Lusitania (57 page)
Authors: Greg King
G530.L87 2015
910.4'52—dc23
2014040843
e-ISBN 9781466876378
First Edition: February 2015
AUTHORS’ NOTE
1
. Layton, 44.
2
.
Atlanta Constitution,
May 8, 1915; Hoehling and Hoehling, 47;
Chicago Tribune,
May 10, 1915, courtesy of Michael Poirier; Chidsey, 15–16; King,
Handbook,
49, 212, 220–23; Friedman, 93.
PREFACE
1
. Ellis, iii.
PROLOGUE
1
.
New York Times,
August 2, 1914.
2
. Wells, 40.
3
. Clews, 448.
4
. Vanderbilt,
Fortune’s Children,
264; Martin, 39; King,
Season,
399.
5
. King,
Season,
19–21, 400–401; Lehr, 138.
6
. Cowles, 235.
7
. Dulles, 296; Hickey and Smith, 37.
8
.
New York Evening Post,
May 8, 1915.
9
. Fletcher, 86.
10
. Ibid., 284.
11
. Bailey and Ryan, 99.
12
. Bernstorff, 77.
13
. O’Sullivan, 71, 97–102; Simpson, 106–7; Ramsay, 56–57; Bailey and Ryan, 96; Lauriat, 132;
Daily Mail,
December 20, 2008; Ballard, 27; Hoehling and Hoehling, 27; Beesly, 113–14; Mayer Opinion, 6; Ellis, 245;
New York Times,
May 8, 1915. NARA, M580-197, holds a copy of the actual Report and Manifest of the Cargo Laden at the Port of New York on board the SS
Lusitania,
filed May 5, 1915.
14
.
New York Times,
May 10, 1915.
15
. Layton, 76–80, 268, 270;
Ocean Liners of the Past,
9, 89–100;
New York Times,
May 10, 1915; Peeke, Walsh-Johnson, and Jones, 8; Decies, 215; Sauder,
The Lusitania Disguised?
16
. Hoehling and Hoehling, 154.
17
. Ibid., 33.
18
. Amory,
Who Killed Society,
9–10.
19
. Snyder, 2–3; Bernstorff, 137.
20
. Viereck, 64–65; Ramsay, 52–53; “Lusitania,”
American Journal of International Law,
868; Bernstorff, 137.
21
.
New York Tribune,
May 2, 1915.
22
. Hickey and Smith, 16–17; Hoehling and Hoehling, 69; Preston, 104.
23
. Hickey and Smith, 16.
24
.
The Times,
May 3, 1915.
25
. Lauriat, 67.
26
. Bernard,
Cock Sparrow,
145.
27
. Rhondda,
D. A. Thomas,
195.
28
. Hoehling and Hoehling, 30.
29
.
New York Times,
May 16, 1915.
30
.
The Times,
May 8, 1915; Jones, 193.
31
.
New York Times,
May 16, 1915.
32
. Marcosson and Frohman, 417.
33
. Barrymore, 205.
34
. Marcosson and Frohman, 383–84.
35
.
New York Sun,
May 25, 1915; Ellis, 42.
36
. Hoehling and Hoehling, 71;
New York Times,
May 8, 1915.
37
. Poirier and Kalafus, “The Jolivet Family,” 165; information from Michael Poirier to the authors.
38
. Schapiro, 16–17.
39
. Ogden Hammond testimony, Mayer Hearings, 30, in Bailey and Ryan Archive, Box 7.
40
. Schapiro, 18.
41
.
Pittsburgh Press,
August 11, 1935, courtesy of Michael Poirier.
42
. Thomas Home, letter of May 1, 1915, courtesy of Michael Poirier.
43
.
Toronto Star,
May 15, 1915, courtesy of Michael Poirier.
44
. Thomas Home, letter of May 1, 1915, courtesy of Michael Poirier.
45
. Hopkins, 95.
46
.
New York Times,
May 2, 1915.
47
. Michael Byrne, letter of June 8, 1915, in NARA: United States Department of State, 841.857 L97/72, courtesy of Michael Poirier.
48
. Lauriat, 65.
49
. Hoehling and Hoehling, 39.
50
.
Washington Post,
May 8, 1915.
51
.
Atlanta Constitution,
May 8, 1915, courtesy of Michael Poirier;
New York World,
May 2, 1915.
52
. Hoehling and Hoehling, 35.
53
. Ellis, 168.
54
.
New York Times,
May 2, 1915.
55
. Ellis, 169.
56
. Hickey and Smith, 32.
57
. Ramsay, 59.
58
. Bailey and Ryan, 91.
59
. Chidsey, 19–20; Lauriat, 130–31; Fletcher, 135.
60
. Fletcher, 135.
61
. Ibid.; Lauriat, 130–31; Chidsey, 19–20.
62
. Lauriat, 130–31; Chidsey, 19–20.
63
. Fletcher, 144–45; Maxtone-Graham, 177–78.
64
. Frothingham, 5.
65
. Williamson, 116; Brinnin, 395.
66
. Pope, Theodate
And Then the Waters Closed Over Me,
98, in Hoehling and Hoehling Archive, MS Collection 45, Box 2, Folder 1.
67
. Rhondda,
Recalling,
636, in Hoehling and Hoehling Archive, MS Collection 45, Box 2, Folder 1.
68
.
The Sun,
Baltimore, undated clipping, courtesy of Michael Poirier.
69
. Hoehling and Hoehling, 34; Preston, 132–33;
New York Times,
May 2, 1915.
70
. Bernard,
Cock Sparrow,
146.
71
. Maxtone-Graham, 178–79.
72
. Doubleday, 9804.
73
. Dreiser, 6.
74
. Amory,
Last Resorts,
11.
75
. Hoehling and Hoehling, 44–45.
76
. Dreiser, 18.
77
. Hoehling and Hoehling, 43–45.
78
. Ibid.
79
. Bernard,
Cock Sparrow,
147–48; Dreiser, 7.
80
. Bernard,
Cock Sparrow,
147; Bailey and Ryan, 6; Miller, ix; Ramsay, 35.
CHAPTER ONE
1
. Layton, 12–13, 24–25; Warren, 51, 59;
Ocean Liners of the Past,
195.
2
. Beebe,
Big Spenders,
195.
3
. Decies, 211, 213; Beebe,
Big Spenders,
155.
4
. Kludas.
5
. Maxtone-Graham, 85–88; Bailey and Ryan, 4; Butler,
Cunard,
132–36; Brinnin, 316–21; Miller, 2, 6, 9.
6
. Butler,
Cunard,
139–40; Brinnin 325–29; Huldermann, 51–56.
7
. Ramsay, 12–17; Chamberlain, 537–40; Maxtone-Graham, 11; Warren, 13–14; Bailey and Ryan, 5.
8
. Warren, 3.
9
. Layton, 86–89; Warren, 3, 19, 36, 48–49, 55; Brinnin, 342;
Ocean Liners of the Past,
9, 89–100; Ramsay, 30–31; Bailey and Ryan, 5; Peeke, Walsh-Johnson, and Jones, 7.
10
. Warren 3, 19, 36, 48–49, 55; Brinnin, 342; Butler,
Cunard,
162; Ramsay, 24, 30–31; Layton, 69; Ballard, 23;
Ocean Liners of the Past,
9, 89–100, 196;
New York Times,
May 8, 1915.
11
. Sauder and Marschall, 20.
12
. Ramsay, 23–24; Peeke, Walsh-Johnson, and Jones, 25–28; Butler,
Cunard,
169.
13
. Warren 55; Brinnin, 342; Butler,
Cunard,
162; Ramsay, 24, 27–29; Ballard, 23;
Ocean Liners of the Past,
196.
14
. Alec-Tweedie, 302.
15
. Simpson, 72; Bailey and Ryan, 7; Ramsay, 36.
16
. “Lusitania,”
American Journal of International Law,
863–64.
17
. Ramsay, 49; Preston; 107; “Lusitania,”
American Journal of International Law,
864; Simpson, 61.
18
.
New York Times,
May 8, 1915.
19
. Michael Byrne, letter of June 8, 1915, in NARA: United States Department of State, 841.857 L97/72, courtesy of Michael Poirier.
20
.
Atlanta Constitution,
May 8, 1915.
21
.
New York American,
May 8, 1915.
22
. Fisher, 30.
23
. Bailey and Ryan, 40–41.
24
. Butler,
Cunard,
215.
25
.
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations,
1915 Supplement, 653–54;
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations,
1916 Supplement, 196; “Lusitania,”
American Journal of International Law,
865; Beesly, 94; Bailey and Ryan, 47–52.
26
. Bailey and Ryan, 29.
27
. Ibid., 22, 43, 48.
28
. Churchill,
World Crisis,
724–25.