The Dermott news., 1915-05-13
KAISER WILHELM
 CHARGED OF MURDER
EMPEROR AND SUBMARINE OPEL GERS ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE
 BY CORONER'S JURY.
ONLY ONE TORPEDO HIT MARK
Captsin Turner Declared the Secord Explosion Was An Internal
 One.

Eondon.-The Lusitania was struck by only one torpedo. according to the testimony of Captain Turner of tho steamer at the corouer's inquest at Ninsale But this deadly missile found n vital spot and sent the liner with more than thousand souls to the bottom in less than 20 minutes The evidence of Captain Turner ant that of other members of the crew led the jury to bring verdict of wholesale murder" against the Ger man emperor and his government and the officers of the submarine that sunk the Lusitania
 It was disclosed by Captain Turner and by Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the Admiralty, in a state ment in the House of Commons. that the captain had received wireless af- vices from the Admiralty warning of submarines in the liners course Cap tain Turner testified he had followed this advice "to the best of my ability"
 Captain Turner in declaring that one torpedo did all the damage. said the second explosion tho passengers heard was an internal one and that the engines having been put out or commission 1t vas impossible to stop the Lusitania and permit her boats being lowered properly.
 This idea of an internal explosion k supported by naval experts who saS if the torpedo had exploded on con tact the steamer would have been on ly disabled or had ono or two of her compartments flooded However they say. that If the torpedo penetrated the hall and the charge of 420 pounds of explosive was detonated. 1t would have . created an effect similar to the eXplo- son of a maEas;iae within ship There is little wonder therefore that the Lusitnnia sank SD rapidly. or that so many persons were killed bv tie fumes of the explosive.
 As to why no naTal escort accom- panied tho l.usifania. N-r Churchill ex- plained that the policy of the Admiral V is that merchantmen must lock at ter themselves This Is dlc to tle fact that the Admiralty has rot suft. cinet desfroycrs n escort all merchant ships The destroyers are needed 10 guard the continuous stream of trans ports from Enr'and to France and to protect the English coast from German raids
 Naval observers believe Germany Is irving 10 force Ensland To use de strovers to protect suippiuz hut that they will not succeed
 All this. however. has not lessened the anger of the people at n" action Of Germany Tn some towns where tho German population Is large, riot Ing has occurred Business meg have decided to exclude all men of enemy countries and naturalired Britishers of German descent from the exchanges of the country.
 Another efTect of the sinking of tho lnSitauia has been to increase recruit Ing Every recruiting oiliCe report ed that moro men had presented themselves than for weeks nast This also wa7 helped by a German air raia CT South End and vicinity The air men dropped l20 bombs. but only two deaths resulted An old woman was killed in her bed and her husband. who had attempted to rcscu" her. died from injuries receive in jumping from window The damage caused by fire started by the bombs Is estimated at s50,o0