10 May 1915
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1915
Page
1
An editorial weighs the sinking of the Lusitania and the broader war crimes of all sides. It argues empathy for civilian deaths while debating if torpedoing justified without debarkation and whether American lives justify war action. It notes the risk of escalation if 100 Americans travel aboard ships.
Berlin sends sympathy but blames England for Lusitania losses. Germany argues ships like the Lusitania were armed and treated as contraband, while Washington officials predict a possible indemnity demand but deem a German pledge unlikely. Reports await from Europe as cabinet plans form.
New York May 10 Herman Winter assistant New York manager of the Cunard line said it was true the Lusitania had about 4200 cases of cartridges aboard confirming the report after inquiry from the liner.
Atlanta May 10 Judge B B Hill resentenced Leo Frank to die June 22 for the murder of Mary Phagan the prior sentence had been interfered with by Frank's appeal to the U S supreme court
Miss Rita Jolivet recounted Charles Frohman’s calm response as the Lusitania sank. He smiled and asked why fear death calling it the most beautiful adventure in life before perishing. his body was among the first recovered.
Mrs. Dorothea Madison of Seattle learns her brother Fred Tin, second purser of the Lusitania, perished with the doomed liner. She sailed the maiden voyage and remained aboard for a portion of the trips, later serving as a stewardess on ships for the Minnesota and Admiral lines.
A compilation of editorials and notable quotes condemning the Lusitania disaster. Statements from the Chicago Press, San Francisco Examiner, William J. Bryan, New York Tribune, Gov. Johnson, Telegraf Amsterdam, Speaker Champ Clark, Theodore Roosevelt, Tageblatt Berlin, and others express outrage, neutrality, and calls for accountability.
Unidentified victims from the Lusitania disaster are laid in a single large grave in Queenstown as 1,149 dead are recorded and 767 saved. Charles Frohman among 65 identified. three funeral processions move from morgues to the old town graveyard under a calm, mournful Irish harbor scene.
Capt Turner testified at the Kinsale inquest into five Lusitania victims that he had learned of an intended sinking prior to the torpedoing. He said the ship carried no guns and life boats were swung out as the danger zone was entered. The inquest verdict condemned the Kaiser, the German government, and the submarine crew for willful and wholesale murder.
Citizens mourn with crepe and half mast as funeral processions pass. A mass grave holds 50 unidentified victims, while Americans seek missing relatives and ships search coastal waters for bodies. Consul Frost and attorney W Webb Ware sponsor recovery efforts as tides carry more remains ashore.
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