Senators Oppose Extra Session Over Killing of Americans
Death list from disaster grows as Cunard Line reports Queenstown survivors total 764 with 144 bodies recovered and 30 passengers and 17 crew injured. Identified bodies include 65 passengers and 22 crew. 57 bodies unidentified.
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the Commercial Tribune
Associated Press Dispatches
Cincinnati
Price
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New York
Cunard Steamship Company
Liverpool
Queenstown
Pekin in State of Defense Under Imperial Troop View
The upper picture shows Chinese imperial troops on the march while the center illustration depicts a scene outside Pekin wall and the lower photograph presents Yuan Shih kai as the man of the hour in Chinese affairs.
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Pekin
Yuan Shih-kai
Passions of Nation Kept in Leash Plan Under Way
President outlines measures to uphold national honor while a thorough inquiry proceeds. Officials say restraint and disciplined response will guide actions as investigations continue. The administration emphasizes stability and controlled public discourse during the period.
War talk swirls as Congress extra session debated
Washington dispatch reports senators from Stone to Sutherland and Clapp opposing an extra session after the Lusitania sinking. President Wilson weighs options with Ambassadors reports due. public telegrams push for firmness or war. Bryan and McAdoo also respond as the White House considers the right course.
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Minnesota
Congress
Clark
United States
Lusitania
Wilson
White House
Consul Cable Reports Absence of Vanderbilt Party
American Consul Fest in Cork reports to the State Department that unspecified survivors are presumed missing or dead and that there is no news regarding the bodies of Vanderbilt, Stone, Shields, Myers, Klein, Hubbard, Forman.
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State Department
Vanderbilt
Stone
Shields
Myers
Klein
Hubbard
Forman
Inquiry Ordered Into Lusitania Loss Conducted by Lord Mersey
The British Board of Trade with Ad Admiralty approval has ordered an inquiry into the Lusitania sinking. Lord Mersey, who led probes into the Titanic and Empress of Ireland disasters, will conduct the inquiry.
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London
British Board of Trade
Admiralty
Lord Mersey
Lusitania Sinking Survivors Placed in Queenstown
Special Cable reports from Queenstown on the Lusitania disaster. Twenty three miles offshore an irregular smear marks the grave of the liner sunk by a German submarine. One hundred forty nine of 1200 perished lie in improvised morgues. 645 survivors are housed in hotels, residences and hospitals. Observers conflict on number of torpedoes and timing of sinking as lifeboats were damaged during the catastrophe.
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Commercial Tribune
Queenstown
Dublin
Holy Head
Courageous 14 year old Kathleen Kaye aids Lusitania survivors
Kathleen Kaye, fourteen, returned from New York, helped stewards fill lifeboats with women and children. She then calmly rowed a lifeboat to safety after a sailor fainted, and spent the aftermath comforting sisters in misfortune.
Lusitania Captain Remained at Post as Crew Was Lost
May 9 Queenstown report details Captain Turner staying at his post after the torpedo strike. Master-at-Arms Williams spotted a flash of gold braid on Turner’s arm as he faced the moment two and a half hours in the water. Captain Turner later said there was no chance of escape and urged others to save themselves.
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Utah
Maida
Atlantic
England
New York
Queenstown
Williams
Lusitania
Turner
R. R. Timmis
Mr. Timmis
Stormcock Rescues 150 From Tragic Submarine Attack
Captain David Murphy of the Stormcock recounts lifting fifty two persons into a rescue boat and ferrying them to Queenstown after a submarine attack. He describes women and children saved, many fainting on deck, and the fear of another strike.
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Queenstown
David Murphy
Stormcock
Threat letters warn Bernstorff of bomb attack
The German Ambassador Count Von Bernstorff received a typewritten note threatening his life and an embassy bombing at 1:32 tonight. The embassy reported duplication of the anonymous mail, but Bernstorff dismissed the threat, saying he would be in bed at the stated hour.
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United States
Rk Sn Crak
von Bernstorff
Funeral plans for Lusitania victims in Queenstown
A Central News dispatch from Queenstown says burial arrangements for Lusitania victims include coffins carried from the Town Hall at 9 am and the funeral procession departing at 3 pm. The head of the procession will form at the Cunard offices with a high mass at St. Colman’s Cathedral conducted by the Bishop of Cloyne. A general service will be held at the cemetery for 139 coffins.
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Lusitania
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Cunard
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Vanderbilt Gives Lifesaver to Woman Amid Sinking Lusi tania
Special Cable reports Alfred G Vanderbilt, aboard the Lusitania, removed his life belt to place it on a young woman as the ship sank. He then searched for another belt and disappeared with the vessel. Survivors and inquiries follow.
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The
Commercial Tribune
London
Thomas Slidell
New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Slidell
Mr. Slidell
Herbert Stone
Mr. Stone
Munster and Leinster Bank of
Japan Lays Out Aims In China Crisis
Tokyo announces the naval and military moves tied to the Chinese situation are canceled. A Tokyo foreign office statement explains Japan sought to adjust the war’s new realities with China and to ensure lasting peace in the Orient while avoiding conflicts with territorial integrity open door and equal opportunity principles.
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China
Foreign Office
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Peking
Far East
United States
Germany
Orient
Italian Troops Mobilize as Frontline Trains Move to Verona
A Berlin message says Italy has called infantry from 1876 onwards and massed 600000 troops at Verona. Refugees flee as Austrians and Germans evacuate Italy. special trains carry thousands north. Front frontier telephone service suspended and many passenger trains halted. German and Austrian journalists leave Italy.
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Tyrolese Alps
Austria-Hungary
Bellinzona
Switzerland
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Florence
Boe
Germany
Lugano’ O
Riots in Liverpool Attack German Shops After Lusitania Sink
Rioters mainly women spurred by Lusitania sinking attacked German shops in Liverpool. Several stores were wrecked with contents dumped and burned. Police overwhelmed as many have joined the army leaving a thin local force to control the outbreak.
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Liverpool
Cunard Line
Steamship New York Safe in Harbor After Lusitania News
The steamship New York of the American Line arrived at Liverpool this afternoon at 5:15 o clock after sailing from New York the previous Saturday. The liner flew the American flag and prompted many inquiries due to the Lusitania disaster.
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New York
American Line
Liverpool
Lusitania Sinks After Torpedo Hit Uplifting Lifeboat Disaster
Special Cable reports G D Lane a youthful second cabin passenger from Wales describing the Lusitania disaster. He recalls the ship tilting after the torpedo strike, lifeboats swamping and rescuers pulling survivors from wreckage while the stern rose high. He notes women and children aboard lifeboats and the chaos on deck as the liner disappeared beneath the sea.
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iGommercial Tribune
Queensey
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