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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
GERMANY SENDS
NOTE Of REGRET
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION ON
SINKING OF LUSiTANIA RE-
CEIyED AT WASHINGTON.
SHIFTS BLAME TO BRITISH
Cunard Liner Carried War Material
and Could Not Be Treated as
Merchant Vessel.

Berlin, via London, May 1.-THE
following dispatch has been sent by
the German foreign office to the Ger
man embassy at Washington:
Please communicate the following to
the State Department: The German
government desires to express its
deepest sympathy at the loss of lives
on board the Lusitania. The RESPONSE
bility rests, however, with the British
government, which through its plan of
starving the civilian population of
Germany has forced Germany to re-
sort to retaliatory measures.
In spite of the German offer to stop
the submarine war in case the starva-
ton plan was given up, British mer-
armed with guns and have repeatedly
tried to ram submarines, so that
previous search was impossible.
They cannot, therefore, be treated
as ordinary merchant vessels A re-
cent declaration made to the British
parliament by the parliamentary sec
rotary in answer to question by Lord
S1dAISS del SSIOIu SclQ ludL dI liz
present practically all British mer-
chant vessels were armed and provid
ed with hand grenades.
Besides it has been openly admitted
by the English press that the Lusi-
tania in previous voyages repeatedly
carried large quantities of war ma
terial. On the present voyage the Luz
sitania carried $500 cases of ammuni-
ton while the rest of the cargo also
consisted chiefly of contraband.
If England, after repeated official
and unofficial warnings, considered
herself able to declare that that boat
ran no risk and thus light-heartedly
assumed responsibility for the human
life on board a steamer which, owing
to its armament and cargo was liable
to destruction, the German govern
ment in spite of its heartfelt sympathy
for the loss of American lives, cannot
but regret that Americans felt more
inclined to trust to English promises
rather than to pay attention to the
warnings from the German side.
(Signed.) FOREIGN OFFICE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
JEFFREY TELLS OF RESCUE
facturer Had Remarkable Escape
When Lusitania Went Down.

Kenosha, Wis, May 12.-Charles T.
Jeffrey, president of the Thomas B.
Jeffrey company, has told to Kenosha
people in a special cable the story of
his remarkable escape from death in
the sea after the sinking Of the steam
er Lusitania He says:
81 was in the smoking room of the
Lusitania when the explosion took
place. 1t shook the whole ship as a
train might shake if the locomotive
was suddenly stopped and back into.
There was no panic then or any
other time. l went down to another
deck to see what was happening there.
But there was no commotion.
81 went down to my cabin. There
were not many people in the alleyways
with lifebelts. Others were going for
my own. l put on my coat and waist
coat over 1t.
81 made my way aft, and, seeing no
one on the navigating bridge, scram-
bIed up there and could see everything
happening along one side of the ship.
''The ship now heeled over so much
that passengers were clinging to the
deck rail. 1t was a terrible sight
their helplessness with the great ship
steadily going down from under US. 1
knew there was no place for me in the
boats, so / stayed on the navigating
bridge waiting for the final plunge.
1.-THE steamship was now getting at
an angle of As degrees, when suddenly
there was a terrific rumbling, roaring
noise. The huge ship trembling all
over as it's tunnels went over, and it
just slid down under the waves by the
head and then it seemed to me sud-
denly checked as though its bow had
struck something. But it was only
momentarily and it disappeared under
the water.
81 went down with it, but came to
the surface again quickly and looked
around for something to keep me up.
Presently there foated near me a rect
angular sheet metal canlike air tank
Of a lifeboat, and I cIutched it. Two
men came along hanging to a barrel
with handles at each end, so I left my
tank and caught on to it. Four hours
later we were picked up by trawler."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
LONDON POLICE QUELL
ANTI-GERMAN RIOTERS
Many Persons Are Injured in British
Outbreaks Against Teutons-
Aliens to Be informed.

London, May 14.-The sinking of the
steamer Lusitania has aroused to a
violent climax the smoldering hatred
and suspicion of Germans living in
England. This luminosity has found
expression in attacks on Germans,
principally upon their shops in the
poor quarters of London and Liver
pool, while there have been minor dis
turbances in Manchester, Birkenhead,
Glasgow and a few other places.
Windows in many German shops
were smashed and some stores were
pillaged. None of the persons at
tackled are reported to have been Sc
riously injured but a considerable.
number were more or less beaten, One
or two shops have been set on fire.
A spontaneous movement has de-
veloped in the London market to boy
colt subjects of enemy countries.
The police forces of both London
and Liverpool have been depleted by
enlistments in the army, and special
constables have been called out to-
help the regulars. A number OF police
have been injured during the riotings.
Many Of the disturbers of the peace
were brought before the police courts
and received punishment in sentences
ranging from four months imprison-
ment, imposed on one Liverpool
woman, to four shillings fine.
After the meeting Premier Asquith
made a statement in the house Of
commons foreshadowing that the gov
eminent would carry out the popular
demand for placing these aliens in
concentration camps.
ut would be difficult to find a
parallel for the feeling Of righteous
indignation aroused in all classes in
this country" the premier said. "One
result of this unhappily is that inno-
cent and unoffending persons are in
danger of being made TO pay the pen
atty for the crimes of others
From the military point of view
the steps already taken in the matter
of internment have otherwise proved
adequate for the purposes in view,
namely, to provide for the safety of
the country and to prevent Illicit com
munication between alien enemies
here and their governments abroad"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
BRITISH WARSH|P
IS SUNK BY TURKS
Five Hundred Sailors Perish in
DardaneIIes.
ONLY 1870 OF CREW SAVED
Vessel Goes Down in Straits, Churchill
Announces-Two Turk Gunboats
and Transport Torpedoed
by Submarine.

London, May 15.-The British ship
Goliath has been torpedoed in the Oar
danelles. 1t is believed 500 lives have
been lost.
Announcement of the fate of the
Goliath was made on Thursday in the
house of commons by Winston Spen-
Ger Churchill, first lord of the admir-
atty. Mr.. Churchill also announced
that the British submarine ETA had
penetrated through the Dardanelles
and into the Sea of Marmora, sinking
two Turkish gunboats and a Turkish
transport.
Mr.. Churchill, after announcing the
loss of the Goliath, said:
The Goliath was torpedoed last
night in a torpedo attack by destroyers
while protecting the French flank just
inside the straits Twenty officers and
160 men we're saved, which, l fear,
means that over 500 were lost.
The admiral commanding at the
Dardanelles also telegraphs that the
submarine Ella, which with so much
daring penetrated to the Sea of Mar
mora, has reported that she sank two
Turkish gunboats and large Turkish
transport"
The Goliath was one of the older
British battleships of the predread-
naught type. She was built in 1898.
Her complement was $50 men. The
Goliath was 400 feet long on the water
line and IA feet beam. Her displace-
ment was 1880 tons. She was armed
with four 12-inch and II six-inch guns,
II 12-pounders, six three-Founders and
two machine guns. She had four tor
pedo tubes.
The Goliath is the third British bat
tleship whose loss in the attack on the
Dardanelles has been announced by
the British government. Loss of the
Irresistible and the Ocean, with the
nounced March 10. All three ships
struck mines in a general assault on
the Dardanelles forts March IS.
The dispatches say that the forts in
the straits gradually are being over
come and it is believed a general as
oodI 10 III pAO5AOoS oSdlh0I TIC hCi6htS
of Aohi Bahia, the capture of which is
a neces sary preliminary to a complete
clearance of the straits. There are
persistent reports at Moudros that
these heights have been taken and
that the entire stretch of peninsula
from Cape Relles to Kilid Bahr is in
the allies hands.
Dispatches from Odessa assert that
the Turkish cruiser Sultan Selim, for
merly the Goeben, was badly damaged
Monday in an engagement with the
Russian Black sea fleet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Germans to Support Wilson.

Rochester, N. Y, May 14.-At the
conclusion of meeting of the German
American alliance last night, President
William Otto issued the following
statement:
although the organization did not
take definite action, the sentiment was
in favor of unqualified support of Pres
ident Wilson in whatever action he
takes.
''The German-Americans of this city
are neutral in every respect and none
of their societies will take action an
tagonistic to the policy of the admins
tration."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Asks for DisavoWaI.

at confidently expects. therefore,
that the imperial German government
will disavow the acts of which the
government of the United States COM
plains, that they will make PREPARATION
so far as PREPARATION is possible for in
juries which are without measure, and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
GERMANS TAKE 143,5oo RUSS.
kaiser's Forces in Victorious March in

Kaiser's Forces in Victorious March in
GaIicia-Many Guns Captured.
Berlin, May 15.-The German war
office announced on Thursday that in
the recent fighting in Galicia and Rus
sian Poland $4,000 Russians had been
captured. 1t also states that 60 can
non and 255 machine guns had been
taken from the Russians and that the
victorious Austrian and German forces,
continuing their advance eastward in
Galicia, are now approaching the fort
ress Of Przemysl Some successes on
the western front are reported, but #
is conceded that at other points the
allies we're able to make Roadway.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
No Halt in Ocean Travel.

New York. May 12.-No general can
collation. of the sailings of steamers, or
of passengers engaged from New York
to European ports has followed the
sinking of the Lusitania, according to
agents of steamship lines here. They
say. however, that there has been an
increase in the popularity of vessels
flying neutral flags 1t was estimated
that 1850 passengers are on board the
various steamships from American
ports bound for destinations that viii
take them within range of German
submarine activity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
DARNELL is FOUND GUILTY.
Former kenosha Pastor Convicted of
White Slavery.

Milwaukee, Wis, May 15.-Ruth
Soper is not the wife of Rev. James
Morrison Darnell, wherefore he is
guilty of violating the Mann act in
taking her from her home in Ovation
ma, Mimi, to Kenosha. That was the
verdict returned by the jury on Thurs
day which had been listening 20 the
minister's trial in the United States
district court The jury went out at
12:45 o'clock and it's finding was read
before Judge Geiger at 1855. Ten
years in the penitentiary and a fine
of $4,000 is the maximum penalty that
may be inflicted. Darnell was tried
on eight counts, divided into two
groups covering two charges. The
substance of the charges was that he
had transported Ruth Soper from
Owatonna, Mimi, to Chicago and
thence to Kenosha, Wis, for immoral
purposes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20

You never can tell. The college stu
dent with the broadcast shoulders isn't
always the one who carries off the
most honors.
Some men gifts credit fob habbin' a
good disposition said Uncle Eben,
mostly because dey is so fixed dat dey's
in a position to have putry much DER
own way"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
WILSON LAUDED BY TAFT.

Former President Believes President
Can Handle Lusitania Case.
Washington, May 13.-President
Wilson received letter from former
President Taft expressing confidence.
in his ability to handle the situation
growing out of the sinking of the Lusi-
tania. The president has written a
reply to Mr.. Taft, thanking him warm
ly. Mr. Taft in his letter expressed
his views of what should be done in
the present situation. While the letter
was not made public, it is understood
that Mr. Taft and the president are
in substantial accord in the general
principles underlying the attitude Of
the United States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Awarded $500 DAMAGES.

Sheboygan.-William A. Voigt, a
local real estate man, was awarded
$4,000 damages against the Citizens
Telephone exchange of this city by a
jury on Friday for injuries to his
hearing, alleged to have been sus-
tanned on Nov. Is, 1913, when using
one of the exchanges telephones got
ring in his ear through the receiver.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20

Mr. Slowboy calling on CRIB
seem-er-rather distant this eve
ming" Girl-"Well. your chair isn't
nailed down, is it?'-Brooklyn Eagle.
Jack-"Sent back your letter IN
opened, Ell? Why did she do that?"
Tom-"She said the postman who de-
Iivered it kicked her dog"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
GERMANY Is BLAMED
CORONER'S JURY FIXES RESPON-
SI5ILTTY FOR DISASTER.
Captain Turner Declares He Was
Warned That Submarine Was in
Path of Liner.

Kinsale, Ireland, May 12-The YER
dict rendered by the coroner's jury
which investigated the deaths result
ing from the torpedoing of the Lusi-
tania follows:
1--WE find that the deceased met
death from prolonged immersion and
exhaustion in the sea eight miles
south-south-west of Old Head of Kin
sale on Friday, May 7, 1915, owing to
the sinking of the Lusitania by torpe-
does fired by German submarine.
1--WE find that this appalling crime
was committed contrary to information
al law and the conventions of all civ
ilized nations.
1--WE also charge the officers of said
submarine and the emperor and gov
eminent of Germany under whose or
ders they acted, with the crime of
wholesale murder before the tribunal
of the civilized world.
1--WE desire to express sincere con-
dolences and sympathy with the rela-
tives of the deceased, the Cunard COM
pany and the United States, many of
whose citizens persisted in this murder
Gus attack on an unarmed liner.
Capt. Turner of the Lusitania, ap-
peared before the coroner and was
questioned. The coroner asked him
whether he had received a message
concerning the sinking of a ship off
Kinsale by a submarine, Capt Turner
replied that he had not, and that his
first warning of the attack on the LUIS
itania came when he saw the approach
of the Torpedo.
Captain Turner was asked whether
he had received any messages in re-
gard to the presence Of submarines off
the Irish coast. He replied in the af-
firmative
Disaster Cost I,I5O Lives.
Although the Cunard officials sug-
gest that there may be few survivors
of the Lusitania not yet reported, suf-
fering from injuries at some lonely
fishing hut or farmers cottage, this
hope finds no reflection in official cir
cles. There it is declared the living
are all accounted for. The latest avail
able figures show:
Dead, passengers and crew, 1,150.
Saved, passengers and crew, 767.
Of the latter, 466 were passengers
and 302 were members of the crew.
Handling of Ship Criticized.
Survivors, both Americans and
British, who have arrived in London,
severely criticized the manner in
which the Lusitania was handled, both
by the admiralty and officials of the
Cunard line. These complaints
summed up briefly, follow:
1. That the Lusitania, instead of be-
ing kept at top speed as she neared
the Irish coast, slowed down, thus
making her easy prey for the German
submarines lying in wait for her.
2. That no convoy was placed over
the Lusitania by the admiralty despite
the known presence of German sub
marines in Irish waters and the
threats that had been made to destroy
the liner
8. That officers of the Lusitania
failed to drill the passengers in the
routine to be followed in case of disas-
ter and that officers on the ship hid
the seriousness of the ships damage
from passengers up to the last minute,
assuring them there was no danger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
How Girls View Them.

One writer says that a freckle "is
wild flower the sun has placed on
their cheeks That is pretty
thought, but many girls will continue
to regard the freckIe as a thorn in
the fesh.-Toledo Blade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Some Climates.

The northern parts of Norway and
Sweden extend well up into the Arctic
circle, while the southern parts come
down to the latitude Of Glasgow; so
there is a wide range between the
winter temperatures in those coun-
tries. The same applies to Canada.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Removal of President.

No president of the United States
was ever removed from his high office
The attempt was made to remove Pres
ident Andrew Johnson, but it failed by
one vote, and Johnson served out his
full term.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Ancient WRITING implements.

When writing, Confucius used
small brush, like a camel's-hair brush,
for pen, and so did his ancestors for
centuries before his time. The reed
came into use for writing in the
marshy countries of the Orient. It
was hollow and cut in short lengths.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Banners Kill Two Mexicans

Alpine, Tex, May 1.-TWO Next
cans of a band Of twelve smugglers
were killed and others wounded in a
fight with Texas rangers, below bou-
quillas. Nearly one hundred stolen
cattle we're recovered.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
There Are Others.

81 think Professor Hibrow is a won
deTfuI lecturer" said the Old Fogy.
He brings things home to you that
you never saw before That's moth
ing" replied the Crouch. 81 have a
laundry wagon driver who can do
Enquirer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Free Government

No free government or the blessing
Of liberty can be preserved by any
people, but by firm adherence to
justice, moderation, temperance, fru-
gality and virtue, and by q frequent
recurrence to fundamental principles.
Patrick Henry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Miller Heads School Board.

Manitowoc-Frank A. Miller has
been reelected president of the school
board. DR.. Louis Falge was named
vice president and Miss Emma Kirwan,
secretary. Mr.. Miller has served as
head of the board since its organiza-
ton four years ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Atonsment.

ST hate the smell of mothballs and
there's a woman next door hanging up
the clothes she has had put away with
them" why object to that? She's
doing you neighborly kindness, in
airing your grievances"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Ferris Vetnes Roxinn Bill

Lansing, Mich, May ia bill to
legalize ten-round boxing matches in
Michigan was vetoed on Tuesday by
Governor Ferris. 81 disapproye the
boxing commission bill" said the
governor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Horticultural Crime.

They say that the chief trouble in
raising grapefruit is to keep it from
being as large as a pumpkin; and
to have to sell all that for 10 cents
would provoke to tears.-St- Louis
Globe-Democrat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Avoid False Moves

No false move should ever be made
to eXtricate yourself out of a difficulty
or to gain an advantage There can
be no pleasure in playing with a per
son once detected in such unfair
practices Franklin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Iobp n Wins His Tax Suit.

Cleveland, O., May 15-John D.
Rockefeller won his suit in the United
States district court here for an in
junction to restrain the collection Of
taxes to the amount Of more than
81. 100000 assessed against him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Danish Steamer Sunk

London, May ia Reuter- dispatch
from Ymuiden says a lugger has ar
rived there with eighteen men, the
crew of the Danish steamer Lillian
Drost, which was sunk by mine on
it's way from Blyth to Copenhagen
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Saws Roosevelt Was Boss.

Syracuse, N. Y, May 14.-That for
a period Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
and not William Barnes, was Repub-
lican boss" of the Empire state was
the burden Of Barnes rebuttal in his
$4,000 libel suit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
poa+ canstz.s. Four DroUn

Midland. Pa, May 13-William H.
Taylor, chief engineer of Ohio river
dam No. II, his wife and two children
were drowned when the boat in which
they were crossing the river was
swept over the dam and capsized.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
trs,,,a,ca cor-nanies Hit

New York, May 13.-Just before the
Lusitania sailed agents of life insur-
ance companies solicited business
from several wealthy passengers and
it is estimated that policies aggregat-
ing $4,000 900 were taken out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Riots Cause Heavy Losses.

Capetown, May 1.-THE damage
caused by the riots which have taken
place here since the sinking Of the
Lusitania is estimated at more than
s., 100000 Hardly a shop or hotel
owned by a German has escaped.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Doctor WeInbura Sentenced.

Chicago, May 15.-Dr. Louis p.
Weinburg, the Ligonier 0nd) physi-
clan who was convicted Of white slay-
cry, was sentenced by Federal Judge
Carpenter to serve sixty days in the
house of correction and fined $500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
EarmerJs THREAT Cut

Seneca, III, May 14.-Frank Maier,
q farmer near here, was found dead in
his bed with his throat cut Maier
recently was made defendant in suit
brought by his wife for separate main
tenance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Parliament Member Wounded

London, May 14.-Josiah Wedge
wood, member of parliament for new
castIe-Under-Lyme, is among the
wounded mentioned in the latest cas-
ualty list received from the Darda-
nelleS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Fifty If Emden Crew In Syria.

Damascus, Syria, May 17.-Lieuten-
ant Won Muecke and landing party
from the German cruiser Emden,
which escaped when their ship was
sunk in the Indian ocean on Novem-
Der 10, have arrived here.