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AMERICANS ON STEAMER BELIEVED I -BOAT VICTIMS i Sixty to Eighty Persons Killed or Injured on Cross Channel Ship Sussex. ) Paris, March - "> --About rifty lives, were lost by the torpedoing yesterday ; of the Cross Channel steamship Sussex, according to tin* latest official idvices. Some estimates of the number dead run as hiuh as mi M v-t of those' were French women. I Little doubt exists at the ' merican vnibass} tonight that seme American lives were i<st. several Americans .ire known to have 1 een badly inj?r^d. Twenty-five of The :>^0 passengers board ha:l been officially registered as American <. % L About -U persons, it i- stated, were K killed by the explosion, which liter :i"\- r-.ro ownv ;ho hnw <> the shin. wliere many passengers were gather ?! Numerous witnesses agree . an American girl was among those * killed by the explosion. The girl is believed to haue been Miss Elizabeth Baldwin, daughter of "Prnf Tamosi \Inrlc Rj>ldwin of Bdlii more. Her mother, Heier. Baldwin, is now in the hospital at Boiogne. Her lather was saved. All accounts agree that the steamship was torpedoed without warning, j Affidavits to this effect were .received by the American embassy tonight from Samuel Flagg Bemis, a Harvard research man; .John H. Hearlev. a news-I paper correspondent of Albany, X. Y and T. S. Culbertson of Pennsylvania. The French minister of marine also announced officially tonight that the >?iirsav was tornedoed. The official announcement failed to state whether she was armed. Despite statements that good discipline was maintained, it is evident i that panic reigned after the explosion.' Many passengers jumped overboard. * More than hal?: of those who leaped into the water are believed to have lost their lives. ; There was a wild scramble for the boats. The second boat lowered was i 3k overturned. It contained forty persons. Passengers say that fully half the persons in this boat were drowned. lireSJI ClIilXCUlL^ in asici tailing t.iactly who /are saved and who lost has been caused by the fact that British destroyers, which came to the rescue of the passengers, took about 70 of them to Dover. About 150 others have been landed at Bologne. There is-now ; rno means of knowing who is missin? | until the various lists of the survivors! can be put together. The ship was torpedoed at 3:05 p. in. off Dieppe. The torpedo tore the fore part o: the ship away and it seemed inevitable that she. would sink. She was, however, stvved by her water tight compartments and floated, helpless for several hours before other ships were encountered. The explosion wrecked the wireless apparatus, rendering the calling for " help impossible. The wireless operator rigged up a temporary contrivance, but it failed tr> work well, and when it did work he gave the wrong location to would be rescuers. Miss Gertrude Warren of New York and 'St. Louis was one of those who u ~ I saw the torpedo before it hit the sux-: sex. She said tonight: "I was sitting aft on the upper deck reading when the Commotion caused me to look seaward. There I saw a ripple of the water showing the track I of the on coming torpedo. I shrieked a warning, but simultaneously there was a terrific explosion. j "A column o '-water rose high above the boat and crashed on the deck. The mssile tore at least 23 feet of the deck away. "The captain immediately shouted an order to close the water tight compartments. Fortunately the fore bulk heads kept the steamer afloat. ^ "Miss Baldwin, who was seated on the fore part of the upper deck, was hit 'by the full force of the explosion. < 1 saw her mangled body rise high in , the air. It fell back on the deck with 1 a sickening thud. "Shp had been killed outright I "There was an instant rush for the boats by some of the passengers who themselves cut the boats clear. Unfortunately a number of people jumped j * into the water, mostly women, which accounts for most of the loss of life, j "Many hours passed before aid came, ( this being due to the fact that the explosion put the wireless out of action. "Eventually a trawler took us off. Then a destroyer came alor.g and convoyed ether passengers, mostly wounded, to England." Tho minkfpr nf mprinp in an offi eial statement issued tonight says: "The British steamer Sussex, carrying 380 passengers, was torpedoed in the channel by an enemy submarine, j The captain saw the torpedo 100 me-. rres away and tried to avoid it, but the missile struck the vessel in the bow. "The shock partly destroyed the wireless apparatus, iIe:j> was delayed by the wireless operator sending an inexact location. " Vost of the passengers wore Tended ai Rologne. Others were carried by British destroyers to Knjrland. The Sussex was towed to port. "The o/plosion oan.-<- 1 a panic. T!iev<* were about ."0 victims." J'sMIJilTe MIS-OX. London. March A di-paroh from Dover says cnaT an "in.porr.int per^onr.-'" v. hr:so idontitv is concealed bv t':e - or.sor was aboard iitO Sussex and escaped in 0110 of ti e "lifeboats, it is aid that ho too5\ command of the boat .?> wjiii .1 ail IKi.ian wcmau was itniuand hold the woman down in the i>>nT. smotu' Jhe wounded who have been brought to Dover are George Herbert Crocker. Jr.. of Fitch bur?, Mass., and Wilder G. T^enfield, of Hudson. Wis., a Rhodes scholar at Oxford un! ersity. Both men have ractmed skulls and are in the military hospital. "Edward <VarMiall, American war rorresnondent who was aboard tne Sussex was torpedoed.'' he said. "There was little confusion although many were hurt by the explosion. Only a few were drowned."' The father of Voting Penfield was wandering about the Victoria station in London tonight crazed with anxiety as he was not allowed to go to Dover to see his son, whose condition is grave. Mrs. Edna F. Hilton, who is said to be tne daugnter of a unuen ^taies judge is also suffering from a nervous breakdown because of lier experience and of anxiety for her daughter, Dorothy, who was injured. Ambassador Confirms Reports. Washington, March 2.1.?Ambassador Sharp at Paris today transmitted a report from the American consul at Dieppe saying the Sussex was torpedoed and that 60 to 80 persons were wounded or killed by the explosion. The ambassador added that the ship had been towed to Bologne and 10 persons landed. LARGER DEATH LIST THAN FIRST THOUGHT Oipr ilnp Hundred Persons. Including Five Americans, Reported Lost in Sinking of Sussex. London, March 18.?Although there is still some uncertainty as to the loss of life in the disaster to the cross channel steamer Sussex last Friday there no longer is any doubt that the death list is much larger than the early advices indicated. me latesi figures compiled in London show as many as 102 persons missing, including five Americans. The Sussex had 436 persons aboard, -1' ^ V? o t'A Kaaw O A. <JI W UUU1 CUC WUVVV iil? HCi T o uctu t*<~ counted for: Landed at Dover 72; landed at Boulogne 250; dead at Boulogne nine; dea<? at Do>ver three. The list of missing may be slightly diminished toy the i'act that some of the passengers who V.ided continued their journey without reporting their safety. The casualties occurred in two ways ? first, in the explosion when the ship was struck, and second, by drowning tfVtAvt 4T.T^ lifAhnof C no nci7aH ?> IJCH I v> u mcuv?i.o Capt. Mouffet, together \ ith several of the officers and a number of the passengers, aserts that the ship undoubtedly was torpedoed. Most of these witnesses declare they saw the torpedo when it was a distance of about 100 yards. Unfortunately they ay there wa not time enough to avoid it, although the captain made an attempt to save his vessel by a quick menoeuver. The explosion killled or wounded evral men in the engine room and some occupants of the sa'0011 directly above it. Injury to tlie wireless apparatus prevented calls for help and it was several hours before assistance arrived. The Sussex now lies in shallow water in Boulogne harbor. She will not be a total loss. Most of the damage is above the waterline. The main shock o: the explosion wa f spent In blocking of the fore part of the ship. The disaster is graphically described by a Russian passenger, I. X. Lipsart, who says he jotted down the facts in regular sequence in his diary. The riinrv rwrfa "Friday, 1:30 p. ra., left Folkestone; Z p. m., torpedoed, boats launched, wireless restored, smoke of steamer seen sailing ship on norlzon; 5:30 p. m., rain falling, lifeboats 300 yards away; 6 p. m. lifeboats returning; 6 p. ms French trawler arrived from Boulogne, women taken off, torpedo boats arrived. Saturday 1:30 a. m? wounded and officers taken aboard destroyer." The main facts o" the disaster were given by M. Lipsart as follows: | "Torpedo shattered the fore part of the vessel, although she was traveling very fast on an unusual course between Folkestone and Dieppe. There | was some loss of lit'e at the moment I ' of tiie explosion. Dnrinpj the launching of boats a further lo-s of li e fo lowed and nearly throe hours later two : Mats capsi/ed with more casualties i lie remaining boats wore recalled the passengers taken back on the Hip. from which the first persons "a ere removed by a F;e:ich trav-.jr half an hour before midnight." ?Wfc? miJlWiN SAKK SAY* Di-I'ATCII Messsire Km-ived Ijy Washington Kel?i*i\e One t ;i?>I<? Said to Haw Told of Injury. The Stai". Wellington, March 2(>. vgnod "J. M. Baldwin," a cable dispatch rom oBlougne saying "All safe'' was rcceivetl tonight by J. A. Stcrrett o Washington, brother-in-law of Miss Kllznbeth Baldwin, who was said to have been killed or seriously injured in the Sussex disaster. This dispatch .Mr. Sterrett said, established the fact that James Mark Baldwin, the psychologist. with his wife and daughter, survived the explosion aboard the channel steamer Friday. The fable came ~ i i - i .r? direct y irom Dr rtaiawm nimseu. "All safe but all injured" was the wording of a cable received in Washington tonight by another person. President Wilson has displayed the ' keenest interest in the reports regarding the Baldwin family. The presi ? ? 1 ?" A ? /n ^ T\ T"> o 1 rl . aent was a sciiooimaie vi iji. uamwin's in Columbia and later they were associated in the Princeton < acuity. "All safe," Dr. Mark Baldwin ca| bled yesterday from Boulogne to his son-in-law, J. A. Sterrett, in Washington, according to a dispatch from Ur. ctorrott rpfpiv#*d last nisrht bv Cyrus H. Baldwin, one of the two brothers of Dr. Baldwin who reside in Columbia. Suspense in which relatives "nave waited since the channel steamer Sussex was reported as having met mis: hap in the crossing from Folkestone I to Dieppe, Dr. Baldwin with his- wife /ijiio-htor hoir>o- i.mnncr her nassen an u viuu^uvv* v- * x 1 gers, is relieved by this message, al, though the cablegra? does not Indicate whether Mrs. i.&Idwin and "Miss Baldwin are with J: x>aiawm at boulogne. I TTorlr ronnrts Ipff rP>lat.iveg of the | JJU1 A. J X V^V* vw - eminent psychologist and his family in extreme anxiety, principally m regard to Miss Baldwin. One version was tbat she had been saved, but had suffered a <"racture of the" leg. Another story was that ,Mi6s Baldwin was among those killed when the explosion < '' ti aboard the steamer occurred^ :j6ome i of the nress dispatches said Miss Baldwin had been taken to London j and her mother to Boulogne and that i both were in hospitals. II Miss Baldwin and her mother had ! spent the winter in Washington. They were en route to their home in Paris with Dr. Baldwin, who had just conJ eluded a series of lectures at Oxford * T>? 1 J ti-; rntirinp university. L/r. nam?lu vu ivmifo from the faculty of Johns H<J\kins university, Baltimore, five years ago, ' became head of the department of psychology and philisophy in the National University of Mexico. Pending restoration of normal conditions in .Mexico, ne iook up ns iesiuetc m Paris. Since then he has delivered courses o lectures at the 'Sorbonne and at Oxford. He was in Columbia about six months ago. Miss Baldwin was graduated from Bryn Mawr college last year and in iVshington last winter was entertained extensively. She spent some time in Paris hospitals after leaving college, preparing serum for use by the ! French army. Mrs. Baldwin and (Miss Baldwin left Washington February 27 ?nd sailed from New York city March 11 on the steamship Xew York. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Baldwin of Washington were at the pier when they sailed. Dr. Baldwin came up from Oxford I and joined his family in London. i SOTICE TO CREDITORS TO RENDER ACCOUNTS. I Notice is hereby given that all crcd: itors of Colin Campbell Davis, deceas ed, are hereby required immediately to render to me an account of their de, mands. duly attested, against the es I I tate of said deceased. FRJA:NK G. DAVI'S, j Aministrator &c. of Colin Campbell Davis, deceased. 3-21-3t-ltaw ? FOR SALE?150 acres land, one dwell| in-g. three tenant houses, barn, oth' - 1 "1 J-? ?? ? ? ? Tt'of An fin A er OUt OUUUIIlgS, ruuuiilg naici, UUV land, healthy location, 2 miles station. good school, churches, public road and two rural routes. Priced right. Terms reasonable L. B. | Aull, Dyson, s. 0. 3-24-tf. HONOR ROLL CITY SCHOOLS. TKIOI RECENTLY CLOSED High School. Tenth Grade?lAnnie Kinard, Irene Hunt. Bertha Gallman, -Toe Vigodsky, John Floyd, .John Higgins, Roberta i 1.on.mirk, Helen Summer, Geo. Rod eisperger, i\auueen u enui. Ninth Grade- Kniily Hoof. 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Second Grade?Bennie Brickley, George Brown, Bertha Croft, Harvie ?ulton. \OTICE OF ELECTION IN JOLLY STREET SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 33. wviotooc rinp-t-'hirrt nf the resident .? ""v.* ~ electors and a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age of 21 ; years, in Jolly Street School District No. 33, of the County of Newberry, State of South Carolina, have filed a petition with the County Board of Education o'~ -Newberry County, South Carolina, petitioning and requesting chat an election be held in said School . district on the question or levying an additional special tax of four (4) mills to be collected on all the taxable property within the said School Dteti :ct. Now, therefore, we the undersigned, composing the County Board of Education for Newberry County, State of South Carolina, do hereby order the t Fin II POLISHES ! I1TE-TAN - IO<t ji R SHOES NEAT j f g i# 9 1 1 liil<U is are now ready. iggs md other Easter me. i Variety Store Thousand Things. ??? iT - -- j-.-ir 111 . iurance! A not been senousr withdrawal of shall have twelve ies. We will be rOU, r n*i r & ifti I Leo w AirN ince Department n o r 11 Pi irner eoyce & louege x Board o: Trustees of the Jolly Street School District No. 33, to hold an election on the said question of levying an additional special tax of four (4) mills to be collected on the property located in the said School District, which said ,.~rr>-nnn ho hpid ?t the Hunter I CiV.V/lIV/11 Uliu.il WW ? I DeWalt Schoolhouse in said 'School ! District Xo. 33, on Friday, March 31, J 15 at which said election the polls ! shaU be opened at 7 a. m. and closed 'it 4 p. m. The members of the Board of True. tees of said School District shall act I j as managers of said election. Only such. f ! electors as reside in said School Dis tiict and return real or personal proptty for taxation, and who exhibit tfcelr tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general elections, shall be allowed to <vote. Electors faj voring the levy of such tax shall cast i ; a ballot containing the word 'Tes* | written or printed thereon, and each ' elector opposed to such levy shall cast a uanuL tvuiaiuiug i.uv nvm <? j written or printed thereon. Given under our hands and seals 1 this the 4th lay of March, 1916. OHAjS. p. barre, j 8. j. derrick. .T S. WHEELER 1" 7 County Board of Education. ? ??mm