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r GERMANY MU! TO RULE President Has Dfit.p.rmirifiH Policy?Will Present an Events Since War WILSON TO ACT PROMPTL Will Insist That Unarmed Mei chant Vessels be Visited and Crew Transferred Before Prize is Destroyed. Washington, May 11.?Presiclei Wilson had virtually decided tonigl on the first step in the policy whic the United States-Governwent \vi pursue as a result of the sinking c the British liner Lusitania with th loss of more than a hundred Arner: can lives. The President will at promptly?within another day o two. A draft of a communication t he sent to Germany was submitted t the Cabinet today and approved un animously. While no official announ cement was made, it was learnei that the United States would presen and insist upon an expiation of th series of incidents which have occur red siuce the proclamation of a wa zone around the British Isle, th sinking of the Falaba, causing tii death of Leon C. Thresher, an Atneri can citizen, the attack by Gertnai Cashing, the torpedoing of the Amor iean steamer Gulflight and finally tin destruction, without warning of th Lusitania with a toll of more than thousand lives. In what are described by those fa miliar with the document as tirn and unmistakable terms, the 1'resi dent voices the intense feeling of tin United States over these happen ings, and in the name of internation al law demands an adherence b Germany to the established rules o maritine warfare. The note ask that some assurance or guarantee li given hereafter that unarmed tuer chant vessels carrying non-coin batants be visited and searched who1 encountered on the high seas by th German navy and passengers an crew transferred to a place of safet before any prize is destroyed. Th President points out, it is undei stood, that the United States in it note which said Germany would b held to "strict accountability" fo any at tasks on American vessels o lives, had not admitted any right o the part of Germany to carry o such methods of warfare, and dp dares moreover, thot the giving o official notice of an intention to com mit an unjustifiable act <1 id not just; fy the act or make it lawful. What will lollow in the event of refusal of Germany to comply will the expressed wishes of the not about t? be sent, no one of the Presi dent's official family would predict They said the President was deter mined to act firmly and deal witl each situation as it arose. It \va pointed out. too. that in his speoe1 at Philadelphia, in reference t peace. Mr. Wilson was expressing merely an ideal that he wished Araer ica should and would follow. Persons familiar with the Presi dent's point of view, indicated, how ever, that he was by no means un prepared for, or unaware of the pos sible eventualities of the presen crisis and knew that circumstance and events over which the Unite States might have no control migli make vigorous action necessary. The circular from the German gov ernment to neutral countries assuni ing responsibility and promising rer aration for any damage in the wa zone to neutral vessels will not effec the determined course of the Presi flpnt It WflQ r.nnui/lorn/1 Kt? ?lv^ net today, but high officials late pointed out that there is no guarar tee In it, that the lives of Ameri cans will be safeguarded, as subms rines cannot accommodate passer gers or crew of the vessel they a! tack. While it was regarded as a prom ise for reparation in the cases of th (Julflight and the flushing, if it sha be proved that they were damage by Germans the opinion of high ol ficials of the Washington governmer was that the communication did nc alter the main issue?the torpedoin without warning of unarmed mei chant ships of any nationality carrj ing non-combatants. The circular modifies the origins proclamation of the war zone in th sense that responsibility for mistake is now assumed and the right of visi and search is to be exercised again? vessels flying neutral flags while de struction of neutral vessels carryim contraband is to be conducted unde the rules of international laws gov ^ ^ I J W" 11.1^1^. - .. , jfr'V J " t. sT ADHERE SOF WARFARE on the First Step of His id Insist on Explanation of Zone Was Proclaimed. I erning prizes. These require the i transfer to a place of safety of pasj sengers and crew if the vessel is destroyed. Just how a submarine will be able to carry out this obligation was not explained in the circular and left officials very much in doubt on ! this point. j Germany's official statement ex( pressing regret over the loss of i American lives on the Lusitania was i preseuted today by Count von I'ern| storff, the German ambassador, on , behalf of his government, supple^ menting his own personal expression . | of yesterday. .( I Whether the request for a guaranr , tee for the future would be accotn0 panied by a demand for full repara0 tion to the families of the American j. < tims or whether action on the _ Lusitania case itself would be postj poned until Germany's attitude toward the first request was disclosed ,, are steps which the President is understood not yet to have settled in ,. ' his own mind. (? It is recognized that a refusal by i Germany to meet such a re?iuest . would present a serious situation but ii there is no disposition among the r President's advisers to let this deter . them from the enunciation of a vigp orous attitude. A canvass of oflieials well informed a on the situation developed the fact that they were convinced that the . President would follow a course u which would be consistent with the . dignity of the United States and leave him free to adopt if necessary . a more emphatic line of action as . the attitude of Germany is revealed, y It developed during the day that f serious consideration had been given s to the status of Doctor Mernhar 1 e I ilernborg, former German Colonial - i Secretary, who has been in this i- country for several months past as a u spokesman for the German cause, i! I The statements of Doctor Dernberg >1 justifying tlie torpedoing of the Lusi \ i.iiu.i us uii iiiciueiu ui war, TUKen ill ? j connection with other utterances, ur< - I understood to have met with strong s ! disapproval in high executive < '_ire | tors. This lias led to some examinar tion of precedents to see what cour r ses are open to the government to ren strict t lie embarrassment which n many officials feel has resulted from >- his activity. The departure of I)r. if Dernberg or the cessation of his aci tivities would, it was intimated, not be unwelcome to the authorities here, to say the least, a The White House start' was busy |i today with a deluge of messages ale most unprecedented in magnitude. - Many were from governors of states, members of the senate and house - and others comprised resolutions of h state legislatures. The telegrams s almost unanimously expressed con fill dence in the President In the present o crisis. While most of the messages fr expressed the desire that something - be done to show the indignation of the United States over the sinking of i- the Lusitania, many of them strong ly opposed a recourse to war. All of the messages were delivered i- to the President and it was expected t that he would go over as many of s them as possible. (I The President took a motor ride t after the cabinet meeting and later reviewed the Washington High School Cadet Corps. Tonight he sei eluded himself again in his study, ?- perusing, it was believed, editorial r opinions and messages. The belief t grew in many quarters that he would . communicate directly with Kmperor . William when he came to a decision, r During the present war lie has on a . previous occasion written personally . to Kmperor Nicholas of Russia, on . behalf of Austrian prisoners, and to i. adopt this form of communication, it L- ?? ur? ru? wcJUltl lllclKt* II pUSSIble for the President to devote his i- message to the general cause of huf. inanity rather than any specific case II which the regular form of diplomatic j correspondence might necessitate. r. it Some Forms of Rheumatism Curable Rheumatism is a disease characterized by pains in the joints and K in the muscles. The most common r- forms are: Acute and chronic rheur. matism and lumbago. All of these types can be helped absolutely by applying some good liniment that ll penetrates. An application of Sloan's e Liniment two or three times a day a to the afTected part will give instant ( relief. Sloan's Liniment 1s good for pain, and especially rheumatic pain, 1 because it penetrates to the seat of i- the trouble, soothes the afflicted part 3 and draws the pain. "Sloan's Lini? ment is all medicine." Get a 25 cf emergency. bottle now. Keep it handy in case HE LANCASTER NEWS M AMERICAN AND ! HUMANITY SYNONIMOUS President Wilson's Address at Philadelphia Monday. President Wilson Rave to a gather* ing of 4.000 naturalized Americans at Philadelphia Monday night the first intimation of the course the United States probably will pursue in the situation resulting f; >m the loss of more than a hundred American lives on the British liner Lusitania. He spoke by implication, but | his hearers interpreted his remarks | as nteoning that, while the United : States would remain at peace, it j would seek to convince Germany of the injustice to mankind of the tragedy. In introducing the President Mayor Blankenburg said: "I present to you?God bless him ?the President." The stenographic copy of Mr. Wilson's address in full follows: "It warms my heart that you should give me such a reception, but it is not of my self that I wish to think, but of those who have just I become citizens of the United States. This Is the only country in the world which experiences this constant and repeated re-birth. Other countries depend upon the multiplication of (heir own native people. This country is constantly drinking strength nut of new sources by the voluntary association with it of great bodies of strong men and forward looking \\otnen. And so by the gift of the free will of independent people it is eonstontly being renewed from generation to generation by the same process by which it was originally created. It is as if humanity had deterj mined to see to it that this great nation, founded for the benetit of hu1 inanity should not lack for the allegiance of the people of the world. "You have jrst taken an oath of allegiance to the United States. Of allegiance to whom? Of allegiance ! to no one, unless it be God. Certainly not of allegionce to those who ! temporarily represent this great government. You have taken an jonth of allegiance to a great idenl. J to a great body of principles, to a | great hope of the human race. AM Kit IC A AN IDKAL. "You have said 'We are going to I America, not only to earn a living, ! not only to seek the tilings which it j is more difllcult to obtain where you were born, but to help forward the J great enterprises of the human spirit'?to let men know that everywhere in the world there are men % who will eross strange oceans and go where a speech is spoken which is alien to them, knowing that whatever the speech, there is hut one longing and utterance of the human heart and that is for liberty and justice. And while you bring all countries with you, you come with a purpose of leaving all .ttlier countries behind you?bringing what is best of their spirit, but not looking over your shoulders and seeking to perpetuate what you intended to leave in them. I certainly would not be ope ] to suggest that a man cease to love the home of his birth and the nation | !' his origin?these things are very sacred and ought not to be put out of our hearts?but it is one thing to > love the place where you were born ' and it is another thing to dedicate ! yourself to the place to which you go. I You cannot dedicate yourself to I American until you become in every I respect and with every purpose of your will thoroughly Americans. ' You connot become thorough Amerii cans if you think of yourselves in groups. America does not consist of i groups. A man who thinks of himt self as belonging to a particular group in America has not yet become i an American and the man who goes i among yo uto trade upon your na; tionality in no worthy boh to live tinder the Stars and Stripes. NO JEALOUS CAMPS. "My urgent advice to you would be not only always to think first of America, but always also to think first of humanity. You do not lova I J humanity if you seek to divide humanity into jealous camps. Humanity can be welded together only >y love, by sympathy, by justice; not by jealousy and hatred. "I am sorry for the man who seeks to make personal capital out of the passions of his fellowmen. He has j lost the touch and ideal of America, ! for America was created to unite I ton ri 1/ I n/1 K?/ tltAdA ...LIaU 11^* i.in.iniuu try munr |janniuiin w nu ll mi and not by the passions which separate and debase. We came to America, either ourselves or in persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them seek finer thing" than they had seen before, to get rid of things that divide and to make sure of the things that unite*. It was but an historical accident no doubt that this great country was called the 'United States' and yet I am very thankful that It has the word 'United' in its title and the man who AY 14, 1915. seeks to divide, man from man group from grou:-, int^Coi interest,* In the United States is striking at its very heart. BRING THE IDEAL. "It is a very interesting circum stance to me in thinking of those ol you who have Just sworn allegiance to this great government that you vvurti H Pn urn ?? * ....v v???ii iiuurni tut) uioaii uy sonic beckoning finger of hope, by soin< belief, by some vision of a new kiful of justice, by some expectation of a better kind of life. No doubt you have been disappointed in some of us. Some of us are very disappointing. No doubt you have found that justice in the United States goes only with a pure heart and a right purpose as it does everywhere in the world. No doubt what you found here did not seem touched for you after all, with the complete beauty of the ideal which you have conceived beforehand. Hut remember this, if we had grown at all poor in the idea .you brought sonic of it with vnn "A man does not go out to seek the thing that is not in him. A man does not hope for the tiling that he does not believe in and if some of us have forgotten what America believed in, you at any rate, imported in your own hearts a reneway of tlie belief. That is the reason that I for one make you welcome. If I ' ;ive in any degree forgotten what nieriea was intended for I will thank Clod if you will remind me. I as horn in America. You dreamed dreams of what America was to lie and 1 hope you brought the dreams v th you. No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise. Just because you brought dreams wit hyou, America is more likely to realize the dreams such as you brought. You are enriching us if you came expecting us to be better than we are. TOUCH ELBOWS WITH ALL. "See, my friends, what that means; it means that Americans must have a consciousness different from the consciousness of every other nation in the world. I am not saying this with even the slightest thought of criticism of other nations. You know how it is with a family. A family pots centered on itself it is not careful and is less interested in th? neighbors than it is in Its own members. So a nation that is not constantly renewed out of new sources is apt to hav the narrowness and prejudice of a family; whereas, America must have this consciousness, that on all sides it touches elbows and touches hearts with all the nations of mankind. The example of America must be a special example not merely of peace because it will not fight, but of peace because peace is the healing and elevating influence of the world and strife is not. There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right. NOT EXEMPT FROM WORK. "So if you come into this great nation as you have come, voluntarily seeking something that we have to give, all that we have to give is this: We cannot exempt you from work. No man is exempt from work anywhere in the world. I sometimes think he is fortunate if he has work only with his hands and not with his head. It is very easy to do what other people give you to do, but it is difficult to give other people things 0 cio. we can not exempt you 'rom work; we cannot exempt you from strife and the heart-breaking harden of the struggle of the day?thai is common to mankind; we cannot exempt you from the loads that you must carry; we can only make them light by the spirit in which they art carried. This is the spirit of hope it is the spirit of liberty, it is the spirit of justice. "When I was asked, therefore, b> the mayor and the committee thai accompanied him to come up from Washington fo meet this great com pany of newly-admitted citizens, ] could not decline the invitation. I ought not to be away from Washing ton, and yet I feel that it has renew ed my spirit as an American. Ir Washington men tell you so man; things every day that are not so, ant 1 like to come and stand in the pres ence of a great body of my fellow citizens, whether they have been no fit lloiL' eUiionc! o 1 An? Imo of o ?Ko?u time, and drink, as It were, out ol the common fountain with them and go hack feeling that you have so gen erously given me; the sense of youi support and of the living vitality ir your hearts, of its great ideals whieti made America the hope of the world." NoT666 This fo ? prescription prepared eepeciatlj (or MALARIA or CHILLS A FCVCR Five or elk doeee will break any case, and if takao then aa a tonic the Paver will noi return.' It aste on the liver better that Calomel and doee not fripe or iickco. 2S< ?" I ,k batches f< eVEEY WOMAN WOULD L< BEAUTIFUL WATCH. Mi! WHAT REALLY RELIABL TIMEPIECES THEY CAN SONABLE PRICES. IF YOU HAVE FOR A LONG WHILE, BUT HAVE FE LOOK OVER OUR TRAYS AND LET WILL BE INTERESTED. AAAAA A A J, | VTTTT TWTTV ROBINSON-LATH "Nobody Home." j It has often been said, and as often i L doubted and denied, that "there is g nothing new under the sun." The discovery that most modern slang is very ancient in the origin, however, ^v see ills to prove the olding saying to ^ be correct. If the newest slang is Lv not new, what under the sun i* new? Ar asks the At hers (Ok la.) News- . . L<v Leader. Lv Nothing so measures the modern- Lv Ity of the alert American of today as his, or her, command of good slang, good in this case meaning recent. I eri Wit ban adequate and sufficiently un- we tarnished selection of slang phroses lie rattle-brain can disconilit and put to rout the most learned professor in a discussion in which the pro- ? 'essor has chosen his own hold and g is employing the half-nelson of his . own favorite hobby. P/ Today If somebody "puts one over" on you in conversation your ^ i cue is to tap your forehead significantly and say with sadness to those j^c who have witnessed what otherwise would be your prostration upon the field of verbal conflict "Nobody home!" By these magic words you i asperse the sanity of your opponent so cleverly as to arry public opinion j^c ' on your side. Investigators have found that "no body home" is no new phrose. Alex- No ' ander Pope heads a considerable list of great writers who have thus ex- No pressed a cranial vacuum. The lat>st addition to the list of authorities 1 of this charming retort is Charles Nti Dickens, who in Nicholas Nickleby has Squeers say: for he *as wanting here," touching his Nc forehead; "nobody home, you know, 1 if vnu bnAol/o/l ot'cw "? " .. ^ n.iwn^u c*n nu II1 It'll Man Takes His Own Medicine Is an Optimist. nj i He has absolute faith In his medi- to cine?he knows when he takes it for certain ailments he gets relief. Peo' pie who take Dr. King's New Discovery for an irritating cold are optimists?they know this cough remedy ( will penetrate the linings of the ? throat, kill the germs, and open the ' way for nature to act. You can't 1 destroy a cold by superficial treat ment?you must go to the cause of ex the trouble. Be an optimist. Get a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery ex 1 NOTICE. tin i , Lancaster Graded Schools. To All Whom It May Concern: ' Take notice that pursuant to a ca petition signed by ten voters and Pe freeholders resident In Lancaster to r school district, we, the undersigned be I Trustees of said district, do hereby call a public meeting to be compose ! ' of all those voters who are resident in and return for taxation In said [ district real or personal property of I the value of not less thnn one hundred dollars, to assemble in the court house at Lancaster, S. C., on Friday, - the 14th day of May, 1915, at G ur i o'clock p. m., for the purpose of , electing a Chairman and Secretary or . of said meeting, Ave trustees of said hi 1 - ... school district, and of determining ap ' what special tax, if any, not to ex- te ' ceed five mills, shall be levied, as the r majority present shall decide, on all ,'j real and personal property within ' said school district, for the mainten' ance of the public schools of said - ? I district. This 30th day of April, 1915. LEROY SPRINGS, ur R. E. WYLIE, th 1 W. J. CUNNINGHAM. de i J. D. FUNDERBURK, ig ? D. REECE WILLIAMS, co Trustees, Lancaster Graded Schools. ro 59-2t 1 11 To Drive Out Malaria C( And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S ' TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is ' printed on every label, showing it is ln' ' Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. Th 1 The Quinine drives out malaria, the 1 Iron builds up the system. 50 cents u? m >t* L-adiee * J )ve to possess a dainty, lYBE many do not realize e and charmingly pretty buy here at very reawanted to get a watch lt undecided, drop in and us quote our prices. you i. .t. ,t. TVTVV VT AN COMPANY, ?"H ancaster & Chester Ry. Co. chedule In Effect Dec. 27, 1914. Eastern Time. WESTBOUND. Lancaster ...6:00am?3:30pm '. Fort Lawn ..6:30am?4:08pm r. Bascomville .6:47am?4:28pm '. Richburg ....6:58am?4:43pm '. Chester 7:40am?5:25pm EASTBOUND. '. Chester .... 9:00ain?6:45pm . Richburg ... 9:45am?7:27pm . Bascomville .10:00am?7:38pm '. Fort Lawn ..10:30am?7:55pm . Lancaster ...11:00am?8:25pm , Connections?Chester with Southn, Seaboard and Carolina & Northistern Railways. Fort Lawn, with Seaboard Air ien Railway. Lancaster ,wth Southern Railway. A. P. McLURE. Supt. OUT HERN RAILWAY. "Premier Carrier of the South." iSSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULES. T-alns arrive Lancaster from: >. 118?yorkvllle, Rock Hill and intermediate stations 8:31 a. m, i. 113?Charleston, Columbia and intermediate stations lu:06 i a. m. '. 114?Marion, Blacksburg, Charlotte and intermediate stations, 1:35 p. m. >. 117?Col mbla, Kingsvillo and intermediate stations, 7:48 p. m. Trains leave Lancaster for: ?. 118?Kingsville, Columbia and o . o * - ? .u?va uiuvo DVUVll/UO, O . O 1 CI. HI* >. 113?Rock Hill, HI acks burg, Marlon, Charlotte and Intermediate stations, 10:06 a. m. i. 114?Klngsville, Columbia, Charleston and intermediate stations 1:35 p. ra. >. 117?Rock Hill, Yorkvllle and intermediate stations, 7:33 p. m. N. B.?Schedule figures are pubhed .8 informa n only and are t guaranteed. For information a* passenger fares, etc., call on W. B. CAUTHEN, Agent. W. E. McOEE, A. Q. P. A., Columbia, S. C. W. H. CAFFEY, D. P. A.. Charleston, S. C. NOTICE. The time for the payment of taxes pires March 31. The comptroller neral has directed me to issue the ecutions immediately after this ne. If any taxes are received after irch 31 and before the executions n be turned over to the sheriff, a n o 1 w C 4 ?** * u, u j,ti ueui. win do added the same. Much taxes are yet to paid, so I want to ask the people t to put the matter off until the it day. T. L. HILTON, CouDtv Treasurer. Notice of Discharge. Notice is hereby given that the iderslgned will, as executor of the tate of J. Thomas Faile, deceased, t the 21st day of May, 19115, make s final return as such executor and iply to the probate court of Lancasr county for letters tf ismissory. JOHN H. FAILE. cecutor Estate of J. Thomas Falle, Deceased. April 20, 1916. Notice of Discharge. { > Notice is hereby given that, the iderslgned will, as committee of e estate of Mary Ida Robertson, ceased, 6n the 20th day of May, ? 115, make his final return as such mmlttee and apply to the probate urt of Lancaster county for letters smlssory. 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