits or could not be swung out to clear the side. Finally .upwrard'of 20 boats were put into the water. Several were swamped when they struck the water: others were capsized in the swell from the ship. Life belts had been distributed among the passengers but many pas sengers did not wait to egpip them - selves with the preservers. .Some jumped over the side and were knocked unconscious when they struck; others leaped with life belts -on and swam to overturned boats: there to await the crowing of oth r swimmers to right the craft. Slowly the Lusitania filled forward and her bow dipped deeper into the water. Finally the big liner slowed down and seemed to settle as if she had run her race and was spent. The wireless apparatus still sputtered its -call for help. On the bridge stood Capt. Turner with his executive offi --cer beside him directing the hopeless -fight. -In the water men and women struggled for their lives. Five boats remained 'entangled at the davits. - With a final lunge forward the -Lusitania sank. 'Not more than 20 minutes had elapsed since the first torpedo struck her. She went down by the head. As the big liner took her fina! plunge, most of those remaining on deck leaped. Some struck the sides. Others jumped clear and struck away It was here that most of the lives were lost. A swirling maelstrom closed in sucking with it hundreds upon hun dreds of lives. A great hole seemed to open up where the Lusitania had been and into it there poured those who, 20 minutes before had been chatting -gaily on the gleaming decks of the greatest steamship on the At lantic. 'Five boats went down with the ship. From the shore seen through glasses in the hands of one of the coast guard there appeared to rise a curtain of vapor and smoke which hung low, obscuring the scene. When the veil lifted the ship was gone. From what survivors say it is safe to assume that nearly every one in the water within a radius of 100 WILSON IS DETERMINED ON COURSE TO PURSUE; NOTE IN PREPARATION The following statement on the Lusitania incident -as made public at the White Hov - Wednesday by Secretary Tumulty, after a conference with the president: "The course of the president has been determined. It will be announc ed just so soon as it is proper to pub lish the note now in preparation." President Wilson virtually complet ed Wednesday the note he will send to Germany as a result of the sinking of the Lusitania. It asks Germany for an accounting for the series of violations of Ameri can rights in the iwar zone-not only financial, but moral-and a guarantee that there will be no repetition of un lawful practices of German subma rines. Early Thursday the note. now ap proved by the cabinet, will be sent to Ambassador Gerard to be presented to the Berlin government. Its final details are being revised carefully. Members of the cabinet who always have advocated a vigorous foreign I policy ar. satisfied with its terms; , conservative members approve it also. I That it maintains the dignity and I honor of the United States is their < unanimous opinion. The president, it is said, realizes fully the gravity of meaning in the I note and is prepared for any even- I tualities that may follow its presenta- I tion. The note does not say exactly what the course of the United States will i be in case of a refusal, nor would I the president's advisers indicate Wednesday beyond saying that each new development would be consider ed. as it arose. In official quarters, however, even tual severance of diplomatic nela tions with Germany is declared not impossible if there'is no abatement of the German practices. The announcement from the White House was taken to mean that the American government observing the usual diplomatic amenities, would .await receipt of the communication in Berlin before making It public. At first, there was some suggestion that the communication be sent personal ly by the president .to Emperor Wil liam, but Mr. Wilson determined that it should be addressed not to an in dividual, but, to the German govern ment and-through it to the German people. The United States naturally seeks financial reparation, but its protest now is in the name of international law and humanity- to obtain a guar antee that such tragedies will not be repeated, and the lives. of non-com batants sacrificed. While high officials were retictent in discussing its contents, it was agreed the note voiced the intense feeling of the United States over re cent occurrences in the war zone. The. communication lays- stress on the inhumanity of attacks, without warning, on merchant vessels. It re views In a general way every case in the war zoae in which the rights of American citizens have been trans gressed-the sinking of the Falaba with the loss of Leon C. Thresher, an American; the attack by German air men on the American steamer Gush ing: the torpedoing -of the American steamer Gulflight, while flying the American flag; and finally the de struction of the Lusitania, with the loss of more than one thousand non combatants, and more than one hun dred -of them Americans. The note, while firm and pointed, does not abandon tones of friendli ness, giving room for a disavowal by Germany of her acts or an abatement of her practices. Germany Is called on for an expla nation of her past and future course, but the note leke open the steps the United S'tates will take to compel an acquiescence in its position. It calls attention to the fact that while warning advertisements appeared in the newspapers, 'the United' States government never was informed that the Lusitania would be torpedoed. Irrespective of that, however, the position is taken that the serving of notice to do an unlawful act neither justifies It nor makes It lawful. GUILY OF MURDER Kinsale Jury Indicts Officers of Crew. Xaiser- and Government. The coroner's jury investigating the deaths of five persons drowned when the Cunarder Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland last Friday returned a verdict at Kinsale, Ireland, Monday charging "the officers of said subma rine- and the emperor and 'govern ment of Germany, under whose ois ders they acted, with 'the crime of wholesale murder before the tribu nal of the civilized world." The verdict follows: "We find that the deceased met death fromi nrolonged immersion and exhaustio~n in the sea eight niiles southwest of Old Head of Kinsale Friday, May 7, 1915. owing to the sinking of the Lusitania by torpedoes fired by a Ger man submarine. "We find that this appalling crime was committed contrary to interna- 1 tio'tal law and the conventions of all civilized nations.c "We also charge the officers of .1 said submarine and the emperor andc government of Germany, under whose orders they acted, with the crime of wholesale murder before the tribvnal of the civilized world. "We desire to express sincere con dolence and sympathy with the rela-f tives of the deceased. the Cunardr &!npany and the United States, many of whose citizens perished in this murderous attack on an unarmedc Germians Warned to Leave. Naturalized Germans living int Liverpool have been advised to leave that town owing to the danger due to rioting since the loss of the Lusi- I tania.t ards of the ship when it sank was aught in the under drag. Many of the boats which were overturned had been righted with reat difficulty. To others still bot am up swimmers clung helplessly. Many clung to wreckage. Boats ruised about, picking up the survi vors. 5 First of the rescue boats to arrive y was a&trawler. Quickly the first boats te were emptied and then shoved off a *yith oarsmen to pick up further sur- b vivors. When the last of the survivors li was taken aboard the ships sped for jl and. most of them to Queenstown. t< irst aid was adv'inistered on board b ut many of those rescued were be- S ond help and died on the way in. N ugs and trawlers remained on the i: ~cene to pick up the bodies of those P rowne'd. 3lany rescued were severe- rI y maimed from the effects of the ex- d losion which scattered steel frag- si mets broadcast. . ec Survivors generally are agre'ed that yi o warning was given by the subma- r< ine and that everything within hu- al an power was done to save all on st oard..g Capt. Turner went down with his I: hip but was picked up three hours ti ater. He had been able to rsave him- if elf with the aid of a life belt and hisA exrnesso in swimming. ir [RUE TO ITS IDEALS NATIONS MUST MAKE ITS FU= TURE DREAMS COME TRUE WILSON HAS FAITH [n Speaking to Immigrants in Phila delphia, Who Are Now Citizens of the United States, President Wil son Outlines to Them the Future Aspirations of This Republic. At Philadelphia Monday night President Wilson was constantly in :errupted by spontaneous outbursts )f applause. Introduced by Mayor Blankenburg, who spoke in distinctly 3erman accent, a welcome and an appeal for a single allegiance to the nited States, the president carried 'orward the idea of the welding of loreign blood in the makeup of America by pointing out the true ;oal of right American citizenship to ie a loyalty not to the country of me's birth but to the land of one's Ldoption. Mayor Blankenburg called atten :ion to the fact that like the others ie had come to "foreign shores to ind fn the United States a home." "Let me beseech you," he said, "that. Americans are first, last and ill the time, no matter what may !appen in the world at large." "No matter what - our personal leelings for the country we left be ind, our first allegiance is to the :ountry of our adoption. I can not mpress this too strongly on account )f the occurrences of the last eight months. Thank God we have a man in the White House who knows, who is just a man who knows what to lo0." The crowd interrupted with a tu mult of cheers, arose enmasse and waved the stars and stripes. It was a remarkable sight. The stenographic copy of Mr. Wil son's address in full follows: "It warms my heart that you hould give me such a reception, but it is not of myself that I wish to think to-night, but of thoseawho have just become citizens of the United States. This is the onlf country in the world which experiences this con stant and repeated rebirth. Other countries depend upon the multipli cation of their own native people. This country Is constantly drinking strength out of -new'sources by'the voluntary association with it of great bodies oZ strong men and forward looking women. And so, by the gift of the free of independent people, It is constantly being'renewed from generation to generation by the same process by which it was originally created. It is as if humanity had de termined to see to it that this great nation, founded for the benefit of hu manity, should not lack for the alle giance of the people of the world. Allegiance Here is Allegiance to God. "You have just taken an oath of allegiance to the United States. 01 allegiance to whom? Of allegiance to no one, unless it be God. Certain ly not of allegiance to those who tem porarily represent'this great govern ment. You have taken an oath to a great ideal, to a great body of prim eiples, to a great hope of -the human race. You have said: 'We are going to America. not only to earn a living, not only to seek the things which it is more difficult to obtain where we were born, but to help forward the great enterprises of the human spirit -to let men know that everywhere in the world there are men who will cross strange oceans and go where a speech is spoken which is alien to them, knowing that whatever the speech, there is but one longing and utterance of the human heart, and that is for liberty and justice; And while you bring all countries with you, .you come with a purpose of teaving all other countries behind you -bringing what is best of their spirit, but not loojking over your shoulders and seeking to perpetuate what you intended to leave in them. "Thorough Americans." '"I carefully would not be one even .o suggest that a man cease to love :he home of his birth and the nation >f his origin--these things, are very sacred and ought not to be put out of yur hearts-but it. is . one thing to love the place where you were born. tnd it Is another thing to dedicate rorself to the place to which you go. You can not dedicate yourself to America unless you become in every respect and with every purpose of our will thorough Americans. You ~an not become thorough Americans f you think of yourselves in groups. america does not consist of groups. i man who thinks of himself as be onging to a particular group in kmerica has not yet become an Amer can, and the man who goes among rou to trade upon your nationality is so worthy son to live under the Stars id Stripes. "My urgent advice to you would be lot only always to think first of kmerica. but always, also, to think irst of humanity. You do not love umanity if you seek to divide hu nanity into jealous camps. Humanity an be welded together-only by love, >y sympathy, by Justice; not by jeal >usy and hatred. "The United States." "I am sorry for the man who seeks o make personal capital out of the assions of his fellow men. He has iot the touch and ideal of America, or America was created to unite aankind by those passions which lift. ~nd not by the passions which sepa ate and debase. We came to Ameri a. either ourselves or in persons of ur ancestors, to better the ideals of nen. to make them seek finer things han they had seen before, to get rid if things that divide and to make ure of the things that unite. It was ut a historical accident, no doubt, hat this great country was called rhoa United States,' and yet I am very Iankful that it has th~e word 'united' n its title, and the maai who seeks to ivide man from man. group from roup. interest from interest, in the rited States, is striking at its very eart. A Beckonin' Finger of Hope. "It is a vecry interesting circum tace to me. in thinking of those of on who have just sworn allegiance a this great government, that you rere drawn acroes th ocean by some eckoning finger of hope: by some be ef, by some vision of a new kind of istice, by some expectation of a bet 3r kind of life. No doubt you have een disappointed in some of us. ome of us are very disappointing. o doubt you have found that justice 1 the United States goes only with a. ure heart and a- right purpose as it os everywhere in the world. No oubt what you found here did not ~eme to touch you, after all, with the >mplete beauty of the ideal which >u had conceived beforehand. But. ?nember this, if we had grown at i ipoor in the ideal, you brought >mne of it with you. .A man does not a out to seek the thing that is not Shim. A man does not hope for the ing that he does not believe in. and some of us have forgotten what merica believed in. you, at any rate. poerted in your own hearts a re newal of the belief. The Dreams of America. - "That is the reason that I, for one, make you welcome. It I have in any degree forgotten what America was intended for I will thank God if you Re will remind me. I was born in Amer ica. Youdreamed dreams of what America was to be and I hope you brought the dreams with you. - No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or under- Co take any high enterprise. Just be- en cause you brought dreams with you, WC America is more likely to realize the dreams such as you brought. You are enriching us it you came expect- ot] ing us to be better than we are. re. Elbow to Elbow, Heart to Heart. tol "See, my friends, what that means; it means that Americans must have cai a consciousness different from the wc consciousness of every other nation on in the world. I am not saying tis st< with even the slightest thought of thi criticism of other nations. You know sti how it is with a family. A family ste gets centered on itself if it is not sit careful and is less interested in the neighbors than it is in its own mem- pa bers. So a nation that is not con- m( stantly renewed out of new sources is Ge apt to have the narrowness and prej- po udices of a family; whereas, Amierica th must have this consciousness, that on he all sides it touches elbows and hearts with all the nations of man- sei kind. The example of America. must tel be a special 'example. The example m< of America must be the example not fin merely of peace because it will not pe fight, but of peace because peace is w( the healing and elevating influences to of the world and strife is not. There to 1w such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing th as a nation being so right that it does co not need to convince others by force wi that it is right. ex What There Is In America. h * d "So if you come into this great na-- e tion as you have come, voluntarily fr< seeking something that -we have to da give, all that we have to give is this: su We can not exempt you from work. sh I sometimes think he is fortunate if pr he has to work only with his hands of and not with his head. It is very easy ed to do what other people give you to be do, but it is difficult to give other people things to do. We can not ex- th empt you from work; we can not ex- an empt you from the strife and the el heart-breaking burden of the strug- p1 gle of the day-that is common to Ai mankind; we can not, exempt you Tc from the loads that you must carry; Gi we can only make them light by the hc spirit in which they are carried. That th is the spirit of hope, it is the spirit of er liberty, it is the spirit of justice. th "When I was asked, therefore, by th the mayor and the committee that ac companied him, to come up from lo Washington to meet this great com- wi pany of. newly-admitted .citizens, I pa could not decline the invitation. I dc ought not to be away from Washing- ca ton, and yet I feel that it has renew- in ed my spirit as an American, In th Washington men tell you so many iti things every day that are not so, and ca I like to come and stand In the pres- wi ence of a great body of my fellow cit- at izens,. whether they have been my fel- Ti low citizens a long time or. a short -h time, and drink, as it were, out of the common. fountains with them ar and go back feeling that you have so ra generously given me the sense of al your support and of the living vital- th ity in your hearts, of its great ideals oa which made America the hope of the re world." SilOT AND THROAT CUT; INNOCENT NEGiRO KILLED Greenwood Shocked and Aroused Mysterious, Atrocious 3Murder of Inoffensive Negro. The city of Greenwood was shock- sa ed Tuesday morning to learn of a m: horrible murder committed Monday re night in the very heart of the town. m Joe Townsend. an inoffensive and an well-behaved negro.was- shot and his th throat cut some time during the by night by persons unknown. He- died kt after being rushed to the Greenwood re hospital. Joe lived in a little two- WI room house in the yard of Mrs. S. H. G1 McGhee, on Bailey Circle. at Mr. McGee .stated that he was. er roused a little before three o'clock Tuesday morning by groans coming d from the rear of his residence. He says he at first thought the negro had be suffered a severe sudden illness and of phoned for a doctor be'fere going out. He secured a physician; but by the be time he got out in the yard Joe had I dragged himself back into his house.d Another physician was called and d the party entered Joe's'house, notic-fl ing blood on the ground for the first ha time. The physicians found that tic Joe's throat had been cut and while a he had sustained horrible gashing m cuts, no artery had been severed, and fo the physicians said that he was not necessarily fatally wounded and that be he must be carried to the hospital. tel -Joe was conscious but in great m pain and kept saying something about being shot. Further examination re- th vealed the fact that he had two bul- to let wounds In his body. He was of rushed to the hospital, but died itn shortly after being carried there. The only thing that could be learn- cir ed from, him was that two white men no had cut his throat and then shot him wa twice. He said one of them wore a su derby hat. He said he could not th: identify them. He said they told him br< they were looking for a negro named pre "Sam" from Greenville. Nothing -hu more 'was learned from him. A bul- to let from a 38 calibre pistol was car found in his bed. St; The whole community is aroused over the brutal murder, taking place pal in the very heart of the town, the dii main residence section, of Green- ply wood. Very probably a large reward me will be offered. The police and other Wo officers are at work on the case, but the no clue has developed as yet. - i iser RIOTINGIN ENGiLAND "a F'ierce Wave of Indignation Burnsth 'Against All Germans. les shi Never since the war began has ( such a wave of anti-German feeling sin surged through the country as at An the present time. It is due entirely mu to the sinking of the Lusitania. lie! Working men are refusing to labor fro alongside men of .German birth. tioe whether naturalized or not. In many Wc towns premises occupied by Germans tha have been damaged or destroyed and even the exchanges in London and provincial towns are barring the doors to persons of German blood. There have been riots in Liverpool. lia Manchester. Salford and Birkenhead. d In Liverpool Germans have been in terned and these who are naturaliz- 'a ed subjiects of Great Britain have s been advised to go to interior towns E te or seek internment. Many have de- ide ided on internment. e Newspapers demand that all the y twenty-five thousand Germans still at large should be similarly treated. Deputations from the stock ex- pra hag.the Baltic exchange. Lloyds' den and the corn exchange, after a meet- o ing Tuesday night on the steps of the aga Rloyal exchange, marched to the . House of Commons and presented a wttion to the attorney general 'I which called attention to the grave res danger in allowing enemy aliens to eve remain at iarge ing ONY RIOTS IN ENILAND; GERMAN HOUSES WRECKED1 ports of Disorders Come From Various Parts of Country and From -the Colonies. Premie- Asquith told the House of mmons Thursday that all aliens of amy countries of military age uld be interned, and that this ap ed to those naturalized, against om there was suspicion, and that iers would be repatriated. As a ult riots in London and provincial vns have largely subsided. Such rioting as did take place was -ried on by mobs of boys, girls and men, who were out for fun or bent looting German shops, while men IQd by laughing or encouraging 1ir youthful imitators. The police, 'ongly reinforced by special c." bles, are better able to handle the uation. Following the wild scenes of the st few days and nights some 500 or >re active participants in attacks on rman shops appeared in London's lice court and the magistrates read em severe lectures and imposed avy penalties in most cases. Some of the most culpatle were itenced to jail at hard labor, sea ices ranging from a month to four inths. Others, mostly women, were ed. When men of military age ap ared before the magistrates they re told sharply that the best way get revenge on the Germans was enlist. Streams of Germans poured into a American consulate all day. The nsul general, Robert P. Skinner, ts unable to do anything for them cept to make an appeal in their be If to Scotland Yard, which promis to do its utmost to protect them. Mr. Skinner is taking statements )m the Germans as to the extent of mage sustained in the riots. These tements show heavy losses among opkeepers, one of whom states his operty was damaged to the extent $10,000.- Few of them had suffer personal injury and many had not en molested in any way. About twenty Germans, among em a number of weeping women d children, called at the American ibassy. They were advised to ap F to the German branch of the nerican embassy at Carlton House rrace, the former location of the rman embassy. These persons, wever, evidently feared to go to is address; for E. G. Lowry, of the ibassy staff, who is in charge of is branch of the work, reported at he had received no complaints. Under English law taxpayers of zalities where the shops were ecked and goods destroyed must .y compensation for the. damage ne in the riots, so that in many ses the very people who took part the demonstrations have to pay eir shai'e. At Southend'the author es took a more serious view of tLe se, as many of the men arrested .re prominent citizens, who /were gered by the recent Zeppelin raid. ey were remanded for a week and avy bail was demanded. Naturalized Germans, Austrians d Turks were busy signing decfa tions representing their oaths of legiance to Great Britain. In all e memorials the men reaffirm their th of allegiance and express abhor nce of German methods of warfare. ILL REFUSE U. S. DEMANDS; GjERMANY NOT TO ACQUIESCE nw York Paper Claims Inside Tract From Diplomatic Sources That Are Unquestionable. The New York World of Thursday ys in a Washington dispatch: Ger mny will defy the United States and fuse to discontinue her present athods of submarine warfare. The swer of the kaiser's government to e repres.entations being formulated President Wilson has been made .own. It will be a polite and suave fusal to desist from that policy lich resulted in torpedoing the if light, flying the American flag, d sinking the Lusitania, a. bellig ent merchant ship with scores of nerican citizens aboard. The usual formalities of note ox anging and representations must followed, but the ultimate refusal Germany to meet the American do mnds already is determined. Germany will continue to destroy ligerent vessels without warning. Americans persist in travelling un r the British, French or Russian .g they may be killed. An official of the German embassy s said that this is the German posi n, and it will not be modified or andoned. He added that the Ger in foreign office will politely in -m the state department that Ger my regrets that Americans have an killed, but it can not accept the 'ms of the Washington govern nt. Despite the grave possibilities In Spresent situation, there appears be no apparent. desire on the part those who are familiar with 'Ber 's viewpoint to avoid the issue. If statements made in diplomatic ces can be credited, Germany is tat all worried by the prospect of r with the United States. It was ggested in responsible quarters tt she is looking for an excuse to tak off relations, because she Is pared to send a flotilla of two ndred submarines on the high seas destroy every munition or food rying ship that leaves the United Ites for British and French ports. 'he greatest single desire on the - of Germany, according to these lomats, is to block the allies' sup of American-made guns and am nition. To carry out this plan she uld welcome an open rupture with United States. The American army is not taken iously in Germany. The Ameri tnavy would be of negliglible val in the present conflict, according the German military leaders, and ihostility of the United States uld be more than balanced by the sened quantity of war munitions pped from this country. lerman diplomats insist that Rus will be helpless whenever the terican supply of guns and am nition is cut off, and her only hope in a continuance of importations mn America. The German posi .as stated above, reached The rId correspondent from sources t can not be questioned. WILL BRINGI Tl!EM hO0ME he Cunard Steamship company announced in New York Wednes that it will bring back to the ted States the body of every1 eican who was a victim of the ting of the Lusitania at the ex se of the steamship company, if I bodies can be recovered and itiieud. 'rench Praise Note -to Germans. he Parisian papers are full of se for the stand taken by Presi t Wilson in his note to Germany ~ering the use of the submarines inst merchant ships.t llinois Senate Rehind Wilsor.. 'he Illinois Senate has passed a lution backing Wilson in what-c -he may do arninst the torpedo-j I TELLS OF LOST SHIP DOUBT AS TO WHOSE SUBMk RINE SANK GULFLIGHT PATROL BOATS ON WUARD Dead Master Quoted as Saying "That Must be a British Submarine" Destroyers Directing Course of American Vessel Took no Notice of Attacking Diver. The state department has made public a sworn statement by Ralph E. Smith, former chief officer, now mas ter of the American steamer Gulf light, describing the torpedoing of that vessel May 1, off the Scilly Is lands. When torpedoed, the officer says; the Gulflight was flying a large American eisign six feet by ten feet in size. He said he saw the subma rine, but "could not distinguish or see any flag flying on her." Capt. Smith further says that shortly before the submarine was sighted two British patrol boats, the Iago and Filey, took positions on either side of the Gulflight and or dered her to follow them to the Bishop Lighthouse. "I personally observed our flag was standing out well to the breezes," the officer stated. The text of Capt. Smith's. statement follows: "I am Ralph Smith, now master of the steamship Gulflight. At the com mencement of the voyage I.was chief officer. The ship left Port Arthur on th6~ 10th day of April, 1915, laden with a tank cargo of gasoline and wooden barrels of lubricating oil. The voyage was uneventful. When about half way across the Atlantic the wireless operator told me there was a British cruiser in our vicinity, and that he had heard messages from this ship the whole time since leav ing Port Arthur, but she made no di rect communijation with or to our ship. From the sound of the wire less messages given out by the Brit ish ship she seemed to maintain the same distance from us until about three days before we reached the mouth of the English Channel. "On the 1st day of May about 11 o'clock in the forenoon we spoke to two British patrol vessels named Iago and Filey. We were then about twenty-two miles west of the Bishop Lighthouse. The patrol vessels ask ed where we were bound. After in forming them we were bound for Rouen, they ordered us to follow them to the Bishop. The'Filey took up a position of a half-mile distant on our port bow, the Iago off our starboard quarter close to us. - "We steered as directed and at about 12.22 the second officer being on watch, sighted a submarine on our port bow, slightly on the port bow, steaming at right angles to our course. The submarine was in sight for about five minutes when she-sub merged about right ahead of us. I saw her, but could not distinguish or see any flag flying on her. "The Gulfliglit was thek steering about true east, steaning about eight miles an hour, flying a large Ameri can ensign, size 6 feet by 10 feet. The wind was about south, about eight miles an hour in force. I per sonally observed our flag was stana ing out well to the breeze. Immne diately after -seeing the submarine I went aft and notified the crew and came back and went on the bridge and heard the captain make the re mark that that must be a British submarine, as thie patrol boats took no notice of it.. About 12.50 an ex plosion took place in the Gulflight on the bluff of the starboard bow, send ing vast quantities of water high in the air, coming down on the bridge and shutting everything off from 'our view. After the water cleared away our. ship had sunk by the head so that the sea was washing over the fore deck and the ship appeared to be sinking. "Immediately after I went aft to see the boats. On my way I saw one1 man overboard on the'starboard side. The water at that time was black with oil. The boats were lowered and the crew got into them without delay or damage. After ascertaining there was no one left on board the ship I got in my boat and we -were picked up by the patrol vessel Iago and were advised by her crew to leave the scene. We proceeded to wards St. Mary's. but the dense fog, which then came on, prevented us getting intZo the harbor that night. "About 2.30 in the morning fol lowing, I saw Capt. Alfred Gunter, master of the Gulflight, who had been s~eeping in the 'room of the skipper of the lago, standing-in the room with a queer look on his face. I asked him what his trouble was and he made no reply. Then he reached for the side of the berth with his hands, but did not take hold. I went in "the room, but he fell before I reached him. He was taken on deck, as the cabin was small and hot. After reaching 'he deck he seemed to re vive and said: 'I am cold.' After that he had apparently two fainting attacgs and then expired in a third one-this being about 3.40. 'We arrived at St. Mary's Scilly, about 10 o'clock on the morning of May 2. The Gulflight was towed to Crow Sound, Scilly, on the 2nd of May, by British patrol vessels, and Commander Oliver, senior naval of fier of the port of Scilly, sent for some one to come on board the Gulf light and I went and the ship was anchored about 6 p. m. I again left the ship that evening--she being then in the charge of the admiralty. I visited the ship on Monday. I went out again on Tuesday. but it was too rough to get on board. To the best of my knowledge there was no exami nation of the vessel made by divers until Wednesday about 3 p. in., when members from the American embassy were present. The divers at this time made an external examination only of the ship's bottom and left the hip with me at 5.40 p. in." AMTERICANS ARE IN PERIL ieican Soldiers Rushing to the Res cue of Somien and Children. With 500 Mexican soldiers and a and of armed Americans reported as :rying to rescue them, a colony of 65 imericans, including women and :hildren, were striving Friday to ight off Yaqui Indians from their 1mes near Esperanza, south of Juaym'as. They situation was re orted as critical. Coy. Maytorena's relief -troops are1 >roceeding to the aid of the Ameri an with difficulty, as the railroad is mly partly repaired. Several Ameri-1 ans have been reported killed in the ghting. Liner Sails From Liverpool. The White Star liner Cymric sail dI from Liverpool. bound for New ork. Friday afternoon, with moret han five hundred passengers aboard. Memorial Services Held. Services were held in various parts f this state and North Carolina int onor of the Confederate dead on E ROME FEARS REVOLUTION; FRI CABINET HAS RESIGNED; WAR FEVER IS SEEThING ALL King Victor Emanuel Receives Vari ous Leaders But Has Not Yet Acted on Cabinet's Resignation. Rome is in a ferment Friday as a result of the wonderful struggle now going on in Italian political circles between war and neutrality. Former Fe Premier Gioliotto is leading the fac tion which demands neutrality, but Be the majority of the other national leaders appear determined for war. The entire city is seething. Stores a have been closed as a protest against the activity of the former premier in Le the effort to force the government to in si maintain strict neutrality. The fear offici of revolution is freely expressed. 'Ian Rioting is on the verge of becoming of C more serious. Pro-war -sympathlzers claim Friday night took their feeling out in by tI attacks on various German ships Ara which. lay in the harbor. The activi- Br ty of the military authorities and of clare the police are proceeding in the ex- Fren pectation of more serious rioting. in th Paris Friday afternoon reports a Nc dispatch from Rome that the military doinj already occupies practically the en- own, tire city. The increased rioting to- mass wards nightfall was of a most drastic Pa and revolutionary character. The by a troops are doing their best to keep righ1 down the turbulent crowds. War enen riots have also swept Miland, where hund many people are said to have been in- '] jured. Fire arms have been used taine and the situation is described as 'most suits grave. ther The war fever continues to spread, war and the manifestations -in the capital been are particularly impressive. A crowd ly. favoring war went Friday night to witz( the hotel at which Gabriele D'Annun- thro zio is staying and cheered until the guns piet appeared on a balcony and spoke of al fervidly In favor of war. The crowd "] then went to the- palace of Dowager foun Queen Margherita and acclaimed her of G wildly. by o Pro-war enthusiasts engaged in a 1X brief struggle with neutralists who troo were holding a meeting in the Place Sir . San Sylvestro. In the clash the win- the dows of a German cafe and in anoth- time er establishment we're broken. give Mounted police cleared the square, tack but the demonstration continued for posit some time in the central part of' the How city. Germ King Victor Emanuel Friday re- beer ceived in order named ' following waye statesmen: Signor Manfredi, presi- ties. dent of Senate;.Signor Marcora, pres In ident of the Chamber of Deputies, Cala and Signor Giolitti, a former premi- atta er, but now. the leader of the party fore in Italy in favor of neutrality. the These evidences of political devel- ter-< opment were observed with deep In- Wes terest because of the rsignation 0 Thursday of the cabinet on the that ground that its international policy fro= did not have the unanimous support line of the constitutional parties of the they country. succ The king has not yet announced T whether the resignations will be ac- whi< cepted. The cabinet feund It'impcs- forti sible to bridge -the differences sepa- least rating it from the followers of Signor usin Giolitti. thei: Both Signors Marcora and Man- fore fredi have been mentioned as pos- succ sible premniers in the new cabinet. Geri Politically, the king is above all par- Brit ties. According to parliamentary cus- B tim he has the right to accept or re- then ject resignations of the cabinet, and toolk Rome is filled with wildest conjec- the ture. 'Frez Some believe he will summon the Able cabinet before the Chamber of Depu- very ties for discussion of its course, b ila ing 'guided himself by what these dis- Part cussions reveal. Others argue that grea Premier Salandra resigned because held of the attitude of Signor Giolitto and. thel: that Giolitto must of necessity take tren his place. Still others argue the renc king probably will choose a new cab- nesd inet composed of men who have not occa taken part in the recent heated ex- and changes. secti took CENSUS BUREAUJ FIGURES bac, Cotton Consumed in April, 318,610, tion as Compared With 499,466. Cotton used during April was 513,- des 610 bales, exclusive of linters, comn- trat pared with 499,466 in April last trenr year, the census bureau announced frou Friday. During the nine maonths end- ter ing April 30 cotton used was 4,09-1,- tion! 285 bales against 4,264,856 in .the Frer same period the previous year. rein Cotton on hand April 30 In manu- ws facturing establishments was 1,831, 035 bales, against 1,572,058 last kp year, and In Independent warehouses 2,850,189 bales, against 1,353,295 ft last year. Exports in April were 672,0G8 bales, against 398.233 last year, andGe for the nine months 7,361,621 bales, against 8,334,298 In last year's peri od. F Imports were 54,479 bales against grea 32,917 last year and for the nine gian: months 291,260 bales, agaInst 148,- fath4 074 in last year's period, push Linters used were 36,863 bales somc against 26,636 last year, and for the Fren nine months, 251,442 bales, against twee 231,319 bales .in last year's period; mans on hand in manufacturing establish- sive meats, 170,617 bales, against 99,851 Lc last year, and in Independent ware- both houses, 81,099 bales, against 66,143 ably last year. Linters exported, 17,609 TI bales anid for the nine months, 172'~ treat 974 bales. -and Spindles operated during April rout numbered 30,933,236, agaInst 31,- Petri 014,048 last year. of tl - mati: ABUSED BRYAN AND WILSON have rapici KICKED OUT OF EMBASSY Rhet has 1: Ambassador Gerard Ejects Malcon- dicat. tent, Who Octs Off'ensive- o i ly in Berlin. says .been Maurice. Sombern, the European be br representative of the National Sweep- Thl er company of Torrington, Conn., was cided ejiected from the American embassy parer at Berlin Wednesday by Ambassador Gerard. It seems that Sombern went-g to the building occu'pied by the Amer-. 3111 ican o~icials and began to abuse Se< President Wilson and Secretary sorder Blryan, declaring that in part'.cular ,proce that- the secretary of state had ac- wher4 yepted British bribes. tione< Somnbern is a naturalized German- .be fu Amnerican. HeI was rebuked by the whiclj >fficials at the embassy, but persisted the Y in his statements, and the butler Tnally threw him Out. It is under- Sub] stood that Ambassador Gerard will Th4 *equest that the German government suedt leport Sombern for his conduct. subm: Washinaton had received no report M1ay t ipon the Sombern incident but offi- merci 'ials were expecting one at any time. Titanic Claims. Got Suits against the Oceanic Stcamn ward ~avigation company. Ltd.--White is wa tar Line--arising ou:t of the loss of count: he Titanic for claims aggregr.ting pwards of $18.000,000, came up be- The ore .Judge Mayer in the U'nited the pe taces Diztrict C.>urt Monday upon Lind? pplica~tion of the -steamship company . o have liaoility limit~'d to amount of he is assage money actually paid to com- nights any. zens. NCH MAKE fIAIN ES MAKE ADVANCE AND CAPTURE MUCH SPOIL MANS ADMIT LOSSES al Reports Agree,.Says London, r FIrst.Time in Six. Moths Igians Make Spirited Night At k-Three Companies of Ger as Annihated ndon reports: For the first time * r months, German and French al statements agree. The Ger communication admits the ruth en. Joffre's more important .s as to the great successes won e French between LaBassee and itish military commentators de a little further advance by the ch will open a conspicuous gap e German line. rth of LaBassee the British are little more than holding their but they are keeping great es of.Germans engaged. ris reports: "The Belgian army, new attack last night on the bank. of the Yser, repulsed th 3 iy, who left, in retiring, several red dead on-the ground. o the north of Arras we have ob d some new and important re By the capture of Carency has fallen into our hands much material which it has not yet possible to enumerate complete It includes two cannon, one ho r, two mortars, a dozen bomb ers, a large number of machine , 3,000 rifles and large supplies ells andlcartridges. a the wood of hill No. 125 we d the bodies of three companies armans who had been annihilated ur artillery." mdon reports: Thus far British )s, according to Field -Marshal rohn French, have withstood all erman onslaughts and while at s they have been compelled to some ground, their counterat s'have brought them back to the ion from which they started. ever, this has been costly for. the aan artillery bombardment has severS and counterattacks al are followed by' heavy casual their attempt lost fall to reach Ls the Germans .continued their ks for six weeks hut the allied is were much weaker .then, and ermans did not meet the coim ifensives they now meet in the these, the -most important Is the French are carrying out L Arras' to the point where their joins the British, and. in which. continue tc meet with unvarying.. ess. iey report again the: capture, h the Germans admit, of strcagly fledT positions, and one road at which the Germans have been g to bring up reinforcements to a positions nea'r LaBassee. There it is believed here the French asses will lighten pressure the aans are bringing to bear on the sb around Ypres. ~rln reports: "In the western tre of war: East of Ypres we another polnt of vantage from mnemy. In the afternoons strong ch attacks on our- front from into Neuville were repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy. TheT ge of. Carency and .the western of Ablain, which are, for the ter part included in the territory by th0 French as a result of -occupation of-* our foremost :hes between -Neuville and Ca y were, howevei evacuated' Wed ay night. Unfortunate -on this sion a number of our brave men much material again wei'e lost. 'eich atfemnpts to recapture a on of their trenches which we from northwest of Berry-au in the woods -south of NiI-aux were without success. Lter strong artillery prepara the enemy attacked our posi between- the Meuse and the Mo Wednesday -night. ~At .Oroyp Carmes they succeeded in pene ng a section of our foremost :hes stretching over a width of .150 to 200 metres. After bit band-to-hand fighting our posi were again cleared of all chmen. A number of prisoners .lned in our hands. 'wo French blockhouses on the ern slope of Hartmans-Weiler were destroyed by our fire. [UCIJ FIGHUTING GiOINGi ON sans on Offensive But Claims of Results Conflicting. om the Belgir.i coast to Arras, a battle Is under way. The Bel , in the little section of their rland which they still hold, are ig forward, apparently with success. Neair the border the ch are attacking furoiously. Be a these two districts, the jer Sare prosecuting a fierce offen against the British. cal successes have been won on sides, but the main issue prob will not be decided soon. e Russians admit a further re in Galicia, but deny Austrian German reports of a complete British correspondents in ~grad minimize the importance te Austro-German victory, inti ig that Russian strategy may been responsible in part for the advance of the Teutonic forces. ports from all sources indicate the loss of life in the fight on Soli peninsula at the Dardanelles een severe. British accounts in i that the allies have paid a u rice for establishing positions - s and. A dispatch from Athens the losses of the Turks have so great that fresh troops are to ought In from Symrna. a course of Italy still Is unde but little hope for peace ap-. tly is entertained at Rome. 'TO PROTECT AMERICANS retary Daniels Friday afternoon ad the cruiser New Orleans to ad immediately to Guaymus, Sthe cruiser Raleigh is now sta l. in order that Americans may ly protected from the uprising is seriously threatened among aqui Indians. narines Sink Twelve in Week. British admiralty at London he statement Friday that enemy rines during the week ending welve sunk a total of six British antships. Governor Offers Reward. .Manning Friday offered a re or Rufus Smith, the negro who cted for murde in Marir n Cincinnati Inquirer delved into st and asked where was John The- Minneapolis Journal says at work days and at home