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I; I i" r THE WEATHER ..l'; , , TT ' ' ' ' 1 - ' -.-'Hl 'Jr . Tues ' W4""d ' ": . K Sjll 10 Pages Today VOL. XCVI KO. 50. WILSON GIVES FIRST imiMmiON of probable courie of united ST A TESASTOL V!llTANIA MA TTER Will Seek ! to Convince Ger many of Injustice to Man- kind of the Tragedy. BUT REMAIN AT PEACE His Remarks Thus Interpreted, Though He Speaks by Implication Only. GIVEN GREAT OVATION Address Heard by 15,000, of Whom 4,000 Are Natu- ! ralized Americans. riilhidolphia. May 10. - Presi dent Wilson rave to a gathering of 0y. naturalized Americans to "nifrhl'"the first intimation , of " the touio the United States probably vail piirst'i-e- in the situation result in? from the loss of more than a hundred American lives on the British liner Lusitania. Hejspoke by implication, but his hearers in terpreted his remarks as meaning tkt while the United States would remain at -.peace, itrvvould seek to -convince Germany of the injustice to mankind --of - the tragedy. " ' America. ' said the President, 'ranst hare the wnseiousiress'thatj u all sides it touches elbows . and toinhes hearts with all the- na tions if -mankind. The example nf America must be a special ex ample. And it must be an exam pie not. .merely of peace beeaue it ; will not tijrht. but because peace is a healing and elevating influence of the world, and strife" is not. Strikes Responsive Chord. There is "such- 4 thing as a ma,n be:ns too proud to fight. There is sue!) a thing as .being- . so right that it. docs not need to 1 convince others by for,ce thntftit is right." ' ' These remarks precipitated a tumult f applause and patriotic enthus.asm " attended ,y waving of thousands of small. American flags. The -President -made no direct reference to the Lu sitania tragedy, but the audience did not hesitate to read the application of m statement. -.!-. ' Introduced by Mayor Blankentrarg, spoke in a distinctly. German ac 'ent a welcome and an appeal - for a s;nle allegiance to the United States, tne President carried forward the idea the welding of foreign 'blood in the ;"'d-ui of America by pointing out in true goal of risht American Cit- 'nship i0 be a. ioyaltJt not to the ownry 0f 0Jie s birth but to, the land - t ones adoption. ' ' - A hile you bring," he said, "all coun ncIL 'Ith you 5'ou come with a pur hThi ?1 kavinS all other countries :nn'lyou bringring- what is best of fhmf,fpinti but not looking over your Jer or Peking to perpetuate what "not ledC ,n them: I certainly would a Ln One--Wf,o would suggest that oh CT"se to ,love the place of his PW, 1 ,s one thing to love 'the thin, t T6 ou were born and another wfiPrr i'chcate yourself to the place : if,Ju ;so- You can't be an Ameri XVer , link of yourself in groups, man w'L not coriS' of groups. A w no considers himself as belong- A'WicaV"'110' sroup is not yet . an notion if''-rvlCt t0 "ou is to think first of L of Al""erica, but to think first manitv iTy anrI you do not love hu i'v u se'ek" -to divide huraah- ' ' J' Sous camps." Thf i"r lu!errupted hy Applaaue. rUitei .bi,,ent was constantly inter-Rimiaij-f' pi)ntaneus outbursts of lui ' f1? ; spoke clearly and so aer-,,.,;.', h!s audience of 15,000 that "pf il.r. i -. j' t,eard distinctly in all parts lf;rv Ha -7 where red. white and blue were displayed and evenig played pa- ,n'' bunting tr;;:;1:''" the -Hfl1e "f thc Passages In the Presi- aiide,) .";eea, Hhich the crowd ap- -ii. V"'t loudly were thwA- t- .: ne - w S?rry rr the man who seeks nafon,' !TTHl caDital out of the IWIOWtnan. TTi tian UCll Uriel iHnol - a : ttler-r" i ui Aiiieriva, Klrf liv ti". f reated to unite man- an'!lnot i 1, SSI01 that lift and unite aDdeb ,vJ he Passions that separate -t ,ISi- Mankind" 1 n f . -H - wh't qi r- i'2. riF at, l uiviue man roup from etoutj, intrst v-. m the Unied, States is very heart. ' y of w;. vrv America. You dream- you'll,, 'T,nca was to be and X 0"iii.. - JU?nt the drenma witk 1 1 " IP thai he had felt not l to be away from ' "ugh!- -Ton .,-. . - arier coming he found ve1 rf-.n"" uwes not see visions will "tilU(! , ,1; high hopes or. un- Tlie -p.-'. "'t enterprise."- - ""II lvhi "v j i ti,. . . ...- , . . . ' - : t ; - .'T " . . - ,,,,,, m 9r r - - v j " ,W - J I ih r Ik:; vir' - mem; A I i i m ri i .?fi?5s- . .-a- -' I - ! I .. f . "SITTING STEADY "America must have the consefoas ne that on all sides it touches elbows and j touches heart with all the nations of mankind. The example of America must he a special ekample. . And it Long Stream of Coffins Passes Out of Queenstowii FULL HORROR REALIZED Ninety-Two Passengers of the Lusi tania Laid Beneath Irish Sod Amidst Most Awe-Inspir- ing Scenes. ' riiieenstown. May 10. winety-two passengers of the Cunard Line steam ship Lusitania, who formed part of that pitiful handful of maimed, dead and dying brought ashore with survivors of the disaster, that, following the at tack on the vessel by., a. German sub marine last Friday, were buried today with- services that have no parallel ' in history. , . - s ' ' - f "" Under. a sky in which not a single cloud floated and to the strains of hymns played, toy British soldiers, ?they were laid to . rest two miles behind Queenstown in a cemetery bursting with spring greenery " and" tucked be tween hills "flaming with- gorse. The services at the graves began at 4 o'clock and: at half past four the sod of Ireland was being shoveBd on the. coffins. ; ' " ' - Queenstown never realized the full horror of the Lusitania until today. Up to ? the time, that the- long stream of coffins began to disappear over the hill behind the fpwn, there was , about tle affair, what with the continued search es for survivors and the bustle, about the morgue, something of the unusual and theatric. - But when the funeral started the Realization came that each of these cheap coffins held a body.-and that in -the Atlantic, less than 20 miles away there' were more than a thous and I others-f-all victims of a German submarine, ' ' The townspeople stood hatless nearly all forenoon as the coffins yvtre con veyed to the cemetery on carts. This process required hours and it was - not until 3 o'clock in the afternoon that the funeral procession proper, left the chief Cunard offices at the. water front. Tt..r were only three bodies, one in each hearsed in .this cortege., the other ( 1 Qontinued on.Page'Two). , j FUNERAL SERVICE WITHOUT PARALLEL WH.MIXG'TOjN-, WJltSCff IN THE BOAT." must.-be an example not merely of peace because it vrfll not . flgrbt, but because peace is a healing and elevatins; influ ence ; of the world and strife is not." Extract from President Wilson's Philadelphia Speech last night. Massachusetts Legislator Dis cusses Public Sentiment. ON LUSITANIA INCIDENT Speaker Channing H. Cox Delivers Ad dress Governors of States and Other Leaders Express Them " selves Support Wilson. 1 Boston, Mass., May 10. "Not since Fort Sumter was fired on has public sentiment in this -country been so in flamed as it is today," "declared Chan ning H. Cox, speaker of the Massachu setts' House, in- a formal address today on the sinking jof the Lusitania and the situation' President Wilson faces. "The United States stands face to face 'with a grave situation, more.grave, perhaps, than we realize. It is the hour when men of all faiths and' beliefs should-stand as one man behind Presi dent Wilson." As men of influence in this commonwealth, may I urge you to iscipress on all your fellow men the dan gler that' may arise from unbridled speech and for the substitution of pas sion for reason." Act , Declared an Outrage. Buenos Aires, May 10. La Nacion protestedenerretically against the tor pedoing of the Lusitania without warn ing, and declares the act an outrage against : the rights - of neutrals, which t haa aroused "the conscience of humanity. President Should be supported. Olympia, Wash., May 10. Governor Lister., gave out a statement today on the sinking of ,the Lusitania in which he said in part: . "While the people of the United States do not desire to become a party in the present conflict, yiet. as a neu tral nation, we ought to put forth every effort to secure protection for innocent nersonS.' The Presiderft, when he reaches a decision, should be supported by a united people." Greatest Problem in Nation's History. Big Rapids, Mich., May 10. Govern or Ferris today issued a statement de claring: ."The sinking of ; the Lusitania presents to the JJnited.,States .the great- u-. (Continued -on rage two SINCE FT. SUMTER . 7 N. C., TUESDAY MORNINQ, MAY 11, 1915 ONLY ONE TORPEDO STRUCK LUSITANIA SAYS THE CAPTAIN i Warned by Admiralty by Wire- less of Presence of Submarines. HAD NO NAVAL ESCORT Second Explosion Heard Was an Internal One; Not a Torpedo. British People Still Are Stirred With Anger. London, May 10. The Cunard liner Lusitania, sunk last week off Old Head of Kinsale by a submarine, was struck by only one torpedo, Captain Turner, of the steamer, testified today at the coroner's inquest at Kinsale. . But this deadly missile found a vital spot and sent the liner to the bottom in less than 20 minutes, carrying with her more than a thousand souls. . The evidence of Captain Turner which cleared up many other points concerning the disaster, and that of members of . the . crew with a general knowledge of tlje situation, led the jury t6 bring in a verdict of "whole sale miirder,'.' against the German Em peror and his government and the offi cers of! the submarine directly respon sible for the sinking of the ship. It also was disclosed today by Cap tain Turner anlry Winston Spencer Churchill, in'a ..tement in the-House of Commons, thstf. the captain had re ceived Jwireless Vices from the ad miralty' warnln1 i"m of submarines on the linerscou fce Captain Turner in ills testimony saicT lie had followed this advice' "to the' besUof .roy ability." . by; t;he-admiralty was not divulged and will not be untirLord Mersey opens his inquiry into the loss of the ship. Room for Much Speculation. Meanwhile, the cause of the heavy loss of life, the absence of any naval escp-t for. the threatened vessel and suddenness with which she sank af forded room fv much speculation. Captslin Turner, in declaring that one torpedo -did 'all the damage, said the second explosion was an internal one, and that as the engines were put out of commission, " it was impossible to stop the Lusitania-and permit the boats to be lowered properly. This idea of an internal explosion is supported by naval experts who point out that if the torpedo had exploded on contact the steamer would have on ly been disabled or had one or two of her compartments flooded. It is evi dent, they say, that if the torpedo pen etrated the hull and the charge of ,420 pounds of explosive was detonated it would have created an effect similar to the explosion of a magazine .within a ship. There is little wonder, therefore, they say, that the Lusitania sank so rapidly or that so many persons., were killed by the fumes of the explosive. Why Escort. Mr. Churchill explained that no naval escort accompanied the Lusitania be cause the policy ofrf the admiralty is' that merchantmen must look after themselves. This policy was due to the fact that the admiralty had not suffi cient destroyers to escort all merchant ships as they were required to guard the continuous stream of transports from England to France, and to protect the English coast from German raids. Germany's Probable Purpose. Naval observers believe the Germans are trying to force the English to use destroyers for the protection of ship ping, but they say the admiralty, with its eye first on the naval and military needs of the country will not divert its ships for other purposes. Some members of the House of Com mons, however, express the belief that a steamer that is particularly threaten ed with destruction should be especial ly protected and the matter: of convoys doubtless will be further discussed in parliament. e '. All this discussion, however, has not lessened the anger of the people at the action of Germany which carried death to so many non-combatants. 'In some towns of considerable German popula tion rioting has occurred, while more staid business men have decided to ex clude all men of enemy countries and even naturalized Britishers of German ic descent, from the. exchanges of the country. Another effect of the sinking of the Lusitania has been to boom recruiting. This boom also was heralded by a Ger man air raider on Southend and virtu ally all today. ' While the airmen dropped altogether 120 bombs, only two were killed. The material damage is estimated at $50,000. MORE DEAD IDENTIFIED Additional List Published by Cunard Line' Office in Ifew' York. New York, May 10. Relatives anS friends of passengers missing from the list of Lusitania survivors again besieged the Cunard ; offices today. Some were rewarded when the ' com pany posted a revised list of survivors and- the pose of others were dashed when smother,' list was posted con? taining the names of identified dead. While hope was not entirely aban doned that -more survivors might be reported, line officials feared the toll of dead would not materially be re duced below present figures. " today follows: First class: Mrs. G. W. Stephens, Montreal ; Charles . P. Paynter, Liver pool (previously, reported among sur vivors). Mrs. A DePage, New York; B. ' (Continued' on Page Two) - INTIMATIONS OF A STRONG MOVEMENT AGAINST GERMANS French War Office Reports Capture of Many Prison ers and Guns BRITISH LINE UMMOVD Germans Preparing for Move ment Against Russians in Carpathians No Word Yet of Break Be tween Austria and Italy The sinking of the Cunard Line steamship Lusitania by a German sub marine and the situation that has aris en by reason of this act, continue the chief subjects of the war. In France and Belgium there are in timations of a strong movement of the Allies against the Germans. The French war office reports the capture of many prisoners and guns the last two days and German headquarters admits that in the neighborhood of Carency the Al lies occupied s the foremost German trenches. Attacks and counter attackv are continuous and losses on both sides are heavy. The British line, notwithstanding e strenuous week, remains the same east of - Tpres as it was on the night of May 3-4 when the British troops were obliged to draw back. In the Carpathians the Germans are reported to be making preparations for a further movement against he Russians while in the Baltic prov inces the, Russians -have, inflicted a check" near Mitau. ,feWJhil...ll UviofiJdi.csited.that, Italy Ts ready to ; take decisive .action and that the time limit fixed for Austria's reply to the Italian demands has about expired, no word has .cpme of a . break between the Austrian and Italian gov ernments. The 'final"' movements of both countries are being veiled, in se crecy. ; i . , "OUR SUCCESS,' DEVELOPING" Official Statement From the French War Office is Optimistic. Paris, May 10. Tonight's war office statement said: "To the North of Arras, in spite of several German counter attacks, we have maintained all our gain of yes-, terday and we have enlarged it at cer tain points, notably between Carency and Sauchez." GERMANY EXPRESSES DEEP SYMPATHY FOR THE LOSS OF LIVES OF AMERICANS But Declares the Responsibility Rests With British Govern ment -Regrets That "Americans Felt More Inclined to. Trust English Promises Rather Than Pay Atten tion to Warnings from the German Side." Berlin, May 10 (via London). The following dispatch has been sent by the German foreign office to the German embassy at Washington: "Please communicate the f&llowing to the State Department: "The German government desires to express its deepest sympathy at the loss of lives on board the Lusitania. The responsibility rests, however, with the British government, which through its plan of starving the civilian pop ulation of Germany, has forced Ger many to resort to retaliatory meas ures. "In spite of the German offer to stop the submarine war in case the starva tion plan was given up,' British mer chant vessels are being generally arm ed with gun and have repeatedly tried to ram submarines, so that a previous search was impossible. j "They cannot, therefore, be treated as ordinary merchant vessels. A re cent declaration made to the British parliament by the parliamentary in answer to a question by Lord Charles Beresford said that at the present practically all British merchant ves sels were armed and provided with hand grenades. "Besides, it has been openly admitted by the English press that the Lusi tania on previous voyages repeatedly carried large quantities of war ma terial. On the present voyage the Lu sitania carried 5,400 cases of ammu nition, while the rest of the .cargo also consisted chiefly of contraband. "If England, after repeated official and unofficial warnings,, considered her self able to declare that that boat ran no risk and thus light heartedly as sumed responsibility for the ; human life on board a steamer which, owing to its armament and cargo,, was liable CAPTAIN CORONER'S L USITANIA IS SERIOUSLY ILL Wilmington Man Suffers From Experiences with Lusitania. IN QUEENSTOWN HOTEL Aufred G. Vanderbilt One of Last He Saw Just Before He Went Down Tells of Terrible Catastro pheWent Down Twice. Queenstown, May 10. Dr. Owen Ke nan) of Wilmington, N .C, on the Lusi tania's passenger list as from New York, was found seriously ill in a hotel late today. Dr. Kenan said tha as he went down with the ship he saw Alfred Gwynne i Vanderbilt leaning against a gateway door and that Mr. Vanderbilt called oat to him: . ' ' ' ' ) "They have got us now." Mr. Vanderbilt, according to Dr. Ke- nan, wore what looked like a heavy overcoat, around which a life belt had i been buckledJ Dr. Kenan did not see him come to the rail' of the steamer. Dr. Kenan declares that he went down twice. The first time he was submerged it seemed as if he had gone to the bottom. He kept his eyes open and finally, saw the light and then his, head jprotruded from the water, but stayed there only long enough for him to get a couple of gasps of air. Then he was pulled down again and came up almost underneath two boats. He was picked up a 'moment later. Dr. Kenan was ill when he went into the water. His condition is stitl se rious, . but he probably will recover. -'-Dr. Kenati is" a son of. Mrs. "James Gv Kenan, of this city, arid a brother of Graham Kenan, Esq., of the firm of Ke nan & Stacy.: " He was Jin Wilmington dn, a visit .to .his mother only a few weeks ago, stopping over on his way back from Palm Beach, Fla., where he had been spending some time. Graham Kenan, Esq., his brother, was in New York when the Lusitania was torpedoed, and telegraphed his mother here the same night that Dr. Kenan i was safe, ' following it .next morning with a telegram that he had received a cablegram from his brother at Queenstown, verifying the report that he had been picked up. Dr. Kenan's many friends here will regret to learn of his illness, and will hope for his early restoration to health. to destruction, the German govern ment, in spite of its" heartfelt sympa thy for the loss of American lives, can not but regret that Am'ericans felt more inclined to trust to English prom isese , rather than pay attention to the warnings from the German side. (Signed) "FOREIGN OFFICE." GERMAN AMBASSADOR CALLS. Expresses Regret to. Secretary Bryan. Washington Views of Situation. - Washington, May 10. While official Washington waited today for the word from President Wilson as to what is to bo. the policy of the United States in the crisis resulting fromthe sinking of the Lusitania, Count I5ernstorff the German ambassador, .called at the State Department and expressed to Secretary Bryan "his deep regret that the events of the war had led to the loss of so many American lives." The ambassador did not comment on hisf visit, but Secretary Bryan, saying onlx that he understood the expression to have come from Count Bernstorff personally, gave . out the following by agreement: "The German ambassador called at the State Department and expressed his deep regret that the .events of the war had led to the loss of so many American lives." ' Later press dispatches from Berlin announced that the foreign office had cabled to the embassy a note to be pre sented to the State Department ex pressing "deepest sympathy at the loss of lives on board the Lusitania," but placing the responsibility upon the British government's "plan of starving the civilian population of Germany." This noie swhich probably is in re sponse to Ambassador Gerard's request for a statement of the German govern ment's attitude ' had not reached the embassy tonight. Dispatches giving the text of the note were read by Sec retary -Bryan and at the embassy with- nnt niYimn t Tt is lennwn. hnwsvpr j that the Statement, of the German posi- (Continued on Page Eight.) DR. OWEN G. KENAN WHOLE NUMBER 39,196 TURNER TELLS JURY HOW WENTDO WN German Government Guilty ' of "Wholesale Murder" Says the Verdict. NO SUBMARINE SEEN Many Boats Could Not be Lowered, Because of List of the Vessel- Captain Declares There Was No Panic Aboard. Kinsale,, Ireland, May 10. The coro ner's jury investigating- the deaths of five persons "drowned when the Cunar der Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland last Friday, returned a verdict here today charging "the officers of saidsubma- rine and the Emneror and erovernment of Germany, under whose orders they acted, with the crime of wholesale murder before the tribunal of the civi- i lized world." ! Captain Turner, of the Lusitania, jury he did ot eee any SUDmarineg. either before or after his shin was tor- pedoed. He was on -the bridge when hfs vessel first. was struck and imme diately gave orders for the lowering of tne boats and the placing of the wo men and children. He said there was no panic; that it was all "most calm." Man of the boats could not be low ered on account of the list of the steamer, the witness continued. He was unable to say how many boats ' were put overboard, nor was he able 1 to tell the extent of the damage tothe Lusitania. He gave it as his opinion, however, that the watertight compart ments were blown asunder by the force of the explosion. These compartments, he said, were all closed wben the' ship ? -was struck, and yet she remained afloat Only IS minutes., , The witness said lie hid received and-", carried - out special instructions as to this voyage,' but he .'declined to say what they were. .- . lie also said he had received mes- -sages in regard to the presence of sub marines off the Irish coast, but when asked the nature of their contents he referred the cororter to the. admiralty for answer. . ' Captain Turner said that after the warnings at New York that the Lusi tania would be torpedoed, he did not make any application to -the admiralty for ah escort. "It is their business, not mine. I simply had to carry outimy orders to go, and I would do it again," . declared the skipper with emphasis. Xmong other witnesses heard was Ship's Bugler Livermore. He testified that all the water-tight compartments were closed but that the force of the explosion and rush of water must have burst them open. All the officers were at their posts, he continued, "and the earlier arrival of rescue boats would N not have saved the situation." In summing up the case, Coroner Horgan charged that the responsibility "lay on the German government and the whole people of Germany, who col laborated in the terrible crime." Verdict of the Jury. The verdict of the coroner's jury follows: ' "We find that the deceased met death from prolonged immersion and exhaus tion in the sea eight miles south southwest "of Old Head of Kinsale, Fri day, May 7, 1915, owing to . the sinking of the Lusitania by torpedoes fired by a German submarine. ' "We find that this appalling crime was committed contrary to internation al law- and the conventions of all civ ilized nations. I , "We also charge the officers of said submarine and the emperor and gov ernment of Germany under whose or ders they acted, with the crime of wholesale murder before the tribunal of the civilized world. "We desire to express sincere condo lence and sympathy with the relatives of the deceased, the Cunard Company and the United States of whose citi zens perished in this murderous attack on an unarmed liner." Coroner Horgan said that the first torpedo fired ' by the German subma rine did serious damage to the Lusi- tania, but that not satisfied with this, the Germans had discharged another torpedo. The second torpedo, he said? must have beeq more deadly, because it went right through the ship, hasten ing the work of destruction. Captain Turner's Testimony. Captain Turner was the principal witness. -The coroner asked him: "You were aware threats had been made that the ship would be torpe doed?" -. "We were," the captain replied. "Was she armed?" ' "No sir." ' "What precautions did you take?" "We hjid all the boats swung when we came withirv the danger zone, be tween the passing of Fastnet and the time of the accident." Asked whether he had received "any special ' instructions as to the voyage, he replied that he had. but was not at liberty to tell what they were." "Did you carry them out?" asked the coroner. ."Yes, to the best of my "ability," the captain replied. "Tell us in your own words what happened after, passing Fastnet." "The weather was clear," Captain Turner answered. - "We were going at a speed of 18 knots. I was on the port side and heard Second Officer Hefford call out, "Here's a torpedo.' "I ran to the other sideband saw the j wake of the torpedo. Smoke and steanv came "P. between the last two funnels. (Continued on PagesEight.) r i 5 I P M i ; r 14 l 5. i : B - i Ti n f. i V- ' f r 4 i 1 V
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