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Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-09

|, New Haven, April S.-The recent
 controversy as regards the unpre-
 paredness of the United States for
 war has lead to considerable agita- tion concerning the establishing of an aeronautical reserve to supplement the naval reserve. The publication
 of numerous articles concerning this new project has occasiOned the state ment of the possible openings for
 Yale men in this new movement by
 Everard Thompson of the ticket de-
 partment, who for the last few years
 has been interested in aeronautics at
 Yale. The plan advocated provides
 for a body of trained men who would
 be in a position to rise to an emer-
 geney in case the time should come
 when trained officers would be In de-
 body of men has been settled to be in
 the universities and colleges of the
 country. It is estimated that from
 the one hundred thousand students
 now in the colleges of the United
 States. it would be possible, with a
 certain amount of military training
 furnished by the national government
 to have on hand officers sufficient to
 command 3,00o,000 fighting men. An
 other phase of the proposed plan Is
 to- establish an aeronauticai depart
 ment in the national defense, and to
 obtain recruits for this service from
 the colleges where courses in aero
 naLtics are given. This all means an
 opportunity for Yale men. number
 of whom have already signified their
 willingness to interest themselves in
 aeronautics of this kind. Yale has at
 present no aeronautic club. The club which four or five years ago was formed among Yale men has dropped
 CTS have graduated. There are indi- cations that a new club is to be start ed which will have very great infiu-
 ence dh the direction of Yale men to this line of work.
 The university library, in collecting the immense amount of printed ma terial about the present war, has ac- cumulated a mass of miscellaneous newspaper clippings and illustrations which have been mounted in large scrap books. The first of the series has been completed, and has been put on exhibition among the new l books in the delivery room of the library where they are attracting a considerable amount of attention. | The contents of the volume are i'm dexed, and include much interesting material such as current newspapers comment on the operations in South Africa from Capetown. The list of newspaper correspondents in cludes l many of the worlds most noted writ CTS.
 The report of the Yale Hope Mis- sion includes the statement of the
 success experienced in the new eat l ing system which was adopted last January. The plan is designed to furnish adequate means of handling beggars and the unemployed on the streets of New Haven. Two meals are served at noon and evening for five and ten cents. according to which ever price the men can afford. The l chief evil which used to exist was | that the men sleeping at the mission would be compelled to eat at a near 1 by lunchroom under unpleasant cir | cumstances: but now they can get 1 their meals in the same building, l which makes it more homelike, as
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-09

and society because the state failed to afford the man education.-Hartford Post
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
PLACES THE BLAME
ON SHIP OWNERS
GERMANS EXCUSE ToRPEpoINe
OF LUslTANIA ON GROUND
THAT 1T WAS ARMED VESSEL.
Warning Had Been Given But Was
Disregarded Under Belief That
English Fleet Could Safeguard
Atlantic Traffic.

Berlin.-The blame for the sinking
of the Lusitania is placed upon the
ship owners by the Germans. The fol.
lowing official communication was is
sued Saturday night, May 8:
THE Cunard liner Lusitania was
yesterday torpedoed by a German sub
marine and sunk.
THE Lusitania was naturally armed
with guns, as were recently most OF
the English mercantile steamers.
Moreover, as is well known here, she
had large quantities of war material
in her cargo.
Her owners, therefore, knew &c
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 to warn them repeatedly and
strongly. The imperial ambassador In
Washington even went so far as to
make a public warning so as to draw
attention to this danger. The English
press sneered then at this warning
and relied on the protection of the
English feet to safeguard Atlantic
traffic."
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
REASON FOR ATTACKING SHIP
Attaehe Of German Embassy Says the
lusitania Carried Explosives.

New York.-Captafn Franz Won Pa.
pen, military attache of the imperial
German embassy. is quoted by the
New York World as making the follow
ing statement regarding the sinking or
the Lusitania
1T is deplorable, II true, that SO
many lives have been lost. am
shocked to hear the news, especially
that American lives have been sacri-
feed.
But II was absolutely criminal for
the Cunard company to carry, and for
the British government to allow the
line TO carry, neutral passengers in a
slip which was transporting explosives
and munitions OF war to be used by
Great Britain and her allies
The ships manifest will show that
sne carried a large amount of picric
acid and other explosive materials.
They certainly were not intended for
peaceful uses. They were to be used
against Germany and Germany had to
defend herself against them. The best
way was to destroy the ship and such
destruction was amply justified under
the rules OF war"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
AMERICA FOR PEACE
SAYS THE PRESIDENT
HINTS IN A SPEECH THAT THIS
COUNTRY WILL TO- GO TO-
WAR WITH ANY.
Declares There Is Such Thing as Be-
ing so Right That II Does Not Need
to Convince Others by Force
That II Is Right.

Philadelphia. = President Wilson
gave to gathering of naturalized
Americans on Monday night the Arst
intimation of what course the United
States government will pursue in the
situation resulting from the loss OF
more than hundred American lives
on the British liner Lusitania.
He spoke by implication. but his
hearers interpreted his remarks as
meaning that whiel the United States
would remain at peace 1t would seek
to convince Germany of the injustice
to mankind of the tragedy of May Z.
America" said the president,
must have the consciousness that on
all sides 1t touches elbows and touches
hearts with all nations of mankind.
The example Of America must be a
special example. and must be an ex-
ample not merely of peace because 1t
will not fight, but because peace is
healing and elevating influence OF the
world and strife is not.
There is such thing as a man be-
ing too proud TO fight. There Is such
tnlnB as DelnB 30 TlBnt lndt IL uOeS
not need to convince others by force
that 1t is right"
These remarks precipitated a tn.
multi OF applause and patriotic enthu.
siasm, attended by waving of thou
sands of small American flags. The
president made no direct reference to
the Lusitania tragedy, but the audi
ence did not hesitate to read the APP
plication of his statement
The sentiment expressed in the
presidents speech was epitomized
later by one of his closest advisers as
humanity first" While 1t had not
yet been determined, he said, exactly
what steps would be taken by the
United States in the present crisis,
the idea uppermost in the presidents
mind was to show that whatever
course Is adopted-no matter how Wig.
orous-it will have as its objective the
good OF humanity.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
WILFUL MURDER THE VERDICT.
coroners Jury investigates Sinking
Of the Lusitania.

Kinsale.-The verdict rendered by
the coroner's jury which investigated
the deaths resulting from the torpe-
doing of the Lusitania follows:
"We find that the deceased met
death from prolonged immersion and
exhaustion in the sea eight miles
south-southwest of Old Head of Kin.
sale, Friday, May 7, 1915, owing to the
sinking of the Lusitania by torpedoes
fred by German submarine.
I'VE find that this appalling crime
was committed contrary to interna-
tional law and the conventions of all
civilized nations.
1--WE also charge the officers OF said
submarine and the emperor and gov
eminent of Germany, under whose Or
ders they acted, with the crime OF
wholesale murder before the tribunal
of the civilized world.
1--WE desire to express sincere con.
dolences and sympathy with the rela.
tives OF the deceased, the Cunard com
pany and the United States, many OF
whose citizens persisted in this muir.
derous attack on an unarmed liner"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
CHINA YIELDS TO
JAPAN'S DEMANDS
NEW TREATY TO BE DRAFTED
AND WAR BETWEEN TWO coUN-
TRIES MAY BE AvERTED.
Nipponese Are Given Extended Rights
In Manchuria and other Sec
tiors-Chlna Must open NJ
merous Treaty Ports.

Peking.--Having reached an agree
ment with respect to Japan's demands
on China, the plenipotentiaries of the
two countries will now proceed to
draft treaty. The following are the
important points, in the terms OF
agreement
Group 1, relating to Shantung prov
ince-articles / and stand as in the
original demands. These provide that
China will give her full assent to the
transfer to the Japanese by the Ger
man government OF all rights and priv
leges heretofore enjoyed by Germany
in Shantung and that within the prov
ince OF Shantung or along its sea Dor
der no territory island shall be coded
or leased to third power.
Article 3 provides that China shall
construct a railway from Chifu or
Lungkow to join the Kai-Chow Chin
anfu railway with Japanese capital.
Article provides that China must
open numerous treaty ports in Shan.
tung after a consultation with Japan.
Group 2, relating to South Man
churia-article / stands as In the orig
inal demands. Article 2 provides that
the Japanese shall be y rmitted to
lease land In South Manchuria, tenn
porarily or perpetually, for trading,
industrial and agricultural purposes.
BY the first clause OF article 2 the
Chinese shall be permitted to freely
reside, travel and trade and engage In
industrial pursuits in Manchuria.
The second clause provides that the
Japanese will submit only to police
and taxation regulations approved by
Japan. Civil and criminal cases shall
be tried by the authorities represent
ing the same nationality as the defend
ant; land disputes between Japanese
and Chinese shall be tried by the joint
Chinese and Japanese authorities, ac-
cording to the Chinese laws and Gus.
toms
Article has been displaced by
pledges that China shall undertake no
military or naval preparations nor au.
thorize foreigners to undertake such
preparations on the Fukien coast in
the future.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
GERMANS DEFEAT
RUSSIAN FORCES
THE cARPATHiAN CAMPAIGN OF
GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS is
COMPLETE FAILURE.
Battle Front Of Muscovites Rolled Up
by a Thanking Movement and
More Than Fifty Thousand
Prisoners Taken by Austrians.

The strategic achievement OF roll
ing UP hostile battle front by a
fianking attack, of which Chancellors-
vile is one of the few successful ex-
amples in modern history, is now in
full progress in west Galicia, accord
ing to advices from Vienna Favored
by continued good weather, mile
after mile of the Russian Carpathian
front has been rendered untenable by
the steady, unchecked Austro-German
advance.
The Austrian cavalry and infantry
followed the Gorilce turnpike and
have already reached the Wisloka
river. The supporting artillery
dropped shells on the road from Zmi-
grod to Jaslo, one of the principal
lines Of the retreat for the Russians
In the Dukla region, The Russian
forces have been in full retreat since
dawn Of May 5 and are being closely
followed by the Austrian Carpathian
army, according to official advices
reaching here. More than $4,000 pris-
oners have already been captured by
the Austrians In west Galicia.
Field Marshal Won Hoetzendorf's
plan Is working out with precise regu-
larity with respect to this section Of
the front. Confidence is expressed by
headquarters that the principal por-
tion of the Russian army under Gen
eral Radko Dimitrieff, which is at.
tempting to defend positions in the
Carpathians to the west of Lupkow
pass, cannot make good its retreat
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
ROOSEVELT CALLS IT PIRACY
Former President penounces Torpedo
Ing OF the Lusitania.

Syracuse, N. Theodore Roose.
velt after learning details of the sink.
ing OF the Lusitania, late Friday night
made this statement:
This represents not merely piracy,
but piracy on vaster scale OF muir
der than any oldtime pirate ever prac.
ticed This is the warfare which de-
stroyed Louvain and Dinant, and hun.
dreds OF men, women and children in
Belgium. 1t is warfare against inno-
cent men. women and children, travel.
ing on the ocean, and on our fellow
country women, who are among the
sufferers.
1T seems inconceivable that we can
refrain from taking action in this mat
ter for we owe 1t not only to human.
ity, but TO our own national self-re
spect"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
GERMAN SUBMARINE
SINKS THE LUSITANIA
Passenger Vessel Sent to Bottom Off Coast Of
Ireland, Over One Thousand Lives Being
Lost, Many Americans Among Victims.

saw a steamer with her bows in the
air He said hardly ten minutes later
she keeled over and sank.
A resident OF Ard6eld, Ireland, esti-
mated the ship was five miles from
shore when he heard the crash of the
torpedo when 1t pierced her side. For
moment she seemed to move slowly
straight ahead, then turned suddenly
and then stopped, her bow sinking and
the stern rising. Then she keeled
over and disappeared from sight. With
in few minutes ten rescue boats had
reached the spot where she went down.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
WAS NO PANIC AMONG CREW
Passenger Tells Of Scenes on Lusl.
tania After Torpedoes Struck.

Queenstown.-A sharp lookout for
submarines was kept aboard the LUST
tania as she approached the Irish
coast, according to Ernest Cowper, a
Toronto newspaper man, who was
among the survivors landed here. He
declared that after the ship was tor
pedoed there was no panic among the
crew, but that they went about the
work Of getting passengers into the
boats In a prompt and efficient man.
ner.
AS we neared the coast Of Ireland"
said Mr. Cowper. I'VE all joined In the
lookout, for a possible attack by a
submarine was the sole topic OF con-
versation. / was chatting with a
friend at the rail about 2 o'clock, when
suddenly / caught a glimpse OF the
coming tower oc n submarine about
1000 yards distant. Immediately
called my friends attention to It. I'm,
mediately we both saw the track OF a
torpedo, followed almost instantly by
an explosion. Portions of splintered
hull we're sent flying into the air and
then another torpedo struck. The
ship began to list to starboard.
The crew at once proceeded to get
the passengers into boats In an order.
ly, prompt and efficient manner. Miss
Helen Smith appealed to me to save
her. ! placed her in a boat and saw
her safely away. got into one Of the
last boats to leave.
Some OF the boats could not be
launched as the vessel was sinking.
There was a large number Of women
and children In the second cabin.
Forty OF the children were less than a
year old"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Ir's FORTUNE OF WAR;"
Liner Commanders Comment on Sink
of His Ship.

Queenstown.-Captain Turner, com.
mander of the Lusitania, has refused
so far to make a formal statement.
His first statement on landing was one
Of quiet irony.
Well" he said, 1T is the fortune
of war"
Captain Turner remained on the
Lusitania's bridge until the structure
was submerged, and then climbed up
a ladder, as would diver from a
tank. When he reached the surface
he grasped an oar and then a chair.
He chung to the chair for nearly two
hours, and finally when the chair turn.
ed over he flung up gold braided
arm. This was seen by a member of
the crew In one of the boats and thus
the commander was saved.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
BRITONS EXPECTING CONVERT
Believe Sinking OF LusItanla Should
Cause Americans to Aid British.

London.--Most of the morning newe
papers print editorials concerning the
sinking OF the Lusitania.
The Times says 1t Is not for Great
Britain to speculate upon the course
to be adopted by the United States
government, now that they are con
fronted with situation which con
Germs that country as closely as II does
Great Britain.
THE members OF Mr.. Wilson's min
istry," says the Times. ARE the guar
dams OF their national honor and the
lives OF their own people. Upon them
rests a heavy responsibility which we
shall not seek to accentuate, but the
destruction OF the Lusitania must as
suredly hasten the day when every
civilized power will feel constrained to
join with US"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
VIII Punish Brokers.

Chicago.-A notice has been posted
on the Chicago Board OF Trade saying
the officers OF the board would hold
to strict accountability any member
guilty of originating or disseminating
false rumors."
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Americans In Urumiah Safe.

Observation-Disclosures from the
Turkish government that Americans
In Urumiah, Persia. where bandit up
risings were reported some weeks ago,
were safe and not in need OF financial
aid has been received.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Airshlps Raid London.

London.-German airmen dropped
twelve bombs on South End and vicin-
ity early Monday, but only two deaths
resulted. An old woman was killed in
her bed and her husband, who had at
tempted to rescue her. died from in.
juries received in jumping from a win
dow.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
EXPRESSES REGRET.
Count Bernstorff Expresses Personal
Regrets for Killing of Americans.

Washington.-While official Wash
ington waited on Monday for word
from President Wilson as to what is
to be the policy of the United States
in the crisis resulting from the sinking
of the Lusitania. Count Bernstorff
the German ambassador, called at the
state department and expressed to
Secretary Bryan Ibis deep regret that
the events of the war had led to the
loss of so many American lives"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Villa Forces Retire. :.

Washington.-Carranza troops have
reoccupied Panuco. In the oil we'll re-
gion near Tampico, according to ad-
vices from Mexico to the state depart
ment. The Villa force which captured
the town about ten days ago evacuat.
ed May and the Carranza force
marched in.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Pope Benedict Shocked.

Rome.-Pope Benedict was deeply
impressed by the sinking of the Lusi
tania. His holiness expressed horror
at the destruction of the liner and said
he hoped the American government
would be able to make future disas
ters of the kind impossible.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Wlndstorm In Tennessee.

Huntingdon, Tenn.-Mrs. Lee Bum
and her child were killed and Mrs. f
Hilliard was probably fatally hurt Fri
day night when their homes near Hun
tingdon were wrecked by a windstorm
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Drive Germans From Exchange.

London.-The feeling of resentment
against Germany over the torpedoing
of the Lusitania was so strong on the
stock exchange Saturday that the Brit.
ish members united and turned all
their fellow members of German
origin and also all German clerks bod
lily out of the house
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Alleged Murderer Released.

Galesburg, Ill-"Lovey" Mitchell,
who has been held in Warren county
jail charged with the murder OF the
Dawson family at Monmouth, was re-
leased Thursday because the grand
jury had not taken action.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
steel Men Aboard LusItanIa.

MISUNDERSTANDING to steam.
ship agents here twenty persons from
the pittsburgh district had booked
passage on the Inflated Lusitania. In
the number were eight first cabin. sec.
ond cabin and three third cabin pas
sengers
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Ohio Strike Settled.

Cleveland of the strike
in the eastern Ohio coal fields that
has kept $4,000 miners idle for thir
teen months and has cost more than
$4O,O00,00O, was accomplished Satur.
day, both sides claiming victory.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
FORTS slLENcEp BY ~LEET.

Paris.-A dispatch from Tenedos to
the Havas agency says that although
the bombardment of the Dardenelles
forts is being continued by the allied
feet, all OF the Turkish batteries as
far up the straits as Niagara at the
end of the narrows nearest Constan-
tinople have ceased firing and appar-
ntly have been destroyed.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Frohman May Have Lost Life.

New York-Charles Forhman, prob
ably the most widely known theatrical
man in the world, was a passenger on
the Lusitania, and 1t is believed that
he, as we'll as many first cabin pas,
sengers, went down with the ship.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
PROMINENT PhIIadeIphlans Lost.

Philadeiphia.-s. NJ. Knox. president
OF the New York Shipbuilding com
pany. Camden, and William Sterling
Hodges. Paris representative OF the
Baldwin Locomotive works. we're pas
sengers on the Lusitania.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
srayn's Former son-ln.Law WEEDS.

Springfield. Ill.-Announcement was
made Saturday OF the marriage last
Thursday in Pekin, H., OF William
Homer Levitt, former son-in-alw OF
William Jennings Bryan, to Miss Clara
Killius OF this city.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Germans Take city Of Llbau.

Berlin.-ofiicial announcement was
made at the German war office Sat
urday that the city of Libau. in the
province of Courland, Russia, has
been captured by the Germans. aLibau
is an important sea port ~
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Travellers undIsmayed.

New York.-The British steamer
Transyivania OF the Anchor line sailed
Friday for Liverpool. few hours after
news OF the Lusitania's sinking had
been received. The Transylvania's
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Hoped to Cause War.

London.-T think the Lusitania has
been torpedoed deliberately for the
purpose of making the United States
declare war;" said Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford on Saturday. II
foretold the whole present situation in
February and gave my reasons for
thinking Germany meant to bring
America into the war"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
germans Sink Danish shlp.

London.-The steamer Cathay. from
Copenhagen for Chinese ports. was
either mined or torpedoed late Thurs
day night in the North sea. She went
down in twenty minutes. Her passen-
gers and crew were saved. -,
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
Speed swamps Boat.

MISUNDERSTANDING to several
members OF the crew OF the Lusitania.
whose statements are corroborated by
passengers, the swapping OF the life
boats w due to the high speed OF the
vessc
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
GEN. vIcToRIANo HUERTA

General Huerta, whose enemies In
Mexico want Uncle Sam 10 expeI him
from the United States, posed for this
photograph soon after his arrival In
New York.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-05-14
GENERAL SARAlL

General saralI, one Of Joffre's best
commanders, 10 now In command Of
the French forces which are battling
desperately to break the German
wedge at ST. Mlhlel. sarail ably de-
Tended Nancy In the early days Of the
war.