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VOL. 10, NO. 104, SEM l->
CONTROL OF POLICE
TAKEN FROM MAYOR
Columbia Citv Council Places
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Department in i;narge 01
Councilman DuPre.
NO MORE FINES REMITTED.
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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.
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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 "
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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
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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.
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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
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SERMANY'S REPLY AS TO
ARABIC UNSATISFACTORY
President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing Confer Hut No Announcement
is IVlade .
ARE NOT ARRITRARLE
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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.
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BULGARIA TIED A
HAND AND FOOT II
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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.
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.. 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