Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-01-05
Moe Americans D,tW1fd
SINKING OF S'eamsr Pc a by Submarine
fta'u'e Of the WI Tvs Sa.uuay,

'a'uis VI 'le WI sWS Sa.uIudg,
Jan 1 The nrt,sh passar ge
sssamsh1p Pers &, with two o
more Americans , beard. has bee,
SUNK IL she eRst.rn Med terra
hean by submarine. The ful
story has not yet been told but j
" feared the disaster, from th
ssandp int Of loss cf life amon,
no belilgsreas vcyagers, vii
rama second only to the sinkius
OF the Lueitanla
n h'hets McNeely of Monroe, N
v "ho was on his way 20 tax,
tmse as American counsel a,
Aoen' Arabia; al d Charles Graz,
of bose1n wete cn she Persia,
Une tfi;lal fgur,s indicate eha,
sners "ere about 100 passenger
ON Loatd tn, ruls.s. q vessel q.
nearly s coo TONS, aud tetwee.
S5O and 80 mea osrs of ths crea
-FOUR ooass, each capable Of carry.
'ng et persous sot away. aid thei:
occupants weru pl:k,d up by &
steamer bound for Aiexyudrla
1t mas NOS been established now
Nahy were ahIe to dssaubark OF
the .mali toats but Il message re.
ceived sb Washing ton from r b.
srt +. Skinner, American CO sui
general at l. ndos, based presum.
ably Oh the British Aomiral.ty'a
report. says that nearly all Gu
IL ard the Fe. sla psrlshed.
Although the nationality of the
eat marine which sank tho Persia
has not hsen este blished, it is gen.
orally assumed in Wasbi gton tc
have baeu Austrian, since ii 9
German Am'sssador, Count Won
Bernstorff, declared receLtly tha:
NO German CT Turkish submarines
were operating in shs Msdlter
ranean. 1t ia felt 81 Washington
shat th,. incident th- seus nav
eomp!'c 'casi,ns III the re asions he.
twe-f: this co1ntry and Austri. =
Hungry.
The Brit sh steamship Abelia ol
8 $50 tol g, has been sunk prob.
ably in sha stern Mediterranean.
On t h various fronts few
changes are reported. Of chief
interest is ths great battle in
eastern Galicia. Official reports
give few details Of the situation
shere, although they emphasize
the severity of the fighting. Ger
many and Austria have sent
heavy reinf, rcements to meet the
Russian shreat, it being reported
shey have 100000 men along
the front between the Psipes river
and the Roumaian border. Tn5
Official German statement Of yes.
terday said Russian attacks neal
Burkanow had been repulsed al
the result Of q fanking movement
Along the Frsnco-Belglan front
com paratlva quieE still prevails,
On Galllpoli peninsula the Turk'
are giving 10 rest to the French
and British forces left behine
whom the Suvla bay and Anzas
positious were evacuated. Th'
Turkish war office announces tha
severe damage has been done tt
the positions of the allies nea'
ssddul Bshr in the course of vic
lent fighting.
There are signs ef ren ewed &C.
tivity in Macedonia. 1t is report
ed unc dicially that Germ III ant
Austrian forces are gathering a
Mouastir in southwestern 5srbi,
mar the Greek border.
Conflicting reports are received
concerning the Intentions of tn
Bulgarians, but Premier Rad fla
voff is quoted as having said the,
would soon begin an advancing OIL
Greek territory, so attack TIL
French and British at Sa!oniki.
Jan. 2>-Survivors of the Brit
ish passenger steamer Persia &
the number of 158 are reported t.
have been landed at A iexaudria
The survivors compr'aad SO pas
ard SO mem bers of tn
dvices say that Persia
torpedoed, off the Is
kte i'll the Mediterran
FIVE minutes.
McNeeiy, American
Alden. is believed t.
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