The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 07, 1916, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8
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grounds for t he belief that the ilrit
ish navy in the battle with the Gcr
mans ol' .Jutland last week had ac
counted for a total of 18 Germtan
tei-of-\war ind([ that there was noth
ing to add to or subtract from the
original annotn eemitent of the 3ritish
losevs.
'eIc statemient gave the Gerinan
losses as two battleships, two d'ead
nought attleertuisers, four light cruis
ers, ntine to 'pedo boat destroyers anzd
a Suinitinlle.
't:i l)e)ssiniisni which prevailed as
a rteult of the admtiralty's original
tateitent ( iSts, which now is col
sidered to have beeln needlessly can
did an'd conse rvative in underesti mat
" -iht extnti of the German losses
as compi are'd wlt I those of Great
Britain has been greatly lessened by
the latest statement.
A dispatch from Copenhagen says
rumors are current in Ilamoburg that
twe add itiontal German warship s than
those annoinced in the Gernitn com
tnulieationl --the battleship W\'estf'alen
and the battleeruiser Iautzow-were
stink in the battle. \ wireless dis
patclt received here Saturday front
Berlin said the German adntiralty ad
Witted the loss of the \Vestfalen.
The adttiralty statetmtent tonight
declares that tie (Ieritn losses in
the fight wer-c not only relatively but
absolutely greater that those of the
British. Alaintaining its practice of
caution, the adtiralty still refraint s
front giving the namtes of the lost
Geriman ships.
The oitticial list, of the casualties
amitong ofli-ers shows I thtt hardly a
single olliver' of thel line (,s.aped froin1
the liriI I (1it e 1is sitan in the alttle.
An auldit ionttal <nualt y liit of petty'
ollicr s ws that 1:i of lithitm were
saved friomt the Q('t .\c ary, Invinei
ble, 'ortunte .\rden and Shark. None
was s avedl from the Iudeft~ligable.
i)ef'ense. iIl;tck ,l'rince, Tipperary.
'turbulent, Nomad or' Nestor.
''le list gives the natnes of G5' mt)(n
killed aboard the \Warrior and of 2
men wounded. On the olther ships en
gaged in the fight I15 men were
killed and S. wounded.
Admiral lord i'r(sford in a inter
view, while contending strongly for
the view that there was no failure in
the British strategy and that Vice Ad
miral Beatty won a brilliant success,
thought it was dearly declared that
British destroyers were able to make
a successful attack upon the men dur
ing the night.
"Meanwhile Admiral Sir John .el
1ieoe, having driven the enemy into
port, returned to the main scene in
search of disabled vessels. By noon
the next day, June 1, it became evi
dent there was nothing more to he
done. He returned, therfore, to his
base, 100 miles away, re-fueled his
fleet and in the evening of June 2 was
again ready to put t.o sea.
'Tie British losses already have been
fully stated. There is nothing to add
to or subtract. from the latest ac
count pub11lsed by the admirtaIt y. Tlhe
enemy losses are less easy to detter
mine. Tfha .t h n('COutt s the ha' zv(
given to I le wo(tr~d ate fal 1se is ce riair
andt~ we' enn~ not ytt he' sttre of exaCt
truth. 14tt frotm stteh evidence as hast
thec only mistake ntde was by thte ad-'
mialty in allowing the German Is ft
get fIrst in the field wIth tihe news o1
the hat tie or ats hte puts it wvithb "itm
puden tt fabrlit'itiotns."' Othietrwise, sal
Lotrd ftere(sftordt. nto fault 'atn be found
w ith the atdmirialty. ITe text of th<i
statceent Follows:
gaiged anud wrtile a. fult dII(spatch, a ny
atltmpt to give a detailed hiisftory of1
the naval engatgemenl-t wihl begati otn
the a ftern'toont 44n t' :1s. of 1lay atnd
ii i wobl eiitt-iLy hi e prtematurt
but. I le ri-sult arte tquite tlain.
"'The gr-andt fti e amtie in totuch wiitht
the Germant~ hd wa fleet at ::1
k '(lock ont tii- at Irnoonii of May :n1.
T ihte leatintg -]ihips of thti twio tlerts tot
the batttleerii-r, fael hiaftleshaip andt
J part.
ThI'le losses w eirt siver Ottn 44 both
sides,, buti whlen tho mitnt toriy of the
Brhuitisht fleet camite itoi ottit. wvith
the G ermran htigh seais fleet a very brief'
periodl Sitflicedl1( (to 1oinel the latter,
who had been severely ttuntished, to
seek refttge Int thieir p roteelted wta ters.
SThis manoeuvtre wats rendred possible
,-by low visibility atnd ttisft and1 allthoulgh
-the grandl lent wvere now and then
'<able to get Int a mtomientary 1 con'11tact
*with their otpponttts. nto (ontinutouts
action was ptosslible.
~the light htad wvhol ly faliled, wvhile th1e
~come to our knowledge the admiratlty
2entertains no dloubt that thte Germtan
G'tosses are hteavier' than thte British,
a''iot merelye relatively to Ite strenght
of the two fleets bttt absoltely.
S"There seems to be the strongest
round for supposing that included in
h'te German losses are two battleships,
~wo dreadnought battlecruisers or the
'most powerfull type, two of the latest
1aht cruisers, the Wiesbaden and
WILL ENFORCE IREGULATIONS.
Registrar of Births and 'Deaths Issues
Warning in Regard to Failure to
Make Reports.
in regard to the registration of
births and deaths, which the state
registrar, Jas. A. 1Mayne, M. )., charg
es are rot being faithfully reported,
the following has been addressed by
Dr. layne to the county registrars:
"lleretofore, I have dealt leniently
with delinqluents, but I find that they
(10 not appreciate the iild means I
have employed in endeavoring to
bring them to a sense of their duty and
I ai now preforce, obliged to use
harsher methods. I wish you to pub
lish widely In your territory that any
undertaker or person acting as such,
wiho does not comply with the law or'
' do'r or widwife who fails to re
port a i irt h :attended by them, will be
t'ro':cul ted. \Vhen y( u report a viola
tion of the law be positive of your
facts and be prepare( to prove your
case in court. I want conviction, for
any case not proven, will injure the
law and prevent its strict observance."
Stitnieh Troubles and ('onsti intiou.
"I will cheerfully say that ('hanber
lain's Tablets are the most satisfac
tory rentedy for stomach troubles and
constipation that I have sold in thir
Iy-foulr years' drug store service,"
wr ites S. It. Alurphy, druggist, Wells
burg, N. Y. Obtainable e1verywhere.
Iliiidend lteelared.
.\t a iregular nieeting of the Bloard
of Directors of the l'alinetto lank
hel this week a semi-annual dividend
of four per dent was declared. The
bank is capitalized at lifty thousatid.
RIea. link er A rriles.
Ierc. C. A. liaker, who will supply
the pulpit of the First Baptist church
for t wo mionths this suiiuer, and Ars.
Ital:r arrived in the city Saturday and
wcre cordially wel(otncd to the city.
.\t the miorning and evening services
Sunday Rev. Ilalkr preached very
Eadrnist and thoughtful sernions, large
( ongt(erations hearing h1 l1ni at both ser
vices. Rev. Ilaker is a young niiis
ter just out of the seiinary and gives
prolise of being a very forceful
preacher.
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IT. I). t'.'s Entertained In Waterloo.
The niembers of the J. It. Kershaw
chapter, ti. D). C., weie miost delight
t'ulIly (en trt ainedl Sa[trday iotrning at
thle hoicl of .\lrs. J1. Casper SmtithI, at
Watetrloo, when they3 mte(t to 'onuntleml
orat th le bir th (if .1 (ffe rson Daiv is, thle
presiudentI of thei( Conf edIera('y and1( otne
of thle South~'s most. di1st ingiishedl
stalte'Smen~. I'poni arrtivinig at W\ater
loo thle guests wer(' in('t by Alir. andil
is. Smith and Al rs. W. Carl W\hart
lon, whoi( carried themi ini t heir auto
m iioble to the beautiful and arttistIic
Smith[I home. l i're they werie roeeived
by .\lr's. C'lyde K\ellar', a sister' of .\lrs.
Sith, who iniviltd them inito the 1I
brary3 wher di'',tel I itus an relfret'(5i shn
fruiit, punchy w~as sertved. lFrom therei'l
they' wereC alsked lito the hall to listeni
to) swee0t. muisic2 tfrom aL Vie'ttrla.
[Following thle deligltfutl social pre
to) orderl Ii tie Sill etari y in thle aht
S .ne tif Ihe Irei ''d n ,' .\ l s. I too sn
S le t't wI wa ps detai(noedyete Ig,
tollowint'l te 1)3' M is ('a ol ie r forikl
anotherAl Is's tha13Rp ee re a bf3'h
Alt'.gr.ain was I tak ndp Ai.\ vr n..
Ilth ca lg pyechodlieel by oetrsn
b Atis'spo gthis Wiremn fone ofthe
stat of.lenate was read by .\ls Aim-ok
Swyte Paperlison ofedeae meeig
lovey witnten wa.\is seredline I ean-i
.lrs. J~. W re oi n r.R 0
by'l M i Aath oodsonye 1onel afrte
Alet this conllIon .ofethe meelt'sigea
lovely lunhlen wAs. served inthe di'
hei' oferesfreyary;Ats 1 I 1'17are
Ias llws Mr ';l's. J. ii. I ln ~, Pit re i
dene iss Wrelretws Joes, rs t. te
a'rsen; ofs the stat F~lein, iveco
wasePresidenlto rs et. 0hebr
Gebner alirgrt waus eresedh flatote
type, the light cruIser Frauenlob, nine
destroyersa nda .amn."
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Bargains for Ladies' $1.0(1it ot any Ladies' ['li Bargains for Men
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""e Chanrho'-s (Ii Bribery and Corruptimn
* * * * * * * * * *In tile Ite~ph lleaii -Nitionali (oiiiiiU
Greenpond, June 5.---Mrs. N. D. tee.at. Chicago.
linight of Gray Court. gave her seven- A dispatch from Chicago on Satur
Iy-fifth birthday dinner on .June 1 (lay tells of a near shooting serape in
1916, and there was a large number the republican national committee, in
attended it. Among those present which Jos. Tolbert. %%as a leading
were Mr. and Mrs. Gus Owings, Misses fgur he dispatch reads:
Lydia, Mabel, Lillian and Susan Ow- "Charges of 'brlpe1w 'and corrup
ings and Mr. Collier and Master Mil- tion brought tangible evidence of
ford Owings, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ii. Ball, real
Mfr. S. T. Ball and 'Mr. W. A. Simpson, peardssthettnonf
Mr.S. 1'.flal ad r. V . Smpsntihe rcpublican national committee to
Mr. iaskell Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs.
Alien Sloan and daughter, Ethel, and
Jirs Salie eoprd o Ixu~en. Altional Conilttecn Joseph Tolber't,
Mrs. Sallie Leoard of Laurens. All South Carolina tall mountaineer.
reported i nilce time. "Tolbert made a quick movement
towlird his pistol pocket when
New Hurdles Record. charges were made against him by U.
New York, June 4.--A new Aneri- S. District Attorney John Philip 11111
can amateur record for the 120 yards and only the quick action of Reed
low hirdles-13 4-5 second-was made Smoot kept Tolbert from "getting Into
today by J. E. Eller, of the Irish-Amer- action."
lean Athletic Club, at an athletic meet "The contest in which this incident
held in connection with the American played so dramatic a part was the
Liberty Day celebration in the new fourth district of South Carolina. The
Sheepshead bay speedway. The time seat of a delegato named Adams was
was three-fifths of a second faster under contest.
than Tller's record made In 1909. ".The opponents of Adams produced
Pure, Wholeso e
Water, and ho
to get it!
Have a well made with a
Keystone Steam Driller
G. C. WATTS,
Mountville, S. C.
evidence that five delegates to the truned to Warren and shouted:
district convention were called out of "Are you a member of thin commit
that convention and in the presence tee, or the paid attorney of that
of other delegates paid from $100 to crook?
$500 each to change their votes. It "Again it took two conunittpeiuen
was, char ged that the votes of these to hold the southerner in his scat.
purchased delegates elected Adams a "1ill was finally disbarred from
delegate to the National convention, further appearance before the commit
"John Phillip Hill was white with tee and the contesting Tolbert dele
rage when he arose to reply to this gates were seated."
charge. lie declared that National Tolbert lives at Ni y-Slx and
'Committeeman Tolbert had "framed" was once postmaster tI re.
up" this evidence and he even used
the words "Liar and crook". It Was K LK0
then that the mountaineer national
committeeman reached for his gun. d
"Later Committeeman Warren of
Michigan, objected to the way Hill OR
was conducting the ease and Hils hoe YOd:f