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8 THE SINKING OF THE i STEAMER GULFLIGHT ~ I 5 he Chief Officer Tells of Torpedo- r? ing of Vessel. j ; re OFF THE SCILLY ISLANDS, j38 | re vi When Attacked Gulflight Was Flying Uii'Ke Americttn Fnsig.i Six i a^ by Ten Feet in Size. ^ Washington, May 11.?The state inj department late today made public a. sworn statement by Ralph E. ah Smith, former chief officer and now Mt master of the American steamer to1 Gulflight, describing the torpedoing ' sec of that vessel May 1 oft the Scilly , Co Islands. When torpedoed, the officer . cei says, the Gulflight was flying a large ! soi American ensign six by ten feet in ' lig size. He said he saw the submarine j an but "could not distinguish or see any i the flag flying on her." the Chief Officer Smith further says j I v tliot shortly before the submarine ou was sighted two British patrol boats, i roi the Iago and Filey, took positions on of either side of the Gulflight and or- ins dered lie rto follow them to the nil Bishop Lighthouse. til "I personally observed our (leg bai was standing out well to the breeze," thi the officer stated. _ tio The text of Captain Smith's state- lef ment follows: "I am Ralph E. Smith, now master of the steamship Gulflight. At the commencement of the voyage I was) ' chief officer. The ship left Port Ar- ' thur on the tenth day of April, 1915. s()1 about 4 p. m. laden with a tank car ni> go of gasoline and wooden barrels of j ' lubricating oil. The voyage was uu- j NO eventful. "When about half way jJt across the Atlantic the wireless op- ; erator told me there was a British i cruiser in our vicinity and that he I . had heard messages from this ship the whole time since leaving Port ' er Arthur, but she made no direct com- j j munication with our ship. The | ^ British ship seemed to maintain the same distance from us until about three days before we reached the mouth of the English channel. "On the first day of May about 11 Ml nVlnrk in tlio fnrnnnnn wo annku f'f wo British patrol vessels named ^y Iago and Filey. We were then about :12 miles west of the Bishop Light House. The patrol vessels asked A where we were bound. After informing them we were bound for Rouen they ordered us to follow W them to the Bishop. The Filey took i up a position of a half-mile distant *n on our port bow. The Iago off our rp0 starboard quarter, close to us. We steered as directed and at about 12:112 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 sub- .rp| merged about right ahead of us. I saw her, but could not distinguish or see any flag flying on her. "The Gulflight. was then steering j ' about true east, steaming about eight miles an hour, flying a large American ensign, size six feet by ten feet. \\ i The wind was about south, about eight miles an hour in force. I per sonally observed our flag was standing out well to the breeze. Immediately after seeing the submarine T went o ft r,.l i fi ~,1 tkn ? .1 ' m. nviit an ???!* iiuuiicu i tic: i icw aim came back and went on the bridge ha and heard the captain make the re- edi mark that that must be a British ter t ^ submarine as the patrol boats took re{ no notice of it. About 12:50 an ex- pu plosion took place in the Culfiight, ! sending vast quantities of water ^G. high in the air, coming down on the ^ bridge and shutting everything off from our view. After the water toi cleared away our ship had sunk by ert the head so that the sea was washing ,a; cat over the fore deck and the ship ap- J peared to be sinking. I went im- 1 shi mediately aft to see to the boats. On ?lf my way I saw one man overboard on the starboard side. The water at limn I.IA/,1, ...1*1. 'nL. I i iicii nine iiicii i\ wiiii uii. l ill* boats were lowered and the crew got ? into them without delay of damage, j After ascertaining there was no one ! left on board the ship I got in my j10 boat and we were picked up by the j of patrol vessel logo and were advised i ^ by her crew to leave the scene. We j proceeded towards St. Mary's but the dense fog which then came on pre- j taj vented us getting into the harbor rP< that night. pu "About half-past two in the morn- | j)e / ?j'T Don't Carry a Handicap Through Sa Life. j ho Did you ever stop to think that your every action, every thought, ; toi your disposition and your character eri are influenced every day by the con- \ ta> ditinn of your liver? Failure in life ; cat may be the direct result of a disor- . dered liver. Dr. Hilton's Life for the ah; Liver and Kidneys will keep your ele liver in perfect conditon. Get a bot- i tie. For sale by all druggists. Dis- : tributed by the Murray Drug Co., j Columbia, S. C. THE g following I saw Capt. Alfred E|TT 1 inter, master of the GulMight. who TUIjI <1 been sleeping in the room of tlio; wvr ipper of the Iago standing in the ; I/C oin with a queer look 011 his face, isked him what his trouble was and *1 made 110 reply. Then he reached ; r the side of the berth with his; ful a< inds, but did not take hold. I went it. the room, but he fell before I ! g _ ached him. Jle was taken on dock j tjmt the cabin was small and hot. After | COura aching the deck he seemed to re- j ,}cstr, ve and said: scqut " 'I am cold.' After that he had j comn parently two fainting attacks and j st00(i en expired in a third one?this be- ! jcan g about 3:40. 'that "We arrived at St. Mary's Scilly, i an(j a out 10 o'clock on the morning of tjces iv the second. The Gultiigli: was ived to Crow Sound, Scilly. on the tentjt ond of May by British patrols t nil ! mmander Oliver, senior naval offl- ,T . Unite p of the port of Scilly, sent tor . ... ,, ,, made me one to come on board the Gulf- w ^ lit and I went and the ship was ? , , . . ? . ? , . diploi chored about 6 p. m. I again left ac(j 3 ship that evening?she being . .. , ?. i . ,, many 311 in the charge of the admiralty. isited the ship on Monday. I went t again on Tuesday, but it was too 1 ,rien< igh to get on board. To the best "rmriv knowledge there was no exam- nian ition of the vcr.s<d made by divers aave til Wednesday about :i p. m, un- l,ons members from the American em- <'oll"l ksv were present. The divers at innoc s time made an external examina- '"saVl n only of tlie ship's bottom and Hce8 t the ship with me at 6:40 p. m." ance ! hi bite to Kiel sell ma nn Dies from Wound.' in .New York, May l.'l.?Otto K. i teres! Mschmann, president of tlie what ?isc!iniann Vehicle Company, and was < l of the founder of the Fleisch- nient inn naitery business a no us iainous ; circle sadline, died late tod: v from a reIver shot he iired into his breast (jjp|0, a hotel here. j GernJ 77 I 77 subm New Honor for Dewey. Burlington, Vt., May 12.?Ad-j ?" 1 i ? . .i with ral George Dewey is the new com- j tnder of the Vermont Command- ' f of the Military Order of the!1 * iyal Legion. He was elected last ,)art" ;ht at the annual meeting. c'e eonte IN MEMOR1AM. tivity land In memory ?>f our beloved father.: condl r, D. A. Gregory, who departed this c-lvil-i e Mav 1. ID 15. ) caust e miss thee from our home, dear papa, heret We miss thee from thy place, ]a%v j shadow o'er our life is cast, j We miss the sunshine of thy face. ' 1 ty fond and loving care, ',er ' Our home is dark without thee warfi e miss thee everywhere. diplo pity tlie death angel beheld you, j "la^C And came from the world of light j ,ltfr ? comfort you in your sorrow, State And bore you from our sight. secur . .... allies iar papa, ?ie has gone and left .is, Earth th-? lor.?ly casket keeps, In id the sunbeams love to linger the < Where our dear papa sleeps. comp is hard to give him up, State For love has bound the heart. diet is hard, so hard, to speak the yond w?rds govei We must forever part. , H velop e miss him more than tongue can ar?se tell, I{e His place at home can ne'er be ' filled: Ith sad, submissive In art? we bow, Obedient to the Master'.? will. the I HIS CHILD KEN. officii NOTIC E OF ELECTION. An Whereas, one-third of the free- ! tries lders and one-third of the electors j partn the age of 21 years, residing in ,je? . rk Hill school district. No. 25. ve petitioned the county board of esPec ucation to order an election to de- since mine whether or not an additial : of 4 mills shall be levied on all wiiit il and personal property for school rposes. { We hereby order said election to j cy. i held by the trustees in said Fork ' perso 11 school district. No. 25, on Frl- , nt y. May 28. at Primus. At which election only such elec- i in an s as return real or personal prop- the s y for taxation and exhibit their 1 gestit t receipts and registration certin-1 (he ^ tes shall be allowed to vote . i The opening and closing hours | <,1<' " nil he the same as in all general j cours ctions. The 1 V. A. L1NGL.E, (hat W. B. TW1TTY, J. K. CONNORS. ne" ( County Board of Education. It justit NOTICE OF ELECTION. ing c Whereas, one-third of the free- w'hetl lders and one-third of the electois ter si the age of 21 years, residing in tify t at Creek school district, No. 4 3. a(iv?8 ve petitioned the county board of ucation to order an election to de- can ' mine whether or not an additional the p < of 3 mills shall be levied on all ine it il and personal property for school 0f"a rposes. We hereby order said election to ftrson held by the trustees In said Flat Some eek school district, No. 43, on const turday, May 29, at the school 8peec use. At which election only such elec- Or, 'a as return real or personal prop- being ty for taxation and exhibit their (|Uart c receipts and registration certifl- , tea shall be allowed to vote. The opening and closing hours this ill be the same as in all general day t ctions. be in V. A. LINGLE, nttrm W. B. TWITTY, J. K. CONNORS, Be,f * County Board of Education. ernm LANCASTER NEWS MA\ L REPARATION TO BE M 1ANDED OF GERMANY Continued from Page One.) ct neither justifies nor legalizes Colo 0 ?The suggestion i3 conveyed e, could not have intended to * 111 oy innocent lives and that con ntlv the German submarine Time landers must have misunder- ^aj their Instructions. The Amergovernment indicated its hope this will be found to be true. . cessation of the unlawful prac- r*rC8' thereby will result. plea ?In conclusion Germany's at- State in is called to the earnestness disss e government and people of the dent d States in this situation. It is a gn plain that the United States cans leave nothing undone either in velt matic representations or other that 1 to obtain a compliance by Ger- in wl to the requests made. a tlii e note throughout is couched in light' lly tones, but is unmistakably that By the suggestion that Ger- other submarine commanders must misunderstood their instruc- draw or that the German government (this ! not have intended to destroy velt. out lives, room is given for a Unite owal by Germany of the prac what in the war zone and an assur- of m; that future attacks will be pro- jnK t id. 11,1.a executive quarters intense in- jj prevailed today and news of with t lie American note contained ture eagerly sought in the govern- jjon departments and in diplomatic du> j s generally. ou tli ne international lawyers and this mats who have followed closely regai any's course since beginning the Wast arine warfare were of the opin- days hat a compliance by Germany blue the terms of the American note Lee. d not be surprising and even j such a course would not he a do- aoj j re from previous expressions. delib rniany has maintained, it was the 1 'tided, that the submaline ac- woul was begun only because Kng- conn would not permit foodstuffs and whic itional contraband destined to "7 ins to reach Germany an 1 be the neutrals by their protests drow been powerless to effect an ad- wont ice to the rules of international cans >y the allies in questions of con- ovilfl ,nd. Should Germany announce nn c] ntention to abandon submarine ,1;>i > are, it was believed by some ?ot mats, she would not necessarily j|lat ? a stipulation, but would state with expectation that the United ,)ioo< s as the greatest neutral, would ' ... e equal guarantees from the tron, 1 on ciuestions of contraband. 0fTeri the event that Germany took opposite course and refused to tjon ly with the wishes of he United pied# s, high officials declined to pre- abnn what steps would be taken be- whic] indicating that the Weshington pied# nment would deal with each de- out j ment in the situation as it ?,g titlee ports that Americans had been njre ed to leave Germany on account muni e critical state of relations with or jn Jnited States were declared by whic] lis to be wholly unfounded. he p lericans in all belligerent coun- prevt were advised by the state de- wron lent at the outbreak of hostili- is in o leave the danger zones and no are t< ial Instructions have been given wron to American envoys in Europe, gium ssagos continued to flood the offen e House and state department m<>r? suggesting various lines of poll- "V Conspicuous among these was a coun nal letter from former Presi- fectP Taft expressing his confidence view d his support of Mr. Wilson in ses a ituation. He gave his own sug- comt ins of what should be done by forth 'nited States, which, it was said, mere ot differ materially from the Mieo e the President had adopted, and i White House let it be known "i the President was highly grati- of w >ver Mr. Taft's aetlon. mun became known tonight that powc ;e department officials are giv- how onsideratlon to the question of to a her publication containing mat- men uch as editorials seeking to Jus- "I he sinking of the Lusitanla and serti ing the repetition of such acts it is >e kept out of the mails under thin* rovislon of the penal code, mak- ..j t an offense to circulate "matter tj,at character intended to incite tj,e i, murder or assassination." rjght officials think the law might be egp( rued to apply to published hes of a similar character. . Dernburg's utterances still are V ; given attention in high official Tfc era and it Is strongly intimated was some step will be taken to end seat activity. It was suggested tohat the German embassy might jn tl formed that Dr. Dernburg, a state an subject, was making him- d'zzii iffensive to the American govent and people. 25c i _ ?L ! . t ' < : ! . ??W . l" - 1 14, 1915. ISEVELT WANTS | PROMPT ACTION1 nel is Not Pleased With the President's Speech. NA IS AN EXAMPLE i for Deliberation, the Colonel i'h, Was Before Sending "Strict Accountability" Note. racuse, N. Y., May 11.?Former dent Roosevelt tonight made a for prompt action by the United s on account ot the Lusitania ter while commenting on PrestWllKon's speech of 1> st night to thering ol naturalized Ameriin Philadelphia. Colonel Roosewns particularly interested in part of the President's speech lich the latter referred to "such ng as a man being too proud tv> ' and "a nr.tlon oeing so right I It, U\?t*3 I.Ul IlfCU IU ( Oil \ llltjfc? s by force that it is right." think that China is entitled to ! all the comfort she can from ; statement," said Colonel House , "and it would be well for th< ' Ml States to ponder seriously the effect upon China has been J imaging her foreign affairs durhe last 15 years on the theory euu nciated. the United States is satisfied occupying some time in the fu- I the precise international posi- | that China now occupies, then Jnited States can afford to act lis theory. But it cannot act on theory if it desires to retain or n the position won for it under lington and the men who in the of Abrahom Lincoln wore the under Grant and the gray under very earnestly hope that he will >romptly. The proper time for eration was prior to sending nessage that our government d hold Germany to a 'strict actability' if it did the things h it has now actually done, 'he 150 babies drowned on the tania, the hundreds of women ned with them?scores of these en and children being Ameri?and the American ship, the ight, which was torpedoed, offer Uxiuent commentary on the aet vorking of the theory that it is necessary to assert rights and a policy of blood and iron can efficacy be met with a policy of 1 and water. HOft it in tlio (lianntnhnu Washington that Germany now s to stop the practice of murder le high seas committed in violuof the neutral rights she is ;ed to preserve, if we will now don further neutral rights, h by her treaty she has solmenly ted to see that we exercise withnolestation. uch a proposal is not even enI to an answer. The manufacand shipment of arms and amtion to any belligerent is moral nmoral, according to the use to li the arms and munitions are to ut. If they are to he used to ;nt the redress of hideous gs indicted on Belgium, then it intoral to ship them. If they a he used for the redress of those gs and the restoration of Belto her deeply-wronged and unding people, then tt is eminently 1 to send them. Without 24 hours delay this try should and could take efte action by declaring that in of Germany's murderous offengainst the rights of neutrals all nerce with Germany shall be iwith forbidden and all com o ui c*ci > kijiu pt'imuieu aiiu u raged with France, England the rest of the civilized world, 'his would not be a declaration ar. It would merely prevent itions of war being sent to a ?r, which by its conduct has n willingness to use munitions laughter unoffending men, woand children. do not believe that the firm ason of our rights means war, but well to remember there are 58 worse than war. jet us as a nation understand peace is worthy only when it is pandmalden of international :eousness and of national self5Ct." i'hltc Mao With Black Liver. le liver is a blood purifier. It thought at one time it was the of the passion. The trouble most people is that their liver mes black because of impurities te blood due to bad physical s, causing biliousness, headache, ness and constipation. Dr. '8 New Life Pills will clean up liver, and give you new life, at your druggist. n Cff) Beware of Th A stitch in time saves nine. A n saves serious trouble?bronchitis, pu plaints. A cold is so easy to catch and it generally lasts unless you sha! dies for coughs and colds are recommei and for your use. LANCASTER . Springs Iilock. 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