The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 26, 1915, Image 8

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TORPEDOES LINER DO«n CLOSE BY LUSITANIA'S WAVE I •v ‘i NO AMERICANS DROWNED White Star liner Torpedoed on Her Wa? to New York, Thirty-Two Per- aona Betaf Drowned — Btrack With oat Warning After Seeing An other Ship Destroyed. The beat information available in London Friday indicated that a score or more persona lost their lives in the siking of the White Star liner Arabic by a German submarine Thursday morning off the South of Ireland. It had not been determined definitely whether any Americans were among the dead. Dr. Edmond F. Wood of Janesville, Wis., and Mrs. Josephine Li Bruglere, an American, who had lived in Europe for a number of years were missing. The White Star announced Friday morning that all except exight pas sengers had been landed at Queens- E n. Four were said to be Amerl- s. According to information Ga rbled to Washington by Lewis C. Thompson, American consul at Queenstown, however, Dr. Wood and Mrs. Bruglere are the only missing Americans. The other two—James Houlihan, of Philadelphia, and Thos. Elmore of New York—were reported by Mr. Thompson to have been saved. In all about four hundred of the four hundred and twenty-three per sons on boorti the Arabic had been accounted for. The fate of the others still was In doubt, but as the hours lengthened since the Arabic met with swift destruction, hopes that the others may have been saved faded. The announcement that only eight of the passengers were supposed to be lost bore out earlier reports that the great majority of the missing were members of the crew. Captain William Finch gave testi mony to the heroism of his engineers and firemen, several of whom re mained at their posts to the last and probably sacrificed their lives. Oth er survivors said the torpedo killed outright several men in the boiler rooms. It struck on the starboard side about one hundred feed from the stern, near the boiler rooms. The torpedoing of the Arabic has stirred England from end to end. al though on account of the compara tively-small loss of life, public feel ing does not show signs of-running as high as in the days following the official details were received water boat rose to the surface and launched a torpedo. The marksman- ■hlp of the Germans was deadly ac curate and the liner settled quick ly and disappeared fromrwlew. Some survivors, aocordfSg to re ports, say that they had Just witness ed the torpedoing of a British steam er, presdmably the Dnnsley, and that this hod caused great alarm on board the Arslblc. In their fright the pas sengers had rushed for life preserv ers and barely had adjusted them when the German submarine turned its torpedo against the Arbaic’s side Ten lifeboats and a number of life- rafts were got over the side of the steamer and into these mrny pas sengers and members of the crew scrambled. Many passengers fell Into the water, but they got hold of the rafts and later were rescued. One woman who fell into the sea scream ed pitifully for help. Two sailors swam to her and lifted her on to raft. ?• ' News of the sinking of tho Arabic caused a tremendous sensation in London. The first reports stated that it waa feared a large number of the passengers had been lost. Reassur ing news came shortly, however. It was that sbme 15 or 16 boats and life rafts had left the steamer safely and had been picked up and were being towed Into Queenstown. Latest private telegrams brought the news from most of the passengers that they were safe, although some were injured. The Arabic Is the larg est vessel yet sunk by the Germans except tho Lusitania, Washington: Nows of the torpedo ing of the White Star liner Arabic, a British sl)tp, with Americans on board came as a shock to American officials, who had hoped since the dispatch of the last note to Germany there would be no further aggrava tion of an already tense situation. What the course of the I'nited States would be no official would pre dict. It must be established authori tatively whether any warning was given and whether the steamer at tempted to escape. If no American Uvea were lost, it was thought in most quarters that drastic steps were Improbable, but if Americans were drowned a rupture In diplomatic r lations was discussed as likely. The attack on tho Arabic cr.me In the face of reiterations in German quarters that In the future passenger vessels would be given warning. The incident, therefore, caused wide spread surprise, especially since the ship was bound for the United States and had no contraband. In some quarters there was a disposition to think the German submarine com mander might have exceeded his or ders or made a mistake. President Wilson was startled by the news. He spent the entire after noon and evening trying to get de tailed information. Though obvious ly worried, he took the position that Judgment should be withheld until sinking of the Lusitania That such a lyge proportion of the passengers and crew should have bean saved la a short time Is regard ad as tetter fortune than might have bean expected. Apparently it was due to the coolness and courage of the officers and crew, from Captain Finch who remained at his post until Just before the Arabic took her final plunge down to the firemen, who fac ed'death, to perform their duty. Fine weather and a calm sea also contributed to the outcome. In Queenstown everything p sstble was done to assist the survivors, many of whom were without clothes or money. As In the case of the Lusi tania disaster, the citlxens of Queens town went to the assistance of the sufferers. A number of the survivors were suffering from minor Injuries, but no far as is known none Is In a serious condition. With the main facts >f the disaster established, the English public turn ed its attention to the possible effect upon relations between the United States and Germany. Definite word whether American lives had been lost was awaited with more eagerness than any other detail of the Arabic’s story yet to be told The White Star liner Arabic was torpedoed and sunk on her way to New York by a German submarine at 9.15 o’clock Thursday morning southeast of Fastnet. The steamer, according to the White Star line, was attacked with out warning and went down in ten minutes. Of the 423 persons on board—181 passengers and 242 members of the crew—32 are miss ing and are believed to have perish ed. Most of those not accounted for belong to the crew. Only six passen gers are reported missing. Whether'any of those not account ed lor are Americans has not yet been determined, but there were only 26 citizens of the United States on board, 22 being in second cabin and the steerago. New York that a careful chocking various lists of survivors of the Arabic as given out in Lon don, Washington and New York showed that all passemgers listed by the White Star line aff Americans on 1 board the vessel had been saved. It is possible that some Americans boarded the liner as she was about «R sail and were carried in the list given out by the White Star line as of other nationalities. The Arabic carried no first class passengers, hav ing lately been turned into a two- class Inter. Survivors left tho steamer in the ship's boats and were picked up by passing vessels They arrived in Queenstown Thursday night and are being cared for by the,White Star line in hotels and boarding houses in the little town which a short time ■ago cared for the Lusitania survivors and dead. Details of the sinking of the Ara bic are lacking, but that the loss of , iif(ft-was not greater doubtless was ^^-Ihie to the fact that tho weather was an£ that steameea pt*U« UUU1U, 4b. mi the |p The president had Just finished a conference with Attorney General Gregory and was preparing to go golfing when word of the sinking of the steamer reached him. He Imme diately abandoned his pi ns and gave orders that all information be for warded to him as quickly as possi ble. The decision of the United States to refuse all claims for life or proper ty lost aboard ships torpedoed with due warning was made clear when it became known that a claim In the rase of John Wall, a muleteer killed when the Armenian was sunk, would not be taken up by the state depart ment. SHIPS NEED SPEED BATTLE CRUISERS NEEBER BY AMERICAN NAVY MUST HAVE SUBMARINES German Submarine Torpedoes Troop- i ship in the Aegean Sea First r---'Tt.i^-. Time During the Wag. The sinking in tho Aegean sea, says London, by g German aubma- rine of the Br’tlsh transport Royal Edward with heavy loss of life has shattered the British navy’s proud Secretary Daniels Outlines Ad mini a- boast that it had transported hun dreds of thousands of men across the sea without the destruction of one troop laden ship. Two.other transports have been at tacked. The Wayfarer was torpedoed in the Irish sea, but the vessel was not sunk and only five lives were lost. The Manitou was attacked by a Turkish torpedo boat in the Aegean Increase in the number of submers- sea. The ship was'hot damaged, al ible craft as larfe as the building ca- though fifty-four lives were lost when pacity of the country will allow, and a boat spilled its load into the sea. an Increase In the material and per-1 The loB8 of the R , Edward i8 sonnel of the aeronautic force of the gerlou8 one at thlg moment . The navy are the three points of next men jt carried were reinforcements year s naval program upon which for the Gallipoli peninsula. The Mr. Daniels, secretary of the navy, news shocked the British public, who laid greatest stress in an interview believed the submarine menace in granted to the New York Herald. tbe Aegean had been dealt with suc- Mr. Daniels says that the advinis- cessfully. tratlon wants to do more than mere- tration’s Naval Program—Aero- •. .. > Sv . : i . nautic Forces to bp Increased— General Board Stays In Washing ton to Study Problems. Increased speed in battleships, &£i ly recommend' an adequate naval program; that it wants tot get such a program authorized by congress, that to this end President Wilson will con fer with the chairmen of thd House and Senate naval affairs committees and that the navy department will co operate closely with the legislative branch of the government. Pending the completion of the de liberations of the General Board which is now holding summer ses- The text of the admiralty an nouncement follows; “The British transport Royal Ed ward was sunk by an enemy subma rine in the Aegean last Saturday morning. According to the infor mation at present available, the transport had on board thirty-two military officers and 1,350 troops in addition to the ship's crew of 220 of ficers and men. “The troops consisted mainly of sions through Washington's intense reinforcements for tho Twenty-ninth heat, in order to meet President Wil- j divisible and details of the Royal son’s demand for a statement on pre- army medical corps. Full informa- paredness by September 1, Mf. Dan- tlon has not yet be n received, but iels declined to divulge his recoin-* 8 known .that i mendatlons regarding the number of, have been saved." battleships, for which he will ask ! *“• congress at the coming ^session. , DR. JOHNSON IS HONORED; “I ran Kay, however,’* added Mr. Daniels, “that as a result of the lessonn of the |>ee«ent great war s|teed will not be sacrificed to 4 either armor or gun power in the National battleships to be designed for the coming program.** HAVE A SKIN WITH OUT A BLEMISH i \i —TT ,3 ZEMERINE, THE MARVELOUS REMEDY FOR ECZEMA, ITCH. PIMPLES, RIN6 WORM TETER, ETC, RELIEVES SUFFERING AND ACTS QUICKLY If your face is disfigured by ugly pimples or your body tortured by itching eczema, give Zemerine a trial. It brings quick relief to the terrible itching, the desire to scratch passes away, and healing becomes possible. Zemerine is used and recommended by many prominent physicians as a specific for the treatment of diseases of the skin, and has to its credit many cases of wonderful cures. 50c and $1.00 at all drug gists, oi*. by mail directs from ZEMERINE CHEMICAL GO. ORANGEBURG, S. C. CLASSIFIED COLUMN can This is a radical change in Amert- naval policy. Heretofore the Kdurational Association l*lacrs Mouth Carolina Man at Its Head. United States has remained unaffect-L fh '‘ ■ h„ Ih. vraat in .n«<..i . «‘“‘“roP Industrial College. tal ships. Now it appears th'at the United States also is going in for fast battle cruisers and high speed In its first line battleships. A statement of rqnal importance made by Mr. Daniels wna that he will recommend probably as many submarines ns the ship construc tion Hants of the country can take care of. “For the first time In years the general board la remaining In ses sion in Washington throughout thi soclatlon at Oakland. Cal., Thursday by a vote 479 to 184 for Miss ( C. Strachsn, of Brooklyn, N. Y Miss Grace C. Strachnn. the des feated candidate for the presidency. Is district superintendent of schools for the city of New York. She Is the woman who led and won the now I famous fight for “equal pay for equal I work.” Among those present at the con vention were: D*.-Marla Monteaaori, of Rome. Italy: Ferdinand Bnlson. j commander of the Legion of Honor, of France: Dr. Joseph Swain, presi- ALLIES ARE DETERMINED MAKE COTTON CONTRABAND ggbiBarlne war strung out. that ow Authorised Announcement Made at Washington of the Hritish Ambassador. “The allied governments have agreed in principle that cotton Is contraband of war. Tho exact date when this announcement shall be made still is under consideration, as well as other details connected with the proclamations.'’ This statement was authorized Thursday at the Brit ish embassy at Washington. As toon as the official announce ment is made it will be disclosed also that the allied governments have prepared to stand behind the market to prevent ruinous depression of prices and minimize hardships to planters. The American government several days ago was informed unofficially, but authoritatively, of the Intention of the allied governments to make cotton contraband, and was informed that they will claim a legal right for their action. It was explained that the Allies re frained from making cotton contra band at the outset of the war because of conditions in the United States, where a large crop had been planted, and a contraband order then would, in their opinion, have been far more serious. Now, the Allies contend, the cotton states have been prepared Tor a change in policy by reduction of acreage. Some of the cotton interests, allied quarters acknowledge, may be affected by the change, and fpt that reason it has been decided to staiid behind the market to minimize em barrassment and to avoid a perma nent decrease in American cotton planting, which- would be reflected in the industries of the allied coun tries. The principal reason for declaring cottOAA contraband is that it is one* of the principle sources of - smokeless powder. How the Allies propose to support the cotton market is' not ex plained. n: kv-s-*- Mexicans are Lynched Two Mexicans held in the jail at San Benito, in connection with the 'Austin killing on the Sebastian road last week, were taken out Monday in Ute absence of a guard and killed. “Ow warships protact- ■ to .Um Gulf of Riga in. owing to of tk« ana- summer,’* said Secretary Daniels, [dent of Swathmore College, Pennsyl- Mnatead of going to Newport as has[vanla: Ernesto Nelson, director of been the custom. The board, of secondary education for Argentina;, which Admiral George Dewey Is the O. W. Crook, vice-president of the head, through ita executive commit-1 Fngliah National Union of Teachers; tee. of which Rear Admiral Charles Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of J. Badger is chairman, is giving care- schools In Chicago, ful consideration’to all that has been Modern phases of the education of learned from the great war which the youth of this and coming genera- wlll affect the naval program of the|tlons were discussed at the congress. coming year. “This board is in possession of all information petrinent to the subject which has been received by the de partment and I cannot, for obvious reasons, while their conclusions are This is the third International Con gress, N. E. A. May Act Against Turkey | A strong squadron of fast cruisers still unmatured. make any statement *■ being held in readiness to steam as to what either the board or the department is likely to recommend to congress in the fall. “There are. I may say, Three phases of naval equipment which are being especially considered by the General Board. First, the element of apee<[. During the last few years other nations have constructed pow erful vessel*; possessing high rates of speed as well as smaller vessels de^ igned to specially for speed. "In order to provide for the in creased speed it was necessary to sacrifice either gunpower or armor and in most instances both. "Our navy has adhered to the principle that ships should be heavily armored and possessing the >maxi- mum of gunpowder. But In making Impregnable vessels of this type speed had to be sacrificed. In the design of vessels which are now un der consideration, speed will be sac rificed to no other element. "The second phase regards aero nautics. The European war has conclusively demonstrated the im portance of aerial service in all military establishments. Their ability to divert surprise attacks can hardly be over-estimated. “Unfortunately we are not so strong in this respect as onq might desire. We are, however, progress ing and within the last few years our equipment has been enlarged and the numbeipof pilots gradually, In creased. “The*last congress approved of my selection, which was recommended by a broad of naval officers of the abandoned Pensacola navy yard as an aviation station, and durii^ the last winter in the vicinity of this sta tion we had important exercises in which the submarines and mine lay ers have worked with the air craft. Our principle trouble in aeronautics has been to obtain a suitable niotor. Just before the outbreak of the war in Europe we had placed an order for two foreign aircraft, one In from Taranto, Italy, at a moment's notice. It is expected that the war ships will be sent against Turkey if that country declines to satisfy Ita ly’s demand for the release of Italian subjects held in the Ottoman empire. France and one in Germany, but, of course, we have been unable to ob tain delivery^ “Submarines—the last congress authorized the construction of sea going submarines of the Schley type, which to the best of our information are the. biggest submarine craft afloat. “I have no doubt but that the next- congress will be willing to authorize a much greater number of Nuhinersihles than the last con gress authorized, a number per haps as large as the eapacity of government and private yards will l>ermit. Opinion within the ser vice (oncurs with that of the gen eral public as to the importance of submarines. “The responsibility of making rec ommendations for a vice naval pro gram to meet present day conditions is fully realized by The naval experts and by the secretary. “Personally I am far more con cerned in an adopted and accomplish ed program than in the most care fully planned department-estimates. Unless there is Co-operation between the executive and legislative depart ments of government, the needed en largement of the navy can not be secred. "TTt is a matter for gratification that the president has Invited a con ference with the chairman of both the, Senate and House Committee on Naval Affairs before the administra tion program is fully agreed upon. It has been my policy to consult free ly with both committees and I have found them more than ready to co operate in all wise and progressive measures to secure the increased ef ficiency and strength of the navy.’’ Sell Your Hides at Home Butcher* and Beef Chiba, Mad me your Hi den and Check by return mall at highest rurket prices Vrif or telephone to me L* information. WISH W. MARTIN i a Growii Leghorn Kgg—ptu i» C. W. Reed, Hertford, N. C. For Male—300 bushels choice seed rye. Write O. W. Clayton, Brevard, N. C. Wanted—Information regarding good farm for silo. R. G. List, Minne apolis, Minn. 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