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AMERICAN NOTE TO JAPAN. Prospects for Peaceful ScbUement of Japan-China Difficulties Brighter. Washington, May 7. - In format ion from a high officiai Bouroo late to day ia that the Far Eastern crisis has been averted and thal a favora ble settlement between Japan and China ls In prospect. The United states. Hi rough Its am bassador, has during the last 24 hours consulted Cleat Britain, Rus sia, and France, as tho allies of Ja pan, to learn their attitude toward the present status of the Japanese Chinese negotiations. Secretary Bryan announced to-day that the Cnited Stales bad received the substance of the Japanese ulti matum to China and that it con tained important modifications by Japan. He declined to say whether the modifications were satisfactory to the American government. Group Five Was IHslikcd. It is known that the efforts of the Cnited States as well a? the other powers Interested In China have been directed toward the modification of Group ?. which, from tho Pekin viewpoint, bas seemed to threaten the political and administrative in dependence of China. Practically all the other Japanese demands, relating to commercial rights and special privileges in spe cific localities, have been accepted by China. ( While tht> gravity of tile situation generally was realized hore, the dis position in official as well as Japa nese quarters was to believe that the pending questions were still capable of being settled without abandoning diplomatic means. There has been a confidence in some quarters, based on ^ress ad vice? from Pekin, that President Yuan Shi Kal intends to accept final ly the Japanese demands, hut is anx ious about the internal situation in China should he yield, ind probably des'res therefore to comply only af ter the presentation of an ultimatum or even an appeal to the powers to show the Chinese the hopelessness of resistance. The American Position. The general position Ot the Ameri can government was set forth in a statement by Secretary Bryan last night after a consultation with Pres ident Wilson. The statement ex plained that lhere is no abatement of the American government's inter est in ho welfare and progress of China, ai d declared its sole interest in the ri got ia Hons is that they may result in an agreement satisfactory to both nations and thereby con tribute to world peace. Tin? pro nouncement says Japan promised . he United States that she would not violate American treaty tights with China nor interfere- with the "open door" policy. lt was pointed out that the Ameri can government has no intention of surrendering any of its treaty rights ?with China. MUM Fay Penalty. Columbia, May fi The conviction of Jesse Jones, of Marlboro, for man slaughter in March, 1914, was affirm ed this morning by Hu? Supreme Court in an opinion written by As sociate Justice lt. C. Watts, in refus ing an appeal from the lower court in denying a motion for a new trial. The ease was remanded to the Marl boro court for resentencing, .Iones was originally sentenced to three years in the State penitentiary. KIDNEY TROUBLE CAUSES INTENSE SUFFERING. Sixteen years ago 1 was taken sick with kidney trouble and suffered ter rible for three months. I did not work during this time and was most ly confined to the bed. After using other remedies I finally tried a bot tle of Swamp-Boot. l immediately began to feel hotter, and after using seven fifty-cent bottles, was entirely cured and have had no kidney trou ble since. 1 can truly say that I owe my good health to Swamp-Iloot, You may publish this letter for the bene fit of other people afflicted as 1 was with the hope of bringing lo their attention this most wonderful rem edy. Yours very truly, HATTIE A. QUI MB Y, 36 Spruce S\ Waterville, Maine. State of Maine. ] Kennebec bounty. | ?s Personally appeared tho above named Hattie A. Ou i in by, who sub scribed above statement and made oath that the same is true in sub stance and in fact Anna M. Drummond. Authorized to administer oaths, otc. Letter to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. ;_ I Prove What Swamp-Hoot Will Do for You. Send ten cents lo Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, X. Y., for a sample size bottle. It will convince any one. You will also receive a book let, of valuable information, telling about, th? kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and mention the Walhalla Weekly Koo wee Cou rier. Regular fifty-cent ami one dollar size bottles for sale at all drug stores.-Adv. Lusitan World Great Passenger Ste Being Torpedo* Names Tho Cunard Line gave out infor mation this evening to the effect that there are about 20 boats in thc vi cinity of the spot where thc- Lusita nia went down. .Sixteen more boats, the line says, have been dispatched to the scene for rescue work. N'o information as to the fate of tb?? passengers and crew of the Lusi tania was available in Ixindon up to 7.30 o'clock this evening. The Cunard otnees in London were besieged by Inquirers, among them many Americans having relatives or friends aboard the Cunard liner. Official announcement was made this evening that the Lusitania re mained afloat at least L'u minutes af u?r being torpedoed. Kinsale, off which the Lusitania was torpedoed, is the seaport of Ire land, 13 miles southwest of Cork, lt lies near the entrance of St. George's Channel, between Ireland and Eng land. Every part of the coast in this vi cinity is difficult of access for the lar ger ? lass of shipping, but there is s?i ?.nro anchorage and safe landing for small boats. OXK IAVK MIST IN ATLANTA. Heavy llallis IMd Much Damage in Georgi" City. (Atianta ('?institution, 8th.) Atlanta paid a toll of one dead and thousands of dollars property damage Friday as the result of a heavy downpour of rain that broke the drouth of nearly three months. A drenching rain between 7 and S o'clock In the morning, when th?' precipitation was 1.77 inches, fol lowed the continuous sprinkle thal had kept up earlier kn the ?lay. Three inches foll before l <> o'c lock in the morning and the rainfall for the day was placed at I Inches. Streets were flooded, trolley cars were stopped for 20 minutes In vari ous sections of the city; several small telephone cal les wer?- broken; 00 telephones were mil out of com mission In Decatur: water mains were washed up and storm sewers, taxed by the onrush of the floods in the streets, broke under th?> strain. Drowned in Sewer. W. L. Trussell, age ?iO. of i'm; Fair street, and employed in Hie city con struction gang, was drowned when lie sought refuge ii. II? new Hill and Ormond streets se. er now under construction. Several members of the gang escaped, but, caught in the rush of water Trussell was borne through 400 fi't-t of tho sewer and, reaching the mouth, was pinioned hy brick from lateral sewers that bad broken and fallen Into the new sewer, which is ?> \>? by 7 feet inside. Fully K.O feet of the old 12-foot lateral sewer were destroyed, and to repair the damage will cost the city several thousand dollars. The new sewer was being constructed to re lieve tho strain on the lateral sew ers In .just such instances, and with in another few weeks would have sen ed its purpose. Millions to Fumiers. Reports from other sections of the st ate and other Southern States were thal the rain had been general and would mean millions ?if dollars to the fanning interests. Conditions, were becoming serious with the far mers and the grain crops, which were larger this year than ever be t?r., on account of the surplus of <'nt t< n from last year, and are rolled on to be the mainstay of the season. The rain Friday was the first re corded sine?' Feb ruar j 2:t, when the precipitation was more than one Inch In a period of 24 hours. On that date the precipitation was I.fifi |n ches. The heavy rainfall of 1.77 inches In one hour was exceeded on Angus! .'IO, Ihll. when 3.10 inches fell in fiO minutes. The record pre cipitation for Atlanta was 1.30 inches on July 23, 1808, In one hour and 50 minutes. The rainfall for the month <,;' April, this year, was only of an itich, as opposed lo the normal Of 3.63 for the month of April Invigorating to tho Pale and Sickly Th?? Old Stmidnrd frcnernl ?.tren* tlienlna tonic, OROVirs TA8THLKSS Chill T< MC. drives ont M?l*rla.cnricheMhcb!oor!,fi nd tm ?ids up the sys* tem. A true .onie. For adults and children. St)c If a man is intoxicated with love matrimony may sober him. ia, Faste* I, Torpedo lamer Carried Nineteen ?d-Many Lives Lost-=L of Some Two H und rec London, May 7.-The Cunard 1 passengers, was torpedoed this afteri Head, Kinsale, Ireland, and later sen ge rs are safe. No details, howe' ceived here says: "lt is not known I gers were saved." There were about eluding the crew. Relief Immediately was sent i floated a reasonable length of time 1 Routs Hurry to Scene. Queenstown, May 7.-News re- ^ ceived here from the steamer Lusi tania at :{.i?r> p. m. said that before sinking her life-boats were over ber I sides. According to advices here the first wireless S. O. S. call was sent by the Lusitania at 2.15. lt read: "Want assistance: listing badly." As soon as news of the torpedoing j Of tln> Lusitania was received hero I the naval station dispatched all as- j i sistance available. The tugs War ner, Stormcock and Julia, five traw I le rs and the local life-boat, in tow of ! a tug were hurried to sea. It would take most of them about two hours j The European "Nfl Cierman Success?*; Continue. Berlin, May 5.-The southern wing of the Russian tinny in West Galicia has been broken along a trent of - 1 miles, according to a dis patch to the Tageblatt from a spe cial correspondent. . The attack was made with such determination," says the eorrespond j cut, "that the Russians were forced 'to abandon not only their first line, bul also the villages back of the ' front which served as quarters. Only in Gorlice did the Russians make a ; stand. This town was destroyed by ian artillery bombardment and a bit ter street tight preceded its capture by the Germans. "All the staff officers of one Rus sian division were killed or wound ed, including several generals. The majority of the prisoners wore mili tary caps, but civilian clothing. They complained of insufficient food. The Petrograd Rc|H?rt. Petrograd, May ri.--The following official communication was issued by the Russian war office to-night: "In the region of Rosslen y (Kov no Province) we a re successfully ad vancing. On the other fronts, as far as the Upper Vistula, there is no change. "In Galicia the fighting between the Vistula and the Carpathians is developing with unvarying stubborn ness. The Germans have brought up to the fighting lines fresh torees of great strength, supported hy very numerous artillery. The enemy, following bis old tactics of attacking in massed formation, is suffering enormous losses. "Some of our units fell back to the second lino of fortifications, after desperate fighting. During the night of May 2-3 in thc direction of Stry the enemy recaptured part of the trenches on Mount Makuvka. The following night wo counter-attacked and dislodged the enemy. We cap tured here over 1,200 prisoners, In cluding :'.(? officers. "Ill t ho region of Angclow, in the Upper Lomnit/.a, the enemy on April 30 assumed the offensive on a some what extensive front, bul the move ment was barren of results." Vienna Reports Successes. Vienna, May ... The Austrian war department lo-day issued this offi cial statement : The Russian front, of Zboro S/.t ropko-Lupkow, in the Beskid mountains, has become untenable. As tho victorious allies are continu ally advancing front the west toward .laslow and Semigrod the enemy on the west Carpathian front started this morning in full retreat, from Hungary, pursued by the Austro Gennan troops, "The Russians, therefore, were beaten on a front of l?O kilometres (03 miles) and were forced to re treat with the heaviest losses. "On the remainder of our front the situation is unchanged." Cse ol fiases Kvtensive. London, May .'>. The following j official communication was issued ibis evening by the war office: st Stearne ed by Ger Hundred Souls==Ship lusitania's Passenger L 1 Americans; Some R< l.iine steamer Lusitania, with 1,253 mon at 2 o'clock, ten miles off Old went down. lt is believed her pas- i ier, are at hand. One message re- ( low many of the Lusitania's passen- ! 1,900 souls on the Lusitania, in- ' rom Queenstown. The Lusitania before going down. } to reach the spot where thc Lusitania is reported to have been sunk. The Lusitania was seen from the , signal station at Kinsale to be in , difficulty at noon. She had com pletely sunk at '?.'?'.i p. m. This indicates that she floated for t wo hours and a half. Many on Lusitania. New York, May 7.-The Cunard liner Lusitania, one of the fastest sbijis afloat, was torpedoed and sunk this afternoon off the coast of Ire land, 10 miles south of Kinsale. She had aboard 1,25 3 passengers. She sailed from this port last Satur day, .May 1, and carried, in addition to her own large pasesnger list, 163 /ar Day by Day. "The general situation remains unchanged. "Fighting is in progress on Hill No. 60, southeast of Ypres, on which the Germana attained a footing this morning under cover of poisonous gases, which were excessively tised and were favored by weather condi tions. "A feeble attack, also preceded by an extensive use of poisonous gas, was made east of Ypres and was eas ily repulsed, our artillery inflicting severe loss on the enemy. "In the neighborhood of Oivenchy the Germans exploded a mine and again employed poisonous gas. Four men were poisoned, but otherwise the enemy's efforts in this direction failed completely." Turks Report Success. Constantinople, May 5-The Turk ish war office gave out the following statement to-day: "An attempt of the enemy to land troops near daba Tepeh, south of Avlburnu, yesterday morning, failed. "The night, before bust our troops attacked Sed dui Bahr, in spite of bombardment by the enemy's fleet, and drove them out of their trenches, capturing three machine guns. "Yesterday the Russian fleet un successfully bombarded the unde fended village of I gh nea den." Warships Wing Aeros. Paris, May 5.-Two Turkish aero planes have been brought down by shells from allied warships, accord ing to a dispatch from Saloniki. Set ting out from Seddul Hahr, the aero planes flew over the fleet, dropping Beveral bombs, all of which, how ever, fell harmlessly in the water. They had put out to sea to reconnoi tre Lemnos and Tenedos when they were brought down. The German aviators were rescued and made pris oners of war. Three Moro Vessels Sunk. London, May 6.-The schooner Karl of Latham has been sunk by a German submarine off Kinsale, Ire land. The crew, permitted to take the small boats, was rescued by a trawler. The submarine fired nine shells at thc schooner before she sank. The trawler Strattor, of Grimsby, was sunk in tho North Sea yesterday by the gun lire of a German subma rine. The crew was taken on board the submarine. The steamerXJathay, from Copen hagen for ('hi?ese ports, was sunk either by a mine or torpedo late last night In the North Sea. Sh?' went down in 20 minutes. Her passen gers and the members of her crew, totaling 43 persons, took to the : mall boats, and till were landed safely at Ramsgate to-day. The Cathay was a Danish steamer of 2,.">?M; tons. 2nt; feet long. Dritisii Steamer Candidato Sunk. London, May 7.-The British steamer Candidate was torpedoed by a Herman submarine yesterday off Waterford, Ireland. Tho members of her crew were saved. The Candidate was outward bound when she encountered the submarine IS miles from Waterford. The crew r of the mans Sank Shortly After Jsts Contained ?SCUed. I ?a s.sc ugo rs transferred to lier from tho Anchor liner Cameronia. The news of her ?inkin? was an nounced by the local ellice of the Cunard Line and was based on cable id vices received from the home of fice of the company in Liverpool. Karly Reporta of Those Saved. Ne v York, May 7.-Tho Cunard Steamship Company at 9.16 p. m. received the following message from Liverpool: "Queenstown wires that First Of ficer .Iones thinks from 500 to 600 saved. This includes passengers and crew, and is only estimate we are ??hie to make. In meantime, we are going through hotels, lodging houses, etc., to-night and will wire to-morrow lullest possible list. In meantime, injured and dead are tak ing up all our attention." London, May 8.-1.05 a. m.-The admiralty states that between 500 and 600 survivors from the Lusitania have now been landed, many of them hospital cases. Several have died. Some ?Iso have been landed at Kin sale, the number not having vet been received. BELGIUM'S SOKKOW1TL QUEEN. Scotch Soldier Describes How She Ijooks .Amidst the War. "I saw the Queen of the Belgians to-day," writes a Scotch soldier from the front to relatives in London. "I had gone up to the ruined Cathedral with one of my officers for the after noon service. While we were there the Queen arrived. "She came unexpectedly. No one, so far as I know, dreamed of her coming. She was dressed with what i can only describe as religious sim plicity-a severely plain costume and a tourist cap. Her companions were a Belgian officer and her physi cian. So far as I could hear no word was spoken. "Her masjesty fascinated nie. She was as one who was weighed down with grief; her eyes were the eyes of one who has cried long, and could cry no more. She stood looking at the burnt and battered walls of the sacred building, awe-inspired, bro ken, crushed. Silo acknowledged our salute with a melancholy smile." Ah! Tho Invigorating Willi! of the Dim; Forest S How it clears the throat and head of its mucous ailments. lt is this spirit ol' newness and vigo.- from the health-giving piney forests brought back by Dr. Bell's TMne-Tar-TIonoy. Antiseptic and healing. Buy a bot tle to-day. All druggists, 25c. Elec tric Hitters for a Spring Tonic.-Adi. (?mba Courier First. Sabula, Iowa, May 1-'Editor Keo wee Courier: Enclosed you will find two dollars for your paper. I think that pays up to May, 1016. 1 am always so glad to get The Courier. 1 feel as if I could not do without it. It is the first paper 1 "grab" when the mail comes in, for I want to see what the news "back home" is. I am getting along fine and am com ing South this summer. Very truly, Mrs. W. B. Lovell. said she was torpedoed without warning. She launched four boals. One was swamped, but the occupants were picked up. All of the crew of l t landed al Milfordhaven. (The Candidate, 3.X2t? tons net, was :;0S feet long. She was owned in Liverpool, where she arrived April 0 from New Orleans.) Still Another Bagged. London, May 7.-Tho British steamer Centurion was torpedoed off the Irish coast yesterday. Her crew was saved. The Centurion was attacked about the same time that tho British steam er Candidate, owned hy the same company, was torpedoed off Water ford, Ireland. The Centurion was bound for South Africa and the Can didate for Jamaica. Whenever You Need a (le?era! Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless .hill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic propcrtiesof QUININE and IRON. It nets on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. CLARENDON LYNCHING CASE. Supreme Court A flinns Verdict ol Lower Court for $2,000. (Columbia 'Record, 7th.) In an unanimous opinion, written by Associate Justice D. E. Hydride, the State Supreme Court late Thurs day afternoon affirmed the judgment of the Circuit Court in awarding $2, (?00 exemplary damages to Madison Canley against Clarendon county for the lynching ol' his son, Marion Can ley, there on February 22, 1913. .Marion Cantey was arrested on a warrant sworn out before Magistrate L. S. Barwick, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. He was given a preliminary hearing at FaxvlHe the same day of the alleged crime-Februry 22, 1913-and was soul up to thc Circuit Court for trial. That night thc prisoner was sent, in the care of a constable, from Paxville lo Manning. "When they arrived at Tindall's Mill, about 10 miles from Manning, a "mob" of eight or nine men look Marion Cantey from the constable and shot him to death. Cnder the authority of Section fi of Article VI of the Constitution or 1895, the lynched man's father. Mad ison Cantey, sued Clarendon county for $2 OOO exemplary damages, and won the suit In the Circuit Court of the same county before Judge Rice. Attorneys for Clarendon county then appealed lo the Supreme Court fora now trial, on alleged errors lo the presiding .lodge's charge. The opinion says. In part: "By Section 6 of Article VI of the Constitution, and the statutes enact ed thereunder, the law-makers un- . dertook to make a law which would at least aid in preventing the crime of lynching in this State. The Con stitution provides that, in case a pris oner lawfully In custody of an officer is taken from bis custody, through his negligence, permission or conniv ance, 'by mob or ot her unla wful as semblage of persons,' and. at their hands, suffers Nnlily violence or death, the officer shall he guilty of a misdemeanor, and provides for his prosecution, and suitable penalties on conviction. The same section provides that, In all cases of lynch ing, when death ensues, the county where such lynching takes place shall be Mabie to the legal represen tatives of the person lynched in ex emplary damages of not less than $2,000. "Appellant's sole contention is that the trial Judge erred In instruct ing the jury what constitutes 'a mob or other unlawful assemblage of per sons,' and In not leaving it to them to find, without such instruction, whether the persons who lynched ?Canley constituted 'a mob or other unlawful assemblage of persons' within the meaning of the Constitu tion and Statutes. "lt was eharly the duly of the Court to instruct the jury and ex plain to them the meaning of the words used in the Constitution and statutes. lt is a well settled rub' of construction thal technics' words or phrases i sed in a statute-espe cially one dealing with legal pro ceedings- shall have their technical meaning, unless a contrary intention appears. The phrase 'unlawful as semblage' bas a technical meaning, and by using it as the alternative of the word 'mob' it is celar that the law-makers intended that 'mob' should mean the same as 'unlawful assemblage.' Therefore the Court correctly defined the word 'mob' as an 'unlawful assemblage of persons' and correctly defined the latter librase according to the standard ! text books and our own decisions. "Judgment affirmed." The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head llecause of its tonic and laxative effect, Tl VU BROMO QUININE is belter than ordinary Quinine nnd does not cause nervousness nor rinsing In head. Remember thc full name ami loolt for the signature of Ii. W. GROVE. 25c. A famous Herman physician (troves that infantile paralysis is often car ried from one household lt) another by domestic animals, such as chick ens, ducks and cows, CGH ! CA IX ?IEL .MARKS vol' DEATHLY SICK. SO op Ising Dangerous Drug Before lt Salivates You! lt's Horrible! You're bilious, sugglsh, constipat ed and believe you need vile, danger ous calomel to start your liver and clean your bowels. Here's my guarantee! Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of Dod son's Liver Tone and take a spoon ful tonight. If it doesn't start your liver and straighten you right up better than calorie! and without griping or making you sick 1 want you to go back to Hie store and get your money. Take calomel to-day and to-mor row you will feel weak and sick and nauseated. Don't lose a day's work. Take a spoonful of harmless, vege table Dodson's Liver Tone to-night .and wake up feeling great. It's per fectly harmless, so give it to your children any time, lt can't salivate, so let them eat anything afterwards. -Adv.