Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-05-02
New Series No. os3.--voIune lNvlu-No, In.
PETROGRAD FACES RIOr1NG
Enemies Of Liberty Guilty, Says Com =.
mitteo in Announcement.

Petrograd, Russia, May 1.-There,
were street disorders here YESTERDAY.
during which bombs were thrown.
Major Gen. Kashtalinski was killsI..
The executive committee Of the,
workmen's and soldiers delegates to-.
day placarded the city with tho fol-
lowing proclamaiton:
yesterday many regrettabIe Incl
dents occurred in the capital, notably
an unknown young man killed Gen.
Kashtalinski. Shots were fred on 81
group OF political demonstrators and
bombs were thrown.
Some individuals, posing as mem
bers or the executive committee, ar.
rested Landed Proprietor Lody Jeu-.
ski. ....
only madmen or enemies Of ns..
t1onal liberty are capable Of such re-
voting acts, which might compromisp
the Russian revolution. The cxecu-
tive committee condemns them So
Verely and appeals to all citizens to
prevent repetition of such acts as,
would provoke anarchy and a disorA.
ganization Of the forces Of tho reyolu--
tion."
Troop Ship Sunk April 2S.
and Oriental Line steamship Balla.,
rat, of 11,120 gross tons, which Was
used as troop ship, was sunk re-
! Gently by German submarine. ALP
the troops were saved. The Balfarat
was carrying troops from Australia
to England. The soldiers were res
cued by British torpedo boat do
stroyers and trawlers.
The Ballarat was 500 feet long, 81
feet beam and 81 feet deep. She was
built Mt Greenock in 1911.
The Ballarat was torpedoed Aprif
25th. Destroyers and trawlers soon
appeared on the scene. The sea was
moderate. The Ballarat was struck
near the propeller and settled down
by the stern, but did not sink untis
four hours later. No one on the Baf-
larat was injured and all the mails
and even the soldiers pets were
saved. All the nurses and members
Of the medical staff remained on
board until all the patients had been
provided for and had been safely
placed in the boats.
Says Peace Offer Coming.
The Hague, Netherlands, May T.
J Dr. Won Bethmann-HOllweg. tho Ger
man imperial chancellor. will make
| another peace offer in the Rechstag
| on Thursday Of this week, according
to an announcement made to-day by
the Berliner Tageblatt.
"The world will be astonishcd by
the moderation OF the German peace
terms said the General Anzeiger. OF
Dusseldorf. Germany, quoting in re-
cent dispatch from Berlin n statement
given out to foreign correspondeE s
in Berlin
The announcement OF the clancet.-
! lor's plan to make a peace offer or
| Thursday is given added weight by
| the fact that 1T appears In tho Tage-
| blatt, one Of the most widely circu-
| lated German newspapers.
| Another American Down.
New York, May 1.-The American
schooner Woodward Abrahams
which loaded at Pensacola, Fla, and
was last reported as sailing from
Jacksonville, February 28, after TAX
ing supplies there, has been sunk by
a German submarine, according to a
cable received to-day by Pendelton
Brothers, her former owners. The
crew Of nine was saved. The Abra-
hams was 744 gross tons.
| Also Ul1lguayan Boat.
London, May 1.-The Uruguayan
| steamship Gorilla has been sunk
without warning by a German SUBJ
marine. The crew was saved