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_ .." ' . . vv.-'-W' ** I . -Watch Your Label It Tells Tales I "' ^ \ * ^ 1 *w 1 \ IV - "TO^. 10, NO. 32, SEMI- WEEKLY. - LANCASTER, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1915 <fti *n a vi?ad I .wit TO GERMANY 11 IS* PUBLIC Suggests That the Kaiser's Government Pay for Sailing I Ship Frye. if RECITAL OF FACTS IN ) Mitch discussed case ' i Amount Asked is $228,059.54? I ^ Fact|^of Sinking of Vessel ' Again Recited. Washington, April 5.?The American note tQ Germany on the sinking j * of the American sailing ship William P. Frye by the German auxiliary \ Prlnz Eltel Friedrich, was made pub, lie here today. It Is confined principally to a re) cital of the legal aspects of the sinkI ing of the Frye and in polite and j diplomatic language suggests that ll* Germany make "reparation." j is the text of the instruction If " j Ambassador Gerard: t.^-*?ou are instructed to present the following note to the German Foreign Office: " 'Under instructions from my government I have the honor to prosent a claim for $228,059.54 with Interest from January 28, 1915, against the German government on behalf of the owners and captain of the American suiting vessel William P. Frye for damages sustained by them on account of the destruction of that vessel on the high seas by the German armored cruiser Prinz Eitel Frledrieh on January 28, 1915. 'The facts upon which this claim ?; es and by reason of which the y/.rinan government Is held responsible by the government of the Untied States for the attendant loss and damages are briefly as follows: " 'The William P. Frye, a steel sailing vessel of 3,37 4 tons gross, owned by American citizens and sailed under the United States flag and registered, cleared from Seattle, Wash., November 4, 1914. under 1 charter to M. H. Houser of Portland, Ore., bound for Queenstown, Falmouth, or Plymouth for orders, with . a cargo consisting solely of 186,b50 \ bushels of wheat owned by the aforeV said Houser and consigned 'unto ori der or to its assigns, all of which np( pears from the ship's papers which ( | were taken from the vessel at the ji time of her destruction by the com' I] mander of the Oermon cruiser. Iff "'On Janunry 27, Hh'., the Prinz Eitel Frledrich encountered the Fryo f Charleston Ship Wafflsrc M v VVU6.UO Hli JA\, /? Bremen. April 3.- (Via Atnster<Iam and London.) A telegram to 'ijj ''the Weeer Zeitung Bays the AmeriI*1" ' can steamer Greenbrier, from Charleston, S. C., for Bremen, hns foundered in the North Sea. Her crew waa landed at Wyke in Sehecwig. The Greenbrier was detained at V Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, March 13, h for investigation by British uuthorlinvestigation by the,~Br'tish authority ties and sailed for Bremen after a de/v lay of three days. According to marl/ A time records, she arrived in Bremen [jJ on llarch 22. In that event she prot f bably waa on the return trip Instead I of\~ being on the way to Bremen. l\l^e Greenbrier sailed from here I * ?*brvfe 'ftry 25. loaded with 6.400 bales of cotton* . for Bremen. She was the t first steamship to leave Charleston ' ' with llefl pn of the United States paint > ed on h'JLer sides as an evidence of her j, neutrality. ' a. M. Whltaltt, manager of the i V .^Carolina Company, which loaded the i y Greenbrier, said last night that he < / bed heard nothing of any accident j i 'to the vessel, lie expressed the be- ] \ ' Jdef that the Greenbrier had deliver- J i \ d her cargo In Bremen and was re- ; \ rnlng, saying that the vessel was ' \ m-teri dff Deal, England, about t ' Vkyi ago. Ha-ealdthttt'41^ Unl- |i ' ^fcult Cora^iny owned the Green- il \\M I' \ ^ W.c - MEXICAN SITUATION WORSE THAN BEFORE El Paso, April 3.?A statement' from the American colony at Mex- j ico City, declaring the situation there! "more chaotic and helpless than evfr." was broilirht to thn Imrrlop li? 1%-thur Bullard Johnson, represent-' ing jointly the 2,000 Americans nn?l he international committee of the capital districti composed of more i than 10,000 persons. Mr. Johnson is on his way East to take up the matter i with United States officials. The statement was drawn March ' n at a meeting attended by about ?00 members of he American Colony in answer to a communication from Washington again suggesting that he Americans leave Mexico. "Tho last request that Americans leave was sent by Mr. Bryan at a time when he must have known there was no railway exit," said Mr, John ow., .. ..?> in an American attorney ol the Mexican capital. "My arrival here was after a trip of the utmost uncertainty and only accomplished by the greatest luck. There remain about 50 American women at the capital." Xo Decision in Frank Case. Washingon, April 5.?No decision was announced today in the Leo M. Frank case by the Supreme Court. on the high seas ; compelled her to stop and sent on board an armed boarding party, which took posses : sion. After an examination of the ship's papers the commander of the cruiser directed that the cargo be thrown overboard, but subsequently decided to destroy the vessel, and on the following morning by his order, the Frye was sunk. " 'The claim of the owners and captain consists of the following items: " 'Value of ship, equipment and outfit, $150,000. "'Actual freight as per freight!1 list 5034ft 1000?224 tons at 32-68180-19-6 at $4.86, $34,759.54. ' " 'Traveling and other expenses of Captain Kiehne and Arthur Sewall 1 & Co., agents of ship, in connection I with making affidavits, preparing and filing claim. $500. ' 'Personal effects of ('apt. H. 11 1 Klehne, $300. " 'Damages covering loss due to i deprivation of use of ship, $37,500. 1 Total, $228,059.54. > " 'By direction of my government 1 T have the honor to request that full I reparation be made by the German 1 government for the destruction of ho William P. Frve by the German cruiser Prtnz Kite! Krledrlch. "BRYAN." ? Perishes in f the North Sea! ! < GERMANS CHECK ALLIED ATTACKS _____ I Berlin Announces Repulse of ' Various Armies in Both East and West. Berlin, April 5.?The war office announcement today Is: 1 'The Belgians attempted to con centrate reinforcement In the direc- s tion of Drei Qrachten, which, with ? the exception of some houses on the t northern side, has been in our hands slnco April 13. The Belgln troops f were replused by our artillery Are. ' 'The French Attempt* to advance * in the Argonne forest also were pre- a vented by artillery flre. A strong at- t tack by the enemy against our posl- f tion on the heights west of Boureuilles, south of Varennes, broke down a short distance in front of the f Clerman fortifications. French infantry charges west of Pont-a-Mousson a were unsuccessful, while the Germans gained some ground in the forest of a LePr?(rn l>w ? ?.v?iu8 up nuvprai 1 mines. r 'A Russian attack on Mariampol * (northeast of Suwalkl) was replused * .vlth heavy losses for the enemy, r Otherwise there were no events of importance on the whole Kasiern $ front." i (4-??.. GREAT DAMA( BY Frcm All Over Atlantic Ocean Comes Reports of Disasters. MUCH LOSS OF LIFE CAUSED BY HURRICANE Fishermen Along; the Coast Lose Their Nets and Thereby the Means of Livelihood. Norfolk, Va., April 4.?From all parts of the Atlantic Ocean today and tonight reports of shipwrecks and probable loss of life are reaching this city. With the execution of the loss of 16 lives, when the tug Edward Luckenbach went to pieces off False Cape yesterday the most alarming news was received of the probable loss of the Holland steamer Prins Maurlt8. The vessel when last heard from was in latitude 36.10 north; longitude 74 east. She sent out wireless calls for assistance nnri reported that "'to \\tr, H dangerous condition. That was early yesterday morning. Two British warships, the steamer City of Montgomery, the coast guard cutter Onondaga and several other vessels rushed to the assistance of the Prins Maurits. The British warships, one of which was the Coronia reached the position given by the steamer at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Wireless messages picked up along ine coast tdnight Indicated that none of these vessels had found any trace of the steamer and the opinion was expressed that she had gone down v'.th all on board. One wireless messago stated: "British warships found no trace of Prins Maurits at position given. Probably sunk." Another message stated that efforts to reach the vessel by wireless had failed. The Coast Guard cutter Qnondaga Is still searching the seas for the stea mer. Reports from down the coast tonight were meager, because of the crippled condition of the Government s?acoast "wires. No news was received from Hatteras or from any l>oint down the coast beyond False "ape. Reports of large quantities of j .vreckage all along the coast from tteras are being received here fro- I luently. FOUR BARGES BROUGHT IN The barges Henry Endicott. N'a" j oke, Georgia and Potomac, which | broke away from the tug Resolute | Tidny night during the height of ! the severe storm that swept this ! i*onst, were today towed into this I :ort with nil on board safe. The j ur.4 Albatross, Resolute and Do flan- 1 *e nicked up the barges 50 miles ofT 1 ~ Virginia Capes. Lightship No. 4 6, stationed off 1 'ape Charles which was torn from ler moorings and carried far out to tea by the storm, was picked up 10 piles north of Virginia Beach today | y the lighthouse tender Orchid. The irhtship was not seriously damaged ind so far as could be learned none f her crew were injured. High seas jroko her cab'.n windows and salt Titer spoiled a portion of the food I lupply. The vessel lost both her an hors in the gale and will probably be owed here to secure new ones. Diamond Shoals lightship was torn j Tom its moorings and drfted four nlles off her station. Her anchors j told after drngging for three miles md she is supposed to have rescued he crew of the schooner M. B. !rrssey. The schooner Baker Palmer, reorted ashore near Lynnhaven Bay, | >roved to he safe today. She anchor- j d close in shore to escape the galeji ,nd her anchors held. The Old Dominion steamer Jeffer- j. on from New York due to arrive;, icre at 11 o'clock this morning had lot arrived up to midnight. Agents of he company here said the steamer vould arrive about daybreak toniorow mornins. Damage done by the storm at Vir- i ;lnla Beach, Ocean View and Buckoe Beach will reach %200,000, The ;e done big storm * INSPECTOR DARBY WARNS DRUGGISTS Columbia, April 5.?W. II. Darby of Florence, inspector under tlie Harrison anti-narcotic act, said recently: "Druggists should be very careful not to take prescriptions from a physician over the telephone, as it Is a strict violation of the law. No copies of a prescription must be made by the druggist. If copies be wanted he must notify the physician to give a new prescription for the patient. "It is advised that the registry number of the physician be written on each prescription by the physi<ian, dentist or veterinary surgeon and not printed, as there is great danger of having the name of the physician forged in lieu therof. We will be glad to furnish at any time rulings governing this law when applied for and any information will be cheerfully given either by the department or by myself." Dr. Darby's headquarters are in "lorence and communications con eerntng the law should be addressed o him there. Sinking Vessel Beached in Harbor. Charleston, April 4.?In a sinking condition the oil barge San Antonio, New York for Galveston with coal, was beached early this morning in the harbor by two Challeston tugs which took her in tow off Charleston last night at the wireless request of the steamship Texas which was holding hex. Her crew Js safe. Having helped beach the San Arttonio the tug Waban went out i? search of the barge Tampico, reported addrift since Tuesday with 13 men on board. Early this evening the Tampico had not been sighted nor could passing vessels, which were hailed, give any information. PINCHOT EXPELLED BY GERMANY The Hague, The Netherlands, via London, April 5.?Gifford Pinchot, ex- Chief Forester of the United States, who, it is understood, has been acting as special agent for the -ttate Department at Washington in the European war zone, has been expelled from Belgium by the German authorities. Will He Transferred. Washington, April 5.?GifTord Pin ohot, according to advices to the state department, reached Antwerp, but was not permitted to proceed further in his work as member of the I American Relief Commission in Mel- 1 glum, although detailed as a special I egent of the United States. The German authorities objected >ecause Mr. Pinchot's sister is Lady \Ron Johnstone, wife of the former '.ritir.h Minister to Denmark, who dl is in the British diplomatic service. Germany has insisted from the be ginning that all agents and consuls f the American Government in Belgium territory under German military occupation should have no connection, however remote, with her enemies. It Is understood that the state department will assign Mr. Pinchot to other work in the war zone. HILLY SUNDAY OPENS PATKHSOX REVIVAL Patterson, N. J., April 3.?Billy Sunday and soul-saving brigade arrived here today to open a revival of several weeks tomorrow. Sunlay has been resting ::t bio home at Winona Lake, Ind., since his recent campaign at Philadelphia. He will remain here bx weeks. damage at Buckroe alone will aggregate over $100,000. The beach was washed away far 20 feet Inland and the hotel property was considerably damaged. Fishermen all along the coast lost linttt * ar\mtt o jelthon* o purchase new ones and are wlth nt means of laming a livelihood. I THE PRINZ EITEL '? HAS NOT SALIED1' Newport News, Va., April 4.? Having failed to take advantage of a twenty-four hour period at which she i was at liberty to make a dash through the lane of British warships waiting off the Virginia Capes, the German merchant raiding cruiser Prinz Kitel Freidrich remained at her dock here at a late hour tonight \ United States naval forces were still guarding the vessel, aided by coast artillerymen from Fortress Monroe. It is believed here that Captain i I rnierichens, commander of the Eitel, had intended to leave port last night land that to afford another opportunity the United States government held up the departure of British j merchant ships for the twenty-four hours which expired at 5:45 o'clock e last night. The Prinz Eitel was in- 1 terned tonight and there is no signs li of preparations for early departure. 'I Scores of the crew were given shore J leave and were still about the t streets. f j Some unexpected development it a was reported, had arised to prevent he dash to sea last night. li Another opportunity for the mer- v chant raider to depart, it was report- a ed here tonight, would be given by J tiie United States tomorrow and to- 1 morrow night, marine men here as- u serting that instructions had been re- r ceived to permit no merchant ships of the allies to leave the port of Nor- , fnrk and Newport News after noon Monday until noon Tuesday. e As three British merchant ships \ left this port early today, the Eitel ( would not be permitted to go before \ 10 o'clock tomorrow at the earliest. RECALLS OFFICERS ? WITH GERMAN ARMY ! b ? * ' Washington, April 3.?The Amor- h iean army ofTlcers on duty as inili- o tary observers with German armies have been ordered here and their < places will not be filled. The reason assigned by Secretary Garrison for n for the recall order today was that their mission had been fulfilled. That explanation, it was announced, .vould be the war ''epartment's last ii word in the matter. It is known, h however, that others reasons large- T iv of a personal character were conidored by army officials in determ- s< ning to with the observers. ii The American observers have | s found their positions somewhat dlf- p Icult because of the high tension to r> which at least a few of those with fo whom they must come in contact in < Germany have been strung by f| months of warfare and press reports p in Germany criticising the attitude c, ?f the United States on various sub-; p iccts relating to the war. j n in nuitW *l/UEl JMV &A/ W on Embargo Washington, April .">. The United ^ States Government today made public its note to Great Kritian announc- ri ing that it 'could not admit either the right ot" the Allies or their claims for justification in placing an em- w bargo on all commercial intercourse it between Germany and neutral conn- u tries. ft J "To admit it.' says the communi- li at ion, would be to assume an atti- ti ado of unneutrality toward the ai present enemies of Great Britian la hich obviously would be inconsistent with the solemn obligation of ni this Government in the present cir- 's cumstances, and for Great Britian to b; make such a claim would be for her j p to abandon and set at naiTght the li principles for which she constantly n< and earnestly has contended In other f< times and circumstances." jt The note reviews at length the leg u il phases of a blockade of belllger- ic ant territory and virtual blockade of leutral coasts. In conclusion the st . 11 ited States in expectation that \ ,reat Hriiian afer having considered t! he possibilities of serious interrup :t Ion of American trade," under the A >rdcr in council 'will take the steps e< eccssary to avoid them and in the ui vent that they should unhappily oc- tl ir, will bo prepared to make full A prration for every act which un- n - y? jl JJXUV. AflLLARD KNOCKS Mir JOHNSON \>gro Pugilist Took the Count in Twenty-Sixth Round of the Fight. VAS A HARD FOUGHT RATTLE THROUGHOUT ? | lohnson Had Better of Fight for 20 Rounds; Willard Stood Punishment Easy. Havana. April 5.?Jack Johnson, xile from his own country, today ost his claim to fistic fame as the leavyweight champion of the world. The title was wrested from him by es3 Willard. the Kansas cowboy, the nggest man that ever entered the irtze ring and a "white nope" who t last has made good. The day after tomorrow Johnson, lis wife and a little group of friends kill sail for Martinique, there to wait passage back to France where ohnson proposes to settle down and ead the life of a farmer. There Is in ilnnl.i - in.- in mrougn witn the inc. WIHard is going hark to the Unitsi States to win the fortnne which was denied him today, when Johnson :ot $30,000 before the fight started. Villard taking only a small share of he gate receipts. Just what his vas is not known. Today's fight probably has no parillel in the history of ring battles, 'or 20 rounds Johnson punched and tonnded Willard at will but his dows grew perceptibly less powerful s the tight progressed until at last le seemed unable or unwilling to go H. Johnson stopped leading and for hree or four rounds the battle beween the two huge men was little tore than a series qf plastic poses f white and black gladiators So it was until the twenty-fifth ounfi, when Willard got in one of is widely swinging wind mill, rights, and smashes to Johnson's heart, 'his was the beginning of the end. When the round closed Johnson put word to his wife that he was all 1 and told her to start for home, he was on the way out and was assing the ring in the twenty-sixth ound when a stinging left to the ody and a cyclonic right to the jaw aused Johnson to crumple on the loor of the ring, where he lay, partr outside the ropes until the referee ounted 1 > and held up Willard's and in token of his newly-won lauels. ri m w\ yl'iia. LvS jldllu r* - 15 i !* I ven to rubnc r the rules of international law institutes a \iolation of neutral ghts." The American communication inu'prets the circumstances under liich (Ireat Britain claims to be .stitied in adopting retaliatory meas res toward her enemies as 'merely a ?ason for certain extraordinary acivise.tKTAOI IfKTAOIN ETAOINN vities," by her naval forces 'and not n excuse for or a prelude to any uniwful action." 'If the course of the present ene lies of Great Brltian,' the note adds, hould prove in fact to be tainted y illegality and disregard of the rinciplos of war sanctioned by enghtened Nations, it cannot be supused and this Government does not >r a moment suppose that His Marty's Government would wish the ime taint to attach to their own arms." Ambassador Sharp at Paris was indicted to present a copy of the merican note to Great Britien to le French Foreign Office with the atement that although the French <linir:ilty's decree had not been reived othriftily in Washington it was nderstood here to he identical with to iiritlsh order-in-eouncii and the merican Clovernnient therefore iade similar reply.