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V - * WATCH I Your Label |l^|j 1 VOL. 10, NO. 104, SEM l-> CONTROL OF POLICE TAKEN FROM MAYOR Columbia Citv Council Places i Department in i;narge 01 Councilman DuPre. NO MORE FINES REMITTED. * Council nnil Citizens' Committee to Discuss Cliarm?s Against the Mayor roduy. Columba Special to Charleston News and Courier, Oct. 4.?The police department was today taken from Mayor L. A. Grifflith and placed under Councilman B. M. DuPre by the city council In executive session in a meeting which lasted over an hour. The change is effective immediately. The resolution calling for the change was Introduced by Councilman C. M. Asbiil and adopted by a vote of 3 to2, | the affirmative votee being cast by HI AaHlll 1C M Tlnnra vuuuviimau v/. m. n.oui?if ?? and M. M. Rice. Mayor L. A. Grlfflitn ' and Councilman It. C. Keenan voted j against the resolution. The mayor was placed in charge of1 the electrical department and chosen a member of the city scvhool board. I City council will hold a special meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'-1 clock for the purpose of "conferring with the citizens' committee relative to the charges against the mayor of disorderly conduct on September 18'.! according to the resolution calling for the meeting, which was introduced by Councilman Dupre and unan-j lmously adopted at a meeting of that body this morning. TEXT OP RESOLUTION. The resolution changing controj of the police department in its entirety follows: "Resolved: Whereas, in the judgment of council it is necessary to tin*' interest of the city of Columbia, and especially to the police department1 thereof, that a change he made in the councilmen superintendent of said department; therefore be it resolved \ That Ernest pa DuPre b^. and is hereby, assigned to the council superintendency of the police department n the. place of D. A. Griffith, to, take effect immediately." Mr. Asbill moved that "L. A.j Griffith be elected a member of tliei city school board and assigned tin* electrical department in the place oft E. M. DuPre," read the minutes of the city clerk, G. P. Cooper. The minutes also record that Councilman DuPre said he wanted the quesT?on settled, and not that he wanted tin* police department. This was ascribed ar his reason for favoring the change. NTone of the other councilmen are quoted in the minute*. The minutes of tlx* meeting state briefly that the reason for the vote of the mayor and Mr. Keenan against the change of the council head of the police department is that the ntayoi is to be investigated by the citizens committee and that the resolution premature. Mayor Griffith had no comment tor make on the action of council. .^1 How the World's Series of tonnes Will In- I'laycd. New Yor.k, Oct. 2. The national commission, meeting today, decided that the first game of the world series will l?e played Friday, Octobe. 8. and the second game October f? at Philadelphia, the third and fourth ac Boston, October 11 and 12. the lifti? in Philadelphia, October 13. the sixth in Boston, October 14, the Beventh, if necessary, will be played October 15. The place will be chosen by the toss of a coin. Umpires selected are: Kelni and Kiftler for the National; Evans anrt O'Lorghlin for the American. J. (i. T. Spink Is t orepresent the National commission among the scorers. Baseball writers are selecting the romianrf AC (tunning Fight Near l.n Feriu. Brownsville, Texas, Oct. 3.--Tin Baited States cavalry patrol and a half-dozen Mexicans had a running, fight today near LuFer'a, about 3t> miles up the Rio Grande. The Mex--| cans tried to ambush the Americans but failed. There wore 110 known aoualtles on either side. VEEKLY. THE ENRI.TSH PRESS I IS LESS CRITICAL I London Newspapers Cease Complaining AIh>ii( Tonus of lioiin iiml CJive Prnlsc. London, Oct. 4. London news-i I papers, which at first were inclined 1 to complain at the terms on which the Anglo-French loan was being raised in the United States are now less critical, pointing ont that thei great demand for the loan already \ reported from America has a definite | moral effect. "It shows as nothing else could.I not only that Americans want us toj win, but also that they believe we shall win," says The Dail Mail. "It now is being explained that' I conditions here and in the United \ States are different: that money I commanded a higher price in Amerf- i ca. that American underwriting syn- I dicates are accustomed to large and even ultra-liberal commissions and ( that a country as large as the United t States calls for higher advertising i costs and distribution expenses." ? In short, the Imrgain is regarded t as being a better one on being stud- { led more closely. I ( The Times, which criticized the) j terms last week, now says: "Wo arej v not sure what a British syndicate j would expect for spreading a loan of I $500,000,000 for the United States 1 among investors all over Europe?a geographical area no larger than that which the American syndicate has to care for." It is expected there will be some illlinMnol.,.1 *I-" - miovuooiuii ui iiic in IIIS (II iiiu IDilll, in Parliament, but the more favor-i 1 able attitude of the London press ?s * regarded as significant. \\ S. C. 44,724 REDUCTION 18 IN COTTON GINNED J Whole llolt lias 4?:i,7?.-> Less llales 1 Than l"p to September 1S."S, 11H I. ! ' Sea Island Crop Increases. Washington, Oct. 4.?The second cotton ginning report of the season,! compiled from reports of census bu-j reau correspondents and agents | throughout the cotton belt and issued at 1ft a. m. today, announced that I 20.000,007 hales of cotton, counting, round as half bales, of the growth of I c 1015, has been ginned prior to Sep-j tember 25. This compared with' 393,752 bales, or 21.3 per cent of the' ( entire crop, ginned prior to Septeni-j her 25 last year. 3,246,655 bales, or! ' 23.2 per cent in 1012 and 3,007.271 " bales, or 22.3 per cent in 1011 Included in the ginning were 32.263 round hales, compared with 1 3,394 last year. 26.933 in 1913 and * 18,574 in 1912. If Sea Island cotton included nutu-l " ' i hered 19,094 hales, compared with! 13,297 hales to September 23 lasi r year, 10,570 hales In 1913. and 3,051 hales in 1912. 1 11 dinning in South Carolina prior to} 1 September 25, with comparisons for 1 the last three years and the percent- 1 age of the entire crop ginned prior ' to that date tn the same years for- 1 low: f Hales P.C.. 1915 259,070 s 1914 303,794 19.6 1913 193,318 13.6 , 1912 174,251 14.2 III I VII TI/iL'IIU /MhTl ULU il Thirty-Nine True Kills Upturned in v Charlntton. Columbia, Oct. 2. As evidence of j the effective work being done by the special constables sent to Charleston by Governor Manning for the putpose of enforcing the liquor laws, tt j is noted with a great deal of in teres- ( here that the Charleston count.-1 grand Jury this week returnee thirty-nine true bills out of forty in-; (lictments handed thein by the acting solicitor, William If. Grimhall, 1Ch?i. j -1 iiuiirc m. u. rmuiii is prt'siuniK aim Wis forceful, manly pharge 1<> 1 lie grand Jury on the question of law on-i t forcement brought forth many com-! j plimentary remarks from law-abid-m ing citizens all over the state. Gov- ji ernor Manning i? deeply gratified that the work ho is attempting to do ( is beginning to bring forth such good results, haw enforcement and good 8 citizenship go hand in hand. v (iovernor Calls Staff. Coiuinbia. Oct. 2.?Governor M'?n-j ning today issued a call for It's mlh-l l.iry staff to meet in Columtea Octo-j j ber 26 to t"ke part in the military , parade Incident to tho Harvest Juln-j t lee. ' v LANCASTER, S. C. TC 5arnwells?quor i GOES OP IN SMOKE Dispensary and Opera House, J in Same Building. Destroyed in $30,000 Blaze. iVAS PARTIALLY INSURED. jiqiior Aline to the Value of TwentyThroe Thousand Dollars Consumed. Lhirnwell Special to Charleston! s'etvs and Courier. Oct. 2.?A lire1 vith the loss totalling around $:io,-j >00 hit Harnwell about 11 o'clock to-1 tight and made the most spectacular ; daze in the history of the town. One building was destroyed. It 'ontained the opera house, the couny dispensary and the dispensary >ottling plant. The whole thing is i total loss. The value of the liluors destroyed, at consumers' )rieest was stated to be about $23,>00. with Insurance of $8,000. The juilding was valued at $6,000 and vns insured for $5,000. The fire started In the bottling ilant, supposedly from defective 'lectrie wiring. This town lias watervorks. but tonight the pressure was to slight that there was absolutely to protection. The fire simplv turned itself out. Close to the burning building was ne Baptist church, and at times it j leemed likely that sparks would | gnite it. but fortunately only the one 1 niilding was a prey to the flames. 1 tinoke poured from the burning j itructure fully twenty minutes be-] ore a bl.i/.c was seen. Nearly every-' >ody in town was as near the scene| if the blaze as the intense heat, vould allow them to get. I VII<<<IXIA DKFKATS YAl-K. lotvns (?1<I Kit Klevon in the "Howl" IO t<> o. New Haven, Conn., Oct. U.?Yalej oatball stock took an unexpected j Irop today, when University of Vir- ( ;inia's clover and well balanced ileven won a 10 to 0 victory in the >owl. The visitors did not score unit the final period. ('apt. Wilson md Guernsey of Yale fumbled a | ateral pass near the Blue's goal line , md T. Coleman fell on the ball for a ( ouchdown, from which goal was > ticked. A few minutes later Thur-I nan, standing on the 40-yard line I iitd ?lib a stiff wind to aid him looted the ball between the up-' 'ights for a field goal. Yale threatened to score only once! ind that was in the first quarter.' fale had made an impressive rush ip the field for fifty yards. Virginia traced, and Guernsey attempted a ield goal from the 25-yard line, but; he kick went wide. Yale was out-' tiayed, offensively and defensively, .'.u Virginians had no difficulty inj olving the Blue's passing game,1 'tile the Yale attacks lacked coterence and versatility*. The work of the Yale line was exremely crude at times, but it braced it critical junctures. Neither team vas able to gain consistently, so the ratne resolved itself Into a punting luel. | Virginia gained from 15 to 2t> ards in the exchanges. The visitors' nds covered the kicks well, while terkeUy frequently eluded the Blue n<ls for substantial gains. TO PIlKSkltVK I'KACK. 1 111.1 III <1 111 Iiriicmi mill in ? iiiii'iisi Ic-11 (1? to ( niton, Arl*. Phoenix, Arl*., Oft. 3. - Adjutant ' Jeneral Harris and*48 militiamen tonght started for Clifton, Ariz., to 1 ireserve peace in a strike of copper 1 itinera. . ! The militiamen were ordered to I Mifton by Governor Hunt on receipt 1 if an appeal from Sheriff Cash who 1 aid he fenced the situation was be- t etui his control Hungarian War l,oan. Iierlin. by aimless to Sayvllle, Oct.) I The forthcoming Hungarian wur i oan. according to the Oversens News | Vgency, will bear six per cent it*- i erest and will be Issued at 07 Vt. It i . rill be redeemable in 1021. 1 I I.U1 1 \ 4 \r /\i \ w. - nrMm t , Ui l UliKlx ), 1!> SERMANY'S REPLY AS TO ARABIC UNSATISFACTORY President Wilson and Secretary Lansing Confer Hut No Announcement is IVlade . ARE NOT ARRITRARLE I Americaii l.ivcs Not a Question I'o Th?? Hague is Stand Taken l>y President Wilson. Washington, Oct. II.?Germany ha railed to satisfy the request of th United St: tes that the sinking of th Arabic with a loss of American live will be disavowed and liability fo the act assumed by the Imperia Government. This became knowi uiier a. comerence tonight betweei Pi esident Wilson and Seoretar Lansing at which the latter submit ted a note given him yesterday ii New York by Count Von Bernstorfl the German ambassador. No announcement was made afte the White House conference. Secr< tarv Lansing declined to say wha the next step would be. but it wa learned later the German amlnissa dor would be asked to come to W.-sh ington soon to receive the vte\ which the American governmen lakes of the last German note. Coun Von llernstorff is fully authorized b; his government to conduct (lie suli marine negotiations. While, the situation lias improvei to the extent tliat there is no dange of an immediate break in diplomati relations, as the note affords an op portunity for further negotiation, i was stated reliably that final refusa by Germany to meet the Amoricai viewpoint on the Arabic case migli liring about the threatened ruptur in diplomatic relations. Just what tlie details are on whicl the two governments are in conflic was not definitely known tonight. COMMANDKU ERRED. In general, it was learned tlia Germany after examining tho evi tlence submitted by the United States name to the conclusion that her sub marine commander erred In assum ing that the Arabic was intent oi ramming the German submarin vvlien steering to rescne the passen gers on the British steamer Dunsley This admission of a mistake wouli amount to a disavowal of the act, bu the United States has insisted tha disavowal must be accompanied b an assumption of responsibility am liability, and that full roparatio must be given for American live lost. Germany in her tirst note indi rated that even if the German <-0111 mander made a mistake, the Imperia government would not feel obligat ed to pay damages, but was willinj to submit to arbitration tin- questioi of whether under the circumstance the German com mender did make ai honest mistake thus leaving it to ai arbitral tribunal to decide what lia I Mity. if any, was thereby incurred LIVES NOT ARBITRABLE. President Wilson has taken tii position that the United States can not arbitrate questions involving th nirs-s 111 uicricail IIVCS an(l M IS It'1 Iii1 v?111 that in the next stop the Wash ington government will indicate tha the (inly matter it can submit to arlii (ration is the amount of the damag to ho paid after the question o liability already is admitted. The fact that the negotiations ar (icing conducted without publicatioi of the texts of the notes, message or memoranda that are passing ho tween the two governments is eon sidercd by high officials an intportan factor, for it permits of frank dis mission of the points a issue. There were rumors today tha fount Von IJerknstorIT was preparlnj to supplement the noto lie left witi Secretary Lansing yesterday if li found that did not s.itisty the Atneri tan government. This could not l> confirmed here <>n account of th ibs 'iii'c of the aniea.-ador. Tho Arabic case has complete! subordinated other cases that pre rlousiy had arisen between th United State.-, and (lerniany over soli marine warfare, and it ha; bee known to (Jormany that the \mer, can government is .ooking upon th Arabic negotiation? ns a to-? goo; rath. 1 * BULGARIA TIED A HAND AND FOOT II I I IVt legend lias \ii Idea That !>< mauds of t.liinrduple Knli'iitv Will lie Complied With. London, Oct. 4. A tlisi?at?-)i to ' Pouter's T< legraph Company from ' Perogrud says. "Opinion in high quarters hero is that the Unitarian government is so tied itand and foot by Hermanv ami Austria that there is little or no like- | liliood of Bulgaria's compliant"1 with' the deman Is of the 'lines. Tn* la' 1 r < est newi raeer. erl jrem Sofia is liiat the Herman Colonel Von Tarlow has been appointed commander at the s Konak t the roya l e?ddenre) *e,,h" tv German and Austrian aides. |r e "Premier Itadoslavo!':"s resiiienee ? s | is under the survillance of German A r (teeret agents, with a view to tlieis 1 possibility of the Premier vacillating j s a | at the last moment. All the orders P rt of the Bulgarian war ministry are! v I y submitted for the sanction of Ger- d - man ami Austrian officers The Ger-jd 11 man and Austrian legations are de-) > scribed as having been transformed | n into fortresses. as a precaution |d r against possible disorders by >ppo-lg ?. nents of the government's policy. n t "Two German journalists recom- o s mended by the German minister are t . co-operating witti the Germanopliile ii - head of the press bureau in the for- s v eign office." I 1 CASE OF COLUMBIA ' V MAYOR NOT DECIDED i " i-; ' 1.111'KC Ci'tmil Was I'l-cscui l-Tidny t l( \igbt at tin* Trial of tIn* Capital n f City Official. r' Columbia, Oct. H. The arm of the; a . law was invoked and the light of in- w f v est igat ion through a public meeting ' j, I 1 of city council was demanded in two p , j resolutions adopted unanimously by j, t a meeting of citizens of Columbia, u | who last night packed the Richland (1 county court house and tilled the ? steps and sidewalks in front. The t( meeting was called bv Richard J.,ij Pearson, who in a recent placard invited the qualified electors of Colum' bia to meet and "consider charges I against the official conduct of the; mayor of Columbia." 1 An effort, which was decidedly un- (' j successful, was made to table the. "i resolution requesting the chief of po-l II lice to docket a charge of disorderly I conduct against Mayor Griffith. After " the failure of this motion the resolu-' tion carried, with only two "nos" be- \ 11 ' ing heard. The second resolution 0 1 calling for the public meeting of 11 ' i council was passed without a dissent- e * 1 ing voice. The action was cheered ' ' and applauded at length. ' J The meeting was adjourned at f s 'J:4ft o'clock. Mayor Lewis A. (Jritlith made the ' ^ following statement after the meet- 1 I ing last night: < -1 have no statement whatever to' v make at the present time, as i deem I 1 it unnecessary. However, there are, I on file in my ofliee affidavits and <; other records which 1 do not care to'f have published at present, but which t any citizen of the city of Columbia j< who desires to do so, may see and \ read. If, however, necessary, I am ( thoroughly prepared to defend both - the honor of the city of Columbia e _ and its present administration anil ' me twit'coit'i I It/iimr f ! ttxf oft ik 4-1. - or attack? that may he made against ( t either front any responsible source. 1 ] - requested my friends not to repres sent me at the meeting last night." Thousands March on Serbia. Bucharest, t>et. 1. via London. Oct. 4. Delayed in transmission: Twq hundred and fifty thousand Austro-.' German troops with 2,0o0 guns most iv wiiiuirstwn i nun me eastern ironi j , already have arrived on the Serbian i 1 frontier and preparations for an attack are being hurried forward tin- 1 der the direct supervision of Field 1 Marshal Von Maekensen, wtio nas csK tablished his headquarters at Ver' . secz. says the correspondent of the Kpoea. ' < t 'al'loonisi l olls |<> Pi-iilli. ? t i' 'Hgo. tot. ?.? atcwart VV. tar-. other.., o: . ( hic.vg Herald, fen' y to his death from a iift.li story 'vtr-' dow of a downtown hotel early to-j e day. Two of hift companions said he! " was sitting in the window, seeking! a relief from a headache when they rw-1 -j tired. It is believed that he lost htvj e balanoo. H's mother, Mrs. Nell Car ; ' others, lives in Fayetteville. Ark.. 1 lie was unmarried. A* .. WEATHER I FORECAST 9 Show day: WedncHdav I partly cloudy. $ 1.50 A YKAR. MONERS SOUGHT" IN STORM DiSTRICT Icorcs of Relief Vessels IMyinic Alon? the Mississippi and Louisiana Coasts. AST OR DEAD REMAINS 202. 'onditioiis in tin- Cit) ol New Orleans Itcing Kapidlv Improved. New Orleans, Oct. ?Scores of eliel* vessels, dispatched almost to very point along the Louisiana and lississippi Gulf coasts today, were eurching all sections of the stormtricken district where hundreds of ?eru reported marooned and /ithout food as a result of Wednesay's hurricane. The list of known end still stood at 20H early tonight, lone of the relief vessels sent to the aore remote points throughout the evastated area has reported. Navi:ation was believed to be ditficult in aany places because of the Humerus quantities of debris floating in he bayous and bays, and it is known lere that in some sections tlie vesels can operate only in daylight, tefugees are arriving on every boat ninging with them stories of hardhip and suffering. In nearly every nstance they were being landed with o belongings other than the clothes hey wore. Most of them were peniless. None of tin IS:'. persons reuorte I end had been accounted for, and it as feared that many of them mus^ e included in the number of casualies. Of the 117 persons known to ave been missing Saturday several ad arrived at various points and titers had reported their safety by easenger. The total death list will e well above oO the authorities beieve. Committees in charge of the rescue fork are still sending out vessels fith supplies as rapidly as boats ould be obtained, and it has been rranged to forward large quantities f food to supply stations throughut the stricken area. The first of hese shipments will leave here Monay morning. Conditions in New Orleans are beag improved rapidly. Public service orporations and municipal departments have employed hundreds of xtrn laborers and the workmen op rating both day and night, are ringing order out of chaos. Telephones in many sections of the city, vhich had been useless since Wedtesdav. were nni>mtiii<r ? r , ill MI ight service was resumed in several 1 istriets. Trolley service in the vostern pari of the city, which had eon flooded, was resumed on several ines, but there still remain some luartors where small boats and skiffs orm the only means of tranaporta!on. The waters are receding, how vor, and it is expected the streets vi 11 be cleared within the next two ;r three days. Telegraph and telephone commutes today had succeeded in milling nearly a score of wires into slew Orleans from points where unin errupted communication had been maintained tlirough tIt?* storm. The otton and other exchanges, which eased operations Wednesday when olographic communication with the i at side world was interrupted, will resume trading tomorrow, it was oiid Tho Louisville A: Nashville and tho ^ueen & Crescent railways operated the'r first trains east tonight, the Louisville Nashville using the New Orleans it Northeastern traeks to Hattiesburg and the Gulf and Ship Island to Gulfport, where it reaches its own main line. Wilson Prayed With Unbind. 1 Indianapolis, ind.. Oct .2. Hot/ President Wilson knelt and led the cabinet in prayer at the reoent meet .ug vva- ;old here yesterday by Bishop W lliant F. Anderson of Cincinnati a* a session of tlie Indiana Methodist Fpisoopal conference. A United States senator t?>ld the bishop, he said. The senator heard it from a cahinot member. Tho conference later -ent I'reni dent Wils?p a telegram expressing fonflderee