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Showers Thursday, probably Fri day. Cooler Friday. Local Cotton.6?:t VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1915. NUMBER AMERICAN ? STRUCK BY OFF IRl NOT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED, ' AND MADE PORT UNDER OWN STEAM NEBRASKAN HAD NO PASSENGERS Course of U. S. Government Doubtful Because or Lack of Details. London, May 26.-The American steamship Nebraskan, Captain Greene from Livernool, May 24th, for the Delewarc breakwater, war, torpedoed today by a Bubmarlne at a point, i forty miles southwest of Hie coast of Ireland. The oca was calm at the Urae. Thc crew immediately took to thc boats and stood by the steamship. It was soon ascertained that tne Ne braskan wac not ncriounly damaged. She had been struck forward and her forcbolds were full of water. The crew returned on board and got the vessel to Faraway. No lives were ! lost among tho crow. The Nebrask- 1 an did not carry any paonengers. Thc foregoing information was received by the British admiralty here and was at once communicated to thc Unit- i ed Staten embassy. Called For Help. London. May 26.-Immediately af ter she was struck the Nebrasgan be gan calling for help by wlreler3. Browhcad received a wlrelona comniu- ' nlcation at 9 o'clock yesterday morn- 1 lng from Crookhaven. A message ?r Lloyds from Kinsale. Ireland, said Pial the Nebraskan had passed there at . 1 o'clock In Gie morning, appar. . ./ ; bound for Queenstown. She wan down at thc bows, but wan proceeding un- 1 der her own steam. VnteT Hurrier. New York, May 26.-The Nebras- 1 kan was under charter on this trip to the White Star lino. She wan built 1 with eight watertlp'vt bulkheads, her fuel being oil. < Washington, May 26.-The course of the .United Staten government in thc cane of thc American steamship Nebraskan, which was damaged off the Irish coast, ls undetermined to night because officials were without definite information as to whether the ship was torpedoed or struck a ! mine. Messages from Ambasnador Page and Consul General Skinner at London transmitted tho report ot tho Br it lob admiralty, which raid the vos- ' sel had been torpedoed, but thc cap tain'r, report to the owners indicated doubt au to whether thc Nebraskan was blt by a torpedo or. a mine. In view of the position the United States has taken on tho subject of , submarine activity in tho w-ir zone. ' and the delicacy of 'he situation with , Germany arising from thc Lusitania disaster, story pf the Nebraskan's ex perience is awaited with unusual In terest. Should H develop clearly that she was . torpedoed without, warning, ag gravating circumstances may bc ad ded to the already ten > e situation not withstanding that?no lives were lost on thc Nebraskan. The Nebraskan was bound for Hampton Faade'to load coal for the L:':?ted States navy to bo carried as freight to San Francisco. She did not carry any contraband. BRi?is??iiraip SUNK IN DARDANELLES Was Operating With Australian and New Zealand Forcea Whan Torpedoed. London, Msy 26.-Tho British bat tleship Triumph has been sunk in the Dardanelles, according to an official announcement tonight. The disaster to tho Triumph ls de scribed in a brief statement by the admiralty, which saya that while op el atlng In support of the Australian and New Zealand forces on the Shore of Gallipoli Peninsula yesterday, the Triumph was torpedoed by a subma rine and sank shortly afterwards, most of the officers and men, includ ing the captain and commander are reported saved. Deatioyers of the patrolling fleet, chased the submarine until dark. London, May 26 -The official an nouncement-docs not say whither .a. Turkish or German submarine sank thc Triumph. It WAS probably s German because tho British legation at Athen* recently <.n>??d a reward for the winking of German submarines supposed to ba in).the Mediterranean, j STEAMER TORPEDO SH COAST TWO STEAMERS IN GOLLISION HOLLAND-AMERICAN LINER AND FREIGHTER COLLID ED YESTERDAY U.S. BATTLESHIPS WENT TO RESCUE Accident Happened Near Where Atlantic Fleet is Holding Prac tice of War Maneuvers. i t i New York, Mny 26.-The oteam- ' ship Ryndam of thc Hol?and-Amcrl- ' nan line, bound front New York to 1 Rotterdam, with passengers and . freight, collided carly today with tho li freight steamship Joseph J. Cuneo off f Nantucket Island and both vessels ?. were badly damaged. WirelesR messages, received here, ' j aid that the Ryndam transferred her' passengers and part of her crew to j the Cuneo and that the Cuneo later < transferred them to thc battleship , South Carolina, which is engaged < with the remainder of thc Atlantic, fleet in the war game ofT tho Atlantic coast and from which vessels were j rushed to the aid of the two vessels. At the offices of the Holland- t american line hero lt was said that ( the Ryndham had 77 passengers and - 9 crew of 200. Of the passengers 20 were first cabin; 34, second; 23. Ihlrd. Th? Ryndham's cargo consisted j chiefly or foodstuffr. and is valued at t approximately $1,000,000. It was Bald t that her, passengers included only n few Americans. The owners of the Cuneo said that j she carried no passengers, and that the crew consisted of only 20 men. She is a small tramp steamship ply ing in the fruit trade between Bos ton and the West Indies. I I f Waler Gaining. j t Now York. May 26.-With the bat- ? I tlcshlp South Carolina alongside, theil battleship Ter?s ten miles astern, f tho Doulslarr in the near vicinity, J ?md the Cuneo slowly following, the j Ityndham was steaming at slow speed for this port, 124 miles east of tho Ambrose channel lightship at ton a'clock. At that hour, her 'captain sent n j wireless mossage to thc i Holland American line saying that thc flyn-j dhnm's engines were much strained, but still holding out. Previous mes sages from Captain, Vender Heuvel j Raid that water was gaining In No. j 6 hold and that the ship might have to be abandoned. New York May 26.-Seventy-seven passengers were nn.vcd from possible death when tho Holland-American lin er Ryndam collided this morning with the tramp steamor Joseph J. Cuneo, on* Nantucket Shoals lightship, were brought to port tonight by tho battle ship South' Carolina, which partici pated in the recsue. The Ryndam, conveyed by the bat tleship Texas, reached the harbor be fore her passengers arrived. She was drawing thirty-six feet of water and much.of he rcargo valued at a million dollars was destroyed. The hole In her side below the water line was stopped wi*h canvas. Tho Cuneo was damaged but ls proceed ing to port under her own steam. The Ryndam left for Rotterdam yesterday. The .vessels collided in a heavy fog. MOTHER KILLS SELF AND CHILD Wife of Jew York Architect Be-j lieved by Detectives to Have Become Soddenly Insane. New York, May 26.-Mrs. Char-}! lotte O'Neill, the wlfo of Francis.! O'Neill, nn architectural engineer, waa found dead with a bullet In her : heart fn ber home In the exclusive j residential section of Brooklyn to day. ' In the adjoining room lay two of her children. Je^ephiuo, ' aged mn-, and Francis, aged four, with-corda; drawn about their necks. The boy] revived; b?it the baby died. . Detec tives belle''? that Mrs. O'Neill sud denly became demented ? Stund Pot fVohlbiHoii. Cleveland. May 26.-Jptat? and na-j Uonal prohibition wa S unanimously} Indorsed late yasterdv nt the bleu- j nial convention of theafro? ri MUCH GONGERN ODER INCIDENT IN MSJNG?ON 3FFICIALS AWAIT DETAILS BEFORE MAKING PUB Lir COMMENT MANY BELIEVE SHIP HIT MINE Cannot Conceive Idea for Torpe doing Vessel Which Carried No Cargo. Washington, May 25.-Coming close m the Lusitania disaster, the news hat thc American steamship Nebras tan had been endangered aroused nore than ordinary interest in Wash ngton. All tlic officiais, however, aro liaposed to hear the details before naking comment. Some of thc ollicials could not un terstand why a ahip bound for the United States in ballast, therefore carrying no contraband, should have leen torpedoed". They considered it imoug thc possibilities that the Ne }raskan had struck a drifting i 'ne. Thc first ofilclul word of the Ne braskan's plight caine from Consul General Skinner, in London,1 who cabled the information which was contained in the British admiralty's innouncemcnt. Koral! Assurances. Washington, Muy 2G.-The damage o thc Nebraskan recalled at once in ifflcial quarters Germany's assur incea that the submarine command ers had been specifically instructed to lo no harm to neutral, vossels, not engaged in hostile acts and that'Ger nany would pay for any damage to inch ships in the war ?one. . Message From Captain. Now York, May 26.-Thc American inwaiin Steamship compony, owners >f thc Nebraskan, received a mesBagr, :oday from Gie Nebraskan's captain, .clayed by cable, in wlu'ch it was said .hat tho vessel had boon struck by "ithcr a minc or by a torpedo and hat she had turned back and wau iroceedlng to Liverpool. At the Gmo die Nebraskan was damaged she waa n ballast, and wau proceeding to Gie Delaware breakwater for orders. PRESBYTERY TO ADJOURN TODAY THREE SESSIONS HELD YES* TERDAY WITH THAT OB JECT IN VIEW NEXT MEETING IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA ** i Assembly Approved Suggestion That Church Differences bc Settled in Friendly Way. Newport News. May 26.-The gen aral assembly of thc Southern Pres byterian church held -throe sessions today with tho hope ot adjourning to morrow. Besides thc selection of Orlando, Florida, us the next meeting place, the assembly approved Gie sug gestion in a telegram from tho Pres byterian church, of tho L'Litcd States session at Rochester. N.- Y., that the difference be: ween Gie two churches aver the LaFayctte church case at New Orleans., be amicably settled. Many committee reports wore present' wi. Newport News, Va., .May'26.-An other year of concentrated efforts for distinctly cvr.ngolistlc work was proposed today to Gie general assem bly of tho Southern Preabyterian church here by thc reverend Hr. II. P. Miley. superintendent of evangel ism, tt was acted on later. Varions reporte were submitted to the assem bly today. Warship Passers*. Home. Msy 25 (via Paris).-The Italian ministry of marino has' given cut this announcement: "A. steamer arriving at Barletta, reports that while passing near bte promontory of Gargano at midnight fast night sba sighted an Austrian warship with a hear/ Hst. She was 1 by four torpedo boats. which Italian Cavah i The nations arrayed against Italy will find they must fight what ii; con sidered by military men the heat, cnv GERMANS -PUSH . RUSSIANS HARD ARE PUSHING OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT IN MIDDLE GALICIA CONTINUE GAINS IN FLANDERS King George Approves Person nel of Coalition Cabinet in England. Loudon, Mav* 20.-Although called upon to face another enemy th Italy, whose troops have crossed the eas tern border, thc Austrians and Gor mans have not relaxed their efforts on other front.;. In middle Galicia they hnvo resumed tho offensive against tho Russians-ntoug Hu; ilivr-r San, claiming further success, while In Flanders the Germans continuo according to Fronch reports, furious attacks in an effort to regain thu ground taken ii.na thurn. London, May 2C- The approval.of King George han made the coalition government, which i as just b?cu completed au accomplished fact. Generally lt ls accepted as thc best ??ol ii timi of a bid situation. Never theless tho country shows no- great enthusiasm over this . compromise for. tho tho usual parly cabinet. In the field military operations in the war. ibo great onslaught of General Muckeusen against tho Rus sian Moe north of i'rzcmsl 'and around Jar ol stan Indicates tl'ot the powers of thc Auslro-G* nnan offen sive aro not exhausted and vcr if Ifs tue belief that ls goucral in landon that tho Russians aro not 'well equipped for thc defense of thia po sition, rreznniyl wltl not be suffi ciently repaired to rank again as a great fortress. In'the Dardanelles the allies arc reported to*'be slowly dvanclng against stubborn opposition.- The Turks have been granted sn armis tice to bury 3.000 of their dean. Along tho western front tho Cr" mans hold the trench cast o? Ypres, which they captured Monday morn ing from thc British. They held it against a counter-attack during tl-^r day. . Yesterday thc French offensive north of Arras' developed a new vigor with tho result that ? number of German position* were capt und. Thc French advance. li*e tho German move against thom, ls not nf wide extent, but lnclud works'. The illness of Ii graf .y at Practice airy in Kurope. These photographs indicate thc practice olliecru of thc Italian cavalry must lake. AFFIDAVIT BY MRS. FRANK WILL BE PRESENTED TO PRISON COMMISSION TO OFFER FRANK AS A WITNESS May Not bc Allowed to Testify Solicitor Files Objection to Commutation of Sentence. Atlanta. May 20.-An nffidavlt by Mrs. i,<o M. Krank, detailing what ?ho knows of her husbands actions iud movements on tho day Mary (Miagan was murdo <id, will bc present ed to the Slate prison commission il tl?! hcarlnp next. .Monday, on Frank's application fqr the commu tation of lils death sentence. Thia was announced today by ex-Con gross man W. Ai4 Howard, who will have charge of Frank's petition. Frank'H counsel state- that they will tender bim as a wlmess, but whether ho will bo heard depends upon the commis sion's reline, a member of t'.e com mission bas d'-clared that *'o appllt cant for commutation or pardon was over heard in such proceedings, but ho, was unable to say whether thc precedent would be broken in Frank's case. Under tho state law Mru. Frank will not be permitted to testi fy in her husband's behalf at thc trial. Kfforts are. being made in Frank's behalf to Induce o majority af tho Jurors *who convicted him to sign thu clemency petition, Another petition uruiug clemency la underway among Atlanta ministers. It'was learned tonight that Solici tor Dorsey had filed with thc prison commission a protest against tho commutation of Frank's sentence. Tho Georgia society of New York cent thc commission a petition puking clemency fur Frank. 6E?afA*8 SEIZE PHOPKBTY OF AMKK'CAN TOBACCO CO Amsterdam, May 26.-fvtfa London.) -All property of the British-Ameri can Tobacco company in Germany has been placed uudisr German supervis ion according to tho Berlin corres pondent of Tho Aclegraaf. ATTACK 0> .\EBKISKAX - CAl'SRK STOCKS TO - WE AK EX New York, May 2C.-Stocks cried today on account Of the An i ITALIAN im OF AUSTR? NO OP ENDS OWN LIFE 9 ' W. H. IRVINE FOUND DEAD IN HIS OFFICE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING HAD RECENTLY BECOME BANKRUPT Wa? to Have Met Creditor at Ten O'clock-Body Found by Brother at Nine. Greenville, May 2T>.-With revolver In band, across bis breast, and a bul let hole through bia right temple. William ll. Irvine was found lying .lead this morning about 9:30 o'clock ut his business and law office 311 South Main street, supposedly a sui cldo. Mr. Irvine, who had filed a volun tary petition in bankruptcy lust Wed nesday estimating his liabilities at nearly a quarter of a million dollarn. had an nppolntmcnt to meet one of lils largest creditors thia morning at 10 o'clock, at his office. Between 8:30 and 9 o'clock his brother, Frank H. Irvine, was seen to enter tho eldo porch of the little ?f rico and ? few secondB later he re appeared on tho street sobbing, but too overcome to apeale plainly. By I1I3 frantic motions he attracted L. C. Cooper who, with others wore in tho loan ofilco at tho front of tho same building. Mr. Cooper went to tho of ficc und there he aaw.Wr H.. Irvine as he lay dead on tho floor. Ile rushed diagonally acrosn tho street to tho court house and re turned with Deputy Sheriff Humsln gor. They found Mr. Irvine lying flat on his back, his leg;, crossed, and his head rcstiug straight on the back of an overturned oOlce chair. Benoni', him lay a narrow strip or white cur taln cloth, as if thc victim had pre arranged his death bcd. The deathly form as it lay in the extreme back room of Gio building was cold and stiff when first touched by ibo fingers of a physician. Be neath his bead settled a pox?l of blood which dripped from the wound. Tho bi-.llet. a .'.Vi calibre fired from a sil ver enamel Smith ft. Weston revolver, evidently was Imheddied in hi? brain, ns no exit was found upon thc pre liminary examinai lon. Thc revolver gripped In lila right band was wrapped In a powder-burn ed handkerchief. When removed thc five chambers, all loaded, showed that one cartridge had been fired. On the right temple of the deceased could bc soon two imprints of tho pistol i barrel; one wan where tho bullet en ternd. . Tile exact time the fatal shot was fired could not be ascertained today, and thc nearest approach to lt was thc information gicaned from J. C. Peace, who conducts a loan office In the front of tho building. After the discovery he recalled hading heard a po/t report about 8:30 o'clock.) but thought nothing or lt. as it did not 6ound to him, ho said. Uko a pistol shot. The doors to Mr. Irvine's office wc-e found cloned, and this, combined wit?, the handkerchief covering, ap parently muffled tho noise. No Note Found A search of Mr. Irvine's wearing apparel and his office failed to reveal a note or tho slightest Intelligence ot the deed. Despondency over financial troubles ia believed by some to have weighed heavily on lila mind though since his petition in bankruptcy waa filed last week, he managed to aecrete ! visible sign s of worry. Ilise friends who conversed with bim as late as Inst night said they failed to doted the slightest fiSsnlclon./Yp?terday he had a conference with .1. E. David or Newport News, Va., whom hn named in bte petition as a' creditor holding a mortgage against him of ?40.360. II was reported Uiat' he was to have seen. Mr. David again thia morning at 10 e^clock. . "_ Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Dead.*" Garrison, N. V., May 26 -Mrs. Stuyrescant Fish, loader of Now York's social ?et. ts dead at ber sum mer home here. Shoaled last night of cerebral horaerre&a^after an ill ness of a few honrS<>fl?BMaa? atout sixty years old. Gil Mhipaieati New York, of coltonseo /ASiON IA MEETS 'POSITION iO IMPORTANT BATTLL PECTED TILL RIVER ONZO IS REACHED CING TO LEAD ITALY'S FORCES Ulockadc Declared Against Sev eral Perts on Albanian and w> j Austrian Coasts. London. May Cf?.-Thc Italians Wtt>- . ave crossed Austrian frontier to east long a nlxty mlle front have not mst i Ith serious opposition. No Important hatti? 1? especiad ? jntll tho Invaders reach the rive Ronzo, where it is said the Austrians ? . ,ro established. Li ?reece thc Illness of Kiny Con stantine, whose condition remains icriouo, has brought the poll?) talion to a standstill. The alleged torpedoing of the Amer can steamer Nebraskan was featured n all the London papers, which de tcribes the incident as "another chal otigc to America." Blockade Declared. Rome, May 26.-Italy, believing .hat Austria is utilising several port* m tho Albanian coast for s?rrct com nlssarlats,' declared a blockade toe ?gatnst a portion of th?? Auatro'Kun Karlan coast comprised bel ween tho Italian frontier on the north : Montenegrin boundary on the south, V. Including, all islands, porta, anchor ages. bayB and ?lso the Alban! coast from the Montenegrin limita in tho north to Cars KlephaU south. Vessols of friendly or powers, will be allowed sufficient tlme> ro leave tho ?ono. Emanuel tn Caramana. Parla, May 26.^A. Haves dis; from Tome says ??lng Victor manual haB assumed supreme : maud of the army and navy force left tonight Incognitc for Italia? headquarters. Rome, May 20.-An .official Journal publishes a decree appointing Duko of Genoa lieutenant getter the kingdom during/the king's nence at tho front. He will car he duties of State, but will refer m lera of first importance to the king unless urgent. Merlin May 2G.--Prince Von Bus-^ 3 ow, tho Gannan ambassador to Ita' ind Princess Von Buelow arrived in Berlin today. He stated their depa> ur?' from Rome was not marked aflB he slightest untoward incident. Sig-r nor Bollati, the Italian amhassad oft Berlin this morning. Romo, Hay 26.-The occupation of Austrian 'errltory all along the fron* :1er from Lombardy to the Adriane vas clair ted in the official statement which vas Issued last night ny the ivar omeo. The Italian troops baye seized various towns In the Treotino section and have forced their way brough the mountain defiles, declares "ne communication. I On the tower Isonso. the attacks were continued to gain the Sine of be river, the Austrians are reported' o havo retired, destroying the irldget, behind them. The Italian iviators bombarded Montfalcone, near he gulf of TriesL SOUTHERN EDITOR BEFORE EOMaHSSIDIi Editor of Textile Magasine Denys Statements of Child Labor Comcaisftton. Washington, May C6.-David Clsykv ?ciito:- of a Charlotte North Carolina Textile Magazine, testifying today before the Industrial Relation? Coo mls8iot? regarding labor condition? In nouthern cotton milis, nubmlttsd a statement denying In detail th* charges concerning child labor In the sottie made recently by Dr. A. J. Kel .ay of tho National Child Lt Commission. Clark flied a mass of statistics signed to controvert M c Kel way'e wrtlons ss to wage Clark's statement nosy gtven by Dr. 10th waa largely fa!