Tucson Citizen from Tucson, Arizona • 1

PtAtT Tf )N CITE Last SAVE YOUR VOTE COUPONS FORA CITIZEN CONTESTANT Mtion THE NEWS FIRST FAIR AND IMPARTIAL INDEPENDEN1 VOLUME LXIIL MONDAY EVENING TUCSON ARIZONA MAY 10 1915 No 88 Battleships Arrive In New York For Great Fleet Review on May 18 BE GALLED III SIHKKI6 LUSITAl GERMAN AMBASSADOR SAYS HE DEEPLY REGRETS THAT EVENTS OF WAR LED TO LOSS Of SO MANY AMERICAN LIVES SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS NOT TO BE CALLED NOW DISPOSING OF POINT THAT WAR IS TO BE DECLARED IMMEDIATELY JURY AT K1NSALE IRELAND RETURNS VER- DICT FINDING THAT DESTRUCTION OF SHIP WAS WIL- FUL FUNERAL PREPARATIONS FOR VICTIMS ARE BEING 1 MADE BODIES OF AMERICANS ARE COVERED WITH 3 STARS AND STRIPES STATEMENTS OF SURVIVORS GIVE 4 CREDIT TO CREW WASHINGTON ay Whiteboua officials would not deny specifically that an exjfa session of congress might be called but it is said tbat there isjno indication that tbe president had any such intention It is pointed out that tbe severance of diplomatic relations with Germany might have a serious effect on the humanitarian work whch the United States is conducting particularly in Belgium It is known that the president is considering this phase I KINSALE Ireland May 10 The jury on the Lusitania disaster reported as follows: find the smiting of the ship be an appalling crime contrary to international law and the conventions of all civilized nations and therefore charge the officers of die submarine and the German emperor and die government of Germany under whose order they acted with the crime of wilful wholesale I Captain Turner testified that he received special instructions as to the voyage which be carried out CAPTAIN TURNER TELLS HIS STORY KIN'S ALE May io Captain Turner stated: weather was clear We were going at eighteen knots I was on the xrt-'Cskle and heard the second officer call 'Here's a torpedo' I ran to 'the other side and saw clearly the wake of the torpedo Smoke and Steam came up immediately between the last two funnels There was a slight shock Immediately after the first explosion there was another report but that may jiossihly have been internal 1 at once tmlefbd the boats lowered to the rads and directed the women and Children to get MAY SEVER DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS May io Withdrawal of Ambassador Gerard from Berlin without actually severing diplomatic rela-tons is suggests! in some official quarters Other officials think that complete severance of diplomatic relations until reparation and apology- are made probably would conform to the wishes of American public opinion When Ambassador report from the German government on the sinking of the Lusitania is received it is expected that a note will be sent demanding full reparation under the February warning to Germany The torpedoing of the American steamer Gul flight the attack by German airmen on the American ship Cushing and the drowning of Leon Thresher aboard the Falaba probably will be included in the generaf representations After the conference by mutual agreement Secretary Bryan issued the following statement: German ambassador called at the state department and expressed deep regret that events of the war have led to the loss of so many American While neither Bryan nor Von Bemstorff mentioned the name it is known that they talked pf it specifically When he came from the conference Voa Bemstorff parried all questions saying (hat he could not talk as lie was under promise to Secretary Pryan 1 3 The president continued consideration of the Lusitania disaster in seclusion but it was indicated that before many days he would let the country know what steps are decided upon Messages continued to pour into the white house from all parts of the country counselling various courses' the majority for peace EODIES ARE COVERED WITH STARS AND STRIPES QUEENSTOWN Ireland May 1 Bodies identified as Americans pmong the Lusitania victims today Were covered with the stars and removed from scattered morgues and placed side by aid in -1 lie Cunard line offices on the water front As it ey ware carried through the streets by sailors the crowds covered uf i The United States consulate ob- mined affidavits from Miss Jessie S' Taft Smith of Ohio Dr Howard fisher Major Warren Pearl and llobert Rankin of New York None reflect seriously on the behavior of jilie crew A company of British soldiers 'completed the digging off three 'jgraves each thirty by twenty feet which over 144 unidentified dead 4 ill be buried tomorrow i First Stage of Battle Ends With About 100000 Prisoners Hand CAPTAIN TURNER HAP DIRECTIONS FOR COURSE LONDON May 10 First Lord dmiralty Churchill told the boose commons today that Captain acknowledged receipt qf message from the admiralty giving him a gaming and directions for the course took NU-39 SAID TO HAVE RIGHTS IK THE Tl Cornelia is to Be Name of Town Where the Big Mine Desert is (Special to The Cltisen) PHOENIX Ariz May 10 Tucson Cornelia A Gila Bend railroad was incorporated here today The route named is from Gila Bend to AJo which is hereafter to be Known as Cornelia and from there to Tucson The capital stock is 63600-000 The general offices of the company are to be at Warren The stockholders are: Ricketts Charles Briggs Gordon Campbell Walter Douglas Schumacher Simmons Curry Knapp and John Greenway There ar 36000 shares of a par value of J10Q each The nine stockboldehs have 200 shares each or a 620000 Interest The fact that the route named includes the Tucson-Ajo surref indicates that the company deaires to preserve this right-of-way The Gila-Cornelia link will be built at once thus connecting the mine at Cornelia with the Southern Pacific Shipments will be via Tucson to the smelter at Douglas The name Cornelia Is taken from the New Cornelia mine as the Ajo property is known It was taken over by the Calumet A Arizona Copper Co under an option from the New Cornelia Copper Co LAND CODE Bill (Special to The Citizen) HOENIX Ariz May 10 The land committee of the senate of which Riggs of Cochise Is chairman is working on the land code bill with the idea of having it ready for presentation as socn as the next special session is called The call is expected at any time It is utfijerstood that the new bill provide for one commissioner and takes car of school lands The house will complete consideration of the appropriation bill In committee of the whole in a day or so The senate is waiting and will not start work before Wednesday cn its cwn appropriation bill GERMANY TO GET HORSES COPENHAGEN May 10 The Swedish government has agreed to the export of 10600 horses -or ten per cent of all the horses in Sweden The entire number is to go to a single Danish dealer presumably for SITED FIDE Mrs Anna Mead who in suing tbe Commercial Unioe Insurance company to collect a policy oa furniture and personal property destroyed or damaged by the Mead hotel fire of last August was on tbe stand testifying in her own behalf for an hour and a half this morning One of her attorneys Judge A Baker of Phoenix conducted tbe direct examination of tbe altnesa and Tom Richie attorney for tbe company had begtaa the cross examination a few minutes before the noon recess was taken Mach of Mrs Mead's testimony was the same as she gave when the case first started In court several weeks ago She related how she left tbe house to go to a picture show and her reason for returning after having gone a couple of blocks She said the returned to the house because of the severe electric storm taking place at tbe time Following a particularly sharp flash of lightning and load peal of thunder she said that she saw flames and smoke coming from the southeast part of the hotel and that she cried 'Fire' fire! fire!" and then gave the alarm to central over the telephone from the burning house ''She gave certain Items relating to tbe insurance of her property end told of her demand for payment of the loss She also said tbat Insurance Adluster McKinley visited the place after the fire and told her tbat the company wonld not pay the loss When cross-examined Mrs Mead reiterated her statement that the fire was caused by lightning os stated in her bill of toes and that she still demands payment of the Insurance It took some time -to secure a jury as several of those first called were dismissed from serving on tbe jury for cause as they had formed opinions from discussing the affair of tbe fire with others and from reading accounts in the newspapers Judge Baker began the action bv reading a part of the policy and Richie for tbe company also read a port of the policy and also hla amended answer in whlcn Mrs Mead is charged with having caused the fire herself or haring it done with her consent and knowledge The amended answer also sets forth tbat oil and gasoline and other lnflam-able articles were kept in the bouse contrary to the wording of the policy There were quite a number of people in the courtroom Judge Frank Smith is presiding at the request of Judge Cooper The trial was resumed at 1:30 with Mrs Mead still on the stand nnder cross-examination Westdiffo-on-Sea Damaged By Aircraft Homes Are Set Afire LONDON May Two airships are reported to here dropped bomba on Weetcliffe-on-the-Sea near Sooth End early today No fatalities are reported Warning of the approach of aircraft was given from South end at 2:64 o'clock this morning Several machines participated in the raid Residents were unable to determine whether they were Zeppelins or aeroplanes on account of the clouds The bombs struck houses In various parts of the town No deaths are reported A man and hie wife were badly burned In a fire started by a bomb It la reported that four Zeppelins dropped forty to fifty bomba on Leigh near South End Several hops were burned SILL SEEKS TO SHOWE The trial of A Smith charged with participating in the Fox embezzlement of the postoffice funds has been set for May 8th in the federal court and another attorney has been employed in the case It is understood that the new attorney is a Phoenix lawyer Gill appeared in the court this afternoon opd through his attorney asked the court for permission to secure certain depositions from the postoffice authorities of Louisville Ky to he effect that A Fox had embezzled postofflce funds to the sum of 6100 in that city some ten years ago It la understood that these depositions if obtained are to be used to discredit testimony in the case against Gill Jodge Sawtelle announced tbat he would announce his decision as to whether the depositions will be allowed or not at 3:60 O'clock this afternoon The grand jury handed in four true bills at a little after 3 o'clock this afternoon They ignored one case brought before them Today was law and motion day anu there were no trials in the court UNITED STATES HEARS OF ACCEPTANCE WASHINGTON May The state department was today advised officially of China's acceptance of Japan's ultimatum Secretary Bryan did not'say whether the terms were satisfactory to the Unite! NO IMMEDIATE WAR QN GERMANY TO BE DECLARED WASHINGTON Mar 10 It ia now certain that President Wilson does not intend to cal an extra session of cogreea in regard to the Lusitania affair This disposes of the suggestion of on immediate war 'on Germany The president probably wUl announce his policy at a cabinet meeting tomorrow Officials and diplomatists said they believed that the president would express denunciation or the torpedoing of the Lusitania at inexcusable nnder the laws of nation and humanity German Ambassador Bernstortf went to the state department this morning end was closeted with Secretary of State Bryan Two arrests have been made in connection with the alleged defrauding of A A Worsley out of 63500 by means cf a deal in the stock of tbe McLeod Mining Milling Co They are A Corbett who is alleged to have authorized Worsley to buy the stock for him and Turner whose connection with the ease has not yet been explained The warrant for Turner was sworn out this morning by Worsley and he was arrested in Phoenix upon instructions over the long instance by the sheriff office Corbett was a Treated in Tucson early this morning by Deputy Sheriff Montgomery and Night Jailer Judson Arnold He was placed in jaiL It has been learned that Settle to whom Worsley pai! th 63506 shipped the money out of the cny by Wells Fargo as soon as he received it It is not known by the sheriffs office to whom he sent it DAN RADER UTILITY MAN IS SOLD TO TUCSON (Special to The Citizen i LOS ANGELES May 10 Rader Venice utility infielder toda was sold to the Tucson club of the Rio Grande association under option THE WEATHER Forecast Fair tonight and Tue-day not much change in tempera ture Temperatures Maximum minimum 45 PRESS HEADQUARTERS Austrian Army Wt Galicia May 10 The first stage of the battle of West Galicia is virtually concluded The victorious Asatrian troops after breaking three fortified Russian post lioas are reforming for a new offensive The I Of'f prisoners already announced It is believed will be increased to 100 Out) Tbe second stage Is beginning further east where the second Austrian army after storming the crest of the Car-pathiana Is driving back tbe Russians between the Lupkow and Uzsok passes SITUATION IN FLANDERS AND CARPATHIANS OBSCURE LONDON May 10 The situations in Flanders and the Carpathians where critical battles are in progress are still obscure Ia the west the Germans and their allies claim considerable gains Tbe Russians admit reverses in the Carpathian bat concede no such severe defeats as claimed by Berlin and Vienna The Russians claim that the Teutons re now being checked Austria claims to be driving the Russians back between tbe Lupkow and Uzsok passes and to have taken 76U00 prisoners 10000 GERMANS CROSS THE SWISS FRONTIER BERNE Switzerland May 10 It is estimated that 10060 Germans from Italy crossed the Swiss frontier Saturday and Sunday GERMANS ARE REPORTED CHECKED IN RUSSIA LONDON May 10 The Exchange Telegraph company publishes a Copenhagen dispatch that the Germans met a check west of Mitau capital of the Russian province of Court-land The Russians were in strong positions and Compelled them to retreat BRITISH THROW GREAT REINFORCEMENTS IN FIELD LONDON May in Important operations in the west are reported by Generals Joffre and French Apparently the British have thrown great reinforcements into tbe field since the German use of asphyxiating gas forced them to recoil a fortnight ago The allies claim substantial advances DEATH MOST BEAUTIFUL ADVENTURE SAYS FROHMAN LONDON May 10 fear death? It 1 the most beautiful adventure in lifr" were the last words of Charles Krohmaa before hr went down cm the Lusitania according to Miss Rita Jelirrt with whom be was talking British Columbia City it Under Martial Law At tuk of Mob VICTORIA May The eity is under martial law as the result of renewed attacks upon German establishments by mobs bent upon revenging the sinking of the Lusitania Eight hnndrel troops patrolled tbe streets last night A guard was placed around government house to prevent disorderly scenes The mob last night composed of civilians smashed the windows of many eGrman establishments iHH ATLANTA May 10 Leo Frank was re-sentenced to be hangec on Jane 22 for the murder of Maj Phagan In court Frank reiterate'! his innocence FRANKLIN GUITERMAN DIES IN NEW YORK NEW YORK May 10 Guiterman general superintendent of the American Smelting Refining Company's Coloraie department died yesterday MORE HORSES WILL BE NEEDED AFTER THE WAR LONDON May Cavalry has been so little uced in this war and transportation been so deiendent on motor vehicles that it i- dnubtft1 whether the lea and for -iencan hor-es i a- h-a" a- will be after the war i en -no-tage Olie-l 'ic udl mi'-l tdgf I felt oil th- Kjrrj TV Stvifp- V- tfcv lo th fo fs hcr If tr1 hol SUNK THE LqSITANIA LONDON May 10 Genoa corre-1 spondent of the Central News wtres that advices from Munich declare German submarine U-35 sunk Lusi- tania ON THE LUSITANIA PRESCOTT Aria May Great fear Is felt for the lives of 'two Jerome people Mrs Pea-fcock and her 16-year-old son who feailed for London on board the ill-fated Lusitania which was sunk off he Irish coast last Friday by a Ger-an submarine Most of the people aboard who were saved were women and hope )s expressed by friends that Mrs Peacock might bare been among themr Small hope is held out for the son as the major! of the men on the ship were drow'ned as it went down Mrs Peacock is the widow of the late Thomas Peacock for years an employe of the United Verde company in Jerome After closing "her' husband's estate Mra Feacock left for England where she intended to establish her home and educate her son Mrs Peacock has a married daughter still living in Jerome STOCK EfflUE LONDON May 10 More than C'lfi British members of the stock exchange today mobilized to prevent loreihly if necessary the entry of German members who might ha hrate enough to attempt to enter thq ec langa in disregard cf the warning 5 -'ay away Only a handful of nat-1 Jurehz-d Germans appeared in the I Jreiehborhood and did'not attempt to GRAIN MARKET CHICAGO May 1ft May wheat ll-i-1 corii 74 He oats 5 me.