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SlIBS OFF ATLANTIC COAST
TEN VESSELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
SUNK.
-i Many Naval Vessels Looking for Submarines'?One
Submarine Reported
to be Captured.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Colston, June 4.?Misses Mamie
and Laura McMillan spent Saturday
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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.
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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. {
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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.
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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
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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
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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. #
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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.
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Big Launching July 4.
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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. ]
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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. .
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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
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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."
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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.
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