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SAYS he IS SORRY
German Ambassador Expresses
Regret Over Loss of Life.
Official Representative of the kaiser's
Government Confers With Secre-
tary Of State Bryan.

Washington, May 11.-Count Johann
Won Bernstorff, German ambassador to
the United States, called at the state
department. and expressed deep regret
over the loss of American lives in the
Lusitania disaster.
The official representative OF the ma,
ton whose submarine had attacked
and sunk the Lusitania conferred with
Secretary Of State Bryan for fifteen
minutes. At the conclusion of the
conference the state department Is
sued this statement:
1.-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"
1t was considered significant at the
department that the regrets expressed
by Ambassador Bernstorff were per-
sonal and that the words so many
were used in connection with the
words American lives"
No other word on the subject OF the
ambassadors call could be secured
from any official of the department
The ambassador himself stated that
he had agreed with Secretary Bryan
and Counselor Lansing that Mr.
Bryan should be the one to make any
statement after their conference.
Secretary Bryan announced that nc
word had been received from Ambas
sador Gerard at Berlin in response to
the request of the department that he
secure from the German government
all possible information on the sinking
Of the Lusitania.
The report that Count Won Bern
storff had handed to Secretary Bryan
q message direct from the German
foreign Office, dealing with the Lusi
tania matter, was denied at the state
department. The ambassador present
ed no formal message of any kind.
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COURSE LAID OUT FOR SHIP
Lusitania Was Following Instructions
Of the British AomlraIty-Warn-
inqs Sent to Captain Turner.

London, May 1.-The liner Lusi-
tania was following the course laid
out for it by the British admiralty
when it was torpedoed by German
submarine of the south coast of Ire
land Friday afternoon. Winston Spen-
Ger Churchill, first lord of the ad-
miralty, admitted in the house of o1m-
mons that warnings had been sent to
Captain Turner of the Lusitania, to-
gether with instructions as to the
course to follow. Captain Turner had
received both and acknowledged them.
Churchill added
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HIGH SALARIED AGENT DEAD
Representative Of Southern Pacific
Road at Small Louislan City
Drew $4,000 Year.

Morgan City, La, May 11.-Baron
Randolph Natili, Southern Pacific sta
ton agent here, whose salary was
s25. 900 a year, died at his home Al
theagh he was always called upon TO
settle the railroad company's most IN
tricate diplomatic problems. he never
had any title except station agent. ne
was probably the highest salaried rail-
road station agent in the world. he
was a boyhood friend of the late Eu-
gene Field and close friend OF COINS
P. Huntington, founder of the SOUTH
ern Pacific organization.
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LEO FRANK TO DIE JUNE ~
Judge Ben Hill Resentences the Con-
victed Slayer After Vain Battle
for His life.

Atlanta, Ga, May 11.-Leo M. Frank.
convicted of the murder of Mary Pha-
gan at the National Pencil factory here
two years ago, was sentenced to be
hanged June % by Judge Ben Hill in
the criminal court. II there is any
further action in this case it must
come from the governor Of Georgia.
John NJ Slaton, who is now being
flooded with petitions to commute the
sentence of Frank to life imprison-
ment. MT Slaton retire4 on June "a
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LIFE BELT SAVES JEFFERY

London, May 10.-Charles T. JEFF
ferry, who was on the passenger list
of the Lusitania as coming from Chi
cago, but whose home is Kenosha,
Wis, ascribed his escape to an infiat-
able life jacket he was wearing. Mr.
Jeffery said he went down with the
ship and that when he came up he was
surrounded by hundreds of persons
making desperate efforts in the water
to grab something which would keep
them af1oat.
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German Torpedoes Send
Big Steamship to the
Bottom Off Coast
j of Ireland.
Goes DOWN IN Is MINUTES
Claim Made That Ship Carried Am
munition and Other Supplies
Passengers Warned of the
Disaster Before Sail
ing from New
York.

London, May 10.-Upwards OF
twelve hundred persons lost their
lives in the sinking of the Cunard
line steamship Lusitania, which was
torpedoed by German submarine or
Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, Friday
afternoon OF the 1873 Americans on
board, more than 100 are believed
dead.
The bodies of Charles Frohman,
the theatrical manager; DR.. F. S. Pear
son of New York, and Charles Pla-
mondon of Chicago, have been recov-
cred Officially given up as dead are:
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, multi
millionaire; Charles Klein, play
wright; Justus M. Forman, play
wright; Ebert Hubbard, writer, and
Mrs. Ebert Hubbard.
The Cunard company in revised
list of those aboard stated that there
were 1881 passengers and $50 crew,
a total of 1901. Of the 1873 Amer
leans on board Consul Frost reports
that he can account for but seventy
three saved.
Thinks Missing Are Dead.
The consul said probably upward
of 1900 bodies had not been recov-
cred. He added that persons not list
ed by him at the embassy are 'al-
most to a certainty dead" None of
the prominent Americans on board is
included in the consuls lists.
Disaster is Sudden.
The Lusitania was steaming along
about ten miles off Old Head Kinsale,
on the last leg of its voyage to Liv-
erpool, when a submarine suddenly
appeared, and, so far as all reports
go, fired two torpedoes without warn
ing at the steamer. One struck it
near the bows, and the other in the
engine room. The powerful agents
of destruction tore through the yes
sells side, causing terrific explosions.
Almost Immediately great volumes of
water poured through the openings
and the ship listed.
Boats which were already swung
out on the davits, were dropped over
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liner LUSTAN|A sunk BY
SUBMARINE; 200 ARE LOST

board and were speedily filled with
passengers, who had been appalled, by
the desperate attack. A wireless call
for help was sent out and immediate
ly rescue boats of all kinds were dis
patched from the neighboring points
along the coast and Queenstown.
Sank In is Minutes.
But within fifteen minutes, as one
survivor estimated, and certainly
within half an hour, the Lusitania
had disappeared.
Where Great Britain's fastest mer-
chant vessel went down-Old Head
Kinsale-is a landmark that has
brought joy to many travellers, as it
always stood as the sign from shore
that the perils of the voyage across
the Atlantic were at an end. The
line, whose boast has been that it has
never lost passenger in the Atlantic
service, has now lost the ship that
lodged the lurking enemy of Nan
tucket light the day after the war
was declared, and later startled the
world by flying the stars and stripes.
Scores Thrown From Boats.
Scores of the, Lusitania's passen-
gers, many of them women and chill
dren, after being placed in lifeboats,
were dragged down with the ship
when it sank, because the boats
could not be lowered. Survivors at
tribute this fault to ineffciency
among the crew Ropes fouled,
some of the boats were chopped away,
overturning when they struck the sea,
and hurting the occupants into the
water. Some fell from a height of
forty feet, others could not be re-
leased and were dragged down.
America Gets News Early.
New York, May THE first news
of the torpedoing and sinking of the
Lusitania came shortly after 1 D. m.
on Friday through an announcement
from the local offices of the Cunard
line. which stated that an uncon-
frmed rumor to that effect has been
received from abroad Less than an
hour later the company had made
public additional messages confirm
ing the report which, in the mean
time, however, had been verified by
newspaper dispatches from London
Warned of Danger.
The Lusitania, with a total of
1851 passengers aboard, of whom
188 were Americans, and with a crew
of SIC, sailed from here last Satur-
day in the face of warning pub
lished on the day OF it's departure by
the German embassy, which stated
that travellers intending to embark on
British ships did so at their risk of
the ships being destroyed in accord
ance with the German zone decree.
This warning, published in the
form Of an advertisement, did not
result in the cancellation of a single
passage, nor did anonymous notes Of
warning, said to have been received
by some passengers just before the
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der than any old time pirate ever
practiced. This is the warfare which
destroyed Louvain and Dinant and
hundreds of women and children in
Belgium. 1t is warfare against limo
cent men, women and children, trav-
cling on the ocean and to our fellow
country women, who are among the
sufferers.
"It seems inconceivable that we
can refrain from taking action in
this matter, for we owe it not only
to humanity but to our own national
self-respect.
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PURE PIRACY" SAYS 7. R.
Former President Roosevelt Makes
Emphatic Comment on Torpedo
ing Of Lusitanla.

Syracuse, N. Y, May S.-When in
formed Friday night OF the sinking
of the Lusitania, Col. Theodore
Roosevelt made the following state
ment to the Associated Press:
81 can only repeat what I said q
week ago, when in similar fashion
the American vessel Gulhight was de-
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SEARCHING SEAS
FOR The MISSING
Warships, TraWIers and Tugs
Vigorously Hunt for Victims
From Lusitania.
TO PROBE SINKING OF SHIP
Survivors Speak Bitterly of the Way
the Great Liner Was Handled I'M
mediateIy Before and at Time
of Disaster.

London, May 11.-Mr. and Mrs. Ell
bert Hubbard of East Aurora, N. Y.
were officially listed as dead by the
American embassy.
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big liner left it's pier, deter any one
from sailing.
Destruction Of Ship Planned.

Destruction Of Ship Planned.
Reports from Washington that it
was privately known in official quar-
tiers that the Lusitania was to be tor
pedoed at the first opportunity gave
color to the opinion expressed in
shipping circles Friday night that the
embassy's warning was intended to
apply particularly to the Lusitania.
Travellers intending to embark on
the Atlantic voyage" read the adver-
tisement, "are reminded that state
of war exists between Germany and
her allies and Great Britain and her
allies; that the zone of war includes
the waters adjacent to the British
Isles; that, in accordance with formal
notice given by the imperial govern
ment, vessels flying the flag Of Great
Britain or any of her allies are liable
to destruction in these waters and
that travellers sailing in the war zone
on the ships of Great Britain or her
allies do so at their own risk"
Among the well known passengers
on the Lusitania are Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt, Charles T. Bowring of
New York, head of the firm Of Bow
ring Bros; Alexander Campbell, gen.
eral manager for John Dewar & Sons,
London; Ebert Hubbard, publisher
Of Philistine; d. A. Thomas, the veal
thy Welsh coal operator, and his
daughter, Lady Mackworth.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was among those
credited with receiving anonymous
letters of warning. All deprecated
the possibility of danger to the ship,
and Charles P. Sumner, general agent
of the line, announced at the time
that the Lusitania's speed Of twenty
FIVE knots made it immune from sub
marine attack.
Washington Stunned BY Loss.
Washington, D. c., May DE
struction of the Lusitania with the
loss of many lives shocked officials of
the United States government and
spread profound grief in the national
capital.
The warning of the United States
that Germany would be held to a
'tstrict accountability for the loss of
American lives" irrespective of
whether they were aboard belligerent
or neutral vessels when attacked, TO
cussed attention on the White house,
where President Wilson until late in
the night read the dispatches with
grave interest. The president made
no comment Officials said facts and
circumstances would have to be OBJ
tanned by careful investigation dur
ing the next few days before any an
nouncement could be made by the
American government.
Claim Liner Carried Arms.
At the German embassy here, while
no comment was made as to whether
it was known there that the vessel
was to be destroyed, it was said the
embassy knew the Lusitania carried
arms and ammunition, and being adj
vised of the resolution of the German
admiralty to attack ships that carried
such contraband, officials had be-
lieved it would be attacked. There
was a disposition on the part of the
Germans to inquire whether the Lusi-
tania carried any guns on her decks
which might place it in the class of
warship and make unnecessary, ac-
cording to the laws of international
warfare, the giving of a warning.
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Albert. Of Hsloiuyr.

George Luther Cady in National MaRaxine
1 have been trying to think OF q fig-
ure In the pages Of history like unto
Albert Of Belgium. The world has
seen many kings driven from their
thrones and country by their own peo-
pie. The world has seen many kings
deposed and driven into exile or car
ried into slavery or prison. but what
king Is there who has been driven
from his kingdom by q foreign foe and
who, on foreign soil, continued to fight
at the head Of his army which he man
aged to save? expect there has been
such q one. but just now / do not re-
member him. This much il certain
that there Is none more pathetic, and
posterity will agree that there has
been none more high souled or more
heroic. And some day he will come
back: 1t may be six months or it may
be six years, but the day will dawn
when Albert will come back king in
his own fair kingdom.
The broad platform of the Friedrichs-
strasse Bahnhof was crowded with
eager men and women awaiting the ar
rival of our train. Porters, 45, 80, 60
years old, hobbled about. gathering up
the luggage. Red Cross workers crowd
ca up to take charge Of the wounded.
other soldiers, IN every variety of uni
form, stood about waiting for trains:
some Of them in neat, clean, brand
new outfits with yellow boots that
squeaked as they walked, and with
sprigs Of green in their gun barrels;
others, just back from the battles in
East Prussia, in muddy, war-worn uni
forms which they had fought In, and
slept In, and travelled in without
change; knapsacks on their shoulders,
rifles at their hips. It was a crowd
shifting like quicksilver, and every face
smiling. Even the 16-year-old 'Madchen'
In charge of the news stand laid down
her knitting to watch. EVERY woman
In Germany Is knitting for the soldiers;
even 7-year-old girls knit as they rock
their dollies to Sleep.
Among the first to leap down from
the train was tall Prussian uhlan
on furlough. He had been fighting I'M
der Won Hindenburg in the east and
Won Kluck In the west, he told me.
such luck!" as he expressed 1t. He
bounded to the platform like an ath-
lete, although knew he was wounded
stood stiff for q moment; clicked his
heels, saluted with that abrupt me-
chanical snap Of the forearm, which
is the perfection of impersonal. unemo-
ton recognition; then flung his arms
out like little boy about the shoulders
of splendid gray-bearded giant in
generals uniform, and kissed him like
girl.
That 19-year-old boy wore over his
heart the famous Iron Cross of 1914.
The man he kissed wore the Iron Cross
OF 1&70-h vi
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Parcel Post Marketing.

From the Market Growers Journal.
The postoffce department estimates
parcel post In 1914. Despite what carpers
may say. the system Is a success-a vast
Improvement not only in reduced cost, but
also In convenience over the old express
transportation. But,in one important par
dcular parcel post has not been a sue
cess, It has not been q means Of bringing
producer and consumer closer together,
ans Geeef marketinE which, 1t had been
nent OF the system, has not materialized
to any great extent. Let us hasten to add,
however, that this failure 1s not due to
demonstrated that farm products can b
transported promptly safely and econom.
ically by parcel post. The trouble is that
consumers and producers hold conflicting
and az to prices to be charged for prod
ucts shipped by parcel post.
The attitude of the consumer, on the one
tabllshed for his exclusive benefit and that
the farmer should charge no more for his
products than he now receives from the
middleman. On the other hand, the pro-
Is for his exclusive beneft and that the
consumer should pay city grocery prices.
Both viewpoints are wrong. As the Rural
New Yorker well says There is no rea-
farmer to sell at retail and charge no more
than the wholesalers pay him. Nor can
any one give reason why the consumer
should pay the farmer what ne now pays
10 the middleman. AS he now buys, the
consumer can make some selection and
can hold the dealer personally responsible.
He can not do this with a distant farmer.
There must be a fair compromise between
the two. We have found that 70 per cent
Of what the retailers charge gives US at
least 30 per cent more for our goods than
we could obtain at Wholesale. We have
no sympathy with any disposition to hold
up the consumer. to high retail prices.
There must be a fair compromise, or there
can be no fair argument for using parcel
post"
It is a little more trouble to the farmer
TO sell through parcel post than in the
ordinary way, and It Is also somewhat
more trouble to the city housewife to mar
ket by parcel post. She has to attend to
the ordering, the returning Of empty con-
tainers or market baskets, and the max
ing Of remittances. In consideration of
these facts the producer must receive a
better price than he ordinarily does, and
the consumer should secure q better ar
ticle than ordinarily at the same price or
an article Of the same quality at q some
what lower price.
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Across tho Sea.

Across the sea heard the groans
OF nations in the intervals
OF wind and wave. Their blood and bones
Cried out in torture, crushed by thrones
And sucked by priestly cannibals.
I dreamed Of freedom slowly gained
BY martyr meekness. patience, faith,
And 10! an athlete grtmly ctained
With corded muscles battle-strained,
Shouting It on the fields Of death.
turn me, awe struck, from the sight,
Among the clamoring thousands mute;
I only know that God is right,
And that the children of the light
Shall tread the darkness under foot
know that pent fire heaves its crust,
That sultry skies the bolt Will form
To srnite them clear: that nature must
The balance Of her powers adjust,
Though with the earthquake and the
storm,
Cod reiRns. and let the earth rejoice!
how before His sterner plan,
Dumb are the organs or my choice;
re speaks In battles stormy voice,
His praise Is in the wrath OF man.
Yet surely as He lives, the day
OF peace He promised shall be ours.
To fold the flags Of war and lay
It9 sword and spear to rust away,
whittier.
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LABOR WILL FIGHT PLAGUE
Plans Made for Cooperation With Ma
tional Association for Proven
ton Of tuberculosis.

A compaign for closer cooperation
with labor unions ard other groups of
working men has recently been
launched by the National Association
for the Study and Prevention Of Tu-
berculosis.
A committee has been appointed
with DR.. Theodore B. Sachs, president
of the Chicago tuberculosis institute,
as chairman, to formulate plans for i'm
mediate and future action. Other
members Of the committee are Sam
uel Gompers, president Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, Washington;
George w. Perkins, secretary Of the
International Cigar Makers union,
Chicago; John Mitchell of the New
York State Compensation commission,
New York; Austin B. Garretson, pres
ident of the Brotherhood Of Railway
Conductors, Cedar Rapids, Ia; DR.. Will
liam Charles White, medical director
of the tuberculosis league of Pitts
burgh, and DR.. David r. Lyman, super
intendent Of the Gaylord Farms sana-
torium, Wallingford, Conn.
AS the first step in the campaign a
special health bulletin has been pre-
pared for the labor papers and will be
sent out monthly in cooperation with
members of the international Labor
Press association.
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Christianity and War.
Agnes Repplier in the Atlanti

Agnes Repplier In the Atlantic.
Christianity and war have walked to-
gether down the centuries. How could II
Be otherwise? We have to reckon with
humanity, and humanity Is not made
over every 100 years. Science has multi
piled instruments of destruction, but the
heart Of the soldier is the same. It is
an anachronism, this human heart, just
as war 10 an anachronism, but 1t still
beats Nothing sacred and dear could
have survived upon the earth had men
not fought for their women, their homes,
their individual honor, and their national
life And while men stay men, they
must give up their lives when the hour
strikes. How shall they believe that, dy-
ing on the frontiers Of their invaded
countries, or at the gates Of their be-
sieged towns, they sin against the law
of Christ?
Herolsm Is good for the soul, and it
bears as much practical fruit as lawmak-
ing It goes further in moulding and de-
ve1oping the stun Of which a great nation
is made. There is a flower OF honor,
there Is a flower Of chivalry, there is q
flower of religion" So Sainte- Beuve
equips the spirit Of man; and the SOL
der, no less than the civilian, cherishes
this three fold bloom. Because he olives
dangerously he feels the. need Of God
Because his life Is forfeit, there Ia about
him the dignity Of sacrifice.
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Japanese Demands improbable.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

from tho Hnllduelpnld Ledger.
There are three reasons why It may be
doubted that Japan has made exorbitani
demands upon China as reported from Pc.
kin. First, japan is far too astute to de.
mand concessions far In excess Of her
ability to handle: second, Japan is moi
likely to blunder. into claiming her spoili
OF victory before the war Is over: third,
Japan knows that even the nations THAI
have accepted her help in the east would
never agree to what Is tantamount to ar
exclusive Japanese sphere Of influence IL
China.
Taking the one demand alone shows the
improbability of all. Mining privileges in
Shantung and Fukien provinces; in Man.
churia, eastern Mongolia and the Yang-tst
valley" Mining concessions In Shantuna
would give japan more than she could
possibly use. Shantung province is said ia
contain enough coal to last the entire
world 400 years at the present rate OF con.
sumption. It Is absolutely certain that
China would never concede to Japan the
resources Of the Yang-tse valley, which
are now being vigorously and successfully
operated by the Chinese themselves. And
Manchuria, Mongolia and Fukien are SO
remote that they would not be worth con-
sidering II Shantung were available.
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"You Can't Do II.

Henry N. Span tells a. story of
John s. Duncan, illustrating how quick
ly Mr.. Duncan took advantage of any
unusual occurrence in the trial of a
case. The witness was being cross-ex-
amined with all the vigor John 8. Dun
can possessed. Finally he protested.
what are you trying to do to me?"
the witness shouted at Mr.. Duncan.
II am simply trying to get you to
tell the truth" replied Mr.. Duncan, in
stantly.
You can't do it, you can't do i'll"
exclaimed the witness exultantly.
That reply terminated the cross-ex-
animation. indianapolis News.