Itn fmm the Ttatil Ami, The Dee's Real War Photos Bt of Thorn All. PITS Hfe Omaha Daily THE WEATHER Fair VOL. XUV-XO. ivo. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOUSING, MAY 11, 1915 F0U11TKKN PAflKS. Oa Train i and at Motsl Itwi Steade, to. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. .Bee 1 VOTE "WHOLESALE MURDER" VERDICT A IN LDSITANIA CASE Coroner's Jury Brings This Charge Against Emperor and Govern ment of Germany and the Subsea Chiefs. "CONTRARY TO CIVILIZED LAW Captain Turner of Doomed Craft Says Re Received Special In tractions as to Voyage. HE CANNOT MAKE THEM PUBLIC K1NSELA, Ireland.. May 10. The Verdict rendered by the coroner's Jury which Investigated the deaths resulting from the torpedoing of the Lusltanla follows: "We find that the deceased met death from prolonged immersion and exhaustion in the - eea eight miles s south-southwest of Oldhead of Kin sela, Friday, May 7. 1915, owing to the sinking of the Lusltanla by tor pedoes fired by a German submarine. "We find that this appalling crime was committed contrary to interna tional law and the conventions of all civilized nations. "We slso charge the officers of aald submarine and the emperor and govern ment of Germany, under whose orders they acted, with the crime of wholesale murder, before the tribunal of the civil ized world. j "We express sincere condolence and kympathica to the relatives of the de-' Traced, the Cunard company and the r'nlted States, many of whose oltlxens perished In this murderous attack on an unarmed Iiner."v v Captain 4ueatloned. Captain Turner of the Lusltsjiia ap peared before the coroner and was ques tioned. The coroner asked him whether Jie had received a message concerning the sinking of a ship off Klnsale by a submarine. Captain Turner replied that he had not. 1 "Did you receive any special instruc I tlons as to the voyage?" V' Yes. sir." 'Are you at liberty to tell us what they wire?" No, slr.' Did you carry them out?" 'Yes, to the best of my ability." "Tell us In your own words what hap pened after passing Fastnet." 'The weather was clear," Captain 1 Turner answered. "We were going at a speed" of eighteen knots. I was on the ; port side and hoard Fecond Officer Hf ford enll out: 'Here's? a torpedo.'- "I ran to the other slds and saw clearly the wake of a torpedo. Smoke and steam came up between the last two funnels. There was a slight shock. Immediately after the first explosion there wss an other report, but that may possibly have been Internal. Orders Boats Lowered. "I at once gave the order to lower the toata down to the rails and I directed that women and children should get Into them. "I also had all the bulkheads closed." Captain Turner continued. "Between the t'me of passing Fastnet, at about 11 o'clock, and of the torpedoing . I st.w'no sign whatever of any submarines. There was some haze along the Irish coast and when wo were near Fastnet I, flowed down to fifteen knots. I was In wireless communication with shore all the way r cross." Third Torpedo Hit Lusitania as Last Boat Was Launched LONDON. May 10,-The statement that three torpedoes were fired at the Lus ltanla was made to the Guard cor respondent of the Daily News on the . i ' 1 Ch Ml nvtnorlty of, the Rev. Mr. Guvler of the Church of England's Canadian Jlaliway Mission, who said the third found Its mark while the last boat was being low ered. When the Lusltanla sank Mr. Guvler said a submarine rose to the surface and came to ' within SuO yards of the scene. The crew stood stolidly on the deck he Said, "and surveyed their handiwork. I could distinguish the German flag, but It was impossible to see the number of the submarine, which disappeared after few minutes." Germans Kept Out of Stock Exchange LONDON, May 10. Between J0O and 300 -tJ-Hritiah members of the Ftock exchange f have mobilized to prevent, forcibly If necessary, the entry of any Germans who might be brave enough to attempt to mske their nay Into the houe n dis- regard of the warning issued by the Ktock exchange committee advising thsm to remain away. Excitement ran high around the ex change, and a huge crowd collected in the vicinity In the expectation of dis orders. Only a handful of naturalised Germans appeared in the neighborhood, however, and these did not attempt to erer the exchange. They were hustled away through Throgmorton street and earned not to return. The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Tuewiay: For Oiiuha, Council Kiufl and Vicinity Fair; not much chain; in temperature. Tempera! are at Omaha . Peg. IS M 61 66 n TS 7t SS s I .If ft I ,tLl Hours. VSwTC a. m.. " t J J I p. m. " - sa, 2 p. m. r ;) - I IN COMMAND OF THE LUSITANIA Captain William Turner, who had charge of the vessel when torpedoed and sunft. N vvJ r . ,,v . -V lill - lilfll s - ' x " ks mmW - -IT QUAKER CITY GIYES WILS0JWELC0ME President Received a Tremendous Greeting as He Fassei Through -Philadelphia, Streets,;.: ". , GREAT HALL DENSELY PACKED PHILADELPHIA, 'May 10.-7 President Wilson arrived here from Washington shortly after 7 o'clock tonight. Later in the evening he will deliver an address to a recep tion to be tendered 4,000 newly nat uralized citizens. The journey from Washington was uneventful. The station was densely crowded when the president arrived. As he passed" along the guard of police cheers went up from the assembled crowd. Mr. Wilson acknowledged them with smiles. He was escorted up Broad street by the mounted city, troops of Philadelphia. As the horsemen galloped In advance of the president's automobile, their black-plumed helmets gleamed In the brilliantly lighted thoroughfare. The. street was lined with automobile loads of people, who shouted a noisy welcome. Thousands of people lined the walks. The handclspplnr and cheering were al most constant. Women waved . handker chiefs from the windows and balconies and everywhere the reception given the nation's chief magistrate was one of en- ! thuslasm and warmth. He bowed, raised j his hat and smiled grstefully. When the president reached Convention ;hHll, he was escorted to a seat by Mayor j Rudolph Blankenburg. He found Secre- tarles Wilson and Daniels on the plat form. The hall was densely packed. Little American flags wire everywhere In evidence. Moat Restrain Paaalona. Secretary Wilson declared, that new citizens must do morn than simply obey the laws of the I'lilted States. "Our passions must not be allowed to overthrow our reason," he said. If we can. without sacrifice' of our honor and dignity, prererve our ' peace with other nations, we shell be In a betef position to help them when (he war shall end." While Secretary Wilson was speaking a baby child of a new citizen began crying and the president smiled. "Those who have tsken the oath of al legiance to the t'nlted States can have no dual allegiance. Like you, Mr. mayor, an 1 the guevts here tonight, I am one 3t those who wa horn abroad and has sworn nllegiance to tho t'nlted States." Prior to the president's speech, moving pictures, showing leading events ,ln the lives of Presidents Washington and Lin coln e.e thrown on a screen. Oat karat f Applaaar. A sudden, spontaneous outburst of ap plause greeted the president when he arose to speak. Everyone present leaped up, waving American flags. Waves or chvers broke over the hull, rising and falling, lie bowed time and again, smil ing his acknowledgment of his reception. As he rose, the band played "The Btsr .lsn1eJ UBnir." Relief Sent Belgium is Sixty Millions NEW YORK, May 1.-The laUst state ment Issued by the commission for relief ir Uelgluin places the total of the Dtjh t-nd cargoes contributed for distribution by the commission at Sa0.644,&u. This In cludes an estimate of the cargoes sr rsnged for delivery this month. The foodstuffs and clothing amount to tnt.ftft ttru. V COURTS ARE FAR BEHIND THE' TIMES Chief Justice Clark Says that Judges H Do Hot Keep ?ae with Publia : TCh6-wledg'e and Sennt..-i LAWYERS CAUSE LAW'S DELAY WASHINGTON, May 10, -r Labor 'and the law was the topto today .befbre the In dustrial Relations commission, 'with Chief Justice Walter Clark of the North Caro lina supreme court the first ' witness.' Courts, Justice Clark thought., were in clined to favor corporations ; In . litiga tion with a poor man, because judges and lawyers have not kept pace' with protrcs tlve legislation and the trend of publlo opinion. "What is responsible for, the apparent reluctanoe of laboring men as Individuals and labor organisations to submit issues to the courts?" asked Chairman Walsh. "My observation Is," said Justice Clark, "that as a rule the courts are. alow to adopt progressive economic idcaa In ad vance of legislation Courts ordinarily are composed of elderly men. Most of 'hem as lawyers have been employed by great corporations and when they reach the bench they are unconsciously biased by the views they held at the bar." "How can this be modified?" . "Only by the slow process of education and development of public opinion. As older men. psss away their places on the bench may be taken by younger men Imbued with progressive ideas of the time." Justice Clark contended "economic In terest of lawyers In extending the delays of the law" was one of the principal causes of delay of justice, which often becomes a denial of Justice. "Can that not be cured by legislation?" aaked Commissioner Lennon. "Every time any such legtslstlon ap pears," said Justice Clark, "either in a. state legislature or In congress, there are lobbyists at work to defeat any proposal that would deprive defendants of the ad vantage of delay. And all of the lobby ists are not In the lobby. Many are in the scats of the house and senate." Referring to court decisions against boycotts of dealers by jobbers and man ufacturers. Commissioner Welnstock asked if Justice Clark did . not believe labor boycotts also should be held Illegal. "No, sir," said the Justice. "The la borer and the capitalist are not on a partly. The laborer, with his wife and children to support. Is not In the same economic position as Rockefeller and Carnegie." LINER TUSCANIA LEAVES GLASGOW FOR NEW YORK NEW YORK, May 10. Announcement was made today at the Cunard offices that the Anchor liner Tuscanta, with 341 passengers, sailed from Glasgow on Sat urday and from Liverpool Sunday for New York. This U the first large passenger steamer Identified with the Cunard line to sail from the British Isles for tho United States since the sinking of the Lusitania. BISHOP SCANLON OF , SALT LAKE CITY IS 9EAO SALT I.AK CITY. May 10-I.aurence gcanlan. bishop of the fait I-ke diocese of the Roman Catholic church and a pio neer missionary of the west, died hero this sfternoon after a long Illness. 1 ! M.veme.l. .r Or.. S.. r.. Port. AntTwl. 'Sile4 KRW YORK. ...St. Iuls Nva1 KK VOHK.... Aalunlo Ulimi IjONDON Misuiuha PA I. HO Vg Cit Id TUBAL. . . Xv Uf Lueses bach. BERLIN VOICES REGRET TO U. S. AT LIVES LOST German Foreign Office Expresses Sympathy for American Dead on N Lusitania and Blames England. SATS MERCHANTMEN ARMED Sorry British Promises Tnisted'More Than Teuton Warnings Paid Attention To. ASSERTS MUNITIONS ON LINER BERLIN (Via London) May 10. The following dispatch has been se-nt by the German foreign office to the German embassy at Washington: "Plea communicate the follow ing to the State department: The German government desires to ex press Its deepest sympathy at the loss of lives on board the Lusltanla. The responsibility rests, however, "with the Brltitih government, which, through its plan of starving tho civilian population of Germany, haa forced Germany to resort to retalia tory measures. "In spite of the German offer to stop the submarine war In case the starvation plan was given up, Brit ish merchant vessels are being gen erally armed with guns and have re peatedly tried to ram submarines, so that a previous search was impos sible., Kot Ordtaary Merchantmen. . "They cannot, therefore, be treated as ordinary merchant vessels. A recent declaration mads to the British Parlia ment by. the parliamentary .secretary in answer to a question by Ixrd Charles Beresford ssld that at the presnnt prac tically all British merchant vessels Were armed and provided with hand grenades. "Besides, ' It . has been openly admitted by the English press that the Lusltanla on previous ' voyages repeatedly carried large quantities of wsr material. On the present voyage the Lusltanla carried S.400 cases of ammunition, while the rest of . the, cargo also consisted chiefly of contraband. ; "If, Kngland, after repeated fftcJat shd unofficial warnings, considered Itself able to declare that that boat ran no risk and thus llghtheartedly assumed re sponsibility for the human life on board a'' steamer, which, wlnjr It armament MrMr-cargoNrtU'llable ta destruction, tha German government In aplte of Its heart felt sympathy for tht. loss, of Amarlcaa lives; csnnot, but regret that' AmeHoarig fait mora Inclined to trust. JCngllsh prom ises rather than to par attention to tha .warnings from the German side. Slrnd: . "FOREIGN OFFICE." ' K press Reanreta. .WASHINGTON, May 10.-Count Von Bemstnrff, the German ambassador, to day expressed In person to Secretary Bryan "his "deep'- regret that the events (Continued on Pags Two, Column Two.) Methodist Parsons s Flay Sinking Liner; v Pro-Germans Bolt CHICAGO, May 10. Clergymen of pro German aympsthles bolted the weekly meeting of the Methodist Episcopal min isters of Chicago today when their col leagues refused to postpone dlscusalon of a resolutln condemning In "unsparing words the: inhuman torpedoing and ' un christian sinking of the steel steamship Lusltanla." Half a dosen men left tho room after fighting In vain to have tho resolution tabled. The resolution was adopted. Tho declaration also expressed "perfect confidence" in the sane leadership of President Wilson. German Forces Meet With Reverse in Russian Courland LONDON. May 10. Tho Exchange Tele graph company publishes a dispatch from Its Copenhagen correspondent de claring that tha Germans have met with a severe check to the westward of Mltau, capital of tho Russian province of Cour- lnu- . rjumerous lories 01 nuasiana in strong . positions compelled them to re treat. Queen Wilhelmina Sunk Off Hartlepool LONDON. May lO.-The British steamer Queen Wilhelmina of Hartlepool was tor pedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Blyth on Saturday. Time waa allowed the crew to take to the boats. The men were picked up by a patrol boat and landed at Shields. Omaha'a bank clearing's laae year totaled the coloa al turn of $887,580,782. Although forty-first among' cities of the United States ranked according to popu lation Omaha holds ix tceth place measured by bank clearing's. Leo M. Frank Stoutly Reasserts His Innocence When Brought Into Court ATLANTA. 0 May 10. Leo M. rTank today was resentenced to bo hanged on Tuesday, June 22, for the 1 murder of Mary Thagan. Before sen tence was pronounced he made this statement: "Again I stand before you. Again 1 can but reiterate that 1 am Inno cent of the murder of Mary Fhagan. I have absolutely no guilty knowledge of that tragic occurrence. "1 am Innocent of this charge and I assert that the record of the evi dence conclusively proves this. Xo appelate tribunal has ever passed upon this evidence. The only Judge who has ever heard it stated that he had the most serious doubts as to my guilt "My execution will not avenge Mary Phagan's death. A life will hav been taken for a life, but the real cul prit will not have paid the penalty. I will suffer for another's crime. "My trust Is In God, who know that tny protestations of Innocence are the truth. At some future datf, the whole mortal world will reallxe It. It Is the knowledge that Col knows it now and that the world will know it some day, that inspires ma as I stand before your honor a.i 1 as I face the future. "Anything eUe I might say at this time would be but an elaboration of my words to the court. Yet I am fully alive to the fact thatmy posi tion Is most precarious. It is a situa tion which Is too far removed froa anything that my life and mental at titude could have bespoken. It is hideous, but at the same time so un real, so Incongruous. "It Is fundamental in human lifi to want to live. This deRire to live h Ingrained "in all of us It is the basic morality of all who live. To those who have the proper Ideals of living, life without honor is insuffer able. This Is the message of theology and ethics. "In the light of the whole truth I know and the Almighty God knows that the morality of my position in this case la unassailable. This being so, my complete exoneration of this terrible charge lies An the future. When that day arrives I shall be Tin- ZEPPELIHS RAID BklTISH COAST German Aviators Drop Bombs on Westcliffe-on-the-Sea, Near West; End, Early Monday. SHIPS ARE BURNED 1 AT LEIGH LONDON, May 10. Two Zeppelin airships are reported to have dropped bombs on Westcllff-on-Sca, near South End, but no fatalities have been reported. Warning of the approach of hostile air craft waa given South End at 2:52 o'clock this morning. Several machines took part In the raid, but whether they were Zeppelins or aeroplanes the residents were unable to state, as the weather waa cloudy. Bombs struck houses .in various parts of tho town, but no deaths have been reported. One man and his wife were badly burned In a fire started by an In cendiary bomb. Ono resident told of three bombs dropped near his home, none of which cased damaga. It la re ported that several shops were burned at Leigh, a town near Houth End. Four Zeppelins are said to have dropped forty or fifty bombs there. Boaiba Kali oa Hear a. Sixty bombs were dropped at (South Knd, but most of them fell oh tha beach or In other places where they exploded harmlessly. Ono bomb dropped near a ship on which were 1.200 German civll isns who had been Interned. A British aeroplane went in pursuit and drove tho aircraft out to sea. A report was received from Iloinford that a Zeppelin had been seen In thst neighborhood, apparently In difficulties. Prices of Stocks Sell Off Sharply After Firm Start NEW YORK, May lO.-The Lusltanla disaster today continued to dominate tho stock market, prices falling away soon, after a firm opening. Declines wero mod erate at tho outset, but gained In ex tent during the first hour. War special ties, particulsrly Bethlehem fHecl and Westinghouae Electric, were weak from the start, losing S to t'4 points. United Htates Steel and Readl:ig sold down to a parity with the low level of last Friday. houthern f'aclflo, Great , Northern, Pennsylvania, Ht Paul and Mexican Petroleum went under their low quotations of that session. i That tho Investment situation shows little disturbance Was seen In tho an nouncement that almost to per cent of the new Pennsylvania railroad S40,000,00) bonds Issue had been sold. ICOTTON BREAKS SHARPLY AND RALLIES QUICKLY XKW YORK. May . -Cotton broke badly just before noon todsy, losing In all 07 points .as the result of alarming rumors which readied brokers from j Washington add claewhcre. The reports I were f rornptly denied anQ (he market quickly rallied. 'fZ Vj 'Ur ( i V t. . , - 1 h.i - ; i, .. .. Si ... -v-4 ;.. 1 L ; - K 3XQ CLT8AII2i dlcated and if 1 am alive I will bo able to enjoy freedom and honor. Therefore I want to live. "The full truth and all of the facts In the case, when they coma to light, as some day they will, will prove to the world that Tny assertion of Innocence is the truth. "The legal arena la closod to me. The bar Is placed forever against further legal process. Yet the lsu 6f guilt or Innocence haa been be fore one court, that In which the Jury Rat. All subsequent appeals wero made upon alleged legal and Judicial errors, not upon the facts or the evi dence. "Hlnoe the Jury beard the caae no court of Inquiry or review has sifted the evidence. No decision of any ap peals court undertook to predicate) an opinion on the record ot the testi mony and evidence. The doubt of the trial Judge, as to tny guilt , still re mains." GERMAHS BREAK THIRDRDSS LINE Statement from Austrian Headquar ters Announces Fresh Victory in Western Galicia. HUNDRED THOUSAND PRISONERS PRKS9 . HEADQUARTERS OF THE AUSTRIAN ARMY, Western Galicia, May 10. (Via London.) The first stage of the battle of West Galicia has been virtually concluded. The victorious troops unaer the lead of the German general, August von Mackenzen, after successfully break ing through all three fortified lines of the Russian front, are asaemblylng and reforming for a new offensive. They are bringing forward supplies left behind In their rapid advance and also are using the Interval to gather the captured Russians behind their present front and seek for abandoned guns and other spoils of war in the mountain forests. ' e Seventy thousand prisoners already have been brought In. Tha number of prisoners In this part of tho battle In Omlicla, will be Increased, it Is estimated hero,' by St',000. Between sixty and seventy guns have been captured, but as waa the case ia tha battle of the Masurian lakes In February, It is believed It Is Only a small part of the guns left behind In concealed places- The second stage of the operation Is beginning further to the esst, the second Austro-liungarlan army having stormed tho crest of. the Carpathians and tho northern slopes between Luqkow . and t'ssuk passes and driven before it with the bayonet the eighth Russian army under General OruaMloff. Every advance of the Austro-German troops shortens the battle front, thus liberating troops for use elsewhere and at the same tlmo Increasing tho confu sion along the Russian lines of retreat. Many Americans Leaving Germany for Switzerland GKNKVA, Kwltserland, May 10. Vla Talis.) News dispatch received here from Basel, says a number of American cltW sens, mostly business men, aro arriving there from Germany, where they will await developments In the relations be tween the United States and Germany. CASPER CADETS BREAK WALL SCALING RECORD CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 10. (Special) The world's record for wall scaling by high school cadets was broken hero Sat urday night when squad No. S from Cas per, Wyo., defeated aiuada from tho Cheyenne, Rawlins and Laramie High schools by going over a regulation army wall, with regulation army guns, lit 1-i seconds. The previous record was S 4-S seconds. The winning Casper aquad twine scaled tho wall in i 1-5 and once in S 2-5, while the squad taking second place, Cheyenne No. 3, went over In S 2-6. WILSON NOT TO ACT HASTILY IN LUSITANIA CASE While President Refuses to Be Hur ried, lie Realites Prompt State ment of Attitude in Matter is Neoessary. MANY SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE These Range from Declaration of .War to Emphatio Protest on Action of Germany. RECALL OF GERARD POSSIBLE The Day' War Newt Fl'RTIIF.R Vl( roilY for the Aastrn- Genua a forces In Galleta was re ported today ta a dispatch from the Aastrlaa press headqaart era. It la estimated that the Bomber of Haaalan prisoners taken. In west ern Ualtrla woald be Increased to 1 0O.OOO. THR GKKMAX ADVKTIRK la the Haiti1 provinces of Rassla waa re ported at t'openhaaea have bee a rheeked. AN AKRIAI. RAID wlthla forty miles of London was made tortar. Warlona conflicting reports were received from tho F.sses roast, one of which oald sertoas damage to property .ad una lews of Ufa had ( bee a eaaaed vr.bomh dropped tiy raiders. ITALIAN GOV KB N MR NT now la es peeted to reach shortly Its dect-' aloa for or aaalnat war. It la re. ported In Rome that If Italy dr. eldea ta cater tha war It will do so by derlarlaar war oa Tnrkey, SITUATION IN FLANDERS and the Carpathians, where the critical battles of tho present war aro ke lasc foaght. Is atlll sbsrsre, Oa the western front both tha Ger mans and their opponents rlalm considerable galas. In the) Car. pathlaaa a similar sltaatloa exists. WASHINGTON, Mar 10. Presi dent Wilson continued his considera tion of tho Lusltanla disaster in se clusion, at the White lfbuse, but It waa Indicated that before many days hay passed he will let the country know what steps he has decided upon. While offlclala reiterated that the presldeat would not allow hinjsolt to be hurried Into a basryiigT6lQ7he realises that public sentiment favors a prompt Indication ot what the United States will do. Messages from all parts of tha country continue to pour into tho White House, counselling various courses. Some advocated war, but a majority of them counseled peace. Chairman Stone of th .n.i. relations eommittee waa at tho White jiouso toaay and saw SWretar t.i... but did not see the president. Explain ing that be expressed hla own vi.. not those of any offlolals, Senator Stone aia no questioned whether there was any reason for calling an axtra session at present The president bad no engagements for today, but before his departure at 4 o'clock for Philadelphia .aa, . gathering of 4.000 naturalised Americans. "' ""iseo. (or Dy tna bureau of naturallsa tion of tha Department of Commerce several weeks aao. to launch . - jmvciii. atlo course in tho instruction of aliens In mo ngnis ana duties of American cltl senshlp. It Is generally believed ho will refer to tho situation slwff la) k 4k. sinking of the Lusltanlt, though not dl- .. uonniieiy mo course tho United States government Intends to pursue. Cabinet Meats Taesday. When the cabinet meeta tAnuirriii m. president probably will present his Idess of what tho government's policy should oa. It Is now certain that th does not intend to call congress in extra session. This disposes for tha nr...nt at least, of the suggestion that Germany's action will causa the United States to be drawn Into tho European conflict. c onsiderations such as tha minturv im potence of tho United States to affect the course or tho struggle abroad and the possibility that the entry of this n.,,..,. Into the war would automatically cause rouueuon in supplies or ammunition to the allies because of the greater need at homo, have influenced many officials In tho belief that tho disapproval of the (Continued on Pago Two, Column Three.) THE WANT AD WAY "Tho office boy is leaving-, Said the cashier to tho hoea. "Too bad, lades d." they bosh agreed. 'X would be a awful loaa, at they dldat staad there idle. Wtth hands hehlad thsur back a. They advertise for "Oftloe Boy." And tho aaswsrs earns la stocks. Being a true stor-. the above can easily apply to you. I f you are a buniueaa man. your office lov nay leave some day. Ho when yoii want another, wrtie a Want Ad, telephone Tler It'OU. PUT IT IN THE OMAHA UK IS. I VOUH. AO