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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-15

The Inter-Island steamer Hall was
an arrival from Kauai TODAY. II
rouSht 5000 sacks Of sugar end
small quantity of sUndries,
Completing the discharge of lumber
and general merchandise at Port Al
len, the barkentine Mnkaweli sailed
for GrayS HarbOr in ballast last We'd.
nesday.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-15

The Hawaiian Band played at two
o'clock this afternoon in the grounds of
the Queens Hospital. Beginning at
three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the
band will give public concert in
KaDiolani Park, Waikiki.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-15

Capt. Sumner Kittelle of the cruiser
Maryland will talk to the boys of the
Y. NJ c.. A. on the popular subject
American Navy" Monday evening at
I O'Clock. All boys between the ages
OF IL and Is are invited
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-15

MISS CORA NJ. RUBIN, an arrival
in thu China from the coast today,
will join the congressional party now
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
TORPEDO KILLED MANY
Second Explosion Fatal to SOC
-usitania Passengers.
Captain Turner Asserts Ammunition
Was Not Blown Up-Liners
Boilers Probably Exploded.
BY LAWRENCE ELsToN.

international News Service Correspondent
Queenstown, May 11.-More than
five hundred passengers and sailors
on the Lusitania are believed to have
been killed or injured SO badly they
were rendered helpless by the explo-
sion which followed the impact of the
second torpedo fired by the German
submarine against the liner.
Information to this effect was given
to officials of the Cunard line who are
making an investigation and assisting
in the care Of injured survivors and
the search for bodies.
Capt. w. T. Turner of the Lusitania
was in conference for hours with rep
resentatives of the Cunard line. When
asked by press Representatives if the
explosion which resulted from the sec
ond torpedo had been caused by the
blowing up of ammunition stored in
the liners hull Captain Turner said:
mo, If ammunition had exploded
that would probably have torn the ship
apart and the loss of life would have
been much heavier than Il was"
The statement of Captain Turner
gave further basis to the belief that
the liners boilers blew up.
The master of the lost Cunarder de-
clared that, from the bridge he saw
the torpedo streaking toward the Lu-
sttania and tried to change the ships
course to avoid the missile, but was
unable to do so in time. The only
thing left for him to do was 10 rush
the liner ashore and beach her, and
she was headed for the Irish coast
when she foundered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18

board and were speedily filled with
passengers, who had been appalled, by
the desperate attack. A wireless call
for help was sent out and immediate
ly rescue boats of all kinds were dis
patched from the neighboring points
along the coast and Queenstown.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
AMERICAN NATION
FACES A CRISIS
PRESIDENT WILSON CONSIDERS
TAKING ACTION ON SINKING
OF LUSITANIA.
MAY BREAK OFF RELATIONS
Severing of Diplomatic Intercourse
With Germany Possible Result
of Disaster That Cost 100
American Lives.

Washington, D. c., May 10.-While
it is still an undetermined question
what action the United States govern
ment will take as the result of the
sinking of the liner Lusitania by
German submarine, it became known
Sunday night that President Wilson
is considering not only the last and
greatest disaster caused by the war,
but also previous incidents affecting
the United States.
These are the sinking Of the Amer
lean steamer Frye, the attack on the
liner Falaba which caused the drown
ing OF an American citizen, Leon G.
Thresher, the wrecking without warn
ing of the American tankship Gulf
light, the dropping of bombs on the
American steamer Cushing, and final
ly the sinking of the Lusitania.
The president wants to be certain
whether these incidents range them
selves in order to cause grave eli
max OF carefully planned policy of
hostility to the United States or
whether the sequence is casual and
the German government desires to
continue friendly relations with the
Washington government.
May Break OFF Relations.
The possibility of the breaking off
of diplomatic relations with Germany
was much discussed in official circles
today and was regarded as the most
likely cours Sc of action in the event
that the president decided drastic
measures were necessary.
The breaking off of diplomatic re-
lations, officials say, would not neces-
sarily mean war. 1t has been done
before, many times in the history of
diplomacy, without war. 1t is further
pointed out that while the president
has no power to declare war, he has
the immediate power to sever sharply
all diplomatic relations.
The most recent example of the
action of this nature by this govern
ment was that of Nicaragua. Secre-
tary of State Knox broke off diplo-
matte connections summarily.
Germany's Note Read.
Official Washington has taken note
of the defense of Germany as found
in the official statement issued by the
German foreign Office last night af-
f1rming that the Lusitania was an
armed vessel and that owners "alone
must bear all the responsibility for
what has happened"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
SAYS HE IS SORRY
German Ambassador Expresses
Regret Over Loss of Life.
otaciai Representative Of the Kaiser's
Government confers With secre-
tary of State Bryan.

Washington. May 11.-Count Johann
Won Bernstorn, German ambassador to
the United States, called at the state
department and expressed deep regret
over the loss of American lives in the
Lusitania disaster.
The official representative Of the ma
ton whose submarir had attacked
and sunk the LusitHn conferred with.
Secretary of State Bryan for fifteen
minutes. At the conclusion Of the
conference the state department is
sued this statement:
The German ambassador called at
the state department and expressed
his deep regret that the events of the
war had led to the loss Of so many
American lives"
1t was considered significant at the
department that the regrets expressed
by Ambassador Bernstorff were per-
sonal and that the words 80 many"
were used in connection with the
words American lives"
No other word on the subject of the
from any official of the department.
The ambassador himself stated that
he had agreed with Secretary Bryan
and Counselor Lansing that Mr..
Bryan should be the one to make any
statement after their conference.
Secretary Bryan announced that no
word had been received from Ambas-
sador Gerard at Berlin in response to
the request of the department that he
secure from the German government
all possible information on the sinking
of the Lusitania.
The report that Count Won Bern
storff had handed to Secretary Bryan
a message direct from the German
foreign Office, dealing with the Lusi-
tania matter, was denied at the state
department. The ambassador present
ed no formal message of Gny kind.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
PURE PIRACY" SAYS T. r.
Former President Roosevelt Makes
Emphatic Comment on Torpedo
inn Of Lusitania.

Syracuse, n. Y, May S.-When in
formed Friday night Of the sinking
OF the Lusitania. Col. Theodore
Roosevelt made the following state
nent TO the Associated Press:
Il can only repeat what / said a
week ago. when in similar fashion
the American vessel Gulflight was de-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
LEO FRANK TO DIE. JUNE u
victed Slayer After Vain Battle
for His Life.

Atlanta, Ca, May 11.-Leo NJ. Frank,
convicted of The murder OF Mary Pha-
gan at the National Pencil factory here
two years ago, was sentenced to be
hanged June % by Judge Ben Hill in
the criminal court. If there is any
further action in this case it must
come from the governor Of Georgia.
John NJ. Slaton. who is now being
flooded with petitions to commute the
sentence of Frank to life imprison-
ment Mr. Slafrn rotirf~ on June "a.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
Germany's Note Read.
LIFE BELT SAVES JEFFERY

London, May 10.-Charles T. JEFF
fiery, who was on the passenger list
of the Lusitania as coming from Chi
3ago, but whose home is Kenosha,
Wis, ascribed his escape to an infiat-
able life jacket he was wearing. Mr..
Jeffery said he went down with the
ship and that when he came up he was
surrounded by hundreds of persons
making desperate efforts in the water
to grab something which would keep
them afloat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
German Torpedoes Send
Big Steamship to the
e. Bottom Off Coast
of Ireland.
Goes DOWN IN Is MINUTES
Claim Made That Ship Carried Am
munition and Other Supplies
Passengers Warned of the
Disaster Before Sail
ing from New
York.

London, May .10.-Upwards OF
twelve hundred persons lost their
lives in the sinking of the Cunard
line steamship Lusitania, which was
torpedoed by a German submarine off
Old Head of Kihsale, Ireland, Friday
afternoon. OF the 1SS Americans on
board, more than 100 are believed
dead.
The bodies OF Charles Frohman,
the theatrical manager; DR.. F. S. Pear
son OF New York, and Charles Pla-
mondon of Chicago, have been recov-
cred. Officially given up as dead are:
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, multi
millionaire; Charles Klein, play
wright; Justus NJ. Forman, play
wright; Ebert Hubbard, writer. and
Mrs. Ebert Hubbard.
The Cunard company in revised
list OF those aboard stated that there
were 1881 passengers and $50 crew,
a total of 1,901. OF the 1SS Amer
icans on board Consul Frost reports
that he can account for but seventy
three saved.
Thinks Missing Are Dead.
The consul said probably upward
of 1900 bodies had not been recov-
cred. He added that persons not list
ed by him at the embassy are al
most to a certainty dead" None of
the prominent Americans on board Is
included in the consul's lists.
Disaster is Sudden.
The Lusitania was steaming along
about ten miles off Old Head Kinsale,
on the last leg of its voyage to Liv-
erpool, when a submarine suddenly
appeared, and, so far as all reports
so. fired two torpedoes without warn
ing at the steamer. One struck it
near the bows, and the other in the
engine room. The powerful agents
of destruction tore through the yes
sells side, causing terrific explosions.
Almost Immediately great volumes of
water poured through the openings
and the ship listed
Boats which were already swung
out on the davits, were dropped over
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
HIGH SALARIED AGENT DEAD
representative Of Southern Pacific
Road at Small Louisisn City
Drew $4,000 Year.

Morgan City, La, May 11.-Baron
Randolph Natih, Southern Pacific sta
ton agent here, whose salary was
sos. 600 a year, died at his home. Al
thmgh he was always called upon to
settle the railroad company's most in
tricate diplomatic problems, he never
had any title except station agent. He
was probably the highest salaried rail-
road station agent in the world. He
was a boyhood friend of the late Eu-
gene Field and a close friend Of Coils
P. Huntington, founder Oh the South
ern Pacific organization
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
COURSE LAID OUT FOR SHIP
of the British Acknowledgements
lngs Sent to Captain Turner,

London, May 1.-THE liner Lusi-
tania was following the course laid
out for 1t by the British admiralty
when it was torpedoed by German
submarine off the south coast of Ire
land Friday afternoon. Winston Spen-
Ger Churchill, first lord of the adj
miralty, admitted in the house of o1m-
mons that warnings had been sent to
Captain Turner Of the Lusitania, to-
gether with instructions as to the
course to follow. Captain Turner had
received both and acknowledged them,
Churchill added
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18

Il Is dincult 20 estimate the degree
OF pain, but there are certain signs OF
suffering which are unmistakaole-
the pinched features, the knotted
brow. the rolling eyes with widely
dilated pupils, the ashen countenance.
the cool and clamIny sktn. the thready
pulse. the increased blood pressure.
the hands alternately clenched and
opened, The cries and groans and the
bodily contortions- All these present
{. definite picture with which every
sxperienced physician or nurse is
familiar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
Neal Brown LA Pradt C. 8. olibers
ABSTRACTS

We have the only abstract OF Mara
thon county. We have a thoroughly
qualified ahstractor, and make abb
stracts at reasonable prices. We are
responsible for all abstracts made by
US and guarantee that they show the
condition of the title properly as 1t
appears on record.
An abstract OF title is useful II you
desire to sell or mortgage your prop
erty, and is very valuable in ascertain
Ing defects in your title that can be
easily remedied. and yet might be suf-
flcient to spoil a sale. If you desire
an abstract Of the title to your prop
erty, call and see US.
Wausau Law & Land Association
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
May PROSECUTE Accountants.

Madison.-The attorney general adj
vised J. B. Tanner of Madison, chair
man of the Wisconsin state board Of
accountancy, that persons advertising
themselves in the Milwaukee tele-
phone directory as certified aecoun-
tants come within the prohibition Of
the state accountancy law if they have
not been so certified by the state
board. 1t is understood that the state
board intends to have the law en-
forced
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
Color Effect on Dew.

Dew is a great respecter of colors.
Take piece Of glass or board and
paint them yellow. green. red and
black. Expose them at night. and it
will be found that the yellow viii be
covered with moisture. the green will
be damp. but that the ret and black
viii be perfectly dry.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18

der than any old time pirate ever
practiced. This is the warfare which
destroyed Louvain and Dinant and
Belgium. 1t is warfare against limo
cent men, women and children, trav-
cling on the ocean and to our fellow
country women, who are among the
sufferers.
cit seems ineonceivable that we
can refrain from taking action in
this matter, for we owe it not only
to humanity but to our own national
self-respect.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
snreaolna ths serintures.

II is estimated that the Bible. or
some psrt Of IL has been published
in eos distinct foruas of human
speech. Since its foundation in 1904
the British and Foreign Bible soci-
ETY. has issued over 2Ss. geo. coo copies
OF the Scriptures. of which more than
IS, 900. oct have been IN English
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
New Enaland's Pride.

>Out Of the scanty resources the
good old pilgrim mothers" found on
the bleak shores OF the new country,
finally came The famous New Eng
land boiled dinners" and all the ex-
pert cooks of two intervening centu-
ries have not been able to improve
on the cooking of those pioneers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
Warned of Danger.

Stroyed off the English coast and it's
captain drowned. l then called at
tention to what / had said two
months previously when the Germans
established the war zone and an
nounced that with mines and subma-
rines they would commit the deeds
that since they have actually COM
mitted, and that these deeds could
by no rule of international law be
regarded otherwise than as pure pir-
acy
This represents not merely piracy,
but piracy on vaster scale of muir
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
Ancient Writing Implements.

When writing. Confucius used
small brush, like a camel's-hair brush,
for a pen. and so did his ancestors for
centuries before his time The reed
came into use for writing in the
nazrshy countries OF the Orient II
was hollow and cut in shovs lengths
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18

couEtrymsn in Savannah OBJ
served gang of darkies laboring on
the streets. each wearing a bali and
chain. He asked one why that ball
was chained TO his leg. ITO keep peo-
pie from stealing il" said the darby;
heap of thieves about here"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
Revised the Petition.

Instead of forever praying for things
that would be of doubtful benefit to
US how much better ii would be to
repeat. from day to day, this simple
sentence Of gratitude: Thank you,
God, that we can help those who are
down Toledo Blade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
One Trouble at = Time.

Never bear more than one kind Of
trouble at a time. advised Edward
Everett Hale. Some people viii bear
three kiuds-an that they have had,
sll they have now, and all they ex-
meet To have
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
Rrltons Wreck German Shops.

Liverpool, May 10.--The attacks
upon German shops which began yes
terday we're renewed last night as the
result of the fury aroused by the
sinking of the Lusitania.
Most of the rioters were women,
many Of them relatives of the sailors
OF the Cunard line.
Several shops were wrecked and
the contents piled in the streets and
burned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
Liner LUS|TAN|A SUNK BY
SUBMARINE; 200 ARE LOST

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board and were speedily filled with
passengers, who had been appalled, by
the desperate attack. A wireless call
for help was sent out and immediate
ly rescue boats of all kinds were dis
patched from the neighboring points
along the coast and Queenstown.
Sank in is Minutes.
But within fifteen minutes, as one
survivor estimated, and certainly
within half an hour, the Lusitania
had disappeared.
Where Great Britain's fastest mer-
chant vessel went down-Old Head
Kinsale-is a landmark that has
brought Joy to many travellers, as it
always stood as the sign from shore
that the perils of the voyage across
the Atlantic were at an end. The
line, whose boast has been that it has
never lost a passenger in the Atlantic
service, has now lost the ship that
lodged the lurking enemy off Nan
tucket light the day after the war
was declared, and later startled the
world by flying the stars and stripes.
Scores Thrown From Boats.
Scores of the Lusitania's passen-
gers, many of them women and chill
dren, after being placed in lifeboats,
were dragged down with the ship
when it sank, because the boats
could not be lowered. Survivors at
tribute this fault to inefficiency
among the crew. Ropes fouled,
some of the boats were chopped away,
overturning when they struck the sea,
and hurting the occupants into the
water. Some fell from a height of
forty feet, others could not be re-
leased and were dragged down.
America Gets News Early.
New York, May THE first news
of the torpedoing and sinking of the
Lusitania came shortly after 1 D. m.
on Friday through an announcement
from the local offices of the Cunard
line, which stated that an uncon-
firmed rumor to that effect has been
received from abroad. Less than an
hour later the company had made
public additional messages confirm
ing the report which, in the mean
time, however, had been verified by
newspaper dispatches from London.
Warned of Danger.
The Lusitania, with a total OF
1881 passengers aboard, of whom
1SS were Americans, and with a crew
of SIC, sailed from here last Satur-
day in the face of a warning pub
lished on the day OF its departure by
the German embassy, which stated
that travellers intending to embark on
British ships did so at their risk of
the ships being destroyed in accord
ance with the German zone decree.
This warning, published in the
form of an advertisement, did not
result in the cancellation of single
passage, nor did anonymous notes of
warning, said to have been received
by some passengers just before the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
big liner left its pier, deter any one
from sailing.
noe4r,o4.an - cL:z oI,nnad

big liner left its pier, deter any one
from sailing
Destruction OF ship Planned.
Reports from Washington that it
was privately known in official quar-
tiers that the Iusitania was to be tor
pedoed at the first opportunity gave
color to the opinion expressed In
shipping circles Friday night that the
embassy's warning was intended to
apply particularly to the Lusitania.
Travellers intending to embark on
the Atlantic voyage" read the adver-
tisement, "are reminded that state
of war exists between Germany and
her allies and Great Britain and her
allies; that the zone of war includes
the waters adjacent to the British
Isles; that, in accordance with formal
notice given by the imperial govern
ment, vessels flying the flag of Great
Britain or any of her allies are liable
to destruction in these waters and
that travellers sailing in the war zone
on the ships of Great Britain or her
allies do so at their own risk"
Among the well known passengers
on the Lusitania are Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt, Charles T. Bowring of
New York, head of the firm of Bow
ring Bros; Alexander Campbell, gen.
eral manager for John Dewar & Sons,
London; Ebert Hubbard, publisher
of Philistine; D. A. Thomas, the veal
NV h &c
daughter, Lady Mackworth.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was among those
credited with receiving anonymous
letters of warning. All deprecated
tha possibility of danger to the ship,
and Charles P. Sumner, general agent
of the line, announced at the time
that the Lusitania's speed Of twenty
five knots made It immune from sub
marine attack.
Washington Stunned BY Loss.
Washington, D. c., May DE
struction of the Lusitania with the
loss of many lives shocked officials of
the United States government and
spread profound grief in the national
capital.
The warning of the United States
that Germany would be held to a
'strict accountability for the loss of
American lives irrespective of
whether they were aboard bel!igerent
or neutral vessels when attacked, To-
cussed attention on the White house,
where President Wilson until late in
the night read the dispatches with
grave interest. The president made
no comment. Officials said facts and
circumstances would have to be OBJ
tanned by careful investigation dur
ing the next few days before any an
nouncement could be made by the
American government.
Claim Liner Carried Arms.
At the German embassy here, while
no comment was made as TO whether
it was known there that the vessel
was to be destroyed, it was said the
embassy knew the Lusitania carried
arms and ammunition, and being ad
vised of the resolution of the German
admiralty to attack ships that carried
such contraband, officials he'd be-
lieved it would be attacked. There
was a disposition on the part of the
Germans to inquire whether the Lusi-
tania carried any guns on her decks
which might place it in the class of
q warship and make unnecessary, &C
cording to the laws of international
warfare, the giving of warning.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
sIear in parkened Room.

The mos. undisturbed sleep is al
ways enjoyed in thoroughly dark
ened room Light acts upon the brain.
and those who keep their blinds up
will find that in the summertime, when
SO few hours are really dark. their
sleep is restless and disturbed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
Gypsies Unpopular,

Some two hundred thousand gypsies
wander about Hungary and are regard
ed as dangerous community. So no
torious are their thieying propensities
that they are not allowed inside the
towns, while the villages tolerate
them for only two days.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
Somewha. Amazing.

A young clergyman, small Of sta
ture. preaching as a candidate in a
certain place. one Sabbath. peering
over the pulpit Bible. announced as
his text: 1T is l. Be not afraid"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
SEARCHING SEAS
FOR The MISSING
Warships, Trawiers and Tugs
Vigorously Hunt for Victims
From LuSitania.
TO PROBE SIAKING OF SHIP
Survivors Speak Bitterly Of the Way
the Great Liner Was Handled I'm
Immediately Before and at Time
of Disaster.

London, May 11.-Mr and Mrs. FL
bert Hubbard Of East Aurora, N. Y.
were officially listed as dead by the
American embassy.