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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

George Hand. and Miss Ida sohrz
berg Of Bemidji were united in mar
rage at the First Scandinavian
Lutheran parsonage, by Rev. Osmund
Johnson, yesterday afternoon Mr.!
and Mrs. Hand will be at home in
Nymore. s.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

The funeral of Mrs. David B. Smith
will be held Thursday morning alto
o'clock from her late home at Lake
Plantaganet. Interment will be
made in Greenwood cemetery. Rev.
B. D. Hanscom will officiate.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

Miss Helen Towle left this morn
ing for her home in Minneapolis af-
ter weeks visit at the George zSla-
ter home.'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

The logical place for car repairs
and second hand autos is Garvin's.
See display ad.-Adv. 6d119
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

Would You do as much for EouE
girl as Earl Williams did for HIS III
the big railroad wreck in the Jug
gernaut, at the Grand tonight? 4ee
ad.-Adv. g.. II 3l
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

E. G. McGregor is spending the day
in Cass Lake on business.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

. Mrs. Belle Eek and son, Earl, of
Yola were among the out-of-town
shoppers in Bemidji Tuesday, return
ing home today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

2AQGAI Il
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

Christ Gustafson of Fergus Falls
is a business caller in Bemidji to-
day.
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RUSH TO BOATS
PROVED FATAL.
SURVIV0RSSAY
Launching Was Delayed
and in Some Cases En-
tirely Prevented.
STEWARDS BLAMED FOR
CRY OF mo DANGER"
$50 Children Dead;
Mother and S Drown.
>peoiol Cabie Bespdfck n Tux srS.
OIsEES srouS Nav 81, 10 esti-

>peoiol Cabie Bespdrck n Tux srS.
QuEESsrowN. May 9.--It is esti-
mated that $50 babies and young
children on the L.uSitania died Of
drowning. shock or exposure.
Edith Williams. years old,
saved herself by clinging to the
gown of Mrs. Howley. who was
supporting herself on wreckage.
Edith lived al Plainfield. y. j., and
was accompanying her mother and
Ave sisters To join her father,
Charles. in England. Edith is the
sole survivor Of the family.
An examination Of the l5J dead.
lying in rows for Identification, is a
painful ordeal. A number OF hand
some American girls with valuable
rings on their fingers are among
the number.
Frank Hook. ~ eleven-year-o
boy Of Toronto, was pitched over
board by the lurching Of the ship,
but clutched an upturned boat.
His father did not see him after
the explosion until he found him in
the hospital here. The boys thigh
was broken.
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What American People
Say of German Attack
on the Liner LuSHa,1ta
Gathered by Sun Correspondents Com
ments on Critical Situation.

THE ha- endeavored
by OF
sentiment
New Massacre"
In of
should
warfare
ieavy blow sympathy and Of neutra
the
the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
COMMENT OF
N. Y. MORNING NEWSPAPERS

The New York morning newspapers
OF this date comment editorially on
The sinking Of the Lusitania as fol-
lows:
The World.
The main thing that concerns the
American Government to-day is not the
subordinate question OF reparation for
the assassination of American citizens
who were travelling on the Lusitania
II is the broader question OF whether
Germany can be brought TO her senses
and induced to abandon methods of
warfare that are a crime against civili-
1ation and an affront to humanity. That
is one great service which the United
states perhaps is Immediately capa-
BILE In this crisis OF rendering not only
to its own people and to mankind in
general but to Germany herself
" The American people and
the American Government owe It 20 their
ideals and 20 their traditions and to their
responsibilities as the greatest OF neu-
trail nations to make one last effort 10
bring Germany to reason, All the in
Julies that hostile armies and hostile
navles can intilct upon Germany are
reparable. What now menaces her is
an injury OF her own connving. which.
II it Is not instantly checked, is bound
to he irreparable.
can the President Of the United
States save Germany from Germany
The importance OF that service is so
great that II demands the utmost effort
that the Administration can exert"
New York Times.
We overlook nothing, we take full
account of all the facts--that the Lus!-
tania was an enemy ship flying The
enemy flag. that she was carrying NUM-
lions of war to the enemy and had on
board reservists sailing for service in
the British army. These undlsputed
facts gave the commander of the Ger
man submarine the right 10 destroy the
ship. Nothing could give him the right
to destroy or to imperii her crew and
passengers. Senator Stone stumble s
into a comparison with the status ~
nsutrals within the walls OF n fortified
city under siege Rut International law
requires the besieging force to give no.
tice OF bombardment. THE officer n
command Of an attacking force" so runs
the language OF The Hague Convention,
must. before commencing bomba I'd
ment. in cases OF assault. do all in his
power to warn the authorities" Neither
in law nor In custom Is there any rx-
tenuation for this act OF monstrOus in
humanity. no exception no condition
can be made to shield It from the full
force and condemnation II deserves and
has received. And the warning adver-
tisement published by the Germany En-
bassy here. being notice OF an intent to
commit n crime, In of no more avail for
exculpation than Black Hand letter Of
threat
\. Y. Herald.
Tho Washington correspondent OF the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
1874 LOST ON THE LUSlTANA, INCLUDING 1877 AMERICANS;
FR0HMANS BODY IDENTIFIED; NO NEWS OF A. C. VANDERBILT
GERMAN GOVERNMENT SAYS LINERS PASSENGERS WERE WARN
on Announces That He Will Act Deliberately but Firmly

sidering very earnestly but very calmly the right
of action to pursue He knows that the people
of the country wish and expect him to act with de-
liberation as we'll as with firmness.' "
To those who are familiar with President Wilson's
character Of mind and his extreme conservatism as
regards foreign affairs the brief White House state
ment was significant.
The fact that the statement was issued at all was
an acknowledgment that strong pressure already is
being exerted on the White House by the general pub
lie for vigorous action on the Lusitana case.
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W WASHINGTON, May 8-The first word from
w President Wilson on the sinking of the Lusi-
tania came tonight. It amounted to an as
surance to the country that the President would deal
with the situation deliberately but with frmness.
This the statement given out at the White
House:
After conference with the President at the
White House this evening Secretary Tumulty said:
"'Of course, the President feels the distress and
the gravity of the situation to the utmost and is con-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
STORIES OF TERRIFIC SUFFERING
TOLD BY PASSENGERS RESCUED
Bodies of Women and Children Recovered
From the Sea Sent to Queenstown Morgue
---Attack Described by Passengers
PASSENGERS SAILED AT
OWN RISKS. SAYS GERMANY
Special cob, D,spo'ch TO Tnr srv.

via S1he following official
ncnt has been o
The Iustania naturally armed with of the
English well here she
carried large of munitions
Her
exposed. responsibility
pened
Germany left nothing 10
strongly the Imperial Embassy publicly
tenion this The English
they relied to
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to destruction by the German opera
tons
The other view is the legal one and
the view of prudence and conservatism.
Justiticat ton in law for the German acts
is found by those holding this view :
responsibility for their destruction is
placed largely on the victims OF the
German operations. and finally the danger
of the United States becoming involved
In the war is pointed TO as proving the
unwisdom of taking any other view.
Publicly Washington officials seemed
certainly to be inclined to-day toward
the latter view.
Pleas to the public not to get excited.
to suspend Judgment. TO awai; the de-
termination OF all the facts. .mauated
from many official quarters. This was
particularly the case in regard to those
officials whose training is all political.
Senator Stone OF Missouri. chairman
OF the Foreign Relations Committee and
Senator Hoke Smith OF Georgia who has
recently been urging an embargo on the
expectations OF arms reprisil
against the British treatment of cotton
shipments. both issued statements call
ing attention to the same circumstances
in the Lusitana AFFAIR. These state
ments are most prominently mentioned
by the Germans.
Both expressed the opinion that the
attack on the American steamship QUIZ
light presented much more seIious
issue than the Lusitania case.
on the other hand, officials whose
training has been professional rather
than political. privately made no secre;
of their feeling that the American peo-
pie would do well to consider that there
is a limit to which liberation may
wisely be carried.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09

tn' REFUSAL ala not Germany institute
thu unspeakablc murderous blockade
which has resulted IN the slaughter OF
American citizens and other non-com-
Datants' Would not that he fair
and square backdown on the part OF the
United States Would not the adoption
of such a policy instead OF making this
country respected make 1t an example
Of pusllanimty for even china TO mock
The Tribune.
In the presence OF their dead Ameri-
cans can not and will not misunderstood
the issue and the gravity OF the present
hour. Officers OF the German Govern
ment, acting under orders, following a
deliberate and reasoned policy, have
murdered 10, American citizens. Women
and children are among the victims ~
an atrocity unsurpassed in the history
Of civilized nations.
Two questions present themselves to
the United States To the Government
and to the people. For the murders that
have been committed there must be every
reparation that human agencies can make
in the face OF an irreparable injury.
Every shred of International law.
practice. tradition. demands that the
German Government should disavow the
act, punish the murderers. make such
apology as can be made for what passes
pslliation, Questions Of pecuniary dam
age, direct and indirect, should wait
unit, the larger issue IL settled
There remains an even more patent
duty, more compelling obligation.
There should come from he Imperial
German Government a guarantee that
there shall he no repetition OF the pres
ent tragedy, no second massacre OF
American citizens. Of American women
and children travelling the high seas,
! The practice Of murder and the policy
OF assassination must he renounced,
Failing these things. no American
should nisunderstan the meaning OF
| the present crisis no American should
shrink from the facts that cannot be
evaded or avoided. II Germany has
once and for all embarked upon q d lib
crate campaign OF murder directed
! agai inst American citizens. there can he
/ hut one consequence--the end is ines
capable
We shall not make war now 10
avenge those who have been murdered,
/ however white hot our anger in the
presence Of our dead But we shall not
continue to avoid war, II the question
becomes one not OF averaging those who
! are dead. but Of defending those who
still live,
New York Staats-Zcituns.
Thanks to the fact that there is no
saber RATHER in the white House. wash
! ington Is inclined, to weigh matters care
| fully. to await full reports, to mud out
! definitely what II was that sent the
Lusitania to the bottom. And even II
! II should come to that, that Congress,
which alone has the right to declare
war. should he called together--the re-
lations between the German Empire and
the United states may become strained,
hut they will not come 20 a break,
"If all Americans had been saved the
sinking OF the I.usitania would he hailed
as the masterpiece Of the boldest war.
fare against n nation that has ceased
To he the ruler OF the waves, As IL IL.
qualification Is greatly diminished ny
the loss OF so many American lives.
but Americans had been warned, At
their own risk, In silly confidence In
Continued ON EtghthlPaoe
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
KIN OF MISSING
SEEK HOPE AT
CUNARDOFFICE
Many Weep When Survi-
vOrs' Lists Fail to Show
Loved Ones Names.
DISAPPOINTMENT
LOT OF NEARLY ALL

The Cunard Steamship Company's
offices were the great nerve centre to
which the hearts OF friends and rela-
tives OF passengers on the Ill fated Lust
tania turned yesterday for news-news
of survivors or OF tragedies. But up to
late hour last night the majority
OF the inquirers. seeking information
in person, by telephone or telegraph
were left in suspense. Rapidly as the
worked they found 1t impossible TO COM
pile any complete or satisfactory lists
OF the surviving. dead or missing.
But for friends and relatives OF almost
two-thirds of the persons who were on
the ship there was no hope. 1t was
certain that only about one-third had
been saved. Figures. rechecked and
worked over. showed that the total
number OF passengers on the vessel were
1850. divided as follows:
First cabin go.
Second cabin. 500.
Steerage. 36l.
The total number OF the crew was
667 according to the figures filed with
,"' M" -. r. - ha,ar. 81.
ship sailed.
The total number on shiphoard at the
time the Lusitana was struck by
torpedo was 1917. In view of the total
number of survivors II was clear that
the thousands who turned 10 the Cunard
-, ,,,,b ,tsonnair,,non, "a sorrow
~, ,ona ha,nr. tho of,ca. wer.
-, ,,na - ,,,an ,nd n,on.r ma
,'.a,,,h,aa ,hnr. Th.ir fac.s uar.
,rai,'ad Cow. s,ousd ,racas ~ taars
,a,,, .,,i,.d hrays,v
-
Information Urgently SOUGHT.
me Cuharu oiheiais USED eNery 'n r,
10 gel the names Oh an SURVIVORS ihes
obtained Hs.s Fo''i '"e var ous Nv"
agencies ihey hau an airahsen,eht
win the capie companies Wy which my
received from those "sehcIes 'ne ''iiiIr ,
Oh persons NhoWh " naNe zen aa'eu
Ihey had promises from ,hauiIeIs 10
SEND lntoEnha''oI nn'l''a'eiy nu,
received worn Vi the safety Vi p''so''
on me snip. 49,.
by an tnose means, homeser, t"oy
were ao1e ~ .oip. No" No., 81
They had a promise from the home
once o' 'ns , nuau ,o,,, ~, -, sms
'anu " a ,,ni,stna tbs, as S,,io,,iy
sNV'' u ~. oomruea A. ,o.ao IN
a,, No., ,.,,a,.a
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;e Co. 7 iyarnooI ,na ,h.ir
.aNe non ~ 80, -, 49,,
,'"'n1s
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IN me I'oI ''ns 'ae ~, ' ~
pa'ne.n =, no .',r,, .hor,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
DiilydaiIying Opposed.

II is generally conceded that the
strong terms of the American note to
Germany on the war zone make IL futile
10 write further notes unless there -
behind them the necessary determination
TO act.
German emissaries in this country
have already indicated clearly enough
what will be the attitude OF the Ger
man Government. so that the United
States will be merely exposing itself TO
humiliation in the eyes of the world If
1t protests again and lets the matter
rest at that.
Reports from London and expressions
in Diplomatic quarters here impress
sivey reflect the expectation OF the rest
of the world that the United States
must either act vigorously or do nothing
at all.
The question OF the hour here is ::
What c.tn be done? And the answer
seems TO be nothing, unless the United
states is willing to adopt extreme
measures II necessary"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09

one suggestion is that the United
States might break off diplomatic re-
latons with Germany as sign Of its
attitude toward the Government re-
sponsible for the Lusltania disaster and
other attacks or American life. Such
"A course, though, would leave the United
States al a decided disadvantage in re-
gard to othe- war problems.
Another suggestion is that the United
States might seize all the German mer-
chantmen tied up in American waters
and hold them as security for Germany
making reparation for the acts com
United ard as guarantee against their
repetition.
This would Of course be equivalent to
term II = reprsal short Of war. but
there is little doubt Germany would
Continued on Second Page.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09

rru'hfui, Balanced, Responsible, unex-
Get the Eutnin0 Post sunday Extra
n'night.--AdJ.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
Special Cabe Despd,ch 10 Tar suN


QrEENsrowN. May s,-A number Of
the survivors of the Lusitania were
taken to Kingstown tonight to 60 from
there TO London They went in spe-
cial train attended by nurses and physI-
clans with every care and accommoda-
;ion. Queenstown is still like a city of
the dead The suffering in the hospitals
and the search OF relative for relative
continue ceasele. sly. The military aids
OF Ambassador Page have arrived and
OF whom ar. without ready cash
Those who were the least injured by
their experience told highly dramatic
stories to-day. Many OF them assert
that the submarine never appeared
above the surface before or after tor
pedoing the Lusitsnia and they agree
that two big torpedoes hit the ship
tearing her hull 10 pieces. They differ
as TO the time she remained afloat there
after. some saying as low as ten
minutes. others as high as half an hour
Or T. Moore OF Yankton. $. b., a
passenger IN the second cabin OF the
Lusltania. Is authority for the statement
hat German submarine was esped
fully one hour before the ship was
struc!. and that the liner then zigzagged
at hgh speed, Or Moore does not
know whether the first submarine seen
was the one which did the damage but
inclines to the belief that another. lying
in wait sank the ship, lie said
I'VE noticed az | o'clock that the
lus dania was zigzaRging in strange
way and looking through glasses on
the port side we saw between us and
the shore. which was about twelve miles
away. what appeared to be black
object with four domelike protuberinCes
moving swiftly about two miles distant.
Sometimes 1t slowed down and then II
disappeared only to reappear and disap-
pear again like "A porpolsc. All this
time the i.usitana was ZiszaEgng at
speed of eighteen knots. hut a little
later she kept straight course,
I'VE who saw this agreed finally that
the object lad been friendly sub
marine No otter vessels except one
or two fishing boats were visible any
whore,
The lusItanla was struck about
o'clock on the starboard side. and unless
the first submarine We saw was speedy
enough to make rings around the liner
the torpedo must have come from
another submarine lying hidden on our
starboard side"
Or. Moore said hc did not hear a
second explosion, Tie was lunchins at
the time and declares that while his fol-
Continued on Second Page.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
TIVE Views of the Case.

There is the human view. which takes
'hlo consideration only the facts that
Ne armed forces ~ Germany have been
used against American lives, including
,no'e Of women and children, who have
he.n deliberately destroyed or exposed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
Special Cabic Despatch TO THE Sry.

LONDON. May midnight). THE latest information OBJ
ainabe indicates that 2l and children persisted
the destruction of the stania by German submarine of
whom 1877 Americans. This death list will be added
of the victims the hospitals Queenstown
not expected to survive the shock their experiences
The body of Charles Frohman the New York theatrical
producer has been identified in the temporary morgue at the
Queenstown Town Hail. and il practically among
the other well known Americans to perish Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt Charles Klein the playwright Justus Miles For
author and playwright and Mr. and Mrs Ebert Hubbard
has been impossible find these bodies among the in
Queenstown but word from point the Irish
to bring any tdings of their safety
Only person, far be learned among
has knowledge the last of Mr.
and Mr. Vanderbilt. He Wallace B. Phillips, fire ex-
tinguisher manufacturer of New York.
Vanderbilt and Frohman on Deck Together
Il Mr. Frohman and Mr.. Vanderbilt standing the
deck together five minutes before the ship sank said Mr.
Phillips. according to Queenstown despatch Miss Rita Jo
vet the actress, who has been saved with them.
Mr. Vanderbilt calm very calm, and Mr. Froh-
They stood there waiting and neither indication
that they had any fear in them That the last of
them. standing together"
The work of identification proceeding very slowly, but
among those Americans whose bodies have been recognized
Dr. F. S. of New York Mrs Amelia Mcdonald Pat
rick Gallon Arthur Foley, Mrs Mary Brown L. Jones Bes
sic Hare George Arthur David Samuel T. B. King, W. NJ
Brown. j. V. Merriman Mainman Miss McBeyth body
which may Miss Mary and William Robert
Buswine
despatch from Queenstown tonight that coronors
inquest has been begun at Knsae the bodies of the five
in order facilitate their transerrence Queens
Among the bodies is that of r. Matthews, second
cabin passenger registered from "Canaia and
woman who may be Mrs Matthews.
II is definitely established that there Lol7
aboard the ship when the German submarine smashed
two torpedoes into starboard side literally tearing
great sections of her hull in pieces There POO first
cabin passengers whom lO6 Americans Only :" o
these cabin passengers have been reported alive h
were the second cabin. of whom 60 Americans
and the survivors list far reaches only oo Thr" were
36l persons in the third of whom II Americans,
and there 667 in the
Practically all of the survi-o in Queenstown The
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Continued on Second Pogo.
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New York Stnats-Zrituns.

Continued on EightAi Pogo.
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continued on Second Page.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
THE EVENING SUN

will publish at least two editions to-da,
giving the latest news of the Lusitania
disaster, the war and other
Developments.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-08

The way houses to rent have been
in such great demand the past season
it seems that an apartment house in
Leon would not be at all amiss. A
good dwelling of this sort would
without doubt be filed up at once
with renters. We have had that mat
ter called to our attention by five or
six different couples who have de-
clared they would be glad to live in
apartments if they could. OF course
such dwellings arc originally born of
crowded conditions of big cities, but
conditions are such that nowadays
modern apartments are very accept
able anywhere. Why shouldn't some
one with means put up one here?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-08

Rev. J. c. Pack, the former pastor
of the Baptist church here, but who
is now missionary and PASTORAL
larg for the East Grand River assocf-
alton, was in Corydon the first of the
week working out plans as to the
work of the institution which he will
run here. Mr.. Pack has just pur..
chased in Kansas City settees to ac-
commodate $50 persons and has also
made arrangements with few teach
ers, but he would be pleased to call
on or correspond with few more,
SO as to put them In training before
the school, and institute opens up.
Address him at. Corydon, Iowa, box
3202, or Leon, Iowa, box 321.-Cory-
don Den: ccrat. S.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-08

C. H. Smith and Ivan Beach, of
Pleasanton, had the order of the
Temple conferred upon them by
rripolis Commandery No 60, Knights
Templar, last Thursday evening, a
special session converting for this
purpose. Harry Slower, of Pleasan-
ton, accompanied them to Leon, to
see that they received all that was
coming to them in the work, as he
took this exalted work short time