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*x THE 8TJMTER WATCHMAN, Estate Consolidated Aur. 2,1 N0WE6IAN SHIP SUNK. GERMAN RAIDERS MOVE SOUTH? WARD TO STARTING l*OlNT. - i Eldsvnhl Kent to Bottom Forty Miles Off Virginia i ?\h'h?Entire Crew Rescued. Washington. June I,?The German submarine raiders again liave disclos? ed their position. An announcement from the navy department tonight talc! that the Norwegian .steamer KvldKvuld. wan sent to the bottom at ft o'clock y?ttritaj afternoon 40 Ii,lies off the Virginia capes. The entire crew Was res.aied today by a navy supply ship. Details of the en? counter art lucking. That Is the last word received t?v the depart no nt showing the raiders' position. It in evident that the raiders had Leen inovn.K st?>ndHj southward from the New Jersey const. Presumably they were back vesterdny in the re? gion where they first began opera? tions. The raiders were closer in shore when they attacked the Eidsvold than on sny previous occasion, except when they launched the mines picked up off the Delaware rapes. The t.mker Pratt apparently struck one of these mines gnd s number of otners unexploded have been gathered up. The French tanker RaiHollene, un successfullly attacked at t?.:i0 o'clock .yesterday morning off the Maryland toast, probably was 100 miles north of the place where the Oidsvold was sunk eight hours later. \N bother the raiders aro still off the Virginia capes, hopeful of interrupt? ing more Important craft than they have yet assailed, or are hurrying on southward, no one hOfl WlM attempt M guess It Is increasingly evident as the reports accumulate that the u boats ars avoiding gfMOd craft and the vigilance of the navy patrol has kept them far away from the princi? pal ports, the . i.iod in American waters is mystifying and the one ex? planation so far acceptable is that of? fered by Secretary Daniels to mem? bers of congress?an attempt to ter? rify the United States into recall of Its fighting ships front European wa? ters for home defense. "Tonight's statement announcing the destruction of the Eidsvold fcD lows: "The Norwegian steamship Eids? vold was sunk by an enemy subma? rine about 4u miles off the Virginia capes, at I? p. m. on Juno 4, accord 1 Ing to word received from a United States naval cargo ship. The entire crew was rem n I bf this naval ship en the afternoon of June 5 and la proceeding to an Atlantic port. Why the u boat commander picked OUt a neutral cr:ift for attack is not apparent. The errand and cargo ol the Eidsvold are not now known. Norwegian vessels have suffered heav? ily In the North Sea operations ol the German* however, and it is ev? ident that Germany's own version o> ' sen warfare was to be applied to Inn U-boat commanders even outside the snnes fixed for ruthless operations. The rules of cruiser warfare an Germany Interprets them have ap? parently been followed closely by the raiders, with the possible exceptio a ol the Eldnvold's case which is still to be cleared up. Otherwise, ship com? panies have invariably been given aotne chance for their lives when their aagggftl w.-ie destroyed. The rutbl* H-cienH which drew the i.'nite i States into the war has not so far been applied to Amerh iri coastal waters, eacept that passengers have been left to shift for themselves fa1 at nes. Itepott* of survivors of the Hteamei T--X? I and the nohonner Mendel todax added little to the information Rath ered about the raiders. I IH>\ I Ol l (II Mil I s|(i\ I im om I tig steamer Re|m?rts Sighting submarine Neai I i diu Pan slusib I ItfhtMhlp. An Atlantic poit. June 4. - Th? Mallorv 1 int-e Sabine, from Tampa t? New York with forty pass, tigers, cum? In here thin nooning a.nl report' c that she met with n submarine yes terdav between t'h.irleston and I'lyim Pun Shoals hshtMhlp A second ?< sei. the Identity of which is unknuwi, rmiir to the fOaeSJi of tin* 11 nef am chased the submarine out to sea. The Merchants a id Mm is steam or. N'antuckot. Jacksonville to Not tork. also arrived hero thftfl morninx h'Vinir been SJai nod bp .m linknoxv? tassel thai enemy ssjbmat hsaa wot ?? ?h*? x b lnltv of I rx ing Pan Shoab k ht-hip tthed April, 1W0. "B* turn a 881. NEW LIQUOR QUESTION. HOCJVKH opposed to proposed I plan'. Hut I '(Mid Administration Dot s Not Want Nation on "Whiskey, Gin and R randy Hnsls." Washington, Juno 5.?AdminTstra i tion opposition to any attempt to stop the manufacture of beer and wine so long ai lbs sale of whiskey is permit? ted, was made certain today with the announcement that Food Administra I tor HOOVSf Opposed such a step be eauee be believed tin* evils attendant upon putting the nation on a "Whis? key, brandy and gin" basis would fa? 1 outweigh the small food savings that would result. Fresident Wilson alreadv had stated in a letter to Senator Sheppard of Texas, prohibition champion, that he would not use his power to prohibit the use of foodstuffs in beer and wine unless Mr. Hover regarded such a step as necessary. After the opposition of the presi? dent and the food administrator had been made known. Senator Sheppard and other senators said the senate would strike from the $11,000,000 emergency agricultural bill a house amendment prohibiting the use of some $6,000,000 carried by the meas? ure unless manufacture of wine und h* ? i was stopped by the president. Senator Smith of South Carolina, of the agricultural committee, upon his return to Washington tonight, said he was inclined to oppose the amendment because a very small proportion of grain is being used in the production ot alcoholic Ihpjors since :he distill? ing of whiskey was stopped last Sep? tember. Senator Smith said efforts would be made to have hlfl committee take up the bill without delay. Mi. Hoover explained his position In a statement made public tonight along with his letter to Senator Shep? pard. He said that "if the American people want prohibition it should pro? hibit by legislation to that end and not force the food administration to the responsibility for an orgy of drunkenness." "As to the discussion over the sup? pression of brewing," said Mr. Hoov? er's Statement supplementing his let? ter to Senator Sheppard, "1 wish to say emphatically that from a strictly food conservation point of view 1 should like to see the use of foodstuffs suppressed In all drinks, hard and soft. "This is not, however, the whole I story. We stopped distilling a year ago. There is a long supply of whis? key, gin and other 20 per cent, to 4M per cent, distilled drinks in the coun? try. We have reduced the consump? tion of foodstuffs in brewing by per cent, and reduced the alchol con? tent of beer to 2 3-4 per cent. "If we stop brewing the saloons of the country will still be open, but conlined practically to a whiskey and gin basis. Any true advocate of tem? perance and of national efficiency In these times will shrink from this sit? uation for the national danger in It is greater than the use of some 4,000, 000 bushels of grain monthly in the breweries. "If the American people want pro? hibition it should prohibit by legis? lation to that end nnd not force the food administration to the respon? sibility for any orgy of drunkenness "Tin- food administration has gone as far as It can toward temperance without precipitating a worse situa tlon. If the American people or con? gress will stop the sale of distilled Ibtuors the administration will find n<> difficulty in stopping brewing." In his letter to Senator Sheppard. \h Hoover said no effort had been made tC enemies the authority under the food control net to prohibit the manufacture ol wine because the wines produced In this country mft rrom irnpee of which a very small proportion are available as table or ralela ?rapes ami therefore Ihe stop* i>ik:?. oi wine making would add no ?Onsef|tl "ntial amount Of food to ant national supplies. IRoor MOVEMENT ( M IIAMd l), Nee pc lory Dsnsiels Hays submarine Haid WIM Not Effect Flow or Men nnd Munitions to Fran. c. Wttshl igt on June ... Whatevei tie purpose ol the submarine raid 6fl he Atlantic coeat and whatevei the mo bei <ii submarines hereafter may >me there will he no cheek of the *OW Of men and munitions to 'ranee, Secretary Daniels said today The navy department was without nrther advices at noon from the pe ? ol nOSf I hat i- h tint I \y, doWII I he sub na i mes. ad Fear nob?Dec all the ende Thon AE SUMTER, S. C, SAT? STORY OF SURVIVORS. PASSENGERS AND CREW OF CAR OIJNA HAVE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE, Sixteen Persons From Submarined Steamer Caroline) Perish,?Drift Helplessly at Sea?C;irl Rescued Flinging to Hodies of Dead?Survl vore Land at Lewea. I,e\ves, Del., June 4.?Nineteen sur? vivors, passengers and crew, of the ?Ubmarined steamship Carolina were landed here today and brought a har? rowing tale of the sea, the news of the loss of sixteen of their number ami a remarkable reacu-j of a girl while they drifted helplessly on the I oeean during a severe thunder storm Sunday night. Ten boats left the Car? olina before she was sank by the ! the German submurine U-37, all pass ! ed through the same storm and the I survivors said they felt sure all were lost. They expressed great joy when informed that most of the Carolina's company had been saved. The nineteen persons landed here were brought in by a Brttlah vessel, which picked them up more than twenty-live miles off the Delaware capes. They were taken in charge by the naval authorities. They made full statements to naval officers. None of the survivors had any knowledge that the submarine had bhelled the life boats. j The story of the survivors did not become public until they left for New York. One of their number, how? ever, is a German, of the crew, and will be held pending an investiga? tion. According to the survivors the Car? olina was warned late Sunday after? noon by wireless to look out for sub? marines. The steamer was advised that a three-masted schooner had just been sunk. At 6 o'clock Sunday even? ing a submarine appeared close to the Carolina. She was about 350 feet long, survivors said, and later was identified as the F-37. "The submarine signaled something which our captain could not make out." said one of the survivors, "and then the U-boat raised the German flag. We were ordered to heave to, and the captain, fearing that the sub? marine would shell the steamer If he i did not obey the order, signaled the engineer to reverse the engine. I "A German Officer with an armed guard came alongside and gave or? ders to our captain to lower all our boats and leave the ship in twenty 1 minutes. Of course It would he use i less to say that none of us were fright ened. 'Good order was maintained, how? ever. The sea was smooth and there appeared to be no elements of danger. Nobody thought of a storm and the German ofllcors appeared to show ! consideration to the passengers as they hurried to leave the steamer. "Ten boats were lowered and every | body got in. There was little or no i confusion. All the time the subma? rine lay as (dose as possible, members of her crew standing on her deck, ' watching us or busying themselves j about the boat. After all the life boats had swung away from the Car? olina the German officers aboard the abandoned steamer ordered one of the lifeboats to return. This frightened many In the other lifeboats, but after a time we found out the reason for the Oefman'c ac? tion. In going through the steamer he found a tin man who had been left behind ami he had ordered the life? boat to return for him. "When this last boat was clear of the ship again the Germans left the Carolina and in a few minutes the submarine shelled her seven times. Then she burst in Mam CS, Whether the Germans set her on lire or whether the shelling had caused lire to break out. I do not know. "It was a bright Sunday evening as we drifted. The sun began to set as the Carolina slowly went down. Then it r??t dark and a feeling of fear over? came many of us. but we hoped for the best. The Sea was still smooth nd there was no (langet, apparently We stral ied our eyes to see a light, but there was none. All th l boats kept as close together as possible! every body that was able taking a turn at the oars. "After we had drifted for I do not know how long, there were faint dashes of lightning on the horizon and later when the puffy wind began to trengthen we Instinctively knew there was trouble ahead. "The storm came quicker than wo ?vpeeted. The wind blew like a rale and kicked up a nasty sea The iOats pitched and soon became sepa? rated, we, who were in a motor me't mi be thy Country's, Thy God's ? RDAY, JUNE 8, 1918. HUN DRIVE CHECKED. GERMANS NO LONGER HURL MASSES AGAINST LINES. Great Straggle Changing Prom But? tle of Movement to One of Position; ?American Hille Eire Effective. German masses no longer hurl themselves at the Allied lines along extended fronts. The momentum of the Teuton advance appears to have exhausted itself, while the lines of the) French and British have Stiffened and! are holding the foe except for Insig? nificant gains here and there. Th?i struggle is apparently changing from a war of movement to one of position. Details of the fighting in which American units participated show that Gen. Pershing's men have gone into battle with magnificent spirit. In de? fense of bridges across the Marne they repulsed the enemy in a decisive manner. Their rifle fire prevented the Germans from making further serious attempts to cross the Marne. LOCAL ATTACKS CONTINUE. Germans Repulsed by French 01 Maine Rattle Front. Paiis, June 5.?The Germans con? tinued their local attacks last even? ing and nignt on the main battle front, it is officially announced. At? tempts against the French line failed at Carlepont Wood, Dommicres, Cour ty and in the neighborhood of Chegy. In the region north of Courty an action by the French infantry, assist? ed by tanks, rectified the French lino on the borders of the forest. WIN HOT SKIRMISH. Americans Defeat German' Patrol, Killing Three. With American Army in France, Tuesday, June 4.?In an encounter between an American patrol and a party of seventeen Germans on the Luneville front early today three Ger? mans were reported killed. Another patrol destroyed an enemy concrete observation post. BRITISH REPULSE 11UNS. Early Morning Attack East of Amiens Fails. London, June ?.?The Germans this morning attempted to raid the Hrit ? lah lines southwest of Morlancourt ? and east of Amiens, it is officially an \ BOUnced. The enemy was repulsed. and left prisoners in the hands of the British. :? i launch, seemed to be alone in the storm. Rougher and rougher became the water and the boat rolled anil pitched. Finally she capsized and all of the thirty-live in her were thrown into the sea. She was righted and cap? sized again while we clung to her. This occurred several times. The storm pa&sed and the sea began to calb. it was pitch dark. 1 "Finally we kept the launch right? ed, but she was full of water. We clung to her and bailed out the water 1 with our hands. Some could not stand the strain, became exhausted, ! let go their hold and sank. It was terrible. We bailed out enough water j to let one of us in. Then he bailed furiously and enough water was scooped out to permit a second to get into the launch. "We kept this up all night until Anally all those who still clung to the sides of the motorboat were able to get in. When the last was helped o\er the side, we found that there s/ere but nineteen of us. sixteen had had gone." With the coming daylight the hopes of the survivors rose with the sun. The sea had calmed, but day? light revealed nothing but the broad ??xpanse of the Atlantic. All hands came to the conclusion that none Ol the other boats had safely come through the storm. After a while an object was seen In the water. There was no way to reach it as the launch had lost her gasoline and oars. The launch, how ever, drifted ?dose and ihe survivor: were startled to discover a girl cling* lug to the bodies of two drowned men The bodies were Incased In life belts but the girl wore none. Bhe appeared to be a good swimmer and with her own efforts ami clinging to the two bodies for support, she managed to romaln afloat. The launch gut near enough to her to effect her rescue and she proved to he Elona Donalo Vlrols of Porto Rico. Sim Is one of the t\v< women landed, she was one of thos in the launch and became separated from it when it capsized The identity of the two dead men is not known outhroti. m? Troth'e," THB TR?B SOUTHRON, li^t&bKshed J Vol.XLVI. No. 33. VICTORY IS CERTAIN. SUPREME WAR COUNCIL EX PRESSES COMPLETE CONFI? DENCE IN FOCH. DEAD AND MISSING, 51. AUi FROM STKAMER CAROLINA ATTACKED SUNDAY AFTER? NOON. Believes Germans Will Renew Efforts | Sixteen Known to Be Lost but It is ami Exis?etM ( ritual Days in Fu ture. London, June 4.? (By the Associat? ed Press)?The supreme war coun? cil, which has had under advisement the entire war situation, has express llpoi (1 Others Have Been Picked up by Passing Ships. New York, June 4.?The toll of dead and missing from the raid of German submarines against shipping off the American coast apparently cd in an official statement made pub- i stood tonight at 58, all from the lie tonight full confidence in the out-! steamer Carolina, of the New York come of the war, with the aid of the I and Porto Rlcan Line. Sixteen of American forces. ' this number are known to have per Complete confidence in Gen. Foch , ished when one of the ship's boats is also expressed and tribute is paid | capsized in a storm Sunday night af to President Wilson for his coopera-| ter the vessel hud been sunk. It is tion in the work of transporting and j hoped the others have been picked bringing American troops. "The supreme war council held its sixth session under circumstances of great gravity for the alliance of free peoples," says the statement. up by a passing ship Officials of the company have placed the number of passengers aboard the Carolina when she was attacked 126 miles off Bendy Hook at 220, and the "The German government, relieved : crew ut 130, making 350 in all. of all pressure on the eastern front j Capt. Barbour, of the Carolina, re by the collapse of the Russian armies i ported to the company th-%t he was on and people, has concentrr-ted all its! board the schooner Eva B. Douglass effort in the west. It is seeking to gain ix decision in Europe by a series of desperate and costly assaults upon the Allied armies before the United States can bring its full strength ef? fectively to bear. "The advantage it possesses in its strategic position and superior railway facilities has enabled the enemy com with 150 passengers and 94 of the crew. The sch?ner is expected to? morrow. A boat containing twenty-eight sur? vivors, twenty-one passengers and seven of the crew, arrived at Atlan? tic City today. Another lifeboat with ten passen? gers and nine members of the crew mand to gain some initial successes, i arrived at Lewes, Del. It will undoubtedly renew its attacks I If the company's figures as to the and the Allied nations may be still expoeed to critical days. number aboard the liner are correct, this leaves forty-three unaccounted "After a review of the whole posi- j for. That number might have been tion the supreme war council is con- ; crowded into one lifeboat. The only vinced that the Allies, bearing the i possible clue to their fate was found trials of the forthcoming campaign in the fact that an empty boat, mark with the same fortitude they have ed with the name of Carolina, was ever exhibited in the defense of the i picked up by a British steamship right, will baffle the enemy's purpose and in due course bring him to defeat. Everything possible is being done to sustain and support the armies in the which arrived here today. It had every evidence of having been riddled by gunfire. There was no official confirmation field. i of a report that several bodies had "The arrangement for unity of com- j been washed ashore at Beach Haven,' mand has greatly improved the posi- ' N. J. tion of the Allied armies and is work- j Another ship was added to the list Ing smoothly and with success. The j of victims of the u-boats when the supreme war council has complete! American schooner Edward R. Baird, confidence in Gen. Foch and it re-1 Jr., was found in a sinking condition gards with pride and admiration the off the Maryland coast, valor of the Allied troops. It has been established, that at "Thanks to the prompt and cordial | least two submarines of a large type cooperation of the president of the took part in the raid. It was the U-37 United States, the arrangements which sank the Carolina and the U which were set on foot more than two] 151 which sent several schooners to ! months ago for the transportation j the bottom. and brigading of American troops will, While all the resources of the navy make it impossible for the enemy to I were engaged in a determined search gain victory by wearing out the Allied j for the sea raiders, coast cities made reserve before he has exhausted his' preparations for any emergencies, own. All display lights were ordered extln "The supreme war council is confi-! gulshed in New York City and in dent of the ultimate result and the, cities and towns along the Long Is Allied peoples are resolute not to! land and New Jersey coast. The or sacriflce a single one of the free na-'ders were issued here by the police tions of the world to tho despotism commissioner after consultation with of .Berlin. The armies are displaying ! army and navy officers as a precau the same steadfast courage which en : tion not only against a possible at ibled them on many previous occa- j tack on the coast, but against air slons to defeat a German onslaught \ raids from airplanes which it is They have only to endure with faith | thought the submersibles may be car and patience to the end to make vie-; rylng. tory for freedom secure. The free Lending strength to the theory that peoples and their magnificent soldiers the government may have some defl will save civilization." ; nite ground for a fear of air raids, -'Police Commissioner Enright tonight TWENTY-NINE VICTIMS. announced the signals which will tell ????? of the coming of enemy aircraft. Latest Repjorts Show That U-Boat ? At every aviation station along the Killed That Number. coast flocks of planes took the air to - j day. In some cases they went out to New York, June 5.?According to sea in battle formation. calculations of officials of the New -,? York Porto Rico line twenty-nine per? son on the submarined liner Carolina ire still unaccounted for. These in clude ten passengers. More than two hundred and titty survivors reached here today. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. One Hundred and Ten Names?Col. Clayton of North Carolina Killed. Washington. June 5.?The casual? ty list contains one hundred and ten names today ,ns follows: Killed in action, 39; died of wounds, 13; died of accident, :'.; died of disease. I; wound? ed severely. 47; missing in action, 2. Col. Bertram T. Clayton, ot Salisbury, WHITE SELECTMEN CALLED* Columbia. June 5.?Captain Car wile, in charge of the selective ser? vice regulations Of this State, an? nounced today a call for twenty-five j N. C, was among those killed in ac hundred white men to entrain for tion. Privates Willford Funderburke 'amp Jackson during the five days of DuRant. Ga., and Admiral D. Hul beginnlng June 24th, In addition to sey, of Rebecca, Ga., were killed in hree thousand negroes. ', action. New York, June 5.?Alleged plots | to smuggle into the United States the Crown jewels of the dethroned Ro? manoff dynasty, the stones boitiK vnl led at two millions, is believed to iave been discovered by Fnited states; ustoms officials, it was learned here1 today. The launch eontinu? d to drift until Monday afternoon when it was pick d up by the British, ah the paeecin ers and crew suffered from exhaus ion, but were well on the way to re overy when they left for New York. (HAS. \V. FAIR RAN KS DEAD. Former Yiee President of Hie United States Passes Away. Indianapolis, June 4.?Charles War? ren Fairbanks, former Ylce President Of the United States, died at hin home her?' tonight at 8.55 o'clock. Death was due to interstitial nephritis, which had been a chronic ailment with him, but not regarded a a par 'Icularly serious until recently. All members of his family except Major Richard Fairbanks, who is ir V ranee, srere at his bedside.