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HORSES HERE FOR THE BIG SHOW WHICH OPENS TODAY. TRI\?i of k.vir wts lir.l.?x.l\<. to mkui> < . u\7.k\. ihn \i;ki? ok thk show. am. ?. h. iikkkixu ? no's. Great Crowds Throng to the Grounds at 18th and D Streets for Opening. VISITORS ARE HERE FROM MANY CITIES OF THE EAST Speculation as to Whether Entries of A. G. Vanderbilt. Lusitania Passenger, Will Be Scratched. W fill the band of the I'nited States engineers playing- man-hint? music, w 11h flags flying in variable winds under sunny skies and with great throngs crowding into the grandstands, boxes mid general admission places, the Na tional ''apita 1 horse show began this afternoon at 'J o'clock at the show grounds, IMh and T> streets northwest. More than f.ooo horses are entered, making the show tlie greatest that Washington has ever arranged, not only m point oi' numbers, but in Quality as well Long before the opening hour great streams of persons well known In public life, army officers, members "f Washington society and mere horse lovers. sat be red to hear the prelimi nary concert and to walk among the stables and see the horses at rinse range * Many Vanderbilt Entries. Visitors from New York, Philadel phia. Baltimore. Richmond and other eastern rifles arrived in numbers. Among these. who number many 'friends of \ If red Gwynn Vanderbilt, who was a passenger on the Lusitania and who had not been reported saved a' an early hour this afternoon, the possibility of the v. ithdr.i wal of Mr. Vanderbilt's horses excited the most interest. Mr. Vanderbilt ha< a stable of nine horses at the show grounds, the first "f which to be shown this afternoon is the famous trig horse. Sir James. He is scheduled to enter the ring at o'clock. Mi. Vanderbilt's pair of har ness horses, I>uk?* and 1'ireno. are scheduled to enter the ring at 4.30, and his lady phaeton team. Lad;. Wnrlev ? nd I'ireno, are on the card for s ow i^g at 5:L*? o'clock. It was said this afternoon at,the \ ;-n derbilt stables tiiat nothing could be said as to whether the horses would scratched. No news from Mr. Van derbilt had been received shortly after the opening of the show. Mr. Vander bilt had marie arrangements to to Kurope on the Lusitania. foregoing the opportunity to nunc to Washing tun to see his horses exhibited here Harness Horses Plentiful. The Madison Square Harden shows 111 New York npvir container! any better showinc ?.f harness horses. ii was mid this afternoon, than art- ,-t tii<- si her, Kdward I! Mcl.ean. Ju.ft;e .Moore who exhibits at Washington f,*,, tlie first time, anil wh.sc stalrf? is to have cost hi... K T Stotcs hury. John I. ri.ishncl, of Springfield. .. otners ? ill compete with the \ a riderniit harness horses for blue rib ! ,,r harness horses the Washington show this year will be o? ? of the best ever held in the I'nit.d States Miss I vers will show a p-,ir of importerl. hackneys which have ? v. r before been shown in this countrv fhtrt> blue ribboris in Lng The army uniform was greatly in ev dene* at the Show, cavalr;. men from Port Myer assisting as . - i ^ ? rouncers and buglers. ;s;,f| manv'armv omcers were present fromT<.rr Mve'r as well as from Fort Oglethorpe. < ;;i 'n' of *he principal features of the opening of t-e show was the sale bv many beautiful young women of s, . ?M*ty ,,f rorn flowers for the heoeflf of "iet Kltchsr Jp" lv chairman of a , ,,, which Will see to ir t(,r- aft. , ih:it Z ? ' """ Interested |? charttsl.Ie af fairs wears (1I:e hhl( She was hems assist.-.! I.v Mrs I'urdc Mrs Mrl'lin-O.k, .Mrs Blair, Mrs How-' ?irrt, Mrs \\ estcott and ,,,an> others Entries. Th. entries today, events were as " horona, i.re.i st.,;i ,?s Highland ef. . Wlllijjni Mitchell .?h,,Ker? iBl.twewht f.lewelv.i. Obey, ,-ap, .Ssbur, 1* gli b o, Ke?-me-not, Lieut .r M t . u-er llisrhlaid -jhief, fa pi \\i!|ia,? h e S r Dixon, I "apt Willi;,,, ?I. ' h< Iter i . |,,n. I.lent. Wilfred M "?hem. San l.uis. Warren }'. JerniKan' D il. .'apt \\ D Forsyth. Henv,- harness horses, novice, pairs, h.i?;l,t Memmori Wil ? m H .Moore Woodbine and Hon. v - .'?kle M;s, l-:!!a lw ,s .;ipsv Maid and ? l.sj l.oy. John I. Hushliell; .Supreme "lomus and rerrii xtoii Win Noa \ ... Atkinson Hullonwood l.ass an,! ate. \\ illiam ,\ J.u ber Uoadsters. ?;,,r Itul.v and l.:,s,., K . stote?hur>. Iter.,,, Herbert an,! mat, "iver h Stonestr,". Hlack liessie an.i Hoscobel and fleo t.has. Dr W 1- Brown. Silver .li?, and ? "ite, John <> 'Jh? i'ii, Novice park horses' Beech w old | , s. Viss Marion .In l'.?,i Tom. J,,,!,,',.' lames X. 'Jooile. Lanreiot. Miss Kll-t l-ers. Sparkling Moselle, A w' \tkin son: Cray Bird. Miss Ksther ?l I'iilmer Xcrne, Mrs. Allen I'otts. rireen hunters. lightweight ?;utJ Metal, E. !.. Redman; Sii <:ai:,ha.i and rruxton KinK. I^,uis f Kerftusori; Mari. H. W. Herrins .V Son! Cr.at Hunt, er, B. K. <iarber; Srnarty, I>r. i{ L. Humphrey: Springfield, Aiiss Lucv K. Siddons: Hennepin. Lieut Wilfrid M '?hent; Kiamensi. Washington Itiding ?nd Hunt ?'lut?; Kstella H and \ i - Mia Hoy, MeJvjn <* llazen. Three o'r "Iock ? nil I^ittle Ho, Home wood S able; Mm im. Johnson Russell: Paterolc, I'd ward J W. Murphy; Prince William, William ; Warw ick I'orcoran. ! ?Iit: horses?Tom . Jmlge .Tames W. | ilondo; Bountiful. Yida Frey and Mogal, j William II. Moon ; Seelight, .Miss Klla i Ivers; The Governor, .John I.. Bushnell; i Queen Daisy. Pabst stock farm: l-5i.il- j j ton wood Lass and Kuttonwood Maid,< ; William A. Piebler; Sir James, Oakland} ; farms. i Polo Ponies. i | I I Polo ponies, lightweight A knar, j j Capt. William .Mitchell; Highland Lady,) i Miss Ian y K. Siddons: Catharpen, Lieut.; ; Wilfrid M. Ghent: Danseuse and Ber-j ! muda, Hugh S. Legate: Mosquito,' j George Oakley Totten, jr.; Corks, Philip' H Sheridan. Road horses Cocktail, Ashleigh (farm; Battleax. Capt. <luy Oushman: '.Marjory Moreland, Miss Marion du j Pont; cioud\ Girl, Miss Alice Mann: , Lancelot. Miss Klla F. I vers*; Golden; ! Butterlly. Layton farms (Thomas B. ? Love); I domed, W. P. ISno; Acme, Mrs. ' Allen Potts: Nancy Pansy. Homewood i j Stable: Hiuh Ball, K. B. McLean; Bryce.i j Strontia farm. j Runabout horses?Tola. Miss Marion! | du Pont: Forget-me-not, Miss Hlla ! i Ivers; Gipsy Maid, John L. Bushneli; i .lov Direct. J >r. W. P. Collins; May Wil liams. Larz Anderson. ! Pairs hunters?Toronto and mate, j Col. Robert M. Thompson: Springfield 'and Royalty, Miss Lucy K. Siddons; j White Sox and Virginia Boy, Thomas Bones: San Luis, Warren J. Jernigan;; Harry Creek and Pretty Maid, Mrs. A1 ? j l len Potts; Klamensi. Washington Rid i ing and Hunt Club: Haro and Lenore, j [Gerald T. Hanley: pair. Homewood Sta ; ble: team, K. B. McLean; pair, Stronta ! farm. Heavy Harness Horses. I I I Heavy harness horses, pairs White- j Iwall Airel and Reabun, William H. 1 Moore; Honeysuckle and Woodbine,; j Miss Klla ivers; Gipsy Maid and Gipsy I j Boy, Gipsy Girl and Gipsy Queen, .John! I L. Bushnell: Queen Daisy and White-J j wall Flower Queen. Pabst Stork Farm;} Supreme Polonius and Terrinirton Why j j Not, A. W. Atkinson; Lad;. Dilharn and i | Klegant Dilham, L. B. Mc Lean; Pireno land Puke. Oakland Farms. i Corinthian class -Cocktail, Ashleigh' , Farms. Battleaxe, ''apt. Gu;? Cushman;! Rock Cress. Miss Vira Cornell; Ohio, j Dennis A. I'pson; Springfield and Rov-| ? alty. Miss Lucy K. Sirldons; Happy! ; Creek and Pretty Maid. Mrs. Allen! ? Potts; Nancy Pansy. Geologist and The 1 ' Scout. Homewood Stable: Ra vello, Red J Bird. Main!. High Hall and Field Mar-J -dial, K. B. McLean; Branton ami War-' j wick, Strontia Farm: Ironsides. Lans-1 ' downe. Haro ami Lenore, Gerald T. ! Hanley. Ladies' phaeton, appointment classes;} i to be driven blady- Miss Malbro,: I Bountiful and Whitewall Aire]. William' ; I!. Moore: Woodbine. Miss Ki!a Ivers; i Gipsy Girl, John L. Bushnell: Terring-! j t on W h y N , A. W. A t k i n son : i -ad v ! Warley ami Pireno, Oakland Fa i ms. I Military cla-ses. riders to wear uni : forms- Battle-axe, Capt. 'lyy Cushman: : Forget-M?--Not, Lieut .i M. Lager; | Prince Henry, K. St. .]. Greble. jr.;; Tarry Not, Capt. W. W Whit?-s?de; So phomore. Lieu?. A. L .lames: Highland Chief and Sir Dixon, Capt. William Mitchell: San Luis, Warren P. .ler- : nigan: Ironside. Lansdownr,* Haro and Lenore, Gerald T. Hanley; Joe, .John G. J Winter. Hunters, lightweight?< 'oektail, Ash leigh Farms: Battle-axe, Cap?.. Guy ? 'ushinan: Ohio, Dennis A. Pp. .n : Tarry Not, Capt W. W. Whiteside. Royalty, Miss Lucy K Siddons: Keano-k. Wil liam A. Liebler: Happy . Mrs. Al len Potts: The Scout, Homewood Sta ble; Ravello. Alarm, High Ball and Field Marshal, K. B. M'-L-an. I'.ra nton, Strontia Farm: Ironsides, Gej-ald T. Han by. FR0HMANS BODY FOUND. Theatrical Manager's Remains Being Embalmed qt Queenstown. I'll \ Bi t ?> I'ltOll >| \ \, One of tin* mifwiiig QPKKNS'I? ?WN, Ma . ** Th. body of Charles Frohmaf, the theatrical man lager of New York, has bei-n recovered and taken to Que^ust o ji. where it is : now being embalm.-d. LEAVE VALUATION BOARD. j Utilities Commission Announces Res ignation of Four Employee. Ami'Iui rt < ". .. Im . n tn;i tie of the | resignation from the valuation board of i the pu!)!;e ui: 1 s? i? s commission of James ! M. Reed, as - 'stam engin^er; )Nevins D. I Young, eb-ctrical workman; Joseph L. I Kelley. i ll r k, and Ivlward A. Beard, ,helper Palmer C* bbs has been ap | pointed a helper the board. John P Schiodt, inspector of meier^ } of the utilities coinmiss-ion, has laid off | a mile course along the speedway in j Potomac P.i i k peninsula, over which taxicats will l,, operated when tests are in.nli- ,t.s to the accuracy of taxi LUSITANIA'S LOSS | COMES AS CLIMAX i Severai Incidents Directly Af-1 fecting U. S. Have Occurred During Submarine War. ? . i COURSE OF GOVERNMENT IS STILL PROBLEMATICAL Plan of Germans to Sink Liner for Psychological Effect on Eng land. Charged. < IT. \\ . T. T! It N Kit Mt (lie I.uxilunia. The sinking "f t '??* - I .usita ri i ;i marks] the climax of a scries <?f incidents since! the anno:;:u:( -me: t of the (jerman war-j zone decree concerning which the! American ^ovrtuii'-nt has been silent.} ft is now predicted t lint even though! it developed that no American lives; were lost o'i tlx- Lusitania. general] representations 'a ill be made by the J United States covering all the case? in volved in ' he death of Leon Thresh- j er, an American '^izen, when the Br it-: ish steamer Falaba was sunk; the: dropping of bombs on the American! steamer <ushini-'. and the attack on the steamer (Julflight, which was, wrecked with a loss of three American lives Sensation Created. The report that the Lusitania was! torpedoed without warning created a' profound sensation, for it was the first J cane in which this threatened procedure; has been carried out with Americans j on board a belligerent ve:?. Aside, from the diplomatic phases of the case,1 which were widely discussed in the j capital, the linking of the liner brought I to light an interesting story of repeat-; ed threats and warnings which have readied high ofiiciais for several da vs past of a pia:: by the (Jerman admiralty to sink the L:isiiania for the psycholo gical effect .t would have on (Jreat Britain and the terror it might spread among ocean travelers generally. Planned Ahead, Is Belief. Information gathered among officials of the government and in diplomatic quarters confirm the belief that plans for the destruction of the Lusitania were made several weeks ago. First, the (Jerman embassy was instrutced to advertise :n the leading newspapers of the I nit-d Stales w..rning passengers against traveling on be,liferent snips. Anonymous warnings then were sent to individuals wh> proposed sailing on tn. Ln.-itania. do.-; significant of all wei e ioiti i s rei-civi'd here from officials in iltrmaiiy by private persons stating that the Lusilanta surely would be de stroyed. From the day the ship sailed from New York, officials here have received inquiries from many sources almost daily as to the safety of the. vessel. One official was told with much posi tiveness early yesterday that this was the day selected for the destruction of the vessel. Sinking Is Reported. The naval radio station at Arlington, which has been on the alert for new* i | from time to time, has been reported as I having picked up messages saying the I vessel was sunk, inquiry at the Navy I Department each time failed to confirm the reports, and they were not circu lated because II was feared tliev would spread unnecessary alarm. At I he Herman emhassv here, while no comment was made as to whether it was known lliere that the vessel was to ;he destroyed, it was said the embassy knew the l.usitania carried arms and ammunition and. being advised of the resolution of the German admiralt\ to attack ships that carried such contra band. officials had believed she would be attacked. ft was urged that the purposeof the German submarine cam paign was only to destroy British com merce and ships, but not lives. Question of Guns on Ship. j There was a disposition on the part of the Germans to inquire aiso whether the Lusitan^a carried any guns on her decks which might place her in the class of a warship, and make unneces | sary. according to the rules of Inter ! national law, the giving of warning, i Officials at the State Department said I they had not heard that the I-usitania <*arried any guns. At the British em bassy it was revealed that early In the ^ ;ir, after the 1 nited States govern ment had been consulted on the ques tion of small guns for the big liners, the advice was given by the State De- ! I part merit, and heeded, that no guns be ^ carried on the decks. When t hi e German admiralty pro claimed the waters around Great Brit ain and Ireland a "war zone" and warned neutral vessels against the ; ; dangers that lay therein the United! States did not admit Germany's right , to place hazards in the way of Amer ican vessels or lives. No Distinction Drawn. There was no distinction drawn then ' j as to whether the representations of the' I'nited States covered Americans I traveling on belligerent or neutral I craft, but officials informally disclosed) 'later that the note had been purposely I j phrased so as to cover both contingen- j I cies. ; The language of tin- American note! was everywhere recalled today :,s a i possible index of the policy to be pur-j j sued. The discussion at the time arose ? particularly over the misuse of flags! by belligerent vessels, the l.usitania S itself ha \ nig flown an American flag I ! to escape attack from German sub-! marines. Note to Germany. I The United States remonstrated with j ! Great Britain over such use of the j j American flag, and said at the time in , a note to Germany: "Tf the commanders of German ves-| l sels of war should act upon the pre-j sumption that the Mag of the I'nited j States was not being used in good j I faith and shold destroy on the high ; seas an American vessel or the lives of! American citizens it would be difficult ' to view thevact in an\ other light than j as an indefensible violation of neutral: rights which it would be very hard in-I deed to reconcile with the friendly re-j lat.ions now happily subsisting between j the two governments. "If such a deplorable situation should arise the imperial German government can readily appreciate that the govern-; rnent of the United States would be constrained to hold the imperial Ger-, man government to a strict accounta bility for such acts of their naval au thorities and to take any steps that! might be necessary to safeguard Amer ican lives and property and to secure j to American citizens the full enjoyment of their acknowledged rights on the; high seas." DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN TAXI. Doctor Believed to Have Slain Girl . and Self in Baltimore. BALTIMORE, May x. A man believed i to- be Dr. <\ V. Drueri of the Medical Gorps of the I'nited States Navy late last night shot and killed Miss Grace Kichorn of this city in a taxicab. He then killed himself. Letters from Miss Kichorn written to a Washington address telling of her love for Dr. Drueri and urging him to forget his jealouty were found in the doctor's satchel. The letters from Miss Kicborn to the physician mentioned a woman named Blanche and a man named Billy, lu all of them the yoking girl cautioned the doctor to be sparing in his attentions to Blanche, and assured hi ?>. that she herself would be cautious in her rela tions with Billy. Connected With Naval Hospital. Chr.rles V. Druen had been connect ed with the Naval Hospital in Wash ington for about a year and a half, his grade being hospital apprentice, first-class. During his stay at the hos I pital he had established a record for i himself of attending j?> h's duties. Be j fore being detailed here he had been | in the naval hospital in Brooklyn, j N. V.. and on the hospital ship Solace! j His nearest living relative is a (brother, Samuel B. Druen. a resident ..f Baltimore. The deceased visited jihis brother weekly. ! EERWYN HEIGHTS IMPROVED. j Citizens Hear Reports of Progress at Association Meeting. j The .Ma> imeting of the Hcrvvyn Heights Association was held Thursday (evening at the home of William H ' Smyser. on Huntley avenue. More than forty members attended. I The committee on roads and walks re ported ill::I about four miles of the streets ! in Herwyn Heights iiavi been improved , this spring, and the work on the walks j was nearl*. completed. A new bridge on j Huntley avenue will be built by the di rector of highways of I'rince (jeorges I county. Several new names were added to the | list of members, which now number more than eighty. Much interest was mani fested in the public school on the heights and the association is to hold a basket picnic at t lie sehoolhouse. Slav :si w-hen ) steps will he taken I.. improve cond ti.'ns I at the school. I ""J'T "fV of the association will be held June at the resldenee of J. C. Brelsford, on Kelch?r avenue. BELIEVE THERE WAS U. S. Naval Officials Suspect Lusitania Was Victim of Double Attack. INTIMATION IS DERIVED FROM PREVIOUS WARNING Speculation Regarding Rumors of Treachery on the Irish Coast. I Story Is Discredited. Suspicion that Hit- Lusitania must; have been hurried to her grave by in ternal as well as external explosions is entertained by naval officials, who to day expressed surprise that a vessel with so many water-tight compart- ! ments should sink so quickly within i thirty minutes after the tirst explosion.) The ship is understood to have car-: rled a vast quantity of war material! for the allies, including much ammu nition. Some of this might have been exploded bv the torpedo which struck the ship. In that event, the fact that the Lusitania tloated only thirty min- . utes would be-explained, as the internal) explosion might have ripped open sev-j eral compartments and so weakened j others that they gradually gave way! under the pressure of inrushing water.! Id naval quarters, while the torpedo- : ing of the Lusitania was deplored. thei>* was much speculation as to why i the swift liner had slowed down in ! the path of submarines. Officers said it was v?-ry difficult for j a torpedo to strike a big ocean liner going at full speed, and did not under stand where the British destroyers that would ordinarily control the course of the vessel could have been when the Lusitania was struck in broad dav liglit. Some navy?officers read, in the plain warnings published in this country before the departure of the big steamer that she would be attacked, an intimation that the ship would be blown up from inside dur ing her voyage. Well Equipped With Boats. The ship carried the full complement ! of boats, both of the regular and collapsi- j ble type, and of lift* rafts required under ' American navigation laws. A place for ' every person aboard the ship in lifeboats i was assured, it is said, and undoubtedly ! all boats were swung out and provisioned : as soon as the steamer cleared New York j harbor and remained so all the way : across. Fvery precaution that could be taken without impairing the seaworthiness ; of the steamer certainly was carried out, i as has been the rule on all British and other vessels traversing the war zones i since tin- (icrman submarine blockade was! declared. h was said, however, that the j task of getting into the boats nearly 2,000 j persons, many of whom were women and ! probably were terrified l.v the explosion "t the torpedoes, could not be accomplish- I ed in thirty minutes. Humors of Fenian revolts in Ireland i ]i;;\e reached various departments of; the government here manv times since i the outbreak of the war. While no definite information to this effect has' come, the fan that C-rman submarine.;! have been ac tive off the Irish roast led some officials of the state department , to credit reports that a Herman base for submarine raids had been e*tab- ' 11shed with the aid of rebellious Irish ! ill soiii?' hidden I'ovf known Iinlv to the' native sniuss|pr? on th.- Irish' count. Other Suspicious Circumstances. The torpedoing: of the British super- j dreaduaught Audacious oft' the Irish I oast, .generally supposed to have been ! the work of a Cerman submarine: 1,11- j inerous raids on smaller craft in the ! same region and now the sinking of1 thesc"oHI ? i'-'t'l?"""'?I,in'?n of I these otilcia Is. made it clear that the .ernian underwater craft were ,'ori,? i.it. fi oin some nearby point. A J"vy officials .lid not share this view 1 I nev pointed out that ti,e l.usitani i was struck at a distance. a pprcximate l>. of less than 1.500 miles from the '.erman coast This would he e-.sv1 neweJJKv"'S,:!""e- " ";is for the! newest American submarines Information has reached the N-ivv Department t<, the effect that Oerniait' submarines have circumna vie a ted the: lint ish Isles, niitkint voyages of Him or (,,(1111) miles. If this is true, and 'the report apparently was accepted at face value. Ihe underwater ambuscade to which ihe l.usitania fell victim was comparatively a simple matter Germany is known to have put in commission a number of new subm-i-' fine boats recently, and it was thought' bv navy officials that when the plan to sink the Lusitania was drawn up it was decided to send a dozen or more'of these craft into the track which the! liner probably would follow to li.. m wait for her. .More than one submarine may have taken part in the actual at tack, it was said. Vessel Follows Regular Course. ? ludging by reports of her position at the time of the attack, it was said, the l.usilania followed her regular course I "II her last vuyaee. Navy officers were at a loss to understand why this; was done in view of the wartimes that hail been given of the plan to sink her ! The result was. however, lo render the! task of the (Icrman underwater fight ers the more simple. Of the construtcion of the lost ship! "was said that at the tin,,- of the! Iitanic disaster engineers dee>;ired a! similar aceident to the Lusitania would have left the ship afloat and able to i proceed under her own Meam. She was a double skinned vessel with man;. ? watertight subdivisions of her hold and tht, wing-bnlkhead installations that gave added protection The ves sel's ?oa I bunkers lay outside the.se: bulkheads, and it was pointed out that j the most powerful torpedo known could ! not tear open enough compartments to I send the ship to the bottom. On thisj information was founded the belief that ! either more than one underwater pro- j jectile or interior explosions accounted for the sinking of the vessel. Navy Officers' Prediction. Navy officers predicted that one effect of the loss of the Lusitania would be a j popular demand in Kngiaml for ener getic action bv the fleet. The failure; of the attempt to force the Dardanelles,, followed by the sinking of the Lusi tania, would be certain to produce such a demand, it was said. Looking over the (Jerman submarine crusade, some ollicials here said it was hard to understand why attacks were confined to merchant craft when so many troop and supply transports are in daily transit, between ICngland and France Before the great new army was moved from <Ireat Britain to Flanders, it was recalled, it was of ficially announced that more than a million troops had been embarked and disembarked by Kngland without a single accident. That number probably is more than 2.000,000 by this time, vet no case of a submarine attack on these ships has been received with the ex ception of one recent incident near the Dardanelles. Dog Bites Child; Animal Shot. A stray white and tan dog yesterday afternoon paid the penalty of death for having bitten Mary Cadell, five years ?'!il, 1244 L" street southeast. The child was playing near her home when the stray animal attacked and hii her on the left leg. Dr. James Watson dress ed the wound, and Mounted Sergt, M. L,. Kaedy killed the dog. AMONG THE MISSING. i ATTACK ON LUSITANIA PIRACY AND MURDER The American press in New York, Phil adelphia and Boston denounces in vig orous terms the torpedoing of the Lusi tania. The New York Times describes tlie at tack as "War by assassination" and says that "From our Department of \State there must >40 t?. the imperial government at Berlin a demand that the Germans shall no longer make war like savases drunk with blood," and "That they shall cease to seek the attainment of their ends by the assassinu t ion of non-coinbalants and neutrals." The New York Tribune says that the torpedoing of the ship was "In defiance not alone of every dictate of common hu manity." that "American men. women and children, citizens of this neutral na tion. have been exposed to death, have perhaps been actually murdered, by Ger man war craft," and that "'For this mur der there is no justification outside of that law of necessity paraded by the Ger man chancellor in the opening hours." The New York World says that "The circumstances and the consequences of the destitution of the Lusitania by a German submarine call for all the seif restraint and self-possession that the American people can command." Th?" New York Herald says : "The civilized world stands appalled at the tor pedoing of the Lusitania" ; that "if ever wholesale murder was premeditated this slaughter on the high seas was." and that "Americans had the right to go by any steamship they chose : they had the right to protection by this government, and no government can long last that does not protect its own citizens." The New York Journal says: 'The sink ing of the Lusitania. with her heavy freightage of peaceful travelers, including hundreds of women and children, was not an act of war; if was a deed of whole sab- murder." The Philadelphia Press says: "If it prove that American citizens ha /e lost th'-ir lives by this form of" assassination, what will our government do about it'.'" Fiendish and Premeditated. The Philadelphia Inquirer says: "The warning was not given much attention by these passegers, for no person bless ed with even a semblance of humane instincts could imagine that even a fiend in the lowest depth ofi the most orthodox hell could possibly conceive of a crime so diabolical, so damnable, so villainous as would be the torpedo ing of a passenger, ship with only neu trals and non-comoatants a board. And yet this fiendish crime was not only conceived of and plotted, but it has been actually carried out, and it was unquestionably prepared for- when the German embassy was ordered from Berlin to print the warning notice. The Philadelphia Ledger says: "The 'campaign of fright fulness' has reaped a savage result and the enormity of the offense cannot be overlooked. And yet it will be well for the country to reserve its judgment, keep cool and raise no sudden cry for revenge until a II the facts are known." The Boston Herald says: "Now, how ever. is the time for the I'nited Stat to speak for itself and for humanity." The Boston Post says: "It is the worst crime against civilization and ii uma nit > I hat the modern world has ever known. It is a revei >lor. to bar barism that will set the whole world, save perhaps the little world of its per petrators, aflame with horror and in dignat ion." DIES AT THE ACE OF 73 Gen. John Floyd King. ISL'l' Calvert street northwest, assistant register oJ the Treasury, died at George Washing ton Pnivcrsity Hospital early this morning after a brief illness. No def inite cause for his death could be dis covered this morning, but it was sab. at the Treasury Department that it was attributed to heart disease. Gen. King, who was seventy-three years old at the time of his death, had I been a resident of the District since j lssT. During this period he was ac tively engaged in mining operations ami just a year ago was appointed as sistant register in the Treasury De pa rt merit. In Confederate Army. Born of a distinguished Georgia fa to il \ in the town of MonUcello in that j state. Gen. King entered the Confed erate army after the completion ot a ; course at the I'niversity of Virgin a at the outbreak of the civil war. Ii*- was promoted by various grades to the rank of colonel of artillery, in a hich branch of the Confederate serv ice he commanded a battalion. At the close of the war he moved to Louisiana and engaged in planting and in the stud> of law. Shortly afterward he was appointed brigadier general of tin state troops. I lacked by his military record, '.en. King was elected as a democrat from Louisiana to the Fort \-sixth. Forty seventh. Forty-eighth and- Forty-ninth Congresses, and at the expiration of this public life moved to Washington, when* he had resided ever since. During his service in Congress, ex tending over many years, lie was in terested in the establishment of an m teroceanic canal and was also chairman of the committee in charge of .Missis sippi river improvements, and was in strumental in having the commission created. He was also a big factor in j the suppression of the Louisiana state , lottery. j Th ? general i>= survived by his w ife - He had no children, and was the last of his family, his brothers having been killed in action during the civil wa . Burial will take plac ? in Arlington cemeterv. Monday afternoon at -5 o'clock, following funelal services at an dudetermined place. These serv ices will he under the joint auspices ^ Camp 171, F. <*. V.. of which Capt. Fred Beall is commander, and of Rouse Camp of C. V., of which Dr. Samuel K. Lewis is commander. The following will act as honorary pallbearers at the funeral services: Maj Holmes Conrad, Leigh Kobinson. Capt William A. Gordon, Capt. Perry de Leon. Dr. Samuel F. Lewis. J. T. Callaghan, Capt. William H. Nichols and Maj. Kdward W. Anri^wn ?\I.FKKI) VAXDKRIIIIX One of the mi?Ming paMMenjger*. NEW SUBMARINE SCHLEY ONLY ONE OF HER CLASS Boat, Now Being Built, to Be Larg est Underwater Craft in the World. The submarine Schley, whi.-li is tot be built at once by the Klectric Bout : ''ompnny at Urotoii. I'onn.. will be the ; most dreaded of all submarines In, its (lesion and construction the naval1 architects have taken big; strides. The largest submarine that is building is under 200 feet m length. This is the: class F of the British. The boats j of ill is Hass are to have ;i surface speed of twenty knots. The l.r^es: of the tleiinan boats are of >?"> tons, displacement with a cruising ; iiiitr of ll.Oua miles and make, so ti a as, planned, eighteen knots on the stir . face and seven knots submerged. The Schley is to be of the Holland or diving type. It will displace ap- ! proximately 1.100 tons at the surface; and much more when submerged. Tin 1 length will be 2G.~? feet over all. or! about sixty-five feet longer than any J submarine now projected by any Kuro pean power. This craft is to be driven 1 by Xiseco iJiesel oil engines which will ; develop 4.MIM1 horsepower, ami these; engines will enable the craft to main tain a speed on the surface of twenty nautical miles an hour When sub merged the vessel will be driven b\ electric motors and will then make eleven nautical miles au hour. Cruising Radius of 7,000 Miles. The cruising speed of the'Schb y wiUi be from eleven to fifteen nautieal miles! an hour and at these speeds it will! have, a cruising ladius o'" T.om-i mile*-. . That is, it will have surtieU nt fuel ; capacity to enable it to cruise across the Atlantic and back again with-. ? replenishing its fuel oil. That is an. advantage that no other submarine at ; present projected has and will make) 11' e Schley the most destructive ves- | ' ? >'" its kind ever built. ?? *iii its speed it will be exec-dint;i\ dillicult for any vessel to avoid its at tack. as merchant* ships are able to do in many cases with the present j < Jerma n su bma rines. There will be in all probability aj class in the I'nited States navy of i these fast submarines and the one J now building Is only the first. Considered of Great Value. Kroin a military point of view thej ?Schley will be of enormous value in both offensive and defensive service. The boat will have considerable free board to make It seaworthy under all conditions in the open sea. It will have an eleyated bridge >n addition to a conning tower and this will make it practically a small gunboat when used on the surface It will carrj number of suns ?>f small caiiher and machine trims and in addition will l?: f 11T 1 with t??ti torpedo tubes. -The si tubes will be arranged to discharc torpedoes ,<t all angrles and it will not be necessar\ jo maneuver the vesse into one certa-n position to send fort', its weapon of destruction, but it wii be able to discharge ahead, broadsid j and astern The interior of tins vessel, too. will be more like that of the warship of her size She will have comforta bt j quarters for officers and men; be heat ed. well stored with fresh air ai.nl carry supplies that will last for a long cruise. It Is expected that the Schley will he i.m(|\ foi service next \ea . Work w ill be pushed as much as pos sible to net her out earl\ The cost of the Schlev will he $1.3:.n.0?0 Th I'titnu < are l^ilig huilt l?\ the New London Shipbuilding and Kmjine ?*om-. ITALY MAY DECLARE WAR UPON TDK (1K.\K\ V. Switzerland. Mav *. \ 'a I'a us. :i _'0 p. in The Tribune pub lishes a dispatch from Koine stating th*- Italian govern nient has decided, owing; t?> the recent uprising in Tripoli, to notify Tnrke\ that it considered void the treaty of Lausanne. Such a notification, the Tribune says, would amount t.. a declaration of war. BUSINESS MENDEPARTTO TAKE PART IN GAMBOL More than one hundred business men r ... shiiivton are to leave for Haiti more at 4.".*, o'clock this afternoon to participate in a trade-boosting gambol, ta> be i "i,| under the auspices of the detail Merchants' Association. I'pon arrival ;'t Baltimore they are to hoard the steamer 'line, Kivers and return to Washington ??..? ? * tops ?? \ ? l?e made at lower river points. Secretary Columbus announced today tli . in ... i. IS are 1<? Witness a special drill by two of the fire boat* of th* Baltimore lire department be fo-e tiie steamer starts on its way dow n *lu- l?a>. <"hief WaRtier of tin lustiict lire department called up the chief <' 1 tiie Baltimore department this mornins and said that anything which he could do for the entertainment ??f the Washington merchants would be greatly appreciated. Song Eocual for Y. M. C. A. A song recilai for the benefit of yr? Y M ?A was given at the New Wil lard Hotel last mulit b> Miss Inez Har bour. soprano. She was accompanied l?y Miss Julia Huggins. ^iHJtyjt^KjgjgjgjgjgJSMMi^Ji^^HlSJSMM^fMSMSJSJoliciJcllDil^Ji^JcyoytHJc^JcJJcUciloiJcyDiJciJDiJGiJGiJHJEJGiicicaB Within Stone's Throw of s the Cathedral > Grounds 36th Place,between Fulton and Garfield Sts. One-half square from both Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues. Ail incomparable view of lilt- whole city of Washing ton and tin' ninding hills from 1 he windows. 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