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GERMANS REGRET DISASTER; BUT SAY BRITISH MUST BE BLAMED
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'I' K N PAG K S
P B I C E FIVE CENTS
WILFUL MURDER
IS VERDICT m
THE LUSITANIA
An English ( lorouer's Jury
( 'barges All of i lermany
With Murder.
CAPTAIN TURNER
TOLD HIS STORY
Said He Carried Out Hu
Orders and Would lo
Same Thine Again.
whole
tborated
KINS ALE, Ireland, May 10. -(4:20
p, m.) When the inqueal over
five victims of the Lualtanla had boon
concluded today, tho coroner' Jury
returned the.followlng verdict:
"I'lic jury ' fi d thai thla .appalling
crime was contrary to International
lav and the convention of 1 1 clvl
'used nations, and we.' therefore,
charge the officers of the eubmarlne
iiini the German emperor and ell the
government of Germany, under whoae
ordera they acted, with the crime of
wilful anfi whoteaale murder."'
tforoncr Horgun aaid that the tlral
torpedo fired by the Oerman sub
marine0 did serious damage to the
Lusltanta, but thai not aattafied with
tins, the Germane had discharged an
other torpedo. The second torpedo,
he aaid. must hao been more deadly
becauae It wenl righl through the
ship, hastening the work of destruc
tion. The characteristic courage of
tli, Irish and British people was
manifested al the time if this ter
ribli disaster, the coroner continued,
and iherc was no panic. He charged
thai the rssnonslbllity "lay n the
ti rman government and tlx
'people f Germany, who coll
In ih' terrible crime.
I propose to ash the jury." he con.
tlnued, "to return the only verdict
possible 'for a self-respecting Jury,
that the men In charge of the Ger
man submarine were guilty of wilful
murder."
Captain Turner Testifies.
Captain Turner of the Lualtanla
appeared before the coroner and was
questioned The ooroner asked him
if he hud 'received a message con
cerning the sinking of a ahlp off
Klnaale by a submarine. . Captain
Turner replied he had not.
"lid you receive any special In
structions as to the voyage,? 1
"Yes, air."
"Are you at liberty to tell us whal
thev were'.'"
"No, sir."
I i,i yon carry them out ?
"Yes, to "the best of my ability."
"Tell u in your own words what
happened after passlns Fastnet."
"The weather was clear," Captain
Turner answered. "We were going al
n ipeed of 1" knots I was on tin;
pi i t side and hoard Second Officer
Hefford call out: 'Here's a torpedo.'
1 ran to the other side ami saw char.
y the walte f B torpedo. There was
a siiSht shock, mediately after. the
firt explosion, theYe was another re
port but that may possibly have boon
Internal.
"I at once gave order to lower the
boats down to the rails, and I directed
that wonifen and children should gel
lido them." .
saw i Submarine.
' also had' all the bulkheads
closed." Captain Turner continued.
'Between the tunc "f passing Fast
net, at about" 11 o'clock, and of the
'torpedoing, I saw no stun whatever
Of any submarines. There was some
haze alone the Irish coast and When
we were near Ini'liier, I sioweet num.
to la knots. I was In wireless com
muntcatlon with shore all the. while
across." o
Captain Turner was asked if he had
received any messages in regard to
the prescn 'p Of Sal marines off the
Irish coast He replied in the af
firmative. Questioned regarding the
nature of the message, he replied:
"I respectfully refer you to the ad
miralty for an answer."
"Vou were aware threats had been
made that the ship would be tor
pedoed " asked the coroner.
"e were.'' the captain replied.
"Wash she armed?"
"No, sir."
Sllip Never Stopped
"I gave orders to stop the ship."
Contain Turner continued, "but we
uld not stop.. The engines were nut
nf commission.' It was not safe to
lower boats until the speed was tiff
the vessel. As a matter of fact, there
was a perceptible headway on her up
to the t lino she wont down.
"When she was struck she listed
to starboard. I stood On the bridge
when she sank and the LultantS
went down under me. She floated
about eighteen minutes after the tor
ptdo struck her. My watch stopped
at I .It.
"No warship was convoying us. I
saw no warship and none was re
ported to me as having been seen. At'
(he tunc I was pic ked up I noticed
bodies floating on the surface but
av no living persons.
"Kiahteen knots was not the normal
gpeed of the Lusltanta, was it?"
"At ordinary times.' answered
Captain Turner, "she could make 2.1
knots but In war times her speed was
reduced to 21 knots. My reason for
going 11 knots was that I wanted to
arrive at Liverpool bar without stop-
"New Million Dollar Baby" I KAISER BLAMES KlKKMAN VS EXPLANATION! PEACE THE U. S.
7
ENEMYF93LCS3
OF AMERICANS
Warning (liven l Teutonic
Allies Was Sufficient,
Claims Kaiser.
BRYAN SAYS THERE
WAS NO WARNING
Ycsidenl to Outline Plans
Toda : No Special Ses
sion of ( !ougress.
WiSHINGTON, Ma) 10. While
official Washington waited tu
duj for the word from President Wil
son us to what is (o be the pollc J "I
the Cnlted states in the crisis result
Ing from tin sinking of the tlualtania,
Count Beraatorff, the German am
bassador, called at the siatc depart
ment and expressed tu Secretary
Bryan "his deep regret t ii.it tin
events of the war nad led t" the loss
of so many American lives'
The ambassador did not comment
upon his visit, but Secretary Bryan,
saying only that he underatood the ex
pression to have come from Count
Bernatorff personally, gave out the
following b.v agreement:
"The tic rman ambassador called at
the state department and expressed
J his deep regret that the events of tin
war had li d to the loss of so luan.v
American liv B."
I,nier pic.-.-, dispatches from Berlin
announced thai the foreign offlee had
cabltyl to the embassy a Hole to bt
presented tu the stale department ex
pressing "deepest sympathy al the
loss of lives on board the l.usitania,"
but placing the responsibility upon
goveriimi ni s plan
civilian population
GREENWICH, Conn. J May 10. --The fatt tr.at he will have, a million
dollars some day doesn't bother William J. Carey of tins city a mite,
.lust al present William had much rather have a bottle of milk than any
amount of money because he is only eighteen months old,
William .1 Smith, the boy's grandfather, a contractor and real estate
nan. died six months ago. leaving bis estate In trust for Ills wife. Mrs.
Smith died several weeks ago and ihe will, which has just been read, shows
the entire property of his grandparents goes to the Cary infant.
The boy's father, Thomas F, any. married a favorite daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Smith. The day after William was, born in September, 1913,
his mother died
kmrurderFrTSrican killed
is jury verdict by carranza men
Wholesale Murder Charged Presciliano Medina Fired
the British
starving th
( terms ny, '
Bryan Refuses Comment,
This note, which probably la in
response to Ambaaaador Gerard'a re
quest for a statement of the German
government's' attitude, had not
re. ic in ci the embassy tonight and it
was said it might be delayed for days
as nntiiing la being received by wire
leas Dispatches giving .the text of
the note wen- In anl by Secretary
Bryan and at the emuass) wlthoul
comment, "it is known, however,
thai the statement of the German po
sition la just what had been looked
for in official circles.
The British and French ambassa
dors were at the state department
late today to express their "horror
and sympathy" over the destruction
of the l.usitania. Both showed dee
interest in public feeling over the
catastrophe ami it was made apparent
that they had nothing to suggest as to
action of the United States.
That Ann iica must sittic hersell
directly with Germany was the sub
stance of opinion among the diplo
matic representatives of the BlUed
powers. Chevalier Van Rappard
minister from The Netherlands, also
called at tin' department and made t
bar that the situation of his govern
merit is identical with that of the
In relation t'
th
tu Emperor; Captain
urner
est ll Ics
ONLY ONE TORPEDO
Upon by Constitutional
ists, Say Reports.
Deadly Missle Struck Vital
Siit: Wen1 Down in Less
Than 'JO Minutes.
WAS SHOT IN A BOAT
Population of. El Tigre
Have Asked U. 8. for
Protection.
LONDON, May 10. 10:45 p. m.)
The Cunard line steamship l.usitania
i which Was sunk last week off Old
Head of Klnaale by a submarine was
struck by only one torped". according
to the testimony of Captain Turner of
the Steamer, given today at the cor
oner's Intiiiest at Kins. tie. Mut this
itleadlv missile found a vital spot and
'sent the liner to the bottom in less
than twenty minutes carrying with
jhei over a thousand souls. The evi-j
dence of Captain Turner, which I
'cleared UP matty other points concern
ling the disaster and that of either I
members or tut crew di me vessel
with a general knowledge of the situa
tlon, led the jury to bring in a verdict
I of "wholesale murder" against the
(Set man emperor and his government
and the officers of the submarine di
rectly responsible for the sinking of
1 the ship.
1 It also was disclosed today by Cap.
tiin Turner and by Winston spencer
Chore Mil first lord of the admiralty,
In a statement In the house of com
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SAN ANTONIO, May In. I'nited
States army border patrol re
ports the killing of I'reseiliano Medina,
an American cttlsen and resilient of
El Tigre, Texas, by Cananza soldiers
a few miles above El Tire on the Itio
Grande. '
Medina, who owns large land and
other interests in Mexico, had oroased
the rlVer wit ha friend and landed at
the Palmltoa ranch on the Me.xiccan
side. The official report says that
Medina 'li'l not have the I. oat but
started to teturn to the Texas shore
when two Carranza soldiers rushed to
the bank and fired upon the Texas
who fell dead in the boat The popu
lation of Bl Tigre have asked the
United States government for pro
tection from the Mexican troopers on
the opposite side of the rivet who
threaten to wipe out the town.
Ilea, I- '( liam.ee IgSUX
NEW STORK, May 10. H. C,. S.
Noble was re-elei ted president of the
Niw York Block exchange today.
n
iKRMN via l.uinlein Mu I" Tin" t l I ui i mptttclt mihh
bt'pii soul liv ilic teciiiiaii foivimi offii't1 n ilic tjcniiftti cm
ll,lss ;il WllKllillgtOII
"I'lcasc iHiiiimuuicatt' tltr following n Hit' state depart-
iin tu The (iei'tnuti gover enl tlesiren to express its ileepegl
syinpatln al the loss of lives on hoard the busitiuiiu, Tho
responsibility rests, however, with the British government,
which through ii plati of starving the civilian population nl
i ici'iitntiA . lias forced (icrniany to resorl to retaiatorj measures,
"In spite of the (iei'iitan offer i" the submarine' war
'in case tiic ttarvation plan wati given u. British inerchanl
'vessels are being general 1 armed with guns and have ro
peat edit tried to ram subtnarineH so thai n previous search
was impossible,
"The cannot, therefore, he treatvd as ordinary morchaul
vessels. A recent declaration maflc to the British parliaraenl
b the pai'liamentarj secretary in answer to a question b
Lord Charles Beresford said thai al the presenl practicallj all
British merchanl vessels were armed and provided with hand
grenades,
"liesieit's ii has been openly admitterd bj tho British
press thai Ujc Lmsitauiti on )rcvious voyages repeatedlj car
ried large quantities of w.ir material. On tho present voyage
the Lusitaniu carried .". too cases of ammunition while the rest
of (he cargo also consisted chief! ol contraband,
"If Rnglund, after repeated official and unofficial warn
ilia's, considered herself able to declare thai tlml boal run no
risk and thus lightheartedlj assnmed responsibilitj for the
human life mi board .i steamer which, owning in i t armamoul
and cargo was liable t" destruction the Uorman govornmenl iu
pit,. ni' its heartfelt sympathy for the loss of American Jives,
cannot bul regret thai Americans fell inclined t irtisi to
Bnglisli promisVs rather than to pay attention in the warnings
from the German side, (Signed(
"FOKEtON OFFICE."
POLICY, HINTS
THE PRESIDENT
In Philadelphia Speech W
sou I tidieates a Peai eful
Policy.
ONLY REFERRED TO
WAR BY INFERENCE
Was Greeted and Cheered
li Thousands of Free
born Americans.
CLARK CRITICIZES LATE REPORTS DASH
JUSTICE OF COURT RELATIVES' HOPES
Judges Should Not Hand New Jersey Woman Is Lost,
Down Opinions Based ofi Say Latest Exports;
Vvefdinip Coinni6n Law . Names Confused,
i'nited states
Lusltanta,
President still Retlrba.
What will be the policy of the
Cnlted Sillie s si ill, is giving rise to a
wide range r speculation in official
and semi-official circles. President
Wilson continues to alve the matter
his constant th"in;iit. mindful of his
declaration of appreciation that the
American people wish him to act
"with firmness." Before leaving for
Philadelphia where he addressed an
assemplage of naturalised Americans
toniKht the president locked himself
In his study and mive orders met tei be
disturbed. He consulted no one and
is beinvcd to have been considering
whal to submit to the ('cablnet to
morrow. There is continued dlSCUSBlon here
of line suggestion that i ii- Cnlted
States sever diplomatic relations with
German without a dcolarution of
war. in t his t connection, however, it
has been pointed out that such a
course would have a sorbins effect
upon humanitarian .work the t'niteei
States hits been conducting through
out the war. whatever is done, it is
believed probably will be prefaced by
an exchaniie of notes with the Or-
tnan government. o
o Extra Session,
The calliiiK of ;tn extra session of
congress so far as can be learned
dose not seent to be a part of the
president's plan of procedure. Sen
ator stone, chairman of the foreign
relations committee, who called at
the executive offices said.o he iiles
tinned whether any reason had beer.
I resented for calling an extra session,
lie explained, however, that he had
not consulted the president, Through
out the day messages continued to
pour into the White House ,frotn nil
parts of the country expressing con
fidence In the president and tirtfintf
him to pursue various courses.
Considerable discussion developed
in official earcles over the Ittltude
taken In Germany thnt the people of
the I'nited Slates were warned by the
German government against koIhk to
Europe on belligerent ships. Secre
tary Bryan when asked about this
phase e,f the matter and whether uny
warning had been Riven to Americans
from the state department said, "I
think I had better go no further thun
WASHINGTON, Mav la I'w in
,1s relitioli to the colltllCt teeiween
capital and laDor waa taken up here
todaj ley the federal industrial commission.
Comment and criticism directed
gainst courts i unci statutes 'wi re
ioi I bv waiter Clark, chief Justice
if the supreme court pt North Caro
lina; ivitMi' m Cullen, retired chief
ustlce of the New tort si ite court
if appeals, anil (liiberi 10. Itoe, u
New York lavvv . r
justice CJark and Mr Roe both
rlttcised the e itti nslt i practice f the
(eurts in inn kiiiL' back to the archaic
ommon law of centuries hk" In de
ieiim; cases anslng under olrcum-
citances "f which th nmon law
new nothing,
Mr Poe said the courts were prone
safeguard vvitb great seal the
rights guaranteed t property under
the constitution, bul that In every
aaa they upheld tho constitutionality
f laws invading the personal guar
mteeg of the constitution! the rights
i- free Bpeech, ti prisl and tre e
iBtcmbly.
A condition baa arisen, Bald
ommlssioner O'Connellf 'questioning
Mr. Roe, "where mem who fall to se
are Justice In the courts have be
come outlawed, dlstrustlnu the rourts
md consequentlv ilistrnstiiig0the rn
tire social organisation, What can
A,. do to cure this situation?"
"One step toward u cure." replied
he witness, "is" the0woi;k this com
ins i.cii Is tjo doing, giving every mo
in opposlunity to express his opinion
., ttlng both sides together and get
ting them acquaint! el with tacit
ither's viewpoint. Tin, question is
cot alone labor'sbul the enure coun
try's." o
VANDERBILT IS GONE
Charles Frohman Will Be
Buried in New York May
'J.'); Lis! of Injured.
NEW STORK, Ma j io Although
a number of additional names
of survivors of the Lualtanla disaster
were given In the latest revised let
Issued Were today by the Cunard
steamship company, there was little
to t'heer anxious relatives or friends
because a list of Identified "dead
given out by the line contained the
names of some win, had previously
been reported .iiii'iiik the survivors
Relatives of Mrs. Ogden H. Horn'
mond of Bornardsvilla, N, J.. aban
doned incn- Mini sin- wiis among Hie
survivors today when they received
ti cablegram which Indicated th.tt hei
name, previously nivcn as .among the
ivivors hoi been confused with
thai of Mis. F, s Hammondi.a ste'er
airo passenger "I Toronto, who was
it
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
LEADS THIS WEEK
Beautifu
)ay Caused tn
creased AttendUnee at
All Sundav Schools.
Tin- beautiful WMther ol Bunday
caueted greatly increased attendance
at the Suiieliiv scloaiLs of. Tulsa The
attendance Sunday i greatei than
It has been anj Sunday for several
months, and it is urged by the differ
ent school superintendents that next
Sunday be .t record-breaker,
The Christian Church lead with an
attendance of 'ciik The full attend
ain'e follows:
Methodist RolsCODal. smith, BOStOO
avenue 197. Tlgerl Memorial (IB;
Baptists: First i 7 '. , BMond I ". Im
manuel lit. Wesl Tulsa i. Balvatlon
Army 100; First Christian 564 ; United
Presbyterian 101; Lutheran TO; Press
byterian: First 660, Bullette Memorial
51, College Hill ln."e. Methodi'tt l.'pis-
copai: Kirs; f.H, Orace III, Oroutt
Me, lal Itl, West Tulsa It, Bethel
sr., Balrd Mission 3s, Union Lombard
52. Total attendance 4.n is ; an in
crease of 4 l l over last Sundav. .Make
ii "i.udii next Sundav
ts&vt il i igden II Ho
i nt t in- 1 1 1 1 iband
imatt was lost.
P'rlends of Alfred
bill were pre I
don hope Unit In
sa ed, m it h t he t
nv ices from i.jui
olid was sav ed
the Toronto
Gwynne Vander-
tonight to atatu
mii;lit have been
ejpt of the latest
nstown that no
trace of th" vouni? u 1 1 1 1 1. n tire had
been fecund.
A relief committee named by Act
ings Mayor McAn nv to raise' funds
for the Stelt Ivors ami relatives today
arranged to scud money .to England
(Continued On Page Two.)
Pioneer Bishop is Dead.
SALT LAKB Utah, Mav 10. -The
Rt, RSV, Laurence Scanl.tn. bishop of
the Salt Lake diocese of the CgthoHO
church and a pioneer missionary of
the west, died here todaj after a long
Illness.
k Continued 1 in Page Two.)
Let's Sit Steady.
This. is no time for hysteria and un
reasoning est iiciue ut. This Is tho
tune when it is important to sit still
and study Well before thinking ol
i 1 ting, A great ship has been sunk
involving a horrible loss of lif" a
hundred or more of the victims being
American citizens. They were n"t
belligerents, but men, women and
children pursuing the ordinary course
of business or pleasure, taking no
thought of the horrors of war or tho
danger to themselves. Our first im
pulse is one of angry resentment
against those who committed this
deed, The natural Instincts of hu
manity rev.. It at such methods of
warfare, even ware our own people
not among the sufferers, At all
events, the calamity Is deplorable and
no Justification CSn make It less SO,
Hut it does niet follow that we should
hastlh Judge of the degree of Justifi
cation nor take It upon ourselves to
punish thus,' guilty of the wholesale
slaughter.
Tho greatest degree of patriotism
demands that we shall know the
whole truth before we Condemn this
PHILADELPHIA, May iu l'resi
denl Wilson nave to a gathering
f four thousand naturalised Ameri
cans tonight the first Intimation of
what course, the Unletd States gov
ernment will pursue in the situation
resulting from the loss of more than
a hundred American lives on the
British liner Lualtanla.
Ho spoke by Implication but his
hearers Interpreted bis remarks as
meaning that white the United s'ates
would remain al peace it would seek
to convince Germany of the Injustice
to mankind of the tragedy of last
Friday,
n Example of .Peace,
"America," said the 'president,
"must have the consciousness that on
all sides il touches elbows and louche
l e . i, Is with all nations of mankind
The example of America must be a
special example ami ntusl be an ex
ample not Inert l Ol pein e' be c ause
it will not tight, but because peace l
a healing ami elevating Influence of
the wot Id and strife is not.
"There Is such a thing as a man
being t roud to fight. There Is
SUCh a thing as being so right that
it does not need to convince others
b) lore e that il la right."
I In se re narks ureciDitated a tu
mult of applause and patriotic en-
thuslasm attended by a waving of
thousands i small Amnrlnnn u.,,.
The preside III made no direct refer
ence t,, tn,. Lusitanla traoedv but the
tudlence did not hoallate to read the
application ofj his statement,
Urged True Loyalty,
Introduced lev Mayor Blankenbura
who spoke in distinctly German ac."
cent a welcome and an appeal for
a single alleglence to the Cnlted
Males, (he president earned forward
Ihe Idea Of Welcliii- .,(' f, , reign hi. cod
to make up America, bv pointing out
the true goal of right American citi
zenship to be a loyalty.' not to the
country e,t me's birth but to the land
of one s adoption.
"While you bring,'' he said, "all
countries with you, vou come with a
purpose of leaving all other countries
behind you bringing what la best of
their spirit but not looking over your
shoulder or seeking to perpetuate
what vou leave in thein. 1 would
not certain!) i" one who would sug
gest that a man c ase to love the
plac e- of his origin. It is' one thing to
love th,. place of your birth and an
ither thing to dedicate yourself to
the place where you go, You can't
be mi A rlcan if you think of your-
- Il in groups. America does not
consist of groups. A man who con
siders himself as belonging to a na
tlonal group la not yet an American,
"My advice to you la think first.
not e.nlv e.f America hut tn think first
jit' humanity and you do not love hu-
manii) ir vou sees to divide human
ity into Jealous camps."
The president was constantly in
torrupted. I spontaneous outbursts
..f applause, lie spoke ' ! atiy and so
iiliet was his audience of 15.000 that
he COUld I" heard distinctly In all
parts e.f the gr-at ball. Some of the
pa'ssages ill his speech which tho
crowd applauded most loudly wero
these!
0"1 am sorry for the man who se, ks
to make personal capital out of tho
passions of his fellow man. He has
lost the touch ami Ideal of America,
for America was created tec unite
mankind by the passions that lift and
unite anil not by the passions that
separate and debase mankind.
"The man who seeks to divide man
from man. group from group, inter
est from interest in the United
Slates is striking at its very heart.
Must See tatao.
"I was born In America. You
dreameid of what America was to be
and. I hope vou brought the dreams
with yeeii No man who does not see
visions will ever realize any, bigfa
hopes or undertake any great enter
prise.". In his peroration the president
aroused much enthusiasm when he
said he felt he ought not to be away
from Washington and after coming
be found that the gathering rem u e l
his 'spirit :'s an American."
"In Washington," he said, "men
tell you so many things every day
that are not so and I Hke to come
and stand in the presence of m fel
loe iltlseni and drink out of the com
mon fount tin with them, feeling the
sense of their support."
Back to Washington.
There was a tremendous ovation as
the prestdt nt finished his speech
Afterward he returned to the station
and entered his private car. He will
airlve in Washington early tomor
row. Itecause of the present status of In
ternational affairs extraordinary pre-
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