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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10
SURVIVOR DESCRIBES THE
SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA

exactly like the Niagara rapids When
the sea became smooth again we could
see hundreds OF heads and arms of
struggling victims on barrels deck
chairs and all the fotsam and jetsam
that had remained OF the Lusitanla
above the water.
MANY now climbed into the boat
A woman came up close by me. |
her down into a reclining pocture
with her head resting on my legs at
about the level OF the knees. There
she died, We were all standing the
boat was so full there was no room
TO sit down. The oars were so heavy
and unmanageable and the boat so
crowded that we made scarcely any
progress but We had made some
toward the lighthouse when a fishing
smack picked us up about i. u
The smack picked mp four boats in all
with a couple OF hundred people
THE deck steward In our boat,
with a name something Ike Wigham
a little chap with waxed mustache
was our sheet anchor. He took charge
OF everything and cheered every one
up. He had the heart of lion"
Mr., Barnard continued:
THE first steamer we saw was a
Greek vessel, At about r. NJ. the
skipper Of our smack asked the com
mander Of this steamer to take some
Of our people on this boat, but he con.
tinued on 10 the scene OF the disaster
Shortly afterward some torpedo boats
tore past and other steamers followed
! quickly.
When We reached Queenstown anC
had been installed in hotels we coult
| not wash, az all the water had hecr
! turned on, Many Of us were as black
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10
PICKED UP BY RAFT.

QuEENsTows. May s.-Followinc is
signed story by : NJ Knox, president
of the New York Shipbuildng Company,
of tho sinking OF the Lusitania:
shortly after >, while hnishlng
luncheon IN calm sea heavy con-
cussion was felt on the starboard SIDE,
throwing the vessel TO port. Sh" inn
mediatciy swung back and proceeded Ia
take on list to starboard, which rapidly
increased,
THE passengers rapidly, but IN good
form. left the dining room proceeding
mostly to \ deck or the boat deck
There preparations were being made 10
launch boats,
"Order among the passengers was well
maintained. there being nothing mp
preaching panic. Many passengers had
gone TO their stations ana provided
themselves with life belts,
The vessel reached an angle ~ about
- degrees. and at this poiu. there
seemed to he n cessation in tn" listing
the vessel maintaining this position for
four ~ five minutes when something
an0a Gently gave way and the list started
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10
GERMANY REGRETS
BUT DENIES BLAME
Claims Made That Lusitania
Was Armed, Carrying
Twelve Guns.
FLAG EPISODE RECALLED

AMSTERDAM. Nav s--The German
Government issued the following state
ment regarding the sinking Of the Lust
tanIs last night:
The Cunard liner I.'isi.ania was tor
pedoed yesterday by German SUB
marine and sunk.
The IusNania naturally was armed
with guns. as were recently most OF
tho English mercantile steamships.
Moreover, az is we'll known here, she
had large quantities OF war material
lin her cargo
Her owners. therefore, know to
what danger the passengers were eS-
posed. They alone bear all the re-
sponsibility for what has happened
Germany. on her part. left nothing
undone 20 warn them repeu edly and
strongly The Imperial Ambassador
in Washington even went 80 far as O.
make u public warning, SO AZ 10 draw
attention 20 this danger. The English
press sneered AZ the warning and
relied on the protection OF the British
fleet 20 safeguard Atlantic travel
A message from Berlin says that II
has been sscertained from reliabl,
source tina, there were 5.40o boxes 81
that by FAR the greater part OF hei
cargo consisted OF contraband OF war.
officials OF the Cunard Steamship
Company yesterday denied that the
Lusltania was armed. They said tina
the only munitions OF war aboard were
900 cases OF Remington cartridges anC
a few unloaded shrapnel shells
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10
DRAGGED INTO SHIPS FUNNEL.
survivors, Then Elected, Tell How
Mig stacks snapped.
SPECIAL CabI. Dr.patcA 10 Tnr srv

LoSpoN, May a.-Survlvors say that
one Of the most appalling sights con-
nected with The disaster was the fall OF
the gigantic tunnels. which snapped and
rash"d as the ship went down, pinning
several people under them
one OF those struck by = funnel was
VI. papadopulo. He saw his wife into
a boat, kissed her Good-by and refused
to accompany her as Other women were
stiil on ne ship.
Two or three survivors say they were
sucked into the mouths of tie sinking
tunnels with several others ana All were
uearl' yhukel with Ciuders and 500,
Then they were elected violently ap-
paroutly by an explosion and were
hla"kened from head TO foot one
woman who was thus sho, out Of a
funnel dropped into boat
Lady Machworth saws she Was not
awHr" of the German Embassy warn
ing until she had gone aboard the lus!-
tauia.
NJ p1ppiODulp's rADle anus1ts i,r IA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10
MERsEY TO CONDUCT INQUIRY
Consents q" Direct Investigation
Hoard ~ Trade WIN Hold.

LoSDoN, May q The official press
bureau issued this statement to-day
The Board of Trade, with the con-
rurr,uCa Of the Admiralty las ordered
an inquiry into the circumstances Of the
nss of the Lus!tar!a Lord Mo-sey has
consented - conduct the inquiry"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10

as negroes from coal dust and debris
resulting from the explosion of the
torpedoes Later in the night ! went
to the wharf again to see II could
find any trace OF Mr.. and Mrs Stewart
s. Mason OF Boston. searched three
temporary morsues. 1t was n ghastly
and pltiful sight | saw as I entered
the first one. A heap-literally "a
heap Of babies was lying on the floor.
They were almost naked and their
poor little bodies were bruised and
cut. Some Of them were purple. while
some were almost black. and others
were yellow. 1t waSA terrible sight.
I'm the next morgue | saw Froh-
mans body. His hands were folded
and the expression on his face was
calm. placid and benevolent. He
looked az II he had been laid out for
burial. though his was the only body
tina, looked NO. The faces OF others
were covered with foam, mingled in
many cases with blood The strong
men who had made a hard fight for
life showed the marks OF the struggle
more than others.
women wore rurs.
II could md no trace Of the Masons.
The bodies OF the women made par
ticularly pathetic sight. They had not
thought to divest themselves OF any
Of their clothing and many OF them
had even put on long coats and furs.
which. with their skirts had become
wrapped and twisted about their
limbs. thus making II impossible for
them to swim. The drowned men also
were fully dressed
Those who were saved. men and
women alike. had thrown of their
clothes. on the smack which picked
up the people in my boat was a
Canadian clergyman whose wife had
been rescued from the sea. She had
been able TO stay on the surface be-
cause she had thrown Off her clothing
The clergyman had given her his
trousers saw several women who
probably owed their lives 20 the fact
that they had sufficient presence OF
mind to remove their skirts and cor
/ sets.
life Belts Too Complicated.
There was plenty or evidence tid
! the life belts were too complicated 10
be readily adjusted Before the ship
went down I saw several women ask
/ ing others II their belts were on RICH,
and In every case the answer was In
! the affirmative. though no two women
/ seemed 10 have the belts adjusted
alike. on every side | saw women
| floating face down because their belts
had not been put on properly. 81
course all Of them were drowned
Every stoker on duty must have
been killed instantly by the torped,
except two. one. though I did not
see him. was picked out OF the water
with one arm hanging at his side lik,
a shield. A Belgian surgeon severed
It with a pocketkuife. The other stokei
| who escaped | saw. He was on tor
! OF the deck and his head had beer
blown clean of OF course he coulC
-, not have been wholly alive. but he wa,
staggering about like an automaton
How he got there I cannot imagine"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10

Lord Mers"y conducted the inquiries
.u'o the loss or the Titanic and the En-.
press - ireland
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10
IittI~ Progress with Oars.

"Wo were now working the heavy
unwicld,v oars, hut made practically
no progress when the i.usitania
went down she caused scarcely any
,ortcx hut the water boiled up in
great masses N The sea around her
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Continued from Ftrst Page.

by rs loose, hanging tackle 10 the
saloon deck. There was steward In
the boat. ! clambered In and a couple
OF minutes later there was a swarm
clambering around her. chiefly stokers
and trmmers. All of these got In
She was the last boat on the deck,
MY watch stopped at just 2:30
when | entered tho water. Watches
carried by others Of the survivors
stopped at the same time. II had
been only eight minutes since | saw
the torpedo coming
1.-THE overhanging tackle now was
pressing the boat dangerously down.
ward. \ deck steward chopped i
away lust IN time. Then AZ the Lusl-
tania toppled over a long. taut wire.
a part OF the funnel rigging, came
onto the boat langthwise. We man
aged to push the boat from under
II. getting the rOwloCks under II as II
left us like huge. tight banjo string
released from "A pluck. We sheered
of little bit, then our worst dan
ger was one OF the huge tunnels.
This was descending on us steadily
as the Lusitania leaned over further
and further II seemed impossible to
escape, but the funnel lust missed us
pAssing not more than a foot from
some OF our heads.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10

VI rapadonulo's name appears I'm the
'uuard Lines official list OF survivors,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-04
SLENDER AND LEGGY."

According to the S~artorial Art Jour
nal, the nan of fashion the coming
season will be slender, leggy. but
with a well balanced and athletic
seeming body"
Fat men with fashionable tenden-
cies will now proceed TO fast. Short
legged men will have their legs
stretched. AS for the rest, the tailors
can take care Of it.
A nan unduly small above the equa-
tor, or a man with too slender un-
d%er-pinning. can get the proper bal
anced' effect from judicious cutting
and padding. The same process can
make the mOst anemic gentleman
look-from a distance at least-like
a tennis champion or a star half-back.
There is much virtue in that phrase,
"athletic-seeming body" Just leave it
to your tailor.
And yet, in the name Of sartorial
art, why must we be all alike? Have
the tailors no more Imagination and
individuality than the fiction writers
and magazine artists?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-04
BROKEN LOOSE.

a washington dispatch to the New
York Tribune says that Pre't Wilson
and Col. r. NJ. House Of Texas have
broken over the presidents refusal
TO recognize Mexico.
Outside of Mr.. House himself. and
possibly a few still hungry Texas Of
fee seekers. there are none who VIII
mourn greatly at the news.
Mr.. House has apparently exercised
a most potent influence over Pres,t
Wilson. BE it good or bad influence
the bulk of the American people are
prone 10 question the right or any
private individual TO assume the ex-
ercise OF the prerOgative Of advisor
TO the president OF the United States
ofsAmerica.
With the best Of feeling toward the
worthy Texan. and in all charity. We
earnestly hope the Tribune has il
straight.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-04
NO SCARE IN 1T.

Warning is issued to the effect that
If Uncle sam is to put himself in
shape for war. he must issue at least
a billion dollars worth of government
bonds.
Provided that the issue is made
right. there's no cause for weeping
and wailing about IT. 1t would be a
mighty fine thing, if every American
and hyphenated American should own
a SO or a 500 L. 5. bond.
Besides. there's another thing to
consider-England and probably 9TH
ers of the b%elligerent nations will
probably have TO offer their securities
on the American market. such Sc
c~urities drawing five or five and one
half per cent. as is now talked OF,
would be likely TO previously deplete
our atoms cash holdings. our peo-
pie had better be putting their money
into L.. s. bonds than into foreign
bonds. 1t would keep the money in
the country.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-04

We have movies for slapstick COM
DIV. movies for vocational instruction
movies as substitutes for travel, mo-
vies TO portray history. movies to con-
,ev news. movies to interpret fiction
movies as genuine drama. What VIII
BE the next development?
Rex Beach. the novelist, suggests
in a recent interview that it will be
the editorial use" BY that he means
that the moving picture will be used
as a means 10 mold public opinion.
ct has already been utilized edu-
cationalIy.' he SAYS. land as part oil
various propaganda schemes. But II
viii he used hereafter in connection
with the great political problems. II
will become the most powerful of all
influences for directing public opinion
in politics and everything else. 1t will
play a mighty part in the thought OF
the country and of the world.
What A strong argument, for eX-
ample. The Birth of a Nation pre-
SCENTS, Vow. suppose hat that same
art AMI equipment we're used 10 pre-
sem arguments against some political
issue of our own time, instead of one
of u fathers time. What a force
that would be-"
IT ook plausible. too. when sou
think it over. suppose at this mo-
ment the moving picture theaters Of
the country were utilized in a sys-
tematic propaganda TO arouse the
nation for war. IL would be an in
~calculable force. Suppose in a presi-
Dental campaign Big sums were de-
voted 10 creating and presenting pic
torial arguments in favor Of great
armament or high tariff or womar
suffrage or union labor. We may see
the beginning OF such methods next
year.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-04

With the monthly telephone bill
these days m generally a little
pamphlet. replying to the remarks Of
Hon. David j. Lewis of Maryland in
the house Of representatives on the
postalization of the TELEPHONE. 1t ap-
pears that the telephone and tele-
graph companies are opposed to gov
eminent ownership and operation Of
the wire services. Davy Lewis made
a perfectly conclusive argument in
favor of the postalization of the tele-
phone, and each of these pamphlets
in attempting to refute Lewis's argu-
ment is further demonstrating the
truth of what Lewis said.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-04

We nave by far the higheNt fire loss
per cS9ita in the world.
That fact. it may be admitted. is.
partly due 10 the preponderance Of
wooden structures in the United
states. instead OF the less d|estructible
houses OF brick and stone in most
foreign lands. But the biggest factor
is plain carelessness
People throw matches about care
lessly in their own houses. and neglect
leaky chimneys and ill-adjusted stove
pipes. They leave matches and in
fiammable material where little chill
dren can play with them. and too
many of them still tolerate oid-fash-
Toned Fourth of July pyromania.
They use matches from mere force of
habit. when there are many sorts of
lighting devices just as cheap and far
safer. They toss cigar and cigaret
stubs in waste baskets and dry grass.
They build bonfres near houses or in
the woods and let them spread. Work
men take chances in factories. Fac
tory owners and store owners try to
save money by cheap construction and
by skimping on safety devices. and
pay for it in big losses and high in
surance rates.
It is a shameful record. Persua-
sion and education can do much to
improve it, 1t would help power
fully, however. If every city would do
what New York has done recently
in one or two cases. making an owner
who has neglected proper precautions
pay the expense Of having the fire de-
partment put out his fire. 1t might
help, too, if the insurance companies
would devise a workable system of
cutting down fire loss payments in
cases where contributory negligence
is provable.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-04
A SUBTLE PROBLEM
Lovers OF a Deep Story Will En-
ioy THE Reef Which Pre-
sents An Absorbing Social
Situation.

To tell what the story is about and
how it all comes out in the end would
detract from the pleasure which read
ers OF this newspaper will enjoy next
Sunday when they clip the coupon and
secure a copy Of THE Reef"
1t is fair, however. TO tell hat this
selection is deemed by all acquainted
with the works of Edith Wharton to
be the choice par excellence for this
week. as the reading OF the book itself
will demonstrate.
The selection of The Reef was
partly actuated by reason OF the fact
that il is cor sidered the best work
of one On the best authors and one
most capable to write on modern So
cial problems. the very kind Of a story
which will keep one awake burning
the midnight oil until the final para
graph is read.
The books are all being placed at
the distributing points and Will be
released sunday TO bearers of the
coupon printed m Sundays issue. and
no lover OF good fiction can afford to
miss the opportunity To secure a copy
OF the book this coming Sunday, es-
pecially as il is given practically on
presentation terms TO readers who
clip the coupon and conform with the
slight conditions mentioned in the an
nouncement-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-04

banks. secured by proper warehouse
receipts and insurance policies. was
determined upon.
All other expedients. such as the
widespread buy-a-bale movement,
have been found 10 be put temporary
ones and Intellectual. It's up to the
farmers to cooperate with the bank
ers if they hope to realize good prices
his fall. BY warehousing the c5ttOn
and putting it on the market Under
intelligent and comprehensive plans,
the best results can be obtained. In
dividual selling NEAR certain demon
a~lization Of the market. The saliva
ton Of the growers lies in embracing
The general plan 10 be adopted.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-04
RAISE THE INCOME TAX.
(Chicago Tribune.)

(CnlcaRO
The United States must have n re-
newal OF war taxes or a bond issue.
according to estimates now made in
Washington, to meet it's expenditures.
The war taxes were imposed upou ar
ticles styled Injuries. Many of them
were the small things which are the
commonplaces of an ordinary citlZens
relaxation. The doctor may think them
bad. The man finds them good and
the doctor is not a psychologist. He
considers the human frame as q ma
chine. whereas the man in the ma
chine knows that it has moods which
are not at all machinelike.
The tax principle has hit ev~erythins
that the mar in the machine has re-
garded as important to his moods, ana
he knows that his moods are Iasten-
ed upon him. The principle OF search-
ing out and getting at everything thaI
represents a departure from the ma
chine normal of bread n pork chops
and eight hours sleep Is not his ally IN
telligent.
II Is not necessary for taxation to
have a normal value. That Is not Its
purpose. The purpose OF taxation Is
to put the cost of extraorolnary
benefits upon the beneficiary. the
hest test of an extraordinary benefit
is an income.
income indicates the degree to
which a man is enjoying the oppcr-
tunities open in a fat lane. 1t rep
resents the degree to which he Is con-
cerned in having the processes or the
land maintained and his Deneht Iro-
tected. We do not believe in having
caste taxation. II IL were MOI Ior lhe
fact that at some point the question OF
collection must enter. We would nave
every man pay his penny. even the
blind organ grinder.
But. practically, if the country needs
more money the way to get II is by
increasing the tax upon large or sub
stantial incomes. Raise The percent
age upon the incomes taxed until The
man who is earning $4,000 to $50, DOC
is paying 1 per cent more than he Is
now and the mar earning from 5000
600 to s1,OOO,OOO a year is paying 10
per cent.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-04
GROWING SOLID.

IL is good news-that coming from
Alaska-that for the yea 1915 cop
per will take first place in the prod
ucts OF that territory. followed by
lead: gold coming third. For many
years gold has taken first place.
The aforementioned reversal shows
that Alaska is coming into its own;
that 1t is no longer to be looked upon
solely as a field for the hardy all
yenturer. but that an era of CONNER
cial development has begun. co-inci-
dental with the commencement Of
work on the federal railroad, which
will populate Alaska with a perma-
nent and desirable class OF settlers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-04

In Herbert Quick's farm novel.
THE Brown House the farmland
hero becomes a school teacher. and
proceeds to teach without any respect
for cultural traditions. He treats the
pupils as friends and associates. He
regards his school as a sort Of labOra-
tory in which the children help him
work out practical problems Of their
own homes and farms.
He doesn't make them sit stiff and
silent for hours at a time. AS his bus
mess assistants. they are free to move
about and consult him and each
other. like men in an office. There's
a constant low hum Of conversation
which doesn't disturb anybody, be-
cause everybody is intensely inter-
ested in what he's doing.
The boys and girls flock TO school
an hour before the bell rings. with
SAMPLES Of grass seed and corn sE1ut
and insect specimens and things, and
they can hardly be driven home
when school closes. They are not
crammed with book learning. The
usual textbooks occupy a minor place
in their education. Their arithmetic
examples Zeal with such matters as
the percentage OF loss in a wheat crop
based on a given proportion of weed
seeds in the sown wheat and the COW
population Of the township and the
ratio Of butter fat TO milk and feed.
An essay on corn culture is valued
more highly than one on poetry.
Reading lessons are as likely as not
taken from farm journals. Geogra-
phv is not a matter Of maps, u a
live subject connected with the food
the children eat and the clothes they
wear and the treasures in their peck
cts and the crops in their barns-
where everything ONE from or goes
to.
And book culture? They get that
too as a sort Of side issue. II comes
easily enough, because their minds
are kept at such a pitch Of activity
by vital human interests that they
can pick up in odd moments the for
NAL facts considered necessary. Let
rs cease thinking so much about az
riculturai education. and devote our
selves 10 educational agriculture
says Mr.. Quick. 80 will the nation
be made strong"
And isn't he right Isn't agricul-
ture itself so big and all-embracing
a thing that it can be used in the
country schools as a medium through
which the country boy n girl obtain
mental training. a knowledge Of the
world and genuine culture?
shouldn't country children. instead
Of being crammed with artificial stun
based on Anticipated standards or city
standards, be treated frankly as jul
veniIe farmers and farmers wives
and be taught to love their work ana
environment. and be prepared TO live
intelligently and j~oyfully the life for
which they are destined2
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-04
GEyT AFTER THEM.

It's about time the authorities OF
the larger cities were doing some in
vestigating OF the latest shell game;
to-wit: the inserting Of advertise
ments for help. requiring "A cash
guarantee" or small investment as
a requisite to employment which is
nearly always lost. The growth OF this
newest industry of the sharpers put
out OF business by the federal postal
laws. is said to be startling.
Newspapers generally protect them
selves and the public. as far as possi-
BILE, by investigating he reliability "a