Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 196, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 9, 1915 Page: 3 of 30
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Til K TI I.SA DAILY WOBLD SUNDAY MAY
1 9 1 IS
T H RBI
Fiendish Warfare Says
British Press; Will II. S
ear Atrocious Crimes?
TORNADO KILLS
SEVEN PERSONS
Mii.ii Proppert) Damaged bj Storm
Which swept AcfOSS sontlj
Caroliuji
LONDON May . (2::M a. in.)
M i the morning newspapers print
editorial! today concerning the smk-
Ing of the Luiltanla
'I'll. Timet lay II is not for Qreal
Britain t speculate upon the course
to ! "i ipted by tin- United states
government now thai lhej are con
fronted wtln a iltualjon which ion-
oerm 1 1 1 1 1 itountry ai closely aa it
ii Great Britain
"Tlfe members of Mr. Wilson's min-
latry" aaya the Tunis "are the
guardian f their national honor and
the livva of Ihelr own people ITpon
them rests a heavy responsibility
which we aball not si-i'k to accentu-
nte; but the destruction of the Lusi-
tunla must assuredly haaten the day
when every civilised power will feel
constrained to join us."
Thi Posl states that the Luiltanla
wai ir ii "with n formidable bat-
tery "f guns" and.adda "but it ap-
GERiAN
fi thil tin- New Vorit legal niceties
regarding international law prevented
the hont frnin carrying ammunition
ii i theae nuns under pain o being ln
terned in x neutral i ri as a ship of
war."
The Timta devotes a long article in
us nfw-t column i" tin' attitude of
Americana in London "ii the disaster
saying "tin1 sinking t tin1 Lusltanla
haa arouaed oxcltemenl ami apprehen-
sion among the Americans in Lon-
don." Tiii' Morning Post after remarking
n tin' elaborate warning! leaned at
New V 'lU before the ship started
tays;
We find it difficult to understand
now with such warninga and such
ample opportunities to take all prei
cautlnni tii" Luiltanla wan taught
The conclusion thai the veasel'a exact
course mual have been known to the
captain of the submarine Ii difficult to
avoid but uncomfortable to accept."
Premonition
Saved Two
Boston Lives
C( iLUMBIA s c May 7 - Seven
persons were killed! many sertouely
Injured and much property destroyed
by a tornado which swept over the
"Pcedee" !. iii f south Carolina by
late today Qreateal damage was re-
ported In Clarendon Orangeburg
Darlington and Marlboro counties
At Manning In Clarendon county n
portion of the buslneea section was
practically wiped out. Mlat Clara Bag-
gett Bcaaley Pavli and a negro were
killed there Inea Tarl ami her little
brother loot thetr lives on a planta-
tion in Marlboro county Two were
killed w hen the almshouse of Marl-
boro county was wrecked
ITALY IS READY
TO JOIN IN WAR
Only a Minn-It
Italians Out i
Say Dispatch
Can Keep
Our ANNUAL SPRING
SUIT SALE
Starts
Tomorrow Morning
.... . i
OFFICER
piinoirn
NKW VORK May t. Capt Franz
Von Papon 'military attache of the
Imperial German einboaay la quoted
by the New V'ork World this morning
.is making the following statement
regarding tht sinking of the Luet
tonlu:
it li leplorahle If true that so
manj lives have been lost. I am
thncked to hear the news especially
thai American lives nave been sacri-
ficed "Put ii was absolutely criminal for
the Cunard compaijy to carry ami for
the British government to allow the
line i" carry neutral passengers In a
ship which was transporting explos-
ives and urn iitio'is of war ti be used
bj i : real Britain .m l her alia s i ipr-
monj 1 1 i (.1 i" defend .herseli against
them The best -way was to destroy
the Ad 1 1 and such destruction was
amply Justified under 1 1 1 rules ofj
war" 1
BOSTON May 7. -A Premonition
of disaster was responsible for the
facl thai Edward B. bowen o wealthy
Boston ahoe dealer whose name ap-
peared in the early lists of saloon
cabin passengers of the Lusltanla
mail (I to be on boat il th' ship.
Mr gowon with Important busi-
ness awaiting him in London had en-
gaged passage on the Lusltanlu
'"Friday night" be explained a
feeling mew upon me thai something
was going to happen to the Lualtanla.
I talked it iver with Mrs Bowen and
decided to cancel passage-"
Mr ami Mrs. Stewart S Mason were
making thetr honeymoon trip on the
l.usit&nta They were married here
April 21.
Lathrop Withlngton belongs to an
old New England family members
of which recently have been promr
Inent In 11 m iird athletics.
"They igroerj when they purchased
passes thai they weal daSHUme all
risks and that the company was not
liable under any clrt umstances" he
asserted.
ROM B via Paris. May J 1 8:60 p
M) The date for the convening of
the senate ind'the chamber of dep-
Utlea has I n postponed b) royal de-
vice until May 10 Tin- rlglnal date
set for the ipontng of parllaai nt was
May 12
i The situation is rapidly becoming
more tense. The press considers thai
onl) u miracle now can keep Italy
Out of the war.
Deputy Clrmenl today expressed the
opinion that the action ol the govt rn.
men! Indicated that a rupture bf ne
potiatlons with Austria was not only
certain bul imminent and the belief
lis expressed 111 diplomatic circles that
Ithe- Italian government in view of
iih( postponement of the date for cn-
j venlntj parliament -desires to confront
! parliament .villi an' accomplished fai t
King Victor Emmanuel as early as
8 o'clock tins morning was In con-
sultation with the minister of war
I General Zepolll and an hoar later
Premier Saundra and Foreign Min-
ister Sonnlns went into consultation
Shortly all' a ward the seer. dary of the
German embassy Prince Von Buelow
arrived with a letter the nature of
which has not been dlsilosed.
Finally a cabinet council was held
at the ministry of the interior and
continued for several hours.
mong Survivqrs.
LONDON' May 5 (3:10 a. m.)
The Cunard company announces
among 1 1 1 survivors-General Lasslter
ai.d son first cabin; Mrs. Bretherton
second cabin.
Japan's Ultimatum
Ti'Kli". .May 7. The Ultimatum to
China specified that Japan could not
accept the Chinese counter proposals
such as the unconditional surrender
of Kiao Chow and Indemnity for
losses sustained by China as the re-
sult of Japan's war against Germany
on the Shantung peninsula.
331
On Every Spring Suit
in Our Store
The Sale you have been watching and waiting
for is here. Seleet tho style you wish and pay
One- Third less than former price.
This salecomesa le w weeks earlier than usual.
The backward Spring season is responsible.
RAUL
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A
v..
C 2 P I
CLOTHING
SUCCESSORS TO OLSAN'S
TZER
CO.
!)( S. MAIN ST
- CRIMINAL LIBEL
AGAINST LITSON
Saw Deadly German Missies
Plow Through "Waters Then
Crash and Vessel Keeled
TULSA LEADS FOR
PRESS UOHVcNTIQN
four
Pic
Hi
'Ml
lir Peace
Tulsa Justice ol
Faces Charge; Martin- j
dale in a Fighl I
rharge of criminal wax Died
ok. iii bI Justice of. the Peace O. M-
Litsmi yesterduj by Charles Oberst.
Ohersl iill'? s in the Information that
Lltson several weeks ago wrote a let-
ii i to W. P. Bchell of Wichita. Kan..
m which he made statements defam-
atory to him
Ai cording to the story r.-cited to
Assistant Count) Attorney Jim Kvers
yesterdas afternoon Ultson has been
in charge of some collections of
Shell's Recently it seems thai
Oberst a.- given the collecting agency
In re and Utson remo ed.
i n rlttng a letti r to Schell at
Wichita In regard tc Oberst Lltson
a I.I It In nahmed. he was a rood
money Ketter. "Bul he is about the'
wnrsi pTayofi and crook I ever saw."
n is the excerpt of the letter upon
which Ubersl bases his claims for
i i ii i na ! libel'
1 1 m Martlndale jr. and B. E. Bell
in bounced a the police station on a
eimri(e of disturbing the peace it is
aliened thai D. M Martlndale attor-
ney for Charles Oberrt went to the
( iMi f ii. m. Lltson accompanied :
bj his nun in the. interest of his silent '
v here - dlst usslott f the ease resulted I
in a hand-l i-hand encounter between
Bell a clerk of Lltson and the j
j in ner Martlndale
TULSA STREET CAR
LEAVES THE TRACK
QUBSENSTOWN May 8. r.:t a
m a sharp lookout for submarines
was kept ibonrd the Lualtanla as she
approached ihp hi.-Ti coast accord-
ing to Krnost Cowpi r a Toronto news-
paper man who was 'among the snr-
vivors landed here. He declared that
after the ship was torpedoed there
was no panic among the crew imt that
liej went about the work of getting
passengers into the boats in a prompt
ami efficient manner.
"As we He ilcd the coast of Ire-
land." -aid Mr. Cowper "we all joined
in the lookout for a possible attack
by a submarine was the whole t iplo
f conversation l was standing with
u friend ut the rail about 2 o'clock
when suddenly I caught a slltni.se of
ihe running tower of a submarine
about a thousand yards distant I
Immediately tailed my friend's atten-
tion to it. Immediately we bcth saw
tin- (jack of a torpedp 'followed al-
inost Instantly by an explosion. Por-
tions of BPllntered hull were sent fly-
Ins Into the air and then another t r-
SVR V IVORS
Th
i pdo struck
lo starboard
"The crew at onci
the passengers Into
Otilerly prompt and ettl
Miss Helen Smith appealed to me to
Save her. 1 plact d her in a boat and
Saw her rowed away. I sot into one
of the last boats to leave
..hip began to list
proi ceded tn (ret
the boats in an
'lenl manner.
Among the survivors who have ar-
rived here are A. T. Mathews Mon-
treal; s. Abramowits Miss Catherine
(Cuye ii it Lane W t;. ES Meyers. .)
T Thlmmlns Mrs A. P Witherhec.
Lady Vlackworth Mrs Henry Adams.
Boston; Robert Rankin .New York;
Samuel Sharp Miss . Martin K .1
QaUtlett New York; Miss May May-
cock. Violet Henderson I'no Mar-
derud Thomas H. Levin l. A.
Thomas Cardiff Wales. T. .1. M.
Bvans A. it I'larkc. v O Burgess
.1 II Charles and daughter Toronto;
Vis Loney New York; John Harris
Miss .Holland Miss Josephine Bran-
dell New Yoik; F K. a. Perry ). H.
'Urab ii. Q. Mosley .New 'lrk; .). II'
Brooks New ?ork; A. M. Jeffrey M
Culms 11 il Hammond New York;
a. Manley H Neath Miss North Miss
Winter George Duquid Daniel
Moore John W. McConnell Memphis
Tenn.i Miss sharp'. Miss Conner H
M. Ialy. Patrick Cllffe James Bohan
Toronto. Mrs. t'yrns Crosley.
That' there was great confusion
aboard Ihe Lusltanla after tile steamer
was torpedoed is evident from the
conflicting statements of survivors
some of whom state that she was
struck mi the starboard sfde. while
others insist it was Upon the poll side.
Captain Turner is among those who
hat c landed h'.t'c
The Dublin Times states that the
survivors aboard the tuj? Btorm Cock
all are In a dei.lor.il.le condition and
that some of them are wounded.
i). S (Irih Major and Mrs. Pearl
end' two ihlldron Mrs Jesse Tafl
Smith Cha.des C. Hardwlck Stuart
1 1. Pearl Ardray Pearl Mrs Stanley
I.. B. Lines C T Hill. Ho'' rt Ran-
kin Miss Loney Mis. William Do-
her'ty and Infant Thomas Phillips
William McMndams J H Houghton
John M. Sweeney Uuden II Ham-
mond. J 1! Brooks CharlCi T Jef-
fery Mrs. C n. Lund. Arthur Shep.
penis. iii. I ir 1 V. Mi ore. t 'lint on
lt..e. -.1 UaHnH l.'elil .1 I. mils in ir
Edlth Williams James 1. T.ary. "'vis are hen
Thomas Stldell Mrs. John Wolf enden l'"' s meeting
Mrs. Nina Holland George Klsster morning for
Mrs. Thomas Mesh George A. Keas- Outhrle has pla
I. r I. 1. M Murray Robert Kay (. hospitable onl
t i.i . ' . nfirh nteetliis is pi"
Ol- I I o asioK ...... ..
me year msi.i m oe urnuiuzmi
ncU'ed Delegate
L.sl Night; Tul
A pe Art i e.
OUTHR1E M
1 1 ikluhomu newsj
i
7. I'oiii hundred
pel i dltors ami t hi Ir
t.. attend the state
Which opened this
i wo-days' S' sslon
ined a n clabora t e a ml
irtttlnmenl ami the
my on. r Hi. mosi
Bight years ;i!; there were no paved streets und we did not
need 28880 pairs of shoes to please the Tulsa population.
We place on salo the Genuine Diamond Brand Shoes all
no on sale. Baby Doll and Mary Jane in patent and gun-
metal; in gTey and tan military styles. 50c to $1.00 saved.
Visit the tremendous cut price sale at
114 South Main Street
SHOES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
C. Harris. Fred S Ju I-on Ed M I
hs. li C Wright P J Gauntlet s.
X Knox. Patrlelt O'Donnell Samuel
Sharp M. ii. Byrhe of New Vork
Emily Dagls Annie Walker ES Hous-
nell A. B. Cross Philip young of
Montreal. V. A. I ' Vassar of London.
George Steele Cyrus Crosley .lames
Parker It !olebrook Re H C. S.
Moris. Mrs. Fish ami two children
captam Turner First Otflcer Jonnos
s nd 1 ifBcer la wis Lev II. W.
i of I h
falsa is leading in the fiulu r He
1916 convention and Hie eltj is well
reppreseuted in the party of Tutsans
are Willi no Stryker Bugene Ijorton
.1. purr Gibbons Walter Olds Harvey
Olds and I'at Hurle) There seenis to
be little opposition to Tulsa tonight
Fountain of Energy When President Wilson
Opened the Panama-Pacific Exposition
A BeltVleW ear troin'K east on Third.
tree! jumped the track a! the siding
a few f el east of Ellwood last night at
11:80 o'clock Although moving at aj
Hi v. rate ijf speed il tinned almost
. apletely across the street bounding
Into- the south curb. A single passen-
i was not injured.
li required an hour for a forte of I
hapdl to replace the car on the track 1
ir i hi meanttmi iU-v were no trans
i)ortatlon facilities between the point
i the w reik and ihe Owen park tor-;
minus since the track was blocked by
ti.- ttlsabled ear. It Is the second ac-
:!.iit to occur on the TulSS Street
Railwa) lines in the past t c 1 tys 'he
first being on ihe Midland Valley
iiissii'K Thursda) afternoon when a
locomotive bumped into a car knock-
Ini ii from the track.
Holland i- Stirred.
AMSTERDAM via London Ma) I
S :('." a. -in.) The news of the Sinking
of the Lusltanla has caused a tie I
nietidous sensation In Holland. Tin
Amsterdam newspapers publish .1
numerous extra editions and the
keenest interest was displayed as to
whither any Dutch passenmrs Ware
among tin mtaslng.
too Die f Injuries.
LONDON. May I. (4:06 a. m.)
Th Central News says that the nUffl-
bet of the Lusltanla'!' pgasangen who
" eii of injuries w title beiiu take!
uveiistown will rea.h one hundred
T
illti Fountain of Energy when the water was released by President Wil
li a in. using a button at Washington on the opening day of the Fana-ina-Hai
lllc International Exposition. This fountain Is the work of A
Stirling Caldar and la between the Tower of Jewsls and the main an-
ikuca at S ott suml
sim;. sii .Miss Minnie Weol) jonn - - ri.il in
lib George Ward and wife Mr and n
Mrs chiries of Toronto. John Free- (.V(.r
man Mrs. Doherty and Infant. Miss ....
Ji ssie Murdock I'hilii Voilng of itors
Montre .1. A' ili tee l. I'hiliip i. !: herf
Stockton Robert j. Bwart Guy Cham
berft G'eorg! Stevens Miss O Hardy
i. Li idly Jos Marlibal and wife and
iwo daughters M. Efternchle John j.
Balba Jos Levlnson Mrs I Scott .1
Hooke Elsie Hooke E. Sampson
c Harris Dorothy Dodd Mis Irene
Payntor if Liverpool Margaret BaL
liantyn Richard Lionel Taylor of
Montieal. Huntley 1 1 Anderson Mrs
Merollne Arthur Vndsler Lee Duck-
worth John Moore Hem. ud of
Boston R. Gardner Herbert O. Hloer-
dot Francis ienklns John Peresse-
wlch G. Edgar Blmmlngham H i
White. nub R Dyer Woodward Wal-
ter Law son. lto. H. L Dwyer and j
wile Thomas u. Steven Mrs. Andrew '
Lurdon an 1 Infajtt.
Tin list Of SUrvlvoM made Up here;
contains Hi names and Includes 51:
male and 24 female passengers th
captain id first and second officers
of the Lusltanla and 6a members of
the ship's company of whom only
four are females.
Charles ' Harnwlckof New fork!
Mrs M. M. Pappadopoulo Athena I
Greecet Julian De Ayala. Havana
Cuba 'Bertram Jenkina. New York;
Mjss Josephine Brandell New- York:
Ernest Cowper Toronto; Gerald Shi l-
day Oeorgl Stevens. Joseph Ma-'
richal'a boii (remainder of Marietta!
family previously reported ife).
The following members of the erew
jure among the survlvorai
St. war. Is Cub s Keiidell William
Newport J dm Darcy Frank Larry;
: Bbepperdaon Fireman John
Want. B. MeGlnnla Joseph Woods T.
Carroll; Fir men John Ward B. Mc-
Glnnts Joseph '' is t Carol! Hunh
(Stanley w Hughes Jbseph Casey I
Peter Donnelly Michael English; Sail-
er. Ja Hume c Sunn Daniel
Moore. Thomas o'Malley. Georif 'lin-
Iton. James Over. Trimmsn Robert
Eh'ana Thomas Lawson Thomas
Brennani Stewardesses Mrs. Lew-
hurst and Mrs. Hill; Quartermaster
. Hugh Johnston; Greaser Patrli k Mc-ICarthy.
Would Refuse Passports
LONDON May 8. (2;41 a in.)
Commander Carlyon t!iiii s retired
now a tnembei of parliament said in
an interview:
"Having regard lor what has hap-
pened and ma) happen i foal that
we ought ' ins- a law empowering
British consuls to refuse passports
except for sound reaaona to' all
ntutraU to iravi I i Untisb stilus."
I while last inch
i was ral hi r In f
ol In r tow ns
I. Kin i' Gibbon
t b
dvanei
sonic
guaru
of the
We Can't Do
Anything !
Gormatl shins on the seas and no one
would consider the insane proposition
t( sending kii army over there. I am
absolutt ly neutral In this war."
RUNAWAY GIRL IS
FOUND IN BOX CAR
round
rnlng
iosI logical and pr
de in fore the a i
eii a n Imprci Ion
it till V W ill Use t.
table .discussion
n dull) joUI
slon w'as oni
ini ii."ti Saved.
QI.'KHNSTiMVN. May H l : - i
hve urrlved lo re istlmatn that only
about 050 of Iho c am am the sti imer
were sa d ind inly n small propor-
tii ii of those rescued wen saloon passengers.
CINCINNATI. Ma V William P
Mcl'ombs chair ma li of the Dcinoori 1 1
national .cominlttoi who was In this
lit for a few boms today said -he
preatl? deplored the blowing up of
Ihe Lusltunia bul he could not sec
what tins country could do about it
"This countrj i helpless" he said.
Suppose thai '. . should declare war
am iii si Germany n would amount to
nothing more than the recall of the
ambassadors of each countrj We
could not nht ifccuiso tin re are no
1 lot ei bca Petersi n 10 ) ear-old
daughter if frank Peterson who ran
away front home Thursday morning
hi cause sic had la en scolded on ac-
count of a deficient chool report was
found yesterday morning In an Iso-
lated box cur neai tin fairgrounds
sin- stoutl) denied that the card bear-
inu lu r name which she carried re-
fi rrcd to her
The child was returned to her pa-
rents by tho lady who found her. It
was through a story carried in The
World Friday morning that the dis-
i crv was nade
Seeing (he Sights at the World's Greatest Ea
position
"PIRACY" .
DECLARES
EVie.Il
4 '
K fi Mi i
SYRAI I SB N V . May 7 Thco.
'dure Roosevelt after learning details
j of the sifikii f the Lusltanla laio
1
sufferers.
but i o our own na Hon i
I
T
entrances to tho exhibit palaces ana pmer jrwi oununisn v
I'anama-I'aetfle International Exposition Han Francisco are . onstatn
In their receiving and outpouring of amazed visitors The lllustratloi
suasrasU the magnlflcencs and grandeur that are typical of the archlteo
tun of the wonderful Exposition.
ON BOARD WITH
ALL MIS MONEY
PI rTSQUROH Mav ! Ainan the
passengers on the'Lualtanla wore ten
members of tht Qwont Wotoh n ale
chorus win were returning to Buropo
after completing a tour ol tht United
SI ites
Michael Ward fen years a street
ear ntotorrtian here was on the Lusl-
tanis with hU savings of 16000 bound
for QreemhUI Ballvshannon County
U itegal Ireland where he had pur
scd s fat'tn.
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