The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 14, 1915, Page 8, Image 8
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THE SINKING OF THE 1
STEAMER GULFL1GHT:
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Chief Officer Tells of Torpedo- '
ing of Vessel.
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UH' THE S<J1L.L,Y 1SLAINDJS
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When Attacked Gulfiight Was Flying
l.nige American Ensign Six
by Ten Feet in Size. (
Washington, May 11.?The state i
department late today made public
a sworn statement by Ralph E. a
Smith, former chief officer and now 3
master of the American steamer t
Gultlight, describing the torpedoing s
of that vessel May 1 off the Scilly , t
Islands. When torpedoed, the officer j c
says, the Gulflight was flying a large s
American ensign six by ten feet in j 1
size. He said he saw the submarine , a
but "could not distinguish or see any ' t
flag flying on her." t
Chief Officer Smith further says, I
thot shortly before the submarine o
was sighted two British patrol boats, r
the Iago and Filey, took positions on o
either side of the Gulflight and or- i
dered he rto follow them to th<> ti
Bishop Lighthouse. t
"I personally observed our Hag 1)
was standing out well to the breeze," t
the officer stated. ' t
The text of t'aptain Smith's state- 1
nient follows:
"I am Ralph E. Smith, now master
of the steamship Gulflight. At the
commencement of the voyage 1 was)
chief officer. The ship left Port Arthur
on the tenth day of April, l!?ir>. s
about 4 p. m. laden with a tank car
go of gasoline and wooden barrels of '
lubricating oil. The voyage was uneventful.
When about half way '
across the Atlantic the wireless operator
told me there was a British I
cruiser in our vicinity and that he j
had heard messages from this ship ; ,
the whole time since leaving Port
Arthur, but she made no direct com- ^
munication with our ship. The j ]
British ship seemed to maintain the ,
comn rlictunpa from tic until nliont I
three days before we reached the !
mouth of the English channel.
"On the first day of May about 11
o'clock in the forenoon, we spoke
wo British patrol vessels named
lago and Filey. We were then about
32 miles west of the Bishop Light
house. The patrol vessels asked
where we were hound. After informing
them we were bound for
Rouen they ordered us to follow
them to the Bishop. The Filey took
up a position of a half-mile distant
on our port bow. The lago off outstarboard
quarter, close to us. We
steered as directed and at about
12:32 the second officer being on
watch, sighed a submarine on our
port bow?slightly on the port bow
?steaming at right angles to our
course. The submarine was in sigh:
for about five minutes when she submerged
about right ahead of us. 1
saw her, but could not distinguish or
see any flag flying on her.
"The Gulflight was then steering
about true east, steaming about eight
miles an hour, flying a large American
ensign, size six feet by ten fee*.
nit: u urn was <100111 suuui, <100111
eight miles an hour in force. I per- .
sonally observed our Hag was standing
out well to the breeze. Immediately
after seeing the submarine
I went aft and notified the crew and
came back and went ?>n the bridge
and heard the captain make the re- 1
mark that that must be a British
submarine as the patrol boats took
no notice of it. About 12:50 an explosion
took place in the Gulflight,
sending vast quantities of water
high in the air, coming down on the
bridge and shutting everything off
from our view. After the water
cleared away our ship had sunk by
the head so that the sea was washing
over the fore deck and the ship appeared
to be sinking. I went im-'
mediately aft to see to the boats. On ,
my way I saw one man overboard on
the starboard side. The water at I
that time was black with oil. The 1
boats were lowered and the crew got
into them without delay of damage. ]
After ascertaining there was no one 1
left on board the ship I got in my
boat and wo were picked up by the j
patrol vessel Iago and were advised <
by her crew to leave the scene. We j
proceeded towards St. Mary's but the
dense fog which then came on prevented
us getting into the harbor
that night.
"About hair-past two in the morn-1
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ng following I saw Capt. Alfred
unter, master of the Gultlight. who
iad been sleeping in the room of the
kipper of the Iago standing in ilie
oom with a queer look on his face,
asked him what his trouble was ana
le made no reply. Then he reached
or the side of the berth with his
lands, but did not take hold. I went
n the room, but he fell before I
cached him. He was taken on dock
is the cabin was small and hot. After
caching the deck he seemed to re ive
and said:
" 'I am cold.' After that he had
ipparently two fainting attacks and
hen expired in a third one?this beng
about 3:40.
"We arrived at St. Mary's Scilly,
ibout 10 o'clock on the morning of
.lay the second. The Gulflight was
owed to Crow Sound, Scilly. on ilic
econd of May by British patrols t ml
'ommander Oliver, senior naval oilier
of the port of Scilly, sent ior
ome one to come on board the Gulfight
and I went and the ship was
nchored about 6 p. m. I again left
he ship that evening?she being
hen in the charge of the admiralty,
visited the ship on Monday. I went
.ut again on Tuesday, but it was too
ough to get on board. To the best
.f my knowledge there was no examnation
of the vcr.scl made by divers
intil Wednesday about 3 p. m. unil
members from the American enilassy
were present. The divers at
his time made an external examinaion
only of the ship's bottom and
eft the ship with me at 5:40 p. m."
ltto Klcivclimanii Dies from Wound.
New York, May 13.?Otto ! '.
.'leischniann, president of the
Meischmann Vehicle Company, and
on of the founder of the Floischnr.nn
bakery business and its famous
ireadline, died late todr.y from a revolver
shot he fired into his breast
it a hotel here.
Now Honor for Dewey.
Burlington, Vt., May 12.?Adniral
George Dewey is the new commander
of the Vermont Command?ry
of the Military Order of th*
Loyal Legion. He was elected last
night at the annual meeting.
IN MKMOHIAM.
In memory of our beloved father
Mr, D. A. Gregory, who departed this
life May 1, 1!?15.
We miss thee from our home, deal
papa.
We miss thee from thy place,
A shadow o'er our life is cast.
We miss the sunshine of thy fao?
Thy fond and loving care,
Our home is dark without thee
We miss thee everywhere.
In pity the death angel beheld you
And came from the world of ligb
To comfort you in your sorrow,
And bore you from our sight.
Dear papa, he has gone and left as
Earth tli-> lor.^ly casket keeps,
And the sunbeams love to linger
Where our dear papt. sleeps.
'Tis hard to give him up.
For love has bound the heart,
'Tis hard, so hard, to speak th*
words
We must forever part.
We miss him more than tongue car
tell,
His place at home can ne'er b<
filled:
With sad, submissive heart? we bow
Obedient to the Master ? will.
HIS CHILDREN.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Whereas, one-third of the free
holders and one-third of the elector:
r>f the age of 21 years, residing ir
Fork Hill school district. No. 25
have petitioned the county board o!
education to order an election to de
termine whether or not an additia
tax of 4 mills shall be levied on al
real and personal property for schoo
purposes.
We hereby order said election t<
be held by the trustees in said Fori
Hill school district. No. 25, on Fri
day, May 28, at Primus.
At which election only such elec
tors as return real or personal prop
erty for taxation and exhibit theli
tax receipts and registration eertifl
cates shall be allowed to vote .
The opening and closing hour:
shall be the same as in all genera
elections.
V. A. LINOL.E,
W. B. TWITTY,
J. K. CONNORS.
^ a# r/lnnoMAn
l Otimy mmiu \n imiukuiw...
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Whereas, one-third of the free
holders an(i one-third of the elector
of the age of 21 years, residing ii
Flat Creek school district. No. 43
have petitioned the county board o
education to order an election to de
termine whether or not an additions
tax of 3 mills shall he le.ied on al
real and personal property for schoo
purposes.
We hereby order said election t
he held by the trustees In said Fla
'reek school district, No. 43, oi
Saturday, May 29, at the schoo
house.
At which election only such elec
tors as return real or personal prop
erty for taxation and exhibit thei
tax receipts and registration certifl
cates shall be allowed to vote.
The opening and closing hour
shall be the same as in all genera
elections.
V. A. LINGLE,
W. B. TWITTY.
J. K. CONNORS,
County Board of Education.
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THE LANCASTER NEWS MAI
FULL REPARATION TO BE DM
DEMANDED OF GERMANY
(Continued from Page One.)
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: ful act neither justifies nor legalizes Cole
{it. '
8.?The suggestion is conveyed
i mat uic UVIUIOU UI
; course, could not have intended to
I destroy innocent lives and that consequently
the German submarine xinn
commanders must have misunder- sa
stood their instructions. The Amerj
lean government Indicated its hope
that this will be found to be true. J
and a cessation of the unlawful prac- Pre8
tices thereby will result. plea
9.?In conclusion Germany's at- Stat<
tention is called to the earnestness disat
i of the government and people of the dent
I United States in this situation. It is a g8
i made plain that the United States cans
| will leave nothing undone either in velt
j diplomatic representations or other that
action to obtain a compliance by Ger- in w
many to the requests made. a thi
The note throughout is couched in light
triendly tones, but is unmistakably tnat
firm. By the suggestion that Ger- othe
man submarine commanders must "i
have misunderstood their instruc- drav
lions or that the German government (his
could not have intended to destroy volt,
innocent lives, room is given t'or a init
disavowal by Germany of the prac what
tioes in the war zone and an assur- of m
ance that future attacks will be pro- jng
hibited. thus
In executive quarters intense in- - j
terest prevailed today and news of with
what the American note contained ture
I was eagerly sought in the govern- tion
meat departments and in diplomatic the
j circles generally. on t
Some international lawyers and this
i diplomats who have followed closely rega
Germany's course siruc beginning the Was
| submarine warfare were of the opin- days
j ion that a compliance by Germany blue
with the terms of the American note Lee.
would not be surprising and even ]
I that such a course would not be a de- ac^
parture from previous expressions. deli
Germany has maintained, it was the
contended, that the submaiine ac- won
tivity was begun only because Kng- coui
land would not permit foodstuffs and whh
. j conditional contra nana destined m
* clvilans to reach Germany an 1 be- |,US
I cause the neutrals by their protests ,iro,
r had been powerless to effect un a;l- Won
herence to the rules of international can,
law by the allies in questions of con- quj
traband. Should Germany announce an ,
her intention to abandon submarine UR|
! warfare, it was believed by some no^
diplomats, she would not necessarily (bal
make a stipulation, but would state
, ' lier expectation that the United l(|ot
States as the greatest neutral, would ,,
secure equal guarantees from the t-ror
allies on questions of contraband. ()ffe
In the event that Germany took (
the opposite course and refused to tjon
comply with the wishes of he United p)et
States, high officia's declined to pie- ai>a
diet what steps would be taken be- whi
J yond indicating that the Weshington p]e(
government would deal with each de- out
velopment in the situation as it
i arose- tith
Reports that Americans had been tim
advised to leave Germany on account mui
of the critical state of relations with or j
the United States were declared by wj,j
. officials to be wholly unfounded. be
i Americans in all belligerent coun- pre'
. j tries were advised by the state de- wro
5 partment at the outbreak of hostili- is i
1 ties to leave the danger zones and no are
^ especial instructions have been given wro
. since to American envoys in Europe, giui
1 Messages continued to flood the offe
J White House and state department mo1
today suggesting various lines of poll- "
3 cy. Conspicuous among these was a cou
c personal letter from former Presi- feet
dent Taft expressing his confidence vlei
. | in and his support of Mr. Wilson in sea
- i the situation. He gave his own sug- con
r gestions of what should be done by fori
" | the United States, which, it was said, mei
, I did not differ materially from the nc
1 : course the President had adopted, and
The White House let it be known
tliat the President was highly grati- of
fled over Mr. Taft's action. mu
It became known tonight that pov
- justice department officials are giv- ho
ing consideration to the question of to
whether publication containing mat- roe:
s ter such as editorials seeking to Jus
tlfy the sinking of the LuBitanla and aer
advising the repetition of such acts it ]
can be kept out of the mails under thii
1 the provision of the pennl code, mak- ?
I ing it an ofTense to circulate "matter tha
II of a character intended to Incite
n arson, murder or assassination." rjK
t Some officials think the law might be eg
n construed to apply to published
speeches of a similar character.
Dr. Dernburg's utterances still are
>- being given attention In high official <]
r quarters and it is strongly intimated wai
that some step will be taken to end B6a
3 this activity. It was suggested to- ^
.1 day that the Oerman embassy might jn
be informed that I)r. Dernburg, a sta'
German subject, was making himself
offensive to the American gov- j^'e
ernment and people. 25c
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{ 14, 1915.
ISEVELT WANTS |r?
PROMPT ACTION p
>nel is Not Pleased With the
President's Speech. 1=1 ^0$
[NA IS AN EXAMPLE
s for Deliberation, the Colonel
js, Was Before Sending "Strict -
Accountability" Note.
'racuse, N. Y., May 11.?Former
ident Roosevelt tonight made a _
for prompt action by the United saves !
m on account ot the Lusitania plaints
iter while commenting on Presi- an(j
Wilson's speech of 1> st night to ^jeg fQ]
Lthering ol naturalized Ameri- and ?(W
in Philadelphia. Colonel Roosewas
particularly interested in
part of the President's speech m J
hich the latter referred to "such A4a
ing as a man being too proud to springs Bit
" and ":\ nr.tion oeing so right
it does r.ot need to convince : y ^
rs by force that it is right."
think that China is entitled tojjj ^^11*1
; all the comfort she can from |
statement," said Colonel Hoose- T
"and it would he well for th? 4* ? I
ed States to ponder seriously J
t the effect upon China has been ]L
lanaging her foreign affairs dur- V As
the last 15 years on the theory
enunciated.
f the United States is satisfied $
occupying some time in the fu- T
the precise international posi- T
that China now occupies, then
United States can afford to act ?
his theory. But it cannot act on jS
theory if it desires to retain or
in tiie position won for it under w
hlngton and the men who in the J \ ?~
i of Abrahom Lincoln wore the ;?
under Grant and the gray under jib
I very earnestly hope that he will jj Sua
promptly. The proper time for j'
beration was prior to sending
message that our government "U~"l
Id hold Germany to a 'strict ac- Kj
utability' if it did the things ;?
ch it has now actually done.
The 150 babies drowned on the <>
itania, the hundreds of women
tvned with them?scores of these
nen and children being Ameri- -
s?and tne American snip, tno ?
flight, which was torpedoed, offer
eloquent commentary on the act- *
working of the theory that it is - .. =
necessary to assert rights and
t a policy of hlood and iron can '
1 efficacy he met with a policy of
id and water. ?
I see it stated in the dispatches
n Washington that Germany now
rs to stop the practice of murder Xjl7"E d
the high seas committed in viola- jfj ^
i of the neutral rights she is
Iged to preserve, if we will now 111 Amerii
ndon further neutral rights, good mea
ch by her treaty she has solmenly HTt^
iged to see that we exercise w ithmolestation.
profit.
Such a proposal is not even en- We're
id to an answer. The manufac- health. ]
; and shipment of arms and am- . v
. . .in DUBmCi
lit ion to any belligerent is moral
immoral, according to the use to ing* W<
ch the arms and munitions are to pmnll nro
put. If they are to be used to ggjgg
k'ent the redress of hideous
ngs inflicted on Belgium, then it Our CU
immoral to ship them. If they kind beca
to be used for the redress of those mea
ngs and the restoration of Belm
to her deeply-wronged and un- 1^7 n
nding people, then it is eminently
'&1 to send them.
Without 24 hours delay this
ntry should and could take ef.ive
action by declaring that in
\ of Germany's murderous oflfenagainst
the rights of neutrals all
lmerce with Qermany shall be
Ihwlth forbidden and all comrce
of every kind permitted and
ouraged with France, England
I the rest of the civilized world.
'This would not be a declaration
war. It would merely prevent Ar7
nitions of war being sent to a wjj]
ver, which by its conduct has
iwn willingness to use munitions
slaughter unoffending men, wort
and children.
'I do not believe that the firm astion
of our rights means war, but TW1
Is well to remember there are Cent
ngs worse than war. CA^
'Let us as a nation understand hav
t peace is worthy only when it is
, , to C(
paiUMiiBiuvu ui imcniuiiuuui
hteousneas and of national selfpect."
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