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The Washington times., 1915-05-08
Administration Pleads
For Caln1ness in u. S.
President Wilson Probably Will Issue Official State
ment to American People Explaining Policy of
Government Toward Germany.

President Wilson and his advisers bending every
effort to keep down popular clamor in the United States
asa result of the attack on the LuSitania.
Staggered by the magnitude of disaster yet realizing
that those at the helm of the Government must keep their
heads fl with Germany is to be avoided the President
has cautioned members of his Cabinet and other officials
to refrain absolutely from anything approaching official
comment.
As as complete details of the disaster are in hand
is probable the President will issue official statement
of some kind to the American people, explaining fully the
position of this Government nthe meantime, it
stated unoiciay that the President determined not to
allow himself to be swept off his feet
CABINET MEMBERS REMAIN IN CITY,
Although it denied specifically that the Chief
Executive has planned special meeting of the Cabinet
time today to consider the situation is conten-
plating calling extra session of Congress- it was regard
ed significant that all Cabinet members who had out-of
town engagements for the weekend have cancelled Them
Secretary of War Garrison, who scheduled to
leave today for ALBANIA and Tennessee to examine some
river improvement projects wired the local officials in
these two States that he would have to postpone his trip
indefinitely. He would make comment, further than
tC say:
AT time like this think should remain in Wash
ington.'
AS if TO set personal example of calmness the Pres-
dent went to the golf links this morning for his usual Sat-
urday game of golf Upon his return he kept routine
engagement with Chief Justice j. Harry Covingon of the
District Supreme Court bench, formerly member of Con-
greSs from Maryland
Senator William J. StO enOf Missouri chairman of
the Senate Committee Foreign Relations issued state
men declaring that horrible the Lustania attack is from
the standpoint of the tremendous loss of life it by
means as Serious from the standpoint of violation of
American rights the attack last week the American
steamer Gufght and the killing of three American cit
The Washington times., 1915-05-08

were assigned to gather up the dead.
They returned to Queenstown at
o'clock this morning with more than 100
bodies. of whom the majority were
women. All are being taken to the tenn
norary morgue In the town hall as fast
as recovered.
The scenes here on the quay as the
survivors arrived were pitiful in the
extreme. Women. wet and bedraggled.
their faces lined with terror from the
experience that they had been through
were clinging to men many of whom
wore only shirts and trousers. Many
still had their life belts encircling their
bodies. Nearly all were without shoes.
Little children clung 30 their parents
and cried bitterly. Two little tots help
cd ashore an elderly lady who had been
a long time in the water and who col
lapsed on the pier.
His Boat Overturned.
Charles c. Hardwick, Of New York
said. II entered Boat II under orders
but II was overturned soon after strik'
ing the water. I then swan to Boat l9
which had In 1t eighteen women. fifteer
children. and thirty men. Afterwarc
this boat picked up four other men anc
one woman and finally was towed safel!
to shore"
Rescued sailors say that Captain Tur
ner and the officers did everything pos
sihle to keep the passengers quiet. bu
! that the women rushed from boat L
| boat and interfered with their bei1I
launched. Many Of the ten boats tina
were launched were nearly filled wher
they struck tn water
More than 100 passengers attached If
belts to their bodies nd jumped int
The Washington times., 1915-05-08
OFFICIAL DISPATCHES MEAGER.

The big hope among officials here is
that American public opinion. making
all allowances for the Unprecedented
horror of the attack, will consider we'll
the fact that the lS6 Americans on
board the vessel sailed from New York
in spite of the plainest possible warn
ing of their danger and of the fact
that the British merchantmen was
carrying war supplies.
Said a prominent official close to tho
Administration today:
The Administration will do nothing
hastily. Twenty-Five years from now.
history would not justify the United
States If it went to war.
| 1t is evident that the President and
his close advisers fear n storm of pub
lie sentiment which may sweep the
| Executive and the legislative branches
OF the government from their mourlngs.
Walt for the facts" is the word given
out at the Executive offices.
Secretary of State Bryan refused to
enter into any discussion.
I think all that need be said" he
! replied. 'is that we are informing our
facts and doing what we can for the in
jured"
Secretary Bryan announced that he
has sent instructions by cable this
| morning to Ambassador PAGE. instruct
ing him to make full inquiry into the
facts. and a similar one to the consul
at Queenstown. Mr.. Laureat.
| Mr.. Bryan said 1t was not known
man torpedoes. In this respect. the
procedure followed will be closely like
that in the Gulfight case.
There is manifested a studied effort
to suppress public excitement and agi-
tation. Rut this effort cannot b. any
means conceal the feeling of shock,
dismay, and apprehension.
Secretary Bryan and Secretary OF
Commerce Redheld We're to have gone
down the Potomac to attend a shad-
bake at Bryan's Point today. They can
celled the engagement.
. Against Extra Session.
1t became plain as the day went on
that the Administration has set out to
quiet public opinion and let the incident
be settled automatically in a way to
8 avoid a breach with Berlin.
! Talk of a possible extra session Of
! Congress persists. This is not encour-
! aged by the Administration lest Con-
: gress would insist on drastic action.
I 1t is expected that a vigorous note
n will be addressed to Germany.
E There is the ever present question as
to whether Germany really wants to
+ drag the United States into the war
q One prominent Senator expressed the
1 belief she did In order to compel this
Y country to keep It's munitions of war
at home.
International Outlaw.
+ Within the hours following the disas-
s ,er 1t has been many times repeatee
4 that President Wilson. In his note -
Berlin bearing on the subject Of sub.
marine warfare, declared a purpose "a
s hold Germany TO "strict accountability.
g Much unofficial comment Is now heard
@ that the time has come for an inter-
II probation OF these words.
:, The fact that Germany has annexed
> Belgium Is looked on p most inter
II esting circumstance at this particular
70 time 1t was the alleged treatment OF
o Belgian non-combatants that had much
II TO do In the beginning of the war With
u turning a large share OF public opinion
toward the allies-
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Official dispatches to the State De-
partment from the scene OF the disas
ter were meaSer. Ambassador Walter
II. Page, at London. cabled that he
had instructed the American consul at
Queenstown to do everything possible
for the American survivors and to OBJ
tain as quickly as possible a complete
list of the dead and injured
In the meantime, the press dispatches
constantly piled up horor in detailing
the disaster. All these dispatches were
supplied to the White House and were
awaiting the President on his return
from the links. AS he drove back to
the White House in his automobile tho
streets OF Washington were ringing
with the cries Of newsboys selling Tho
, Times and shouting out the terrible
toll OF l.6O0 dead.
After a wakeful night. President Will
son was out of his bed early this
| morning. inquiring of the State Depart
| ment as to its latest news concerning
the disaster. He was told that prac-
! tically nothing had been received since
the dispatch containing the names OF
! the American survivors.
| At $50 O'Clock, in compliance with
| the urgent suggestions of his physician
Or, Cary T. Grayson:, Y. $; n. the
went to the golf links.
He returned at :45 o'clock. While Out
at the Columbia Country Club, where
he played this morning. he took part ir
a. hag.raising. At the request of the
whom We're present. the President per
sonally pulled the halyards raising the
stars and Stripes. He mad no remarks
Demand Vigorous Policy.
Secretary Tumulty arrived at tn,
White House about o'clock with al
armful of newspapers. many of which
contained strong editorials. condemninl
the torpedoing of the Lusitania as
da stardly and inexcusable act Of mur
der against helpless men. women. ant
cniloren. and demanding of the Admin
istration a more vigorous policy agains
Germany.
Administration officials admitted thi
morning that public opinion in thi
coLhtry WAS the greatest factor wit
which the Government will have to dea
in its efforts to avoid war. For tha
reason, and as though by direction. al
advisers of the President were urgin
calmness-and this in face OF the fac
England added to the horrors of tn
disaster
This desire to set an example @
calmness was suggested as one of tn
reasons why the President consente
to go to the links for his customar
game OF golf.
For the same reason. 1t was state
that the President had no idea of cal
ing a special meeting of the Cabine
to consider the matter. Also, it wa
declared. the President has no idea {
calling a special session of Congress.
Her Greastest Blow.
The attack on the Lusitania. 1t
felt. has been the greatest blow OF III
war on Brtain's hoasted pre- -eminenC
on the sea. 1t is pointed out that
the British navy was unable to pr'
tect the finest ship of her merchaI
marine, after a weeks notice that II
ship would be attacked, II is hard
: believe that the English fleet Is sti
! mistress Of, the seas" and ruler
the waveA-"
The Washington times., 1915-05-08
TWENTY-N|NTHS SHIP
TO SINK THIS WEEK

With the sinking OF the Lusitania, the
toll taken by the Germans In the war
zone" established about the British
Isles during the first week OF May alone
involves twenty-nine vessels. Most of
these ships were torpedoed by German
submarines. although In some cases 1t
has not been established how the dam
age was inflicted
OF the destroyed vessels sixteen were
British trawlers. There were four Brit
ish and one French merchantmen In the
list The others were vessels OF neutral
nationk -----
The Washington times., 1915-05-08
2taiLs Show Disaster One of Greatest in History
2,O40 IN ALL ON BOARD,
1,100 PASSENGERS

2o4 persons board the Lusania divided
follows:
First cabin NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2S6
Total number Of passengers l,l99
Total number in $50
The Lustana carried in the of life saving apparatus
Leboas capacity 81 to SO persons each ........... %
Leboa Chambers coapsbe capacity 40 each 20
Life rats Mclean Chambers capacity 81 persons each IL
Life RATS, Henderson, capacity 43 persons each
Total capacity of feboats and life RATS estimated by officials Of
line at 2,605 persons
Boat figures give minimum capacity 1886 persons.
In addition there of life preere person.
The last regular Government inspection of Lusana made
from the department of Capt Henry M Seeey inspector
Of steam vessels carried March official
showed that that date the big liner thrtyfour
regular lfeboas and twelve coapsible ones with total
carrying capacity of the forysx for 1888 persons.
The Washington times., 1915-05-08
First Stories BY Survivors T..
Describe Terrible Hardship

QUEENSTOWN May s.-The big tow hall here has been
turned moreue Lines of cofns bearing the
bodies victims Of the Luana tragedy being placed in the
1t is announced that all be taken there for ident6ca
that fast the acertaned they will be
made public.
Sunday
That at least boats loaded with
and children capsized after it had been launched was stated
today Bertrand Jenkins, of New York. He said that he
helped into the boat, of them being Miss
Bramwe, singer of New York. The boat turned over
after striking the and only few of those board were
rescued by another boat
Mrs. NJ NJ Pappadopouo, of Athens. Greece faced death
in the for than hour An expert swimmer she
been sailors and to replace her wet
clothing husband whom she tried vily probably
lost.
ordering the saloon" she said, 'when the
ship almost by the force of explosion
life belt and did husband tried to help him
after we got into however, and
Only the thought of babies in Athens
buoyed up finally picked by fishing boat
Mrs. Pappadopoulo will live, the doctors
D. A. Thomas, Welsh coliery who
saved told of his experiences He said:
1--WE were at luncheon suddenly the vessel stop
ped with the force of explosion
we'll forward seemed throw her her beam ends
1--WE had believed it possible that attack would be
made but there not passenger who did not realize
that happened The explosion followed by
another equally shudded and almost
Immediately began to list to port
oce an Omen rushed for their
little far as could
dzed to realize just what actually was happening
believed that the stories of the safety of the big liner
would the
showed thai was van
sny of the passengers
Turner and his Office ried best pacfy them.
Nnv of the women however, hyeral
fss the boats and hampered the launching
Atoseh Lady McWorh picked
she had the for three hours We had warning and the big
sank within twelve fifteen minutes after were first hit
M dsty deserving the condemnation OF the entire civilized
world beautiful sunshny day. The smooth and that due the
'''' 'N any CAPTAIN STUCK TO SHIPS BRIDGE UNTIL LAST.
The Washington times., 1915-05-08

Taken To Morguc.
The steamer Heron and two trawlers
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
NEW ZEALAND BABIES WIN

New York City is priding herself that
in 1914 the death rate among babies under
one year old was 946-which is the low
est any American city has ever had. The
death rate among farmers babies in
rural New York, however, is higher than
the New York City rate.
But urban New York is put in the shade
by the New Zealand s rate among farmers
babies New Zealand S rate for 1910 was
81, and in 1913 the rate in Dunedin was
3.8.
The laws in Australia for the care Of
children are good, and a general knowl-
edge Of mother-craft is diffused through
various societies.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
HORSES FOR SWITZERLAND

About 1000 horses have been purchased
in Chicago alone recently by the Swiss
government, for which 100000 have been
paid.
The heavier mounts have been chosen.
for the reason that these horses are ex-
pected to be used on farms.
The agent explained, in purchasing the
horses, that Swiss soldier is given
horse for use in the annual maneuvers.
When these are concluded, he takes the
horse home for use in farm or other work
the government thus practically giving
the soldier the use Of the horse for it's
keep. At the end of ten years, if the
horse is still alive, it becomes the property
of the soldier.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
NO SHORTAGE OF WHEAT

The United States is in no danger of
wheat famine, according to an official
statement just issued by the Department
of Agriculture.
President Wilson, it is reported does
not believe an embargo on foodstuffs is
necessary, and insists that an erroneous
impression has grown up concerning the
food supply Of the United States
The statement issued by the depart
ment says that even in the event of a
shortage of wheat, there are many suitable
substitutes which could be eaten, of which
there is great surplus
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
For Good Public Roads

Highway Improvement is urged, and the
construction Of $4,000 miles Of state aid
roads is recommended by Governor Dunno.
The type Of road which the Highway Com
mission has decided upon, is described as
a finished driveway thirty feet wide,
divided into pavement proper of brick
or concrete from ten to eighteen feet wide,
with earth or macadam shoulders on each
side to make up the required width.
The contracts which have been let for
the work Of building the roads are distri-
buted among forty-eight counties.
The further employment Of convicts in
road making is recommended.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
HOUSE PASSES CHILD-LABoR BILL,

By vote of 232 to A, the House, on last
Monday passed the child-labor bill, bar
ring from interstate commerce the prod
ucts OF any mine or quarry employing
children under sixteen, of any mill, fac
tory, or workshop employing children
under fourteen, or under sixteen if work
ing more than eight hours a day.
AS the present Congress will adjourn
March 4, it is unlikely the bill will be
reached in the Senate this term, unless the
shipping bill comes to speedy termin-
alton, thus giving more time for the con-
sideration of other bills
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
Personnel of Speaker

The new speaker is the oldest member
of the Illinois legislature in point OF ser
vice
He was born on a farm three miles south
Of Amboy, Lee County, Illinois, in 1862;
later, he attended the public schools OF
Chicago.
When about twenty-five years old, he
was elected supervisor Of the South Town
on the Republican ticket. In 1889 he was
appointed deputy United States marshal.
Later, he entered the real estate business.
He has been in service at Springfield since
1896.
One of Mr.. Shanahan's biographers says
Of him that he gets along without smok-
ing or chewing tobacco, or drinking
whisky, good, bad or Indifferent.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
PASSING OF FANNY CROSBY

The blind hymn writer, Fanny Crosby,
passed away February 12, aged ninety
four, at her home in Bridgeport, Connecti-
cut.
Wherever the Christian religion is
known, there Fanny Crosby's hymns have
been sung. The influence for good ex-
erted by this blind woman in her lifetime
through her songs-the number '|Saved by
Grace alone, as she sang, is known only
in Heaven, where her sweet spirit now is.
It was not until past the age of forty
that she began to write hymns. Since
that time, it is estimated, no less than
5000 hymns have come from her pen.
Among the many hymns of Christian
worship are such familiar ones as: "Saved
by Grace, =" Blessed Assurance, ""Rescue
the Perishing," Jesus is Tenderly Call
ing Today "All the Way my Savior
Leads me" Awake, Awake" "Jesus,
Keep me Near the Cross" and 'FSafe in
the Arms of Jesus
These verses from "Saved by Grace" "
show her attitude toward death:
Some day the silver cord will break
And [ no more as now shall sing;
But Oh, the joy when shall wake
Within the palace of the King.
And [ shall see Him face to face
And tell the story Saved by grace
And I shall see Him face to face
And tell the story-Saved by grace.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
For an Eight-foot Waterway

The legislature is asked to authorize
the construction Of an eight-foot waterway
between Joliet and Utica, which would
open a channel from the Great Lakes to
the Gulf of Mexico, Of the same depth
now maintained in the Mississippi river.
The present drainage canal, twenty miles
Of the Illinois and Michigan canal and
forty-fve miles Of the Illinois river would
be utilized.
For this work, the governor proposes
the issuance Of bonds, not exceeding
$3,5OO,OOO An immense commerce, it is
the governors belief, would develop be-
tween points on the Illinois river and
points at or near the Great Lakes, through
the sanitary district canal from Chicago
to Lockport, and thence to the Mississippi
river, thus providing a waterway from
Chicago to the Gulf Of Mexico.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
ALL BUT THEIR CONSENT

The English authorities recently form
ulated a plan to transport some Of the
Belgian people who had fled to them when
their country was laid waste by the Ger
man army, to Canada, where land was to
be given them on easy terms by the
government.
The plan seemed most feasible, and was
put in operation until suddenly brought
to a standstill. Everything had been
thought Of and provided for, except one
the consent of the Belgians. They refused
to go.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
DAWES HOTEL A SUCCESS
Hotels for Workingmen Out of Work
Planned in Three Cities
Lesson in Economics

The experiment, began a year ago by
Mr.. Charles F. Dawes, Of Chicago, of Civ
ing the unemployed a good bed and good
neal for low price, and yet make the
venture self-sustaining, has won out, and
the announcement is now made that a
chain of hotels similar to the one in Chi
cago is to be built in different cities by
the Rufus F. Dawes Hotel Association.
The construction Of the new buildings
will be started within year, and, it is
said, will begin with New York, Seattle,
and Minneapolis.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
For American Citizens

The purpose Of these hotels, according to
the founder, is to provide men with ac-
commodations at r SO n b | e figures. =
Their guests are not to be considered any
different from ordinary guests at any
hotel, but are regarded as American citi-
ZenS.
The hotels are not designed to be per-
manent homes for workingmen, but a
temporary place for man out of work.
When he finds work, he gives way to make
room for another not so fortunate.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
Foot and Mouth Disease

That this disease is now practically
stamped out and but little danger ahead,
is the expression of the governor. Re
viewing the work done by the state and
federal government to wipe out the dis
ease, he deplored the opposition fight, and
recommended the early attention Of the
legislature to the question of making an
appropriation sufficient to cover the un-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
BURLESON'S PLAN FAILS

Postmaster Burleson s plan for reducing
the high cost Of living by bringing the
" farm to the table, through the service
of the parcels post has met signal failure.
The Postmaster General reckoned without
the element of human nature Investi-
cation has shown that the farmer asks
even more than the retailer for his prod
ucts. a.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
NEW LAW AIDED BY STATES

The new anti-narcotic national law,
which becomes effective March l, is to be
supplemented by state laws.
The national law requires all physicians,
hospitals and others who handle narcotics,
to register with the government and keep
a record of all prescriptions.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
GOVERNOR DUNNE's S MESSAGE
Touches Upon Important Measures to
Come Before the General Assembly Now
in Session at Springfield

Gov. Edward T. Dunno, in his biennial
message to the Illinois General Assembly
which has been waiting to be read since
New Years's Day, touched upon many
important subjects and made recommen-
dations relative to measures waiting their
turn before the legislators.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
Single Copy, 3 Cents

week extended the foot and mouth dis
ease quarantine regulations so as to in
clude all the territory east of the Missis-
slppl and north of Tennessee in a restricted
area, out Of which no shipments of live
stock, except for slaughter within forty
eight hours, will be permitted to the south
or west
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
PRIZES FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN

Prizes are to be given to school children
for the best samples of various kinds of
work submitted in the next annual county
fair, at Libertyville.
In the rural schools prizes will be
Continued on page 2, column 5.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
PUTS MEN BEFORE DOLLARS

The Electro Steel company, of Pitts
burgh, has refused to bid on a contract to
furnish part of an order of 100000 drop
forge shells, valued at $4,OOO,OOO, wanted
by the British government. The refusal
is made for humanitarian reasons