Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-12-02
Bomb Rocks U. S. Consulate.

SHIPS have resumed their attacks
upon Warsaw, capital Of Poland. A
dispatch received from Warsaw to-
day says that one Of the German ma
chimes dropped a bomb in front OF
the American Consulate there on
Monday, killing several persons and
breaking all the windows in the con-
sulate.
The dispatch adds that panic has
developed among the residents OF
Warsaw as a result of this attack
and that many refugees who have re d..
turned to that city after the first
German defeat in Poland are again
fleeing from there.
Washington Confirms Report.
Washin gton, Nov. 24.-A German
airship, cruising above the city Of
WARSAW, dropped bomb in front Of
the American consulate, where it ex-
| ploded, breaking the glass in the win
| dow OF the Office and killing an |
| injuring persons who were in the
street.
This report was made to the State
Department to-day by Hcrnando De-
Soto, the American Consul at Wal
| saw. The time when the bomb drop
ping occurred is not given in the dis
patch. DeSoto is listed at the State
Department as native OF California.
Face Starvation and Typhoid.
Amsterdam, Nov. 24.--The cold
weather has brought much suffering
to the Belgian refugees in Holland
and in some quarters food is running
short.
There has been an outbreak of
typhoid fever among the fugtives in
Amsterdam.
Austria Calls Last Forces?
Rome, Nov. 24.-Austria's last
available forces have been called t
the cOlorS, according to a dispatch re e.
ceived to-day from Venice. 1t says
that the schools will be closed for
lack of teachers.
From December L. asserts tho
dispatch, "all schools in Trieste and
the surrounding districts will be
closed A majority of the teachers
! have been called up, they being melr-
bers Of the last landsturm. The lie y
has absolu tely cleared the whole
| country of men.
THE war is causing terrible DESC
lation and misery among the popula-
ton. Viennese manufacturers are
unable to obtain coal through the Of
binary channels. The Minister Of
Public Works has ordered the COL
liery owners in the district of OStr.!-
Karwin 10 furnish 10000 tons forth
| with.
"Vienna's daily consumption of
coal in winter is 10000 tons. The
shortage is already very p"rccptible
| 1t is difficult to replenish exhausted
stocks owing to the diminished out
| put OF the mines and lack OF trans
ports"
King Alhcrt Handles Spade.
Paris, Nov. 24.-Thc Following
story comes through from Fumcs:
"Dcspite the cold, King Albert
! spent all of Sunday in the trenches.
lie met some soldiers who had
thrI"n down their spades and were
warming their hands at fire. The
King paused and remarked pleasant.
ly that the weather was unusually
severe.
THE half-noZen soldiers, rccog-
niZing their monarch, were so over
come they could hardly speak. King
Albert then turned to his staff, say
ing: Gentlemen, l suggest that we
relieve these fine fellows and give
them chance to get warm
with that the King seized a
shovel and set to work vigorously
Half dozen officers OF the Kings
suite followed suit"
News Favorable to Russians.
London, Nov. 25.-Whilc the Rus
sian army headquarters remain
silent and the Germans claim to nave
checked attempts on the part Of the
Russians to take the offensive, the
military party in Petrogr2G has
shown it's full confidence in the un-
official reports Of a Russian victory
in Northern Poland by celebrating
the event.
1t is even said in the Russian capi-
tai that the victory was greater than
has been reported previously, and