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tlhe VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1915. NUMBER 162. CUNARD S ATTACKE HAD A SUBMARINE SHELLED VESSEL AFTER TORPEDO MISSED ' MARK ATTACK WAS MADE i WITHOUT WARNING Many Think Submarine Hid Be hind American Bark Until Ready to Attack. .New York, July 17.-The Cunarder ] Orduna, Liverpool for New York, with two hundred and twenty-even passen- ' gera, including twenty-two Ameri cans was attacked without warning by i a German submarine shortly before six o'clock on the morning of July 9th. This was learned upon the ar rival of the Orduna here today. Th? scene of the attack was twenty miles from the old road to Kinsale where tho Lusitania was sunk. The torpedo passed ton feet behind tho Bteamer. ? The submarine followed the fleeing vessel steady shelling her. No shells struck. Pas? rigors' were aroused, got on deck and donned life belts and took their places at the life boats. All were asleep when tho attack* was made. Tho submarine followed for half an hour. A wireless cati, for help was sent and a reply received said it would como within an hour. Four hours later .the small armored < yacht Jeanette appeared.. William O. Thompson, of rChIcago, counsel foe the--federation Industrial delations Commission, who went abroad in his official capacity, dociar ed he woliki melee a 'protest to tho American government. Ile declared ] 'the Orduna carried no ammunition and ' waa deliberately attacked Without warning. It wgB Uttlp^short of mar- ' velous that she wasn't sunk with all on board. I Whether the submarino hld behind the American bark Normandy from Gulf port. Miss., was a point on vu icu passengers varied. A small stiling ship carrying American flags on her sido waa slgb^jgjp- ahead shortly be fore thc ?*.*ta?.k, - The captain became suspicious nd changed his course. , The torpedo waa eeen soon. One passenger thought he made out the name N?rmenle through his glasses. ' The Normandy 1B known to have been in that vicinity on that day. . '-~ \ New York, July 17.-Passengers ' aboard the British passenger liner Orduna which arrived today, said a submarine attempted tb torpedo the Orduna July 0, and failing in Uris , firer* six shells at the steamer, none of which took effect. Baron Rosen- ' kr?nz, one of the few passengers on deck when the attack occurred In the ? The; first cabin passengers adopted i resolutions highly complimenting Captain Taylor on the manner . In i whdeh he maneuvered the vessel t during the attack. Captain Taylor confirmed the pas- ' oengers' statements that the subma- < rlne gave no warning.. There were 227 i passengers aboard the Orduna. Pas* j seagers Whet ? witnessed the attack said the 'fWRharines torpedo missed < the Orduna, by tr*** yards, then the : shells began falling, four of which passed over. , The Orduna meantime turned her wake toward the submarine < and outdistanced her. Ten minutes i before attack a sail' ag ship with Amer- : Scan flags painted on the sides was ' seen ahead. Thia boat Baron Rosen Kr?nzt declared was broadside . to th? Orduna and seemed to be beat- - lng up the Wind, Captain Taylor be came suspicious of th bi boat, he add ed, and some passengers of the Or- ? duna believed she was hiding, the eubmarfne behind hen he added. Here Thomas Graham of Liverpool, an other ' passenger, interrupted Rosen krants- to assert his firm convie :>,n that such was th? case. Graham said, he thought the.name Normandy was painted on fae side of tho sailing ship. The nearest approach to this ' ' <rx>NfINUKD FROM PAGE SIX) I VILLA MASSINI MEET OBREGOl Washington, July 17.-Villa ls mass* J lag forces to the Carranza army un-1 -Jar Obragon and Hill at Torre?n, ac cording to information received to night by the Villa agency here, j /State department advices today con firmed previous reporta that Villa had abandoned Aguas Calientes and Zaca tecas and WW withdrawing to the north. Carraa** forces have garr? ?D BY SUBI iMERICANS ATTEMPTE? LIFE OF I FELLOW PRISONER AT GEORC FRANK, WAS SERVING Lil DER, MAKES ATTACK Vi RECOVERY ? MUledgevlUe, Ga^ July 17.-Leo. 31. ] nf Mary Phagan recently was cnnunut? by anet lier prisoner nt the State prlsoi hired by ac ut in the throat. Prison officials said that thc attack < unolher conTict serving a life sentence Frank's recovery is said to be doubtfi neither (he spinal cord nor windi ?pe w ADDS TO ISSDE JER1N? OFFICIALS AWAIT OUTCOME OF OFFICIAL INVESTIGA TION INCIDENT MAY AFF?ECT TONE OF PENDING NOTE Cabinet Officials Expected to In* gist on Emphatic Statement of U. S. Inventions. Washington, July 17.-Another Is sue was thrust into the grave situa tion 'between the United States and Germany today, when lt was revealed that the British steamer Orduna car rying a score of Americans, had been attacked by a German submarine. Should tho first reports ot the. at tempt to torpedo tho vessel without warning b<j borne out by the official Investigation lt was indicated in offi cial quarters that the United States would probably regard tho inoldent as adding a grave clement to the already strained relations. Lackdog-information of tho circum stances of the attack officials were un able to predlot tonight the extent of the. aggravated situation. It ls thought th- question will certainly compel serious consideration by Wil son and the cabinet, in formulating the next step in the policy of the United States toward the activities ot Gorman submarines and the safety ot Americans on the high seas. .Tlie belief ls general that when Wilton lays the situation before the cabinet next Tuesday there will be in sistence by many cabinet officers for a much firmer and moyo emphatic pro nouncement of the intentions of the United, State? than might otherwise have been the case. Huerta's Family Moving. New York;>Jul(y 17.-aira. Victori ano Huerta, accompanied by ber children and relatives left tho Huerta homo at Forest Hills, JL. L. yesterday for Kl Paso, Texas, where they will J foin Gen. Huerta, who is in Jail there. Horse Breeder Bead. New York. July 17.-Jacob E. Har tog, seventy-eight, famous forty years ago aa a horse breeder, died last night at his home at Nantuckctt. H. Y. J FORCES TO V AT TORREON soncil Aguas Gallentos and Zaea tecao sad are preparing to press to ward Torre?n. Villa's northward movements are mystifying to officials here. The ?en cral opinion ls that Carranza is rapid ly driving Villa into the uortheaat corner of the republic. Villa agents contend the retreat ts a strategic sm ve. i ABOARD >TO TAKE ,EO. FRANK .IA STATE FARM, WHO, LIKE FE SENTENCE FOR MUR /ITH KNIFE-FRANK'S >OUBTFUL. 'rank, whose sentence for the murder *d to life Imprisonment, was attacked i farm here tonight and seriously in m Frank wan made by Willam Creen, for s order. . ul. The left Jugular vein-was eat bat ere iujuied. . G?IMi W STRESSES HEED OF PREPARATION SPEAKER SAYS HE IS NOT IN PAVOR OF PEACE AT ANY PRICE AT RECEPTION Ot LIBERTY BELL Thinks Government Should Up hold Liberty of Which Bell is Symbol. Ban Francisco, July ,17.-Champ Clark, speaker ot thc house of repre sentatives, was Inspired by the re ception of the Liberty Bell here today to discuss tho need ot greater military preparedness to preserve to citizens of the United States that liberty of which the bell ts an historic symbol. In the courbe of his remarks, bo Bald: "I differ toto celo with the pro ponents of .'Peace at any price.'. That ts an amazing, a demoralizing, a de grading doctrine. . "On the other hand I am utterly opposed to those who advocate a large standing army, and to those who ad vocate a navy equal to tho two biggest in the world. I am not a Jingo gof forbid! I hope most profoundly there will never be another war-particul arly another to which wo are a party, but knowSng that human nature has not changed, a Jot or little since Adam and Eve were driven with flaming swords from Paradise, I am In favor of ottttttir. the country in such pos ture that sf war should for any rea son become necessary we may emerge from it conqueror, aa wo have been in all our wars. "Towards the consumption of this plan: I am in favor ot doubling the number of cadets at Weat Point and ot making lt obligatory upon tba secre tary ot >sr to detail an army* officers to any school, college or university. Which will furnish a minimum of two hundred students to drill. In that way and Sf the least possible cost we 'would In tt few years have enough drilled men to officer a volunteer army ol a million soldiers, if needs be. :-?n tact' there would be wisdom In a scheme by which in addition to the cadets educated ?ree by the govern ment ai West Point and Annapolis, any 'boy possessing tho . prescribed qualifications might on reasonable torma be educated at those two great Institutions. The surplus West Point?es could he used to advantage In drilling tho youths of the land, while the surplus naval graduates would make splendid officers for the great moren sat marine'which President Wil son and some of the rest of us are determined to place opon the high seas from which our flag has almost en tirely disappeared "We should also havte a well drilled, and well equipped nationcJ guard to be used for strictly national purposes on th? principle enunciated by Thomas JefferaeVs welt dlcrpllne militia-our pest reliance In peace and for the first momenta of war, 'till . regalara may reUeve them." Germany Losir Balder Koenigsberg. When thc British monitors opened flro on tho German. raider, the Koenigsberg, in the Fufijl rh'er in German Bast Africa, tho other day, and after u remarkable battle tore her .to bits almost the last defense of the GerinanB against British cap ture of tho great African territory fell. Just ;< few days before that Gen. Botha, leading thc forces of the Union of South Africa, had defeated tho Germans, who had been trying to hold German Southwest Africa for the fatherland. Ho had won terri tory larger by half again than thc German ompire In Europe, and he had added that much to the British crown. The defeat of the Koenigsberg will quickly be followed, it is believed, hy thc conquest of German lia .st Africa, which is nearly twice tho size of the German empire in Europe. Already Togoland, just west of Kamerun (but not shown on this map,) a territory SIS!!! HAS WIDE RAUBE Under Water Craft Jost Complet ed for U. S. Government Could Go Across Atlantic and Back Without Stopping.. -, Bridgeport, Conn., July 17.-Simon Lake, inventor and builder of sub marines for the United-, States, said today that tho new submarine G-3 bad demonstrated that she cab cross the Atlantic ocean and return without stopping, Thy vessel has a now Swiss engine which drives her both ?ibpvo and be low water, instead of the former double engine' systom. Mer cost was $450.000. Sho has a speed of fourteen and seven-tenths on the surface, and ten and seven-tenths knot? below the so rf ace* The Lake company is building other submarines for the government which will he larger than the G-3 and it ls ex pected that they will' have ' greater speed and a ?--eater travel radium. IIAFKY THAW ENJOYING LIFE AT ATLANTIC {TTY Atlantic City. July J7.-Harry K. Thaw took two dips in -the ocean to day und shook hands with hundreds. Early In the day ho .shunned the crowds. Later he disregarded the (gare of the curions. -He said he I would go to Phtlaaaphfo Snnday and i to Pittsburgh Monday. . Gen. hot hit. as large us Indiana, has fallen Kiincrun, which is mnch larger than t> ?nnan empire in Europe, is a> i lost. : hus Germany has practically loBt an cmpiro in Africa as large as the whole area of the United States east of tho Mississippi river, and one fourth as large as the whole terri tory of the union including Alaska. Whatever may bc thc sottlcmcnt of t|ie war there Is no likelihood that Great Britain will give -up any terri tory taken from the Germana in Africa. ThuB, with the Union of South Africa, <Rcchuanaland, Rhode sia, German Southwest Africa, Gor man Elast Africa and British East Africa, she will have a contiguous empire as.large us the United States. Thc whole German dream of colo nial cmplrc which Kaiser Welheim has carefully built up for twenty years will have been dissipated. ENGLISH WOMEN ENTHUSIASTIC Want to Be of Service to Country -Declare it a Crime for Men to Do Work Which Could be Done By Women. London, July 17.-Fifty thousand English woman gathered on the Vic toria Embankment today and paraded through the et reeta wi th. banners fly ing to demonstrate their' enthusiastic desire to bs enlisted In thc servies of th ?ir country. Thero was a remarkable scene when Minister of Munitions Lloyd George, accompanied by1 Mrs. Emmaline Park hurst, appeared on tho platform over? looking the embankment along which the procession made tts way. The minister had received a depu tation headed by Mrs. Parkhurst who saki it was a crime (for men ta be do ing work which could be performed ?by women. In response to cries for a speech the minister said the government propos ed to utilise the services of everyone prepared to assist. He declared tho victory would eventually bo won. ; -_ Liberty Bell Installed. "Ban Francisco. July 17.-The Liber ty Bell today was Installed in the Pennsylvania pavilion at the exposi tion and great demonstration?. GERMANSI MOVETO RUSSIA* WESLEY BIBLE GUSS MEET AT SPARTANBURG TWO THOUSAND DELEGATES EXPECTED TO ATTEND INSTITUTE MANY PROMINENT MEN TO ATTEND Merchants to Decorate Stores Mammoth Parade to Be Feature. Spartanburg, July. 17.- Representa tives ol tho Wesley Bible classes from all ovor South <'urollna, 2,000 strong, aro expected in Spartanhurg Mon day. Tuesday and Wednesday to at tend thc third annual institute of tho We?; loy Bible class f ede.at lon. Final preparations for tho conference were made at a meering.of all the commit tees last night . Tho -merchants ot tho city will decorate their stores, streamers have already . been strung I ??ero?? tho principal streets of the-etty und cvorytnlng possible "will be done' to make the convention ? success on the social side. Tho program arranged by Rev. W. C. Owen and Rev. J. M. Way, field secretaries of the South Corn fi an'con ferences and the Southeastern division of the Methodist Episcopal . church, South, ls a strang and attra.'ttvo one, containing soma rf-the most note j Sunday school vorkors and experts in Southern Methodipm. Ur. Chun. P. Hurla, superintendent of-the Wosley Bibi'.- class department of the Bouth crti Methodist church, wi',?, have gen eral charge of tho conference. Bishop James Atkins will maki. iitfj .1 (dross at thc opening session at Bethel Mettl er* 1st church Moa Jay evening nt S:30 ociock on "Gods-call to the yout-g bus of our time. Mr. Jyiw R. Pep ylr, banker und businedd man ni Munphls, Ten*.!., and p'i'.mps thu loaring Methodist layman ot th<3 south, w'.'. make addi? ---;"; and lake part in tH. * fanerai Con?i"Mitts, ns *?ll Mies Lt*??Itth Kl'.iitrick, w?-e'y known t hi-ai bout tin ?MU ?try aa an expert in 'ho teaching of the Bible. These Fl t.V-1 rs were heat'*, at Columbia last y-Mt*. i\ sides thes. ,u Dumber of the field. 6tv ?tories of lither eo??f';re:,ei?s, among them Dr. J. R. Thenvll.lt. L. Dlotrlch, J. M. Cole, K\ P. Dick inson and M. F. B radii am. will ex tend greetings. A number of visitors aro expected to come from the confer ence at Lake Junaluska which will bc in session at the same time. Those of the South Carolinians on the pro gram wl?l be Dr. R. S. Truesdale, Rev. J. W. Speako. Rev. J. R. T. Major, Dr. ,L. O. Watson. Rev. C. E. Poole, Eiav. R. L. Holroyd. Dr. J. S. Moffatt, j/resldeut of Erskine Col lego and Charlton DuPont, recently elected state senator from Clarendon county. Special features of tho conference will bo a mammoth street parado of all the delegates and members of tho or ganized classes of all the churches of Spartanburg Tuesday at G p. m. and mass meetings for mon nnd women at Central and Bethel cburchos 'inmed iately af tor the parade. Special ef forts arc being made to hara 2,300 In line with pennants, banners and oth er insignia showing the towna. from which thc classes come, lt is un derstood that some olass leaders will bri ii g their entire clashes. SpecUi low rates have boen grant ed by all tho railways of the state, and excursions and special cara will ho run from a member of places, not ably I And rum, Anderson, Greenwood, Orangeburg and Bamberg. ' NOsWrilsMm OF WELSH M london, July 17.-The executive council bf the South Wales coal min ers* organisation, who came here to confer with Walter Runcdrean of aha Trade Board, have returned to Car diff. They found it Impossible to reach a basis for new negotiations in the ?al Oapnte. There ls no hope' of men returning to work before the FORCES PETROGRAD SAYS RIGA. ON BALTIC IS OBJECT OF MOVEMENT , ., a FRENCH REPULSE ' ATTACKS !N WEST Difficult Mountain Fightin? Con tinues on Austro-Italian Battlefront. London, July 17.-A continuance of the heavy fighting of the past fear days along the battlefront In Prance ia indicated in latost official communi cations, l'a ri H records a requise o? tho German attacks in Argonne, which s has boon the scene of many, recent ougagemonta. Paris alao tells of the breaking up, by artillery -fire, ot an attempt by the Germans to recapture trenches at Ban De Sapt, tn Vosges, and the breaking up of an assault in the Forest of Par roy In Lorraine, lt is in the east however, that oper ations of widest magnitude and im portance are developing. The Ger man move through Courlande, is be- : . lloved by military observers to-be directed at Riga, on the Baltic. It . seems to be gathering force. The armies Field Marshall Hinden burg is thought to bo commanding are also ere exerting such pressure south ward from the east Prussian frontier that the Russians admittedly are . drawing back their lines along Narcw. ' In Praaanyss region Petrograd claims tho Rtaasiaa, troops ara..doin^better than holding their own. Both" A u H tr lan s ', add G erm ans, ar. cr again activo on the fronts in Southern Poland and near llussian border Gal lleta. The simultaneous advance of all Teutonics armies ls being held to indicate the beginning of an .attempt to encircle the Russian forces. Reports from tho Austre-Itallan . front indicate a continuance of diffi cult mountain fighting. London, July lY.--A New,German offensive of huge proportions* with Ri ga, tho great Russian seaport and seat of. the governor general of the Baltic . provinces, as its objective, ls revealed in the latest official statements Issued at Petrograd from Berlin. Military experts here construe tba. offlonslve to bo a vast enveloping ' movement in which the Germans are making herculean efforts . tb destroy 'tho Russian army. Gorman and Rus sian communications agree that the Gorman forcos are at the V/lndau riv er, near Golding, which is only 80 miles frtm Riga. The Petrograd statement adds the details of sangui nary fighting all along the new Upe in efforts to (hold back the.Germen ad vance now being concentrated on Riga, and Warsaw, while the Austrians are ?moving northward from the Dnelstor river. Advices reaching Lrndoh say the .Germana left a trail of desolation along the Baltic sea from Mlemel to Linau. Villas, hotels and casinos were all destroyed, with the exception ot the palace of a Polish nobleman, whose wife was an American woman. Unofficial reporta from Geneva declare the Austrians were driven back where ? they crossed the Dniester and their re ! treat turned into a rout,. bat there ia no confirmation Fighting on the Aus tro-Italien front has resulted tn few recent changes of position, according to the latest Rome officiai statement, ?which says that numerous . Austrian attacks pn advanced Italian positiv as bave all been repulsed. ' TILLMAN THINKS SECRETS OF CANAL ABE KNOWN ABROAD Pbtlnnri, Ore., july TT.-Senator Tillman of South Carolina en rente t? Ala?k??. rcauftv? here today to rest a few days at the home of his daugh ter Mrs. Henry.'.V. Hughes. Tillman, said on a recent trip to tho Panama canal found the secret def sn aus sat? fully guarded, but he believed trie British and Japanese are-in posses sion of full information ?about -this 1 canal. '?TINSfCHT~~ TINERS' STRIKE middle of next week. - Besides the original demand tor a five -per cent wage inure-saa, the men ?ow demand the cenoe?latton of the proclamation applying tho "No Strike-* act to miners. Meanf.'me the tribunal established ander the act is preparing to begin sessions to try the men guilty of strik ing.