Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-02-23

that story was never COHllTiiSu. NS-
Gently there was published a story to
the effect that the captain of the yes
sci had placed high explosives in sew
eral Of the most vulnerable parts OF
the ship, and connected them with
electric wires, with the understanding
that the vessel was to be sunk rather
than surrender. Within the past few
days the crews of a number Of British
vessels supposed to have been sunk by
the Karlsruhe, have been landed In
Buenos Ayres.
The Irish coastwise steamer Down
shire was sunk by a German subma-
rlne in the Irish sea Sunday, near the
spot where the British steamer Com
bank had been torpedoed a rev hours
carrier. The submarine, supposed TO
be the U-12 or the U-21, showed up
suddenly beside the Downshire n
gave the captain five minutes to get
MS crew of. The captain OF the yes
sci lost no time in obeying Instructions.
rne German then fixed a bomb to the
side of the Downshire and ngnted the
1use. It was but q few minutes after
the explosion OF the bomb that the
Downsnire settled and sank. While the
vessel was sinking the captain pointed
out a number OF fishing vessels TO the
German captain and asked him why ne
did not attack them. The German salu
he was not after fishing vessels but
was sinking only war and commercial
ships. The conversation was perfectly
pleasant on both sides.
London, February %: The wasp or
modern warfare - the submarine -
k.oslx, haaaroao q factor nf more ana
more importance in the great war OF
europe with respect to Its influence on
the policies of the nations engaged In
connection with the c~ontrapand ques-
ton so vital to neutral states. Almost
coincident with unofficial reports that
Austria will follow the xampl or her
ally by making war on merchant SHIPS
in the Adriatic came the
ment by Premier Asquith in the house
of commons that Great Britaln's retail
iatory plan, though still tentative, was
much broader in scope tina previous
ly had been suggested; in that 1t was
a matter for the consideration Of all
the allies and that a joint note con
corning it might be expected from the
allies. The statement was likewise
made in the house Of commons that
the British government might deem II
necessary to alter its decision whereby
cotton has not been classed as con
traband.
The American steamship Evelyn,
which sailed from New York, January
29, with cotton for Bremen, was sunk
off Borcum, in the North sea, Friday
morning. Borcum is in German wa
tiers, quite close to Bremen n Is not
within any officially declared danger
zone. The crew was saved, but the
cargo and ship went down. 1t has not
been definitely established whether tne
ship was sunk by a submarine or a
mine; but the presumption is that IT
was a mine. The Germans claim the
absurdity of any suggestion that they
would Intentionally sink any American
ship in their own waters, much less a
ship laden with cotton which the entire
empire stands in more need OF than II
does Of any other commodity. The EV-
elyn was built in Southampton, Eng
land, in 1883, and was owned by the
firm Of Harris, Irby and Vose, OF New
York. She is the first American ship
to meet disaster in hostile waters. The
vessel carried about $500 bales OF cot
ton and was insured with the United
States government.
- The reason Emperor Francis Joseph
has ceased his daily visits to the
Vienna military hospitals is explain
ed by a correspondent Of a Vienna
newspaper who quotes a surgeons
story OF the emperor's last visit to the
wounded: The emperor arrived in
our wards late in the afternoon, and
approached a wounded soldier who had
lost both legs and n arm through
amputations made necessary by shell
wounds. The soldier recognized the
aged emperor, and asked to speak
with him. L have a request to maxi
Of your majesty, who is all-powerful,
said the soldier. Anything l can do
for you / will gladly do responded
the emperor. Then give them orders
TO kill me and put me out Of my mis-
cry said the man. The emperor who
is very tender-hearted, turned pale,
and grasped the hand Of an orderly
for support. He had to be helped out
of the ward, and since then his ma
jesty has not been seen in any Of the
military hospitals"
The Panama-Pacific International
exposition at San Francisco, Cal, was
opened at loon Saturday, Pacific coast
time. The dedication was made as
short and simple as possible. United
States soldiers and marines escorted
Secretary Lane, Governor Johnson and
the other officials to a stand facing the
IldlIl 6lllIdlCS ~ Tic SApOSlllOL, WHEY
they were welcomed by President
Charles c. Moore and the other Xecu-
tive officers. Secretary Lane, Presi-
dent Wilson's personal representative,
delivered a brief address, during which
he read this telegram from the presi-
dent: Please convey my heartieSt con-
CALCULATIONS to the authorities OF the
exposition, and express my hope tina,
their highest expectations for it's dis
tinguished success will be more than
realized" President Wilson, in the
White House, touched a telegraph key
completing an electric circuit which
swung open the doors Of the Palace of
Machinery, Embossed h waters of the
Fountain of Energy and d~etonated sig
nal bombs. To-day is the triumph.
said Governor Johnson, speaking for
California, of a San Francisco that
nine years ago lay in ruins" All rec
ords for exposition first day attendance
was broken at the opening day. BY 4
o'clock in the afternoon the turnstiles
had clicked off 225, 900 admissions, and
it was expected that by midnight the
total would have reached more than
300, 900. The previous record was at
the opening day of the st. Louis
worlds fair. 176,453, in 1904. The
crowd was a spectacle in itself. 1t
filled the grandstands, it packed the
great courts and ~concourseS, it poured
through the aisles, it overlooked from
the sidewalks into the avenues, from
the hills to the bay as far as the eye
could reach, in amending rivers of bob
bling heads.
The most furious naval lombard
ment in the history of the world, was
commenced against the Turkish forts
protecting the Dardanelles last Friday
and is still in progress. The Darda-
nelles is a deep, narrow rock-bound
strait, which connects the Aegean sea,
a branch of the Mediterranean, with
the sea of MarmOsa, which in turned is
connected with the Black sea by the
Bosphorus, another strait similar to
the Dardanelles: but not so long. The
passage described cuts Turkey in two
and is the boundary between Europe
and Asia at this point for a distance
of about $50 miles. Constantinople. the
capital of Turkey, is situated on the
Bosphorus next to the Black sea, and
the Black sea. by way of the BosphO-
u and Dardanelles is the only water
outlet for the immense grain crops of
southern Russia. Russia has hundreds
of millions of bushels Of wheat for eN-