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VOLOME IL ANDERSON? S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1915. . .. NUMBER 238. ?Sc ^ Aw& jSTEL AH ???? ?? JR JUJU mm ? m. GENERAL -ROW BREAKS UP-'MEETING OF ?tCUtlVE C?MM1TTEE TO CAN VASS PRIMARY RETURNS . .' ILITIA IS HELD UNDER ARMS .fia Quid, However, and Committee Will Complete Canvass To ../ Under Protection of Troops-Bullet Which Kitted Cohen! Believed to Have Been intended for Chairman of the Executive; Committee-AU Wounded Men May Recover. Charleston, Oct ID.-Animosities arising out of tho municipal campaign v. which ended in a primary cleef ton last Tuesday with tho apparent nomina tion for mayor of Tristram T. Hyde over the incumbent lohn P. Grace by a majority of 19 votes flamed into bloodshed when tho city Democratic executive toni mit tee mot at noon today to canvass tho returns. Hardly had tho chair ?ri?n, Josoph A. Black, a Hyde man, declared the faceting open before a shot j presumably aimed at him struck down Sidney J. Cohen, a young roporter of thc Charleston Evening Post and In tho moro br less general exchange of Ehota which followed four men, all of tho Grace faction, wore wounded, two of them seriously. During the affray two or three ballot boxes, and several | 'club books wero hurled out thc windows and in tho ensuing scramble in the . .. street.two men v/cro clubbed. * W. A. Turner has a bullet in his right Idnk; W. B. Wiri RIV! o ls wounded in the hip and has a scalp contusion; Harry h. Wolinsky is shot in thc arm and j .! Jeremiah Q'Brini is shot in the ankle. Max Goldman and Tristan"T. Hyde, Jr. suITered minor bruises. Ten men were arrested and afterward, released on ball, but of these none is cbarged with, actual participation In tim nu"ray. ijomo of them aro held for "carrying concealed weapons" the othors being morely "detained." ,. .'. Stories of tho clash differ widely .and no dependable account in detail as to :' Just Uowor.d>y>wham*tho'Bhooling was .dono ls procurable tonight. A jury'di inquest which surveyed tiio body of young Cohen tills afternoon has been in definitely adjourned. Forty naval mlltiamon guard tho committee headquarters and 250 other men aro held in armories under command of Col. E. M.-Blythe, of the prst in fantry. - Troops will police tho meeting tomorrow cf tho executive" committee. There I? no immediate danger, it ls said, of deaths among the wounded. Charleston ls tonsoly quiet and. few persons were on tho streets uw|iwatf; 1 \ v lng. '* : i \ ' * ' ' '. .' '. ?/" ?ii Charleston, Oct. 15.-Tho burbelent municipal campaign,' resulting In tho primary election of last Tuesday be ing bold willi sovcral ?ompanios. ?f state National Guard' hold in re?dl bess for police duty, reached. the -climax ".today, in a pistol, battle In tho room whoro tho .city ' executive com mittee was canvassing tho returns. Sidney J. Cohon, reporter for tho Charleston Post wah kllied; W. A. Turner, an Insurance agent critical ly injured; Chalngang Superintendent W. E. Wingate, -Motor Inspector H. L. WHonaky, "and Weights Inspector Jeremiah O'Brien nil slightlyidnJured. Governor Manning ordered thc Charleston, company to tho sccno and tho guardsmen and special deputies Cleared "Hie streets. Ordor ls hoing maintained, tonight with tho entire Soeond noglmont at Charleston held : lu tim armory for' ovantualltios. Six men aro undcV arrest.' Just after ' tho meeting of tho ex? ,\mitlve-committee was called, someone In the hallway adjoining tfjo commit* teo'rooma started tho fight. Someone in tho ^committee ..room ..fired; a shot* bringing other pistols'..Into play. I hi ri m; the melee throb ballot boxes were Uirbwn out of the'wlndow, whldli were r&idvcrod by authorities. Cohen was making Jor{ wmdpw; .yrtien hit. Moro than a hundred votes Wore contested. In tho primary for (ho mayojraUiy. rinbmcict.; returns \ from whirfi shewed Tr?atram T. Hyde was nominated over Mayor John F..Grace by nineteen majority Th? cpmmltteo ;"^ylll,make^auot'/pr. attempt, -to .canvass ':. the returns ';to V\<wMw Troops Ready. ColutvMaV Oct. 15.-Four local . companies of stato guArd,>nd four .In towns- nour.' Charleston. rwere 'ordered hold in -readiness tonight to proceed totCharlestoq by Governor .Manning. The .Charleston"; dispent?rl?s ...".. woro ordered' ctq^ in tho'.,absence ot Adjutant General Mojfrc.^as sent "toVfjh?rles.idn today to commdhd tba troops there. . ?'^^^0*V?^^-^*W*^ ' . ' Columbia, OS?t. >5. ?--Governor Man ning gave but the following stat^eui? nt 11:30: tonight tn reference to the situation In Charlemont "I ?in advis ed by Colonel Blythe t?nt the situ?t S?on?Ia. ur.dor .centro! *nfl T hope,?er .Bpoedy -?lMjp??i??ui soltlfeirient of tho cntirp matter." .'-', i?b?rie?tto?, ?ct, 35,---Sydney " J. Coh?o.v a r?pbrtei1 of -ih? Shrealng Post la kmed- dvd W. I? Wironsky, ^ST. SK -*T ?i?T?v, W. '-A". Turner ned " Joroi?f?h O'lVion- wounded .aa re-g elected lato today. ault ot a shooting affray in tho Dem-] ocratlc city executive committed! roomy shortly afternoon. Tho com-j initteo had met to canvass tho votes ot ino.municipal primary Tuesday. Who fired the shots is not known., j Turner ls.. shot in the -rlg?it Lung, and. Wingate bas . a serious scalp wound. WSIonsky 1? Shut lu tho ?nu, and OtBrion In. tho ankle. The wounded ' wore, rushed to ' tho hos pital. . Amargo crowd is gathered at King and George streets where th'o com mittee rooms aro awaiting results. A large body of police is in charge. Conditions wore normal, to tho timo ! of the shooting. A . small' outbreak outside of the committee room ls said-'to havo led to tho shootmg In side where.pollco wore also stationed. Sye'rlff ^Marlin and several score of dopiitlcs rushed to the scone. Tho Washington . Light Infantry, and Germain Fuelllicrs wero ordored to the arniory.' About ono company of militia marched to tho " sceno to assist tho police,and do'puties in, maintaining order. It ls generally I quiet this afternoon. Tbf Dem.Q?ratl? primary last Tues day do\felOped a bitter faction, fight between tab '.'. adherents of . Mayor Grace and Tritham H, .Hydo,v;;:^he, governor ordered,ont the troops at tho election fcarins troublo. .-Thorei was no trouble that day. . Tho unomcial cou?t showed that Hyde won by. nlndtoen votes. Over ; ii, . hundred votes wuro contestod. Tho commlteo .met today to canvass' tho returns and settle the' Contests.:-4. PERMIT EXPORT L?G0R?????Ot Ehg?and tor Per??iit Esmorial?oa FFOSTJ Mediterranean Porti - >4,. in American Shina, - - .:/'-^-'- -~- ^ - . /Wnshlngtot), Of?. 15.---Tho utato depaV-timont has heea )Mr">lflod that Great Britain ls prepar??? to ISBUO. ^ap^tts for the e*?>ortalien/of Ucorico root' ..from * Turkish:.. Meultemmimo, porta .to Ibo United States; Ia ^mert? can ships / : The exportation was re quested American" tobacco man unfac Uv Jury Ja New Haren Cklt?? New York, Oct? 15.-r-Th* trial 4ui iu the case of the ! o?evea directora ' tho . Kew Haven railroad, accused i cob sp!racy to mpnop?lh? the trat; i porint?o? tr?nic. of ??bw England, "Wjta I rtwtdfi tnt?v t?i?ikv .'inn MUS MLP % EDIN N FIGHT Washington, nOct. iii.- Thu form (inf. winfell recognition will he extended io thc Carranza government-will ho de cido dat a meeting pf- the; 'PaS-AnYoH can confornnco Ui^bo held next week..' Secretary J-ausiny Ju awaiting formal I responses from'* Brazil and CMle, In 1 formal aaaui^ceV.1ia\ing; .been -'given*' by these countries that their govern ments were In accord with w>j?iingr "' 'ton's plan. Adthough -not ^iinbjnber of Ute conference tho Ve?cstlel?o government ?ppr?v'oa' tho pinn. The act of ri'c?gnitiou 'will probably occur next we?k wIl.> a'recoptl?u tn Washington to Aiisco Arredond?. Ta#r tboriz?d representativo of C^rr?nsa", FAIRFAX GETS W?LL GF Valuable Paper Stolen During Civil War Returned to Owner. IUiibmond. Ya A- Oct^ ji5:^Qeycrnor Stuart, lum ordered tho willr of Mar tha Washington to bo given'into'tho ; custody, of Fairfax couhty from which it was stolen during tho Cfvll war. It was recently rot/umed. to the estate bf J7 Pierpont Morgan. Il will bo.formally delivered" to .OJairman. Fairfax of the board of supervisor's Monday. Governor Stuart acted un der tho ruling _of *?e .attorney gear, oral who held lt must bo returned tb Fairfax cowvty In compliance with an dct of the leglBlaturo Authorizing tho state to "sue Morgan for tho will. Morgan voluntarily returned thc wi", whl?a ho found in'his. father collcc-" tlon . of .historic manuscripts. Ho re quested, that it bo placed In Mount Vernon ?and. off??>.?I to build a fire proof receptacle. nil Tin bri nirnnrn or PRIS lb m bLDtncu ur I All ?hipa at Sea When Campaign Started Either Sunk of j Ron Aground. London, Oct. 15.-? :<5bpcnhavcn dir??tate.rai says British submarinos havte cleared the Baltic and thc Gulf , ?Vt [ Bbtlmla of German merchant 'ships.; livery^Gorman ship southbound when tho. submarino campaign started was sunk or nun aground. . TMrtysovoh oro carriers ,aro interned at'Swedish |p?rte. Twenty-four German trawlors werb captured and taken to. Glmuby. CON^l^CtFOR j Lord Reading Signed for England and J. lr?, borgan for Amer - iran Syndicate. . Kew York, Get. 15.-Tho contract covering the floatation ot, the Anglo Fre'rich loan was signed toe* ay . I .ord Reading, .. chairman of., ttit .foreign cbmm?f.stbn, sbjnftd for EUR tah d, tavo llobibcrg and Ernest Mallei signed for Francb and J. ' F Morgan*. Writhe American syndicate. Tourist Reception Postponed. ; ; . ?' Rome. Ga : J Oct l^U.-The ^progrbm 'di tho iveceptlon and entertainment of , ir-" 'Wxcy highway . tourists planrted hers ?day has pee* postponed until tom^row;. Worn ?w?s received that -the tourists >?ero. delayed and unable to keep up tuc schedule. Mell HelglL's Arbahd- Belgtade. i:.;;.' London. Oct. lf>.r-?A Times di&pat AthenaY say's Uib Gordians st. hold tho hisigfits around ^Tfirad.b i tv distance ct one and a quarter. m Itou. 0er1}I?n>oru#ebs ar? hoglnning tb ar -tffMk??ft ?~|>?lh?T'> catie aa aie cut- . seer the Bulgarian . -trentier. ,, - PLAN CALLS FDR Bl ULAR AftMY ANDI JNGPROGR? Washington, Oct, 15 - The admin istration's program for national de fense, carrying a total expenditure ot about four hundred millions was vir tually completed, tonight when Presi dent Wilson appv/ived tho army and navy programs proposed by Secre taries Garrison, and. Daniels.: . . Tho-army plan calla for an increase of seventy-five millions to bo: used lu ..augmenting v.U.io .reigulor . arhiy tb a hundred and forty thousand and tho' creation of a now ^continental army Of four hundred; thousand.'which, to gether, with the hundred dna. twenty five thousand mi 11 tia ( giv>s; tho Unit ed States an eniorgency force Of six hun fired and cl x ty-[ive t li on sand. The navy's five', year. construction ffilllfil? Southern Appalachian Good Roaos Association tn Coh . - vention. . .Btueftcld, W. Va.* O?t. 15.-Belo-' gates from niuo' Southern state's are here attending tsie convention of tho ^jVathern Appalachian Go?d Roads association ;hejf$|-j with- ,?>r. Joseph tiyde Pratt of hfbrth '/Carolina-' prc.sid fosr. -Hie. project fo build t highway io -tho .Gulf bf ;Mexlco through Uro ^palftchlr??s is expected td bo en dorsed . ?leprcft?ntativds? of . Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky. West Virginia, Nfortk . Carchi.? and Georgia spoke yesterday .Tho IroVernors of Virginia and; Vfk*} Virginia 8'r?Aieipectcd today^ tien?Report"of. :t?tafr'rn Epidemic. , Berl?n, Oct. li.-(Wireless)-The reports of an epidemic of cholera raging at the Ktelr Germany, naval base, Vi denied;.lt, is asserted that there.ute only. tbree .ease*, all In one family:/Theso( svre isolated and . (hero ?B ? fiO'l-tiSii^r ^'t?r'-?^M??; '^jipT?iinibgi? Tho Infection comes from the eastern m e to See Game \0 ** feet in the-atento . th? . top of tho brick Wall suirounging ?hp; field'." Bolow is Bcen a Boston policeman yelling, but helpless. Boston lias gone manyana hundreds climbed the ' brick w?tl la defiance of policemen? twin W?? ^S?liV #1* M WW M Mj&\Jrl\ G INCREASE iN REG FIVE YEAR BUILD M FOR NAVY plan at a cost bf half billion provided for ton dreadnoughts, six battit -cruisers, moro. "then Boventy , sub* murines, fifty destroyers, /ten scouts ami many auxiliary shipH. In tho first year of the five two, dread naughts,; two but! ie cruisers, twenty seven submarina wilj bo "built. Tho now 'continental-army will! ?ib enlisted for six- years' for service on ly, in tho. Continental United^States. These men. would serve- two- months a year for tho.first .throe.years,'under going^ period of Intensivo braining. The .remaining' three'years they will .bo on furlough subject to call If need ed for defense-. This force will bb of ficered from the natloriil guard, mili tary schools and colleges.. Wes Once Headquarters bf Wain ing ton-M an jr Revolution ary R?tics tost. ; Nev/ York. .Oct.'- IS.^A; historical mansion, in .the Bronx soctlon, once 'Wb*&ingtanr* head-quarters,. : WSB burned today. A dumber of r?volu tt?nary relics, including ibo signa tures of Washington. Alexander Ham ilton .and Lafayette were -destroyed. Washington's ' presidential coach, which waa stored In the stable, there for many '..years, was recently remov ed to Mount Vernon. Anthrax Sufferer Btes. >. 0,'Nawi; Y?rtey.'OctV 15.--George . P. Stackpolo of Riverhoad long. Xsjand, the lawyer 'stricken with an til rax sev eral' days ..ago died at the Bellevue hospital early today of heart failure, resulting , from poison of 'dise?se. ' Grec?c W?tft g^t?r Yet., y ?xjnd?n, Oct. ic.--Ir? a not? - tb^tb? > British' government tc4ay^G^|^^|^ bounces a dcrinno decision not to In tervene in the War lu behalf of Serbia et present, ENORMOl COURTn r?EAR ADMIRAL rflf?EC? Washington, Oct. 15.-Roar Admir al WIlllam.N. Kittie, retired, was or dered .today to court martial trial by Secretary Daniels on chargea of noglcct while Inspector or tho Fore ] River Shipbuilding company in con nection with tho construction of the ! submarino E-2, wthich has had storage battery troublo ever placo it was turn ed out. Tho court, which meets nt tho Bos ton navy yard Ootobor. elghtcohth. will bc composed of six rear admirals, thc paymaster general of thc navy abd the navy and a judge advocate. Secretary Daniels said that tho! trouble on the submarines iliad boon tho subjoct of a close investigation by the navy department which led to the belief that tho inspection of tho 13-2 willie building, was not Conducton, with sulllclent care. Atlanta, Oct. 15.-College football lp. tho north, south and wost beginn in earnest - tomorrow. , Both . southern and northern interesta center hi tho the ' Ylrglnla-llareord game nt Cam bridge. Virginia's victory over Yate two week ii ago and the recent in juries .players promises a close game although .Virginia will lose ?lio services of Stuart, tho sensational tookie who featured in the Yale gamo. Stuart brake bis hand lost Saturday in tho game against- Rich mond/ college. Pennsylvania meeta Navy' and Colgate and Army clash-. The ClemsOn-Auburn contest at An derson will furnish ifin basis fer tho comparativo strength 'of se\eral northern teams. Au bu rn last week detected Florida by a lone touch down. Clemson defeated Tenuessee hui was tied by Davidson who lost to Georgia Tech. Tho Techs meet Transylvania here; North Carolina play os Georgetown in Washington; FJorhla-Swance nt Jacksonville; Van derbilt- Hendcrs?n-ttr?wh at Nash ville ; Alab?marMisoisaippl college at Tuscaloosa; Georgia-Citadel at Char leston; South Curollna-Morcer jj at Columbia cancelled; Sont'.rern-Brad untown, Fla.;- Da\jldson-Wofford at Davidson, N. C. BUILD STOCKADE AROUND GALLOWS Two Thousand Will See/ Execu tion of Joe Dewberry nt Murphy rey cb oro, KU. ; Murphreysboro. 111.,' Oct. AP--A stockade twenty feet high, enclosing enough ?round to. accommodate two thousand spectators,'bas been.erected around tho gallows on which Joe Dewberry will be hanged tomorrow. Four thousand have already applied for admission. HEAD OF RUSSELS SCHOOL ?8 EXECUTED BY G?BH?N8 London, Oct. ?5.-The Amer??ah embassy has notified the British for? eign Office teat "Sites' EdItti Cavell; heads of ?- Brussels - school; was exe cuted i by tho Germana. She was charged With hiding and assisting in gie escape bf fugitive French and ritlsh aoldl?ra. , . ' n , , _j i, - - .j, ,' ' - OWES STATE OFVIRGINIA NEAR TWO HUNDRED fctfOUBA*** Richmond. Vav< Oct. 15.-R. H. Drummond, of , Lynchburg, examiner . of reccrda for tho diatrlct including j Nelson county* th? legal home cf the j T?oham fortune reported, to tho state that. Auditor. ftyan omitted to report f^it^xa?ioh *5*,875,000 1n the period from 1004,"to. date. . At the atet? rate bf thltiy-five cents on a hun it' ii cslcnlataa.Ryan owes- the i 1186,000. V Chicago rot'tofflce Busy. Chicago, Oct, i&^The Chi postofhee in the last two days? issued over a million and a half l?t?&n rconoy orders. jY??t irtyments were OV?*: ?750,000. breaks all local record?. \ERMANS NG WITH J S LOSSES ENTENTE TROOPS LANDING DAILY UNDER FRENCH GENERAL RUMANIA DOESN'T ANSWER QERMANY Make No Reply When Asked to Define Position in Balkan . Ccoi?tct. i London, Oct. 15.-General fighting continues on nil battlefronts; but tin-m aro no indications of victories which will chango thc gonoral situation. Tho Austro-Germans and Bulgarians aro proceeding with tho Serbian in* vasion with 'reported heavy losses. 1 Tho Germana have occupied Pozare vad, southeast of y om in dr?a, and * campaign plans aro proceeding. En tonto troops, are hoing landed dally at Saloniki, .where- tho French general; ' Kar rail, hos token command ot tho forc?s, Tho Rust?an and Italians plans aro not known, but Greoce has announced formally that she will not lntorvono ; on behalf of Serbia "at the prea/?t." Rumania, - .although urged : hy . Ger many to define jbejr position,, - baa made no move. Great v Britain has .formally declar- - v ed war oh Bulgaria. Along tho western front trench and artillery warfare continues. Tho French admit the Germans : recaptured 5 some trenches In Champaigne but claim ths occupancy of German .trenches. In the Lor raino, section., 'ita th?' east the' Russians who tca sumed - the offen* Vfc^t'.-Dvlnsk havo. penetrated the. G erdnah lino at oho point. In Galicia the situation is quiet. - ... Tho Italians claim of success is de*. . : nlod by the,Austrians.. It is report- i ed that British submarinos in Baltic Bunk ? German torpedo boat in addi- . < tlon to thc destroyers previously re ported sunk. ' ' London, Oct.- IR.T-^Milltary opera-. tions In tho near.eAst again hnn Osz -v; chief place of interest of tho public. . Press comment indicates tho : public i ? is not entirely satisfied' with tho al- . lies plans for meeting '. the opponent M" latest offonslve. "EVOB: papers like tho [ Manchester. Guardian, which has been .;.' unswervingly loyal ia tho support of ,: thc foreign office'express as dissatls- .; faction with the. foreign Secretary Grey's speech: In tho hoiiso of com mons yesterday. Little chango ls shown in tho actual military operations ; In ";tiie "Balkans,-: since Belgrade was captured, except brlof forays of tho Serbians arid Bul garians. Defending.ber declaration of.; : war Bulgaria ' claims her neutrality ' Was violated by Serbia'.'Quicial an nouncement today ls. made that Ser bia hos declared war on . Bulgarla.' Tl. Sorbiah's 'ar? clinging despor atoly to tho heights above Bulgrado ; waiting for assistance'from tho allier, ^ich: aid is expected, as econ. as Gen eral Sarrall, commander of the ex peditionary force lands ^t .Saloniki. Barrell* defenso of Vordun contribute ed greatly to. tho victory of tho allied, at Mn rn. On thc western front the British gained con bi ile rabio g rou mi s some Ot which they subsequently lost under - tho German shell; fire. Conflicting ?laims concerning tho possession -of : Hill -No. 70 were ended by statement of tho under secretary of war in tho house of commpilB that tho Brit ish official teporf "'b^ benn TOAA In? - c?rfiMly and in reality only th?; cap ture ot mining works '?round this po sltlon ?was claimed. AdthoUgh admitdn.v General Ivan Offs forces havl) hd'm burned b?ck across tho Strips Hv?r la eastern d? llela, Petrograd asserts tho advantage . still rests with Rusarians. T?ey ? hold eight milds of the east bank of ' the river after actions which virtual ly separated the, Teutonic anales. Violent actions continde on thc'Dvinsk front, but little Ohfctiges. :S ". ?V ur"?? .'?:..' Submarino 'Torpedoed. .?>, (?penl?gcn. Oct J ?K.-^A r Brill? submarine was torpedoed and sunk tijr ; a - German destroyer this morning;, at the ' sottth^n'^eift**nco ot tho Seven '/ narrow strait between Denmark ?od Swedon which . connecta tho Baltic with the North Bea. A groat explo sion, followed the striking ot ,the tor,-. pedo. T?!ia :boai saak;.Immediately.. A : messake ftom-? ?^Bt?rbo, . Sweden, which brought the- news, adda tbit another German destroyer and cruiser .;; accompanying tho destroyer speeded ; southward. . -'vi V """-?fr. ' *1 1 Bombardment. ? ''^^^rtB;l'Oct.:l&.^T)leTe-wan'? violent' i bombardment .; iftsfc hight .. hy both alden at Loos ahii'.nr??.-: $rA??*p--;t??: * war office says, also spirited trench fighting at the Hacho, forest.