<Li> Elbert Hubbard, American philosopher, writer and Roycroft founder, and one of four American "men of world wide prominence" named in the film The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) </Li> <Li> Alice Moore Hubbard, author and woman's rights activist, wife of Elbert Hubbard </Li> <Li> Miss Phyllis Hutchinson, 24 - year - old debutante and niece of businessman Robert A. Franks of West Orange, New Jersey, financial agent for Andrew Carnegie </Li> <Li> Edouard Jourdan, French engineer, grandson of Texas tycoon Edward Campbell, and right - hand man of Jourdan Campbell </Li>

What country sank the lusitania in 1915 and why did this upset the united states