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** Washlugteo, Feb. SI.?Germany to?
te? Uirouftfc. smsssaalor von Bern
forraeity ooUAed the United
tont there ia no euch thing 001
ktenan armed lor defensive
and that Germany eon oee
en to change her determiner
?Ink all armed ships, without
hojjmnlng March 1st. Before
thes communication before
looping, Ambassador Bern
afarred with Austrian Charge
and tho < lerman oommu
rsprcssnta the position of
Uso. Ambassador von Bern
ahss told Secretary Lansing that
tied ascretly by tho Brit?
to Commanders of arm
to. attack submarines
aigjgtod. Ipmnletaly nullified
previously given that
on morchanLaen would only
Cor defense. He Intimated
Igoso of these orders which had
[tare* ambassador, Gerard at
to forward to Washington had
Mo} oo by tho British govern
ai Palme ath. As tho result of
tho submarine sltua
seach graver. The position
?*,Q**mahy ?e exactly opposite
contentions sot up by President
Too whole question will be
Sj| tomorrow's oabinst meet
the agitation for lee?
ret hooping Americans off of
rissole If growing about the
tho Unlttd Mates will now do
of conjecture* ae President
a and issrstajry Lansing art
Lansing
tuaroint their- plans wtttt the ? utmost
secrecy. Official circles, regard a
areas: as, nearer than at any previous
rime. \
TO TAljK PBANVrw t* MB BOB*
11% Meeittoc at r*>rence on March 8
to Din mas Plantins; of This Crop.
Florence. Feb. IS.?There la to be
a great big old meeting uf the farm*
ere of Florence county and the Pee
Dee section in this city on Wednesday.
March 8, at 1Q.30 o'clock In the morn?
ing, and the meeting will be held In
the county court house.
The muln object of the meeting will
be to tali and discuss the peanut crop,
which Is expected to be planted fa
great quantities In this section this
year. Mr. Frank M. Rogers, who was
the first to plant The Newa and Cou?
rier's crop, tobacco, is the leader in
the peanut planting of this section,
having planted- 300 acres last year, and
he has been invited to be present and
address the meeting.
State Warehouse Commissioner Jno.
U McLaurln. and Prof. H. C. Thomp?
son, of the bureau of plant industry
of the United States department: of
agriculture, hag slap been invited, so
there wlU be something doing end
somethini: worth heating hare if the
farmer* will come to Florence on
March t.
OUTCOME STILL Iff DOUBT.
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Spaxtanburg, Feh. 27.?Dr. L, J..
Blake, attending physician,, tonight
said ?rs. A. H. Twltchall, who wa/i in?
jured yesterday when her. ear wag
Strunk by a peossngor train on the
Southern i*ellway. has passed only a,
fair day end tonight her condition is
delirious and it is yet impossible to.
say what the outcome will be. ?
There are symptoms of Internal In?
juries, but not pronounced.
The negro chauffer'a condition hi
mam favorable tonight
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In the Item and Watchman and Southron's Golden
Fearhral and Vedng Campaign. Only the first nomination
coupon sent in tor each candidate will be counted.
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MAl/OJA OF P. AND O. LINE LOST
WITH MANY ON BOARD.
Went Down Two Miles Off Dover Half
Hour After Striking Floating Mine
?aecond Vessel Sinks Trying to
Render Aid.
Dover, Feb. 27.?The passenger
steamship Maloja, a 12,4 31 ton ves?
sel belonging to the Peninsular and
Oriental line, struck a mine and sank
within half an hour two miles off
Dover today. More than 40 passengers
were drowned or killed.
The Maloja left Tilbury yesterday
for Bombay with malls, 119 passen?
gers of all classes aboard, and a crew
numbering about 290, most of them
Lascars. Other passengers were to
board the ship at Marseilles.
The steamer was opposite Shak
sphere cliff when an explosion shook
her from end to end. She listed im?
mediately to port. High seas were
running and the captain tried to run
her aground, b- t the engine room was
swamped and the ship became un- ]
manageable.
The, plight of the vessel was ob?
served and dozens of craft went at
full speed to her rescue. One of them,
the British tanker Empress of Fort
William of 2,181 tons, struck another
mine and sank near by.
Aboard the Maloja everything pos?
sible was done to get the pasengers
end crew off. All the boats had al?
ready been swung out before ehe
strnck ,ae a precaution against acci?
dent, and all thpse aboard had suffi?
cient time to put on life belts, in?
structions in the use of which had
burn given the previous evening.
Boat! after boat and a number of
rafts ware sent away but several per?
sona, leaped into the water and were
picked up by the suriounding craft.
U was at first thoughv. that all had
been saved but later several bodies
were waehed ashore and their num?
ber, wgs gradually addeci to during the
^?Jfv -?
< Owing to the feet that Dover is un
4er strict military law It wen possible
fg obtain only meagre details from
those rescued. The captain said that
the passengers and crew beh?ved
splendidly.
The pasengers were for the most
part British officials In the Indian
service, the most prominent being
?Judge Oldfteld of the Indian high
court. Only one of the crew of the
Kip-Press of Fort William was
drowned^.
Up to midmVit the bodies landed
from tho Maloja included IS men, 11
women and four children, in addition
to 11 Lascars. Among the dead is
Mrs. McLeod, wife of Gen. McLeod.
It was about 10. SO o'clock in the
morning that the disaster occurred.
The Maloja was steaming down the
channel, children playing on the deck
and most of the passengers carrying
lifebelts in their hands. Suddenly a
ten "fie explosion blew in the side of
the eecond saloon and 20 minutes
later the Maloja sank.
. Just before she went to the bottom
the vessel turned turtle and for a few
seconds the keel was visible above
the surface. According to eye wit?
nesses, there was a second explosion,
and while under water the vessel
righted herself again, her masts being
visible before she finally sank.
The captain and officers stuck by
the ship to the last. Though all were
saved, not one of them left the ship
In the boats. , They were all picked
up out of the water. The captain
from the bridge directed the lower
in r, of the boats and called on every?
body to keep calm and everybody
maintained a wonderful calm, for the
scene immediately after the explosion
was one sufficiently terrifying to
cause a panic. Several children were
blown to pieces and the deck was
covered with wreckage and wounded,
but there was no sign of a panic.
Only a few boats could be lowered
und the heavy sea made the rescue
work difficult. The majority of those
saved were on rafts, of which the
ship carried a Urge number. Most of
th?i women and children lost their
lives, owing to the fact that one boat
already in the water drifted under
[another which was being lowered and
capsized.
[f The captain remained on the bridge
until thrown into the water by the
last lurch of the ship.
The Times estimates the Maloja
dead at 148, of whom 117 were Las?
cars.
CONFIRM FLETCHER,
Senators Approve His Nomination as
Ambassador to Mexican de Facto
Government.
Washington, Feb. 25.--The senate
today confirmed the nomination of
Henry Prather Fletcher to be am?
bassador to the Carranze. government
Of Mexico. Tho vote wati 49 to 18,
J. S. Shea of Indiana was under?
stood tonight to be the probable choice
of President Wilson to succeed Mr.
Fletcher as ambassador to Chile. Sen?
ator Kearn will urgo the appointment
of Mr. Shea at a conference with
President Wilson Monday.
I Say
To You
Does your Energy balance your Ambition ?
Have you Horal Courage to turn your Am?
bition into Realization? Do you care enough
about Success to make an effort ? If your am?
bition is but a dream?sleep on?but if you Care
i#$E you are of the more ambitious sort, then The
Daily Item's and The Watchman and Southron's
Golden Festival and Voting Campaign is your
Cue. There is a prize for you. Why don't you
find out about it?
Phone 615, we will tell you.
FIRST GRAND PRIZE
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1916 MODEL 83 OVERLAND TOURING CAR
Full Equipment. Value $750.
Purchased from and Exhibited by The Overland Sales Co.,
Sumter, S. C.
This Car will be awarded to the person having the highest
number of votes at the close of the Campaign.
SECOND GRAND PRIZE
1916 MODEL SAXON ROADSTER.
Special Equipment. Self Starter and Electric Lights
Value $475.00.
Purchased from the Carolina Saxon Co., Columbia, S. C.
After the Grand Prize has been awarded, the person hold?
ing the second highest number of votes will be awarded
the Saxon Roadster
DIVISION PRIZES
Two Prizes of $100.00 in Gold Each Two Prizes of $50.00 in Gold Each
Two Prizes of $25.00 in Gold Each
An Umlimited Number of Prizes of $10.00 in Gold
Every Participant failing to secure one of the above prizes will be awarded a
liberal commission on all business they send in.
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