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LUSITANIA DISASTER CAUSES
ADMINISTRATION TO WORRY
News of the torpedoing of the L?usi
tania struck official Washington like
a bomb. While disposed to await full
details before expressing: opinions, all
administration officials realized that
the incident was probably the most
serious that Washington has faced
since the beginning of the war.
There was only one person booked
through the Washington office of the
Cunard line for the J>usitania, it was
said today?Henry Pollard of I^ondon.
who had been here on business and
was returning to England.
Tf Washingtonians were among the
1,4300 passengers on board the vessel
they were booked through New York.
Dr. Howard Fisher of Washington; it
was said, must have been hooked
through some other agency than that at
Washington.
The Washington agency this./after
noon had not received confirmation of
the report that the Lusitania had been
torpedoed.
Officials did riot believe there would
he complications, unless American lives
were lost. There was a supreme con- ,
fldence among many high officials that
all the Americans had been saved. In
fact, it was disclosed that the I'nited
States government had information of
an unofficial character several days age
to indicate that Germany intended t<
destroy the Lusitania at the first op
portunity. as a means of terrorizing
British shipping and preventing ocear
commerce with the allies.
It was taken for granted by officials
here that if there existed a plan br
the German admiralty to torpedo the
vessel every precaution had been sug
gested to the submarine commander t?i
insure the safety of the passengers
The German embassy here from time
to time has declared that the purpose
of the German submarine campaign
was not to cause a loss of life but to
strike a blow at British ships and
commerce.
While the United States in its note
to Germany has insisted that before
any vessels with neutrals and non
combatants aboard were sunk, pas
sengers must be removed to a place of
safety, no case had arisen until the
wrecking of the Gulflight last Satur
day, the investigation of which has not
yet been completed.
Should any Americans lose their
lives the case would be covered, offi
cials thought, by the warning to Ger
many that she would be held in that
event by the I'nited States "to a strict
accountability."
LUSITANIA TORPEDOED AND SUNK
(Continued from First Tage.>
that a message to the Cunard line reads as follows:
"The Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk at 2 :33 this afternoon
off Kinsale.
"There is no word of her passengers or crew, who number more
than 1.900."
Kinsale, off which the Lusitania was torpedoed, is a seaport of
Ireland, thirteen miles southwest of Cork. It lies near the entrance
of St. Georges channel, between Ireland and England, through
which transatlantic vessels pass on their way to Liverpool.
1.253 Passengers Aboard.
LONDON. May 7?The Cunard line
steamer Lusitania. from New York Ma;.
1 for I Liverpool with 1.253 passenger?
on board, was torpedoed this afternoon
at 2:3.1 o'clock at a point about ten miles
off old head. Kinsale, Ireland, and
later wentN down. it is believed tiiat
her passengers are safe. No details
of how they may have been rescued,
however, are at hand. One message re
ceived here says: "It is not known
t- how many of the Lusitania's pas.^en
" gers were saved.'*
Relief was immediately sent out from
Queenstown. She floated a reasonable
length of time before going down. It is
possible that some of the rescuing ships
got to her side. It is believed that the
I.usitarda's water-tight bulkheads would
tend to keep her afloat
Two hundred of the passengers on
board the Cunarder were transferred
to her from the steamer Cameronia be
fore she left New York.
The presence of German submarines
in the transatlantic lanes of travel has
been indicated by the sinking, during the
past few days, of other British vessels off
the Irish coast.
It was the Lusitania which last Feb
ruary made use of the American flag
to protect her from possible attack on
the part of German undersea boats.
1,310 Passengers on Ship
When She Left New York
When the Lusitania sailed she had
aboard 1,310 passengers. Some nervous
ness had been caused because of the
publication In the morning papers of
Saturday of an advertisement warning
intending travelers that a state of
war existed between Germany and
Great Britain and her allies; that the
sone of war includes the waters ad
jacent to the British Isles: that in ac
cordance with notice given by the
German government vessels flying the
flag of Great Britain are liable to de
struction In those waters and that
travelers sailing in the war sone on
ships of Great Britain or her allies do
so at their own risk.
This warning apparently did not
cause many cancellations, for the ship
sailed with a full passenger list. Just
before the steamer's departure a num
ber of the passengers received tele
grams at the pier, signed by names
unknown to them and presumed to
be fictitious, advising them not to sail
as the liner was to be torpedoed by
submarines. Alfred Gwynne -Vander
bilt was one of the passengers who
received such a message. .He de
stroyed the message without comment. |
Agent Reassured Travelers.
Charles P. Sumner, general agent of
the Cunard line, was at the pier, and
in a statement made then said that the
voyage of the L/usitania would not be
attended by any risk whatever, as the
liner had a speed of twenty-flve and
a half knots and was provided with
unusually tight bulkheads.
In commenting on the report of the
torpedoing of the Lusitania today
marine men pointed out that in their
opinion the Lusitania could not be
sunk by a single torpedo.
I he Lusitanla wax delayed for more
?nan two and a half hours In sailing
for Liverpool last Saturday on account
of having to take over the 1?>3 passen
gers from the Anchor liner Cameronia,
which was chartered at tlie laut min
ute by the British admiralty.
C T Broderick. Boston; \V. Broderick
- * .oete. San Antonio. Tex.; J y. Brooks
New York; Mrs. F C. Brown, New York.'
William II. Brown. Buffalo. N. Y ; Mrs.
Burnside and inaid, New* York. .Mr and
Mrs A U Bruno, Montclalr, N J;
A J. Byington, Ixmdon; Michael <I. ,
Byrne New York: I> I? Chabot. London.
Mrs W Chapman, Toronto
I H ''harles, Toronto; Miss JJorls
? harles. Toronto. Rev. Cowley Clark,
London, a Clark, Toronto; M. Cohen.
New York. li. Colebrook, Toronto.
Miss Dorothy Conner. New York; Mr.
and Mrs George R. Copping, To
ronto; Mrs. William Crichtou. New
York; Mr and Mrs. Paul Crompton,
Stephen. John and Alberta Compton.
infan- and nur*-. all of Philadelphia;
Robert W Crooks. Toronto; A. H.
Cross, , R K. Dearbergh. New York;
Mrs. A De Page, New York <a!
J'ingwall. Chicago; Mrs. ?\ Oougall
Quebe. ; Mr Audley Drake. Detroit.'
.fames Dunimufr, Toronto; W. a ,
mond. Quebec; John Fenwlck, Swit
aerland. Dr. Howard Fisher. New York 1
Justin M Forman, New York, Mr. and
Mrs ?*harles F Fow ies, New York
J_ Friedenstein. ixmdon. Edwin W
Friend. Farrolngton, Conn; Charles!
Jjrohn-an and valet. New York,
Fred J. Gauntlett. New York, Kdward'
Gorer, New York Mr. and Mrs. Mon
7/ (iram- Chicago. Mr. and Mrs.
r-reo Hammond. Toronto Mr. and Mrs.
y. xi Ham tnortfj. New York; C <?
liarnw ick. New York; <\ T Hill Lon
don
Mr ami M>.? William Hnrlir/s ar:d
P Maater Bobs. Holt.
Montreal; Thoma* Home. Toronto.
vii.rt if I?"' Vork. Mr ami Mra.
iit .. Hubbard. Kant Aurora. N V
Miss I . Hutchinson. Orange. N J <* T
rhl".K.0 Mla? Jones.' New
Tork Mr and Mr?. W. Keeble. Toronto
Fran<K < Kellett. New York; .Mr'
Ke^iT" Joroni.?- i'rK c. Hickaon
Ef? ~ >.york M,?" **atherv?
neM iy' V? T2.rk- Joh" w Mct'on
nell, Meraphls. Tenn., Mis* Francis
\ew?York William Mcl.ean.
V ? ? MfMurrav. Toronto; Fred
' Murtrr. .New York, F K Ma
l.enna n. New York. Mri. Henry I) Mae
'."i"',, ,0rk- l-ad> Mar worth. Car.
<11 IT, W ales.
Mr. and Mra Stewart 8. Maaon. Boa
nJ'. ! w v. Mf>ntreal; Kev
.? "v. Knjfland,
? ?eorije Maurice. Toronto; M. B Med
turv- York. H H Meyers. New
*?? .* ? Mills. New York; James B
Mitchell Philadelphia; R T. Moodle'
York; Mra. M. S. More*
Toronto; G. G. Mosley. New
York: Mrs. Munro, Liverpool, England;
List of First Cabin Passengers.
The following: is a list of the first
cabin passengers aboard the Lusitania:
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Adams, Boston,
Mass.; A. H. Adams. New York; VV.
McM. Adams. New York; Lady Allan
and maid, Miss Anna Allan and Miss
: Gwen Allan and maid. Montreal; M.
N. Alles. New York; Julien De Ayala.
! Cuban consul general at Liverpool;
?lames Baker, England; Miss AL a.
Baker. New York; Mr. and Airs. G. W.
B. Bartlett. London; J .1 Battersby.
Stockport. England; Albert C. Bilicke
and wife, Los Angeles. Cal.; Leonidas
Bistio, Atlanta: J. J. Black. New York;
Thomas Bloomfield, New York; James
1 Bohan. Toronto, Canada; E. B. Bowen,
Boston; Mr. Boulton, jr.. Chicago; Miss
I Braithwaite. Morristown, N. J. ; Miss
Josephine Brandell, New York; Allan
Bredge and wife. New York; C. T. Brod
rick, Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Kevser. Philadel
phia; Mrs. M. W. Ketchum, New York;
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kimball, New York;
T. B. King, New York, Charles Klein,
New York; C. H. Knight and Miss E.
H. Knight, Baltimore; S. M. Knox, Phil
adelphia; Sir Hugh Lane. England;
Mrs. H. B. Lassetter, London; F. Las
setter, London; Charles E. Lauriat, jr..
Boston: Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Learoyd
and maid, Sydney, Australia: James
Leary, New York: Eban A. Leigh. Liv
erpool, England; Gerald A. I^etts, New
York; Mrs. Popham Lobb, New
York; R. R. Lockhart, Toronto; Mr.
and Airs. A. r>. Loney, Miss Loney
and maid. New York; Mrs. A. C.
Luck and two children, Worcester,
Mass.; Herman A. Myers, New York;
Herman A. Myers, New York; F. G.
Naumann, New York; Gustav Adolph,
Nyblom, Canada; Dr. J. O. Orr, Toron
to; F. Orr Lewis and valet, Montreal;
Mrs. A. B. Osborne. Hamilton, Ontario;
Mrs. F. Padley, Liverpool, England;
Frederico G. Padilla. consul general
for Mexico in Great Britain; J. H. Page,
New York; Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Pap
padopoulo, Greece: Frank Partridge,
New York; Charles E. Paynter, Miss
Irene Paynter, Liverpool, England;
F. A. Peardon, Toronto; Dr. and Mrs.
F. S. Pearson, New York; Maj. and
Mrs. F. Warren Pearl, Infant and maid.
New York; Misses Amy W. W. and
Susan W. Pearl and maid, New York;
Master Stuart Duncan D. Pearl, New
York; Edwin Perking, New York;
Frederick J. Perry, Buffalo, N. Y.; Al
bert N. Perry, Buffalo; Wallace B.
Phillips, New York; Robinson Pirie,
Hamilton, Ontario; William J. Pier
pont, Liverpool, England; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles A. Plamondon, Chicago
Henry Polland, New York; Miss Theo
date Pope and maid, Farmington, Conn
?George A. Powell, New York; N. A
Tiadcliffe, New York; Robert Rankin,
New York; Dr. Owen R. Kenan, New
York; A. L. Rhys-Evans. Cardiff. Wales;
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Rogers, Toronto; T.
W. Rumble, Toronto; Miss Laura Ryer
son, Toronto; Mrs. G. Sterling Ryerson,
Toronto; Leo M. Schwabacher, Balti
more; August W. Schwarte, New York;
Max M. Schwarcz, New York; Percy
Secombe, Boston; Miss Elizabeth Se
combe, Boston; Mr. and Mrs. Victor E
Shields. Cincinnati; Mrs. R. D. Shymer
New York: M T. Slidell, New York!
Miss Jessie Taft Smith, Bracevillel
Ohio: H. B. Sonneborn, Baltimore; Com
mander J. Foster Stackhouse, London
G VV. Stephens, infant, nurse and maid'
Montreal; Duncan Stewart, Montreal:
Herbert S. Stone. New York; Martin
van Straaten, London, England C F
Sturdy, Montreal.
/?' -vlon"'*al: I>. a. Thomas.
< ardlff. Wales: Mr. and Mrs. K Bllsh
Thompson, Indiana; George Tibergliien
New York; li J. Tlmis. New York; F
K. O. Total. I.ondon; Krnest Towniey.
Toronto; f?. H. Turton, Melbourne, Aus
tralla; .Miss Mabel Twenlo, New York;
Alfred <;. Vanderbilt and valet New
Vork; Mrs. A. F. Wltherbv. New York
A T. Wakefield, New York Mr D*
Walker, New York; Mrs. Wallace Wat
son, Montreal: Mrs. Catherine K Wil
ley. I.ake Forest, 111.; T. H. Williams
New York; C. F. Williamson, New
York; Mrs A. F. Wltherbv. New York
Master A. L. Wltherby. New York; I,a-'
throp Withlng-ton, Boston; Arthur
Wood. New Vork; Mr. and Mrs. J. M
>'"ing. Hamilton, Ont ; l'hilip Young,
Montreal
Refuse to Heed Warning.
Charles T. Bowrlnir. head of the firm of
Bowring Brothers and president of the
St George Society, was one of the pas
sengers who sailed on the Lusitania. He
'?ommented on the advertisement appear
ing in the morning papers, characterizing
it as a silly performance and below the
dignity of a diplomatic representative of
any foreign government.
Alexander Campbell, general manager
for John Dewar A- Sons. I.ondon. who also
.sailed, referred to the advertisement as
"tormnyrol."
Other passengers on the Lusitania
Included Elbert Hubbard, publisher of
the Philistin; D. A. Thomas. the
wealthy Welsh coal operator, ami his
daiightt-r. Lady M^-kworth, the Eng
lish suffragette. All these persons
took occasion to say that they saw
nothing to worry at in the advertise
ment.
It was said at the Cunard offices to
day. previous to the receipt of the re
port of the torpedoing of the Lusitania.
that they did not expect the steamer
to arrive at Liverpool until Saturday,
as recentlv she had taken seven days
to make the trip.
Presence of Submarines Announced.
The presence of German submarines
off the southern coast of Ireland and
along the line of travel the Lusitania
would foliow in going to Liverpool
was made known in a dispatch from
Glasgow last night which recited that
the British steamer Cherbury had been
torpedoed in the Atlantic ocean off the
Irish coast. This was April 29.
Two other vessels were *ent to the
bottom more recently, the Centurion
and the Candidate. Just where these
ships were attacked has not been made
known, but their destinations lead to
the belief that more than one of the
German submersibles have been op
DANCING AND GAMES FEATURE KINDERGARTEN SPRING FETE IN THE MALL.
j erating in the lines of transatlantic!
travel. It may be that they were j
waiting: for the Lusitania, and in the
meanwhile attacked such other vessels *
as came within their ran pre.
Once Used U. S. Flag for Protection. !
It was the steamer Lusitania whose
flying- of the American flag in the j
month of February on her way from
Queenstown to Liverpool in order to
protect her against possible attack by
a German submarine caused consider
able astonishment on both sides of the
ocean and resulted in the issuing of a
statement by the British foreign office
justifying the use of a neutral flag
under circumstances such as these.
The Lusitania was one of the largest of
transatlantic liners, as well as one of the
speediest. She was built iri Glasgow in
1906. She was 785 feet long, 8s feet beam
and 60 feet deep. Her gross tonnage was
32,500. She was owned by the Cunard
Steamship Company, Ltd.. of Liverpool.
Her captain was W. T. Turner.
The Lusitania was a product of the
race for speed which was carried on
for years among * transatlantic steam
ship companies, particularly of Hug
land and Germany. When the Lusi
tania was launched she was the wonder
of the maritime world. Her mastery
of the sea from the standpoint of
speed was 'undisputed. The progress
of the Lusitania on her first voyage to
New York was watched by the world.
When news of the sinking of the
Lusitania became known on the New
York Stock Exchange one of the worst
smashes in recent years developed. At
the office of W. H. Hibbs & Co. it was
stated that .'ill industrials sagged point
after point. Steel dropping in five min
utes from 57% to 51^?, and others keep
ing pace. Union Pacific declined five
points and a fraction in as many min
utes, and brokers were deluged with
selling orders.
A ticker story to the effect that the
big Cunarder had been beached and
that passengers and crew were saved
brought about a rally that lasted for a
few minutes, but failure of confirma
tion of this report and continued am
plification of the original report of the
torpedoing and sinking of the liner oc
casioned a resumption of the down
ward course of all stocks.
DR. HOWARD FISHER ABOARD.
Washington Physician Among Pas
sengers on the Lusitania.
A Washington man on board the Lusi
tania was Dr. Howard Fisher, brother of
the former Secretary of the Interior, Wal
ter L. Fisher, and a practicing physician
in Washington fourteen years. He had
offices in the Mendota, and sailed for
DR. HOWARD FISHER,
tanla.
Europe to help organize a hospital unit I
for the British Red Cross Society.
Dr. Fisher was to co-operate with his'
brother-in-law, Harold J. Kickitt, a !
prominent Englishman, in organizing this j
hospital unit as a gift to the British gov- j
ernment. It was expected to be assigned
to Belgium.
Dr. Fisher was horn in Wheeling, W.
V,a. His father was president of Han
over (Ind.) (College, from which insti
tution Dr. Fisher was graduated, and
also from Jefferson Medical College. He
is a member of the American Medical
Association.
For several veare Dr. Fisher saw serv
ice in India.
WARNED BY GERMANY
Famous Statement of Embassy Was
Published Just Before the
Lusitania Sailed.
It was recalled today that the Ger
man embassy issued a warning to the
public, in the form of an advertise
ment in the newspapers, published May
1, against making the Atlantic voy
age.
When the news of the disaster to the
Lusitania arrived in Washington this
afternoon the notice was recalled. It
was dated April 22, although published
May 1. The notice was as follows:
NOTICE!
TRAVELERS intending to em
bark on the Atlantic voyage are
reminded that a state of war
exists between Germany and her
allies and Great Britain and her
allies; that the zone of war in
cludes the waters adjacent to the
British Isles: that, in accordance
with formal notice given by the
imperial German government,
vessels flying the flafe of Great
Britain, or any of her allies, are
liable to destruction in those
waters and that travelers sailing
in the war zone on ships of Great
Britain or her allies do so at
their own risk.
IMPRRIA I. GERMAN EMBASSY
Washington, D. C., April 22, 1915.
Panic on New York Exchange.
Direct wires to brokers' offices in
Washington from the New York Stock
Exchange showed that a panic ensued
on the floor of the New York exchange
immediately following the announce
ment that the Lusitania had been tor
pedoed and sunk.
At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon the dis
patches received here showed thgit ev
erything had broken "wide open'' on
the exchange and that securities all
along the line had dropped from five to
fifteen points.
President Wilson Notified.
President Wilson was informed of the
sinking of the Lusitania, and White
House officials showed keen anxiety to
learn whether any American lives were
lost. No comment was made.
ASKS EGYPT FOR COTTON BAN.
British Expect Prohibition to Cer
tain Ports to Follow Soon.
LONDON, May 7.?Great Britain has
requested the government of Egypt to
prohibit the export of cotton to all ports
other than French, Russian. Spanish and
Portuguese.
Foreign Secretary Grey informed the
house of commons yesterday that he ex
pected this prohibition to become opera
tive very shortly.
In normal times on an average from
rt.noo.ooo t(> 4,<iootooo ions of potatoes
rot because of their large water con
tent. Germany has erected drying
plants to avoid this waste.
THEME OF INTEREST
Outlook for "Winter Wheat Crop as
Shown by Department of
Agriculture.
Interest in the May grain report of
the Department of Agriculture, issued
today, centered in the winter wheat
crop, which was planted last fall on
the most extensive area ever seeded
with that cereal, but which, owing: to
unfavorable conditions, showed "De
cember 1 a condition below the ten
year average. The crop came through
the winter fairly well, but the Hes
sian fly was reported in several sec
tions, giving some apprehension.
The winter wheat area sown was 41,
263,000 acres, an increase of 4,135,000
acres over that harvested in i914. Esti
mating on the April 1 condition, the crop
reporting board last month calculated in
its first report, of production prospects
that the crop would be 611).000,000 bushels,
or lf? bushels an acre.
Details of Conditions.
Details of the report, showing conditions
as of May 1, follow:
Winter wheat?Area to be harvested,
40,169,000 acres, compared with 41,263,000
acres sown last fall and 36,008,000 acres
harvested last year.
Average condition, 92.0 per cent of
a normal, compared with 88.S April 1
last, 95.9 May 1 last year and 87.4, the
ten-year May 1 average.
The condition is indicative of a
yield per acre of approximately 17.3
bushels, assuming average variations
to prevail to harvest time. On the esti
mated area to be harvested this would
produce 693,000,000 bushels. The out
turn of the c^op will probably be above
or below the figure* given, according
as the change in conditions from May
1 to harvest is above or below the
average change.
Rye?Condition, 89.9 per cent of a
Eye?Condition, 89.8 per cent of a
normal, compared with 89.5. on April 1
last, 93.4 on May 1 last year and 90.6
the ten-year May 1 average.
Meadow (hay) lands?Condition, 89.8
per cent of a normal, compared with
90.9 on May 1 last year and S8.6 the
ten-year May 1 avent?e.
Hay?Storks of hay on farms May 1
are estimated at 8.468.000 tons, or i2.1
per cent of last year's crop, against
7,832.000 tons, or 12.2 per cent, on May
| 1 last year, and 7,969,000 tons, or 11.9
! per oent, the five-vear average on
1 May 1.
I Pastures?Condition. 87.2 per cent of
i a normal, against 88.3 on May 1 last
year and 86.4 the ten-year May 1 aver
I age.
Spring plowing Was 78.3 per cent 1
j completed up to May 1. compared with I
70.9 on May 1 last year, and 68.0 the j
ten-year May l average.
Spring planting Was 65.3 per rent
completed up to May 1. compared with
56.4 on May 1 last year and 54.8 the
nine-year May 1 average.
TO CONFER ON TAXES.
Delegates to San Francisco to Dis- i
cuss Question.
One of the conventions to he held in
San Francisco this year which is !
arousing interest in Washington is !
the annual conference of the National |
Tax Association, which begins a five- j
day session August 1U. Much impor- J
tance attaches to the conference here j
arid elsewhere because of the wide- |
spread and increasing interest shown in (
the subject of national, state and local i
taxation. J
A feature of the session will be the
report of the committee on the federal
income tax. of which I'rof. E. It. A. Se
ligman is chairman. The co-operation
of the Treasury Department is expected
in the discussion of this report, which
will aim to suggest points where
amendments may be made to obtain
better administrative results and re
move objectionable features.
WILD RUSH TO SELL
ON THE STOCK MARKET
News of Lusitania Disaster Causes
Intense Excitement?Prices
Fall Away.
I
: NEW YORK, May 7.?On the stock
exchange this afternoon intense ex
citement follower! the news of the
disaster to the Dusitania. There was a
wild rush to sell and prices fell away
within one hour from fifteen to thirty
points in war specialties and five to
ten points in the more stable issues.
Bethlehem Steel, which had scored a
new high record in the day, soon yield
ed all its gain and then dropped from
140 to 130 between sales.
Westinghouse broke twenty points,
and elsewhere losses were proportional.
Selling continued for the balance of the
session. Evidently news of the disaster
had spread to all parts of the country
commission houses, and brokers with
extensive wire connections received
selling orders from as far off as San
Francisco, L?os Angeles and New Or
leans.
OR. CARMAN TESTIFIES
IN WIFE'S DEENSE
MINEOLA, N. Y.f May 7.?Dr. Edward
| Carman described on the witness stand
j today, in his wife's trial on the charge
of murder, the shooting of Mrs. Louise
Bailey, in his office in Freeport, June
30 last. His story was identical with
that related by him in the first trial.
Mrs. Carman, who had prepared to
testify in her own behalf late today,
followed his testimony closely. It was
dark, Dr. Carman said, when he heard
the crash of glass, and, looking up,
saw a hand grasping a revolver thrust
through the broken window.
The state contends that the shooting
occurred while it was yet daylight,
and opposes the theory of the defense
that the assailant esoaped in the dark
ness.
Before Dr. Carman was called to the
stand William R. Smith, engineer of
the electric light plant at Freeport,
'testified that the street lights were
turned on at 8:10 o'clock the night of
the shooting.
The prosecution brought forward new
evidence yesterday in corroboration of
<*elia Coleman. Following up this new
development. District Attorney Smith
put on the stand George Toomer, a ne
gro, who not only corroborated Celia
in regard to the alleged bribery offer,
but was permitted to testify that she
had told him July 2 last of Mrs. Car
man's alleged admissions to the maid
regarding the killing of Mrs. Bailey.
Mr. Smith, in his cross-examination
of Mrs. Ida Powell, sister of Mrs. Car
man, put questions intended to show
that Dr. Carman, husband of the de
fendant. knew that a woman who was
in Dr. Carman's waiting room tne
night of the shooting had gone to Can
ada. Two young: women were in the
waiting room then, and Dr. Carman
and his family have maintained they
did not know who they were
"Did Dr. Carman tell you that one of
these young women wrote to him and
said it would ruin her to testify at the
first trial?" Mr. Smith asked Mrs. Pow
ell.
She answered "No."
To refute the testimony of Celia Cole
man. the defense on opening its case
late yesterday afternoon called Mrs.
Helen Corby, niece of Mrs. Carman,
and her husband, Charles; Mr. and Mrs.
Piatt Conklin. Mrs. Carman's parents,
and ten-year-old Elizabeth Carman.
They testified that at the time of the
shooting and subsequently Mrs. Car
man was in her room.
SUBMARINE SQUADRON FIRST TO ARRIVE IN THE HUDSON RIVER FOR THE REVIEW
OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET.
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SAYS LABOR MEN
CAUSED1911 STRIKE
G. W. Creighton of Pennsyl
vania R. R. Declares Union
Organizers Created Unrest.
CONTRADICTS TESTIMONY
OF HOYER AND MAURER
Tells Industrial Commission Line Is
Opposed to "Closed Shop" and
"Sympathetic Strike."
Attributing the shopmen's strike
among the Pennsylvania railroad em
ployes at Altoona In 1911 to the fact
that labor organizers had been sent to
that place particularly to stir up the
men in order to cripple the road and
to make a strike at Pitcairn success
ful, O. W. Creighton, general superin
tendent of the road at Altoona, today
took the stand and contradicted much
of the testimony given before the in
dustrial relations commission yester
day afternoon at the Shoreham Hotel
by former Mayor Hoyer of Altoona.
During his testimony Mr. Creighton
declared that the Pennsylvania com
pany was prepared to go to any ex
tent to prevent the "closed shop" and
the "sympathetic strike.' He also took
issue with the testimony given by
President Maurer of the Pennsylvania
State Federation of Labor, in which
the latter declared that the National
Guard and the Pennsylvania state con
stabulary should be wiped out of ex
istence. Maurer had testified that or
ganized labor was antagonistic to the
National Guard. Mr. Creighton de
clared that if the National Guard and
the constabulary were wiped out of
existence it would be impossible to
protect property in Pennsylvania.
Answers Hoyer*8 Testimony.
Answering testimony given by former
Mayor Hoyer of Altoona, Mr. Creighton
said that the strike had been begun
May 31, 1911, and that the company
had issued an order giving the strikers
until June 2 to get back to work.
He said the company was forced to
maintain a police force at Altoona to
protect its property along about a sev
en-mile front, including many impor
tant buildings. An active patrol was
needed, he said, and an appeal was
made both to Altoona and the county
for police after frequent attacks had
been made on the property.
"Has there been any change in the
wage scale of shopmen at Altoona since
1911?" asked Chairman Walsh.
"No," was the reply.
Mr. Creighton submitted figures
showing the average yearly earnings
at Altoona during the year 1911. He
showed that the division officers av
eraged $2,874; clerks. $943.70; ma
chinists, $1,090.79; shopmen, $738.26;
watchmen, $697.43; engine house men,
$819.i5; fuel and water station men,
$ < 06.09; car cleaners, oilers, etc.,
$581.35; all other employes, laborers,
etc., $748.41.
The greatest number of the latter
class were classed as ordinary laborers
at an average wage of $52.83 a month.
Some of the laborers ran as high at 44
cents an hour.
Commissioner Garretson asked if the
44 cents an hour wage was not unus
ually high. It was shown, however,
that a large number of laborers were
paid from 25 up to 44 cents an hour by
the company.
"In times of retrenchment how do
you decide which men are to be laid
off?" asked Chairman Walsh.
IiOyal Employes Rewarded.
"We go carefully over ll3ts and re
tain the most loyal and efficient em
ployes," replied Mr. Creighton.
He told the commission that arms
were not kept at Altoona at time of
the 1911 trouble, but that the com
pany got revolvers from the purchas
ing agent in Philadelphia for the pur
pose of defense.
"They are always kept on hand in
Philadelphia in times of peace," said
Mr. Creighton.
He testified that he called upon
Mayor Hager of Altoona for protection,
and said that if he couldn't give it it
would be necessary to call out the
state constabulary.
Mr. Creighton" flatly contradicted
statements made by Mr. Hoyer to the
commission yesterday that the Penn
sylvania railroad had attempted to
"fix" the courts in the interest of men
who were alleged to have had trouble
with the strikers. Mr. Creighton testi
fied that eventually all but 215 of the
573 men on strike came back to work.
"Did you or any officer of the com
pany Cry to prevent these men who
failed to come back from getting em
ployment elsewhere?" asked Mr. Walsh.
"No," replied Mr. Creighton.
Commissioner Garretson asked
whether Mr. Creighton believed it had
been right to send a communication to
the pastors of all churches in Altoona
asking them to prevent disorderly
gatherings and trouble.
"I believed it was right to try everv
means to prevent trouble," replied Mr
Creighton. "I still think it was right."
"Do you think it would have been
right for the unionists to ask the pas
tors to preach in support of the
strike?"
"1 would have done all in my power
to offset such a proceeding," was the
answer.
Organizers Created Unrest.
The witness said that 11,500 men had
been peacefully at work in Altoona, em
ployed by the Pennsylvania railroad
before the strike of 1911.
Fifteen organizers came to Altoona to
stir up unrest in order to cripple us
and make good a strike in progress at
Pitcairn," said Mr. Creighton. He de
clared there had been no unrest in Al
toona before these organizers came.
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman asked Mr.
Creighton if the Pennsylvania railroad
officials had attempted to confer In any
way with the strikers and strike lead
ers in order to settle the difficulties.
"We made no attempt," said Mr.
Creighton. "We had nothing in com
mon with these organizers, win. came
to Altoona merely to disrupt our or
ganization."
In answer to questions by Commis
sioner Aiston the witness testified
that about 11,000 employes remained
loyal to the company, while only abo.it
800 men sided with the organizers and
strikers.
Commissioner I.ennon asked if Mr.
Creighton believed a sympathetic
strike was detrimental to the public
good.
wa* the prompt reply.
1 hen you do not believe that the
men should help each other.'"
"That is one way of putting it," was
the reply. "But I do not think that be
cause one body of men 1,000 miles
away had a grievance we should have
our work tied up, when the trouble
had nothing to do with us."
Mr. Creighton testified that he and
other officials of the company had in
terested themselves in the welfare of
the men. He said that the two mat
ters which the company was ready to
fight to the limit were the closed shop
and the sympathetic strike.
Advises Military Training.
Declaring that the trade union man
should undergo military training, in or
der to be able to protect himself,
James H. Maurer, president of the
Pennsylvania State Federation of La
bor, yesterday afternoon described to
the commission specific instances of
cases in which, he said, the state po
lice were employed against union
strikers.
"I have on a previous occasion urged
that trade union men learn how to
shoot and to protect themselves," 1 >?
told the commission, "and next work,
M the convention of the state Federa
tion of Labor, I am again Koine to ad
vocate thj\t union men learn the mil -
tary arts, in order to protect then -
selves against these agents of the com
monwealth who are used against the )
We are tireil of having our defens*
less people shot down anil beaten b
these officers of the state, and if it .s
going to continue, it is necessary that
labor men he prepared to protect then,
selves "
Maurer submitted to the commission
a pamphlet he had prepared on the
Pennsylvania state nolice. which he
entitled "The American t'ossack Th?
police were recruited, he declared, from
"t'nited States soldiers an?l degenerate
sons of the middle class who never
were worth anything at home."
Witness Describes Shopmen's Strike.
Inquiry into Pennsylvania railr?>a 1
labor conditions continued yesterda>
i afternoon, amouc the witnesses being
I Samuel H. Mover, former Mayor of
j Altoona. Pa., who told of the strike
I in the Pennsylvania shops there in
1911. The striking shopmen *er#
peaceful. Mover said, hut ?; W. i"*reigh
i ton, general superintendent of the
1 Pennsylvania railroad at Altoona. eon
1 stantly urged him to arrest strikers
J and labor organizers w hen he had no
right to do so. and refused to do so
"Supt. freight on wante.i us to order
the arrest of strikets and organizers
on general principles." said the wit
ness. "Just so that some one was ar
rested. 1 told him that organizers and
strikers had as much right in Altoon?
as he and I had as long as they con
ducted themselves properly
"Creighton <lnint seem to want to
settle the strike I told hiin he cou>d
stop the trouble if he would let th?
men go hack to work, hut he said li
wouldn't take theni back because the
time limit for them to go back by
order had expired."
Mover said he finally told Supt.
freighton if he did not take the men
back he would lead the strike him
self. This, he said, led to an order
to take the men back, and all but a
few returned.
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I AFTER YEARS' SUFFERING
Known Far and Wide as Dean of
American Labor Editors?Resi
dent Fifteen Years.
D. Douglas Wilson died at his home.
1314 Madison street northwest, Monday,
and his body was cremated at Lee's
chapel Wednesday. Representatives
from many of the most important labor
organizations in the country were pres
ent at the services, for Mr. Wilson, as
editor of the Machinists' Journal, was
known far and near as the "dean of
American labor editors." Two daugh
ters and his wife survive him.
Mr. Wilson, who was fifty-seven years
old at the time of his death, had been
a resident of the District of folutnbia
for more than fifteen years. For more
than ten years he had been a sufferer
from paralysis as a result of an in
jury to his back, sustained while
working in a pit beneath a locomotive
of the Alabama Great Southern rail
way. During the last few years he
had been completely blind.
Edited a Noted Trade Journal.
Yet In spite of these almost insur
mountable handicaps he has so success
fully edited and conducted the publica
tion of the Machinists* Journal, with
the assistance of his wife, that the paper
has been pronounced one of the most in
structive and worth-while publication!
of this nature in the country.
Bom near Inverness, Scotland, Janu
ary 28. 1858, he went to work in his
tenth year, first as a grocery boy, then
as assistant scullion in the kitchen of
a big hotel. Later he began his ap
prenticeship in a machine shop, and be
came at nineteen a journeyman ma
chinist. He then went to sea as an en
gineer, and for over nine years sailed
the seas, visiting the ports east and
west of Europe.
On his occasional returns to England,
he rummaged in the book shops and
frequented the radical clubs of London,
where he had direct from William Mor
ris, Bernard Shaw, John Burns and
other socialists of the early eighties
their indictments of present society and
their pictures of the new time.
In the fall of 1886 he came to this
country, and, after drifting about a
while, settled in Birmingham, Ala .
where he worked at his trade, and
joined the International Association of
Machinists. In 1891 he was elected a
member of the first general executive
board and in 189."> he became the edi
tor of the Machinists' Journal, which
position he has held ever since.
Lad Injured by Automobile.
Thomas Williams, thirteen years old,
1128 New Hampshire avenue northwest,
was knocked down by an automobile
last night, while playing in front of
2116 M street northwest. He suffered
a scalp wound and injury to his left
leg. Miss Mollie Young, occupant of
the automobile, stopped her machine
and assisted the boy, who was not seri
ously hurt ?
Twice Escapes the Perils of War.
i READING, Pa.. May 7.?It was the
good fortune of fonrad Jackstead, a
sailor of Mount Petin. mjar here, to es
cape death twice when ships on whl?'h
he wag employed were blown up bv
torpedoes or mines in the war zone.
He was on the Gulfliglit, struck near
Seilly Islands Mav 1, as third engineer.
Two months earlier he was on the Eve
lyn. sunk in the North sea.
Farmers in one region of Queensland
feed their horses on chopped banana
stalks taken just after the fruit has
been harvested
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