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WILSON, IN NOTE TO GERMANY
DEMANDS A HALT ON METHODS
Submarine Warfare Which Resalts In Killing Americans Must
Stop—Declares It Subversive of Principles of War.
Declaring Injuries Done Citizens Of
United 8tatee Are "Without Meas
ure," President Calls For Guaran
tee Against Their Recurrence.
Washington. — President Wilson's
Bote to Germany on the sinking of the
Lusitania was sent to Ambassador
Gerard Thursday for presentation to
the German Government
Germany must abandon her sub
marine attacks on merchant vessels.
This Is the demand of the United
States, clear-cut and unequivocal. If
«he refuses, the Government of the
United States will take such action as
may be necessary In the "performance
of Us sacred duty of maintaining the
rights of the United States and Its
citizens and of safeguarding their free
•zercise and enjoyment"
It 1« for the future that Germany
must give bond. Willing to accept
from her a dlsovowal of responsibility
for what has occurred, this Govern
ment the note insists, must have
absolute assurances that the offenses
which have been committed will not
be repeated. And to that end the de
mand U made that Germany shall
abandon her submarine attacks on
merchant ships. For, says the note:
"Manifestly submarines cannot be
used against merchantmen, as the last
tew weeks have shown, without an
Inevitable violation of many sacred
principles of Justice and humanity."
The communication expresses the
confident expectation of the United
States "that the Imperial German
Government will disavow the acts of
which the Government of the United
8tates complains, that they will make
reparation so far as reparation Is pos
sible for Injuries which are without
measure, and that they will take im
mediate steps to prevent the recur
rence of anything to obviously sub
versive of the principles of warfare
for which the Imperial German Gov
ernment In the past so wisely and so
firmly contended."
Time Has Come For Understanding.
The full text of the note as made
public by the State Department fol
lows:
"Department of State,
"Washington, May 13, 1915.
"The Secretary of State of the Ameri
can Ambassador at Berlin:
"Please call on the Minister of
Foreign Affairs and, after reading to
him this communication, leave with
him a copy.
"In view of recent acts of the Ger
man authorities in violation of Ameri
can rights on the high seas, which cul
minated In the torpedoing and sinking
of the British steamship Lusitania on
May 7, 1915, by which over 100 Ameri
can citizens lost their lives, it is clear
ly wise and desirable that the Govern
ment of the United States and the Im
perlol German Government should
come to a clear and full understanding
as to the grave situation which has re
sulted.
"The sinking of the British pas
senger steamer Falaba by a German
submarine on March 28, through which
Leon C. Thrasher, an American citi
zen, was drowned; the attack on April
28 on the American vessel Cushing by
a German aeroplane; the torpedoing
on May 1 of the American vessel Gul
fllght by a German submarine, as a
result of which two or more Ameri
can citizens met- their death; and,
finally, the torpedoing and sinking of
the Bteamship Lusitania, constitute a
series of events which the Govern
ment of the United States has ob
served with growing concern, distress
and amazement.
Calls For Disavowal Of Acts.
"Recalling the humane and enlight
ened attitude hitherto assumed by the
Imperial German Government in mat
ters of international right, and par
ticularly with regard to the freedom
of the seas; having learned to rec
ognize the German views and the Ger
man influence in the field of interna
tional obligation as always engaged
upon the side of Justice and humanity;
and having understood the instruc
tions of the Imperial German Govern
ment to Its naval commanders to be
upon the same plane of humane action
prescribed by the naval codes of other
nations, the Government of the United
States was loth to believe—it cannot
now bring itself to believe—that these
acts, so absolutely contrary to the
rules, the practices and the spirit of
modern warfare, could have the coun
tenance or sanction of that great gov
ernment. It feels It to be its duty,
therefore, to address the Imperial Ger
man Government concerning them
with the utmost frankness and in the
Earnest hope that it is not mistaken in
expecting action on the part of the
Imperial German Government which
will correct the unfortunate impres
sions which have been created and
▼indicate once more the position of
that government with regard to the
•acred freedom of the seas.
traordinary circumstances of the pres
ent war and the measures adopted by
their adversaries in seeking to cut
Germany off from all commerce, to
Germany Cannot Abbreviate Ameri
cans' Rights.
"The Government of the United
Btat.es has been apprised that the Im
perial German Government considered
themselves to be obliged by the ex
8NOWSTORM AT POCONO LAKE.
Sleet Fall* Part Of Day and Half-Inch
Ice Forme.
Allentown, Pa.—Automobile parties
returning from Pocono Lake. Monroe
eounty, report a heavy snowstorm
there, which oontinued for more than
an hour. The ground was covered
when the snow turned to sleet, which
fell the greeter part of the day. Ice
a half Inch in thickness formed,
Natives say that It was the first snow-1
■tonn that visited that section so late
ta May In many years.
adopt methods of retaliation which
go much beyond the ordinary meth
ods of warfare at sea, in the procla
mation of a war zone from which
they have warned neutral ships to
ksep away.
"This Government has already taken
occasion to Inform the Imperial Ger
man Government that It cannot admit
the adoption of auch measuree or such
a warning of danger to operate as In
any degree an abbreviation of the
rights of American shipmasters or of
American cltisens bound on lawful er
rands as passengers on merchant ahlpe
of belligerent nationality; and that it
must hold the Imperial German Gov
ernment to a strict accountability for
any infringement of those rights. In
tentional or Incidental. It does not
understand the Imperial German Gov
ernment to question those rights. It
assumes, on the contrary, that the Im
perial Government accept,
course, the rule that the lives of non
combatants, whether they be of neu
tral citizenship or citizens of one of
the nations at war, cannot lawfully or
rightfully be put in jeopardy by the
capture or destruction of an unarmed
merchantman, and recognize also, as
all other nations do, the obligation to
take the nsual precaution of visit and
search to ascertain whether a sus
pected merchantman is in fact of bel
ligerent nationality, or is in fact carry
ing contraband of war under a neutral
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Rules Of Humanity Violated.
"The Government of the United
States, therefore, desires to call the
attention of the Imperial German
Government with the utmost earnest
ness to the fact that the objection to
their present method of attack against
the trade of their enemies lies in the
practical impossibility of employing
submarines In the destruction of com
merce without disregarding those
rules of fairness, reason, justice and
humanity which all modern opinion re
gards as imperative. It Is practically,
impossible for the officers of a sub
marine to visit a merchantman at
and examine her papers and cargo.
It Is practically Impossible for them
to make a prize of her; and if they
cannot put a prize crew on board of
her, they cannot sink her without leav
ing her crew and all on board of her
to the mercy of the sea In her small
boats. These facts, it is understood,
the Imperial German Government
frankly admit We are Informed that
in the instances of which we have
spoken time enough for even that poor
measure of safety was not given, and
in at least two of the cases cited nol
so much as a warning was received
Manifestly, submarines cannot be used
against merchantmen, as the last few
weeks have shown, without an in
evitable violation of many sacred
principles of justice and humanity.
''American citizens act within their
Indisputable rights in taking their
ships and in traveling wherever their
legitimate business calls them upon
the high seas, and exercise those
rights In what Bhould be the well
justified confidence that their lives will
not be endangered by acts done lr
clear violation of universally acknowl
edged international obligations, and
certainly in the confidence that their
own Government will sustain them in
the exercise of their rights.
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Warning No Pallliation Of Unlawful
Act.
"There was recently published In
the newspapers of the United States,
I regret to Inform the Imperial Ger
man Government, a formal warning
nurporting to come from the Imperial
German Embassy at Washington, ad
Iressed to the people of the United
States, and stating, in effect, that any
citizen of the United States who exer
cised his right of free travel upon the
seas would do so at his peril if his
Journey should take him within the
zone of waters within which the Im
perial German Navy was using sub
marines against the commerce of
Great Britain and France, notwith
standing the respectful but very earn
est protest of this Government, the
Government of the United States. I
do not refer to this for the purpose of
calling the attention of the Imperial
German Government at this time to
the surprising irregularity of a com
munication from the Imperial German
Embassy at Washington, addressed to
the people of the United States
through the newspapers, but only for
the purpose of pointing out that no
warning that an v unlawful and inhu
mane act will be committed can pos
sibly be accepted as an excuse or pal
liation for that act or as an abate
ment of the responsibility for its com
mission.
Attackt "Acts Of Lawlessness."
"Long acquainted as this Govern
ment has been with the character of
the Imperial German Government and
with the high principles of equity by
which they have in the past been
actuated and guided, the Government
of the United States cannot believe
that the commanders of the vessels
which committed these acst of law
lessness did so except under a mis
apprehension of the orders issued by
, the Imperial German naval authori
ties. It takes it for granted that, at
least, within the practical possibilities
of every such case, the commanders
TACK CAUSES »4,000 FIRE.
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farmer near I!arvey ' Del - stepped
| upon a Uck and droppcd the Ia "P
This set fire to the house, a three
story stone structure, and It was de
j strayed, entailing a loss of more than
$4,000. He aroused his wife and two
.farm laborers and they escaped from
fthe burning building In safetv.
Farmer Steps Upon It and Drops
Lighted Lamp.
Wilmington, Del.—Descending the
stairs at his home, John Veale, a
eren of submarines were expected to
do nothing that could Involve the lives
of non-cambatants or the safety of
neutral ships, even at the cost of fall
ing of their object of capture or de
struction. It confidently expects,
therefore, that the Imperial German
Government will disavow the acts of
which the Government of the United
States complains, that they will make
reparation so far as reparation Is pos
sible for Injuries which are without
measure, and that they will take im
mediate steps to prevent the recur
rence of anytning so obviously sub
versive of the principles of warfare
for which the Imperial German Gov
ernment have in the past so wisely and
so firmly contended.
Prompt Action By Germany Wanted.
"The Government and people of the
United States look to the Imperial
German Government for Just, prompt
and enlightened action In this vital
matter with the greater confidence be
cause the United States and Germany
are bound together not only by special
ties of friendship, but also by the ex
plicit stipulations of the treaty of 1828
between the United States and the
Kingdom of Prussia.
"Expressions of regret and offers of
reparation In case of the destruction
of neutral ships sunk by mistake,
while they may satisfy International
obligations, if no loss of life results,
cannot justify or excuse a practice the
natural and necessary effect of which
is to subject neutral nations and neu
tral persons to new and immeasurable
risks.
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"The Imperial German Government
will not expect the Government of the
United States to omit any word or
any act necessary to the performance
of Its sacred duty of maintaining the
rights of the United States and Its
citizens and of safeguarding their free
exercise and eajoyment.
"BRYAN."
GERMANY MODIFIES THREAT
Revoking Disclaimer Of Responsibility
For Injury To Vessels Entering
Naval War Zone, Berlin Offers
To Pay For Damage Done.
Washington. — Germany, through
Ambassador Gerard, notified the
United States that submarine com
manders had been specifically in
structed not to harm neutral vessels
not engaged in hostile acts, and that
Germany would pay for damages to
such ships in the war zone.
Neutral ships carrying contraband
will be dealt with, the announcement
says, according to the rules of naval
warfare. If neutral ships are acci
dentally damaged In the war zone, Ger
many will express its regret and pay
damage without prize court proceed
ng.
The German Government justifies its
submarine warfare on the grounds that
England threatened to starve the
civilian population of Germany by pro
hibiting neutral commerce in foodstuffs
and other necessities.
In previous communications Ger
nany has disclaimed responsibility for
roy harm that might befall neutral
vessels venturing into the war zone.
Hands Off Neutrals.
The text of the announcement
cabled by Ambassador Gerard, which
was issued by the Berlin Foreign
Office in the form of a circular, fol
lows :
"1. The Imperial German Govern
nent naturally has no intention of
causing to be attacked by submarines
or aircraft such neutral ships of com
nerce in the zone of naval warfare,
ieflnitely described in the notice of
the German Admiralty staff of Feb
ruary 4 last, as have been guilty of no
hostile act. On the contrary, the most
ieflnite Instructions repeatedly have
been Issued to German war vessels to
avoid attacks on such ships under all
circumstances. Even when such ships
have contraband of war on board, they
are dealt with by submarines solely
according to the rule of international
law applying to prize warfare.
"2. Should a neutral ship neverthe
less come to harm through German
submarines or aircraft on account of
an unfortunate (word apparently miss
ing from dispatch) in the above-men
tioned zone of naval warfare, the Ger
man Government will
recognize its responsibility therefore.
In such a case It will express its
grets und afford damages without first
instituting a prize cour,t action.
"3. It ls the custom of the German
' Government, as soon as the sinking of
a neutral ship in the above-mentioned
zone of naval warfare ls ascribed to
German war vessels to institute an Im
mediate investigation into the
If grounds appear thereby to be given
for association of such a hypothesis,
the German Navy place® itself in com
munication with the interested neutral
government so that the latter may also
institute an investigation.
unreservedly
cause.
Promises Prompt Pay.
"If the German Government is there
by convinced that the ship has been
destroyed by German vessels, it will
not delay in carrying out the
pro
visions of paragraph 2 above. In case
the German Government, contrary to
the viewpoint of the neutral
ment, is not convinced by the result of
the investigation, the German Govern
ment has also already on several
casions declared itself réady to allow
the question to be decided by an inter
national investigation commission,
cording to Chapter 3 of The Hague
Convention of October 18, 1907, for
the peaceful solution of International
disputes."
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PERU VOTES FOR PRESIDENT.
Woolen clothing was exported from
the United States to the values of $4, .
i6J3.424 last year, compared with $2 j
[297,171 In 1913. ' I
Indication» Seem To Favor Joae Pardo,
Former Executive,
Lima, Peru.—General elections
held throughout Peru Sunday, but the
balloting will not be concluded until
Monday. The Indications seem to favor
the return of the former President,
Jose Pardo, to the Presidency.
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THE PRESIDENT
REVIEWS FLEET
Battleships "Engine s to Promote
Interests of Humanity".
PATRIOTIC SPIRIT RAMPANT
Asks Nothing For Hetaelf Except
What She Has a Right To
Ask For Humanity
Itself.
New York.— President Wilson, the
man on whom the eyes of the world
are turned because of the international
situation, reviewed the Atlantic fleet
In the Hudson Rlyer, i.nd at a lunch
eon tendered to him ax chore by the
city of New York told x distinguished
gathering of navy officers, army offi
cers and civilians whit the country
and Its Navy stood for. The great bat
tleships that lay in the river, he said,
were "engines to promote the Inter
ests of humanity."
"The Inspiring thing about Amer
ica," the President asterted, "Is that
she asks nothing for herself except
what she has a right to ask for hu
manity itself. We want no natlon'e
property; we wish to question no na
tion's honor; we wish to stand self
ishly In the way of tie development
of no nation. It Is no; pretention on
our part to Bay that we are privileged
to stand for what every nation would
wish to stand for and speaking for
those things which all humanity must
desire."
The spirit whioh brooded over the
river, said the President, was "just a
solemn evidence that the force of
America is the force of moral princi
ple, that there Is not anything else
she loves and that there Is not any
thing else for which she will contend."
Tribute To Dnnlels.
The President took cccaslon, In his
speech, to pay tribute :o Secretary of
the Navy Daniels, who sat beside him.
Although the day was damp and
chilly, with occasional downpours of
rain, the weather abated In no way the
enthusiasm with which New York
greeted the head of the nation. In
the forenoon he reviewed a land parade
of 5,000 sailors and mcrines from the
fleet's 16 battleships and from the
moment he sat foot on shore until,
after the luncheon, he -«turned to the
Mayflower to review the fleet, his prog
ress through the stretts was a con
tinuous ovation, remarked upon by
those who accomapnitd him as the
most enthusiastic they had witnessed
since the President's inauguration. He
was plainly touched br the welcome
accorded him.
Everywhere the spirit of patriotism
was in evidence. Many men and wom
en seized every opportindty to tell the
President of their support In the pres
ent international crisis. Thousands
stood in the chill drizzle while the
brigade of sailors and marines
marohed up Fifth avenue and during
the afternoon, with a cold, damp wind
blowing across the Hudson, thousands
more thronged the slopes of Riverside
Drive and other vantage points to
watch the Mayflower as she passed up
the river between the grim gray lines
of war vessels.
The President's renarks at the
luncheon were greeted with tremend
ous applause. .
The President said In part:
"This is not an occasion upon which,
it seems to me, that It would be wise
for me to make many remarks, but I
would deprive myself of a great gratifi
cation if I did not expass my pleasure
In being here; my gratitude for the
Bplendid reception which has been ac
oorded me as the representative of the
nation, and my profound Interest In
the navy of the United States.
"I think it is the natural instinc
tive judgment of the people of the
United Statee that they express their
power appropriately in an efficient
Navy, and fclieir interest is partly, I
believe, because that Navy somehow
Is expected to expresn their charac
ter, not within our own) borders, where
that character is understood, but out
side our borders, wbere It is hoped
we may occasionally to'ch others with
some slight wisdom of what America
stands for.
"But before I speal; of the Navy
of the United States [ want to take
advantage of the Aral, public oppor
tunity I have had to ajeak of the Sec
retary of the Navy, to express my con
fidence and my admiration, and to say
that he has my unquall led support, fo
I have counselled with him in intimate
fashion. 1 know how i lncerely he has
had it at heart that everything the
Navy does and bandies should be done
and handled as the people of the
United States wish them handled—be
cause efficiency is something more
than organization.
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TURKISH LOSSES HEAVY.
Allies' Fleet Reported Blowing Up
Trenches With Soldiers.
Paris.—According to a Havas dis
patch from Athens, advices have been
received from Mytllere to the effect
that furious fighting c|ontlnues in the
Dardanelles and that the Turkish
losses have been extremely heavy.
Shells from the allied fleet are blowing I
whole trenches flllid with Turkish
soldiers. Prisoners ddmit that the
Turks lack munitions if various kinds.
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ARMENIANS 8LAIN BY KURDS.
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Van.
London.—-Six thousand Armenians
nave been massacred at Van, In
—rmenia, Asiatic Turkey, according bo
a dispatoh received In official quarters
in London from the Russian consul at
Urumlah, Persia. T1
dated May 15. It kdds that Uu
Armenians are defending themseive:
to the utmost against the Turks ant
Kurds arrayed against them, but that
help is urgently needed.
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NOTABLE GAINS
ALLIES CLAIM
Declare the German Counter
Attack Failed.
WARM CAMPAIGN IN BELGIUM
French, Repulsing Counter-Attacks At
Steenstraete, Hold Positions Taken
From Germant and Consoli
date Their Gains.
London.—The following official state
ment was Issued by the British War
Office:
"The First Army has made a sue
cessful attack between Richebourg
l' Avoue and Festubert, breaking the
enemy's line over the greater part of
a two-mile front.
"The attack commenced at midnight
to the south of Richebourg l'Avoue,
where we carried two successive lines
of German breastworks on a front of
800 yards. A mile farther to the south
another attack at dawn carried 1,200 j
yards of German front-line trenches j
and was pushed rapidly on, extending
its success 600 yards farther south
by bombing along the German
trenches. Here we crossed the Festu
bert-Quinque road and advanced nearly
a mile into the German lines."
French Repulse Attacks.
Paris.—The following official com
munication was issued by the War
"We repulsed, with complete success, |
Office:
a fourth German counter-attack at
Steenstraete. We have conserved all
the positions won and consolidated our ,
gain, the importance of which was em- !
phaslzed by the violent effort of the >
enemy. !
"Farther to the south the British ;
troops inflicted on the Germans a se- 1
rlous check and carried to the south-!
west of Richebourg T Avoue a kilometer ,
(two-thirds of a mile) of trenches. At !
the same time to the northwest of
Festubert they took possession of 500
meters of trenches.
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This second attack was later pushed
In the direction of Quinque street and
on a front of 600 meters resulted in
a gain of 1,500 meters (about a mile)
in which the number of German losses
was very high. The advance of the
British troops continues."
Germans Fighting On.
Berlin, via London.—The following
recital of events at the western front
was given out at the war office:
"Strong enemy troops have been at
tacking, north of Ypres, our positions
east of the canal at Steenstraete and
Het Sas, without regard for their own
losses. All attacks were repulsed. The
battle at Steenstraete continues.
"South of Lille the British made in
fantry attacks, after strong artillery
preparations, which already have been
repulsed In most places; but fighting
continues at one or two points.
"Further south, on both sides of the
ridge of Lorette Hills, and at Souchez,
and at Neuville, north of Arras, re
newed French attacks broke down un
der our fire. The French suffered es
pecially heavy losses In the Lorette
Hills."
Submarine Hits the Martha Off Aber
deen, 8c.tl.rd; Crew Saved I
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London. - The Danish steamer j
Martha was torpedoed and sunk off !
Aberdeen by a German submarine. Her
crew of 18 were saved.
DANISH STEAMERS SUNK.
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GIRL TO ENTER VARSITY AT 10.
Helen Braddford, Of Iowa, Already
Through High School.
Iowa City.—Helen Braddford, of
Ottumwa, 10 years old, has made
rangements to enter the University of
Iowa In September. She was gradu
ated from high school and is heralded
as one of the beat mathematicians
among grade students of the State. She
will be the youngest girl to attend
Iowa In more than 10 years.
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HEIR TO THRONE MAY DIE.
Archduke Francis Joseph, Reported
Fatally Wounded.
Paris.—A dispatch from Warsaw
states that it is learned there from a
well-informed source that Archduke
Charles Francis Joseph, heir to the
Austrian throne, was fatally wounded
in the recent battle in Galicia. Splin
ters from an exploding bomb entered
the Archduke's tight leg,
wounds that made it necessary to rusj
the Archduke to th- military hosplta.
at Konopitch at once.
causing
ITALY WILL SU
CAST HER LINE
Decisive Action Expected Within
the Present Week.
FACTIONS COMING TOGETHER
Manifestations In Favor Of Interven
tion Joined In By Troops.
Allies Pleased With
Outlook.
Rome, via Paris.—Official announce
ment was made here that King Victor
Emmanuel had declined to accept the
resignation of Premier Salandra. The
Salandra Cabinet is to be retained
without change,
Although it was made known
officially Saturday that Signor Salan
dra would remain at the head of the
government, this announcement was
received Sunday with great demonstra
tions of rejoicing and manifestations in
favor of war. The delay in making
j the official announcement is said to
j have been due to efforts to bring about
closer co-operation among the various
Parliamentary seotions. During the
interval the King received a number of
prominent statesmen. Among them
was Deputy Admiral Bettolo, former
Minister of Marine.
The Tribuna says there is a possi
bility that Premier Salandra will
large hiB Cabinet by including Signor
Be ttoTo and Signor Pantano, former
Minister of Agriculture; the latter
| re P rese ntative of the radicals.
It is asserted that former Premier
un
as
Tliolitti will make a public statement
, e *Yeot that he had believed it
! P^slble to obtain from Austria
> cess T° ns sufficient to avert war, but
! that once war ls Inevitable he will sup
; port the Cabinet,
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TORPEDO HIT LUSITANIA.
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side 8hip.
Berlin, via Amsterdam to London._
From the report received from the sub
marine which sank the Cunard Line
steamer Lusitania last Friday the fol
lowing official version of the'incident
is published by the admiralty staff
der the signature of Admiral Be
, un
hncke:
ÆThe submarine sighted the steamer,
vflnh showed no flag, May 7 at 2 20
o'clock P. M., central European time,
on the southeast coast of Ireland in
fine, clear weather,
"At 3.10 o'clock one torpedo
fired at the Lusitania which hit her
starboard side below the captain's
bridge. The detonation of the torpedo
was followed immediately by a further
explosion of extremely strong effect,
The ship quickly listed to starboard
and began to sink.
"The second explosion must
traced back to the ignition of
titles of ammunition inside the ship."
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DR. ALDERMAN NAMED.
Head Of U. of V. Member Of Treaty
Commission.
Washington.—Dr. Edwin A. Aider
man, president of the University
Virginia, has been chosen for the
ond American member of the
sion provided for in the
of
sec
commis
peace treaty
Prnrie ^nf^ fi . r6t ' Charles R.
I " 7 already haa been
, announced. W. S. Jennings, of Tanir
j sonville, former governor of Florin»
! has been appointed member of a
lar commission under the treatv with
Paraguay. y wutl
HIS TAX $4,000,000.
John D. Rockefeller's Income Assess,
ment Fixed By Bureau.
New York.-*—John D. Rockefeller It
was said at the Bureau of Internal
Revenue, will be called upon to pay
into the First revenue district of New
York this year nearly $4,000,000
come tax. This is about 4
as In
per cent.
of the total of $100,000,000, which
government of the United States
pects this year to obtain from
source of revenue.
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this
LIBERTY BELL DAY JULY 17.
Philadelphia. — Saturday, July
will be Liberty Bell day at the Pan
ama-Pacific Exposition. A committee
of city councils agreed that the his
toric relic shall leave Philadelphia on
its Journey to the Pacific Coast at 3
P. M. on July 5, after patriotic exer
cises in Independence Hall. It will '
arrive in San Francisco at 6 P. M., July ]
13. Stops will be made at Lancaster
an® Harrisburg.
a
Historic Relic To Leave For Exposi
tion On July 5.
Will Land in Mexico, if Neces
sary, to Save Americans.
AMERICANS KILLED, REPORT
Refugees From the Colony At Esper
anza To Be Given Haven Aboard
United Statee Warships At
Guaymas.
Los Angeles.—The Navy Depart
ment, according to a message received
here, has instructed Admiral Howard
to send a warship to Tobart Bay, Mex
ico, to succor the American colony at
Laperanza, which has been attacked by
Yaqui Indians.
The Yaquls are retreating, accord
ing to a message received here which
confirms the death of four Americans.
The settlers are pursuing them.
Washington.—Secretary Daniela or
dered the cruisert New Orleanq, from
Manzanillo to Guaymas, Mexico, to
join the cruiser Raleigh In rendering
any relief possible in the colony of
Americans attacked by Indians In the
Yaqui Valley, 15 or 20 miles inland.
Unofficial advices from Mexico
stated that Governor Maytorena, the
Villa commander in Sonora, already
had dispatched a considerable body of
troops to the scene, and It is hoped
that their arrival will have relieved the
colonists before the New Orleans
reaches Guaymas.
Secretary Daniels said he had In
structed Admiral Howard, commanding
the Pacific Fleet, to make an investiga
tion and report on the conditions In
the Yaqui Valley on the basis of the
press reports that several Americans
had been killed there.
Under general naval rules the
manders of the Raleigh and the New
Orleans would not hesitate to land
bluejackets and marines at any port
for the protection of Americans
other foreigners In an emergency. The
secretary said, however, that no orders
for sending an armed party inland
would be given by the department
until Admiral Howard had reported the
necessity of such action.
At present the warships are sent to
Guaymas in the expectation, that any
Americans in the interior who may be
in danger will find 'heir way to the
coast, where they may be taken aboard
ship.
Preliminary reports from American
Consul Simpich, at Nogales, makes
mention of the killing of William
Stocker, in the American colony, un
der attack by Yaqui Indians south of
Guaymas, but report the deaths of
John Wilson and W. A. Fay and place
another American, J. J. Donovan,,
among the missing.
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SPEECH MAKING BY 'PHONE.
Baltlmoreans Enjoy Maryland Day
Oratory At 'Frisco.
Baltimore.—A unique observance of
the Maryland Day celebration at the
Panama-Pacific Exposition was held at
the Hotel Emerson on Wednesday
evening, when a number of Baltimore
ans, the guests of the directors
and officials of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company, listened
to the speeches of Governor. Golds
borough and several other members
of the Maryland Commission. The
speakers delivered their addresses at
the Maryland House at the exposition,
and the Baltimoreans who gathered at
the Hotel Emerson were, by means of
a transcontinental line, able to hear all
of the addresses.
Among those who spoke at the
position besides Governor Goldsbor
ough were R. A. McCormick, Henry F.
Baker, and a number of others,
the exercises at San Francisco, Mayor
Preston responded by addressing the
Marylanders at the exposition grounds.
All of the guests at the Emerson
provided with a telephone, and after
the formal exercises each stroke to
San Francisco. The feature was one
of the most novel ever introduced In
Baltimore.
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After
were
TO SAFEGUARD ALIENS.
U. 8. To Send Undesirables Back On
American Ships.
New York.—Aliens under order of
deportation to England and France
to be sent through the German
zone around Great Britain only
ships flying the American flag, accord
ing to instructions received by immi
gration officials here from the depart
ment at Washington. This is a de
parture from the usual rule that immi
grants ordered deported are tp go back
by ships of the same line that they
rived on.
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WALL FALLS ON FIREMEN.
Six Crushed In $300,000 Blaze
Newark.
Newark, N. J.—Six firemen
crushed under a falling brick wall
while fighting a $300,000 fire which
burned three four-story buildings of
the leather manufacturing plant tit
George Stengel, Inc., here. Some of
the firemen were so severely Injured
that they may*not recover.
In
were
AMERICANS AID AUSTRIANS.
The Ambassador'» Wife and Others
Make Gifts.
London.—The following wireless die
patch was received from Berlin: "Mrs.
Frederick C. Penfield, wife of the
American Ambassador at Vienna, has
Bent 1.000 crowns ($250) to Archduke
3 Charles Stephen to assist in
lug his school for Invalids. ''Austrian
' newspapers, record with grateful
] thanks a gift of 125,000 crowns ($31.
250) which the Cardinal at Vienna has
{received from Austro-Americaas."
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