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The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
Lusitania' S Captain, in First
Interview, Tells the Story
OF How Ship Went Down
Could Not Have Been Saved From German Torpedoes by
Passing Coast at Night-Everyhing Possible Done by
Officers and Crew to Prevent Loss of Life.

did not slow down on Thursday. but
there is good deal of fog OF the Irish
coast at that season OF the year. and all
FRIDAY forenoon the Lusitania was down
TO fifteen knots. and was put up to eigh-
teen knots about two hours before she
was tOrpedoed
Going by at night would not have oh
secured my ship for the lookout on the
submarines because. in that northern lati-
tude IN May. the night only lasts two
hours and half. as the sun goes down
eighteen degrees below the horizon and
'heh comes up again. II was practically
! a twilight. and that was Illuminated by
the moon
No matter what We had done or what
speed the Lusitania had been going"
said Capt. Turner. emphaticaIIy ..tSa
submarines would have got her as they
had planned 1t all by getting the angles
on the course approaching the Irish coast
and We're Just waiting to blow her up
with all Sn board.
More Than One Submarine.
81 believe there were two or avsn
three submarines because after the
Two torpedoes had been fired. which
struck the ship coming from the di-
rection of the starboard bow, two re-
liable members of the crew on deck
saw one torpedo shoot under her stern
from starboard and miss IL and an
other almost at the same instant mass
under the stern from port without hit
ting IT,
II only saw the sheer of one tor
pedo in the water just before II struck
the side between the third and fourth
funnel. counting from forward. The
report sounded like the banging of a
, door on windy day, followed by a
second report of the same kind, which
hit her in the same place, in the en-
CINE room, and a great cloud of thick
black smoke went up in the air be-
tween the third and fourth tunnels
We were going eighteen knots through
the water. and l could not stop the
engines. because the first torpedo
smashed the main steampipe, put the
electric lights out. and the wireless
had to be worked from the emergency
dynamo on deck.
The loss of life in the lowering Of
the first two boats was caused by PAS
sengers on the "A deck, who nut n
number of women and children in the
boats on the port side and let go the
falls from the davits.
There was no panic at any time nm
til just before she sank. when the
steerage passengers aft started 10
scream and rush about. Everything
was done to save the lives of the pas
sengers that was possible"
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
CROOKS TASTES DIFFER
In DRUG STORE THEFTS

A thief who broke into one drug store
Saturday night stole a quantity OF NOR
phlne. He refused to take money.
though he easily could have robbed the
cash drawer. A second thief who entered
a second drug store. took money. pass
ing by drugs.
Charles Hawkins, a druggist at 737
Fourth street southeast. reported his
shop was entered. The thief had broken
the glass of the front door. He stole
all the morphine accessible. valued at
SO Although 1t is believed he was
familiar with the store. he failed to To-
cate a closet where a large quantity OF
drugs was stored. He did not take so
In the cash drawer.
Herbert N. BeaIl, proprietor OF a drug
store at ISIS Connecticut avenue north
west. told police his shop was entered
through a window. the glass In which
had been broken The money till was
rified Of SIS. Nothing else was taken.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
TRAPPED A GIANT WOLF.
Old Hunters Catch Was SIX Fee
Long and Weighed 119 Pounds.

Rhinelander. Wis, Nov. 2I-The
largest timber wolf ever seen in the
county was trapped by Deputy Sher-
in Andrew Anderson near Twin
Lakes.
The deputy brought the animals
body to Gagen. where he had it on
display for several days. Mr.. Ander-
son. who has trapped for forty years
and has captured more wild animals
than almost any man in the State.
declares that he has never before
seen a wolf anywhere near as large
Weighing 11S pounds. the body
measured six feet from the end of the
nose to the tip OF the tail The ami
NAL was three feet in height and had
been caught in n trap before. the
right fore foot having been clipped
on
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
HISTORY OF SAPTISTS
REVIEWED BY DANIELS
Navy Head Says Indifference Is the
Greatest Obstacle to Be Overcome
by Christianity Today.
Strictly Pure

Secretary Josephus Daniels, was the
principal speaker at Yesterdays session
OF the General Association of Virginia
BEptists at the Baptist Church Of
Clarendon, Va Before the largest
gathering that has attended the meet
ings since the convention opened he
lauded the important part Roger Will
Jams Dlaved in the establishment of
religious liberty in the United States and
reviewed the history of the Baptist
church. Secretary Daniels declared
that one of the greatest obstacles the
church has to overcome today is indiffer-
ence.
Many OF the visiting ministers oc-
cupied pulpits in Washington, Alexandria,
and Baltimore yesterday and preached
special sermons.
The convention will close tonight after
selecting next years place. Rev. H. W.
Battle presided at yesterday session.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
MAY AMEND REGISTRY LAW.
Some Ships DO Not Have Records oil
Ownership Aboard.

Congress will be asked to pass an
amendment to the laws regulating the
transfer OF ships to American registry.
making II obligatory on masters Of such
vessels to include among their papers the
records of ownership. according to infor-
nation obtained last night
1t Is reported here that there have bee l
cases IN which such records Of owner
ship were not among the ships paper.
and that this gave British warships some
excuse for seizing them British law, L
is stated. is mandatory that the record !
shall be at all times on English ships, 50
the ownership cannot be challenged.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
Listing OF DIPLOMATS
WORRIES white HOUSE
Must Decide Which Neutral and Near
Neutral ENJOYS Attend Dinners.
Neutrals May Go to Both.

With half the world at war. State De
partment experts on diplomatic etiquette
and presidents must become the erbiters
OF the neutrality and sympathies OF the
nonbelligerent nations, In making up
the lists of guests for the two diplo-
matte dinners in January.
The selection of the principal guests
will be simple enough. 1t is understood
the ENJOYS of the allies will be invited to
the first dinner. as Ambassador Jusserand
of France is the dean of the Diplomatic
Corps. and the representatives, of the
central powers will attend the second
dinner.
The embarrassing problem develops in
choosing the guests from the neutral and
near-neutral countries. The White
House must decide whether the neutral
diplomats shall be invited to both din
ners, and If not, how they shall be
separated. It must decide whether to
invite the Minister from Greece to the
first or second dinner. His countrymen
are declared to be proallies, while the
reigning house of Greece leans toward
Germany. Some difficulties are expected
also in the case OF the representatives of
Holland, the Scandinavian countries
China, and Spain.
Interest attaches also to the expected
announcement concerning the breakfast
which the Secretary Of State customarily
tenders to the Diplomatic Corps. The
same complications are presented re-
garding this function.
No trouble is expected at the pam
American reception, the first on the list
of White House affairs. The first wo-
man to be greeted by the President and
the new Mrs. Wilson, now Mrs. Gait, on
that occasion will be the wife of the
Brazilian Ambassador, the dean of the
pan-American corps. Madam da CANA
is an American woman and will take
precedence over the wives of other dip
lomats at this reception.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
CHURCH EVENINGS POPULAR.

Church evenings, a new feature OF
the social service work conducted by
DR.. Clarence A Vincent, of the
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church, has proved a most successful
adjunct to the regular services. Start
ing with but a few members, the
evenings, which have been held for
but -FOUR weeks. are now drawing
more than $50 members
On these evenings the members
meet at $3.50 O'Clock and take part IN
social and recreational activities un-
til s o'clock Then they sit down TO a
wholesome supper, served in the
and from to 8 o'clock dcyo-
tional services are held.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
KILLS EAGLE WITH STICK.
Missouri Woman Stays Huge Bird
that Attacked Her Chickens.

Rolla, No. Nov. 21.-Ars. J. H Ar
thur. who lives near Lsquey. Pulaski
County. probably enjoys the distinc-
ton Of being the only woman in Mis-
souri, to kill an eagle without the aid
of a weapon.
Recently she heard a noise in the
chicken yard and saw a large eagle
svoop down on the flock. A watch
dos rushed upon the eagle and
knocked IL to the ground
Mrs. Arthur grabbed long stick
and struck IL with all her might,
breaking It's neck and right wing. The
eagle measured six feet four inches
from tip to tip.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
CO. 1ss
Humphreys Seventy-seven
For Grip, Influenza,
COL DS

The successful use of Seventy
seven" has made many converts to
Homeopathy - especially when the
following suggestion has been OBJ
served.
To get the best results, take TSev-
enty-seven" at the first feeling of a
Cold-lassitude
If you wait until you begin to
cough and sneeze, it may take longer.
A small vial of pleasant pellets fits
the vest pocket.
CSC and S1.oo. at all druggists or
mailed.
Humphrey Homeo. Medicine Co., 15e
william Street, New York.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
Bones Decay. He Asks $50. 600

stevens Point. Wis, Nov. N.-Joh1
Malchunik. until a few months ago p
workman for the Wisconsin River Paper
and Pulp Company, OF this city. Is suing
that company for $4,000 damages. which.
he alleges. Is due him because he waS
forced to work in the mill where 1t was
damp. He contracted a bad cold and as
n result his bones are decaying. he de
clares. In the medical profession this
disease is known as osteosarcoma.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
HIS CARD ON HIS BROW.
Mexican Had Name and Home Adj
dress Tattooed on Forehead.

San Francisco. Nov H.-''What's your
name?" demanded Assistant District At
torney Becsey, OF a Mexican charged
with vsgrancy at San Francisco.
The defendant brushed back his hair.
but did not speak. Becsey repeated his
question. Same response. Then the
Spanish interpreter tried. The man point
ed to a spot on his forehead. Becsey
looked closely and tattooed on the man S
brow was Fred Harris, Sonora, Mex
lco."
Whats the idea ?" asked Becsey.
Il have heart disease. ] may drop dead
I don't want my grave to be unmarked -
the prisoner explained. He was dismissed.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
Hanged for nl-treating Armenians.

Berlin via SayvilleI. Nov. I.-Accorri-
ing to Damascus dispatches. DyemaI
Pasha has ordered the chief of two bands
hanged following their conviction of ILL.,
treatment Of Armenians
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22

MISS JANET RICHARDS who asserts ha the Womans Peace Party
not been killed BY cue and misrepresentation and who will offer
that plan for future bes hsr lecture this morning
in Woodward & Lohrops Auditorium.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22

Several garages in Southern California
wash the cars with water heated by the
suns yAyx
The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
PISTOL BATTLE FOUGHT
In STREET; THREE SHOT

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18

The Mitchell chassis shown by Ream
& Son is an exact duplicate of the car
that made the sealed bonnet run OF
,51S.4 miles in thirty days, an average
OF 250 miles per day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18

The Hupmobile business is report
ed by e. c. Ensminger to he more
prosperous than at any previous time
since his entry into the automobile
business, and that is number oil
wears. Several sales have been made
aud the new lines of the 1915 models
are attracting a great deal of atten-
tiCn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18
international Models Show
Simple Heavy Duty Motor

The new Models "E" and M"
shown at the motor truck department
represent the most advanced type in
motor trucks for quick delivery, and
incorporate features that protect the
purchasers against possible delays.
The international has a very sim
pie, powerful and compact heaVy-duty
motor, and upon this depends the eff
cheney of the complete machine. The
International Motor Trucks are made
in capacities of 1000, 800 and 1000
pounds
1t is a we'll founded fact that the
firms delivering heavy loads were the
first To adopt motor trucks, because
the savings to them was so enormously
in favor of motor trucks. We have
reached the period when the light and
medium capacity unit truck is being
more fully appreciated. The most
reliable authorities agree that about
eighty per cent. of the motor truck
demand is for the small unit trucks
as now being specialized by the Inter
national Motor Truck Department.
The large unit trucks are an eugn-
! eering proposition and should be
! loaded to their capacity both ways on
their trips on account of their dead
weight. With the smaller units the
! first cost is less and the upkeep eX-
: pense lower. Several smaller units i'm
place of the large one are now being
generally adopted, and kept in con-
stant service.
The ratio of the load to the truck
should be maintained as nearly as pos
sble at all times. and the solution is
! greatly in favor OF the small unit
truck because they increase this ratio
which means greater profit to the
owner of the several small unit trucks
Many visitors are inspecting the new
models at 619 Walnut street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18
OUT OF STREAM WITH SELF
STARTER

Henry Kennady, formerly citizen
of Owensburg. KY. and later manager
of the Studebaker branch at Oklahoma
City, recently had rabbit hunting eX-
perience in Australia, which, strange
as it may seem, tested the efficiency
of the Studebaker starter. Kennady'
who is now managing director of the
Studebaker distributing house at sgd
ney, started out with four companions
to hunt rabbits, using Studebaker
Six.
In attempting to ford hollow dur
ing rain, the carburetor became sub
merged in water which was going
through so swiftly that none of the
occupants dared get out of the car.
The water kept rising inch by inch
until the party feared they would be
washed away. During a lull in the
storm, Kennedy put the car into low
gear, threw on the self-starter and
was able to pull out of the deep hole.
The carburetor was then drained ana
the engine Immediately fired evenly
taking the party back TO sydney with
out further mishap.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18
Saxon Company Methods
That Insure Accuracy

The Saxon Motor Company has just
instituted "A plan that provides dou-
BILE check in assuring quality of mate
rials and high grade of workmanship
in Saxon motor ears.
III addition to a perfected scheme of
inspection at the Saxon factory in De-
troit, this concern has gone a step
farther than is customary among au-
tomobile makers. BY the new plan,
expert inspectors will be assigned to
the different plants where the parts
and materials for use in Saxon cars are
produced 1t is the duty of each in
speCtor to see that such parts and ma
terials exactly measure up to the spe-
cilications called for by the Saxon en-
gineerS.
This advanced and progressive plan
has been put into effect by the Saxon
Company at considerable expense.
but 1t is declared to more than pay
for itself in eliminating the chance for
error in construction and preventing
any inferior materials from getting
by.
Just as double entry bookkeeping is
considered better than the old single
entry style. so double checking in the
building of automobiles has every ad-
vantage over single checking sys-
| tenn says G. G. Cross, the Saxon fac
tory manager. in telling of this revolu-
| tionary plan.
''If mechanical part or piece ot
! material is inspected in its early
lStages. and then again before il find:
a place in the finished product. a quail
Iity motor car is the assured result.
The inspection of our cars will no
| be confined TO an inspection before
the cars are shipped, but under the
direction of the chief inspector. who /:
one of the most expert experimental
engineers in the country. a number OF
| deputies will be placed in the various
plants where the company buys parts
All parts will be inspected before ship
ment to the Saxon factory. This
method is a guarantee to our custo-
mers that our product is right"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18

The Winton exhibit is in charge of
G. r.. Klinger. we'll known locally.
Winton's surprise for the year is new
model 21A. in four or five
passenger form and showing general
chassis design like the model 81, which
is continued practically unchanged
with the exception of the body, which
is a redesgnable one. Thus the Win
ton Company has abandoned its one
chassis policy to which it has adhered
for five years. The new six is some
what smaller than the model 21. The
wheeibase is 1928 inches and the mo-
tor, which mas it's cylinder cast in pairs
like the other Winton models, is Is by
"a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18
Every Extra Pound
Is a Crudity
Z-Passenger
Ph0etoa
3-P0sssnseT
Roadster

The HUDSON Six-40 is the lightest 7-passenger
Six ever built. Most of its rivals weight 400
to 600 pounds more.
That is one evidence OF HUDSON refinement. 1t
is one result OF four-year evolution. 1t is of
the benefits from Howard L. Coffin's designing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18
MITCHELL SCHOOL FOR AUToIsTs

A novel and well received educa-
tional school for auto dealers and en-
thusiasts was hold during the Omaha
Auto Show by the Mitchell Motor
Company, of Omaha.
Their large garage was turned into
lecture room with blackboards
mounted on the walls and all dealers
and auto owners extended invitations
to the lectures. which were held each
morning of the show from 9 to IL
o'clock.
The representatives of the various
electric starting device manufacturers
We're invited to speak to the visitors
display their starters, and explain the
principle and construction by use of
the blackboard.
The interest was manifest The
garage was crowded every morning by
Mitchell and other dealers. Owners
were as numerous as dealers and the
result was that practically every one
attending left with q better knowl-
edge of the electric equipment on n
modern automobile than could ever be
gained from a mass of literature.
The attendance and the interest OF
every visitor tends to further empha-
size the necessity for educational work
of this kind among the dealers who
have the owners interest at heart.
and the owner who really wants to
understand and take intelligent care
of the car he owns.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18

The HUDSON shows the Light Six as it will b.
All excess weight which adds to fuel cost and til
cost must be eliminated to meet the demands of tn
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18

No man can say, It's too light
Over 10000 OF these cars have proved themselves
under every road condition. Half of them have run
for two seasons. They have covered, all told. at
least 25 million miles And those 10000 owners
near and far, will say that this car is right.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18
Notes and Comments From
KeIker St. Hall Auto Show

William r. a5lor, distributor for
the Apperson cars in the East is in
Harrisburg during show week neso-
tiating for q representative for tins
territory. The Apperson car is u pio-
neer in motordom and the new model
As at S14S5 has the refinements and
class that was needed TO make The car
a winner, which in other respects has
proven itself mechanically among the
best in its class.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18

Two hundred and fifty young women
are employed to make Studebaker
automobile tops and side curtains.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18

There are 1873 manufacturing de-
partments i'm the Studebaker automo-
bile factories.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18

So great is the popularity of the
iitney bus. that fifteen were sold in
Kansas city is one week by the Stude-
baker Corporation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18

A Pullman small model was sold
Icy the BentZ-Landis Auto Company.
An increasing number of these are be-
coming noticeable since this company
began pushing the classy little car in
this section.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-03-04
SEES INTERURBAN THROUGH
ABILENE IN TWO YEARS

Under a flaring headline kansas
City to Salina via Interurban Now a
Probability" the Riley County Dem
ocrat, published at Manhattan, says:
If present plans are consumated 1t
is but question of a short time UNI
til Manhattan will be connected with
Kansas City and Salina by interur-
ban.
The extension of the Kansas City,
Topeka and Western Electric rail-
road to Topeka; the building of a
line through the fertile Kaw valley
from Topeka to Manhattan connect
ing with the Manhattan City and In
terurban railroad to Junction City
and the further extension of the
Junction city line 70 Salina, within
the next two years is probability.
The Manhattan company, the
Junction City company and the Sa-
lima Electric Railway company will
probably be the owners Of the west
ern division of the proposed new
road.
A probable route for the proposed
belt line will be from Kansas City
through Bonner Springs, Lawrence,
Topeka, following the Union Pacific
route. From Topeka the line will
probably follow the Rock Island to
Maple Hill where it will angle north
west to Wamego, thus opening up
territory having no railroad facili-
ties. From Wamego it will probably
follow the Union Pacific to Manhat-
tan and Junction City through Abb
lene to Salina. This would comprise
a mileage of about 1875 miles, part
of which is built.