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Loral ? Im iitler Hbo wem Friday; probably Sui urdu). aupe 3nteUtg?tt?r Local Co Ito ii.8 7-He VOLUME II. ANDERSON, S. C. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1915. NUMBER 117. TWO BR BATTU WERl ONE BY . ACCIDENT AND OTHER TORPEDOED BY HOSTILE SUBMARINE EXPLOSION KILLS THREE HUNDRED Submarine Warfare Proving Ef fective Method of Reducing Strength of British Navy. London, May 27.-The British ad miralty announced tonight that the British battleship Majestic waa tor pedoed and sunk by the enemy sub marine this murnini' while supporting the army on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The admiralty added that nearly all officers aud men were saved. On a peace footing the battleship Majestlc's officers and men numbered 757. The Blnklng of the Majestic makes the fifth British battleship lost in the Dardanelles campaign and the second by a hostile submarlue, the battleship Triumph having been sent to thc bottom In Gulf Saros Wednes day. London, May 27.-The British steamer Priucess Irene was Dlown*up today in Sheerness Harbor. The ves Bel was In government service. The admiralty In confirming tho report of the explosion, Bald seventy-eight work men probably perished. An admiralty statement tonlghtaald the Princess Irene was accidentally blown up in Sheerness harbor this morning. So far as is yet known only.one ruBvlvor. was rescued. Sev eral men belonging to vessels lying close to tba Princess Irene wore wounded by falling splinters. London, May 27.-The British bat tleship Majestic, another of the ships supporting the allied army on the Gallipoli .Peninsula, was sunk by a German submarine today. Nearly all of her officers and crew were saved. About the same time tbe steamer Princess Irene which was built last year for and taken over by the Brit ish admiralty at the beginning of tho war, was destroyed by an accidental explosion while anchoored at Sheer ness undergoing repairs. All her f rew numbering 250, except one sea man, and seventy-eight dockyard workmen were killed. The Majestic was the oldest battle ship on the active list in the British navy and is the sixth lost since the beginning' of war operations in the Dardanelles. The submarine menace is growing both in the Aegean Sea ;.nd in home waters. These vessels promise to take an activfe part in the operations in the narrow waters of the Adriatic, where islands afford good shelter. Willie warships are able to escape submarines in the waters around the British Isles, the increase in their number makes the carrying on of sea borne trade more than more bazard our. The admiralty still believes the American steamer Nebraskan-was tor pedoed. The British steamer Mor wenna, bound for Canada and the Dan ish steamer Betty, have been sunk by submarines. Only a few days ago, the commanders of a submarine in formed the Danish captain he had no ordere to sink Danish vessels. London, May 27.-The Times Mud ros correspondent says 4C0 members o? the crew of the British battleship Triumph, whlrh waa sunk. Wednesday by a submarine, were saved. PPJ?SB^?I^?JNS HAVE ADJOURNED Newport Newe, May 27.-r-The fifty fifth general assembly of the South ern Presbyterian church ended today, the final session b?ing devoted large ly to the presentation of committee reports. The next assembly will be . held at Orlando. Florida, beginning May 18th next year. COMMITTEE TO PLEAD FOB fLKygyCY FOB FRANK Chicago, May 27.-Repr?sentatives of the Leo. M. Frank committee ol the Anti-Vnpltal Punishment Society today-appointed a committee to wait on the governor of Georgia in tho In terest of Clemency for Frank. Th? committee will leave for Atlanta Sat urday night; SUCCEEDS AI)rflKAL FISHER Ali F'HST -MEA LORD London/May 27.-Admiral Slr | Henry Bradwardthe Jackson has been 'appointed Fir**. Sea Lord on Admiral* ? ty. He succeeds Admiral I*ord Fish- j er, who resigned, owing, it is said, to ^Jifferecces with .Winston Spencer Churchill, then first lord et admiral ITISH ESHIPS I SUNK DR. WHITE ACCEPTS iE ?SON MIL MR. C. S. SULLIVAN RECEIVED LETTER FROM HIM YES TERDAY COMING SEPT. 1ST W?l be Welcome News to People of City and County of Anderson. Mr. C. S. Sullivan, aa chairman ot the pulpit committee of tho First Bap tist church, yesterday received ? let ter from Itev. John B. White, D. D., Atlanta, Ga., formally accepting the 'all to thc First Baptist church in this eily. The letter i-. to the con gregation ot-the church and will be read next Sunday morning. In the letter Dr. White stated that his resignation aa pastor of the Sec ond 'Baptist church in Atlanta would u> Into effect not later than Septem ber 1, hut that after next Sunday, when the church ls to make a report on his resignation, he wight be able to state more definitely when be would be able to come to Anderson. This will be very welcome news to the .congregation of the First Ban tint church and to the people at large of this section. Immediately after Dr -. YJnes'. .resignation waa ..accepted and tho pulpit cemmlttee appointed, numerous requests were made in fav or of Dr. White and the members will feel highly elated over tho fact that he has accepted the call. KINO CONSTANTINE'S CONDITION IS REPORTED SATISFACTORY Berlln.May 27.-An Athens advice originating from a source close to King Constantine says his condition ls thoroughly satisfactory, contrary to alarming reports - Athens, May 27.-King Constantine passed a restful night and his doc tors decided toduy that another oper ation was unnecessary. They regard the patient's condition as improved. STEAMER RYNDAM SAFE IN NEW M HARBOR All of Crew and Part err* Peasen gers Return to Damaged Ship. New York. May 27.-The Holland American liner Ryndam is safe here today. Some of the passengers and all of the crew are aboard again after the collision and narrow escape from destruction Wednesday off. Nantucket shoals. The Cuneo took the Kyndam's pas sengers and 150 members of the crew aboard half an hour after the col:.'3 lon. She later transferred them to the United States battleship South Car olina, the first of the ; warships to reach the scene, after receiving the wireless .call for aid. The Ky nd am's officers say that lt was daylight when the ships struck. There was little fog or mist. They wouldn't make a statement regarding the eau sr. of tho accident. The Cuneo arrived in port - at 5 o'clock this morning an hour after the Ryndam arrived. Her crjew was smashed ani plates are crumpled, but tbe engines k*uj machinery are un damaged. MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE TO REMAIN NEUTRAL Lansing, Mich.. May 27.-The Michi gan legislatura, which ls. strongly Re publican, refused today to go on re cord as sympathizing with William Barnes, Jr., as far as the recent Syra cuse verdict ls concerned. Charles Culver, a Republican repre sentative from Detroit, offered a re solution of sympathy for Mr. Barnes. Business Ken Wanted. London. May 2<5.~ The British gov ernment-'has wared British business juit against transmitting cablegrama j to ut ral countries at the request of strangers, and ft stated that sev eral cases of Illicit trading have been brought to light which were mad possible only through the inn? assistance of Brittan firms. In tl manner. The War Cloud Now Blackens Nearly All Europe ' ': .^ % ^^^^^ !A F 'R I C "? ? --?ft e v ? ?flli With the entrance of Italy into the war, the black cloud which hus partly covered Europe is now BO extended that only the least important, natious are not covered by it. They are the least in population as well as in area. They are Spain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland. Kou tnania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Albania, which is In u turmoil. lion man ia, particularly, and Bulgaria and Greece, FRENCH AEROPLANES - nun nrnimi uinni/n Dropped Many Bombs on Munit ion Factory at Ludwig shafen. - ?Paris, May 27 -A French aerial squadron, composed of eighteen aero planes, each carrying one hundred 10 pound projectiles, this morning bom barded the German chemical factory at (Ludwigshafen, on tbe Rhine, oppo site Mannheim. Fire broke out in sorerul buildings as a result of the bombardment. 1 ms factory was one of the most inn ortant manufacturers of explo- j sirs in ali Germany. The French avatars were in tho air for six hom and covered more than 240 milts. Tils expedition against the impor tant! German military establishment j was th,. French reply to the attempts of tl e German aviators on the city of Pan < This information was con tain il in a French official statement | Issu?i by the war office this after hocOs ;E R. T. DANIEL DIED THURSDAY I * Hfevar?gn Grand Sire of Lodge Independent Odd FeFUows. Fltxd?ald. Ga., May 27,-Judge Robert fl Daniel of Griffin, Georgia.! Soveren Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge Independent Order Odd Fel lows, Ml here tonight as a result of a sfrdke of apoplexy. Hd was . strlckejltjrfs afternoon while address Mag theBCste Odd Fellows convention. Me wgMuatfgurated grand sire of the j national body at the last session of ?the ordr-in Atlantic City. He had i l bean fe] n number of years .-?perlor feourt J?g? for Georgia. > in the minds of most diplomats, will be drawn in witb Italy. The ships of Holland, Norway, Sweden, and Den mark have been repeatedly attacked in violation of international law, as stated by President Wilson. So they have constant incentive to join. In fact, Spain is the -single nation which seems to be without trouble. Portugal is just now in the throes of a revolution. _ ??WTETOT NEBRASKAN INCIDENT Information Not Sufficient to De termine Whether Ship Was Struck by Mine or Torpedo. Washington, May 27.-While the United States government bas receiv ed messages fr ?ni Ambassador Pape and Consul General Skinner at Len- . don, and statement from Captain Green of thc American steamship Ne braskan, it was impossible tonight to determine whether the explosion aboard tho Nebraskan Tuesday was caused by a torpedo or mine. Page reported he had begun an inquiry. All diplomatic action, as a result of the accident has been deferred until the cause is clearly established. Ambassador Page cabled the state department byte tonight that Captain Greene, of tbe steamship Nebraskan bad given the embassy's naval at tache a sworn statement Liver pool concern'ng the explosion, on ' his ship. Ho announced that the cap tain's statement would bo forwarded to Washington as soon as the at tache reaches London. Washington, May 27.-Ambassador Page's report regarding- tho steamar Nebraskan, which was damaged off the Irish coast, was before the presi dent, today. It won cabled to tho state department last night. Tho work ot deciphering it began imme diately.. There was no intimation of its contents, pending u review by tho pr?sident. Tho administration offi cials await with Intorcst the authen tic advices as to how the vessel waa damaged. The British admiralty re , ported that she had been torpedoed. The captain's rei>ort to the owners ls that thc vessel had boen ?truck by either ~a torpedo or mine. It is not expected that" this wilt bo definitely known until the Investigation is over. The United Sta'- - wi? de pend on' tho investigations. The Nebraskan if Liverpool tomorrow night? The population of the allied nations at war ia as follow*: Cation Population Cireat Britain. 4r>.000,000 Prance. 40,000,000 Russia. .. ..111.000,000 Italy.:ir. .000.000 Belgium. 8,000,000 Serbia. -i ,.".00,000 Montenegro. . ,".00,000 Total... . .. . .27;:.:>00,0O0 WANT BETTER PAY FOR CARRYING MAUI Railroads Also Want Mails Weigh ed and Pay Readjusted Annually. Atlanta. Ga., May 27.-Railroad exeeutiyis representing ninety per cent of the entire mileage of tho country, among them officials of lead ing southern roads, at a recent feet Ing approved tho course of the com? mittoe on Railway Mail Pay in its efforts to secure, from the United States government adequate compen sation for transporting the mails and urged that congress enact a law giv ing the interstate commerce commis sion tho same Jurisdiction ovt. mall traffic t^at it now bas over other classes of traffic. I'nanimous approval waa given tho following r?forma of tho present law which the commlttco has urged. 1. That the mails bo weighed] and the pay readjusted, nt least once a year ou over*; railway mail -vulc, Instead of onco In four years, as nt present. 2. TbA.t tho railroads bo paid-for, or relieved from, the duly of carry ing the mails between railroad sta tions and nostoftlcea. ::. That tho railroads be paid for apartment postoffice cars-for which the present law allows no- pay-ou a pro-rats hauls with the compensation for full railway postofflco cars. Among, the lines operating In the south represented at the mooth} g were: Sonthorn Railway, Norfolk and Western, Chesapeake and Ohio, illi nois Central, Louisville, and Nashville, N. C. & St. L., R. P. and P. Atlan tic Coast Uno, and Seaboard Air Idne. The General Managers Asso ciation of the Southeast and tho short Linea Railroad association' wer? al so represented, jjwjg? Georgian Anea? Woauded. Ottawa. May 27.-Tho. Canadian lontti-gi-nt casualty list Issued ioni-?ht Included J. G. Powell Faaay, ela, among thoso who were wounded. Ttic population of the three nations In thu German's ulliancc are: Nation Population Germany.65,000,000 Austria-Hungary.50,000,000 Turkey (Europe and Asia) 21,000,000 Total.1 ?61)00,000 Grand total at war.409,500,000 Population of Europe _453,000,000 People not In war_. 43,500,000 Portugal in revolution,. .. 0,000,000 People at peace. .. .. 37,500,000 ARIZONA SENATE WILL \ K0T?P?j For Five Mexicans Condemned to j Die in . Penitentiary Today. Phoenix, May 27.-The Arizona senate tonight declined Governor Hunt's request to memorialize the statt: ima rd of pardon? to reprieve the five Mexicans condemned to die in I the penitentiary tomorrow. I Tho senator's vote was tuc answer ! to numerous ploas for mercy, one of ' milich was made by Secretary Bryan I on the ground that . the execution j might adversely affect American In ti rests in Mexico. In *actlng the senate declared the suggestions of tbs governor, Secretary Bryan and Gen eral Villa was "not in accordance with the spirit and letter of the law." CAPTAIN THINKS NCIHIARINE ATTACKED THE NEBRASKAN Ltcrpnol. May 27.- The American; steamer Nebraskan arrived here at] midnight. The cantata uah!: "I saw no submarine, but am certain it wa? a torpedo which hit us. Moreover, a riihmarlne could not have fatted to see*our nam., and nationality which were outlined to huge luttera on both sides." The forward part of tho ship is wrecked. BIH HI I.I, CLOSED DOWN Bf TRIKE OF OPERATIONS I Lawrence. Mass., May ?7.-A. Strike of 42 beamers at the.Everett' Cotton milla today resulted in the j announcement by the management; that the entire plant, employing 2.000 operatives, would bc shut down inde finitely. Th* beamers struck to en fon-e their demand for day wages1 GALICIA IS OF FIGHTING GERMANS KEEP UP CONTIN UOUS ASSAULT ON RUS SIAN LINES ALLIES CLAIM ADVANCE IN WEST Turk? Lota Heavily on Gallipoli Peninsular--Buried 3,000 During Armistice. London, May 27.- Amidst activities on land and sea and In th? air, from tile Dardanelles to the waters around the British Isles, middle Galicia re mains the scone of the greatest and most important fighting. There the Gentians continue batter at the Rus sian lines at northeast Pretmysl. Ia . the west the French and British re port further advances which the Ger mans have generally denied. The aillos report continued pro gress against the Turks on the Galli poli Peninsula. During the armistice which .the Turk." asked they buried moro than three thousand dead, while the British gathered up twelve thous and rifles, which indicated that the Turkish losses were extremely heavy. " * : V Tne allied losses In those battles are said to have been heavy. The Italians contine, their offen?!*? ; TheV have taken a cha... cf imper- ; tant positions hut havo not met the main Austrian forces, which are wt.lt- . lng for them behind retrenchments. David Lloyd George today took charge of the British war office de partment. With the aid of a strong committee he immediately bepan to organize factories with a view to In creasing the supply of war muni tions. ?London, May 27.-Notwithstanding their heavy losses in men and war- . ships, the allies are continuing in cessantly' the campaign which aim ai the capture of Constantinople. Au Athens dispatch says that they ar? constantly bringing up rein fore ementa and that the Turk Bare greatly lav .< pressed with the unremitting vigor of the allies' assaults. There ls np evidence, however, that the allies have been able to extend greatly the field of their operations in thc Gallipoli peninsular, most of which is still held by the Turks. The Russians at last have admitted the extent ot their retreat from the. Dunnice to the San rivera. While they declare that the Austro-German rush bas been stopped, they pay tri bute to the impetus of their antagon ists. The Germans and Austrians are bringing up reinforcements and an other great battle is expected. Ac cording to the Germans, the encirc ling of Przemysl ls progressing lo that they'have forced another cross ing of the san only eleven mlle? north ot the fortress and have extended . considerably their line to the .east of the river. FEDERAL COMMISSION CONCLUDES HEARING Has Been in Progress for More Than Year-To Frame Re- |. port to Congress, _ Washington, May 27.-The Federal , Industrial relations Commission day concluded ju hearings which have been in progress for more than a. year and which have-taken tb? In tl gators from coast .to otast. The commission MN meei cut i-f e session In Chicago in J to plan the framing of its repo^^H congress. PRESIDENT OK PORTI??.\l ANXOUNt'ES RES!? Lisbon, MaV 27.- Presiden' < Dearrlaga, of Portugal, offtV! M nounccd to tbs president ot uga ese congress today his dotertr-. Hon to resign office. , French Transport Captuir?;, Constantinople. May 27 announcement was stat! 'that a transport ?hip, ?tv the French cruiser ,raH^^H tempted a landing ai Bc . : . v protection of the slat? :'..'>' m-<l ! .! :????> -ri. I .