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The Fort Mill Times ESTABLISHED IN 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1915. $1.25 PER YEAR. GERMANS SINK TWO' STEAMERS, 150 DEW)! " < ENGLISH PASSENGER SHIPS SENT IU BOTTOM BY SHELL AND TORPEDO. ? ENEMY'S GUNS KILLED SOME Both Boats Tried to Outrun Pursuers Which Caused Them to Get Less Consideration. Londou.?Upward of 150 persona * lost their lives in the sinking by Goman submarines of the Dempster liner Falaba and the British steamer Aguila. The Falaba, bound from Liverpool for the coast of Africa, with about 100 DAK?4f>n Ifnrc ??o e 1 1 : - 1,4 r u, M HO lUI JirUUl'U HI C5L George's Channel. The Aguilu. sent down by shell nr3 of the submarine lT-23 off Pembrokcehire had three passngers and a crew of 42 and of these 23 of the crew and all of the passengers were lost. The Aguila also was outward bound from Liverpool and was en route foi Lisbon. An official list supplied at the office of the Flder Dempster Stemship Company. owners of the Falaba shows teat eo far as is known a? present 52 (1 rst class passengers, 34 second-class pasaengers and 49 of the crew of the FaW aha were saved. Four of the passengers and four of the crow are reported killed and 01 passengers and 43 of the crew are missing. When the submarines appeared, both steamers tried to escape by crowding on full steam, but the underwater boats overhauled them after short chases and in each case the Germans then allowed hut a few minutes to get his passengers and crew loto the small boats. The captain of the Falaha. who was lost, was given five minutes to get his passengers and crew off but, according to the survivors, before this was possible a torpedo lilt the engine room, causing a terrible explosion. Many were killed and the steamer sank in 10 minutes. Trawlers rescued most of those who were saved; others got away In the boats. Those still on the steamer when the explosion occurred were inrown "no me sea and it took .he fishermen an hour or more to pick up those in the water who managed to keep afloat. The Aguila's captain was allowed four minutes in which to leave Ills ship. The submarine opened fire killing a woman passenger, the chief engineer and two of the crew. Even after the crew had commenced to lower the boats, according to the survivors. the Germans kept up their tire and some of the boats were riddled. SEND TROOPS TO BROWNSVILLE. Three Batteries Are Ordered to Texas Border to Protect. Washington.?Acting Secretary of the War Department Breckinridge or dered three batteries of the Third Field Artillery to Brownsville. Texas, a^ a demonstration to the Mexican forces fighting for possession of Matatfioros that Americnn lives must not bo endangeted by firing across the line. A regiment of infantry also was A?/lA?ift<l U^l.l ?f -* Ultinru I1CII1 III I KHUIOHHH iil l eXll S City to he moved to Brownsville If needed. These precautions were deemed necessary. although assurances had hoen given by both Carranza and Villa agencies here that no shooting across the lino would he permitted. Secre tary Bryan said that orders had been eent by commanders of each faction to their troops in and about Matatuoros to see that no shots entered American territory. Von Kluck Wounded. Berlin, via wireless.?The official communication relates among other things that General von Kluck. the 1 German commander who led the faL mous German rush into France. In | the t-arly days of the war, has been slightly wounded by shrapnel fire B while inspecting advance positions of his arniy. The condition of the gen oral fs described .is satisfactory. The Hemisphere Growing Unified Annapolis, Md.?SpeakinR at a luncheon given in his honor on hoard tho new Argentine battleship Moreno by Safe * Dr. Romulo S. Naon, the ArRentine ambassador. President Wilson emphasized the "growing warmth of af Ifection. as well as understanding" between the United States and ether nations of the Western Hemisphere. The president spoke In reply to an address in a similar vein delivered hy Ambassador A'aon. Technically the president was on foreign soil during his visit to the Moreno. VILLA FORCES ARE I BADLY DEFEATED ENCOUNTER AT MATAMOROS HAS CEASED TO AWAIT ARTILLERY. , . SERIOUS FOR TEXAS TOWN i < Carrann Troops Are Strongly En ; trenched and Only Artillery Will Move Them From Garrison. I Brownsville. Texas. ? Failing in their attempt to dislodge the Oarranza ! garrison ny ritlo and machine gun fire, Villa forces beseiging Matamoros vir- j tually ceased their attacks awaiting | it was announced, the arrival of artil- j lory. In the event of an artillery duel, ! Brownsv.lie. directly across the Rioj I Grande from Matamoros, would he en | dangered one of the gravest of border\ crises was feared. The liklihood of shells falling in Brownsville was demonstrated by the rifle bullets which dropped here during the first Villa assault on Matamoros trenches, a costly failure of Villa forces In which their losses were officially given as 100 killed and 40 wounded. This attack , was a headstrong dash of 2.000 mount ou riflemen. The Carranza losses I were 10 killed and 4i> Injured. Two I persons were st ruck by bullets in ] Brownsville. Neither was seriously injured. I The coming Villa artillery must ho ) powerful enough to cope with ninethree-inch field pieces of the defend ers, none of which has yet been fired. In addition the Carranza troops are said to have four three and one-half | inch guns. A troop of 2f?0 Villa cavalry, circling five miles south of Brownsville, ap; preached unwittingly at a town named Uositas. a machine gun trench hidden hy brush. They were trotting past I this trench when the machine guns were fired. Nearly the entire Villa dead wore said to have fallen at this j point, while almost to a man, the i others were wounded. Nafarrate said he would defend the I city to the limit. Four flags, eap, tured, floated in front of his head! quarters, the hand played In the plaza : and men and women of Matamoros I celebrated, filling the streets with j color. One flag is inscribed "Second Brigade, M. Chao." This battalion, the Constitutionalists claimed, was almost wiped out by its dashing assaults in the breastworks. Both Villa and Constitutionalist soldiers say three Villa troopers were killed carrying this flag. /\nniiiiT iiun is inscrioen vuia urigade." These and the other two captured banners were bloodstained. FRUITLESS WORK FOR F-4. Discovered Object Was Only Big Anchor.?Submarine Located. Honolulu. T. 11.? Three days searrh j for the lost I'nited States submarine ; F-4 has resulted only in unfulfilled l hopes. Divers who went down the two cables thought to have been attached to the submarine found the ! heavy body was an old anchor, prob1 ably lost by the battleship Oregon. Diver Agraz, who went dow nthe cable attached to the anchor, wore i only a helmet. Diver Evans, who descended along the second cahle, reported that he found nothing- Agraz, whose descent to a depth of 215 feet Is said to be a world's record, spent 22 minutes on the.downward journfey aud nine and half minutes in the ascent. The experience apparently caused him no distress. The submarine F-4 has been located outside the harbor it was announced. Portions ot the superstructure have been brought to the surface. The The dredge California will shift moori ings. tugs will criss-cross in all directions and an attempt wil he made to life the submarine. Alabama Ordered to Hampton Roads. Philadelphia. Carrying the flag of Rear Admiral J. L. Helm of the Atlan! tic reserve fleet, the battleship Alabama sailed from the Philadelphia I Navy Yard for neutrality duty at I Hampton ltf>ads. Cotton Proceeds to Italy. Genoa Italy via Paris?As a result of the efforts of American Ambassador Page instructions have been rei ceived hero lrom th< foreign ministry ; at Rome to allow all American cot1 ton billed througn this country to be , exported. Difficulties in the way of j moving the commodity now are due to I congestion. There are la# ships at J Genoa waitng to unload, while outaJde the harbor 116 vessels are waiting to enter. Methods employed in unloading the ships prevent more than 3.000 bales of cotton entering the port daily. ALL FOOI 1 v; L4 1 Fffl?? | (Copyright.) RUSSIA STRIVES FOR GOAL FIGHTING DESPERATELY IN EFFORT TO GET THROUGH THE CARPATHIANS. Making Great Effort to Keep Back tho j Invaders.?British Announce End of Submarine U 29. London.? The Russians have lost no time since tlie fall of Phzyemsyl in attempt ins their drive in the Carpathians to reach Hungary. In the various mountain passes where already thousands of men have fallen Russians i ana ausi ruins are in another death j grip, the one army to force its way I through the mountain passes, the oth-' er to heat hark the invaders. The Russians are striking their best blow on the SO mile front between Hartfield and I'ssok, and although the operations are being carried on under the most difficult conditions the claim is made officially that they are developing "with complete success." The nature of the lighting is indicated l?y the fact that only are there great snow drifts to contend against, .hut the Russians have had to fight their way through barbed-wire entanglements. rows of trenches and , works strongly fortilled. In one of i these places, near I.upkow Pass, an Austrian position, said by the Russian War Office to lie very Important, was carriod by assault. Here the Russians captured 5,t?00 men. 100 officers and several dozens of machine guns, and latest advices from Petrograd describe the Austrlans as in retreat iriuii cerium positions. The British Admiralty announces the end of tlie famous German submarine U-29, which sank several British steamers and torpedoed others. In making tlie announcement the Admiralty said it had good reasons to believe that Mie IT-29 had been sunk with all hands. More than ordinary interest attached to the l*-29 because of the belief in some quarters thnt Lieutenant Weddingen. who commanded the submarine U-9 when she sank three British cruisers in the North Sea last September, has been promoted to the command of the newer and larged boat. WILSON EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE I Praises Stability of Great Body of Calm People of Nation. Woohln^lnn . i ^. i i?ii i.iiiniurin.x' in Lilt* great body of calm people of Hie Nation, who serve as "stabilizers" when tlie excitable ones try to "rock tlie , boat" in these perilous days, was , voiced by President Wilson in an ad dress before the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Kpiseopal Church, South, in annual session here. The President appealed to the Nation for support in administering his ! office, saying "if I can speak for you I am powerful, if I cannot 1 am_ weak." He said it was possible for a people to be impartial when a "quarrel is none of theirs " Referring to the danger to missionaries in some foreign lands of which lie said lie had thought much of late. ' lie added: "Wars will never have any ending until men cease to hate one another, | cease to be jealous of one another, get i the feeling of reality in the brotherj hood of mankind, which in the only bond that can make us think justly of ! one another and act righteously hefore God himself." Kaiser Has New Grandson. London.?The Dutchess of Brunswick. formerly Princess Victoria Luise daughter of Emperor William, gvae birth to a son. according to a "Tietiter I dispatch from Brunswick. ? .S' DAY ^ ~~ ' MARSHALL AT EXPOSITION VICE PRESIDENT FORMALLY DEDICATES THE PANAMA-PACIFIC LXPOSITION. Duty Detrred President Wilson at Washington.?Vast Crowds Hear Marshall. San Francisco. ? Vice President Thomas It. Marshall, representing the President of the United States, for mally dedicated the I'anama-Pucltle International Exposition. Standing beneath the great arch of the Tower of Jewels, the Vice President addressed a vast crowd of people who packed the Court of the Universe. Mr. Marshall was constantly halted by applause. Especially was this the rase, when, referring to the Panama Canal, he voiced regret "that this altruistic work has a real or seeming defect in the charge of an injustice done to tho .sister republic of the South." "Lot us not bo too much dismayed this day by reason of that fact," he said. "The American people are wise and they know he is not wise who is not Just." Charles C. Moore, president of the exposition, introduced the tirst three speakers, United States Senator James I). Plielan, Chester H. Howell representing Governor Johnson and Mayor James ltolph. Jr., tho latter expressing the hopo to the Vice President that the message lie would forward to the President would lie "California has done well." Yieo President Marshall said in part: "I crave your sympathy and your charity while for a brief moment 1 stand here commisiom d to take hut not to till the place of the President of the I'nited States. "In justice to the day. Wood row Wilson should he lipre. The office and the man would each fittingly grace this occasion. But duty said to him that justice to all the people hade him to stay in Washington. You hope for continued peace. Do not forget that lie is your greatest peacemaker. May the truth that ho seeks your good rather than his own or your pleasure lighten the disappointments of this hour. Before the sunset hell shall nroelaim the cln?? nt tntu -.r~i the Twentieth Century, the President of the United States hopes to meet you face to face. "Ostensibly I am here in the name of the President of the United States to dedicate this exposition in glorifl cation of the completiton of the canal. Really that waterway front its be ginning was dedicated to the idea and t lie ideals of the Republic. "Here men of every arc and every clime behold the noonday of the world's accomplishment, the crystal ligation of the dreams and thoughts of genius and of talent. May we not hope 11 litt here a thoughdnwn will be horn that shall not cease to broaden until, at its nvridian light, all men around the world are one?" Will Pay Indemnity. Washington. Secretary Bryan annoiinrcd that regret for I ho killing of John B. McManux, an American, in Mexico (Mtv. by Zapata forces has heen expressed on behalf of General Zapata by General I'alafox. in charge at Mexico rity. and that negotiations for paying indemnity to the dead nian'a family were progressing satisfactorily. Aviator Drops Bombs. Berlin, via London. -An enemy aviator appeared above Mulheim and j dropped^ three bombs on the city and i the artillery barracks. Three soldiera I were wounded. LOCATE SHRINE I AND TRY TO RAISE IT AMERICAN SUBMARINE IS LOCATED FIFTY FATHOMS BELOW THE SURFACE. TWENTY-ONE MEN ON BOARD First Submarine Disaster For United States.?F4 is One of Latest Models of Under-Sea Craft. i Honolulu. The American submarine F-4 b.st for over thirty hours off Honolulu harbor, has been located. Heroic effort* being made to raise the stricken craft, but after having been submerged for more than 30 hours It was regarded as doubtful whether any ; of the crew of 21 men remained alive. To lift the little vessel to the stir- j face it was found necessary to send to the Pearl Harbor Naval Station for a dferick and crane. This Involved much loss of time and it was thought i the fate of the crew might not be de- i terrained for many hours. Rescue vessels dragging the ocean bed with 1 grappling hooks chanced upon the stricken craft at a deptli of 300 feet Making fast to the F-4 the naval tug Navajo and tho steamier Makaala he- j gan to tow their And?they were ' uot certain that it was the sub- J marine they had hooked toward shallow water, tjuantltios of oil came to ! tho surface, proof that It really was tho lost vessel. Soon afterward a submarine marker buoy discovered far below tiie water, removed all doubt that the F-4 had been found. Just when tho marker buoy had j been released by the disabled boat j there was no means of determining. ; If the signal was given after the grappling hooka of the rescue vessel took ' hold, then the crew, or at least some of them, still were alive. For nioro than an hour I ho tug and tho steamer struggled with their unwieldy burden. Soon afterwards It became apparent that It would be im- ! possible to tow the submarine near enough to shore to bring her to the i surface and a hurry call was sent to the naval station for a wrecking ship Naval authorities admitted that they ' ( had Riven up hope for the F 4's crew. ! However, resuscitating apparatus has i been dispntrhed to the s one and every j effort will be made to develop any spark of life that may remain. The i general opinion is that the vessel's j plates were sprung through the ira- 1 . inense pressure of the water at a depth of f?0 fathoms and that the two officers and 1!> enlisted men nhoard | ] have perished. Vessels in the vlcln' ity equipped with suhmarone signal apparatus continued to send out sig- | 1 nnls. but no answers came. F I T F I ST I I I ?k.T MCWDODT MCUIO I wr. . ?v O Many Rumors That Vessel is Preparino to Leave Port. Washington. Itumors from Now port Nfiws reached Washington that the F'rlnz Eitel Frledrich. the (lerman sea raider, docked there for repairs after her commerce destroying cruise, | was preparing to depart. One report . said the cruiser actually had left her dock at the shipyard and was putting out to sea to escape or hid defiance to llritish end French warships patrol Ing beyond the Virginia capes. All these stories were proved groundless, however, as the I'rlnz I Rltel was at her dock and repair work was said still to he in progress. The ; immigrant passengers aboard the ship : were removed and this fact, together with a growing belief that the time I limit allowed the ship for remaining in port is drawing near probably gave rise to the reports. Tennessee Limits Capital Punishment. \ Nashville. Tenn The senate pass ed a bill ebo'shinc the death penalty! in Tonne ?e The bill which make* | two exceptions, In criminal assault i -tves a I in case of life-term convicts who commit murder, now goes to the i governor. No More Free Lunches. Providence R. I The senate passed a bill prohibiting free Irnrhe In liquor saloon *. It will go to he house. 220,000.000 In Food3. T.ondon A financial report issued here by the American eon,! I--Ion for relief in ReUium shows that $20,000,000 worth <>f fon''-tuff - have been delivered in P.??h:ium -ince ' e imoption of fie rot, mission's work. Nineteen million dollars worth of food is on the way to the stricken country or is stored for future ?Moment. Of the erand total $S.500.000 was provided hv benevolent contributions and the balance of $10,500,000 was provided hy hanking ; arrangements not up hy the rommtsI s'on. r~ . . . . WEATHER FORECAST^ Weather Movements Due and Their Local Effects For the , j Cotton States April 4-11. National Weather Journal. j Sunday, April 4; Monday, April S?The week will open with rain snd rising temperatures in Western Cotton Bolt und clear and cool in Eastern 11 Bolt. 111 Tuesday, April 6; Wednesday. April 7- The unsettled weather and rains in the West ! j will gradually extend Eastward I i and rover the South about the \ middle of the week. If Thursday, April R; Friday, ? April Saturday, April 10? 4 A eool wave should overspread ? Western and Middle Belt by j Thursday and Eastern Belt Frlt day and Saturday. This will clear the weather and bring $ I unseasonably cold temperatures, minima ranging down In the J lower 40s all along the Gulf \ I'oast, with frost In the NorthI era halves of all of the Gulf !!. ? States. I Sunday. April 11??The next ? week will open with rising tem- | I peratures. Special F.aster Sunday Fore cast: The Gulf and South At- > | lantie States and possibly Mid- | | die Atlantic States promise to t I liave fair and moderately eold I 1 weather for Eastern Sunday, ? i Elsewhere the weather will be I cloudy and unsettled, with sea- J | sonablo temperatures. j PREPARE FOR SCHOOL LAW Compulsory School Attendance is Contingent Upon Voting of $75,000 School Improvement Bonds. Greenville.?Compulsory school attendance in the city of Greenvlllo is contingent upon the voting; of $75,000 in bonds for enlargement and improvement of the public school facilities. The trustees of the city schools met recently and while they unanimously indorsed compulsory school attendance. they decided not to call an election upon this question until the voters have expressed their will In regard to the proposed $75,000 bonds for school facilities. At. the present time the public schools of Greenville are tilled. The seating capacity is not sufficient to care adequately for the enrollment under the present system, and if compulsory attendance wore decided on an?l no increase in the facilities province Tor, mo srtiool buildings could not earn for the pupils. To order an election upon the question of compulsory attendance before having sufficient room to accommodate the pupils would, as the trustees see the situation, be placing the cart before the horse. They have, therefore, decided to await tlio action upon the bond Issue before taking any action upon the compulsory attendance matter. Under the education law the trustees in a city of this size have the power to call tin election, at which tho voters will decide whether or not they desire attendance to be compulsory. PALMETTO NEWS NOTES. Jitneys aro now being operated In Columbia and Florence. Edward Turner was elected mayor of Blacksburg at a recent election. Two pairs of ostriches have been purchased for Erwin Park. Columbia. Maysville will hold Its chautauqua or "business festival" on April 8, 9 and 10. For the third term J. P. Coats has been selected superintendent of tho graded school at Fort Mill. The Johnston ltitles, known as Company M, First Infantry N. G. S. C., has just been inspected and found In excellent order. , The commencement address will be delivered at the Presbyterian College of South Carolina at Clinton on Wednesday morning, Juno 2, by Col. W. W. Lewis, of Yorkville. ino inrso name store building destroyed I v flre in Lake City recently, for a while threatened the entire business section. The slate board of health bus begun .1 vigorous campaign in behalf of a "clean tip and screen up day" in South Carolina on April 10. A meeting <>f the Catawba fair circuit ha- just been held to decide fair dates. They will be as follows: York, October 13-10; t'nion, October20-23; Lancaster, November 3-6; Kershaw, I .MIVI'IIIDCr IO'IiV ronKrf'ssman Ragsdale has been informed by the chief of engineers of the war department that there would be no curtailment of improvement on the Wacoamew rivei* and Winyah hay because of the small river and harbor bill which congress recently paused, but that they would be protected just, as though a larger bill had heen agreed upon. I.