The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 20, 1915, Image 1
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VOL. 10, NO. 82, SEMI
UNARMED PASSENGER
VESSa AtTACKEI
Fired on by German Submarin
But Missed by Ten Feet.
AMERICANS ON BOARE
Counsel for V. 8. Federal Industrie
Relations Commission Aboard
and Will Make Protest.
New York, July 17.?The Cunar
Liner Orduna, from Liverpool t
Mow Vn.l. ?.Ok on.
..V. . Uin miu t, i. I puust'ogers, IE
eluding 22 Americans, was attacke
without warning by a German sut
* marine on the morning of July 9, i
was learned on her arrival, here tc
day.
Twenty miles from the graveyar
of the Lusitania off Old Head c
Kinsale, the Orduna escaped the Lui
itania's fate by one-half a second c
time or 10 feet or space, the Germa
torpedo churning the water that dli
tance behind the liner's ruddei
Then the Oruna sped away. She wa
followed by the submarine whic
rose to the surface manned a gu
and shelled the fleeing steamer.
The attack was timed at 10 mir
utes to 6 o'clock in the morning whe
all but a few of her passengers wer
asleep. Aroused by stewards, th
passengers dressed hurriedly an
went to the upper deck, where the
donned life belts and took their place
at the life boats. They heard th
scream of the shells and saw th
ocean spit up columns of water wher
the missiles struck. When the fir
grew not tney were ordered, fo
their own protection, to the next dec
below.
For half an hour th Orduna show
ed her heels to the assailant. Throug
marine glasses the passengers watch
ed the low lying German warshi
coming on, but the Orduna's High
was faster than the pursuit and afte
seven shots had been fired withou
effect the submarine gave up th
chase.
CALL FOR HELP.
A wireless call for help was sen
out by the Orduna when the torped
was seen. She was then 37 mile
south of Queenstown. The replj
Captain Taylor says in his official re
port, was that help would be givei
within an hour. It was four hour
before the first British vessel, a smal
armored yacht, the Jennette, ap
peared.
Pr/\* *? -* - 1 "
ivvcdi win ue maue 10 me unite*
Slates government by at least on<
American citizen, and possibly oth
ers, who were aboard. William C
Thompson of Chicago, counsel to th<
federal Industrial Relation Commia
sion, who went abroad in his oflieia
capacity last March and was return
ing to make his report, is the pas
senger who said today that he woult
make vigorous protest to his govern
ment.
WILL MAKE PROTEST.
fAs an American citizen, employed
in an official capacity by the gov
ernment to go abroad, I feel that
should bring the government's atten
tion to the attack," said Mr. Thomp
son.
"I feel that I had a right to returi
home on the Orduna, although sin
flies the British flag, because she i:
a passenger ship. The fact that sin
had no munitions of war aboard for
Miflert nwiwiww ! 1
?n near <iay, a gentle wind and a
light ripple, while moat of the pas- (
sengers slept. i
0
t
...... ..jiiuiuii. n is unit* snori
of marvelous that she was not son;
to the bottom with all aboard."
AMERICAN BARK AS SHIELD?
Whether the submarine hid behind
an American ship?the bark Nor
mandy front (lulfport, Miss.?was ?
point upon which passengers held
varying opinions. A small sailing
ship with two American flags painted
on her side, was sighted ahead short*
ly before the attack. Captvin Taylor,
suspicious of the craft, changed his
course. Soon thereafter the torpedo
Q/OO ol nr L * < - '1
? * D Ol^lll^U.
There waft no certainty as to the
identity of this ship that- displayed
two painted American flags hut one
of the passengers thought that he
made out her name to he "Normanie"
through his glasses. There
is no such vessel listed. The American
hark Normandy was itnown to
be in the vicinity at the time. When
she reached \|fverpool July 12 some
of her crew said that a submarine
had used her as a shield from which
to maneuver against and torpedo the
-WEEKLY.
MISERY AMONG
MEXICANS GREAT
J 100,000 Women at Mexico City Plead
to Red Oo?s for Food and Only
40,000 Were Supplied.
0 Washington, July 19.?Depart
ment dispatches today from Nogales
confirm earlier reports of the victory
of Carranza troops over Villa forces
I at Anavacachi, Sonora. The triumphant
forces took possession of
Cananea.
American Consul Silliman reported
the arrival of large supplies of food
at Vera Cruz and that wireless eomd
i munication between Vera Cruz and
o Mexico City probably would be esi
! tablished today.
d Famine conditions in the capital
j are described by a Red Cross report
! received today dated July 1. It says
| more than 100,000 women on the
j previous day applied to the internad
I tional committee for food. Enough
I iui uiny iv.uuv was available.
I "Where formerly 200 people a clay
' ; went to the slaughter house to get
n the blood that is saved and given
away," the report says, "there are
P
" ( now 2,000 daily besieging the gates.
* ; "Near there the other day 20 people
were seen struggling to get pieces
n of a dead horse.
| "Infants in arms are given food enn
! tirely unsuited to theim and that is
e 1 causing disease among adults. The
e i resultant infant mortality consequently
is very high. Adulteration
v of food is causing stomach trouble,
" according to physicians,
e j "Most of the misery already manie
| fest, not to mention that which is to
e i be heaped upon this land in the
e weeks to come, makes the task of re,r
lief almost hopeless. From inter
k 1 views with those who have been
working at the problem for weeks
>. i past, all of the relief that they can
h | give is but a touch of what needs
1.1 to be given.
p I "One man vouched for as reputable
t! and trustworthy, who has Just rer
turned from the United States by wav
t of (E1 Paso, Torreon and other points
e to the north, reports a marked
change for the worse has taken place
in the region through which he
t passed in the last three weeks. He
o mentioned Aguascallentes as being In
a | great distress."
i- MANY CONGRATULATE THAW,
a
8 Stanford White's Slayer Greeted on
Every Hand.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 17.?
j ; Harry K. Thaw, who arrived here
late last night after having been set
0
free under bail by the New York su,
preme court, took two dips in the
ocean today and shook hands with
hundreds of persons. Early in the
day he shunned crowds, but later he
disregarded the gaze of the curious
and tvent about as he pleased. He
said he would go to Phelidelphia
Sunday and leave for Pittsburg Monday.
Wherever he went Thaw was
stopped by men and women who
wanted to shakci his hand.
^<^'ill Plant Trees to Warn Motorists
on Lincoln Highway.
Clinton, Iowa. July 19.?Varieties
01 trees, instead of printed signs, are
to warn motorists of railroad cross1
ings, bridges and dangerous turns in
the Lincoln highway, according to announcement
today by Klnier C. Jan?en,
chairman of the American Inst!
tute of Architects' general committee
1 on the highway. Mr. Jensen said the
I tree feature was part of a comprehensive
plan for restoration and preservation
of nature's beauties along
I i the trans-continental road.
.
1 Russian stearipr Leo?a story that
' the Normandy's captain denied.
The I^eo was tornedoed 20 miles
approximately from the place where
the Orduna was attacked. The Nor1
. mandy's crew said the submarine had
' i held them up on the evening of July
1 9. The Orduna was attacked the
same day. but in the morning.
"BRUTAL MURDER"?NEARLY.
The CunarJ linf made public
Captain Taylor's official report in
which he stated that he received not
the leaHt warning of the attack and
that "It was almost another case of
brutal murder." This report nssert
ed that the Orduna was attacked
under ideal conditions for submarines
LANCASTER, S. C.
FRANK'SCONOIItONSTIL
CRITICALBUIHASCHANt
However, Blood Poison is One <
Chief Dangers.
PHYSICIAN IS HOPEFU
* nrn, wie .^Ksailanl, Shown no F
morse and Says He Was Called
"From on High" to Kill Frank.
Milledgeville, Ga., July 19.?T
| condition of Leo M. Frank, suffer!]
i^rom a serious knife wound in 1
throat inflicted by William Creen,
J fellow life-term convict at the Gee
gia prison farm here, remained cri
' cal tonight. Dr. G. D. Compton, t
i prison physician, announced, ho
' ever, that he was hopeful of FranV
recovery. Possible blood-poisonii
from infection is one of the chl
dangers, he said.
Creen, questioned further hv nr
on officials today, said he believ
that he had been called "from <
high" to kill Frank, whose dea
; sentence for Mary Phagan's murd
! recently was communited by Govt
i nor Slaton, nov; retired. He indie:
I ed no remorse as he had done ii
mediately after the attack Saturd
I night.
"1 only wish that I had had mo
strength," Creen said. "I think
have done my duty in this matter
! well as my strength allowed. I t
lieve that God has helped me.
don't think that I ever did wrong
I my life."
Green is partly paralyzed in 1
left arm and Frank's physician l
lieves that this fact probably sav
j Frank's life, as Creen was unable
hold him while he used the knife.
Warden Smith said today Gre
' had spent much time recently rea
ing the Bible.
Should Frank die Green nrnhnii
would be tried for murder. No <1
elslon has been reached ns to wh
I action will be taken if Frank r
j covers.
Think Crcen Acted Alone.
Atlanta. Gn.. July 19.?The per
tentiary committee of the Georg
house of representatives fhte tod;
voted to table three resolutio
which would have provided for a le
1 islative investigation of the attai
made on Leo M. Frank at the sta
prison farm at Milledgeville. Tv
resolutions calling for an in vest it;
tion wore introduced early toda
and later Representative Campbell
Newton, introduced a resolution pr
riding that members of the lowhouse
personally investigate the ma
ter.
Members of the committee sa
they believed that William Creen. tl
convict who attacked Frank, aloi
was involved and that there was i
negligence on the part of the pris<
officials.
ROUMANIA HAS NOT
REFUSED AUSTRL
Negotiations still in Progress?tie
man Oltieials Will Not Give Details
of Proposals.
Merlin, via London, July 19.Gerntan
officials decline to discus
the Austro-IIungarian proposals I
Roumania, which have as their ol
ject assurance of Roumania's nei
trality and perhaps even particip;
tion in the war against the Entenl
powers .
No denial is made that such pr<
posals have been made but Germany
knowledge of the nature of the terr
torial and other concessions offere
by her ally is regarded as confldentit
and inquirers are referred to Austrc
Hungarian sources for details. It I
an open secret that one phase of th
negotiations has to do with shit
ments of munitions to Turkey pas?
lng through Rounmania. These nt
gotiations have not reached a d?
cisive point and it is considered cei
tain that a negative answer fror
Ftoumania has not been received.
The negotiations between Turke
and Bulgaria have not yet been con
eluded. Turkey is willing to mak
certain territorial concessions in th
Ad-lanople district to give Bulgaria
the desired rallrond route to the sea
but a point escaping genera) atten
tion is the fact that Turkey demand
In return but merely passive neutral
Ity, as heretofore, but pnrticipatloi
or at least soipe form of pressur
against Turkey s enemies.
TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1915.
LVAST GERMAN ARMY
!E| SMASHES RUSSIAN UNI
of Greatest Movement of War is
Started by German Armies.
L. BERLIN CLAIMS ADVANCE
r
?
'.e- Pftronrad Admits SIr?ic Force*
Stubbornly Are Met renting.
Other Fronts Quiet.
v,.. i >? *- - - - -
uuuuuu, juiy i?.?Attention now
ng is centered on the gigantic operations
he in the east, where fighting is in full
a swing in nearly every section of the
>r- Russian line from the Baltic to the
ti- Dnelster.
he Gen. von Buelow is pushing the
w~ : German advance toward Riga on the
northern end of this line. The moveaF
' ment is being conducted by cavalry
on a scale exceeding anything heretofore
during this war. Berlin claims
ls* a steady advance and Perodgrad cone<*
cedes that the Russians have fallen
on back after a stubborn contest.
On von Buelow's right is Gen. von
er
' Eichorn, who is being held up by the
great Russian fortress Ossowetz. On
von Eichorn's right is Gen. von G?ll
witz, who captured Prznsnysz ant]
now is pressing an attack on thr
Narew and its tributaries.
re .
j On the famous Hawka and Bzura
R8 lines there is comparative quiet,
>e- whlch also is reflected on the southI
west side of Warsaw, but to the
jn southeast the movement against
Lublin, which was temporarily checked,
again is in#full swing.
)e. The Russians must fight a defene(j
sive battle for possession of Warsaw
^ t or abandon all of Poland, and military
observers here believe Grand
pJ1 Duke Nicholas very likely to adopt
A. the latter course and withdraw his
armies intact,
ily These tremendous German activi|?
ties in the east suggest that the Teu
at tons have little reserve to devote to
e- their western campaign, offering the
entente allies a respite either for the
completion of munition supplies or a
ii- concerted attempt to recapture Lille,
ift Another view holds that the best
f-y service her allies could give Russia
ns at this time would be the forcing of
R- the Dardanelles. It is possible the
fit allies may combine both suggested attP
tempts, but it is certain that for the
k'b time the war's center of gravity has
a- shifted to eastern Europe.
The Italians report some progress
of in the mountains east of Trentino,
?" where the invaders now are striking
f"" towards one of the two railroads
serving Austria's Trentino forces.
The South WaleR sonl strike situa
id
(4 tion continues serious with the belief
growing that the only solution lies in
io government operation of the mines
)n (luring the period of the war.
MEN AT REMINGTON
WORKS TO STRIKE
\ All Kil'ort* to Bring About a Settlement
of Diniculties Have Failed
r* and Men Will t^uit Work.
Bridgeport, Conn., July 19.? Negotiations
to bring about a settlement
of the difficulties between the
machinists of Bridgeport and the
Remington \rms & Ammunition
)_ Company, engaged on a gigantic scale
J" in th*? Bianiit'actiirn *\f' war nninifint.g
l" for the allied armies, have failed.
e Labor leaders announced tonigh'
that the tlrst of the machinists woul l
throw down their tools and walk out
3 r.t noon tomorrow and that within
a week all work In the Remington
^ shops and in the shops of sub-contractors
would be at a standstill.
' Just how far the strike might
3 spread in other manufacturing com
? munities of New England, the labor
?' leaders were unable to estimate.
The annnoncement was made by
!* John A. Johnston, vice president of
the structural ironworkers, after a
meetinir in the machinists' hall.
11 which was attended by members of
the machinist' union and by more
y than a dozen heads of international
" labor organizations. Mr. Johnston
" said that'flt 4 o'clock this afternoon
b "the last moment of the time we
i ?Kr#?e(j t0 allow the man I conferred
* with in New York in which to ar*
range a settlement, if he possibly
s could, I was called on the telephone.
* The man said this to me: 'I cannot
1 do anything. I have tried my best.
e Yon can suit yourself as to any action
you will take.' "
BET.ftTTTivr niTPPKmrvT
ON "UNFTEIT STATES
? ' ?
. People Wouhl Sturve Without Aid
. From Thin ('ountr>?Still
Menaced by Famine.
New York Special to The State,
5 July 18.? Present conditions in Be'gium
are described in a letter recently
received at the offices of the commission
for relief in Belgium, 71
Broadway, New York, from a representative
of the commission, who has
i been all over the country in the work
of distributing food. The letter is
from Hainaut. Tha writer says in
part:
"Conditions in Belgium today are
| perhaps no better nor worse than
they have been depicted in previous
publications in America, but they are
different from what the people of
America would imagine. One can
not conceive of a whole nation, outwardly
so tranquil, living with so
piany superficial indications of their
old prosperity, and yet all the time
threatened by hang r.
"Those who have traveled merely
from city to city may imagine that
Belgium is not threatened seriously.
In Brussels patesseries are going and
superficially there tre many signs of
normal life. If for the moment every
one seems to have food, >t Is because
the generousity of the world, acting
I through the commission, is accom!
plishing its great task. Every day it
appears that this population of 7,000,000
is absolutely dependent upon
the commission for its sustenance.
y>o not let the wave of enthusiasm
that has passed over America spend
itself. Start another wave. Keep
starting them. Belgium cannot sliou'
to you in return, but she knows what
you are doing. She is dependent,
grimly dependent, upon us in order
to sustain life. Other countries are
i perhaps as badly off as Belgium, and
Belgium is only too glad to have the
i world extend its charity to other nations.
that arc in suen dire need, but
it is we in the provinces who really
know how easily, how suddenly Bel(
gium would met t starvation if the
, supplies from America ceased com,
ing for even a short time "
That the comission is aware of
the fact that Belgium's supplies can
hold out for only a short while is evidenced
by the chartering or new ships
and the hastening of cargoes of food
to Rotterdam.
TV I'M IS IX Skit HI A.
Reported That the Disease is Now
Weill I"rider Control.
New York, July 18.?Ten American
Red Cross nurses, relieved from
duty after a period of service in
Serbia, were landed from Sir Thomas
Lipton's yacht Erin at Malta to assist
in caring for wounded of the allied
armies brought there from the Dardanelles,
according to Dr. S. 11.
Hodge of Knoxville, Tenn., a Red
Cross surgeon, who arrived here today
on the steamer Cymric from
Liverpool.
The nurses were landed Dr. Hodge
said, after the military officials of
the port had made an appeal to Sir
Thomas, setting forth that they were
short of medical assistance. The
American nurses with Dr. Hodge accepted
the offer of Sir Thomas to go
to England while his yacht was at
Saloniki. Several of tin* nurses had
just recovered from attacks of typhus.
l?r. Hodge declared typhus in
Serbia !s now well under control.
SW1TZKK* >1\V llltlNti I1KI. IKK.
Movement 011 l oot to Import Dyi1*
stud Chemists for America.
Washington, July 18.? Importation
of a corps of Swiss dyestuff
chemists to aid in the development
of the new American coal tar dye industry
is the latest project of the
bureau of foreign and domestic commerce
in its effort to meet the American
dyestuff famine.
Dr. Thomas H. Norton of the bureau
made public today a statement
saying that the plan, which already
has been successfully tried by Russia.
would be the logical development
of the present scheme, under which
the United Stales coal tar crudes are
to be exported to Switzerland, manufactured
into dyes and returned to
this country.
Two Swiss dye chemists, through
the bureau, already have begun negotiations
with American firms to undertake
the establishment of plants
in this country.
9
IS.
$1.50 A VKAR
; WILSON TO SEND REPLY
1 TO BERLINJHIS WEEK
President Returns to Washington
from Vacation.
CONFERS WITH LANSING.
RoukIi Draft of Note is Completed
and Will l?e Submitted to Cabinet
Today.
Washington. July 19.?President
Wilsnn * '
ucuciai) causing today
| discussed in detail a draft of the note
to be sent to Germany this week informing
the Imperial government
what the United States will do if
there is further violation of American
rights on the high seas.
The return of President Wilson
from Cornish, N. H., gave Secretary
j Lansing his first opportunity to confer
on the policy to be followed as
the result of Germany's failure to
satisfy the demands made in the
American note of June 9.
It was understood the President
and Mr. Lansing found they had.
reached about the same conclusion?
that the next communication to Germany
must be of a definite character,
making it unmistakably clear that
the United States cannot be expected
to remain passive in event of another
attack on an unarmed and unresisting
shin with a loco of
t, g- - - v.. .% tv/uo Ul /llliCI I"
cans. The note probably will contain
fittle or no discussion of the principle
already treated at length in
previous communications.
Prompt action in dispatching the
note generall was forecast. Tomorrow
it will be submitted to the cabinet
and possibly may be rivised again
at Friday's meeting. In official quarters
it was agreed the communication
would be on its way to Berlin bySaturday.
I Although it is not certain whether
reference will be made to the attack
on the Cunard liner Orduna, it is
known that the incident has swept
aside previous suggestions that the
next communication would take into
consideration that German submarine
commanders in actual practice
were conforming to the rules of international
law.
Secretary Lansing was at the
White House for more than an hour.
It is understood he obtained the
President's final decision of the extent
to which the purpose of the
United States should be stated in the
next note.
Wilson and Lansing Confer.
Washington, July 19.?President
Wilson returned from Cornish, N. H..
this morning. His train was on time
and he drove at once to the White
House to begin a conference with.
Secretary Lansing and other officials
preparatory to tomorrow's cabinet
meeting which will take up the American
reply to Germany's latest note
on submarine warfare.
Soon after the President's arrival
he went to his desk in the executive
offices and received Secretary Lansing
for a conference. The President
has been in frequent coinmuni,
t (a 111 tl?.* ? ? ?-* -
.. ...... .... nniciRi) Ullll-IK II1H
absence and both have been working
on a draft of the reply to Germany.
The President and Secretary Pan
in^ were expected to discus- formulation
of the policy which the I'nited
States intends to follow as a result of
the ]; i German note. \ t< ntative
drtift of the American answer had
been prepared. It will tie submitted
to the cabinet tomorrow and the revised
draft probably cabled to Berlin
before the end of the week.
The new note in all probability
will set forth definitely the consequences
of further violation of
American rights.
Slat on is (iricvrtl Over Frank's Injury.
Seattle, Wash., July 1ft.?Surprise
and regret at the attempt on
the life of Leo M. Frank hv a fellow
convict at the prison farm at Milledgevile,
CJa., were expressed by
former Governor John M. Slaton of
Georgia, who was here today on his
way to San Francisco.
"I do not believe the attack on
Frank could be traced to any outside
influence working for Frank's destruction."
he said. "I believe that
the criminal mind, aroused perhaps
by newspaper reports, was responsible.
Frank was put in the safest
place for him in the state."