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VOL. 10, NO. 63, SEMI-WE. GERMANY MAY I IfcKMS AS Tension in Capital Greatly Dir of the American Note to G Count von Bernstorff De: REACH GERMANY TODAY BB Hat Cabled to Gerard for Presenta- < tion to Foreign Oftice?Interest in Pharaseology, Essen- L tial Features are Known. ,ltl ted Washington. May 13.?The United 590 States sent to Germany today a note protesting against the sinking of the p Lusitania with the loss of more than . and 100 American lives, and other viola- j tions of American rights 011 the high ,j, seas. t Although the German embassy j ( announced in a statement that it has WjJ no information as to the reply the German government would make to the American note, tension over the situation was diminshed somewhat ,)tH live in Austro-German quarters because of the belief that Germany, being de- sai( sirous of preserving friendly relations with the United States, probably would find some way of meeting the American government's position ers without developing a crisis. It was jusl admitted by well informed diplomats that this was the hope of German of- sav fieials here, although 110 account of 50fl difficulties in communication they professed to be uninformed as to par the views of the German government. gub DENIES REFUSAL REPORT. dar Count von Hernstorff took occa- mo1 sion to communicate to the state tie- '''?r partment a formal denial of publish- Ish ed reports that the embassy here had intimated that Geflnany in her an- >| swer would refuse to comply with the requests of the United States. We Interest today was centered almost j entirely here on the exact phraseol- spe ogy of the note, for while its essen- ' 'j tial features were known and widely ' au? discussed, the precise and meaning- ' pne ful language of diplomatic usage was of awaited to indicate the position ami 1 (jjG( purposes of the United States gov- 1 1)0(j eminent in connection with Ger- ; Hej many's submarine warfare on mer- j jna( chant ships. | birt After three days of preparation by gQn President Wilson with the assistance tJor of his cabinet the document was j Res finally dispatched shortly before j noon today. It is expected to reach . Ambassador Gerard late today for ^ presentation tonight or tomorrow ' morning at the German foreign 1 Jf>h: office. Mai COPIES TO AMBASSADORS. the A copy of the note was delivered '*ev to Count von Bernstorff, the German ^ ambassador, tonight by the state department as a courtesy, and copies ^ were similarly cabled to the American ambassadors at London, Paris ,TU 1 rite and Petrograd for their own information. to 1 Publication of the text was ar- t,le ranged for by Secretary Bryan, who !ul announced that the document was to a ll be released for use in editions of 1 a morning newspapers reaching the ? ' American public not earlier than 5 111 1 a. m.\ Friday. 9WG Special restrictions were imposed sori . ^on fo'reign correspondents who were not permitted to cable it until the same hour that it reached the people of the United States. The purpose Cor ? nt thoao nrrnncements. it was ex plained at the state nepartment, was | C to prevent diplomatic embarrass- cori ment such as might arise if the text nal reached the British or French gov- affli ernments through publication in for- war eign newspapers before it actually reached the German government. pon __________ step ^ Big Crop of Grain Htraw. Ital Washington, May 12.?Grain inet straw produced in the United States 20, last year is estimated by the depart- plis ment of agriculture, in a report issued today, to have been about yjn.^ 120,000,000 tons, valued at approxl0 mately 1446,000,000. Of the total ^ amount of straw about 55 per cent ^rnf is fed to live stock, 16 per cent Is gOG( burned, 8 per cent is sold and 22 per PTS cent Is placed under. That burned 7 is valued at approximately $65,000,- osc 000. heU ... . ,, , H/iVJU X. VCCEPT " Mol i LAID DOWN . Ma: reci ainishes With Dispatch say reraian Government. tiies Refusal Report. aIul _ the UTIJ3H GOLIATH SU/ SENT TO BOTTOM moi llcshlp Sunk l>y Turkish Destroy. tjle er and Probable .VHI Lives ove Were hist. iondon, May 13.?The British ,)at leship Goliath has been torpedo- 0fp( In the Dardanelles. It is feared ;?f, lives lives have been lost. jun lie Uritlsh submarine K-14 has etrated through the Dardanelles tim into the Sea of Marmora, sink- u-m two Turkish gunboats and a jn kish transport. mci nese announcements were made bori he house of commons today by nut iston Spencer Churchill, iirst lord ing he admiralty. I Cai Vhile no definite information had __ 11 received as to the number oi s lost on the Goliah, Mr. Churchill A 1 I he feared it would reach 500. Ir. Churchill said: The Goliath was torpedoed last ht in a torpedo attack by destroywhile protecting tlie French flank t inside the straits. Si: Twenty officers and 160 men were j ed, which I fear means that over , were lost. The admiral commanding at the ipi danelles also telegraphs that the | marine E-14. which with so much ' ing penetrated to the Sea of Mar- Pf ra, has reported that she sunk two I kish gunboats and a large Turktransport." It. ROIYERT M. SMALL DKA11. ,. ' the ! to II Known Citizen of Hcntli ^ ( Spring Passes Away. cial to The News. f leath Spring, May 13.?After an llol i,ess of about twelve days with unionist, Mr. Robert M. Small, son 1 wll Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Small, |)ar 1 on the 12th instant, and his j y was interred at Salem cemetery, j ^ ith Spring, Thursday, the 13th i it being his thirty-seventh j ... hdav. Mr. Small was a faithful . sho , a devoted husband, an affeeanf late father and a kind neighbor. ?l l I J ides his parents, and a brother, 8gr lone Small, he is also survived by ; j wife and three children, two , ghters and a son, as follows: I de Small, Pluma May Small and I veli rvin Eugene Small. Services at' grave were conducted by the i )(>^ J. n. Weldon and the Rev. J. ! am H. Dyches, nfter which the body Sl'r i taken in charge by the Flint ge Council. Jr. O. U. A. M., of awi ch Mr. Small was an honored ot nber. According to the solemn l,ee s of the order the body was laid 'irr' est to await the resurrection, and ! l)0r Thj mound was covered with beauti- j flnw#>ra Th? tondor avmnnlliv r\t I ost of friends goes out to the beyed family, who are commended lun he God of all grace and comfort. 'n^ nich an hour of bereavement it is iet to know that "earth has no ,)rn *ow that heaven cannot heal." fro SAYS ITALY WILL FIGHT. pos ! foil I respondent Declares Intervention ^W| Has Keen Decided On. ,p0( ieneva, via Paris, May 13.?The , for respondent at Rome of the Jour- ^ De Beneve says he is able to org m that Italy's intervention in the , mic 1 haa been absolutely decided on. i The government," the corres- , dent adds, "shortly will take j ,j >s which will leave no doubt about wj y'a intentions and when the cab- ! appears before parliament May j that body will ratify an accQm . bed fact." , ? . I and par jland Bays the Cotton of Detained 8un Vessels. tod .ondon, May 12.?The board of i the le has purchased the cotton car- ! a a in the detained American steam- j for, Sutherner and Carolyn. I .vn 'he Danish steamers Orion and for ar II. bound for Copenhagen and tioi I at Kirkwall, have been released, j j ? LANCASTER, S. C., FI f JltJYlsn UAfiTAIi IN GRIP OF RIOTS lis Numbering Thousands Said to Have Pillaged Shops and Hotels in Constantinople. leneva, Switzerland, via Paris, f 12.?The Journal de Geneve has Bived a dispatch from Saloniki ing that many persons have been ed or injured in riots in C011ltinople. Mobs numberings thous8, the newspaper says, pillaged principal shops and hotels. The titn's guard has been called out. according to this information, the a Palace hotel, the largest and it pretentious European hotel in city, was sacked. The po'ice were r whelmed. 'he Pera Palace hotel, the disch says, was filled with German cers who were maltreated by the iriated populace. Many were inpd. 'The Turks," the message connes. "have lost In killed and inded during the last four days the Dardanelles nearly 50,one 11, not counting those in Smyrna, ubarded yesterday. A large nber of Turkish prisoners are hetransported from Tenedos to ro." iri-GERMAN R10TSI VIOLEN nking of Lusitania Has B: Hatred and Suspicion HE POLICE UNABLE emier Asquith Brings the S Enemy Country's Subjects Windows Smashed i London, May 12.?The sinking ol' i steamer Lusitania has aroused a violent climax the smouldering red and suspicion of Germans livin England. This animosity has nd expression during the last 2 1 irs in attacks on Germans and ir shops in London and Liverpool, ile there has been minor disturices In Manchester, Birkenhead, issrow and a few other nlaeea Windows or many German shops re smashed and some shops were aged. The proprietors of the ips generally were driven away by ;ry crowds. None of the persons acked are reported to have been iously injured. One or two shops e been set on fire by the rioters. I ARRETS REFUSE SUPPLIES. V spontaneous movement has deoped in the London market to cott. subjects of enemy countries, i small dealers who appeared for tplies today were refused them 1 a number of them were driven ay by crowds. The police forces both London and Liverpool have m depleted by enlistments in the ny and special constables have n called out to help the regulars. E?se constables, however, usually without experience and the mobs :e got the 1 etter of them. Police re Deen injured aunng me riots. Hany of the disturbers were iught before the police courts to' and received sentences ranging m four months imprisonment, imed on one Liverpool woman, to a r shillings fine. n several instances, English, iss and Russian shops bearing itonie names have been mistaken German establishments, rhere was a rumor tonight that anized riots would be stared at Inight, and large forces of police I constables were on duty. ANIMOSITY GENERAL. Die anti-German feeling is in no e confined to the lower classes. >re has been a general demand by newspapers for the internment all subjects of enemy countries I agitation by several members of liament induced the premier to amon a special cabinet meeting ay to consider the matter. After meeting. Premier Asqutth made tatement in the house of commons eshadowing that the government 1 carry out the popular demand placing these aliens in concen'ra1 camps. 'remiet- Asqulth stated In the 5't' M1)AY, MAY 14, 191"). UNKNOWN NEGRO pi ATTEMPTS CRIME |? | Tries to .Assault Wifo of IliyliU Ko?|KH't?l Man Hut is Fright ened Away. Hennettsville Special to Tlie State, .May 12.?An unknown negro this morning about o'clock entered the A] home of a highly respected white maii and attemtped to assault his wife. The negro entered the house and caught hold of the woman. The woman screamed as soon as she saw RC the negro and her cries brought two negro women. The negro man ran. Another negro man, Clary Harlee, *,,s came running up and tried to overtake the fleeing negro but he outran y Harlee and entered some nearby ' ofth ' woods. gen< The alarm was given and a larg< posse has been searching for the ani' da it negro but has not found him. The I t j)fij search will be continued. ? The negro has been described and omj it is thought he will be easily identified. The home entered was just be- ",0 I yond the corporate limits of the war | town. SOU! ed BECOMING IT IN ENGLISH TOWNS s?" cess cen rought Out Smouldering j now of Alien Enemies. j ; attr TO MEET SITUATION. ' X | and uhject of Internment of the 01 I van Before the Cabinet?Many <;ai ;ind Shons PillntreH adv " ? ! diri house of commons today that the eva cabinet was quite alive to the fact ins that "the progressive violation of the rules of civilized warfare and liu-j inanity by the enemy, culminating in the sinking of the Lusitania," and rim tlie feelings thus aroused had made j it necessary to look beyond merely ^ military considerations. The govern- pro ment, therefore, was carefully con- |j()} sidering the practicability of the pra segregation and internment of alien s(nl enemies on a more comprehensive oca st..le. of ( The premier added he hoped to a(jj, make a more definite statement to- ; ,iay morrow. ! ters The police cf Manchester today nr- ! Cha rested 30 German shopkeepers with nou a view to interning them for their wot own safety. Fre den SI\K1 X(J OF THK LISITWIA I("! asy 'J Statement Issued at American Fin- f.on bassy in London. ,jol London, May 12.?The following terj statement was issued to-dr.y at the ^ American embassy: "As to the sinking of tne ship the tuusuania) it appears from all I bor statements which have been secured that no warning was given. A torpedo hit amidship on the starhoard side and the ship listed he- "Pl cause of the longitudinal character of the bulkheads, the port air spaces ^ remaining intact. Later she righted. ('10 "The sinking was in sixty fathoms aKa and 'he captain believes her nose ,ro' tuched bottom before her stern dis- lul appeared, accounting for the slight ,U>N; suction. KOV "It seems from reports rather du ' bious whether a second torpedo ,ori struck the ship. ('an "The sinking took eighteen min- sir*' utes and occurred at 2:23 o'clock." "u' to JAPAN AKKAKiNM GKKMANV. ?ha tinm the Sends Notes of Sym|Mithy to America an<l Kngland. Tokio, May 12.?Japan has sent to Great Britain and the United Ger States messages of sympathy on the loss of life in the Lusitanla disaster. I. The Japanese press bitterly ar- Teh raigns Germany for the sinking of it ii the passenger ships. The Asahi was Shimbun eharaeterizes it as a "mas- mot nacre of innoeents." eertain to ex- east cite the "righteous indignation of ass< Americans." Other papers declare thei that the time has eerne to "remove app forever the German menace." to s I DLL REPARATIO DEMANDED FR( Iso Assurance That No More . Non-Combatants?Amer icai the Note to G rsSIANS' DEFEAT ...? INCREASING DAILY INI trjans Claim Rout <>1? Third ami eighth Armies in Itecnmiiiu 'I or I More Complete. J? ienna, May 12.?The following ial statement was issued from era! headquarters tonight: The defeat of the Russian Third. ^ .Kighth armies is increasing Stat >. i ii** missiun troops, whh man r trains .are fleeing in disorder j, the direction of Jaroslau, Prez- |It,( s) and f'hvrow. non Strong enemy forces fleeing from too, region of Sanok and Lisko east- j sol|, (1 are being attacked from the : \1U, tli by our columns which advanc- ; us by way of Haligrod and Polena. | vm< In further pursuit our victorious j )ps have crossed the lower Wis- .-nl>l ? and captured Brzozow, Dynow. -er ok and Lisko are i nour bands. ert Owing to the extraordinary sue- mat i hitherto attained in west and and tral Galicia. the Russian Car- Ton hian front, east of Uzsok pass is it is ,* also beginning to waver. I sooi The Austro-Gernian troops are j V icking along the entire front in , step ; section. The enemy in the re stai 11 near the I'rka and in the Orawa rejil Opor valleys is in retreat. Nor h I thai the Vistula our troops have ad- lea: ced across the Nida. In southeast | nrit icia a strong Russian force has 1 to i anced across the Rneister in the j que tction of Horodenka. We had \ ruated Zaio Szczyky. The light- ;so continues." "d ASYI.IM ItKIOHMS. ;,rii StiU lirmiin of IS^rnts Says Program is About Completed. "hat the programme for the im- ,jeI) vement of conditions at the State (jpr spital for the Insane has been tj,e c.ically decided upon, was the j.-?aj, ement made yesterday by R. H. fhr rborough of Conway, chairman j)V , he board of regents. The regents stoa ourned yesterday after a two wjt] 's session 'n Columbia, when mat- ste;1 i were considered. It was said by p0(j lirman Scarborough that no an- tanj ncement as to the new policy tj,01 ild be made until the return of C. anu d Williams, M. 1)., superinten- can( t of the 'lospital who is in Nork. Va., attending a conference of inch lum heads. . , , The 'he board vesterdav awarded the nettract for supplies for the institu , do l. These awards are made quary. The board also authorized rers on several buildings. on . We are making good progress on work" said Chairman Scar- , . ed ough. ( RltiCS CASK I'OSTPONKl>. will in e iring Will Not be Meld Till Next can Monday. ficei Vashington, May 12.?Hearing of and case of the Riggs National Rank 4 insi secretary MCAdOO, Comp- (>oul Her Williams and Treasurer ke was postponed today until nje< t Monday, at the request of the en(j ernment's attorneys. .> n asking for delay, Samuel I nanv never, on behalf of the defen- . , , , tral t officials, said it was their deasse to argue the motion to dismiss case for lack of jurisdiction and (> submit the demurrer to the in,e rges of conspiracy at the same (',>ni e. Joseph W. Ilailey, counsel for bank, agreed to the extension. ,1"'1 on \ ZEPPELIN ON THE TYVE. bat! man Airship Reported in Vicinity Am, of Newcastle. f>otl] .ondon, May 12. An Exchange ?graph dispatch from Blyth says in ( s reported there that a Zeppelin j,as! sighted eight miles from the the ith of the Tyne tonight. A New- re8J le dispatch to the same agency Am ?rts that a Zeppelin was seen pUr re some distanee off the coast. It tit.e arently was waiting for darkness set in. $1.00 A YEAR. I N WILL BE i )M GERMANY 1 attacks Will be Made on n Grievances Cited in ermany. EREST IN THE NOTE | le of Note is Friendly But 'irm?Gives Germany a Chance <o Disavow Practice in War Zone. j /fishington, May 12.?The United es in u note to be sent to Ger- I iv demands a guarantee that e will be no further submarine cks on merchant ships carrying -combatants. It serves notice, that mil reparation will bo slit tor th" loss of more than 100 erican lives in the sinking of the itnnia and for other violations ot erican rights in the sea war zones, lie document was to have been od tonight but the President afconferences with Counsellor RobLansing, of the state department, le several changes in legal detail I then revised it alone in bis study, lorrow it will be dispatched and, 5 expected to be made public i. "M Chile no indication is given of the is to be taken by the United es in the event of an unfavorable ly, the note informs Germany t the American government will e nothing undone eitlu r in diploic representations or other actioa obtain a compliance with its rests. >o essential changes were made in cnni miminnfiAn t - - WW. Cl^ Mil lUUIilU'U day by the President and approvby the cabinet yesterday. The icipal points in the note are subitially as follows: .?The United States government s attention to the various incits in the war zone proclaimed by many around the British Isles, sinking of the British liner aba with the loss of Leon C. esher, an American; the attack German airmen on the American inter rushing, the torpedoing [tout warning of the American inter Gulflight and finally the toroing without warning of the Lusiia with its loss of more than a. usand lives of non-combatants, >ng them more than 100 Ameri.?These acts are declared to bo ?lensible under international law. i United States points out that it er admitted Germany's right to them, and warned the Imperial .Iiuiirjii IIKU II nuuill ue lieid 10 strict accountability" for attacks American vessels or lives. A strict Tuntability, therefore, is now askfrom Germany. .?The usual financial reparation be sought, although Germany is fleet reminded that no reparation, restore the lives o ftliose saeriJ in the sinking of the Lusitania other ships. .?Expressions of regret may iplv with the legal precedents, hut / are valueless unless accompa1 by a cessation of the practices angering lives of non-combatants. .--The right of neutrals to travel point of the high seas on neuor belligerent merchantmen is srted. .?In the name of humanity and rnational law, the United States lands a guarantee that these its will be respected and that e he no repetition of the attacks merchantmen carrying non-comints. .?The giving of warnings to the erican public without officially imunicating them to the United :es government is commented on connection with the German erasy's printed advertisements before sailing of the Lusitania. but ir>eettve of the failure to advise the erican government of Germany'* pose, the point is made that noof an intention to do an unlaw(Continued on Page Eight.)