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\ ^ ?be latitbrrg ?n*alii S? ? One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 6,1918. Established 1891. SlIBS OFF ATLANTIC COAST TEN VESSELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED SUNK. -i Many Naval Vessels Looking for Submarines'?One Submarine Reported to be Captured. r New York, June 3.?Ten American vessels were known tonight to have been sunk by German submarines off the North Atlantic coast since May 25. The largest to fall prey to the raiders which are seeking to prevent the sailing of transports with troops for the battlefields of France, was the New York ana Jforto kico nner Carolina, of 8,000 tons, which was attacked Sunday night about 125 miles southeast of Sandy Hook. The fate of' her 200 passengers and crew of 130, who took to the boats when shells began to fall about the vessel, was unknown late tonight, but there was hope they had been picked up by some passing ship or would reach shore safely in the small boats. Not / a life was lost in the sinking of the other ships, according to late reports tonight. % Besides the Carolina, the known victims of the U-boats are the steamship Texel, the Atlantic Refining Company tanker Herbert L. Pratt, the steamship Winneconnie, of 1,800 L' tons, and six schooners, the largest | of which were the Hauppauge, a new ' ship of 1,000 tons, and the Edward H. Cole. The crews of these vessels have been landed at Atlantic ports. Reports brought ashore by the survivors indicated that the Winneconnie and nearly all the schooners were sunk by the same U-boat, which had been lurking in the path of shipping off the New Jersey coast and the Delaware Capes since late last month. The stories told by the skippers of the schooners indicated that the commander of the submersible was unusually humane for a German submarine officer. In no instance, so fai as known, was a life tyoat shelled and in all cases reported the crews were given opportunity to escape or were taken aboard the submarine where some of them were kept prisoner for eight days, before they were turned adrift to be picked up by a passing vessel. Texel Sunk Sixty Miles Off the Coast. Atlantic City, N. J., June 3.?The steamer Texel was sunk by a German submarine Sunday afternoon, sixty miles off the coast. The crew of 36 Vi Am frvni'trjit i mcu lauucu uci? l w-. 11 v.. The Texel was an American steamer bound from Porto Rico for New x York with 42,000 bags of sugar. The men landed her in two boats. They included Second Engineer E. K. Borgorsen, of Marietta, Ga. Hudson said the Texel went down sixty miles out of New York harbor. The crew of the Texel were left to their own resources and without food and "water, struck a course directly toward shore and landed here. Five Submarines Operating on Coast. ' Norfolk, Va., June 3.?Naval officers here said tonight their reports indicated 'five German submarines had been operating along the Atlantic coast, and that two had been sighted off the Virginia Capes.. Attempt to Draw Naval Forces From War Zone. Washington, June 3.?Germany at last has brought her submarine warfare to the shores of the United States, apparently in a forlorn hope of striking telling blows on this side of the Atlantic and of drawing some of the American naval forces from the war zone where the U-boat menace is being slowly but surely strangled to death. . In attacks upon coasting vessels almost in sight of the New Jersey shore reported today, navy officials see a frantic admission from Berlin that the submarine has failed. American armed power is rolling overseas in ever-increasing force, despite the utmost exertions of the undersea pirates off the coast of Europe. Now the raiders have crossed the seas and lurked for days near America's greatest port. They no doubt were sent to sink transports, but here again they failed. In all the record of destruction they have written, the raiding party has struck at no vessel bound overseas and, therefore, armed for a fight. Only ships that could not hit back have been attacked. Only one of half a.score of vessels probably sent to the bottom that had any real military value in ship w 0 EXPLOSION' COSTS FIVE LIVES. Workmen Killed at Horry County Lumber Mill. Conway, May 29.?One of the most terrific explosions that ever occurred in the county took place Monday morning at Little River, 25 miles east of here, about 6 o'clock when two boilers of the Hammer Lumber Company's mill burst, killing five workmen and injuring as many more. The dead are: John Lewis, Jr., Jim Osburn, white men, and William Randall, Robert Vaught and an unknown negro. The cause of the explosifn, it is supposed, was due to high pressure of steam in the boilers. When the concussion occurred the boilers were hurled 300 yards, one piece or wmcn was tnrown neany a mile. Beside the loss of life, considerable damage was wrought upon the plant and it will be some time before the wrecked boilers can be replaced and the mill put in repair. Copeland Lewis was badly scalded as a result of the explosion, but it is thought he will recover. John Humphries, negro, was severely scalded and crippled. Four other workmen were more or Jess wounded but not so seriously. Colston Clipping^. ? f Colston, June 4.?Misses Mamie and Laura McMillan spent Saturday i with Misses Natalie' and Alberta Kearse. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clayton and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Clayton. Misses Cora and Dora McMillan were the Saturday night and Sunday guests of Mrs. Leila Bessinger. Miss Annie Florence, Fender is at home from college. Miss Minnie Kirkland spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Bessie Kirkland. Mr. John G. Clayton, of Camp Jackson, was at home for a few days last week-end. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jennings and children were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Clayton. The first Porto Rican laborers to reach the United States under Government auspices will be at work upon Government contracts within a month. The Employment Service of the Department of Labor has already found employment for at least 10,000 of these men as common laborers on construction work at Norfolk, Newport News, Baltimore, and vicinity. Arrangements are now being made by the Department of Labor to provide proper housing for these men. i or cargo, was an on tanKer. Six Vessels Officially Reported Sunk. Up to a late hour tonight, the destruction of five sailing craft and the tanker Herbert L. Pratt was the record of losses officially reported to the navy department. The fate of the coastwise liner Carolina, which reported by wireless yesterday she was being shelled, was still unknown. The crews of some of the craft destroyed have been brought into port with a story of eleven days' imprisonment aboard an enemy submarine. During that period scores of troop and supply ships have gone in and out on the business of crushing the German army in France. The U-boat found no weak link in the chain of armed craft that guarded them. Secretary Daniels went to the capital during the day to tell members of the house naval committee that the raid was designed to frighten the American people into demanding the return of war vessels from the other side. He gave assurance that congress need have no apprehension as to protection of the American coast, and that there would be no recall of forces from the war zone. U-boat Captured. An Atlantic Port, June 3.?Hovering for two days over the sea where the American tanker William Rockefeller had been sunk by a German submarine, a flotilla of destroyers and two seaplanes finally succeeded in capturing the U-boat, according to naval officers, survivors of the disaster, who landed here today. The sea for miles about the spot where the fatal blow struck the tanker was closely watched by destroyers and their accompanying seaplanes for any sign of the U-boat speeding from the scene of its encounter. Evidently no trace of the submersible was seen, for the boats stayed in the neighborhood and waited for the Uboat to make its appearance. At last the submarine, which had stayed below the surface so long that its air tanks had become exhausted, rose to the surface and was netted. DRIVE HASTENS VICTORY FEARFUL LOSSES BRING CONCLUSION NEARER. Distinguished Britton Reviews War Conditions?America Equal To Task in Hand. Colonel, the Earl of Dunmore, fittingly closed the day q? fasting and prayer in Columbia yesterday with a "close-up" analysis last night at the Columbia theatre of the menacing j conditions against which the allies j are fighting abroad and gave impetus to the challenge which the American forces have thrown down to the waves of Prussianism now hammer-1 ing against the western battle lines. | The situation in Europe was never graver, the distinguished Briton told his thoughtful but enthusiastic audience. The Germans may break through the first, the second and the third lines of defense but this bit of pessimism was qualified by that British courage which has characterized the Ahglo-Saxon throughout the war. "The allies will hold them on some line until your sons are there in sufficient numbers to enable us to roll back the tide and bring a triumphant military decision." Difficulties will have to be faced in the future as they have been in the past. America will have her discouraging moments, but Lord Dunmore knew America was going into the fight without illusions. Bridging the Atlantic to get American troops in France in numbers to be a determining factor in the war would be only part of the problem. Four tons of shipping to the man will be neces sarv to sustain tnat army, tue nations at war have ascertained. Victory on Field. The war must be fought to a finish on the battlefields. Only a military decision will bring the war to a conclusion. The speaker entertained no prospect of an economic collapse in Germany or any other indirect method of whipping Germany to her knees. Germany is an adept at creating dissatisfaction in other countries, but conditions in her own domains are kept intact. Just now the allies are straining every nerve to hold the gray waves of the central powers. Despite the advances made by the German army, the chances for complete military decision in favor of the allies were never brighter. England alone now has more than 5,000,000 under arms. The speaker emphasized the enormous losses inflicted on England last year. The killed and wounded in officers and men was in excess of 1,000,000. Lord Dunmore's own division was "rebuilt" three times within a brief period after taking its place in the front line trenches three times for periods of five or six days each in one of the big pushes. The casualties in the three attacks were more than 12,000 men, which proves a great strain on the morale of the men, who become all strangers to each other in the rehabilitation ot the divisions. Victory Conies Nearer. It was useless to discount the initial victories of Germany. But the advances, paid for so dearly, only hastened the day when the central powers would collapse beneath the overwhelming weight of superiority of man power, guns and all other things necessary to winning the war. The Germans have one weapon which the allies have not and which just now is proving a distinct advantage. That is the introduction of the mustard gas" shell, an effective weapon in this latest drive. The war will not be won by talk, Lord Dunmore assured his audience. Victory will be assured when the people are willing to sacrifice everything; their lives and their money and everything they possess. Governor Manning introduced the speaker and at the conclusion of the address thanked Lord Dunmore in the name of the Council of Defense, under whose auspices he came, in the name of South Carolina and for America. Congress will provide an army of 10,000,000 men if necessary. And Lord Dunmore was urged to take back to his people the assurance that 100,000,000 Americans would stand back of that army until the principles for which the allies are fighting had been attained.?Columbia State. { ^ < > ? Production of honey will be greatly increased during 1918 in many localities, according to the Department of Agriculture. The increase in Colorado, it is said, will probably be 100 per cent. / / SEVENTEEN ARE DEAD. State Hospital Patients Stampede and Some Run Into Flames. Dead. Thomas W. Baker, Marion. J. \V. Brock, Seneca. Wilie Boyter, Moore. Jake Bell, Aiken. H. H. Free, Blackville. J. B. Greer, Greer. J. R. Green, Spartanburg. Rufus Hewitt, Aynor. Henry Lamb, Ridg^land. L. M. Lewie, Conway. H. D. Newton, Winnsboro. Albert McSwgfin, Vaucluse. .Tnhn Owptisv flr&envilla E. L. Sillman, Williamston. J. C. Todd, Charleston. Walter White, Plumb Branch. T. H. Wells, Mt. Carmel. Severely Burned. J. B. Timmerman, Kirksey. Hector Logan, New Brookland. Columbia, May 30.?Seventeen persons were burned to death when the eleventh ward, a single story wooden structure, at the State hospital for the insane, was destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock Yesterday morning. Two other patients are in a precarious condition. Fifteen of the patients were burned to death within the walls. Two died later in the day from burns. The ward was*occupied by 45 patients. An inquest was held by Coroner Scott last night, when a thorough investigation as to the possible cause of the fire was made. From the testimony adduced, no theory was advanced as to the origin of the fire except : v. i.. c .? j yussxuiv nuui ucictuvc cxculi it; wii-i ing. It was developed that all night employees were at their respective! posts and that no delinquency of duty was attached to any one connected with the institution. The tragedy was regarded as wholly unavoidable and no blame could be placed on any one. Building of Wood. The building was a small one story wooden structure and was one of the oldest on the grounds. The flame was discovered between the ceiling | and the roof, which was covered with a layer of three ply paper roofing. This, Dr. Williams explained in his testimony, ^as regarded as fireproof by insurance companies. In further precaution, he had consulted the Columbia fire department and procured its consent to use the material before it was put on. The State electrician, Dr. Williams further said, has been constantly alert in making inspections of wiring about the institution. The architect has also been watchful i .1- 1 ana me employees are cuuuuuauy j instructed to be on guard in precau-j tion against possible fires. No fire j was in the building at any time Tues-1 day or Tuesday night, all witnesses testified. The cooking for the patients takes place in another building, j and hot water is l^d through mains | from other buildings. Patients are j not allowed to handle matched The ] theory as to defective wiring was the j Most plausible Dr. Williams could j suggest. The flame was discovered j in the ceiling directly in line with the ' wiring. # m i?I ? TRANSPORT TORPEDOED. President Lincoln Last While Homeward Bound. Washington, May 31.?Loss of the homeward bound American transport President Lincoln was reported today by Vice Admiral Sims. The message was brief, merely stating that the vessel was torpedoed at 10:40 o'clock this morning ajid went down an hour later. It made no mention of casualties. Navy officials waited anxiously tonight for further details but as the attack occurred by daylight and the ship remained afloat for an hour they felt certain the casualty list would be small and probably limited to a few men killed or injured by the explosion. The President Lincoln was a big former passenger liner of the Hamburg-American line. She was one of the German ships taken over by the United States at the declarai tion of the war. Under a new agreement the Army will handle all mail fof the expeditionary forces after it leaves United j States ports. The Post Office Depart-: ment will deliver the mail to military \ authorities at the port of embarkation j in this country and receive it from them at a port in France for dispatch to the United States. The domestic money-order service to the troops will, for the present at least, continue under the direction of the Post Office Department in France. SMASHES WORLD RECORD LAUNCHES DESTROYER 17 DAYS AFTER KEEL LAYING. Record for Merchant Ship Construction Also Held by the United States. ( Washington, June 2.?Establishment by American shipbuilders of a new world's record in war ship construction was announced today by i Secretary Daniels. The feat was per- i formed in the launching yesterday < at the Mare Island navy yard, San Francisco, of the torpedo boat de- ' stroyer Ward, seventeen and one- 1 half days after the keel was laid. ] Tne record tor merchant ship con- 1 struction is held by the United States, 1 the collier Tuckahoe having been i launched recently by the New York Shipbuilding company in twenty sev- 1 en days after the first keel plate was 1 put down. s The Tuckahoe was practically i ready for service when put over- 1 board, while the Ward was 84 per l cent, complete, with the engines'and < boilers yet to be installed. Before the United States went to 1 war, Secretary Daniels said, the av- ' erage time for a destroyer, on the 1 ways were eleven months, but with : the destroyer program rushed during i the past year this time has been reduced to five months. As much structural work as possible for the Ward was prepared be fore the keel was laid. Naval Constructor H. M. Gleason planned and had immediate charge of building the Ward. 1 Big Launching July 4. < Washington, June 2.?Launching < of sixteen vessels on the Pacific coast ; on July 4 is planned in response to 1 the appeal of Chairman Hurley, of 1 the shipping board, to the country's i shipbuilders to celebrate Independ- ? ence Day with a heavy output of tonnage with which to thwart the sub- ] marine. ] This fact was disclosed tonight in j correspondence made public by Secretary Wilson, which is designed to < refute the charge that ship workers 1 in the West are not putting forth 1 their best efforts. ] ^ tm* ? < Bells to Usher in Campaign. 1 A very unique plan has been de- 1 cided on by the South Carolina War ? Savings committee for the purpose < of waking up the State of South Carolina in the forthcoming intensive W. S. S. drive in June. From June 1 14 until June 28 it is planned to { have all church and fire bells, factory 1 whistles, and other mediums of noise, 1 ring and blow as loudly as they know < how, every day at 12 o'clock noon. Every man, woman and child in every 1 community, on hearing the noisy 5 demonstration, will interpret it as 1 follows: 1 "Wake up. South Carolina! Sign '* the pledge to save, and buy all the | war saving stamps you can. Wake j 5 up: The state wide concert will be a 1 clarion call to duty, and won't dis- 1 turb anybody except Bill Kaiser? and no loyal American is very solici- < tous about Bill Kaiser's welfare. . ' ? Equipment for Many Sports. At every trailing camp in the 1 country plans of the Commission on Training Camp Activities have been carried out to provide athletic facilities for the men. Baseball heads the i list in popularity, and full equipment 1 has been placed in the camps. More ? than 70,000 baseballs and 3,000 bats t have been sent. At Camp Lewis, ( Washington, there are 16 baseball t fields in use. Practically .every com- f pany in each camp division through- i out the country has its team, and i there are company, battalion, regimental, and inter-regimental leagues. 1 Every form of track athletics oc- ( cupies the attention of men training c at the camps. As many as 800 men 1 ' 1 .?A. Ann _ ( nave raKen part m unismuai LUU" I \ tests, and track meets have been wit- c nessed by more than 20,000 specta- 1 tors. t When facilities permit, instruction J in swimming is given. Men are first i given land instruction and then sent into the water. Tennis courts have been built in every camp, one having r 40 courts, and the sport is rapidly s gaining in popularity. Through the c generosity of golf clubs located near 1 the camps, the demand for golf t courses is partly being met. Polo' e matches are frequently held, and t competition for places on the teams i is keeD. c Pl'XCHBOARDS, FAREWELL. From June 1st, and All Games of Chance Outlawed. Columbia, June 1.?"Punchboards, Farewell." This is the refrain being sung throughout South Carolina today from Caesar's Head to the Isle of Palms. No more will the "sports'* try to woo the elusive "flush," "full house" and "pair? jacks or better" for cigars and drinks, soft forsooth; for the last hard-hearted general assembly declared that from June 1, and onward, such "games of chance" are uuuaweu. "It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation," states the law, "to use or offer for use any punchboard or other kind of boards with numbers concealed thereon for the purpose of gaming or chance in this State. "Any person, firm or corporation violating section one of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than S10 nor more than $25, or imprisoned not less than five days, nor more than thirty days, ar both, at the discretion of the court. Provided, That for the second or third offense under this act, the fine shall be not less than $25 nor more than $100, or imprisonment on the Eftiblic works of the county for a period not exceeding three months." KEEP UP HEAVY FIRE. 1,000 Shells Fall in Cantigny in Brief Period?Much Aerial Activity. With American Army in France, Thursday, May 30.?The German artillery in the course of the night severely bombarded the new positions Df the Americans at Cantigny, west Df Mont uiaier. iney nrea as many as 4,000 high explosive shells in a brief space of time. Several attempts by the Germans to come over were repulsed with heavy losses by the Americans. E}nemy airmen were active last light and this morning bombed villages behind our lines without regard to military objectives. The Eighty-second German reserve iivision, from which the Americans took prisoners in the fighting at Cantignv, is commanded by Gen. Von Lome Und Stauge. This officer served on both the Russian ond western fronts and came to Cantigny between ' May 1 and 15. His division participated, in the German offensive on the San river in May, 1915, which pierc3d the Russian front in Galicia. Tried to Use Tanks. In one of the counter attacks launched against the Americans in Cantigny the Germans tried to use tanks. American artillery opened a beavy fire driving both th6 foot soliiers and the tanks back in disorder. The new American positions in Cantigny are being improved constantly. The Americans have not budged an inch since they gained the town. Every time the enemy artillery starts a bombardment the American gunners smother the opposition fire. German airmen flying at a great height, penetrated many miles to the . rear of the American lines today. They were driven off by anti-aircraft ?uns and were unable to drop any i)ombs. TO MEET THE GERMAN FLEET. Rattle Expected Any Moment Says Adm iral 'Gleaves. New York, June 2.?The United States now has a large number of irst-class battleships "preparing side by side with the best ships of ;he British navy for an engagement )n the high seas, which is expected :o occur at any time with the German leet," according to a statement made n an address here tonight by Rear Admiral Gleaves. "I am not going beyond the border ine of secrecy," declared Admiral cleaves, "when I say that a few iays ago there came an alarm to the leads of the British navy that the German battleships were about to some out for the expected engagenent on the high seas. I know that he British navy heads gave the first American battleships a post of honor n preparation for the attack." < ? The board appointed by the Sec etary of the Navy to examine the ystem of buoyancy boxes, installed ;n the Lucia has reported the instalation not advisable for general adopion because of its questionable effiacy as a preventative against sinking he reduction in cargo-carrying ca>acity, and the length of time retired in installation. I