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. v VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C. FRIDAY, MORNING, JUNE ll, 1915. NUMBER 130, INSISTS THAT LUSITANIA INCIDENT WAS VIOLATION Of INTERNATIONAL RULES OF WAR. FRIENDLY BUT FIRM THROUGHOUT Repeats That Lusitania Was Not Armed and Carried No Arms or Ammunition When Cleared By U. S. Customs Officials-De manda That Measures Be Taken to Insure Proper Respect and Protection For American lives ?nd Property-Not? Signed by ? V LansLig as Secretary of State ad Interim. Washington, June 10.-The United States; in itt latest note to Ci;/many formally asks the Imperial government for assur ances that measures will hereafter be adopted to safeguard American lives and American ships on the high seas. > The al tefoatrve.jtji ?ase of refusal is not ?tated. Robert Laming, secretary of ctnte ad interim, signed the note, wich had the approval of the president and the entire cabinet. The friendly terms, characterized the document, which renews the re|>resentetior4a^de.in th^fnericariiomiram^ after the Lutitania was sunk. _ TEXT OF THE NOTE Washington, June 10.-The text of the American rejoinder to the German government's reply to the note following the singing of the Lusitania follows: "The secretary of state ad interim to the American ambassador at Berlin. Department of State, Washington, June 9, 1915. "American Ambassador, Berlin: "You are instructed to deliver textually the following note to the minister of foreign affairs: "In compliance with your excellency's request, 1 did not fail to transmit to my government immediately upon their receipt your note of May 28, in reply to my note of May 15, and your supplementary note of June 1, setting forth the conclusion so far as reached by the Imperial German government concerning the attacks on the American steamers Cushing and Gulflight. I am now instructed by my government to communicate the following in reply: "The Government of the United States notes with gratification the full recognition by the Imperial German government, in iliscuss ing the cases of the Cushing and the Gulflight, of the principle of the freedom of all parts of the open sea to neurat ships and the frank willingness of the Imperial German government to acknowledge its liability where the fact of attack upon neutral ships which have not been guilty of any hostile act by German aircraft or vessels of war is satisfactorily established, and the government of the United j States will in due course lay before the Imperial German government, as it requests, full information concerning the attack on the steamer Cushing. THE F ALABA INCIDENT. "With regard to the sinking of the steamer Falaba, by which an American citizen list his life, the government of the United States is surprised to find the Imperial German government contending that an effort on the part of a merchantman to escape capture and secure | assistance alters the obligation of the officer seeking to make the capture in respect pf the safety of the lives of those on board the merchantmen, although the vessel had ceased her attempt to escape when torpedoed. These are not new circumstances, they have been in the minds of the statesmen and of international jurists throughout the development of naval warfare, and the government of the United Slates does i;ot understand that they have ever held lo alter the; principles of humanity upon which it has insisted. Nothing but actual forcible resistance or continued efforts to escape by flying when ordered to stop for the purpose of visit to the part of the merchantman has ever been held to forfeit thc lives of her passengers or crew. The government of the United States, however, does not understand the Imperial German government is seeking in this case to relieve itself of liability, but only intends to set forth the circum stances which led the commander of the submarine to allow himself to be hurried into the corus ewhich be took. SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA. "Your excellency's note in discussing the loss of American lives resulting from the sinking pf the steamship Lusitania, adverts at so/ne length certain information which the Imperial German govement has received with regard to the character and outfit of that vessel, and vour excellency expresses the fear that this information may ?not have been* brought to the attention of thu government of the United States, it is stated in the note that the Lusitania was undoubtedly - ioAttHHwa* ai ?jm1 whm> "-* ? : V FORWA \NC? (TR ALS 5PECTED ARREST GERIN WHO SWORE SHIP CARRIED GUNS GUSTAV STAHL, GERMAN RE SERVIST, INDICTED FOR PERJURY. FIRST RESULT OF INVESTIGATION Mad* Affidavit That He Saw Four Hs?V*rr? Guns on Lusitania Day 3efore Departure. New Yjurk. June 10.-The federal grand Jury'? Investigation to deter mine whether there was a conspiracy to defraud the ( nlted States in con nection -with affidavits submitted by thc ilfrnnin embassy to the ?tate <'>? TsTlMerril^lo^tvrOv'B' lTflfr^??Tr-^v>-i o SunB aboard the Lusitania, was be gun today. The first result of the investigation was tho" arrest of Gustave Stahl, the German reservist, w io made the atti - davit submitted hy thc embassy, on a charge of perjury. II?? vs.* sent to the tombs in default of bail. Stahl swore has was aboard thc Lusitania the day before sho sailed, and said ho sav* four concealed guns. The government has a statement from col lector of Port Malone and others ahowi- g that the stoomer was un armed . G. LANG ANDERSON ' DIES IN GREENVILLE President of Malpecroft Cotton Mills of Liberty Succumbs to Heart Trouble. Greenville, June 10.-The nows of the sudden death of Mr. G. Lang An derson, president of Maplecroft Cot ton'mill of Liberty, will bring sedness to the wide circle of his friends herc and elsewhere. The end came with out warning other than he had suf fered with l?eart trouble for a long lime, und be passed quietly away at 3 o'clock this morning without waking from Bleep. Mr. Anderson rwas pt3Sidont and treasurer of <the Maplec.ro^ Cotton mill of Liberty/ S. C., and well known in business circles as a man of abil ity -ad-sterling integrity, and lie is everywhere recognized as of the fin est and highest type of character. Ile was a man of Intellectual culture and pure Christian lire. A lifelong mem ber of the Methodist church, be Ailed many official positions In il. Up to recently he was superintendent of the Sunday school of Bumcombe Street church, of which congregation he was a faithful steward to the last. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock fron? the late residence and I it?raient will be held at Williamaton at t; o'clock. CARRANZA ft-ENEHAL LOSES A KM IN FIGHT Washington. June * .10.-General Gbregon, Carranza'? commander, In fighting at Leen against Villa, lost his right ar .?i and narrowly escaped death by a shell while directing op erations er. the firing linc. Consul Stillman cabled from Vera Cru* ?ev* eral days ago it was reported that Obregon waa wounded, and this was confirmed In an official dispatch to the Carranza agency here today. ABBEVILLE MAN KILLED WHEN ENGINE TC RN S TURTLE Abbeville,, June 10.-Fred. O. Link, ~f Abbeville, and Brooks of Atlanta, engineers on the Seaboard Raliway, were killed when the engine turned over last night on the Birmingham division, CLAIM SINKING OF VESSEL JUST1FIED.BY ANCIENT TREATY. WILLING TO PAY FOR DESTRUCTION Br; Insists That Prussian-Ameri can Treaty ;of 1828 Give? Right to Destroy. Washington, JnuplO.-Germany, in her note on the rase of the William P. Frye, the American ship sunk by thc Prinz t?llcl Friedrich, informel the I'nitt'ii States" that lt internrets the Prussian-American trcatv of to mean that Atucrh un vessels carrying contraband can be destroyed. Pay ment is promised tor thc destruction of the Frye, but tb? right to destroy is asserted as a loiMcal. Inference from the lauguage of f?l^treaty. Washington, J ii ac 10.-Germany's reply to Hoeond,?jfeperieau bot* re garding the niaktnKfof American Ball in : lip Wm. l\ >Yye br the: J?rln* iqitel Friedrich, 4??Med the^stalA. de partment today. Cable advices from Berlin have stated that Germany's reply reiterates the stand taken in itv. original note acknowledging liability In the Frye ease and inferring lt to a prize court The United States government urged that Hie matter be transferred from the prize court to the Imperial Ger man embassy 'Uere In order expedite a settlement. Tiie German answer Ins'.ts that stopping of supplies to enemy belli gerents may be affected by the destruction of contraband nnd des truction of ships carrying contraband without violation of treaty obliga tions. 'i^L It contends tliut a prize coffrt ls necessary to fix the amount of com pensation; that there ts no occasion for direct diplomatic negotiations, un less the prize court should fall to award compensation. Obligation of belligerents to pay compensation remains, regardless of the action of the prize court, the note insists, and should the nrize court fail to award compensation (Jer mauy would undertake to arrarge un equitable indemnity. As a precaution and preliminary procedure, Germany suggests American-' claimants enter their claims On record-. Kepi y is Far Reaching. Oillcials interpreted Germany's re ply In I' ie Frye case to make tho far reaching claim of the rights to des troy any American vessel carrying contraband, while agreeing to pay damages for the net. Two points made by United States are rejected hy Germany, One wan the statement that the United States gov ernment In its note of Anril 28, that prize court proceedings meant unnec essary delay, and that all matters con cerned betng susceptible of prompt settlement through diplomatic chan nels. The other was that the destruc tion of the Frye was "unquestionably .T violation of obllga<-5onB Imposed up on. Fie Imperial government under existing treaty stimulations between the United States and Prussia." OR. WHITE TO VISIT ANDERSON 111 JOLY Will Attend Saluda Association Which Meeta at Starr July 27, 28, 29. In a letter receive I In Anderdon from Dr.' John US. White, who wtU/ take charge of the'First BaptlsTriiurpk about September 1, he states that^Hf will be In Anderson one daxjHHp the Saluda association whJdHfiUPue held at Starr on July 2?jj?^Kp& For a time lt was .UgHKhat Dr. White would not o^jj???n visit An derson before ho <*MHT take charge in September. btjgpSf has been ar ranged so that he will be lierc for one day In August. He will go from here to Philadelphia where he will con duct meetings until lat? In the sum mer. , D GERM BRYAN IV TO AM TO GERMANS TO RETHEM REINFOR WITHDRAW FORCES WHICH ENCIRCLING MOVEME1 CAPTURE OF I Loudon, .lune 10.-Kusslau rein forcement? bare arrived lp the Baltic provinces and Galicia; and it ia now their turn to attack. A German of ficial communication tonlg?t says that part of the Onnau force In tim bal tic, which wa? 'threatened hy the en circling movement have been obliged to wll'.idravv. Klsewht?re> they claim progress despite the stubborn Hus slati resistance. Heavy fighting con^nues^tt?ong tho Italian front. Th*. Itu I hi II H 'claim to have taken Monfalcohe, au important town ueur thc count. German submarines have sunk two British torpedo boar i, ten flsUingflraa* sels and one steamer. London, Judi??JO.-Analysis of va rious ofllei?l announcements of tho i last twelve hours of op?ration? du j European haltli fields- led british ?b Kvi\<*m-t;dtry- to ?aneri the Wfari-.^i ItussiaiiH have been successful in rain ing a breathing space along the east ern front. That slubborn opposition has been encountered by Ihe Austro-Germ?n near the center of fie line lu Gali cia ls evidence;! by Petrograd'? state ment thal 2,000 Au?tro-German pri soners haw liven taken In a series counter attacks near Prz?myul. According to I'lsslan reports ?UB tro-(ierman fcrees southeast of Gali cia have not been able to cross the Dniester river at any noint other that Ziirawana, which ls forty miles from ANSWER TO NOTE ~ WILL BE DELAYED No Comment By Germany Until Meyer Gerhard Makes Report. Wal lington, June lt?. - The Uni ted States note to Germany, con cerning the slaking of the Lusitan ia which precipitated a crisis lu President Wilson's cabinet, is believed tu have reached United Slates Am bassador Gerard in Mei lin tonight. Ile is expected U) present tho note lo the German foreign office tomorrow. It is understood here Germany won't answer the note until Meyer Gerhard, the German ambassador's special envoy, 'has reached Herlin. and outlines to Germany the Unjted States viewpoint. It ls estimated thia will reunir? n week to ten days. The note, although friendly In lone, firmly reiterate* the demand for reparation for the lose of American lives In the Lusitania disaster, and states clearly and earnestly the Unl States viewpoint. It la estlnutPd this will require a week lo ten days. DISTRICT MANAGER VISITEHNDERSON Mr. W. W. Collier of Greenville ' District Manager So. Bell Telephone Co. Mr. W. W. Collier, district mana ger of the Southern Bell Tel? ?.innie company, with headquarters In Green ville, spent yesterday tn Anderson looking over the local exchange and seeing about the private exchange sys tem which ls to be installed lu the Hotel C'hiquola. Mr. Collier ls traveling in hts au tomobile and is visiting all the ex changes in his dist ret. Reports show tbat he la one of the widest awake dis trict managers in the system and Cte does everything possible te make tao service better. FORCED IT BEFORE CED SLAVS I THREATENED RUSSIANS IN MT-ITALIANS REPORT VfONFALCONE. Lemberg, and which t hey _ reached last Saturday. Borlin contradicts thia - with the statement that She right wing of the army under General Llaalngeo bas advanced ter miles further and oc cupied Stunlutuu un important rail road center. In the west, the French make their usual report of slow progress ac companied by a repulse of German counter attacks. Her!In admits that, tlte Kreuch arc in possession of tho entire village of Neuville, St. Vast, while only a fraction of "tho labryln th" is len In German hands. From other portions of the French front come reports of minor advanc es. . According to Vienna, efforts, of the Italians to cross the lsonzo river near Coriza hu Ve been repulsed after a r.econd engagement, lt would appear that the Italians have ntet first dl -ffeuli problem - of Invento? or Austria in thlr endeavor to cross the Isenzo, although they claim to have a foot hold in sonic places on both banks. Italians Capture Monfaleone. Home. June lu.-The Italian war of fice today announced the capture of the Austrian town of Monfaleone, which is said to OiavM been occupied liter stubborn fighting along the lsonzo river. Molfalcone is three mllea east of the river and sixteen miles north or the city of Triebt, against which Ital ian invasion is presumably directed. SLAYER LYNCHED BY ILLINOIS MOB Several Injured When Friends At tempted Rescue-Militia to Maintain Order. Johnston City, Ul., June 10.-John StrandB, who was arrested in connec tion with the murder last night of Edward Chapman, u wealthy farmer was taken from Jail here this after noon by a mob ami lynched. Several persons were injured when Strand's friends, members of the foreign colony tried to rescue him ufter he had been suspended several minutes. Militia is en route here tonight to prevent rioting between the townspeople and foreigners. BANKERS CONVENE ON NEXT MONDAY Andersoninns Will Leave For Isle of Palms on Monday. Many of the bankers of this city will leave on next Monday afternoon fer the Isle of Palms, where they will go to attend the South Carolina Bank er:.' association. The officers of this association for 1914-10 are C. .1. .Shan non. Jr., of Camden, president; John W. Simpson of Spartanburg, vice pres ident, and i.e.- G. Holleman ot this city, secretary-treasurer. The association will be in session for two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, June IR and 16. and on the night of the last day a banquet will be served by the Charleston bankers. During the two days many prominent speak ers will address the association on im portant subjects of interest to bank ers. Another Victim of Submarine, London. June 10.-Toe british steamship Erna Bolt has been tor pedoed and sunk ol? Farwkick bv a German submarine. Members ot the crew, waa saved, - PEAL ?EOPLE ACTION?. rnvHle. WILL ASK NO MERCY IF VER as tar DICT DOESN'T FAVOR SflSS HIM. gerate Li_ 'iked at a little GOOD INTENTIONS i*** ?I NOT SUFFICIEN?E?, __ Fler" Say? Note la Re torn 4 OM Sy tem of Ultimatum, backed ?14 be By Action. T pf c. ^ v r sltn ----- b. aereen Washington, Juna 10.--William m Jennlags Bryan, la aa appeal ad? J 7^ Idressed te the American people; tonight, asks them to hear hu? or leaa, before passing sentence ea hisll? two laying dona the portfolio ot eeo* DT |Ma> rotary of state la the midst. elSm^-ss iel international stress. Confl?a???Wf?3. * the public wUl credit tim wttkfffiiffij? honorable Intentions, Bryah iraak* *Jttjjt [?5 ly says good Intentions are not tjfhm Vf enoor> and ll the pekw iertiej k I 0 ls against him he ?alu 30' raarey, ^;E?"m which he refused -to a*p| as eeo* ;antoeu farm tug to tao ell *J**m .' ?Jpv'<*j lomatk stander**, precedence fs#?r Bo?- . .wkt?>:.are "wrjttpp.. &4t#e*a?*$nBBau ?Jj????! of blood on almost every page ?Castes, j human history T cit?rsete riitagj *? himself ss thc ehantploa et a aew. j .>.'". system-persuasion instead forcer* -Bryan pleads for the ?altr^ i States to lead the world to peace.*, county Tomorrow Bryan will issue OM day of other statement, aa appeal, hd^Mms says, to German-Americans! ^?1 filed " -1 [??Si- !? j Bryan says: fog, ? | "You now have before you the n?v^Bor* , note to German which lt would hal'." | been my official duty to sign had I ?,"-1,4 mained secretary of stats. I aak yC..?iu to ult in Judgment upon my declsL_" . to resign ratner than shara tbs fStw",,* sponslbillty for lt. I am sure yy*,n0UQ will credit me with bonorsble motivi but that is not enough. trzsss** Good Intention could not atone La ? a mistake at such a time, on such jB^ 1 subject and under such clrcumstanc'ff^kl If your verdict ls against me. I BE vj no mercy; I desire none if I han ^ acted unwisely. A man In public YU must act according to his consclem B but however consclentously he aft" Wk ? he must be prepared to accept withojffl^ . complaint any condemnation whi j| his own errors may bring upon 'bil j* * he mu9t be willing to hear any 4 Sj served punishment from ostracism 9 execution. But he jr me before y? South pass sentence. ~tg "The president and I agree in pt ft pose; we desire a peaceful solution 11 a dispute which has arisen between I* f United States and Germany. We 1 peinte, ^ only desire it, hut with equal fen ' we pray for lt, but we differ ir * TJ? cocllably as to the means of acct 1er lt. If lt were merely a persoi M difference it would be a matter of $.00 S*J tie moment, for all the presumption QQ jul are on his side-the presumntlo'f i that go with power and authority. p** " is your president; I am a private c2.75 ; jt. zen wit mut office or ' title-but t of the hundred million of Inhabltan Hjfl But the real fseue ts not betw*?75 [?H persons; it is between systems, S^'7? . I relv.for vindication wholly ur* tho i-.trencth of the position taken. , ?fi "Among tho Influences which g? - Jtr 1 ern men ts employ In dealing with el- -50 ? other there are two which are p? SO . eminent and antagonistic--force r?.5o nerauaslon. Force speaks with fit ' ness and acts through the uUimatuad reg- '''1' oersuaston employa argument, corf investigation and depends upon . Kotiatlons. Koree representa the <in5 ej. ' system. If I correctly Interpret i-lijZL ?5 note to Germany, lt eonfoTns to V*rong ' jj standards of the oM system rat1 than to the rules of the nsw, ??C_ cheerfully admit that lt ls abundaoSoUth i s un nor ted bv pr*e*dentJ-nreceo* written In characters of blood of?, ?sid i ) almost every page Of haman htsto- n\ Austria furnishes the . most -.efl. precedent; lt was Austria's f?nn? "*1:r that dictated the ultimatum ?ga? .j Serbia. wbtcOi net the world at W -gr The war in Europe is the rlpet T fruit of the o)d system. w * "This is what firmness, supported! f. force, hss done in the old wou shall we invite it to cross the Jtty Cr 1 tic? Already the Jingoes of our c 1. -U> country hsve caught the rabies fi l?f>: the dogs ot wsr; ehall the oppone i^Jf? ~(?osriiitpll5^ i