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Washington. Mmnli 11 ---Unlcy* tin
German |o\rrnmont voluntavtly oflci >
to make reailtutmn for the destruc
tlon of the Arm riciln ship Frye, sunk
by the converted cruiser Prtn? Eitel
Friedrich In the aouth Atlantic ami
??Npressea regret for the ?ci urrenc
strong protest will be mude by tb
United States with a request for ref
? ration.
N ? announcements concerning the
case probably will he made by oftl
clals until after an investigation has
been complete I President Wtloon
atsted todsv thut s searching impili .
mould be conducteil.
official* were unanimous in their
opinion- -and It was ?banal larnc l\ b|
diplomatists, too?that the c< nri..n
der of the Prlnx KIM had im ii?bt
to aink the Frye. It was BenadfltMil
probable bv the ofTlclals that tho tin
man government would admit* the
error of the 'naval commander end
agree to make the usual reparation.
Home officials though bufflcb n1
amends, after the payment of dam?
ages, would tie th" cnurtmartiallnjrof
the German officer.
U was made clear at the state de?
partment that whatever aetbm taken
as a result of the sinking of the >
would be entlrelv disassociated from
question* arising out of the entr> into
en American port of the Prinz I 'it el
The vessel could, therefore, depart,
leaving th* question of the destruc?
tion of the American ship to be set?
tled through diplomatic channels.
Uapt. Hov-Kd. naval attache of the
Herman embaasy. It was understood
here, haa gone to Newport News to
confer with the captain of the Prtni
Xitel and obtain a sworn statement
of the facts for the German govern?
ment.
Cept. Kiehne of the Frye has been
asked by the treasury department to
keep the members of the crew to?
gether, so that all the testimony nec?
essary for diplomatic correspondence
may be gathered. The captain prob?
ably will come to Washington Satur?
day and give a personal statement re?
garding the sinking of his ship.
Examination of precedents In In?
ternational law revealed to state de?
partment ofTlclals that the general
rulee of maritime practice have pro?
hibited the destruction of a neutral
vessel under the clrcumstsnces In
which the* Frye was found bv the
Prins Eitel.
Msny argument have hcen urged
from Urne to time against the destruc?
tion of neutral veaaels and when In
doubt American naval commanders
have been cautioned always to dismiss
the vessel.
It ass aald in official (iuarters that
the American government took note
of the fsct that American cltiiens hy
their enforced presence ,.n board a
Herman cruiser for more than a
month had been MhJOOJlOd t<> unnec?
essary riaka and that this probably
would be >ne ot the points In the
correspondence which is certain to
develop between the United sttaes and
Germany.
That the Frye was carrying wheat
and no other kind of cargo has been
established In official reports Tin
German commander claims that as
the wheat was consigned to order"
and bound for Kngland, it therefore
could be presumed to be contraband.
The fact that the cargo v\as sold
while In transit to a lintish firm
would not. In the opinion of 00 ia!s
alter the necessity In rise of cap?
ture for bringing the "argo Into porl
for adjudication.
The United States government has
repeatedly maintained that the de.
atruction of a neutral vessel In mari?
time war is not Justified alom- by the
presence ot contraband aboard. al?
though the Ch irac tei of the cargo,
that Is. if confessedly contraband,
such as urms ami ammunition, would
t?* a controlling footer in dec iding
the case.
Moreover the German government
has given assurances that It would
not detain foodstuffs destined to ihc
civilian population of ar/ enemy.
Although there i? no definite set of
rules governing the destruction of
neutral vessels carryim; contraband,
the naval codes of the principal poo -
ers caution their commanders not to
destroy a nciiii.il s . I unless carr\
Ing a cargo oinpmslv contraband and
certain of condemnation and then
?*nly In case recapture i?> the enemy
Is Imminent Of when it is impossible
through lock ot nmi or prise crew to
send the prise to a home port.
The American naval rules provide
for the destruction ol m< epeinj, ship
nfter taking off crew ami pa isomer
but 4hi? latest opinion of the United
Sthtee naval war co||?a: add-, it
a seised neutral \ ? s*<d c an not lo,
any reason be brought Into port fig
ml Indication it should be dlaanlasoi.''
Navy uml state department Olllcie!
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Bcpalr?. 4i ffj M;.de.
Newport Nf?;i, \'a., Mar? h It.?
Cl mmandi r Thlerlchens of the Oer?
mail converted erulaer Prlnrt Bltel
Friedrich, which late today went into
dn <i?>i-k for repairs, submitted two
statements tnmght to CuatonM Col
leotot Hamilton of this port. Ont
stated bis raaiOIII fOf sinking in
?OUth Atlantic waters .lununry S$,
last, the American sailing ?hin Wil?
liam R Prys aad with her cargo of
5,200 tons of wheat consigned to ;
Queenslown. The other related to I
the length of time that will DC 1*0?
quired to repair his ship.
Collector Hamilton announced hOI
regarded the communications as state
papers and that he would forward
them to Washington. It was learned,
however, that the commander of th.
German ship frankly has Stated to
the American government officials
that he Bank the American ship Frye
because he regarded her cargo OS Con?
traband of war.
in thi itatoionl rotating to the re?
pair! necessary on the Ebel Friedrich,
it wus believed the German coin*
mi.i tub r dee lured tllO vessel could be
made seuworthy within a few days
or a week at moru. Whether he
stated in the communication that he
wished to depart as soon as Ameri?
ca* naval authorities could pass on
repuirs that aro to be made, was not
disclosed. The German commander
previously made it clear, howovnr,
that it was not his intention to intern
his ship.
Ah to the condition of the Eitel
Frledrlch's engines and ballon he
reported that whereas she had boon
making 18 knots an hour at the be?
ginning of her campaign against
enemy merchant ships she scaioel)
dared make 12 when vhe reached
American waters early Wednesday
morning.
After the German cruiser went into
dry doek tonight she discharged the
crewa of British, French and Rus?
sian ships she had sunk, having re?
leased the American crew in the af?
ternoon. The French crews left to
night for New York. A few* Uussianr
went with them. The British ere -
plan to return to England on British
?hips laden with horses from this
port.
, Commander Thlorlchens assured
officials here that neither he, officers
still had under consideration tonight
the length of time to hf allowed the
1 q in? Kllel P)|0Allot! to make repairs
at Newport KOWI and the disposition
to be mude of her pi Isoners.
The first point will pi decided after
American naval constructor makes
an Investigation of the repairs needed
to render the vessel seaworthy.
The release of the prisoners will
depend somewhat on the represen?
tations which muy be made to the
UnilOd Ktlaes by the various embas?
sies or legations who have nationals
aboard. As yet no communications
have been received by the stute de?
partment from any of the foreign
Kovernments concerned.
Ponding a determination of these
Iquestions, Bear Admiral Heetty or
the Norfolk navy yard formally re?
quested the commander of the Print
BttOl not to not the ship's radio ap?
paratus while in port and i?.?t to al?
low the officers, crew or prisoners on
shore without permission of the col?
lector of customs, to which the Ger?
man captain agreed.
Bear Admiral Beatty after his con?
ference sent the following message
to Secretary l>aniels:
' Bequest concerning wireless re?
ceived. Acted accordingly. Am wait?
ing for Newport News Shipbuilding
Companys statement, about probable
lime needed for neeevsarv repairs.
Shall inform you as soon as possible."
I'. J. Gauntlet, representing the
Shipbuilding company, asked Secre?
tary l>annis whether the navy depart?
ment had any objection to the dockinc
of the Prim Kite). Mr. Daniels said
the department d!d not object.
Tn<- Question ot the roleaoc of the
prisoners is to be decided within a
day or two. Those not liable to military
service probably win bo released, but
they will not Ix- at liberty to enter
the United states until they have sat?
isfied the immigration regulations
Others, it is believed, will be paroled.
If t he Bun/. Bltel is interned her Ol -
fuels and ciew aim. will be Interned
and her prisoners released uncnndl
i tonally.
Theos questions were refored for
.tn opinion i" the neutrality board,
nmpoood of James Prown Scott nnd
? a pt, Knapp nnd Co pi. ( >b\ er ol t he
liu?e,| Htutes na\\. Their reporl t<>
the state department has not yet been
dpproved, All reports of the neutral
Ity hoard are of tn advisory character
im ??? to the approval of the state
leartsnent. and until decision is an
i meed I heir nature is not dlsvloaod.
or men ol lh? Kltel Friedrich would
set fool on American soil except on
official business. He made this state?
ment to Collector Hamilton after
stating thai it was his intention not
to intern his m'u;i
in Newport News ship j ui\l tonight |
the released ration of llrltiah ships,
nl'ter receiving their Kite, marched
: ? street cars, einging "Tlppcrary."
Cemmander Thleiichem agreed
late today to deiner in writing to Ihe
American government) through the
eolleetor of the port here, his explana-,
tlon and reasons for sinking in the
south Atlantic ocean the American
sailing ship William P, Frye. He also j
agreed! atter Collector Hamilton had
boarded the German merchant ma?
rine destroyer and submitted neutral?
ity requirements of the Washington
government) to communicate nn esti?
mate of the time required t<> repair
hia ship, at the same time stating that
it was his desire not to intern his ves?
sel hut to proceed as soon as the nec?
essary repairs could be made.
; To the rennest of the Washington
I government* that he land here the
I crews of the captured and sunken
vessels and such passengers as could
[comply with Immigration regulations,
the Herman commander gave assent.
1 The crew of the American ship
'Frye was landed late in the after
I
noon und arrangements a?ere made
1 for taking off later tonight the crews
of British, French and Russian ships
gunk in the southern sea.
The Eitel Fredrieh herself steamed
into the Newport Xewa ship yard and
went into dry dock, w here experts be?
gan an examination of her condition,
j Held on hoard wi re about 7"> third
class passengers of the French steam*
.er Floride, refused admission by im
I migration ii.spectors on the ground of
ineligilibity. Consuls itt the nations
represented among the passengers
will arrange as soon as possible for
their departure to Ellis Island, New
I York, and for their deportation.
The crew of the Frye was taken to
the customs house and made sworn
statements of circumstances attend?
ing the sinking of the ship January 28
last off the river Platte. Collector
Hamilton prepared a joint summary
of conditions which the members*of
the crew signed, to be forwarded to
l
, Washington tomorrow. They were
1 not mude public.
j Collecfor Hamilton said tonight that
till the testimony was in line with the
details given by Capt. Klehne, master
Of the ship, who has said that his ship
' was blown up with her cargo of w heat
for Queenstown, after the crew had
boon warned to board the German
j cruiser.
, Two members of the Frye's crew
'remained on-the Eitel Friedrich. They
were German subjects. Charles Frank
and Hubert Kogge, who were held by
Commander Thlerlchens because of
eligibility for service In German arms.
These men made no request to come
to American soil) wllllngl} remaining
on hoard the Eitel Friedrich, and
were pressed into service.
Members of the crew of the Wye
and officers of other sunken ships to
I
i night revealed more thrilling stories
of ihe Bite! Friedrich's cruise. Capt. J.
Wedgewood of the British steamship
Wilerby, sunk February 20, described
how he narrowly missed sinking the
Kltel Friedrich.
"The German ship was almost on
. us before we discovered her," said
I Capt. Wedgewood. "We were going
full speed ahead and the Friedrich was
J coming full Speed) about to ram us
j broadside. 1 swerved and tried to
claw around her. but the Friedrich
{also swerved toward nur stern. In
J staut ly I saw my chance to nun her
? and gave the order: 'Reverse the en?
gines; and give 'em hell for all you're
' worth!*
"We were soon going full speed
.astern and it seemed wo could not
fall to strike. We saw men and women
I wildly motioning. Uttle did I know
(that there were British, French and
Russian prisoners aboard. 1 only
thought of the chance to ram and sink
! the. enemy. But the Fatol Friedrich
j missed the crash by only a few yards."
"Yea,*' spoke up A. E. Dobbing, mas?
ter ol the British Ship Ada Short,
which had been sunk two days be?
fore, "and while you were doing that,
I was leaving through one of the
i Friedrich's portholes, sure you were
fOlng i?? hit us."
Jack Macey, one uf the crew of the
Frye, told of the sinking of the French
steamer Floride. '?gho was full of
wines and you should have seen her
burn. The Friedrich scooted, for she
was afraid of the glare and had heard
tin- wireless of British warships not
far away."
"We sighted :;s neutral ships but
not one was spoken by the Eitel
Friedrich," mid Capt. Krlng nf the
British sunken sailing ship Inverooe.
"Every time a neutral ship appeared,
we all were put lielow hatches When
wc wore approaching the Virginia
Capes we were in the hatches and
I lerman of Heers said to us:
" 'Don't be frightened. I f n Frit ish
cruiser sights us. stay down below,
We'll return her lire nil our mast*
bead sinks."
^ ben < 'oilertor I himlliou w eni
!il?onrd t he Kltel Friedi It !? Ihe ru ?l - .
Ireakud bull and blackened smoke !
ktucks of the cruiser concealed a con?
tract of gay spirits that even the Stiff
regime of wartime discipline emild not
repress.
When utUccrti came on 3cck from
tlx* banquet table of the captain, who
was celebrating nls birthday, ihere
was no sign ol ratlguc. Behind th<
black ahleds that conceal the
(.raiser's guns tin crow were polish?
ing the shining breeches. The deck
?Uber in Iiis worn but 11 eat uniform
swung back and forth and everything
bore out the. captain's curt reminder
to strangers who wished t<> board:
"This is a warship. We can not per?
mit visitors."
"For my part," said one of the)
ship's doctors, "I Wish wc were out j
'again. We could put a few more of
jthem to the bottom at least." Then
I his eyes that had been angrily staring
at a Union Jack farther up the river
j filled With tears.
j "Seven ami a half months at sea,"
said the big bavarian, "and I don't
even know whether my wife and lit?
tle girl in Munich are alive. And rny
two brothers, officers?
j Then he added: "War is not schoon
j (pretty)."
I When the crew of the Frye left
their prison ship cheers were given
the German sailors.
The cruise of the Eitel, which one
officer declared today to be the
j longest ever made by a ship of war,
was crossed by a web of Wireless mes?
sages that had to go unanswered, ac?
cording to one of the crew,
j The one message that made us
; laugh was to hoar wo were sunk
I again," continued the physician
; "When we were in the Pacific we
heard we were sunk off Patagonia.
When we rounded the Horn we heard
I
that we had been lost in the South
' China sea."
Other periods of "listening in" gave
I life saving tips to the fugitive ship,
' it was explained.
"We were after a big British sail
ing vessel." the sailor continued,
when we heard the Karlsruhe talk?
ing to us. 'Keep off,' she said, 'ene?
my warships; I'll get the English
' man.'
i "So wo went away," the sailor said,
j"and the Karlsruhe got her."
Controversy arose today over the
! papers of the destroyed American ship
j Frye Collector Hamilton, in the name
jof the government, asked that they be
j surrendered by Commander Thierich
jens of the Eitel Friedrich. The Ger?
man commander said he wishes to re?
tain the originals nnd would give
Collector Hamilton copies. Late to?
night the German commander had
not decided what he would do.
"In Justice to the German comman?
der," said Collector Hamilton, 'I wish
to say that he has mad? no objec
i tlon to giving a copy of the Frye's
} papers, but has insisted that the oiig
I inal should go to the prize court as
? vidence of his uction in destroying
the Americap ship. I have sought to
^convince him that a copy would do
ins well. Commander Thierichens )w?
j the question under consideration."
Alter his interview with Comman
. der Thierichens, Collector Hamilton
said:
"The German commander told me
[that he had the Eitel Friedrich ex?
amined by Specialists Of the Newport
; News shipyard and after dockage ex?
amination would submit an estimate
of the time that would be required
to repair her. He said that it was
his Intention to repair and proceed;
that it was not his intention to in?
tern. He said further that he would
.submit reasons ami circumstances for
sinking the American ship Frye."
Capt. II. It. Kiehne of the Frye,
owing to necessity lor taking care of
his crew, was unable to leave to?
night for Washington. He will ap?
pear before custom officials in Wash?
ington Saturday morning.
Tonight crews of the sunken Brit?
ish, French and Russian ships were
released. Arrangements are being
! made to send the French crews to
! New York. Most of the British and
j Russians Will man si ip* loaded here
iwith horses for England.
MKS. W. A. IUCHBURG DEAD.
Matron of Suinmerton Dies After Long
Illness.
The Rev. S. (>. Cantoy, pastor of the
Methodist church at Abbeville, passed
through Col um bis last night on his
I
way to Summerton. to attend the fu
; neral today of his sister. Mrs. W. A.
Rlchhurg. Mrs. Bichburg died yester?
day morning. She is survived by her
husband and four children, by her
father and mother and by four sis
tors and six brothers. This is the first
death in the family. Mrs. Bichburg
had been >n for several months.?
Columbia State.
Waycross, <Ia.. March l).?Going
on a rampage after a quarrel Henry
ReatCl.baugh, With a shot gun. kill?
ed W. H, Hunt?r. seriously wounded
Samuel Brady, and suicided at Dick?
inson, thirty inibs west today,
Man> farmers around Sumter be?
gun planting their coin this week
und others have the land prepared
and expect In plant as soon as the
v. eat li< i gets a little w armer.
CIVIC LEAGUE RKPORT.
Annual Report ?>i tue City Nurse for
the seventh Year. Kliding February
I at.
February the firsf marl.:; the end o?
lh<; seventh year <d the Civic League
nurse work, it i-^ with pleasure that
the committee in charge of it Is abl<
t<? report that tin- work in::; gone 01
uninterruptedly for the past twelve
months. Miss Antonia Gibson 11. N.,
of Sumter, continues to hold the po?
st; ion of city nurse, and lias been con?
tinuously at her post except two
weeks' vacation granted her in mid
summer and two days in the fall, al?
ways allowed her to attend the State
Graduate Nurses' Association. Sh<
reports lor the year:
Number of patients, 200.
Number of visits, 1!,7*i3.
Number <>f births, it.
Number of deaths, X.
Number of tubercular patients, 10.
Number of tubercular deaths, 5.
These 2,70:1 visits paid by our nurse
to the homes of the indigent are an
nsset to our community which we
\ cannot value In money and which
outweighs many times over trm
$964.51 which it has cost us. She
I goes into these homes not only as a
I specialist to give the benefit ot her
training, but as a friend whose mor
, al intluence is great, as a teacher of
I sanitation and right living and as a
counseler to be relied on. Civic clubs
! often contend that district nursing is
? philanthropy and without the scope of
civic endeavor; but this contention is
i w rong for district nursing is the con?
servation of human life, it tends to?
wards the preservation of the health
I of the community, lighting not only
disease but the spread of it and
' teac hing prevention of it. "What
' philanthropy there is in the' scheme
j is only a by-product, and Improve*
' ment of living conditions the main
object sought after.
The report on typhoid fever cases
1 for the year is distressing, showing 8
cases from February 1, 1911 to Feb?
ruary 1, 1915, while for the same pe?
riod last year there were but 2. Sum
, ter, however, was not responsible for
all these cases, only three were con
, tracted in the city, the live others
?were brought here ill from other
\ places. In two instances epidemics
j were threatened from cases contract
, ed elsewhere and only hard work
and contsant care on the part of the
city nurse with the aid of the city
j health department averted them. One
! was a mother and baby who were
' brought here ill from Augusta and
visited in a locality in town where
j lack of sewerage made their pres
j ence a menace to the neighborhood;
) the other a little girl who contracted
: the disease in the country and was
[ brought back to a home near the city
t water works which was without sew
Jerage. No cause was ever discovered
i for the three cases contracted local
I ly; the use of bottled goods shipped
\ here from other points has been sug
I gested as a possible cause.
The nurse further reports that mor
, tality among babies ia greater where
j they are fed on condensed milk, only
j one not fed on it dying this year.
The death rate among the tubercu?
lar patients continues high as the ne?
groes conceal having the disease until
It Is too late to do more than make
their end comfortable. The white
patients are much better about re
I porting their trouble, all the cases
j among them are known, it is thought,
and so cures are effected. It is grati?
fying to report the progress of the
case for which the assistance of the
public was asked In the fall. The pa?
tient, a young man, was having high
j temperature, expectorating freely and
i having night sweats. Now he has
I none of these symptoms and has ap
I parently been cured by the use of
j tuberculin which was bought with
funds from the Anti-Tuberculosis As?
sociation. He is regaining his strength
and hopes very shortly to go to work.
Very much of the charity of the
town is done through the nurse,
who is glad to direct it and who
! uses judgment and discretion in dis?
pensing supplies sent her for that
j purpose. Her office In the basement^
I of the court house is also a depot of
supplies to which one may send any]
time anything useful in tending the
sick or equipping the well. One
1 family, who was absent from town for
'four months, directed its man to take
J out under the direction of the city ;
nurse all the milk from the cow dur?
ing that period. Money handed the
nurse by Individuals or societies is;
used by her for fuel, ice, washing, :
medicines, and nourishment for pa?
tients. Chapter :\ of the Fpiscopal
Guild raises money to assist the nurse
In her work sind has used this fund
for buying wood since Christmas. The
Phtlathea class of the First Baptist
Church has recently been giving $2.Ott
per month to be used by the nurse for
I
her patients. Individuals have given
about $25.00 during the year for that
purpose. Realising the importance to
the town of the nurse work the Sun?
day school of the Presbyterian church
raised al Christmas and gave $60.Oil
to the Civic League to be applied to
Ihe nurse's salary, and a large amount
of clothing and groceries.
The meetings of the mothers' Club I
inaugurated by the League In May
have been a force lor good, tlie nurse
finding thai Improvement in' condi?
tions followed the talks at these
meeting*. Seven meetings were he'd
in the summer and fall and they will
be resumed shortly.
The colored women of the town
through their federated c?ui? have
continued their good work of former
years, taking tare of the sick, furnish?
ing medicine, food, clothing and
nursing and reporting cases to the
city nurse.
The City Health department has
throughout the year willingly eoogcr*
ated with the nurse work and baa
shown a readiness to help that has
been appreciated by the city nurse
and the Civic League.
In the manageme nt of the financial
end of this work the committee In
( barge has exercised every care and
lias seen to it that the money col
j lectcd from the people of Sumte: has
gone as far as was DOOatble Since
August collections have been very
j small and the question of making
lends meet has been a predominating
one. A save of $5.00 per month has
been made on oflico rent, as the
! County Commissioners have permit?
ted the city nurse to occupy a Vacant
j room in the basement of the court
! house and she moved into this last
i
June. The salary paid the nurse is
$75 per month. Receipts and ex?
penditures have been as follows:
Receipts.
' Forward. 10H.$230.07
i Collections. CIS.70
Nurse's services. 62.05
I
Bumtcr county $10 per
I month. 120.00
Interest. 2.01
Total.$1,089.43
Expenditures.
Nurse's salary.?900.00
i Commissions on collections 21.25
! Rent, 4 months. 2'J.OO
Drugs. 15.91
Bicycle repair. ?.50
Sundries. 4.85
Total.$964.51
On hand Feb. 1.$124.92
ARM IDA MOSES,
Secretary and Treasurer, Nurse De?
partment, Civic League of Sumter.
ROARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Gent. Manning Announced Appoint?
ments Today.
Columbia, March 13.?Qov. Man
? hing today appointed the newly cre
I ated State board of public accountants
as follows: C. C. Fishburne, of Co
{lumbia, three year term; J. Herts
j Brown, of Spartanburg, two year
term; G. B. Walton, of Anderson, one
year term. The duty of the board is
to examine and certify public account
i ants.
Plant Exchange Day.
The City Betterment committee of
! the Civic League will hold, a plant
! exchange day, at the Hampton street
school on March 18th. The purpose
; of this plant exchange Is to enable
, all those wishing for plants to obtain
them free of cost.
Will all who have gardens notify
this committee so that the plants can
i be called for on the morning of the
18th.
j There are so many plants that
j should be separated, chrysanthemums
Shasta daises, golden glow, Phlox,
verbena, vincas, cannas, and many
others.
Plants will be taken to the Hamp?
ton street school grounds and tho
committee will distribute them from
i 4 o'clock until 6.30 p. m.
Those having plants to donate will
notify Mrs. Agnes M. Bogin, chair?
man committee, Mrs. Edgar Hayns?
worth, Mrs. S. C. Baker, Mrs. Ferd
Levi, Miss Mamie Hughson, Mrs.
Hubble, Miss Minnie Barnett.
The committee will appreciate any
interest you may take in this civic
work.
_
Mr. R. B. Belser s article on the
harmful results that will follow tho
unnecessary restriction of farm credits
is being discussed from one end of
the State to the other.
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