The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 14, 1915, Image 1
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
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^ 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
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i LAID DOWN .
Ma:
reci
ainishes With Dispatch say
reraian Government.
tiies Refusal Report. aIul
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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'
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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
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