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V- V. ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9,1915. ._._ Wt NUMBER 232. DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE ' COMMITTEE DECLARE RE SULT OF PRIMARY HAS MAJORS * OF 128 VOTES Session Held in Armory With Militia Guarding Entire Block -Recount Refused. Charleston, Oct. lG.-r-Tristaiu T. Hyde was declared thc nominee for mayor of Charleston by a majun i y of 128 votes over, tho incumbo'nt, John j P. Grnco, at tho conclusion tonight of an eight hour sitting of tho city Demo- i cratlu oxecutlvo committee, called to gether to canvass and public thc voto cast in the primary election 'held Tues day. Tho cession was adjourned from that of yestorday, which broke up in a riot that involved thc death of. a nowspaper man, Sidney J. Cohen, the Bhouting of four others and foo club bing of two. Three hundred militiamen patrolled, the streets and maintained strict watch over tho German artillery hall In which the meeting commenced shortly beforo noon. . A protest by Major Hyde was sus tained, over tho objection of Mayor Grace, which -action throw out en tirely the vote polled In club two or Ward ton, A demand by Mr. Grace for a recount ins rejected. Habeas corpus proceedings- wero begun this evening to procure the release. from police headquarters. ot two 'Hydo men, Brown and McDonald, .who were arrested, charged ' with, complicity in tho affray of-yesterday.-. Colonel 12. r-?. -B?yMiu. commanding . the troops on . duty, "said ;he had no Idea when tho militia would bo with drawn. VI am boro subject to the or der:-, of tho governor,"- lie said, ?r^f.turday. night ?"- '* choppers and' - theatregoers . together .with found reds cf persons.intorosted in tho political developments prado ?up a vthrong- which crowded tho streets this evening tr an.,extraordinary Uegfoo. There has been no disordor. . Muy or Disarmed. Charleston, Oct. 10..-Tho demo cratic executive committee -has decid* ed that. Tristem T. Hydo is tho par ty's . nomineo for - m?vor. Thc com mittee canvassed tri?'.votos cast tn" Tuesday's,; -primary, under a militia guard.- Hyde's majority over Mayor Grace,ls a hundred ano twent-elght. Tt^e- inllHlH refused .to .let anyone pass through tho street on which the hall where.tho canvass was held is located without credentials. Evory oue entering tho lu.ll was searched, even knives boing 4aken. /Mayor Grace, PoHco Chief Cantwell Sud t'iG oil Or? ff uTsy ?ITtOS H iu?ao ?U'U to. havo boen relieved of revolvers, Tae^racoting adjourned at sevon-&uir*' *i?' . " *j lUUIEav, . -' GREEK PREMIER FAVORS ALLIES Venizelos Expresses Hope for Suc cess cf Entente-Confident oiTrbiuiphi 4> Paris,-Oct. IC--An'earnest hopo $jfej$?e-. success ot"tho allies won ex pressed by tho former premier Vonl zelOH. of' Greece - when tho Athens correspondent of tho -MGtJn asked him to.cxpress. his opinion pg t-lio re i usai: of tho now. Greek gbvornmont lo send na arrny?to assist Sorb?a, ile is dcoply . convinced of tholr final triumph- .Hi^^^B&?.. pandolnh, Kapsns," Oct. lC-Slx teon oro bellowed ...toi', havfr lost: c&eir Uves when ? passenger, .c-er ' on-the Union Pacific > motor train- plungod thtoui?h a bridge into o;*iWpllen creek , n0*.;v-*??rc. T?ii bodies^ wjsro recover*, od tmrfghtan?j at Wast six 4're beHer -4 ?4' ta be in the: mud and water p/unost ,? rilling tho car. - or s?xty-fivoinutile car, onlK" four were yttfmrt;, Mottet! Jw*dead were drowned-;' Many , ?f :''?ii? passcngei-s wore yos?ns iw'onie?tt i^&eciy tcaeh'?r?. Kansas City,-'oat. ?C.~At laasl . Hf teen wori*. killed and many . injured when a motor trat? ort the UnionPa cificplunged down au embaakmcKl near. Rsndolpn, Kans. A wash on I >'caused the accident On? car wai FIRST MEETING FAILURE TO STATE POSITION LIES. STRENGTHENS IS TO BE JLondon, Oct. IC-Tho reciprocal declaration of war. between -Bulgaria* and" Gn??vBritain and - Scrbla,".together with King Ferdinand's . raaniteeto to tao' 'jap7ga*l??j -people defining ?3ul garla'a "^caS?e^?no^lntenflo^ ' lia vb marked another j phase -.of the Balkan situation. , Greece's decision not to. join forgos with Serbia "at -.'present,* ...although causing disappointment in England ut least, 1ms been announced in words permitting no further doubt of? the: im mediate position of ?ff?ir3 " which bir c?instoaces j might alter at any mo ment. Romania. Temalns only: the sphinx like figure in-tho. Balkans. According to Bucharest dispatches to Paris : tho Rumanians .have, decided to maintain strict neutrality. Thia is not taken hero .os a definite answer. MacVenzen'a campaign against Serbia. ls .developing-- with a slowness very gratifying to -allies. He: u^s ad vanced slightly, ...and piado-* ; -'some captures but according to. advices hore", has obtained no Important ru sults. - -Tho first Bulgarian array is at tackmg th? Sevblah frontier northeast of NlBb, th? present, Serbian capital, oe tva py in g iho mountain pauset;. N lau dispatches tay unies? tho; Germans bring up reinforcements . tho Serbians will bo able to hold their-own". An unoilU'ial Balkan-.report says thu Ser btai-i have already retaken - Plsana iud Boukvn. which tho Bulgarians cap tured October^ 13. ' ? Tho- western, t^ont- chief, : aeilvty Galong ...th o French lino whbro; small ?Tronch - . adyaJ?age.B--,ST.e :.' equalled) ' if not overshadowed, . by.'. (3 ena an gai n s. The -French . Were forced .to . surroridor some trenches vln^ho .VqagCs- under heavy bombardment -and .infantry,-at RUSSlAri? fJk TT? CKr; (I EHMA3 tT : - 0^ B?SHA??l?I.^ ritOSTiEK Paris, Oct. ? IQ.-A '-. H?vaa . dispatch from Zurich, Switzerland, says/:, tho Russian, forces siro constantly, attack ing the Gormans-along tho Bessarabia ?rpattlbr. '' ? Sntf/dtous. . of -maynes bf troops uro' trying..desperately tb take tho positions ""by assault; submerged tn- Fancy crcok. Most oj % -3m?imp'^m^?Nilwned ; ' ..'.'i^^i . -?&itro?a: orB?/ktav ?at?l: tho train usually carrie;VCmanyi*.'travelmg men. Today tt had^h Jd?legaUbU-.or \yourig t Srofttta'; school teachers;: /from. Man hattan "ei^routb ?Oi ^?io-Riley , cbuhty tithers:'.;tbai}?njtlon'. -At noon, so \ iPmng :'tvi .&'itt??ss?ge frbra the scene . four brMies ; .were, .recovered.? i work then stopped ^nhlir a wrecking i- :e^i?p^nnt-':ltfted--.the'.-'car';out of-th? W?t?r'. --.- lt 1? ???tiii?tfcu Minto forty : were injured. The wreck was - caused t hy the washing obt of bn abutment .. of the bridga. The bridge did1: ?.o( ; fall [ bitthe car; auivk' ewVdbwn inte ; ame feet x?f water rind;,iifofor throe t j feet of mud. - OF THE NAVAL ADV?S TO EITHER GERMANY OR AX BELIEF THAT SHE NEUTRAL. tack.. Tko Germans also gained Borne ground; iri Champagne. There is no change on tho British .fronts according to Sir. John French. Tue Gormans claim "to haye; r?-cap~ tared, sonic trenches on tho- ; Loos fr?nt ,1akeh~We'doe8djiVv The London press still expresses doubts as. to the thoroughness of .the measures taken to defend London fro mair raids: Premier Asquith will bo asked in." the house of commons Tuesday . .whether Paris ; das lately been irnmAih'e from air attacks, and if stops there-were studied carefully by the British. i'lUahle Condition. London; ?Get. 1G.--Ecarclty of food and thc; arrivai ot great numbers- of; Serbian-refugees have resulted In, pit iable conditions; ip Greek" Macedonia, says an- A thetis dispatch, as tho Ser glan government is- urging all winnen and children, in Serbian Macedonia to emigrate, oven _ greater, numbers aro ovpected. it seems Impossible at. present to\providV for them. -TCte Greek government is already icarlng for. four hundred thousand . rofugces from/Turhey; "embarasaed by high mobilization, expenditure is looking; for foreign... assistance to . provont threatening famine and'disease. V- -- ' ? Vrcck Border. ' Athpnhi,;. t)ct: ^111. -Forty . thousand,' Bulgarian troops with . artillery aro reported ito- hdvte begun .'an ! attack on, tlio .ItardB. bridge betweeV Valundo?stO: and Hpydoy'n'on the railroad rranhing' from Saltft??kl to Serbia. Trio ;phint of; attack?4s>about - twenty milo? ? from; tho Greek ,.border. > .Th?" iJulgavlana aro- apparently tryIIJK,to cut the railway ;tb? prevent. the 'rallies' from forwardingVtrpops and' supplies to the Serbians. '// . . . . ' 1 ?iLL lNDpR||t) By Closing . Session Appalachian Good Roads; As soc?aiion. ?- Bluof ???d/; w i '.Va ". Oct. Itt.--Thu i weeks bill for thc- prcs'eryatiph of the Allegheny.fbi est system/, was Vendors? ed by tho cidsIeg.sesBlon Of the South ern. Appa??cb?au' Good? .ttp?as; associa tion. The'- executive. committee m eludes George B.^To>ell,'vW. ?. Fal . lia and ~H ;. Bs:- Vorher of Nort h Caro - lina; K. . J. ..WatBon ot/Bo'uth C?ro^ ; lina and .6; ;.B? >.Black of .Georgia. j?Ord Readingy dtit?tal.. f. I- New ..York. Oct. 16;r^Vbt$Mi$mi ' chairman of tho Anglo-French - loan ) commifislcn; and ?Slr'Hehry .'B. Smi^h. I &.d&'Slr; toward Holden. ' members, : i^??d-fdr;?4v^^ '. liner Bi. L?iife. Lord Heading Bald ? he wahted to express ?his gratllude for ft ^eiMTOPathy'? shown hts" nation by j Americans'.>:fiv .- -';.'..-,--. i Five OerflaohR Tnihspoi^ Snhki ? V'?Pr?S"r<v1? Of t ., 16.-?Britto sub t marines-operating )n thu BslJIc have ?. Sunk:,tito Gtermnn tranperta, andmore. ' od aub? her Ashore, says a ;$s)?i?ttf of fi ?jgwj?J'?t?.tement. i, ^ ,; CRY BOARD AT WAS! Offices of Mutual Film Co. Burn ed Saturday-Many Injured By Jurapinrj From Second Story. .. Atlanta,-Oct. 16,--T-w$ women arc dead,two' 'others' probably "fatally bourt and four other persons Injured in a fire which! destroyed the ofllces of the MutuallFilm 'Corporation In too Mton- Building herc today. A number bf s others suffered minor in juries, wb n they Jumped from second story-wiM".?wB, Clara Westbrook und. Lottie Ham died'of their burns at tho city hos pital. , . * The fire originated, it is said, when an electric fuse blew oUtiignitlng the films. The whole floor was sbod a mass of flames. Cotton Ship Seised. Stockholm, Oct lhi-Tho norwegiau steamer Tyr, loaded with cotton from Bergen. Norway, for Copenhagen Denmark, was captured today by -a German warship in Cattegat, an ann of the North Sea. between Sweden and Jut?nd. . '' Aviator Fell to Beathi. Due?os Ayres, Oct. I?..-Francisco Be?raau?, while attempting lo loop thc loop lr/ an. a?roplane fell end was killed. flfflEMMG MISS 181 'Supposed Fiance Wifes Presiden! Report% Did Not ?j Come From, Him. ?Washington, Oct. ?6i--Presiden) Wii?oi?', through Secretary Tumulty today dented a report printed in Borne newspapers to ;tbo effect/ 'that - Mist Margaret Wilson, oldest : daughter ; bi tbe?p'r??ldent ? is. engaged to Frank ? Compton,, of Chicago. Mr. Comptoii waa =. alleged lo; have told '. newspaper roimrtcrs'of tho engagement, but ht cent tho . following telegram - to : thc White House: , '*?ave;v ju?t ' learned .' of ^alleged In terview ,*#itl> mo. tn Washington^ jja pore. X have repeatedly,'and unuuall fiddly; denied , my engagement to Mis? Wilson. -The Interview quoted is false.,, sud- fictitious, Reporters called Upon by brother - and Myself yester day . and:(Were/?nformcd :-byt us -thke.-wc luid nothing -whateverto cay,audi. *?c refused absolutely to diseurs tho raab tej;^t^'aS,..wtth them.. i;' regret ex cacdihjrly; ithd embarrassment caused Yon aro authorized on .my"; behalt tc deny^tfaet Interview.". : ;_? / 1. ***^*'#+*******4??**??.* * 4 4 * 4 * ALLIED TROOPH ... ' . ?? *! LEATKiCI SALONIKI?4 m .%* ..*' London, Oct16?^-Allle4<> 4 droops':, ?eii Salonikl^?^rday ' {-4 io ' joiu tho Serbian anny 4 ?gb ting -St;' the Serb^Bnlgar-:". 4 ..ian. frontier, says adapters vi Athene dispatch. '? ASK EMPLO AID DEF WILL BE ASKED TO GIVE EM GAGE IN MILITARY TR/ PART O Washington, Oct. %G.-Employers throughout the United States will be asked to contributo to national de fenso by giving their,", employ os per mission to engage without serious.fi nancial loss, in two months>r?iiita?"y' training out of each of. three years. This 1B an essential part of adminis tration'? plan to raise a citizen army of eight hundred thousand in six yearB. , With a regular army of / a hundred and forty thousand and three hundred thousand reserves would glvo a trained ?orce'v exclusivo of the militia of about ono million two hundred thousand. The success FOUR MEN KILLED IN ess ?PLOSION iFire Which Followed Threaten H ed O? Tanks at Benzol Plant. ; ? ; v - J i Birmingham, Oct. 16.-Four men 1 were killed said feurt hurt by an ex : plosion at tho new by-product plant o?. tho "Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail road Co., atiF?lrflold tonight. Tho explosion was in a gas main loading L into ahe bonr.ol .plant. Tho cause ?B I undetermined. Fire followed, threUt I. ching tho oil .tanks- . The benzol plant was recently cora,-; . ploted. /It had-a capacity of twelve' * thousand, gallons dally .and ls closely ! guarded.' Tho loss/is not given. -, ? ?. ' NEGRO TO DIE FOR ASSAUL.T ; .. ?-. . . $? ? Convicted of Attacking White Woman Last July--Execu ; . tion'Monday* >:."'. '' -. , . i Newport, Ky., Dc lober- 10.-Harry Garrison, an eighteen year. ^ht n^g/o convicted of attacking Mrs. Lucila Crowder, white, on . July, 28, is sen ' fenced to penalty of death, in- the olec Atrie chair at Eddyvillp. Tho ; jury i. was out an hour.and twentyrfive minf j utos..'.This ls tho first death eentenee ' ,in Campbell county, since Scott,'dacie . son and Alonzo Wo liing wera hanged hero ourM?rc'!i;:28, 1807, for murder of Pearl Bryan.. " \Vir?on to Partlflpnte fa c?opafgii /^Washington', :.:"?aU-'?'.'] M.-PraWdeht . -Wilson - plana' to take an active' .. part i In 1D16 .pro-convention campaign, but I, wllL spend the summer at n Bhartow ?" Lawn, ; -, near Long : Branch;.:. Now ;JUr , Sey./Lat?r; ho may write a t numil?* i of;.letters ' on .tho. issues and receive (, .political leaders.. . Slr Lionel1 Carden Bead, , V ?'; :L^n'don, Oct. 16.-^?lr Xlone! Cor \ don, formerly British/minister,to Mex* ? I ico," who* was driven out oy: Carranza * in/nineteen fourteen,' died ??ere to * day. Y, OCTOBER 8. aM??>l>Jfc?^A j ?i ito Ifc-iW?liil 1 VERS TO PLOYES PERMISSION TO EN GINING-IS IMPORTANT ?F PLAN I of tho plan depends, officials admit, on employers. The cost would be small. Defense pla.U8J aro. l?e, absorbing topic here. The 'proposed appropria tions of about four hundred million I for tho nrmy ?nd navy,' on increase bl about a hundred .forty'" million v iii bo. raised by a bond laiidc and tho" re turn of certain tariffs removed last year. Tbs navy plans pr?vido for tho ad dition in five years, of ten dread naughts, fivo battle cruisers, fifteen scout cruisers, titty destroyers, fif teen seagoing .submarine:?, five gun boats and othor vessels. DOMWBOUBLE Forced lo Relieve Many Officers Because of Sympathy for Russia. Milan, Oct. IC-Th*? Bulgarian gov ernment has been obliged to resort to ?tern measures repression as- a i re sult of unreal among tho people, says a Sofia dlspato'L to Soc?lo, via Buch arest. . Many oflioers of pro-HuBslan sentiment have rotlred from ,t\\o anny. Reprisals aro beginning.-, against sub jects of tho quadruple, entente -na tions. r An Athens. dispatch to Sec?lo states' that fifty thousand Bulgarians attacked-tho Sorblans October 14, in the V?l?d?vo region close"i lo .tho Greek frontier. 'Desperate fighting la proceeding, , VILLA COMMA] SEtiRETARY fl Kl Paso. Oct. 16.-Official an nouncement was made today of . tlic death of General Rudolfo Fierro, sec ond In command of Villa'* army whe was held responsible . for the deatli of William Benton, a ! ?ritlsN- ranch man and Anton Bauohy an American, at ajuare* two. years ago* . The re pot t merely Said Fierro was drowned while Fording a, lake hear Villa Ahumada. . ; A denial thai- Villa was, courtmar Haled by his generals at Cesaa Gran des was made in a message signed by VlllaV military .secretary; El Pofio, Oct. 10,-A report thai General Francisco Villa had been kill ed wits brought hare early today bj a Mexican Just from,Casas Grandes, ?o said that Villa ; was shot in t fight yesterday wtieh- a disaffection broke out' itt - the'Villa army, AnoUiei it port by an American -passenger Puhl ; Villa was being tried by cohrt mar tial .Friday, The trial waa still , on when the' train left; Cias Grandes. Tho Mexican roportiniy tht Ville was shot declared, tho trouble Rtom when Villa demanded a forced .linaii I PROUTS ENGAGEMENTS ON SERBIAN FRONT SAID TO BE DESPERATE GERMANS CL?!M MORE PROGRESS Bulgars Report Several Frontier Passes Forced and Frost Captured? London. Oct. 16.- Hard fighting on ull tho Important fronts is shown by tho latest ofllclal raports. Tho engage ments on the Serbian front aro dea poroto. Tho Gormans claim they ara muking progress. Field Marshall vou . Mackensen reports storming Vranova Mountain and Smoljlnao village. Bulgarian troops claim to . liva o forced several frontier passes on tho southern border and to have takon tho eastern forts of Zaj?car, about forty miles northeast of Nish., A Nish special despatch estimates Teutonic loHses In tho. Serbian cam paign to Thursday night as twenty five thousand killed and sixty thous and wounded. Thiso reports say the German army trying to '.urn tho Str blan right, at Scmcndria was driven back into tho Dannube marshes. Heavy German. reinforcements ? In Pozarevac section'are reported? The British declaration of war on Bulgaria was followed by a declara tion of the blockado ofl thc-Bulgarian ports of Dedeaghatcb, Porto L?Qoa, Maronia, Mecrl on Aegean Sea. Neu tral vessels were given forty-eight hourn from- Saturday, evonl?g io leave.?... ?.' t .... On the western front the Germalu? record- jtue repulso; ofjan sttsak .-norjtn?: east of Verraelles, where tho British hold tho lino and tho blocking of French assaults at various points in Champaigne, notably cast ot Auborlvo where they claim tho French loBt over BIX 'hundred yvlBoners and threo ma chine guns. The Germans also de clare they havo improved their posi tions at Hartmsnns-Weilerkopf in Vosges. . Puris Roports the repulse of Ger man, attacks north c. Nellfco in Il-or ralno and between Linge and Schratz mannelo in Vosges. Berlin'^ account of operations In the east is confined to recording ree-r pul "en of the IlusRlans wost cf Dvinsk and other points toward tho HOI thorn end of tho lino and in Smorgen^r? gion. Tho sinking of a Russian coal and Iron laden steamer by a German sea plane in Riga gulf ls reported by Ber lin newspapers. .' IIUHGLAU.S KILLED A?KST Pittsburgh, Oct .IC-Twb burglara shot and killed John: Franks, ^tlckot agent ot the Pennsylvania Railroad; at Brldgevllle, near here, rifled tho cash boxes and escaped. The amount* tak en is unknown. Highway Tourists Keach Atlanta. Atlanta;, Oct. 16.-Thc Dixie high way, tourists arrived hero- en 'rout?, from Chicago to Miami, Fla., at eight forty-five tonight and will leavo to morrow for Macon. ' "'-" >ENiES RUMOR ?TRmRW&m/F -- ' ' from one of his comrades. .Tbo min was ordered ?hot when he refused to accedo to tho demand, ' : Ai division /y in tho army resulted. Approximately ecvon thousand of? the-nino thousand troops. revolted. Villa suffered mortal wounds in the ensuing tfteht. The. Villa garri?on at juarez last nig?t vr?s said to. be grd?.Uy. disturb-; ed.. The exact conditions ". '$?sF$$rw? could not; be learned;!as ; the rosl denta feared to' cross tho internation al bridge.' ? crowd gathered at. the . river, but little inroimatioh intered through. ; : El Paeo. Oct. 16.-~A report declar ing that Villa wi(>s. d'ead esme-oy?r the military/wires from Casas Groa dos. lt;Slated briefly,also, that Oett ern I Klorro was drowned while ford ?ag.'lt?ie^iver*; : *?M?? ;i Fierro, 'was one, ot fbi - most pictur esque leaders .produced tiwti&WiM' the -Mexican ^volution, Formerly' a railroad brakeman, ho arter tux??d 'OttMUV': robbed an expresa cat*, when the revolution broke ont. lie was ;Sb parentiyinsensible to fear; The death ot willam Befitoa waa attributed - td Fierro. .