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** ATTACKED BY SUBMARINE FAST STEAMER ESCAPES EYADES GERMAN BOATS TORPEDO AND SHELL EIRE. Cunarder Orduna, With Many Passengers Aboard, Escaped Destruction Through Great Speed. New York, July 17.?The Cunard liner Orduna, from Liverpool to New York with 227 passengers, including 22 'Americans, was a-.tacked without i J ~_ i_ warning, it was learned uu ner amvai here today, by a German 'submarine on the morning of July 9. Twenty miles from t^e graveyard of the Lusitania off Old Head of Kinsale, the Orduna escaped the Lusitania's fate by one-half a second of time, or ten feet of space, the German torpedo churning the water that distance behind t-e liner's rudder. The Orduna sped away. She was followed bv the submarine, which rose to the surface, manned a gun and shelled the ^ fleeting steamer. The attack was timed at 5:50 o'clock in t?':e morning when all but a few of the passengers were asleep. Aroused by stewards the passengers dressed hurriedly and went to che upper deck, where they donned lifebelts and took their places at the lifeboats. They teard the scream of the shells and saw the ocean spit up columns of .water where the missiles struck. When the fire grew 'not they were ordered, for their own protection, to tie next deck below. Steamer Too Fast The steamer showed her heels to the> assailant. Through marine glasses the passengers watched t'-e low lying German warship coming on, but the Orduna was faster than the pursuer and after several shots had been fired without effect, the submarine gave up itho nnaeo vuv | A wireless call for help' was sent out by the Orduna when t-e torpedo was seen. She was then 37 miles south of Queenstown. The reply, Capt. Taylor says in icis official report, was that help would be given within an hour. It was fou: hours before the first Brkish vessel, a small ormed yacht, tf:e Jeannette, appeared. Protest will be made to the American government by at least one ci.ti zen of the United States and possibly > others who were aboard. William 0. Thompson of Chicago, counsel to the federal industrial relations commission, W:o went abroad in his official capacity last March and was returning to make his report, is the pasenger who said today that he would make vigorous protest to his government. Should Call Attention to It. "As an American citizen, employed in an official capacity by the government <to go abroad, I feel that I should bring the government's atte ntion to the attack," said Mr. Thompson. "I feel that I had a right to return tome on the Orduna, although she ^ ^ .floor KA/?QIIC<O A let Q ilica UC UUUOii ua5, UCVttUOC ou; lO u. passenger ship. The fact tha: she had 110 munitions of war aboard fortified ** t?-is opinion. The Orduna, an unarmed passenged ship, carrying no munitions, was deliberately attacked without warning, pursued and subjected to shell fire. It is little short of marvelous that she was not sent (to the bottom with all aboard. "In making my protest to Washing/ ton I shall proceed along these lines, combining the protest with a report of the attack as I saw it." - Whether t?_e submarine hid behind an American ship?the bark Normandy, from Gulfport, Miss.?was a point upon which passengers held varying opinions. A small sailing ship witihi two American flags painted on her side was sighted ahead shortly "before the attack. Capt. Taylor, susr picious of the craft, changed his course. Soon thereafter ithe torpedo was sighted. TVi?? Ynrmfln^r Stftrr M. JUV KJ + J There was no certainty as to the identity of this ship that displayed two painted American flags, but one ^ of the passengers thought that he t made out her name to be "Normanie" through his glasses. There is no such vessel listed. The 'American bark Norm mandy was known to be in tie vicinity at the time. When she reached Liver' pool July 12 some of her crew said that a submarine had used her as a ?ftield from which to manoeuvre against and torpedo the Russian steamer Leo?a story that the Normandy's captain denied. ^ The Leo was torpedoed 20 miles, approximately, from the place where the Orduna was attacked. The Normanb dy's crew said tbe submarine had held them up on the evening of July 9. The ^ Orduna was attacked the same day, but in the morning. T?v> ^ H?a maHa TMlWlV 1 a to JL UC VUUCUU liug UUWUV yuv*iv ?wvv today Capt. Taylor's official report, in whieh foe stated that he received not the least warning of <the attack and that "St was almost another case of brutal murder.* This report'asserted ^ that tJbe Orduna was attacked under A v s X. I ideal conditions tor submarines?a clear aav. gentle wind and a light rip! p.e, whne most o: "he passengers i slept. 1 Capt. Taylor's official report of the] -..--1- - J .-J-.. l?. 1 I ctllcKJK. issueu icile iuua? U\ LIIC cuuaiu line, reads as follows: Saw Torpedo Pass. "At 5:50 a. m. A. P. (Atlantic Post) ; j time, July 9, a lookout man on f e ! after bridge rang the telegraph, at 'the ; same time pointing his hand down; ward and out on the port beam. The j tnira omcer was mimeuiaieij acm an to inquire wv at was seen. He returned quickly and reported that both men had seen a torpedo pass across che stern from port to starboard within ten feet c?ear of the rudder. . i "In the meantime both tff.e chief j officer and myself distinctly say the j ! trail of the torpedo extending from! the stern to about S00 yards out In ] port beam. About eigvt minutes afterward the chief officer and I saw1 P':e submarine come to the surface' ' about two points on the starboard: quarter, a distance of about three- j quarters of a mile, with ftve or six j , men on her deck ge'ting a gun ready, j | "I immediately ordered all possible ! speed, altered the course and brought her right astern \\H: en they began shelling us. The first shot struck the water abreast of the forecastle on the starboard side and about 30 feet off, t'-e second dropped just under the V\ /? /v A ^ n /% ^ V* 1 V> ? AA P T"\ O f A V* \* A ! me tun u cUJicasi ui iianwii .>u. : 5 quite close a'.ong side; the fourth; under the siern, sending up a volume | of water 40 feet hig1':; the fifth, sixth | and last shells all fell short, i Attacker Left Behind. . I ] "The fighc then ceased and the sub- j i marine was left far astern. "Marconi distress signals were sent out at once. We were 37 miles south of Queenstown. I got a reply that assistance would be with us in an I hour, but it was four hours, before the small armed yacht Jeannette appeared. ' "I account for the itorpedo missing! the s'-ip to their misjudging the speed, j allowing 14 knots instead of 16, t which we were doing at the time. The j torpedo only passed ten feet clear. "It was an ideal day for a torpedo qHonl: 1i<rV>+ Tjrinr? o licrVif rinnla f>loar CtllOtV/XV, 'MUU, CI VyXV^Ofc i { weather. T' e periscope could only have been a few inches above wa:er, for a very strict lookout was being j kept at the time by the chief and third j officers and myself and four lookout j i men.' However, we failed to see her i | before s'.'e fir^d the torpedo. "Not the least warning was given and nearly all the passengers were! asleen at the time. It was almost an-' t 1 | other case of brutal murder. We nad | 22 American passengers on board."' THAW SHAKES OFF GRIP OF THS LAW'S LONG ARM Released on $35,000 Bail, Pending Appeal of State From Judges Decision That He Is Sane. x' -v?v. 1 p Tr j.'Mew lui ft, jui) xo.?nan j xv. i j Thaw shook off the grip of the law ^ j'today, motored down Broadway to the, ! applause of admirers, crossed the fer- i | ry to Jersey City, bade the sheriff 1 goodbye and whirled away towards Philadelphia, followed by a procession of automobiles filled with news-! i paper men. TT - - ? J X* ? A ? ? 4 1 ? ? ne reauiieu .\t:vveuit, ten xuij.es 3way, about 2 o'clock and stopped for 1 luncheon. A crowd quickly assembled outside tf:e restaurant. They | cheered him. Thaw's announced in! tention was to motor to Philadelphia ! and there take a drain for Pittsburgh.1 Outside Newark, Thaw lost some of the cars whida followed him. Apparently he had headed back for ! New York as a ruse to elude the news paper men. This created some spec-1 ulation. He had previously said he | wanted to attend a theatrical fter- j formance on Broadway tonigttt and had abandoned the idea rather reluct- j an'tly. For the first time in over nine years Thaw was free today to go and come as he pleased. Supreme Court Jus-1 tice Hendrick shortly before noon an- j nounced that he had adopted tlt-e ver-' diet of the jury which Wednesday | found Thaw sane. The writ committing Thaw to Matteawan seven years j ago thereupon automatically became inoperative. The State's lawjers appealed and Thaw was released in $35,000 bail. Under the iterms of the bond he is to hold himself amenable to the court's orders until the appeal is finally decided. Meantime he may go wherever Ibe pleases. Thaw seemed delighted. He said he was very happy and frequently stood up In his automobile to bow to those around him. What Thaw's attitude would be to-( ward Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was a matter of considerable speculation. He1 would not return a direct answer to any question on tihis point. When one: interviewer asked him if he expected to see her soon, Thaw looked at hfs questioner steadily for a few moi r meats and turned away without a word. At Atlantic fity. Atlantic City, X. J., July 16.?Harry K. Thaw, who was freed in New York today, arrived here by automobile at midnight. Before leaving New York T*1 1 * /vaJ 4-1 U ~ A 1! aw naa amiuuiiceu mat iijs micuucu to motor to Philadelphia, but outside of Newark he changed his mind and came here. Thaw registered at a beach front hotel and refused to be interviewed. PAGE PRESENTS NOTE IN LONDON ^ -A- 4 4 t?Avn/)nn r irst iJltrj) iu 11 uicti Rights?Only Legal Caveat, London, July 16.?American Ambas- j sador Page visited the foreign office j today presumably to give the British | government a summary of the draft of the new American contraband note. Washington, July 16.?The United States holds that t!':e rights of Americans who have cases before the Brit ish prize courts rest on international j law and not on British orders in; council or municipal law, in a brief j statement cabled to Ambassador Page i and presented by him today to the London foreign office. Secretary Lansing explained tonigt:n that this communication was not to be confused with the general note now in preparation relating to contraband and interference wioh American commerce. He said it wa's in the .. i nature of legal caveat, generally concerning the rigt.ts of Americans whose cases are about to be tried by British prize courts. As tne prize courts have not ruled on any American cases and are believed to be about to do so, the statemen: from the United States signifies j in effect that if there is a denial of j justice, diplomatic protests will be J ertered, based on t!':e general prin ciples of international law existing tefore the outbreak of the war. The United States has given Great J Britain as well .as Germany generalj novice to this effect, and the state- j ment now sent draws particular attention to prize court cases pending", it will be made public here tomorrow. ' Paying for Cotton. Washington, July 16.?The Britis!^ KArron + V* i-v nr*o/?Hna /~\ P Ciliuassj luua) UCpail cue 1/iavnvc vj. making payments in Washington for tiorained American cot<:on cargoes the ownership of which has been satisfactorily establish ed. The first payment, a partial one for a cargo at the rate of ten cents a pound, was about $250,000. The payment made today was for the cargo of the Greek steamer Spyros Vallianos, from Savannah, which was taken to Falmouch and Cardiff. The cargo is owned by Inman, Akers & Inman. Fairyiew Items. We are having very warm weather now. The farmers are beginning to lay by. A shower of rain would be very acceptable in this section. Mrs. John 8urner and children of Newberry have been spending a few .*ays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs .T. B. Connelly of this place. Mr. and Mrs J. M. Morris and little daughter, I-ecne, of Newberry have jeen spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. L. D. .Morris. They wen: to Columbia Thursday to spend aboat two weeks with Mrs. Morris' mother,! Mrs. J. K. Epps, and oti:er relatives there. Mr. Marion Long and family were the guests of Mrs. Long's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Epting, of Little Mountain Sunday. We are glad to state little Miss Verta Mae Koon, who has been very sick, is improving some. Mr. and Mrs. George Shealy of Little Mountain were the guests of Mr. O'Neall Shealy and family on last Qnnrl o v N-7 HULVi C4-J Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stegall of Clinton, N. C., spent 'Thursday and Thurs! day nigi":t at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Morris. Mr. I. J. Boland. and family were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Boland on last Tuesday night. War and Football. "War is one thing, football is another," said Percy Haughton, the famous coach. "But before the new rules were introduced football and war were the same thing absolutely." Mr. Haugfcton -smiled. "They tell a story of a player under the old rules. This player, jusit after a game, was seen hopping about the gridiron on one leg in the frosty autumn twilight. I " 'Limbering up your muscles, sir?" ! said a field attendant. 'Limbertng tip after the game,, sir?' "'Not at all,' the player. answered". " I'm looking for my left foot. You i haven't seen it anywfcere, have you?"' *0 tp S (6 5 53 2* | TO o o % j o ! VBMnrf f I J CD X O 2 V * K I SHD' ! QJ s 5 ^ Q. I I .25: * i w 1 < .. . .. ( 1 O Q VM p 5* Ui < to a> << ; o. 5 n "! Q 3 PT H ?* S3 <r i SHBHHBBBHBHWHBi, Chii w grnm m ? w 1 hnd that 1 more 100 piece at $7.79, and tw sets at $2.75. Come now i your selection. Get it at the B MAYES'j j BOOKf AND] | V The House of a Thom ATTENTIONIMR . is We are ready for your grir and wheat. We have th? can please you- by giving and the quality, we will 1 wheat shipped to us, \vil your stock, this is our par! to get your wheat in shap rlnn'f Krincr Hsrrm wViPflt*. h UVI1 V KJ JL llig IT LAVVWV VI time nor space to sun your man or mill can grind da want your grinding and ve you the best service that Farmers ( J. H. Wicker, M; STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. | ? The annual meeting of the stock-i holders of the Farmers' Dank of Sil*-i verstreet will be held at the banking j j house on Monday, July 26, 1S15, at 4 I p. m., for the purpose of electing di- ? rectors and the transaction of anv ^ ^ otf:er dusiness that may come before a. the meeting. All stockholders are re- ^ guested to attend in person or by proxy. H. 0. Long, President. Silverstreet, S. S., July 15, 1915. ga] 7-16 ltd _ Sati ro Drive Out Malaria f G. Wi And Build Up The System DUbiic rake the Old Standard GROVE'S : rASTELESS chill TONIC. You know dence tfhat you are taking, as the formula is -Qid ; printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form, the af rhe Quinine drives out malaxia, the [ron "builds up the system. 50 cents _ I wi POLICY HOLDERS' MEETING. Lon?s The policy holders of the Farmers' to lad: Mutual Insurance 'Association of New- 7-9-1 berry County will meet in annual session at the Court House on the 7tfr day Df August, 1915, at 11 o'clock A. M. A at ^ full attendance is desired. ber,g R. T. C. Hunter, ? , ' and si President. L. I. Epting, 7_9_1 Secretary, i Wbeaever You Need a General Tool; The Take Grove's Hunte The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless grst_c r-hill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the house well known tonic properties of QUININE anj IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives rat Malaria* Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. 1 w \at the CITIZENS' MEETING. [ A goo The annual meeting of the citizens all. ] of Newberry School District to hear durin* the report of tJhe trustees will be held in the Court House, Tuesday, July ?? 27th, 1915, at 10 o'clock in the fore- * i noon. HUM All citizens interested in the schools If 1 of the district are urged to be present. W. A. McSwain, * It stoi Chairman Board of Trustees. .. tion a; T_1C_9f . . a hea (^ISMSPILLS r* , kdltil Ml^*raMMfo A\ OofflTV ^<CKVA Tl^.j/A\ ^wmpe gwglfffc rm? 1? B?4 ad faU MMicVV/ < ^^CVBboxK. seated aritfc- Wv* RlVsoJu , W wi T?ko BO other. Buy <f rw. v ' it" fS Asld'orClii^rffe-TEB 8 - j V jf DIAMOND JiHAND PILLS, for 85 1??*? \P* J3 years known as Best, Safest, Always Reliabl* OINTM *^--r SOLD 8V DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE tSs? J BnaaaganMaHBaaaaMaHBaa n a < have one dinner set rn A 9 V X id J/1VVV and make ook Store ARIETY STORE sand Things ! FARMER! wmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmammmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmrn iding, both corn / ! mill that we you the grade ;ake care of all 1 take care of t. 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