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jh* \ .y/ ?? i 4 Abbeville Press and Banner $i.5o ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1915. established a year. c 18 4 4 WILSON AND BRIDE =OFF ON HONEYMOON MARRIAGE QUIETLY SOLEMNIZED AT BRIDE'S HOMEOFF TO HOT SPRINGS, VA. Washington, Deember 18.?Presi1 dent .Wilson and Mrs. Edith Boling Gait were married at 8:30 o'clock to-night and left afterward to spend their honeymoon at Hot Springs, Va. The President and his bride travelled in a private car attached to a special train, leaving here at 11.10 o'clock, which is due to arrive in Hot Springs to-morrow at 8.15 A. M. At Hot Springs Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will live at the Homestead Hotel until after New Year's Day unless some development should necessitate the President's earlier return , to the Capital. According to Programme. All arrangements for the wedding ceremony were carried out perfectly, the President arriving at his bride's home soon after 8 o'clock and the remainder of the wedding party, which numbered less than thirty, following soon after. The ceremony was begun, as had been arranged, at 8.?0 o'clock, and was followed by a buffet luncheon. Mrs. Wilson was married in the travelling gown she j wore to the train. Everything was in readiness for! the ceremony when the President arrived, and it proceeded without mu"aic. Neither the President nor Mrs. Gait had any attendants and there . were no ushers or flower girls. Nei-'( . ther the army, the navy nor the -diplomatic corps was represented and the occasion was essentially what KntVi VmH w-icVipH it. tr> he?a home wedding. I, On the first floor of the bride's ' "home, in two communicating rooms. ' a wedding bower had been arranged with a background of farleyanse and maidenhair ferns, which extend- ! ?d from the floor to the ceiling. Overhead there was a canopy of green in the form of a shell, lined ! with Scotch heather. In the background and at the centre was placed a large mirror framed with the orchids and reflecting ' the scene. American Beauty roses . were on both sides of the canopy, beneath which was a prayer rug, on which the President and Mrs. Gait knelt during the ceremony. Just at the hour set for the ceremony the President and his bride ap-1 peared at the head of i?ie staircase, , which was decorated with ferns, as- ; paragus vines and American Beauty j f rose& They descended to the lower . floor, where the guests were grouped about informally. The Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector of St. Margaret's Protestant . Episcopal Church, of which the bride is a communicant, was waiting be- ; neath the canopy to perform the ceremony, and with him, to assist,: was the President's pastor, the Rev. j Jas. H. Taylor, of the Central Pres- ( byteiian Church. , Mrs. William H. Boiling, the bride's ' mother, gave her away. The President stood to the right of the clergy- ( men and the bride stood on their ^ left. At once Dr. Smith began the words of the Episcopal marriage ser-|! vice, the President makng his re- i1 sponses first and then the bride mak- 1 ing hers. , The Usual Promise. j After the bride promised to "love, , cherish and obey," the President , placed the wedding ring, a plain band of gold, upon her finger and j then, after a prayer and while the ( couple clasped their right hands to- ( gether, Dr. Smith declared them man and wife. y The entire party then turned to ] the dining room, where a buffet sup- ] per was served. The decoratins , there were in pink. The tables \ were decorated with Lady Stanley , s , rose blossoms. On a table in the \ centre was the wedding cake?a ( fruit cake several layers high ornamented with sprays of pink orchid, j Mrs. Wilson cut the cake without j formality and no arrangement was j made for bestowing bits upon others ( than those in the wedding party. { During the ceremony and at the j luncheon afterwards, during which a , string orchestra played, the bride } wore her travelling dress, a black j silk velvet gown, with picture hat of black beaver with no trimmings t whatever except one feather slightly upturned on the left side. At ? her throat she wore the President's ( wedding gift, a magnificent diamond 4 brooch. t Wedding Dress. < The skirt of her gown was of i ? walking length and cut on full lines, j j; The waist had silken embroidery of M blue, shading from the deep tones of j r royal blue to delicate shades of pas- i ( tel. i The lower part of the waist was ( An k 1 o r?L- nof rwrCkV o ' riUUlVlUCI V11 uiovxv U^v U* Vi ? I band of silver in the design of lil- ( ies, below which was a girdle of j black velvet. The sleeves of the t gown were of black net, fashioned I in tiny tucks, with long bell-shaped ' J cuffs of embroidered velvet which ( came down over the hand. Her col- \ lar, which was high and upstanding. ? was of black lace. When she left i on her honeymoon journey Mrs. Wil- c son wore over her gown a fur coat I of broad-tail, with bands of Yukon t and muff to match. She wore a ? UNITED STATES HAS ( GOOOCOASTDEFENSE ARMY DEATH RATE LOWER A THAN FOR PREVIOUS YEAR ?SHORT OF MEN. Washington, Dec. 17.?War de- ? partment bureau reports made pub- * lie tonight disclose the following b facts about the army of the United ' States and its coast defenses: ^ "The system of coast defenses is ? "the most formidable in the world," A but is short 530 officers and 10,828 " men of the regular establishment and ^ 271 officers and 9891 men of the na- ^ tional guard to man all forts and L5 mine defenses. Congress has appro- J priated $175,000,000 to establish the ? present system but at present batter- J' ies which cost $41,000,000 are without trained personnel to man them. *Batteries of 16 inch, 50 calibre v guns are recommended as the primary armament of all major forts in d order that enemy ships may be kept ? at great distance. Mobile howitzer " batteries of 16 inch, 17 inch or even C larger guns are urged to supplement * a /? a n tne permanent iorts. The army on June 30 last comprised 105,993 officers and men, 68,- v 258 of them in the continental Unit- c ed States 14,840 of whom were on P or near the Mexican border. Va- p cancies in the enlisted force were u. reduced from 9573 in 1915 to 1786, the year having seen 48,813 recruited, nearly 90 per cent born in the ? United States. " On October 1 the full strength of the organized militia was 8075 offi- A cers and 120,693 men. Officers estimate it would require from two to twelve months to put the militia in the front in the federal service. C There were 32,313 students in 96 rj schools having military courses and ]i graduates from these schools since s] 1905 number 39,430. si The coast artillery established scores of 69 per cent hits with 10- J inch guns and 52 per cent hits with si 12-inch guns at 5,000 yard ranges as ? against 25 per cent and 46 per cent n in 1913; at 10,000 yards the scores a were 36 per Cent with the tens and jr 19 per cent with the twelves as s against 13 and 14 per cent in 1913. TVio (jrmv rloufK rato wqc A 40 pom_ 1 pared with 5.15 the year before. ** ENDORSE POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES OF PRESIDENT F Charleston, Dec. 17.?Endorsement of "all the policies and principles of a national and international character announced by President a Wilsoh," plan3 for a "nation wide -A advertising campaign in the interest a Df the South's resources find oppor- tt tunities," and preliminary steps to- t< ward organizing a committee to present to the American people a If "peace bell" as a "token of the love fi and affection of the South to all the tl people of the land," occupied the at- a: tention of delegates to Southern fi Commercial Congress at its session here late today. The convention d; wat prepared to adjourn late tonight n Endorsement of President Wil- h son's policies was in that section of o: the resolutions approving the adminiefrofiAn r>lor?c fnr vnrol 1 orr_ TYI islation and a "great- merchant ma- k: rine." tr The congress also requested the a: President and Congress to take steps o: to guarantee the shipment of tobacco to neutral countries without re- is strictions. Plans of a campaign by the con- tl p-ess in the interest of the South m :all ior cooperation of various South J. irn trade bodies. es The suggestion for a "peace bell" o1 ,vas made by Ben Altheimer, of St. sc Louis. U. S. Senator Fletcher, of Florida, president of the congress, hi vas empowered to appoint a commit- e< ;ee to promote the project. It was ft jlanned to pay for the bell by get- r< ;ing each school boy and girl to give T >ne cent. tr Resolutions calling for federal ap- a iropriations and legislation to enable h< federal, state and city officials to es- pi ^blish joint offices for aiding the un- SI employed were adop;ed at a confer- hi ;nce of Southern States and munici>al officers after discussion of the question with Secretary of Labor R Wilson. The congress endorsed the li' jlan. tc Among other subjects endorsed by L ;he congress were: M Inland waterways; national and ;tata aid for better highways, efforts b< )f the American Bar asociation to 3 'modernize" procedure and prac- w :ices of courts; organization of a le 'semi-official national chamber of M igriculture" as proposed by dele- m fates to the Association of Southern vi Agricultural commisioners which w net here with the congress; laws for b{ :o-operative marketing; purchasing ind credits societies for the benefit bi >f American farmers. c< ai :hin-chin collar. th Miss Margaret Wilson, the Presi- sa ient's eldest daughter, wore a sap- si >hire blue velvet gown with sapphire je tnd velvet trimmings. Mrs. William c? 3. McAdoo, his youngest daughter, vore blue silk brocade, with fur and w silver trimmings. Mrs. Francis B. dj jayre, his third daughter, wore rose b< harmeuse, with cream lace. Miss th ielen Woodrow Bones, the Presi- ce lent's cousin, wore yellow silk and fold. GREENVILLE BOND M IS LEGAL lCT authorizing bond issue is declared constitutional. Columbia, Dec. 17.? (Special.) ? 'he constitutionality of the road ond issues of $1,250,000 for Richxnd CDunty and $950,000 for Greenille county, which were authorized y the last session of the General Lssembly, were upheld this afteroon by the en banc sesion of the upreme Court and Circuit Court] udgev,. The opinion in the Rich-; ind case was written by Circuit! udge Mendel L. Smith and conurred in by a maj Drity of the udges. Two separate opinions were | led i:i the Richland case, one by j Ihief Justice Eugene b. Gary, which ras concurred in by\ Associate Jusice Watts and Circuit Judge Maul-': in and the other by Circuit Judge : 'rank b. Gary, which was concurred i by Associate Justice Fraser and < : t., ,, anjuit uuuge ouipp. I The Greenville opinion was conarred in by the entire court. 1 The act authorizing the bond issue without a vote of the people is delared constitutional as are those arts of the acts providing for the aising of the revenue to meet the iterest on the bonds by the imposilon of a tax on automobile and mo3r driven vehicles. This is held to e constitutional as it is a tax on lie right to use the highways. , I >.LL RAILWAY COMPANIES i LIABLE TO SHIPPERS Washington, Dec. 2C.? The South larolina statute making railway cariers liable to one another and all able to the shipper for damages to hipment is held constitutional by upreme court. The dicision was rendered by Chief 1 ustice White in case of R. W. Glenn ' aing the Atlantic Coast Line, the litial carrier, for damages to a ship lent wnne on tne ?omnern railway nd connecting carriers. The shiplent was from Chester to Latta, 1 outh Carolina. INO. C. FERGUSON SHOT TO DEATH ORMER CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTY KILLED IN GEORGIA. I John C. Ferguson, formerly of 'lis county, but who has resided in .tlanta in recent years, was shot nd killed at Barnett, Ga., Sunday lorning. His remains were brought > Abbeville for interment. Mr. Ferguson was a son of the tte A. J. Ferguson., a prosperous ! irmer of this coun ty, and aybro- j ler of Andrew J. Ferguson, James nd Joseph Ferguson, prosperous armers of the county. I; He married first. Miss Brooks, a i augnLer 01 wm. n. dj ouks, a pruini- i ent citizen of the county. After er death he married a Miss Hubert, f Georgia. Thirty one years a^o this Christ- ; las Eve Mr. Ferguson shot and . illed Arthur M. Benedict. He was , ied several times for the offense id finally acquitted on the ground j f insanity. The following account of his death I taken from the Atlanta Georgian: j"1 News came to Atlanta Monday < lat H. N. Maxey, a Earnett (Ga.) lerchant, shot and instantly killed j , C. Ferguson, an Atlanta real | state dealer, Sunday morning at 2 i clock at Walnut Grove, seven miles , >uth of Loganville, Ga. |( Ferguson and Maxey were said to , ave quarreled over an old debt ow- j i to Ferguson. As they sat in le home of A, Embry, Ferguson ;marked, according to a dispatch to , he Georgian, that he had not been 1 *eated right, and Maxey pulled out j pistol and shot him through the c sart. Maxey then went to a tele- ^ hone at John Smith's home, called , heriff Gibson at Monroe and gave mself up. I Fereuson was connected with the * L L .Cline Realty Company at * oom No. 322, Healey Buliding. He t yed at Barnett and was accustomed > go there for the week-ends. W 1 . Cline failed to hear from him | Monday and began a search. Mr. Cline said that Ferguson had i jen writing Maxey asking for a ? ittlement of the debt, and that last ? eek Ferguson's lawyer wrote. A t tter came to Ferguson saying that c axey was prepare to make a pay- ] ent, so Ferguson left for Logan-j He, telling his employer that he ould then go to Barnett and be j ick to the office on Monday. > c Maxey formerly ran a mercantile T ?4- Tir n-r,A r-Q_ f ioiiiCdd at Taiiiut/ uj: wc, ouu * v- j sntly sold out to Embry & Crow, s id it is said Ferguson put through a le deal. Debtor and creditor are iid to have met accidentally, and, tting around Embry's fire, the sublet of the debt and the business r langes came up. p Ferguson is survived by his invalid t ife, who resides at Barnett; a e lughter in Atlanta, who is said to c } a trained nurse, and several bro- t lers of Abbeville, S. C., whence he t ime. _ y Maxey has a wife and eight chil- t en. c GERMANS PLAN NEW MINI WHILE DIPLOMATS OF GREECE AND RUMANIA ENGAGE IN NEW DEALS. London, Dec. 17.?While the diplomats in Greece and Rumania are engaged in new deals which will decide the next step in the Balkan operations. there is increasing evidence that the Germans, ever restive, are preparing new strokes on both the eastern and western fronts r>r at least a concentration of their f<yrces to strike when conditions are propitious. Dispatches from Petrograd note German activity, particularly in the Dvinsk district, which would accord with the German ambition to reach the line of the Dvina river, while all accounts from neutral countries mention a continued movement of men and guns to the west. In the latter theatre of operation it seems only a question at what points the offensive is to be taken. Many persons believe that the Germans, having found the lines in Flanders and Artois nuts too hard to crack, contemplate moving in the Saint Mihiel region, where their line penetrates to the river Meuse, and where there has been considerable activity during the past few rlnvs. The onlv thin? arerued against this is that the river has been at flood and the French have been systematically destroying the bridges as they were rebuilt. Thus far, however, there has been little more doing that the usual mining and bombing operations and aerial fighting in the west. INCREASE TURKISH FOOD PRICES Paris, Dec. 20.?The opening of railroad communication from Turkey to Austria and Germany has resulted in a considerable increase in the price of necessaries of life in Turkey, says a Havas dispatch from Athens. The Turkish women have organized meetings of protest., but were dispersed by troops. GENERAL NE^S TOLD IN BRIEF INTERESTING ITEMS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF COUNTRY It is claimed that one out of every ? - r%-n* :M four (jftinamen in Laniunna 10 a Protestant. The Germans have sunk five hundred and eight vessels, the total tonnage of which has been given as 917;819. Atlanta claims that she is having the best trade in her history this year, if it keeps up until after Christmas the year will be a record breaker. A missionary frcm the Phillipines reports the cure of twenty-three lepers. There has been no sign of the return of the disease in two years. \ The executive committee of the State Teachers' Asociation met last week and have decided on Columbia as the 1916 convention city, and March 16th-18th as the dates. Articles of agreement binding Jess Willard to a match March 4 at New Orleans with Fred Fulton of Rochester, Minn., for the world's heavyweight championship were signed ;oday. Brigadier General Mclntyre claims :hat it will take bloodshed to do lway with polygamy in the Phillipnes and advises congress to leave such pronibition out of the bills for ;he island this year. Herbert Adams, a New York designer, is making plans for a monunent to be erected at the grave of he late Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. There is nothing to mark the grave ' J* ?< 11. it present except a mouna 01 earm. The State Department announced ast week that Great Britain has con;ented to allow two cargoes of dye ,tuffs to come through to this coun;ry from Germany provided they are lonsigned to Secretary of Commerce iedfield. Mount Etna is active again, emtting red hot lava which streaming lown the sides melting the snow, iroduced a wonderful sight particuarly at night. Glowing cinders and moke form an umbrella-like cloud Krwirrk +V? a UAlpQnri The annual report of the Departnent of Labor is out, and the reiort shows that the tide of immigraion is lower this year than it has iver been. Of the three hundred nd twenty-six thousand admitted to he United States this year, fiftywo thousand were under fourteen ears of age. Immigrants admited to the country had an average if sixty dollars each, and one hun GEN. VILLA QUITS; I ' TO LEAVE MEXICO WILL TRY TO REACH THE UNIT- C ED STATES?HIS OFFICERS WILL DISBAND. El Paso, Dec. 20.?Villa and Car! ranza representatives here signed a ei peace agreement at noon. s' si Washington, Dec. 20.?State de- a< partments officials decided that Gen- a eral Villa receive an asylum, accord- n i ed political refugees should he enter the United States. This decision 0 i was sent to General Funston by the n war department for transmission to i Villa or his representatives. , ... . . n Gen. Villa Quits; _To Leave Mexico, j [ El Paso, Texas, Dec. 20.? Gener- p al Villa has quit the revolution and q ; is expected at the border here last jj night or tomorrow, according to ap- w parently authentic reports from Chi- C( 1 huahua today. 1 Officers of Villa forces in Jaurez 9 were told to "take care of them- 7 ' selves." ' 7 The advices from the south that Villa formally anounced his inten; tion of proceeding to the United 7 States ,if permitted to cross the line, a; or go to Europe. According to the advices, the coun- w jcil of war held at Chihuahua decid- y( ! ed that General Villa should retire, ^ i and he was so informed. In an! swering General Villa is reported as jc I saying that he realized the time had ['come for his retirement. g Surrounded by Traitors. 1 "I have been surrounded by trait- 1 ors," he is said to have declared, 1 "and by men who will not fight. I j sent 1,500 men to defend Santa RoGOlio Qnrl rowo?To i V4IVJ jvmvu viiv Vttnania j gj forces without a fight. I do not i n I want to sacrifice you. I will go to ! sj the border, cross to the United Sta- ' p tes if I am permitted, and there live with my family. If I am not ; permitted to cross the border, I will go to Europe." Substantiation of the advices from Chihuahua appears in telegrams from 0 1 a leading Villa general and stating ^ | that the Villa general had secured " from Villa a promise to retire and *( I asking a conference with Obregton ? 1 upon the fate of the Villa organiza- ~ tion's personnel. "In reply General Obregon said he ? had stated to the Villa general that " . Villa was without the law and wheth- 0 er he retired was a matter of no ; ~ commment; that he would be shown ^ . no consideration. The officers, he .. ' ' .. c t aid, would De given guarantee 11 ? they surrendered unconditionally. Miguel Diaz Lombardo, foreign , minister of the Villa government, ^ i admitted the truth of the advices p ' from Chihuahua, but declared Gen1 eral Villa would not retire to the United States. SECOND NOTE TO AUSTRIA. Washington, Dec. 20.? Secretary Lansing announced today that the ? second American note to Austria on " the sinking of the Ancona had gone ^ i forward yesterday and should reach d, i Vienna tomorrow night. While Mr. c< 1 Lansing gave no intimation of its " contents, the note is understood to a be a virtual reiteration of the origi- ^ nal American demands with the implication that it is the United States' 171 last word on the subject. The text of the note will be issued 31 for publication in newspapers Wed- a nesday afternoon, Mr. Lansing said. " The note is about 600 words long and although characterized by those w acquainted with its wording, as firm ?' in tone, is said to be somewhat less sharp than the first note in the tenor " of its demands. bi It is based squarely, according to these officials, on the Austrian ad- hl miralty's own version of the Ancona s] sinking and while reference is made ?' to American victims and survivors, , the reference is said to be more in- hi cidental than direct. XV n' dred and ninety thousand claim to a] have paid their own way over. y, hi The cotton mill of Anderson will 31 close down Friday at midday and . will stay closed until Monday at the 1S usual time for opening. This will et give the operatives a good holiday. vi te th Major T. T. Hyde, the newly elect- V( ed mayor of Charleston, was elected president of the Baptist Convention. The Baptists have just held their annual Convention in Greenville and adjourned to meet next year in New- cc berry, with Mr. Hyde as preident. si ch Government ginning figures issued T] on Dec. 8th, which gives the ginning by counties, gives Spartanburg the lead in South Carolina with w] fifty-nine thousand bales, Orange- en burg comes second with fifty-five I j0, thousand. Abbeville ginned twenty I jaj six thousand which was less by two thousand than last year. All this in round numbers. The 1016 a'manacs are out and they tell all the wonderful things that people do not know. The sun will be in total eclipse on Feby. 3rd, St which will be visible in America. 0G There will be a partial eclipse of inj | the moon on Jany. 20th, and again on I in July. 1,' MON FOUR MILK SHORT OMPARED WITH GINNING LAST YEAR, SOUTH CAROLINA IS THIRD. Washington, Dec. 20.? The se7nth cotton ginning report of the ;ason, compiled from reports of cenis bureau correspondents and gents throughout the cotton belt nd issued at 10 a. m., today anounced that 10,303,253 bales of jtton counting round as half bales, f the growth of 1915, has been gined prior to December 13. That i o Ann nftA i 1 - -L jiupares wiui oaies, or 7.8 per cent of the entire crop gined prior to December 13 last year, 2,088,412 bales, or 92.5 per cent in 913 and 11,854,541 bales, or 92.2 er cent in 1912. The average uantity of cotton ginned prior to 'ecember 13 in the last ten years as 11,476,189 bales or 89.5 per ant of the crop. Included in the ginnings were 100,40 round bales compared with 42,96 last year, 91,686 in 1913 and 5,772 in 1912. Sea Island cotton included numered 83,810 bales compared with 1,401 last year, 69,520 in 1913 nd 60,445 in 1912. Ginnings prior to December 13, -ith. comparisons for the last three ears and the percentage of the enre crop ginned in this state prior ) that date in the same years, fol)WS % ! . ?..?#. , - r f\ Year. Bales. P. C. OUTH CAROLINA? n * r \ 1 AAO CkOC 310 914 .1,328,482 85.1 913 1,276,428 90.0 912 .1,128,850 92.2 The next ginning report of the cenis bureau will be issued at 10 a. i., Saturday, January 8, and will low the quantity of cotton ginned rio.v to January 1. ASHWORTH'S CASE. Representative J. Howard Moore f Abbeville, has written Governor tanning, asking for a hearing on ie requisition which is expected ) be made from Georgia for Ben J. shworth, who is wanted in Elbert ounty, Ga., for. some alleged ofense, and who is under arrest at. .bbeville. Mr. Moore wants to b? ?? eavrl before anv reauisition is hon red by Governor Manning, Ash'orth having declined to go back to eorgia without requisition papers, he matter will be taken up by tho overnor on his return from Chariston.? Columbia Record. Ashworth was convicted of manlaughter for killing his mother, in 'alhoun Falls, nearly two years ago. [is case is still pending in the courts f this State, or was, when last heard rom. : ! I COUNTRY-WIDE CONSPIRACY. New York, Dec. 18.?With the ar aigument of Paul Koenig, alleged ead of the German secret service in .merica and Richard Emil Lyenecker a New York art goods dealer, harged with conspiring to blow up le Welland canal, federal officials ssert that they had clues of a county wide conspiracy to blow up munions plants, which has already cost lany lives and millions of dollars. The Hamburg-American company rranged for $50,000 bail for Koenig nd $30,000 for Lyendecker, irough a surety company. Frederick Scheidl, a clerk in the ational City bank, was also arrestd. Detectives claim that he con>ssed that Koenig had employed him > supply information from the anks papers regarding munitions lipments to the allies. Scheindl was eld in $25,000 bail, charged with aspected larceny of $100,000 worth f documents and messages. Frederick Metzler is understood to ave given important evidence. He as to have been arraigned with oenig, but the United States attorey announced that he would not ppear. Hamburg-American lawers offered bail to any amount for is freedom, but he was spirited vay by the officers. George Fuhs was also held. There a mystery about him. It is report1 that he in reality is a secret serce man. Otto Mottola, a city deictive, who was suspended, charged iat Koenig hired him to make instigations. Rock Hill is preparing to have a immunity Chritmas tree at which x thousand gifts will be given to lildren twelve years and under, le tree is in charge of the Elks. The Belgian Relief Ship, Liverpool lich sailed from New York in Noviber, has been beached. It was aded with over six hundred tons of rd and bacon. PAY TITANIC CLAIMS. New York, Dec. 17.?The White ar Line has agreed to pay $664,i0 in settlement of all claims aris* from the sinking of the Titanic t April 15, 1912, when more than 500 persons were drowned.