Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-02-24
The European War Day by Day.
First American Steamer to Sink.

| steamer Evelyn, which sailed from
New York January 20 with cotton
cargo for Bremen, was sunk by
mine yesterday off Borkum Island, in
the North Sea. The vessels captain
and 27 OF her crew were saved. The
nationality Of the mine which de-
stroyed the Evelyn has not been es-
| tablished.
| The Evelyn is the first American
vessel to meet with disaster as a re-
suit of the sea warfare of the Euro
| pean nations. She did not sink
within the war zone included in the
German admiralty's decree. Borkum
| Island lies directly off the German
coast, at the mouth of the Ems river,
and is German territory.
Maritime records give the compile
ment of the Evelyn at 25 men, so
| that it is probable that all on board
the vessel were rescued.
The Evelyn was a single-screw,
steel steamship, and was commanded
| by Capt. Smith. She belonged to
A. H. Hull & Co., Of New York, and
was chartered by the Harriss-Irby
Cotton Company to take a cargo Of
cotton to Bremen. She was 252 fe,t
long and 1,1S5 tons net. She was
built in Southampton, England, in
1888. Her home port was Philadel-
phia.
The Evelyn was last reported as
arriving at Rotterdam on February
17th
British Transport Reported Sunk.
Berlin, Feb. 21.-The report Of the
troops and an accompanying steamer
reached Berlin too late for comment
by morning papers. All Of the papers,
however, feature the report in first
page headlines, together with re-
ports of The sinking of other vessels
by submarines or mines.
British Coaster Also.
London, Feb. 21.--The small Irish
coasting steamer Downshire was sunk
last night by German submarine off
Calf Of Man, in the Irish Sea The
Germans gave the crew five minutes
in which to leave their ship. The
crew landed last night at Dundrum,
| Ireland.
Philadelphia Reaches Liverpool.
London, Feb. 21.-The American
steamship Philadelphia, which sailed
from New York February 10, arrived
at Liverpool to-day, after an unevent-
ful passage. She crossed the Irish
~cu auru.> hl nfgh WY =" lights
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!.our @i., Battles IN Progress.
London FEB. gl.--Nou, of the
ot1vI7, reom# Of the 'and Hghtu4
contains important information, al
though there are big battles in pro-
gress near the East Prussian frontier,
where the Russians claim to have ,
stemmed the German advance; IL
Western Galicia, where the Russians
have become more active; in The
Carpathians, and in Bukowina, wheri.
| again the Russians have been rein
forced and are resisting the Austro-
German advance.
Petrograd dispatches say the Ger-
mans have met an impenetrable bar
rier in the vicinity Of Ossowetz, an
that their difficulties have been in
creased by the overfowing of thu
Niemen river. They are in greal
force, however, and the battle, whicu
is only beginning, promises to Re
severe one.
There seems to be little change u
the relative positions in West Galicia
and in the Carpathians, the battle
lines remaining about as they were
A big battle is being fought north Of
the Nadworna Kolomea line in South
eastern Galicia, and, according Ito
German correspondents. the Russians
have brought up large reinforce
ments from Stanislau.
The Russian and rurKish forces
again have come into touch in ths
Caucasus, in the Trans-Tchoruk rr-
gion, but the result of the encounters
is not given.
There again has been a slackening
in the activity in the West.
Ships Sunk by Karlsruhe.
London. Feb. 12.-Delavad by
Censor 1.-The British steamers High
land Brae, Hemisphere and Potafo
and the sailing ships Sumatra and
Wilfred have been sunk in the Allan