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THEY DO NOT WANT
PRIZE COURT CASE
Authorities in Washington Reject
Frye Proposal Made
Recently to Us
BY MUTUAL CONSENT
TEXT MADE PUBLIC
Washington Points Out Dema,nd
is Made on Treaties
With Prussia.
Washington, May 5.?By mutual
agreement with the German foreign
office, the state department has
made public the text of its reply to ;
Germany's note concerning the claim ?
of the United States for an indemnity
to the owners of the American ship <
William P. Frye, sunk by the Prinz i
Eitel Fricdrich.
The American communication notes
the fact that Germany accepts liability
fur tfie act under tfio treaty of 1
1S28 between the United .States and
Prussia, but declines the suggestion '
that a German prize court pass on
the legality of the capture and dis- i
euss under the declaration of Lon- 1
don the standing of the claimants i
and the amount of indemnity. <
Pointing out that the United States '
early in the present war announced 1
that it would not be bound by the
declaration of London because it had
not generally been ratified, the note (
asserts that the standing of the claim- ]
ants and amount of the indemnity I
lend themselves to diplomatic nego- i
tiations and suggests that the Ger- <
man embassy in Washington be au- i
thorized to deal with the matter. 1
The text of the note to Germany
already has been presented to the
Berlin foreign office by Ambassador (
Gerard as follows: i
"In reply to your excellency's note <
of the 5th inst., which the govern- j
niont nf tllf. TTnifrwl ..? -1? '
?? uiubuu uiaico uiuier- j
stands admits the liability for the
damages resulting from the sinking
of the American sailing vessel William
P. Frye by the German auxiliary
cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich on January
28 last, I have the honor to say,
by direction of my government, that 1
while the promptness with which the
imperial German government has admitted
its liability is highly appre- i
ciated, my government feels that it I
would be inappropriate in the circum-1
stances of this case and would involve
unnecessary delay to adopt the
suggestion in your note that the legality
of the capture and destruction,
the standing of the claimants and the
amount of indemnity should be submitted
to a prize court.
Violation of Obligations.
"Unquestionably the destruction of
this vessel was a violation of the
obligations imposed upon the imperial
German government under existing1
treaty stipulations between the Unit-! J
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ed States and Prussia and the United
States government by virtue of its {
treaty rights has presented to the | *
imperial German government a claim '
for indemnity on account of result- j
ing damages suffered by American ;
citizens. I ^
"The liability of the imperial Cer- '
man government and the standing of j
the claimants as American citizens 1
ar.d the amount of indemnity are all
questions which lend themselves to
diplomatic negotiations between the
two government.;, end happily the c
question of liability lias already been!
settled in that way. The status of the!
claimants and the amount of indemnity
are the only questions remaining
to be settled, and it is ap- I
prppriate that they should be dealt '
with in the same way. '
"The government of the United ^
States fully understands that, as t
stated in your excellency's note, the
German government is liable under
the treaty provisions above mention- I
ed for the damages arising from the ]
>destruction of the cavern *jc
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from the destruction of the vessel.
But it will be observed that the claim 1
under discussion does not include 1
damages from the destruction of the ?
cargo and the question of the value <
of the cargo therefore is not involved ,
in the present discussion.
Must Prive Ownership.
"The government of the United c
States recognizes that, the German
government will wish to be satisfied r
as to the American ownership of the v
vessel and the amount of the dam- fc
ages sustained in consequence of her t
destruction. c
FOREIGN ITEMS I
GATHERED AND CONDENSED
FOR EASY READING
"A floating mine which exploded at
Amyssios, near Moudros (Island of
Lemnos,) killed five persons according
to an official dispatch from Lemnos.
In view of the large number of
mines carried by current from the
Dardanelles into the Aegean Sea, the
Greek authorities have issued a warning
to navigators.
The world court congress, organized
to promote the campaign for an
international court, opened a threeday
session in Cleveland at what its
officials called the "psychological moment."
Anti-German riots in the East End
of London were renewed with even
greater violence. Wherever a German
showed himself he was attacked.
The bodies of nine men and eight
women who perished when the Lusitania
sank, comprising those taken
ashore at Baltimore and other Irish
oasts, were brought to Queenstown
by a tug. The only body of a firstda
ss passenger to be promptly identified
was that of Percy Seeombe, of
Peterborough, Ontario.
Gen Carranza intends to have r
navy, according to Gen Ignacia L.
Pesqueira, Secrtary of War to the
Carranza government in Mexico. Gen
Pesqueira let it be known that lie was
in the market for warships. He has
the job of getting togethci
a navy for his chief and the nucleus
af a transport service. Ke wants two
vessels to convert into gunboats, and
tie requires one transport.
Cotton used during April was 513.
HO bales, exclusive of linters, compared
with 409,04(1 in April last year
the census bcureau announced. Dur
ng the nine months ending April 80.
cotton used was 4,091,285 bale*
igainst 4,204,856 in the same period
:he previous year.
For the first time in six months,
German and French official statenents
agree. The German communication
admits the truth of Gen. Joffre's
more important claims as to the
^reat successes won by the French between
La Basse and Arras.
A German submarine is reported to
have been sunk in the North sea. The
captain of the steamer Collairnie,
reaching port today, said his vessel
lad apparently destroyed the submarine
bv running it down off the Northumberland
coast.
Five thousand members of the Navy ,
eague and their relatives and friends
/isited the warships of the Atlantic
"leet in the Hudson river Friday.
The war fever continues to spread.
md the manifestation in the capital
ire particularly impressive.
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Rheumatism Yields Quickly to Sloan's
You can't prevent an attack of Rheu
natism from coming on, but you can
;top it almost immediately. Sloan's
unimont gently applied to the sore
oint or muscle penetrates in a fev
ninutes to the inflamed spot tha
:auses the pain, it soothes the hot
ender, swollen feeling and in a ver;
ihoi't time brings a relief that is al
liost unbelievable until you expei-irv
e it. Get a bottle of Sloan's Liniment
"or 2~?c. of any Druggist and have i
n the house?against Colds, Sore jut.'
Swollen Joints, Lumbago*. Sciatica an
ike ailments. Your money back
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Will cure your Rheumatism '
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Bolic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Stc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used inernally
and externally. Price 25c.
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"These matters arc readily a seer-I
ainablc, and if the German govcr
ncnt desires any further evidence i
substantiation of the claim on these
joints, in addition to that fuvis-b
)y the ship's papers, which arc already
in the possession of the German
government, any additional evidence
ound necessary will be produced. In
hat case, however, inasmuch as any
ividence which the German government
may wish to have produced is
norc accessible and can more con- <
eniently be examined in the United .
states than elsewhere, on account of
he presence there of the owners and
aptain of the William P. Frye.
THE HORRY HER/
WHAT OTHER PAT
Miss May.
Fickle April has gone and Miss
May is getting "misty" about it.?
Florence Times.
No Profit.
The most ignorant negro can follow
the "one crop" system of farming,
buy all his soil fertility, and
nearly ail his meat and feed. Brains
get but little exercise in that sort of
work, and every time the white man
sets out to do "all cotton" farming he
deliberately puts himself and his
family into hopeless competition with
just such ignorant, muscle-only labor?the
sore that pays no profit.?
Progressive Farmer.
Awful Bad Looks.
If we could look as mean as some
folks we would not need to know how
to swear. Why, there are some fellows
in this town who can look at
you with an expression which implies
every known oath in every known
tongue, and then some.?Marion Star.
Well, Really.
Some people that go to church
ought to go to the pen.?Times &
Democrat.
Rati on Joe.
"Danville, 111. Now Dry." And the
next day Uncle Joe Cannon took sick
?The State.
War News.
We see by the papers that Grand
Duke Nicholas, who was killed last
month, has wholly recovered.?The
State.
Who is Who.
A Dernburg is without honor, ever,
in his own country.?The State.
Oh, You Chicken.
A number of towns are preparing
ordinances to the effect that chick
ens must not be allowed on the street
Does this apply to the feathered variety
alone??York News.
Some of these new skirts will be
suitable for combination uses, being
about right for bathing suits.?Daily
Record.
Free and Happy.
This is "cleanup" week, so every
one should get busy for there is something
to do at every home and every
place. It will be good on your health.
?Lexington Dispatch.
Rotten Vodka.
Since it is learned that vodka is
manufactured from rotten lrisn potatoes
one can understand how the
Czar manages to enforce prohibition
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'ERS ARE SAYING ]
without much trouble.?Dillon Herald
Maybe August.
Senator E. D. Smith expressed the
opinion ptiblicly at North Providence
that the war would end in August.
Maybe!?Times & Democrat.
Fool Letters.
It's strange how some of our fool
letters are preserved in the wreck and
ruin of parties and love affairs.?Exchange.
Hesitation.
He who hesitates will never make
a movie actor.?The Record.
Responds to News.
Cotton seems to be delicately responsive
to news events. It went off
when the Japanese ultimatum was
proclaimed, and it experienced a reg|
ular shakedown when word came of
i the sinking of the Lusitania, but it
is also to be observed that eotton has
a delightful way of pulling itself together
after each shape.?Charlotte
Observer.
Something in Name.
People with houses to rent are reminded
they can get $20 more a
month for a cottage simply by calling
it a "bungalow."?Florence
Times.
Wafpll I anon
T 1 M %V II UI?)>UII|
Interest in what Japan intends to
do to China is temporarily out of the
world's mind, but somebody should
keep an eye directed to the Orient,
anyhow.?Evening Post.
Yes, He May.
Speaking of dyes and colors?a
man may turn pink with confusion,
green with envy, yellow with mortification
and all the time be in the
blues.?Daily Record.
Beats Sherman.
\V ar i n Plivnno ic mnvn I
v?? VJ/V iU 1J1VXC 111(1 t I
Shermanesque.?Wilmington Star.
Will Skin Catts.
It is noted in the Florida newspapers
that a Mr. Catts is a candidate
for governor. It's an even bet that
some other candidate will proceed to
skin Catts.?Morning Star.
Garden Seeds,
j A man into the earth wiil strike
His spade a-thrill anew with hope
That he can raise some stuff just like
The picture on the envelope.
?Washington Star.
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NITURE COMPANY
4 CAROLINA
JOHNS? IV S
and Tableto tI5c TONIC
STATE ITEMS)
OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH
CAROLINA PEOPLE
Mr Bright Williamson, well known
throughout the State as one of the
best informed and most conservative
I
business men of the whole Pee Dee
section, has stated that in Darlington
business had practically returned to a
normal basis.
The handle of a small whip, which
William Johnson, Jr., a farmer residing
on the farm of Mr. B. M. Anderson,
near Reidville, in Spartanburg
county, wielded in administering
a chastisement to his ten-yearold
son, slipped from his hand and,
going like an arrow, penetrated the
skull of his infant child, held in the
arms of its mother, who stood near
the door of the room, killing the
baby almost instantly.
An unknown negro about 9 o'clock
one night last week entered the home
of a highly respected white man at
Bennettsville and attmepted to assault
his wife. The negro entered the
house and caught hold on the woman.
The woman screamed as soon as she
saw the negro and her cries brought |
two negro women. The negro man
Villi- A nntliov iuxn>A win e.i.... 11 -
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lee, came running up and tried to
overtake the fleeing negro but he outran
Harlee and entered some nearby
woods.
"Crop conditions in the State are
exceedingly favorable at this time,"
said W. W. Long of Clemson, State
farm demonstration agent, who was
among the visitors in Columbia last
week.
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When Governor Manning was informed
of the trouble in Marion
county, last week, he called up Sheriff
Dozier and told him to use every
means to protect the fugitive, if he
was apprehended.
J. H. Holcombe, chief of police, and
Patrolman Bridges were shot last
week in Greenville by Walter White,
who in turn was shot by Police Serjeant
Cooksey.
Alice Sullivan, the nine-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Sullivan,
residents of the Glenwood mill
village, at Easley last week.
The State Democratic executive
committee, meeting at noon Tuesday
of last week at the State house, ordered
a primary election for August 10
to fill the vacancy in congress from
the Fourth Congressional district,
caused by the resignation of Joseph
T. Johnson.
"Crop conditions in the State are
exceedingly favorable at this time,"
said W. W. Long of Clemson, State
farm demonstration agent, who was
among the visitors in Columbia last
week.
T'nos. H. Peoples, Attorney general
in an opinion last week, ruled that
State and county officials are liable
to the State income tax law.
Adjt. Gen. Moore was notified Friday
that the tug Waban has been assigned
by the United States navy department
for services with the South
Carolina naval militia from May 15
to June 30.
The secretary of State has issued a
charter to the Woodrow Farms company
of Ridgevillo, with a capital
stock of $5,000. The officers are: I).
1. Thrower, president and treasurer;
R. Thrower, secretary.
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Civil War Horse Still Survives.
The oldest horse that served the
country in the War of the Rebellion is
still alive, at the age of 53 years, at
Horseheads, N. Y. It is owned by P.
A. Mcintosh who is also a veteran of
the same war. To prove his assertion
Mr. Mcintosh shows the government
brand on the animal's hip, which
reads "I. C., 1865." Horse and man
served in the same regiment. Although
bent with age, his hair turning
gray and his teeth becoming
worn, the old warhorse is still able to
eat 12 quarts of oats and take his
master to town several times a week.
Farmers say the average life of a
horse is about 15 years.
The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head
Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXATIVE
BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c.
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To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the
Cough and Headache and works off the Cold.
Druggirits refund money if it fails to cuic.
? V. GROVF.'S signature on box. 2&c.
CONSUMPTION CURES <
WORTHLESS FAKES
Says United States Department
of Agriculture in
Weekly News Letter
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SOME VERY ELABORATE
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Some Found to Contain Morf
phine, Codeine and Cloroform
in Quantity.
After investigating under the food
and drugs act a large number of preparations
advertised as consumption
cures, the department has not been ^
able to dicover any that can in any
sense be regarded as "cures" for tuberculosis.
Some contain drugs that
may at times afford some temporary
relief from the distressing symptoms
of the disease, but this is all. Since ^
the passage of Federal legislation
prohibiting the shipment of interstate
commerce of medical prepara- ?4
tions for which fn1s*? ur><i i
iiaMUiriib J
claims are made there has been a
marked tendency to label these preparations
"remedies" instead of
"cures" as they used to be called. In
many cases, however, they can not
even be ragarded as remedies.
A "cherry balsam," for example, for
the "cure" of "consumption" and
"hemorrhage of the lungs," which it 4
was represented would "strike at the
very root of the disease," was found
on analysis to be nothing but a solution
in water and alcohol of opium,
sugar, benzaldehyde, inorganic salts,
and coloring matter. It contained no
cherrybark extract or balsam. 1
A more elaborate "cure" consisted
of five different preparations which ^
the credulous patient was to take
separately. These were first, the
medicine uroner. the essential
_ ?..fc ? V-dints
of which were found to b?
morphine, cinnamic acid, and arsenic?not
a very safe mixture to take
habitaually; second, a tonic which wan
supposed to contain iron but did not;
third, a "cough mixture'1' made up of
alcohol, chloroform, and codeine, ^
which is a derivative of opium or
morphine; fourth, a mixture which
contained some quinine, and a solution
of water and alcohol; and, fifth,
codeine tablets. Kven the strongest
constitution could hardly stand a pro- !
longed course of such a treatment.
In the marketing of such preparations
considerable ingenuity is freq- f
ently shown. One of the main objects
is to persuade the patient that
| he is receiving, at a comparatively low
price, the individual attention of a
trained specialist. For this purpose
symptom blanks are employed. These
contain a number of questions about I
the patient's symptoms, the number 1
varying from a dozen or so to as many ^ I
as 70 or 80. The patient is led to be- I
lieve that the information which he I
furnishes in reply to these questions 1 I
will be carefully considered before any
is prescribed for him,
every physician knows that an acci^^^^^f
rate diagnosis can not possibly
made in this way. As a mattei^( I
fact none attempted and the^^^^^^^f
gree of attention which these ind^^^^^^^f
ual reports received can be meas^^^^H^H
by the fact that cases have come
dor the observation of the depart-v^lkl
ment in which mail-ordc : concerns re- yS
ceived as many as 4,000 letters a day. I
j After the patient has submitted his; I
I "diagnosis renort." lio 1 -
..v^ i.t mgcU LO pill'- i I
chase a supply of the medicine. If he I
does so, he is then urged to purchaser I
more. If he stales that ho has ex- 3
perienced no beneficial effects, he is.
told that he has not taken enough, I
and this process is likely to continue I
until the limits of his credulity have
been reached. If, on the other hand, 3
he decides at the beginning not to B
purchase the medicine, it is Hfcniv fn.
w JPH
be offered to him at successively lower \
prices until he is at last induced to I
believe that he cannot afford to ig- fl
norc such a bargain. This is carried? jfl
to such an extent that a "treatment," V
the original price of which is $25, I
may be offered at the end of six
months for $2.50. I
As a matter of fact the successful I
treatment of tubersulosis requires H
much more than the mere giving of B
medicine and, moreover, what will I
help one case will not necessarily B
help another. Claims that are abso- 9
lutely unwarranted are no longer per - B
mitted on the labels of medicines I
shipped in interstate commerce, but I
' the wording may be such as to con-P I
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