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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Vanderbilt Gave Belt to Girl.

London.-Thomas Slidell of New
York says he saw Alfred G. Wander
bilt on the deck of the Lusitania as
the vessel went down.
Mr., Vanderbilt, who could not swim,
was equipped with life belt, but he
CALAMITY took it off, Mr.. Slidell said,
and placed it around the body of a
young woman. Then he went off to
seek another life belt. The ship sank
a few seconds later.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
M arket Own Fruit.

Nelson, B. C.-The Kootenti Fruit
growers union, with headquarters at
Nelson, this year will attempt to over
come the difficulties which it has ex-
perienced in marketing produce in the
past by selling direct to retailers in
the Canadian northwest provinces.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
PRES. WILSON STUDIES QUESTION
Spent All Day Sunday but Came to
No Decision.

Washington.-Wh action the. Uni
ted States government will take as a
result of the sinking of the British
liner Lusitania with a loss of more
than hundred American lives is still
an undetermined question.
President Wilson has been studying
every aspect of the case. Until all the
official reports are received from Am
bassadors Gerard and Page at Berlin
and London, respectively, it is not ex-
pected that any action will be taken.
Many kilograms arrived Sunday
from all parts of the country. Many
urged the adoption of severe measures.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Gen. Huerta to Live in New York.

General Victoriano Huerta, former
provisional president of Mexico, an
nounces that he intends to make New
York his home. He has leased house
at Forest Hills, Long Island, where he
will live with his family when they
arrive from Spain. Besides his wife,
his family includes five daughters and
four sons.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Austria Calls for Doctors.

Venice.-The shortage of doctors
and surgeons in Austria is so alarming
that the newspapers are urging med
ical men from nearby neutral coun-
tries to enter the Austrian service.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Famous Theater in New York Closed.

New York.-Wallack's theater, at
Broadway and Thirtieth street, which
a generation ago was in the center of
activity of New York's night life, has
been closed to make way for an Of
flee building.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
British Passenger Boat Was on
Her Way from New York
to Liverpool, England.
OVER l2OAMERICANS DROWN
There Were More than 1000 People
Aboard when Struck by Torpedoes
Sent by German Submarines
200 Babes Among Lost.

telegraphs that the bodies of the fol
lowing Americans have been landed
there and identified:
Mrs. May Brown, J. F'eltman or Fill
man, L. Jones, Bessie Hare, George
Arthur, David Samuel, T. B. King, w.
II. Brown Jr., J. V. Merriman and Miss
McBeyth; probably Americans, Miss
Mary Grunston, William Buswine.
The consul adds that 1900 bodies
probably will not be recovered.
Boats Captain Calm.
Captain Turner, commander of the
Lusitania, has refused so far to make
any formal statement. His first re-
mark on landing was one of quiet
irony:
WELL" he said, "it is the fortune of
war"
Third Big Liner Lost.
The Lusitania is the third big trans
atlantic liner lost since the war start.
ed. The others were the White Star
liner Oceanic, wrecked off the north
coast of Scotland September last,
and the North German Lloyd steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, converted
into a German auxiliary cruiser, which
was sunk by the British cruiser High
flyer August 81.
All Germany Rejoiced.
The German submarine U-39 sank
the Lusitania.
There was great rejoicing during the
day in southern Germany according
to advices Towns were beflagged
especially along the Rhine, and the
children had half holiday in honor
of the event.
Nearly 1900 Lives Lost.
The latest estimate of lives lost as
a result of the torpedoing of the Gun
ard liner Lusitania by a German sub
marine off the coast of Ireland, is 1893
1t is believed that almost all, if not all
the survivors have been brought t
shore and there is little hope of re
covering any other passengers alive.
Pres. Wilson Distressed.
After a conference with the presi
dent at the White House Saturday Sec
rotary Tumulty said:
"Of course, the president feels tn
distress and the gravity of the situa
ton to the utmost, and is considering
very earnestly. but very calmly, tn
right course of action to pursue. H
knows that the people of the countr
r wish and expect him to act with de
liberation as we'll as with firmness.'
Vancouver People on Board.
The following is list of Vancouver
: B. c., people who took berths on tn
! Inflated Lusitania:
2 Harold M. DAILY, F. w. Hawkins, K
! j. Morrison, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Ds
, vey and Arthur Davey, Mrs. Butter
, Mr. and Mrs. w. Cyalton, Mrs. Ala
1 Crosbie, Mr.. and Mrs. Pelle and chile
. Mr.. and Mrs Chas. e. Robinson, c
E M. Smash, N. Wickson.
+ List From Victoria.
The Victoria passengers on boar
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14

London, May S.-The Cunard liner
Lusitania, which sailed out of New
York last Saturday with more than
1000 persons aboard, lies at the bot
tom of the ocean off the Irish coast.
She was sunk by a German subma-
rine, which sent two torpedoes crash
ing into her side, while the passen-
gers, seemingly confident that the
great vessel could elude the German
underwater craft, were having their
luncheon.
Among the Americans whose bodies
have not been recovered and who, con-
sequently, are believed to have per
ished, are Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Chas.
Klein, the playwright; Justin M. For
man and Ebert Hubbard and wife.
Carried $50 Bags of Mail.
The Lusitania carried $50 bags of
mail. She had no specie aboard.
On her manifest the largest single
item was listed as cartridges and
ammunition, 1900 cases, $4,000" The
cartridges and ammunition cases were
consigned to London.
Her insurance.
Insurance on the Lusitania amount
ed to s7.5OO.OOO. The vessel was val
ued. in round figures, at $10,0OO,OOO.
The worth of the cargo was reckoned
at $735,000.
With some of its best known citizens
among the passengers of the Lusita-
MIA whose fate has now been accounted
for, and with a growing realization OF
the awfulness of the catastrophe and
the gravity of its international signi
ficance, New York was a sober city
Saturday.
Among the Missing.
Gloom spread over the theatrical dis
trict when it became known chat the
body of Charles Frohman, the theat
and that Charles Klein, another the
atrical producer, was among the miss
ing. There was similar depression
among the friends of Alfred G. Wander
BILE, Ebert Hubbard, Justus M. For
man and others from whom no wore
had been received.
Crew Was Brave.
There is much conflict in the va
rious stories of the launching of tn,
boats, but it is agreed that the Lusi
tania's crew upheld the tradition o
heroism in the British mercantile ma
rine.
Passengers Were at Lunch.
The Lusitania was torpedoed Will
the passengers were at luncheon AM
no warning whatever was given. Tn
vessel was struck near the secon
funnel and at once began to sink b.
the head. A second. and some say
third, torpedo struck the ship, whicl
in few minutes began to list heavily
rendering the lowering of many of tn
boats impossible. In about 20 mir
utes from the firing of the first tol
pedo the Lusitania sank.
Some American Bodies Recovered.
The American consul at Queenstown
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Women Attack German Shops.

Loverpool.-The attack upon Ger
man shops which began Saturday were
renewed Sunday as the result of fury
aroused by the sinking of the Lusi-
tania. Most of the rioters were women.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
GERMANS SUNKLUS|TAN|A;;l 4O0LOST

WickingsSmith, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
X. Turpin. Cecil H. Weis, Robert w.
Whaley, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. e. Stokes
and Master w Stokes, Miss X. Bar
Der, Cunningham Smith Mrs. Char
lotte Marshall, Mrs. B. Hadow, C. r.
Blackburn.
Germany 8Iames the Owners.
Berlin.-The following Official com.
munication was issued by the imperial
government:
THE Sunard liner Lusitania was
torpedoed by German submarine and
sank.
"The Lusitania was naturally arm
ed with guns, as were recently most of
the English mercantile steamers.
Moreover, as is well known here, she
had large quantities of war munitions
in her cargo.
Her owners, therefore, knew to
what danger the passengers were ex-
posed. They alone bear all the re-
sponsibility for what has happened.
Germany, on her part, left nothing
undone repeatedly and strongly to
warn them. The imperial ambassador
in Washington even went so far as to
make a public wartime so as to draw
attention to this danger. The English
press sneered then at this warning,
and relied on the protection of the
British fleet to safeguard A Atlantic traf.
fic"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14

Especially when a mans in a bad
boat he should cease persistently rock
ing it.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
List From Victoria.

The Victoria passengers on board
the Lusitania were:
James Dunsmuir, Mr.. and Mrs Cyril
Wickings-Smith and infant, b. G.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Many Babies Among Lost.

London.-The Illustrated Sunday
Herald of Cork says there were on the
Lusitania so babies who were less than
II months old and more than 100 9TH
ers whose ages did not reach years.
They all have been drowned. The
babies were the talk of the ship and
everybody tried to look after them
when the disaster came.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Nearly 1900 Lives Lost.

The latest estimate of lives lost as
a result of the torpedoing of the Cum
ard liner Lusitania by a German sub
marine off the coast of Ireland, is 1898.
1t is believed that almost all, if not all,
the survivors have been brought to
shore and there is little hope of re-
covering any other passengers alive.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Survivor Relates Experience.


Queenstown.-Cli Bernard of
New York city, a first cabin survivor
of the Lusitania, had this to say of
his experience:
'When | saw the ship was sinking
jumped overheard just as ] was.
had no lifebelt, but l picked up bit
of flotsam. Finally l got to an up
turned boat, and with some other
swimmers l managed to right it, We
climbed in and started to rescue as
many as we could.
The German submarine made no at
tempt to save anybody. We saw it for
a moment before it dove.
Boat Sucked Them Under.
The first torpedo struck us be-
tween the first and second tunnels.
The Lusitania shook and settled down
bit. Two other torpedoes quickly
followed and soon finished our ship.
Four or five of our lifeboats went
down with her and the tremendous
suction as the liner was engulfed
dragged many people down also.
1--WE had floated about two hours in
our small boat before the first rescue
steamers arrived. Previous to this
time some small shore boats and fish
ing smacks came along and helped
u.s."
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Third Bio Liner Lost.

The German submarine U-39 sank
the Lusitania.
There was great rejoicing during the
day in southern Germany, according
to advices. Towns were beflagged,
especially along the Rhine, and the
children had a half holiday in honor
of the event
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-07
c. A. BARCLAY HURT IN
HIGHWAY auto MISHAP

George A. Barclay, As years old, of
Pittsburgh, superintendent of roads
signs in the State Highway Depart
ment, was seriously injured this morn
ing when truck No. 8, belonging to the
State Highway Department, fell over
the edge of 20-foot embankment on
the Harrisburg -Sunbury road just be-
low Mountain Spring hotel, % miles
from Harrisburg. Mr.. Barclay sus-
tanned fracture of the left leg and of
the right arm, with possible internal
injuries.
DR.. George B. Kunkel, of Harrisburg,
accompanied the representatives of the
State Highway Department to the
scene of the accident and had Mr.. Bar
clay brought to the Harrisburg hospital.
Charles w. Hepford, chauffeur, was
thrown from the auto as it fell and sus.
tanned a lacerated scalp and cuts and
contusions of the head and body. J. R.
Ross, of Gettysburg, the third member
of the party, jumped as the truck fell
and escaped injury.
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Allied Troops Capture
H Ell 6 h S Fa cling
Souain Dere Fort At
ter Sharp Fighting
TOWER OF MAIDOS
FIRED BY SHELLS
Division of Turkish Reinforcements Ar
rives on Peninsula and Desperate
Fighting Is On to Prevent Them
From Effecting a Junction

London, May Am Athens dis
patch to the DAILY Mail" says:
"'The allied troops after short en-
gagements which caused heavy losses
to the Turks captured the heights facing
Souain Dere fort, four miles west of
Kihd Bahr. The possession of these
heights promises the speedy reduction
of Souain Dere which covers Kilid Bahr.
The allies later continued their sue
cesses, turning their attention TO tne
section of the peninsula between Gaba
Tepe and Seddul Bahr.
An entire division of Turkish rein
forcements have arrived on the penin-
sula and desperate fighting is under
way to prevent them from effecting a
junction with the troops in holding the
positions in the lower ports of the PENN
sula.'
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FIRE Attacks 1
HOMES IN ENOLA
T w o Dwellings De-
S troyed and Two
Damaged by EARLY
Morning Blaze
HELP is SENT
BY THIS CITY
Friendship Motor Truck Responds to
Call for Aid From Gross River
Town and Gives Material Assistance
Loss Is Put at $4,000

Flames totally destroyed two houses
and damaged two more in Enola early
to-day, causing an estimated loss of
$4,000. The origin Of the blaze is
not known.
The fire started about 130 O'Clock
in the vacant side of double frame
dwelling, the other side of which was
occupied by R. F.. Kautz. These were
destroyed. The homes were in Perry
street, in the southwest section of
Enola, long distance from the fire
house. Before the blaze had been dis.
covered it had gained much headway
and by the time the Enola fireman ar
rived the flames had eaten their way
to another double dwelling.
On the arrival of Enola fire company
word was quickly sent to the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad frefghters, and both
the Car Shop and the Engine House de-
partments made long runs to the scene
of the blaze.
With strong wind blowing the fire.
men feared the blaze would get beyond
their control, so hurried telephone call
was sent to the Friendship fire COM
pany of Harrisburg. 1t quickly respond
ed with its motor truck. The Harris
burg tiremen arrived in time to be of
material assistance in checking the
flames, being in action for more than
half an hour.
The houses partly destroyed were
occupied by Charles Kuntzelman and
Israel Snyder. Mrs. Kuntzelman suf.
fered from the shock of the early
morning fire and received medical
treatment. The houses are owned by
Frank & Zinn, a real estate company,
of Newport, and are fully insured. The
fire is believed to have been started
by a tramp who was sleeping IN the
vacant house.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-07
Centurion. BIC BRITISH
STEAMER. is TORPEDOED

London, May 7, 2.55 P. M.-The
British steamer Centurion was torpe-
doed by a German submarine off the
Irish coast yesterday. Her crew were
saved.
The Centurion was attacked about
the same time that the British steamer
Candidate, owned by the same com
pany, was torpedoed off Waterford, Ire.
land. The Centurion was bound for
South Africa and the Candidate for
Jamaica.
The Centurion was S39 feet long and
her tonnage was 1854. She was
owned in Liverpool.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-07
Two men dead; Girl Dying
Triple Tragedy at Jersey Shore When
Jealous Railroader Finds Woman
With Another Man
By Associated Press,

Williamsport, May Two men
are dead and girl probably fatally
injured as result of a double shoot
ing and suicide at Jersey Shore, near
here early to-day. Lester Poust, 2S, a
machinist, employed by the New York
Central railroad at Avis, shot and
fatally wounded Charles Holes. aged
80, bartender, and wounded Cecilia
Sewers, aged 80, "a dining room girl
when he found them together in a
rooming house.
Poust was jealous. He shot both
through the head and then shot him
self through the mouth, dying almost
instantly. The girl is in a hospital.
Holes was married and leaves two
daughters living at Jersey Shore.
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fire IN THE Tech HIGH
School BURNS itself OUT
Mysterious Blaze Destroys Desk and
Valuable Instruments and Ruins
Tiled Wall Without Anybody Dis
covering It Until It Is All over

A fire, concerning the origin of which
there is mystery, destroyed a desk be.
longing to j. Grant Rooms, engineer at
the Technical High school, Walnut and
Aberdeen streets, along with valuable
testing instruments which were on the
desk, and ruined wide surface of
white tiling on the walls of the fire.
proof room some time during last night.
The fire burned itself out before it was
discovered. The damage may reach
$500 and is fully covered by insur-
apce. Had it not been for the fire.
proof nature of the building, the
whole structure might have been imper-
lied.
H. S. Gumpert, janitor, was last in
the building at 9 O'Clock last night.
Then everything was all right. He
found the desk in ashes this morning.
The fire had consumed it during the
night and burned itself out with no
damage to the room, which is of steel
and concrete, except to the wall tiles,
number of which fell off on account
of the heat.
School officials do not know how to
explain the fire. Koons said he kept
no matches in the desk. That the fire
was confined to such a small area puz-
zles the officials. A paper calendar but
three feet away on the wall was not
even scorched and wooden tool box
about the same distance away on the
floor was only slightly marked by the
flames.
This room is in the new part of the
building, which is fre-proof. Should
similar fire have occurred in the old
part of the building, the stairway would
have been damaged, in the opinion of
school officials. A total of $50, 900 in
surance is carried on the building.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-07
Aviators Fly Over constantinopl.

Paris, May Z, 1890 J. M.-The first
attack of the war on >Constantinop.e
is reported in an unofficial dispatch
from Athens. 1t is said three Russian
aviators flew over the city dropping sew
eral bombs which are believed to have
caused extensive damage.
The message says also that the Rus
sian Black sea fleet bombarded the
Turkish forts on the left bank of the
Bosphorus on Wednesday. Several Rus
sian shells fell within about ten miles
of Constantinople.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-07
Subjects of Dual Mon
archy in Rome Lose
Confidence in Favor
able Outcome
FINAL PROPOSALS
HANDED TO ITALY
Utmost Secrecy Is Observed Regarding
the Concessions the Austrians Are
Willing to Make-von Buelow and
Baron Sonnino in Conference

Paris, May IA Havas dispatch
from Rome says the Austrian Ambassa-
dor is reported to have handed to For
eign Minister Sonnino at a conference
yesterday afternoon the Vienna Cabi-
nets final proposals to Italy containing
the extra concessions the dual mon
archy is willing to make. While the
utmost secrecy is observed regarding
these concessions, Austrians and Ger
mans in Rome have lost confidence in
favorable outcome of the negotia-
tions. Prince Won Buelow, the German
Ambassador, also called upon Baron
Sonnino yesterday afternoon
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British SHIP Candidate
T0RPEDOED BY SUBMARINE
London, May Z, 1856 P. M.-The
British steamer Candidate was torpe-
doed by a German submarine yesterday
off Waterford, Ireland. The members
of her crew were saved.

The British steamer Candidate was
of 1926 tons net register. Built in
Glasgow in 1906 she was 39S feet long.
She was owned in Liverpool, where she
arrived April 8 from New Orleans.
The Candidate was outward bound
when she encountered the submarine
Is miles from Waterford. Members of
the crew say the vessel was torpedoed
without warning.
Four boats were launched from the
Candidate. One of these was swamped,
but the occupants clambored into other
boats. All of the crew, numbering A,
landed at Milford Haven.
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Continued ON Thirteent. Page.
Army Corps Advancing Against Serbia

Geneva, Via London, May "A
dispatch to the Tribune from vi.
emma says that an army corps under
Archduke Eugene has arrived at Mora
vitz, ten miles from the Serbian front
ier, advancing against Serbia.
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1858 PASSENGERS were
ON BOARD THE LUSITANIA

New York, May 7.-When the Lmsi-
tania sailed she had about 1888 pas
sengers. Some nervousness had been
caused because of the publication in
the morning papers of Saturday of an
advertisement warning intending trav-
elers that state of war existed be-
tween Germany and Great Britain and
her allies; that the zone of war in
cludes the waters adjacent to the Brit.
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Victories Reported by Turks

Constantinople, May 6, Via Wireless
to Berlin and London, May Z, S.O7 A.
M.-The following statement regarding
the operations in the Dardanelles was
issued last night by the Turkish war
office:
An enemy battalion was annihilatcd
Wednesday as the result of an attack
by our troops against his left wing.
'''At Ariburau part of the enemy's
strongly built entertainments were cap
tured.
At Seddul Bahr we inflicted heavy
losses on the English and captured
great q lantities of ammunition. We
have taken ten enemy machine guns
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A BURNED IN GAS EXPLOSION
Two Probably Fatally Injured in Ac.
cident at Mines

Wilkes-Barre, Pa, May -Four
men were burned, two probably fatally,
in a gas explosion in No. 2 mine of
the Delaware and Hudson Company
here to-day. The accident was caused
when one of the men entered cham
Der where body of gas had accumu-
lated after blast had been fred.
The explosion caused many wild ru-
mors and hundreds rushed to the mouth
of the shaft and remained there for
several hours before their fears were
allayed.