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(^SgWUK SINKS VESSEL
AND TAKES TOLL OF 1,198 LIVES
LllSITANIA ATTACKED AND SENT TO
BOTTOM OF SEA WITHOUT WARNING
GREATEST CRIME YET COMMITTED DURING
PROGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN WAR
STARTLES THE WORLD. ,'
Many Helpless Women and Children Among the Passen-gers
Who Were Drowned Like Rats—Grave
Situation Confronts United States.
because of her watertight compart-ments,
to remain afloat if she re-ceived
the first blow that they did
not concern themselves about taking
to the boats or even providing them-selves
with life preservers.
When the passengers did realize
that the Lusitania was doomed, they
found that most of the boats on the
port side were so jammed, because
of the great list of the vessel, that
they could not be lowered, and the
last seen of them by the more for-tunate
passengers who had secured
places in the starboard boats, or who
had jumped overboard and had been
picked up, they were lined on the
sloping docks awaiting their fate,
doubtless even then believing that
with land so close they would still
be saved.
However, the torpedoes had torn
The British steamer Lusitania,
ui.ich sailed from New York Satur-day,
May 1. for Liverpool with 1,901
persons on board—1,251 passengers
,nd 650 members of the crew—was
torpedoed twice by a German subma-rine
eight miles off the Irish coast
at M2 o'clock Friday afternoon and
jl minutes later had disappeared
from sight. The doomed vessel car-ried
1.19S souls to death.
Tie survivors, many of them so
critically injured that some have
die.3, and others will die, were car-ried
to Kinsale. Queenstown and
Cork.
Of the dead many are women and
children. Three stories from Queens-town
describe the bringing in of the
bodies of a great number of women,
many of them still unidentified. The
Queenstown docks were made tempo-rary
rreesting places also of the bodies ' such gaping holes in the liner that
of several children. One dead moth- | she did not remain afloat for more
cr still was clasping in her rigid
arms the body of her three-months-old
babj.
The hospitals of Queenstown were
tilled with the injured among the
survivors and the morgues with the
deed.
188 Americans on Board.
There were 188 Americans among
the passengers of the Lusitania and
nearly all of them were lost, the
names of only a few appearing
among the list of survivors. Among
the well known Americans who went
to their death at the hands of the
piratical and murderous Germans
'ere: Alfred G. Vanderbilt, head of
one of the wealthiest families in the
Vuned States; Charles Klein, the
Playwright: Justin N. Forman and
Charles Frohman. New York theat-rical
producers, and Elbert Hubbard
and his wife.
Passengers Were at Lunch.
describing the attack on the Lusi-tania.
a steward who was among
those v.i-.o escaped said after landing
't Queenstown:
"The passengers were at lunch
*''en a submarine came up and fired
1*0 torpedoes, which struck the
•"si'.ania on the starboard side, one
forward and the other in the engine
""•'•» They caused terrifiic explo-
"'"•s- Captain Turner immediately
Wderoii the boats out. The ship be-
• i'-i hadly immediately,
'•l boats were put into the wa-
"' between 400 and 500 pas-
- entered them. The boat in
' W«R approached the land
■"" other boats and we were
1 " shortly after 4 o'clock by
''i'-k. ! fear that few of
> were saved. They acted
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°*1- It was a dreadful sight."
Over Confidence.
' the evidence goes to show that
Js
f'rsl"''riss and many of the sec-den
"C 8SS Passenger8 had such confl-ce
in the ability of the Lusitania,
than about 20 minutes, and the calls
for help which the wireless sent out,
although answered quickly, could
not bring the rescuing steamers in
time to be of any service.
Scenes at Queenstown, where the
survivors were landed and where
there are many bodies of victims,
were heart-rending. Many women
separated from their husbands have
been searching the hotels hoping to
find them alive or, failing in that,
have been looking for them in mor-gues.
British People Aroused.
Nothing that the Germans have
done since the outbreak of the war
has aroused the anger and determi-nation
of the British people as the
sinking of the Lusitania. This anger
is shared by the Americans in Lon-don
who had relatives or friends
aboard.
Members of the London stock ex-change
insisted upon the withdrawal
of all members of German birth, al-though
nationalized. At many places
throughout the country these nation-alized
British subjects were made to
suffer for Germany's action. In one
large ship-building plant at Wall-send
the workmen threatened to
strike unless those employed with
German names were discharged, and
the company, although badly In need
of workmen, was compelled to grant
the demands. German barbers and
other Germans whose presence in
the country has been tolerated since
the war began also found themselves
boycotted. But there have been no
disorders of any kind.
Germans Rejoice With Ghoulish Glee
A dispatch from Munich, Bavaria,
says the Lusitania was destroyed by
the German submarine U-39 and
adds:
"There were great rejoicings to-day
in southern Germany, according
to the advices. Towns were befiag-ged,
especially along the Rhine, and
the children had a half holiday in
honor of the event. The rejoicings
are said to have spread even to Vien-na
and Budapest. It is said that the
general feeling in Germany and Aus-tria
is that the Americans on board
the steamer had been warned pre-viously
of their danger and that,
therefore, they undertook the voy-age
at their own risk."
ADMINISTRATION PACES
MOST GRAVE SITUATION.
The destruction of the Lusitania
brings the United States government
face to face with the most serious
situation that has confronted it since
the outbreak of the European war.-
A Washington dispatch Saturday
night said:
••President Wilson, upon whom
the eyes of the world are focused at
the present moment, studied in quiet
seclusion today the aspects of law
and fact in connection with the sink-ing
by a German torpedo of the Brit-ish
liner Lusitania, with a conse-quent
loss of many American lives.
"The great human tragedy coupled
with the responsibilities of the hour
caused the president to deny himself
to all callers, even to members of his
official family, while he turned over
to his mind the course to be pursued
by the United States government in
one of the most serious crisis in its
history. '
"The only glimpse of the workings
of the president's mind was given
when the White House tonight is-sued
its first formal comment on the
disaster. The announcement was
made that the president realized the
country expected him to deal with
the situation 'with deliberation as
well as firmness.' "
Lusitania Carried No Guns.
One important fact has been defi-nitely
ascertained by the Washing-ton
government from the port au-thorities
at New York, who gave
clearance to the Lusitania—that she
carried no guns either mounted or
unmounted, in accordance with the
caution of the state department and
British government early in the war.
This disposed in the minds of offi-cials
of the claim that the German
submarine had a right to attack the
"Lusitania because she was' an auxil-iary
or converted cruiser.
These facts, in the opinion of law
officers of the American government,
left the German submarine no excuse
under law or reason for an attack
without warning on a ship with hun-dreds
of non-combatants aboard, in-cluding
neutral men, women and
children. The position of the United
States has been that the presence of
contraband—even arms and ammu-nition—
according to the rules of in-ternational
law, including the decla-ration
of London, which Germany
has upheld, cannot warrant the sink-ing
of a merchantman without the
previous exercise of the right of visit
and search and the removal of non-combatants
to a place of safety. The
government stated this in its last
note to Germany, and at the same
time issued a warning that the Im-perial
German government would be
held to a "strict accountability" by
the United States for any loss of
American vessels or lives.
Variety of Speculations.
While not the slightest intimation
of this government's course has
come from the White House, various
speculations are being indulged in.
One course suggested was that a
note be sent to Germany demanding
an explanation of the occurrence,
with a demand for an indemnity!
Another was that American vessels
hereafter be convoyed by American
battleships and cruisers. The sever-ance
of diplomatic relations without
an actual declaration of war with
Germany is also talked of.
Some telegrams reaching the
White House said the .president
would be supported, even if he
thought war was necessary to defend
American rights on the high seas.
Other messages counseled peace and
declared the country was solidly op-posed
to becoming involved in the
European conflict.
Wilmington's Population.
With the recent extension of the
city limits, the population of Wil-mington
is now 32,473. according to
figures compiled from the records of
the health department census of the
city and county for the year 1914.
The total population brought in by
the annexation of the suburbs is
placed at 1,112 and it is rather sin-gular
that not a single colored per-son
is included in the number, the
whole gain being in white popula-tion.
OERMAN8 AND AUBTRIANS
MAKING MIGHTY EFFORT.
The Aiistrians and Germans are
putting;forth an effort the extent of
which never has been approached
In the history of war.
Throughout virtually the entire
length of the eastern front the Teu^
tonic allies %re engaged with ■ the
Russians, while in the west, in ad-dition
If their attacks around Ypres,
the Germans are on the offensive at
many points. At other places they
are being attacked by the French.
British and Belgians.
Far lip in the Russian Baltic
provinces, heretofore untouched by
the war, the Germans are attempting
to advance toward Libau and Riga;
on the east Prussian frontier they
are engaged in a series of battles and
with a 'hig gun are bombarding at
long range, as they did Dunkirk, the
Russian1 fortress of Grodo; in cen-tral
Poland they have had to defend
themselves against a Russian attack;
in western Galicia they are attempt-ing
with, all their strength to smash
the Russian flank and compel the
Russian* to abandon the Carpathian
passes, Swhich they gained at such
cost during the winter. In this west-ern
Galician battle the Germans
claim to have made a still greater ad-vance
and to have crossed the Wis-loka
river, well to the east of the
Dunajee river which, until a few
days ago, formed part of the Rus-sian
front, and to have put their
hands firmly on Dukla pass.
A Second Chancellbrsville.
The strategic achievement of roll-ing
up a hostile battle front by a
flanking attack, of which Chancel-lorsville
is one of the few successful
examples in modern history, is in
full progress in west Galicia. Fav-ored
by continued good weather,
mile after mile the Russian Car-pathian
front has been rendered un-tenable
by the steady, unchecked
Austro-German advance.
The Russian forces have been in
full retreat since Wednesday morn-ihg
and, are being closely followed
by the Austrian Carpathian army,
according to official advices reach-ing
Vienna. More than 50,000
prisoners already have been captur-ed
by the Austrians in west Calicia.
Progress on the northern half of
the front is slower. The Russians are
holding desperately to Tarnow and
Wal mountain—a fortified crest 1,-
500 to 6,000 feet high between the
Biala and Dunajee rivers—to enable
them to get quantities of stores ac-cumulated
behind Tarnow away and
cover the retirement of the armeis to
the southward.
PRINCE PARRINGTON FINED
*SOO IN REIDSVILLE.
Prince Farrington, of Sumner
township, who was captured in
Reidsville Saturday night. May 1,
while passing through the town with
an automobile loaded with whiskey,
was given a hearing in the Reids-ville
recorder's court Friday. After
hearing the evidence and argument
of counsel, Recorder Humphreys
fined Farrington $500 and costs and
ordered his automobile, which had
been captured along with the liquor,
returned to him. (The law held on
to the liquor.)
Farrington is under a suspended
sentence in Guilford Superior court
on a charge of selling liquor, and it
is presumed that this case will be
taken up at the June criminal term
of court. It will also be recalled that
he is under a bond of $250 to appear
at each succeeding criminal term of
court for two years from last De-cember
and show that he has not
been engaged in the liquor business.
His conviction in the Reidsville re-corder's
court will serve to forfeit
the bond.
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF FORM
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE
READERS OF THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR.
Love Cools on 25 Cents a Day.
Evansville, Ind., May 8.—Mrs.
Mary Neuman has entered suit in the
Vanderburg county Superior court
against Ernest Nelman for divorce.
She alleges her husband told her be-fore
their recent marriage that he
made $25 a week. In reality, she
claims, he makes only 25 cents a day
by working as an usher in a theater,
and that he expects her to live on
this amount. They were married in
February and separated in March.
Deaf Man on Track.
Larkin Kennel, of Elk township,
Wilkes county, 79 years old and
deaf, was walking on the track of
the Watauga railroad, near his
home, when a train ran on him and
killed him.
Ill of Typhoid Fever.—Perry B.
Whittington, Jr., the seven-year-old
■on of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Whitting-ton,
iB quite ill of typhoid fever.
June Wedding.—Mr. Penn Scott,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Scott,
and Miss Rebecca Hodges, of Ander-sonville,
Ga., are to be married June
8.
Leaves Hospital.—Mr. S. P. Keel-ing,
who spent the past four weeks
as a patient in St. Leo's hospital, left
the institution this morning greatly
improved in health.
To Give Play.—The boys and girls
of the South Buffalo school will give
the play, "Mrs. Bridges of the Poul-try
Yard," at Neece's hall tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock. -
Brought to Hospital.—Mr. Sam-uel
A. Denny, of Gibsnville Route 1,
was brought to St. Leo's hospital
this morning and will undergo an
operation tomorrow. His condition
is considered serious.
Better Facilities.—The facilities
of the Sunday school room of the
First Reformed church have been in-creased
by the addition of five in-dividual
class rooms, which were
used yesterday for the first time.
Memorial Services.—The annual
memorial services at Frieden's Evan-gelical
Lutheran church will be held
the first Sunday in June. There will
be two services, in the morning and
the afternoon. A cordial invitation
is extended to the public to attend.
Three Sneakers.—Greensboro is
furnishing the speakers today for the
Confederate Memorial day exercises
at three places in the state. Con-gressman
Stedman is the orator at
Winston-Salem, Col. F. P. Hobgood.
Jr., at Durham and Mr. A. M. Scales
at Raleigh.
To Enlarge School.—On account
of the increased patronage, it has
been found necessary to provide ad-ditional
room for the Hilltop public
school. The committeen-.en have ar-ranged
to add a room to the build-ing
and the work will be done during
the summer.
Listing Taxes.—Mr. E. B. Jones,
the county tax assessor, has visited
several townships and says the work
of assessing and listing property for
taxation has started off very satisfac-torily.
He thinks that every town-ship
in the county will show a sub-stantial
increase.
Mrs. N. A. Nelson Dead.—Mrs. N.
A. Nelson died Friday morning at
her home at White Oak. She was
38 years old and is survived by her
husband and nine children. The body
was carried to Stokesdale. where the
funeral and interment took place
Saturday afternoon.
Many Stills Captured.—A report
sent to the internal revenue depart-ment
in Washington from the reve-nue
agent's office in this city a few
days ago showed that the officers of
this division seized and destroyed
105 stills during the month of April.
This did not include eight or ten suc-cessful
raids reported too late to be
included in the April report.
A Valuable Rain.—The rain that
fell the latter part of the past week
came as a welcome relief and great
Messing to this part of the coun-try,
and it might be added that it
didn't come before it was needed. If
there were any way of computing
the value of the rain to the farmers
of Guilford county, it is safe to say
that it would run well up into the
thousands of dollars.
Hockett-Hodgin.—Mr. Carl Worth
Hockett; of southern Guilford, and
Miss Linda E. Hodgin, who has re-sided
in Greensboro for several
years, were married Thursday even-ing
at 8.30 o'clock at the home of
Rev. Shuford Peeler, who perform-ed
the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs.
Hockett are well known and popu-lar
young people and have many
friends who wish them well.
Young Debaters.—Teams repre-senting
the training school of the
State Normal and Industrial College
and the Pomona graded school held
a joint debase Friday night in the
Pomona school building and discuss-ed
the question: "Resolved, that the
United States should so amend the
constitution as to prohibit the man-ufacture
and sale of alcoholic bever-ages."
The Judges awarded, the de-cision
to the affirmative side, which
was debated by Norman Boren and
Joe Elam. Donnell Van Noppen and
Colvin Leonard represented the
training school and upheld the nega-tive
side.
VOL. 94—NO. 37
To Receive Bids.—The county
board of education will hold a meet-ing
on Tuesday, June 8. to receive
and open bids for the 915,000 of
bonds recently voted by the James-town
special tax school district. It
is understood that an offer has al-ready
been made for a portion of the
bonds.
Secure Contracts.—Two Greens-boro
concerns have been awarded
the contracts for a new dormitory to
be built at the A. & M. College, In
Raleigh, during the summer. Long-est
& Tessier will erect the building
and Hunt Brothers & Pettit will in-stall
the plumbing and steam heat-ing.
The two contracts will aggre-gate
$17,705. "
Vann-Car|>enter.—Mr. William L.
Vann, of Burgaw, and Miss Blanche
Lee Carpenter were married Thurs-day
at noon at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Carpenter, south of the city. Miss
Ida Carpenter, a sister of the bride,
was the maid of honor and Mr. H.
W. Vann, of Mt. Vernon Springs, a
brother of the groom, was the best
man. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. R. G. Kendrick, pastor of
Forest Avenue Baptist church. Af-ter
a visit to the groom's parents at
Mt. Vernon Springs, Mr. and Mrs.
Vann will be at home at Burgaw.
Had Narrow Escape.—Mr. John J.
Nelson, who is connected with the in-come
tax division of the internal rev-enue
department, was in Burlington
on business when that place was vis-ited
by a severe storm Friday after-noon.
He had business with the
Burlington Coffin Company, which
suffered serious loss in the" storm,
and had started to the factory a few
minutes before the heavy wind blew
off the roof of the building and de-molished
a portion of the walls.
Fearing that he would be caught in
the heavy rain he saw coming, Mr.
Nelson returned to the hotel and a
few minutes later was informed that
the coffin factory had been partially
wrecked. Had he gone on to the fac-tory,
the chances are that he would
have been seriously injured if not
killed.
Closing Exercises.—The closing
exercises of the Pomona graded
school were held Friday morning,
when the pupils rendered an attrac-tive
program in a creditable manner.
Certificates were presented to 32 pu-pils
who had not missed a day dur-ing
the school year and the following
prizes were awarded: To the third
grade, for the room having the b63t
average attendance; to the "spe-cials,"
for the best deportment; to
Miss Eva Boren, a medal, for the
best pupil in school. Dr. J. L. Mann,
superintendent of the Greensboro
graded schools, addessed the school
on "The Essentials of Manhood." He
classed money, position, title and
physical perfection as non-essentials
and defined the essentials as cour-tesy,
a good vocabulary, information
on current events and control over
self.
Young Girl Attacked by Negro.
Miss Alma Smith, the 16-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Smith, who reside near Pleasant Gar-den,
was attacked by an unknown
negro man at the home of her pa-rents
between sunset and dark last
evening. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were
visiting at the home of a neighbor
at the time, their daughter having
been left at home with two younger
brothers.
When Miss Smith entered the
house alone after sundown, having
left her brothers at the spring, she
found the negro searching a trunk.
He threatened her life if she made
any outcry, and when the girl scream-ed,
the negro struck her and knock-ed
her down, after which he made
his escape.
An alarm was quickly given and
Deputy Sheriff Charles Ross organ-ized
a posse of citizens and went in
search of the negro. He had not
been captured at the latest accounts.
Miss Smith was so badly frightened
that she was unable to give a very
full description of the negro. The
occurrence naturally created a good
deal of excitement in the commun-ity.
Federation of Women's Gluhs.
The North Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs, which met In Golds-boro
last week, adjourned Friday af-ternoon
to meet next year in High
Point. Mrs. Thomas W. Lingle, of
Davidson, was elected president for
the ensuing year.
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Mr. W. L. Buchanan, of Greens-boro
Route 2, waa among 'the call-erg
«t The Patriot office Saturday.
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