Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 01, 1915, Image 1
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GERMANS SINK TWO'
STEAMERS, 150 DEW)!
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ENGLISH PASSENGER SHIPS SENT
IU BOTTOM BY SHELL AND
TORPEDO.
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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
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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.
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SERIOUS FOR TEXAS TOWN
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Carrann Troops Are Strongly En ;
trenched and Only Artillery Will
Move Them From Garrison.
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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.
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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
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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.
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.S' DAY
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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
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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.
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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.
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