Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-12
Scraps and faets.

general applause.
The steamship Rochambeau, which
left New York Saturday, for Bor-
deaux, France, with 500 persons
aboard, was discovered to have hre
in her coal bunkers on Monday ana
for some time the fire promised to be
so serious that the ship was turned
toward Halifax, n. s., Later adVices
were to the effect that the fire had
been extinguished and the ship was
proceeding to it's destination. The
vessel carried, besides its crew ana
421 passengers, a cargo which In
cluded 2,541 cases of cartridges, ~
cases of guns, 100 bales of cotton
waste, 254 TASKS of quicksilver, auto
mobiles, aeroplane supplies, iron
and steel bars, copper and steer
WIRE 1t was also reported that an ex,
plosive bomb had been discovered
concealed in a sack of sugar on
board before the vessel sailed on sat
urday. The Rochambeau Is one or the
largest Of the French ships plying be-
tween New York and French ports.
Earl Kitcheners ultimate mission
war Office is said by confidential infor-
nation received in Washington, to De
India, where, according to the same
information, Great Britain's rule is
confronted with q more serious state
Of unrest than has generally been
known outside Of British official cir
cles. Through the thick veil which the
British censorship has thrown about
the events in India and Egypt comes
a statement that Nawab, Sultan vi
Mulk, the Nizam Of Hyderabad, one
of the most influential men Of the ma
tive princes and a staunch supporter
of the British has been deposed by
his people This development, coming
after successive reports OF mutlnles
and unrest, is said to be the leading
reason for Earl Kitchener's departure
from England It has been officially
announced that the head Of the British
war office was on his way to the
theatre Of operations in the near east,
which has been generally interpreted as
meaning the Balkans. Information
reaching the United States, however,
through channels not subject to cen.
sorship, is to the effect that 1t is well
known in London among those close
to the government that although Earl
Kitchener may stop in the Balkans TO
coordinate the efforts Of the Allied
forces, his ultimate destination Is not
only India, but Egypt as well, where
the British gateway to Asia now is
menaced by the Tutonic- c-Bulgarian-
SUCCESS Tic DdihdiS.
-Kioto, Japan, November 10: For
the first time in history, the people
Of Japan and the representatives OF
the people of foreign lands were pre-
sent today at the coronation Of MI
kado, when Yoshihito, son Of Mussu-
hito, acceded TO the throne Of Nippon.
The story of this epochal event is the
history Of old Japan epitomized. 1t IS
H. % 80 hn To hYntiaC
Heaven and earth, Of the veneration OF
the imperial ancestral gods and Of the
formal accession to sanctity Of the
monarch Of Yoshihito-direct
descendant Of the immortal Jimmu,
the first emperor and founder vi the
empire and descendant also, accord
ing to tradition Of the sun goddess
and imperial grand ancestress, ANA
terasu Omikami, who dwelt in the
heavenly regions in prehistoric ages.
The essence Of the accession cere-
mony centred about the Kashikodo-
koro or sacred mirror, which repre-
sents the spirit Of the sun goddess,
Amatersu. This divine mirror, sup
posed to be of bronze, though no NOR
tai eyes have gazed upon 1t together
with the sacred comma-shaped Jewei
necklace and the imperial treasures
ceremony Of this monarch was
ritual service Of ancestor worship and
was held in a specially erected hall
in the palace grounds known as the
Shunkoden Hall, where was enshrin-
ed the sacred mirror brought from
Toxic.
The Italian liner Ancona, from
Italian ports to New York, was sunk
by an Austrian submarine in the Med
iterranean sea Tuesday, and $40 sur
vivors have been landed at Tunis ports
and so others at Malta. There were
4S2 passengers on board and a crew
estimated at 60 to 160. There were ~
Americans on the ship and these are
reported among the missing. A Tunis
dispatch gives a brief account OF the
sinking of the ship as follows: "A
submarine approached the Ancona to-
wards noon and as soon as the steam
er saw it, attempt was made to escape
at full speed. The Ancona was over
taken and stopped. Then the subma-
rine fired on the ship, sinking her amid
the desperate cries Of the passengers.
The lifeboatS were next attacked, the
submarine likewise firing on them. A
woman, a man and two children were
killed; their bodies are at Bizerta.
The submarine then disappeared i'm
direction of the Aegean sea. Before
sinking, the Ancona was able to get
out a wireless call for help. This was
heard by the station at Bizerta. Aid
was sent promptly, and thus 16O pas
sengers and 10 sailors were saved.
They were taken to Ferryville Tin the
environ of Bizerta) where they were
attended by physicians and consul:
Among the survivors are number OF
wounded emigrants, nearly all Italians,
and 10 Greeks. A number Of the sur
vivors seem to have lost their reason
as the result Of their terrible eX-
periences" What action, if any, will
be taken by the American government
in the matter of the sinking Of the
Ancona, will not be made known for
several days, until the state depart
ment can become acquainted with all
the details.
Washington, November 10: Great
Britain was formally asked today by
the United States for information
concerning the recent search of the
American ship Zealandia in the Mexi-
can port Of Progreso by a landing
party from a British cruiser, Ambas-
sador Page was instructed to make
the inquiry through the London for
eign office. A report from American
Consul John w. Germon at ProgreSo
stated that the Zealandia was forcibly
searched last week by men from
British cruiser now lying outside the
harbor, presumably waiting to seize
the vessel. In the absence of complete
data state department officials were
not inclined to comment on the case
but it was indicated that it might de-
velop new points in the neutrality
situation prompting Mexico as well as
the United States to enter protest to
Great Britain. On October Z the Zea-
landia mysteriously left Pensacola.
Fla, at night, clearing for Tampico.
Mexico, carrying large stock of pro-
visions and manned principally by a
crew of Germans. An American flag
painted on her hull had been painted
over and she flew the German colors,
although that was fatty denied by her
owners. The ship moved from Tam
pico to Campeche where British
agents reported she bore a large
quantity of rosin for which there was
no ostensible use in Mexico although
it is used largely for making shrap-
mel. They also reported their sus-
picions that she bore large quanti-
ty of copper and the British view was