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\ WEATHER FORECAST I Generally fair; moderate northwest winda. TI?e Intenigenref COTTON HARKET I>oeal Cotton.A lUc VOLUME H. ANDERSON. S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY tl. 1915. NUMSER lt?f fl ?a ?asa?. * ?i?". ?. If S. WILL HOT DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY WILSON INTIMATES THIS POLICY WILL BE ADHER ED TO AMERICA MUST BE AN EXAMPLE President Greeted by Applause and Waving of American Flag* at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, May 10.--President Wilson gave to a gathering foiV thousand neutralized Americana to night tho first Intimation of the course the United States will proba bly will puraure in the situation re sulting fro mthe IOBB of more than a hundred American lives on the Lusi tania. He spoke by Implication, but hiB hearers Interpreted his remarks ns meaning that while the United States would remain In peace lt would seek to convince Germany ot the in justice to mankind of the tragedy. "America." said the president "Must have consciousness that on all aid?s it touches elbows, and touches hearts with all nations of mankind. The example of America must be a special example and must be an example not merely of peace because it will not fight, but because peace ls the heat ing and elevating Influence ot the world and strife 1B not. There ls such a thing tts a man being too proud to fight. There is such ? thing as being so right it doesn't need to convince others by ?orce that it ls right." These remarks precipi tated a tumult of applause? and pa triotic enthusiasm attended by thc waving ot thousands of Americans flags. The president made no direct %?terence to thc Lusitania tragedy, but the audience -didn't hesitate to read the application of hts ?tate men t. President Wilson aroused much en thusiasm when he said he felt he ought not to be away from Washing ton, but after coining he found the gathering renewed his "spirit as an American." He was given a tremen dous ovation when be finished his speech. He afterwards returned to the sta .Mon '?nd entered hhs private car. leav ing, at midnight tor Washington. Because of the present status ot International affairs extraordinary precautions were taken to guard' th' president. Seven hundred and firry police were detailed for this duty. Seven detectives acted sa his personal body guard and rode directly behind the Pr?sident through the streets. The president rode three miles along streets almost solidly lined with cheering people. He frequently rais ed hbj hat and bowed. Automobile horns sounded a steady chorus. Sev eral thousand persons In the station cheered him. Natal Parade Nat i'aaeellea, Philadelphia. May - 10.-Secretary Daniels tonight denied .a New York report that the president had ordered cancelled the naval demonstration et New York. Ha declared there was absolutely nothing to the rumor. Washington. May 10.-While official j Washington waited today for word from. President Wilson regarding the United States' policy in the cri si fi resulting from the sinking of th? Lusitania, German ambassador Voa Bernatorff called at the state depart ment and expressed to ^Secretary Bryan "Hts deep regret tfiat events of the war had led to the loes of so many American lives." He did not comment-on his visit. Bryan said he understood it was the ambassador's personal expression. Of ficials were silent concerning the sit uation generally. As far as baa been learned calling an extra session ot congress does not seem to he a part of the president'? plan of procedure. (Te has given no indication of such a course up to now. ' v Washington, May 10. -The govern ment officials and diplomats today speculated as to what form thc United States protest against the torpedoing of Uta Lusitania, arith the loss of mora than a hundred Americana will take. It ta generally believed that the president will express in the poli cy h? pursues, tho administration's de nunciation of the act ss inexcusable nuder the laws of nation? and hu manity. The extent of the president's action is atlll undetermined. He goes thia afternoon to Philadel phia to address a aeetlng ot 4.000 s natu ra? tsed Americans. The meeting was planned week? ago by the depart ment of commerce's naturalisation bureau to Inaugurate a systematic course of teatjruetlon of altoaafa tho (CTMyTttf?gD OH FAQS TWfA> Lusitania Leaving New York Harbor Before She Was Sunk Off Irish Coast Captain Turner. The steamship Lusitania, the fast est vessel on the ocean, was sunk tr the Germans threatened before she left New, York on her last trip across th Atlantic. This photograph, shows the steamer as she WUB straight ening out In the NprUi River with the help of tugs before she pointed her noue down the channel on her last voyage. In the air above her ccprcs ot ?es gulls, which follow every ocean liner many miles into the sea. arc seen flying. The Gorman Embassy at Washing ton published an advertisement a day before the Lusitania sailed that BI?C might be attacked and that travel on her was dangerous. Many prominent passengers got telegrams while they waited on her decks ss ahe remained at the pier before sail ing that tholr lives were in danger. Tho question ha? not arleen if the:'e waa not some communication between Qcxraau agenta In the United States and the German naval office to war 1 rant these announcements. If so there will be an Investigation to see whether or not the wireless was not improper ly used between Berlin and the United States. The Lusitania was Ute one big ship which had been kept in service since the outbreak of the war. On every trip east and west bound ahe carried large crowds of passengers and on al moat every trip newspapers headings read: /'Lusitania's passengers laugh at submarine peril." On her last saUlngJoesidcs tho .1.310 passengers bopkiotfrSr the'ship she curried 200 passengers booked for the Anchor llnor Cameronia, which was suddenly requisitioned bv the British government aud did not sail a., sched uled for Liverpool and Glasgow.' The Lusitania was 785 feet long and came out in 1907, with her sister ship, the Mauretianka, both intended to make twenty-six or twenty-seven knots and to wrtui thc .*me?*d laurels of the sois from the German fliers. For a !bng time the L t it'anla held tho ?meed championship, making a crossing .'rom Quocnsiawn ?..Sandy Hook In a little lesa than-4 days 10 One-of Mr-vmoai popuhrr Hnere^-Srit? ever carried gay tnrougs of tourists LO Europe, -.he Lu? tan? i numbered anions h>- pas-lungers, ot '?ve (?me or another, almost al: Ute prominent j lol!; who made a habit of crossing! the Atlantic. The Lus MUM came into promuitut j notice about two months ago wiica, on a voyage trom thie port to Liver pool, sh'.* rle wt'ae American flag wben entering rhe laV.3r port Capt. T'irn?r had been lu lhe| Cunard ?ervic? thirty ycar?.and had command ?d its shlp.viroir. crrgo boat* UP. He n'ai regarded ar. a vory ikll ful navigator, ana when the giant nw Cunarder 'Aquila a lo came out In-jTrmV of last your he w.xs af pointed her commander. GERMANS G WHOLESAl SAYS COR ASSERT SINKING OF LUSITAN NATIONAL LAW AND COI "NATIONS-CAPTAIN TI TORPEDOS' ?i ~ ......... Kinsale; Ireland, May 10.-The ver dict of the coroner's' jury which In vestigated tho deaths resulting from the torpedoing of the Lusitania fol lows; 'iWc find deceased met death from prolonged immersion and ex haustion (ln the .sea Friday, May. 7th. ?wing to the ?inking of the Lusitania by torpedoes fired hy a1 German sub marine, , . . We find that this appaling crime waa comtnltted contrary to interna tional law and the conventions of all ?i%tlized*hattans: We also charge tho officers ."of said : submarine, the em peror of jhe government of Germany, ander whoae orders they acted, with th? crime of wholesale murder before the tribunal of the civilised world. Wo desire to express sincere condo lence and sympathy fi th relatives pf the deceased, the Cunard Company, ind the .United States, many of whose citizens perished tn this murderous ittack on the unarmed liner." Only One Torpedo Struck Ship. Ixrodon, May 10.-The Cnarder Lusitania was struck by only one torpedo. Captain Turner, her com man ier, testified at the inquest at Klnaale today. The deadly missie found a rite! spot and sent the liner to th? Mast Hot tJse Force. Atlanta, May 10.-The police hav? t>een instructed to ?top the Decatur itreet merchants from their time honored custom of standing on thc ildenralk and "persuading" cUatotner. Into their stores, either ' by verbal blandishments or m stn force. The doing away of thin custom will take awa^. ?me of Gie picturesque reatures of Atlanta's "JBowery." Reco/?jar- Johnson has ruled that lt ls contrary to the public welfare Tor a merchant to sall ont on the ildewalk and yank customers le by the arm or the ear. He holds that If t merchant doea want to try to talk & man Into entering bia store, he Might at least to Uko mt a can raster's licensee in addition to bl? store Ucease. OMMITTED E MURDER IVER'S JURY IA WAS CONTRARY TO INTER VENTIONS OF CIVILIZED JRNER SAYS ONLY ONE fRUCK LINER bottom in loss than twenty minutes, killing more than a thousands per sons. The evidence of Turner and members of the crew led the Jury to a verdict of "wholesale murder" against the German emperor, his gov ernment and the officers of the sub marine directly responsible for the sinking. Turner said the second ex plosion waa Internal. It was disclose ed bv Turner, an Winston Spencer Churchill In a statement to the house of commons, that Turner received wireless advices from the admiralty warning lim of submarines in the liner's course. ' Turner, testifying, said he had fol lowed this advice to the best of his ability. The character of the advice Was hot revealed. New York, May 10.-Although a number of additional names of Lusi tania survivors were given In a latest revised Hat issued todsy by the Cunard Company, there was little to cheer anxious rs "?uti vi's and friends, because the Hat of Identified dead contained the names of some previously report ed among the survivors. The friends of Alfred Gwlnne Vanderbilt are pre pared to abandon hope that tho young millionaire survived. Italian Troops Go- te the front. London, May 10.-The Copenha gen, correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph says: "A private meaasge from Berlin .tates that Italy yesterday called to the colors all Infantry classes from 1876 and that many trains loaded with troops are proceeding to the front." 8?q?lsttie* Honored For Three. Columbia. May 10/-Governor Man nlng today honored extradition pa pers for the return to -Georgia of Bill Willis, wanted on the charge of assault with intent to kill. George Feasley and Bea F?ieec alisa Bon Frasier, wanted on a charge og gam bling, The trio will be taken to Hartwell, Ga., for Wal. PEAGE PACT I? - ORIENT BRINGS GREAJ_RELIEF CHINESE ACCEPTANCE OF JAPANESE DEMANDS CLOS ES CRITICAL INCIDENT GENERAL RELIEF AT PEACEFUL END London Poper Gives Credit for Settlement to Japanese Diplomats. Tokio, May io.-Premier Ok ti ID a is -quoted. aa having ?tated that Chinas acceptance of Japan's de manda has removed "the roots of much trouble." He voiced 'satisfac tion in thc success that was gained by diplomacy as a result of which Japan found lt unnecessary to go to war. - The press rejoices at the policy and the conclusion of the negotiations but expresses the fear that additional trouble may be brewing because of the dissatisfaction ot Japan's oppo sition. The foreign office denied Ute state-, ment that during the negotiations Japan declined China's request to be Permitted to tako minutes of the con ference on tho Japanese demands. Denial also was made that China had never demanded the restoration of Kiao-Chow. Loddon Relier ed. London, May 10.-The British press expresses relief at the peaceful ad justment of tho c b?nese- Japanese | difficulty and congratulates Japan on the. settlement. Tba Times saya editorially that lt doea.particular credit to the Japanese ministers and that ft justifies once again the worldwide reputation of tue elder statesmen. Tho Dally News considers the re lief as great In Japan as among tbe western nations. It says there ls little danger of Japan overriding the Euro pean or American rights In China, be cause aha must obtain capital from tbe white nations for whatever ahe undertakes. ITALY IS Pl TO ENTER AUSTRIAN HALF MILLION ITALIAN TROOP VICE MASSED AT VERONA, ( FROM AUSTRIAN FRODi AUSTRO-HUNGARIAI Qeneva, Switzerland. May 1U.-An i Italian army of 600.000 fully equip- I ped and readv on the fiold. has been concentrated at Verona. I Verona is a fortified Italinn city i at thc base- of tho Tyrolean Alps, 25. t miles from thc frontier of AuBtria- i Hungary. , Austro.German* Fleeing Italy. Parla. May ? 10.-A Bolllnaona. Switzerland, dispatch to The Temps says: ' I ."Austrians- and Germana aro flee- , lng from Italy. All trains tn the di rection of thc frontier are packed. ! ( "Special tra?na have brought 3.000 , Germana from Rome, Florence and . Bologne. Lugano is filled with ro- ; fusees. , "Notice has been given of tho awi- < pension from today of telephone aervlce across the frontier and of . the suppression of many passenger ^ tra?na. "All German and Austrian Journal- t lata have left Italy." . London. .May 10.-The altuation In < Flanders ant the Carpathlana, where critical battle? of tho present phase of thc Europ?en war sra being fought ls still obscure. On the weat- i ern front both the Germans and their t opponcnta claim considerable gains. Ie the Carpathians a altnllar situa- i tlon exists. While the Russians admit i remorses, they concede no such I serlnua defeats as indicated by state-; 1 men ts from- German and Austrian t ^.^??JJ-U-JJ.->U0U.qjJU~..l>_^X~."t^!~^~?~^ Belgiern Annxed te German Km pire. ? London, May 10.-The Dally Mail's . correspondent st Rotterdam says a proclamation has been posted In Ant werp declaring that Germany baa'an nexed Belgium. The proclamation ls ( dated May 5. La Tearalne la Safe. I New York, May 10.-The French t liner La Tooralee, which left here c April 27, arrived at Bordeaos Satur- r day. according to a cablegram re- r calved by' the New York offices for | the line. | t ?EPAREt> THE WAR; 1S_LEAVt$?G S FULLY EQUIPPED FOR SER )NLY TWENTY FIVE MILES m ER-GERMANS AND ? LEAVING ITALY sources and aBaert that the Teutonic forres are now being checked., Italy is expected to reach shortly Its decision for or against war. Rome regards as significant a visit-to the capital of Signor Oiolfttl, former premier and member neutralist group. lt is reported that if Italy decides for Intervention she will first declare 'var against Turkey. .. Russians Again. Defeated. London. .M-r- 10..-Further, victory [or Austro *;*? .nan torces'In. Galicia was reported today in a dispatch from austrian headquarters. The Rus sians are aald to have . been' driven SH ck between Lupkow and Uzsok sasses. It was estimated the num ber of Russian prisoners taken in Western Gallcia will be increased to ?00,000. German advance In Russian Baltic provinces ls reported to Copenhagen :o have been checked. Russian Orces operating from Mttau are said o have compelled the Germans to ra rest 100 miles. French official communication Indi cated no decisive action In the west Call Vor Troops Issued. London, May 10.-Copenhagen cor? 'cspondent of the Exchange Telegraph lays: "A private message from Berlin itatea that Italy Saturday called to the colors all infantry clssses rom 1876 and that many trains oaded with troops are proceeding te he front." - STOP SWEDISH SHIP amllna Takei le ( barge by Brit ish. London, Ma 10.-The Swedish iteamer Carolina. Charleston. B. C.. br Stockholm, with a cotton cargo, las been brought Into G'tasby by british naval authorities. Another Swedish steamer, tbe Marie from lal reston for Halmo last Wednesday las arrived at Clyde la charge ot r laval crew. The Marte waa stopped >y a warship on ?n^sicton regarding he destination of her cargo.. DECLARES PLAN FOR STARV ING GERMAN CIVILIANS CAUSED ACTION OFFERED TO STOP SUBMARINE WARI _. .' J? ri Regrets Americans Chose to Trost England Rather Than Heed ' Warning. Berlin. May 10.-The German foreign office sent the following- dis patch to the German einbasay at Washington : "Pleaae communicate thc following to the atete department: The German government dcslretj .to* ezprens its deepest sympathy In th? losa of lives aboard .the. LuBl?aafj?. The responsibility ?**aiB. npweVftV with the British government'., Whfo?h through lu plan of starving the elvi; Han population of Germany ' fbr?otf Germany to resort to retaliatory niega uros. In spite of the German offer .to Btop the s uhm a rino war ih caac the starvation plan waa given up, British merchant vose?la, being " generally, armed with guns, repeatedly .tried 'to ram-submarlr," , so that pr?tions search was Impossible" ' "'^ The statement adds that t'ti* Lusi tania carried, ammunition and. .aays if England, after w*jrMng>( chatt ered herself able to. declare the. Lust- . tania didn't run a riakv.tho German government in spite of tte sympathy for lost American lives,''Ce-mot but regret Americans teU gio re inclined to tr nat Gin Tn|llgh i^illQiae.5|fcthcr than pay ^U^ni^f^t?^???^m^fiika the German aide." . ;.; Washington. May l&^j&wnt-'. von Hornstorff. thc Geragt) nsrafgaador calhd on Secretary J?r|^/t^W,8.nd expressed 'deep regret tttat th? ev ents of the war had led to.the loss of so msny American Uves." Attar a half an hour's conference between the ambassador apd the secretary, a statement to that ' effect waa given out by mutual agreement, I While the statement ;?.?.". nuv spfct flcally mention the; Lustrants rtlsaJter lt waa known tbst th? two ofBcikls talked of it. It waa the stabasaag^rls first visit to th? ?tate. department since the disaster. The secretary received him Immediately, He greet ed him cordially. When the ambassador came from Secretary Bryan's O?C? &?? partied ull questions by saying that he coul<L not Ulk. being under a promise ?'. io the secretary that no statement ot. tbe object should be made,/by him. The ambassador's only^response rraa that he had made no.appointment with President Wilson. % v - Both the secretary and ambassador steadfastly refused to comment on or Interpret the state department's an nouncement; but lt was. interpr?t?' by the officiais generally., as meaning that the ambassador had for tris gov ernment expressed deep regret' not only fdr the loaa of life on the Lusi tania, but for the Americans lost tn the torpedoing of the American eteamahip Gufllfht abd for the otu American lost on the Falabo. HOSTILE AIRCRAFT Valuable Probert? Deefooye? 1 Several Injured U> Aerial *** wm London. May 10.-iTha' passengers, arriving on trains from.Bottthend and Essex, seaside resorts, report a seri ous air raid there. Veintwle property waa destroyed and atna? lives lost. Southend received the warning of the hostile sir craft's approach early this morning. Several machines par ticipated in the raid, lt was too cloudy to tell whether they were Zeppelins or air planea. The bombs struck houses tn vari ous parts ot the CpWnV One man aa? his wife were badly baned ?hen aa incendiary bomb fired their, recide??a. It 1? reported that several ; shops were burned at Lstgb, near Southend. Four Zeppelins ar? reported to have dropped GO bombs lhere. Two Zappe lina a ? reported to hara dropped bombs on Westcliff sn the sea, near Southend. No fatalities ?re reported.