Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-06-09

fell to the ground and burned for a
considerable time.
1.-The force of the explosion caused
the Morane monoplane to turn up
side down. The pilot succeeded in
| righting the machine, but had 10
make forced landing in the enc
my's country. However, he was
able to restart his machine and re-
turned safely to the aerodrome."
Russian Transport Sunk.
London, June IA semi-official
statement, issued at Petrograd, de-
clares that the Russian transport
Yenisei has been sunk in the Baltic
by German submarine, while Rus
sian mines and submarines have sunk
three German steamers. The state
ment says:
Our transport Yenisei was at
tackled by the enemy's submarines
and sunk, 80 men being saved Re-
ports dated the 9Th seem to estab-
lish that three enemy steamers were
the enemy and by the attacks of our
submarines"
Allies Repulscd by Turks.
Constantinople, June 7.-The al
lied troops on the Galipoli Peninsula
have been driven back, losses heavy,
according to an official statement is
sued to-day by the Turkish war Of
flee.
stubborn fighting on the Seddul
Bahr front has been successful for
u.s. it says. "This was achieved by
us by our right wing counter attack
ing. The enemy was driven back in
disorder into his old position after
suffering heavy losses"
French Mine Layer Sunk.
Paris, June 1.-THE ministry Of
marine to-day gave out the follow
| ing:
"The French mine layer Casa BIZ
anca has struck mine at the en-
trance of a bay in the Aegean Sea.
The captain and another officer and
| Ga sailors were picked up by a Brit
| ish torpedo boat destroyer. 1t is
! possible that other survivors were
able to reach the coast, where they
may have been taken prisoners by
the Turks
(The French mine layer Casa BIZ
anca was of 495 tons and 252 feet
long. She had a complement OF 12S
! men).
Monks Traitors to Italy.
Bari, Italy, June 7.-Certain de-
tails of the recent arrest here of five
Dominican monks whose monastery
windows looked out over the Adrat-
ic have been made public.
1T seems that an army lieutenant,
noticing the flashing rays of a strong
light, traced them to the monastery.
He called two carbineers, made his
way to the monastery door and in
sisted on entering. The monk in
charge, in reply to questions, declar-
ed there were only three monks in
the building. A second monk ap-
peared, but the lieutenant could not
locate the third Finally, he broke
down the door Of cell and found
within a monk who had in his pos
session war map, upon which were
annotations Of military value.
All three monks Joined in saying
the upper story of the monastery was
empty and not in use, but the lieu
tenant was not satisfied. He started
an investigation, which showed that
on the upper floor there had been set
up near a window q large reflector
for signalling purposes. Here two
more monks also were found, and all
were at once taken into custody.
| The search of the lieutenant re-
vealed large number of documents
and notes prepared by the monks, to-
gether with letters from colleagues
in Vienna
-Four British Vessels Sunk.
London, June 1.-THE British bark
Sunlight. of Liverpool, 1928 net
tons, has been sunk by German
submarine. The captain and crew
arrived at Queenstown to-day. They
said they were given time to take to
their boats.
The trawler Dromio, Of Hull, also
has been sent to the bottom by a
submarine. The crew escaped and
have been landed at Peterhead.
A dispatch from Aberdeen says the
British steamer Star of the West
has been sunk by a German subma-