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BW* \ 1 ' k COME TO THE LANCASTER COUNTY FAIR, NOVEMBER 3, 4, 5 AND 6 iliThe Lancaster newss VOL. 11, NO. 7, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. 0. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1915. $1.50 A YEAR. PREMIER VMM " " ANDJCWNET QUIT France Expects Former Premier Aristide Briand to Organize New Body. V* RESIGNATION A SURPRISE. One Explanation Offered is That Vivian! Haa Overtaxed His Strength. Paris, Oct. 28.?The French cabinet, of which Rene Viviani was head, resigned today, but up to a late hour tonight Aristide Briand, called on to form a new one, had not completed his task. The subject of M. Vivianl's retire stent from the premiership and the reorganisation of the cabinet was discussed at length by political leaders, but aa no definite arrangement could be reached, the ohamber of deputies, which was awaiting t^e ap/ pearance of the mlnstry in the house, adjourned In the afternoon without any formal announcement having been made. There had been rumors since the resignation of Theophlle Deleasse, the foreign minister, of important changes In the cabinet, but the withdrawal of M. Vivianl was a surprise, as his ministry received a vote of confidence in the chamber recently by a very ' large majority. One explanation offered 1b that Premier Vivianl has overtaxed his strength by his strenuous services in connection with the war. Aristide Briand, who held the office of minister of justice in the late cabinet, and who was premier in 1913, in a statement respecting the changes in the cabinet, said that he had received no official mandate, as tuuto " OO 11V 111 1IIIBIOI It&i UI'lHin. Throughout the day he conferred with political leaders of all shades with the purpose of reorganizing the ministry to include the best available men in the country. It is believed that M. Briand will be officially invested with the n 'j?*'on of form'ng a new cabinet as soor as ils selections for the various portfolios are made. "LANCASTER BEADS" IN OATS. The Fjate Col. John I>. Wylie's Yield of Over 200 Bushels Per Acre. Under the caption, "Greatest Oats ^ Yield," The State of yesterday told \ of how Mr. P. A. Schumpert of At'^nta, formerly of Newberry, in the year 1882, harvested 117 bushels of oats per acre, which The State says is "the largest yield of oats ever produced on an acre in the United States." This statement we cannot let pass unchallenged in view of the fact that a much larger yield was made the same year by the late Col. John D. Wylie on a lot owned by him In the corporate limits of the town of Lancaster. Colonel Wylie's yield was 182 measured bushels, or over 200 bushels by standard weight. In the 1008 Handbook of South Carolina Is recorded the following concerning this unusual yield: "It has been found that the yield was made in the year 1882 and was 182 measured burets, which would be equivalent to over 200 bushels by standard weight. The yield was so remarkable that the committee which made thf report had the facts recorded in tin oince or ine cierK oi oouri in i^anraB ter county." The Handbook alsc quotos from thri old Lancaster Ledgei of June 14, 1882, In which '? to hr found this Item: "Th6 large3t yield of oatg In the United States, or thf world, is tho (Top tbresiled out tg Col. J. D. Wvlie la-it yrcek. Qn 3% acres, measured by actual surv -y, ft. harvoeted 634 bushels. The oat weighed 97 pounds to the bushel. Th< aggregate ii\ commercial bush 1 wero 733 1-16 bushels; or 209 2f>-K< bushels to the acre. We dufy tli( world to-beat this. Tho field wal seeded "with eight bushels to th< acre." . Children Hee> Kdhon. Loa Angeles, Cal., Oct. 28.?Thorn as A. Edison answers dan tnvltatioi to let school children see him. At i high school Mr. ^Edison smiling!; placed himself on exhibition in th< auditorium, but refused to make i speech. > Mr. Edison also broke a record b; spending 14 hours in bed and ap pea ring at breakfast at 8:30 today. " '.-V. xi -i, kt a. I ' FOUR GERMANS LOCKKD UP. j Held by Federal Government Under $2tt,0OO Bail. New York, Oct. 26.?Four of the I five men charged with conspiracy to : delay or prevent the sailing of war munitions ships from the United States to allied countries, were locked up under federal custody tonight. Robert Fay, said to be a former lieutenant in the Oerman army, Walter Li. Scholz, his brother-in-law, and Dr. Herbert Kienzle, were held in New York, while Paul Daesch was in prison in New Jersey. Max Breitung, the fifth man charged with complicity in the conspiracy, has not yet been apprehended. COTTON CONDITION FOR OCTOBER 63.7 Journal of Commerce Says This Compares With 78.5 Per Cent a Year Ago. New York Special to Charleston News and Courier, Oct. 28.?The condition of cotton (or the month of October lost 3.9 points from a month ago, when It was 63.7 per cent, making condition on the average date of October 23 69.8 per cent. This compares with 73.5 per cent last year, 62.1 per cent in 1913, 68.8 per cent in 1912 and 69.9 per cent in 1911. The docllne is not high for this season of the year, since in 1913 It was 5 points, in 1909 it was 3.9 points and In 1906 it was 3.6 no'nts. This unusually low condition is the result of a season of unfavorable and erratic weather, as reported in these columns from month to month. Picking is very much advanced, due partly to the smallness of the crop and favorable weather, while continued high prices for the staple have been an incentive to hasten Gathering. According to our reports the crop is 72 per cent gathered, as against 68 per cent last year; 70 per cent in 1913, 71 per cent in 1912, 76 per cent in 1911 and 70 per cent in 1910. The unusually low per cent picked in Oklahoma Is due to a very late season in that state. 8TKP TOWARD UNION. Conference of Southern and Northern Presbyterians Held. Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 28.?The first step toward the union of the Northern and Southern jurisdictions of the. Presbyterian church was taken today . when a joint session of the cimity1 ' committees of the general assemblies, of both branches met here. No con-l elusion was reached, said a statement tonight, but sub-committees were appointed to conslder,and prepare opinions on various matters, especially , that of comity. These will be subi raitted at a meeting in Atlanta Dei cember 16. The Rev. Dr. J. Ross Stevenson, president of the Princeton Theologi1 cal Seminary, and moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian chArch, North, and the Rev. Dr. W. McF. Alexander of New Orleans, moderator of the general assembly, ' j South, attended the conference. Others present were the Rev. R. B. Willts, Fayettevillo, Ark.; the Rev. : T. A. Wharton, Sherman, Texas, and the Rev. J. 8. Lyons and the Rev/ t Homer McMillan, both of Atlanta. [ representing the Southorn branch and t the Rev. Maitland Alexander, Pittst burg; the Rey. F. N. McMlllln, Cln cinnati; the Rev. William H. Roberts, ? Philadelphia, and William U. Follan> sbee of Pittsburg, representing tho . Northern church. > The two comity committees were authorized to act by the two general > assemblies, that of the Northern i churcl in Kochester, N. Y., last May, and that of the Southern church in r Newport N wr Va., the name month. IJt'T TIT U> IV NKWtfPAPRK. He-t 'Wm > I leach People, Snj" Trnifh Asmci'iiloti, French Idok ^prhve, Tnd., Oct ? The American TratTlc Association.I } in convention here, today don ten tied * that the best* way of placing rnllroad 9^ time tables before the public wan'to advertise thorn in the newspapers. It was decided that the old custom of advertising the arrival'and departure of trains should bo revived, a a Cousin to Mrs. <?n't Demi. V pH?tol, Va.-Tenn., Oct. 27.?Mrs. 6 Charlotte Pavne Wiaton, a cousin of * Mrs. Norman Halt, and u grand niece i of Dolly Madison, d'ed here today at V the age of 86. She was a great - grand-dau?l>ter of Alexander Snnttsi wood, colonial governor of Virginia. TWENTY CHILDREN I PERISHIN FLAMES Score Lose Lives in Burning of 1 St. John's Parochial School Building. PANIC AT THE DOORS. < Pupils lleconie Terrified and Crush 1 Soon Blocks Exits From Doomed Building. Peabody, Mass., Oct. 28.?Twenty children, most of them girls 7 to 17 ' years old, lost their lives today in a ( fire that destroyed St. John's paro-jt chial school. Another girl probably < will die; several were severely hurt. < The 600 children had entered their class rooms for the morning session when the fire was discovered and although most of them were guided to safety by sisters of the Order of Notre Dame, who were their teachers, panic seized many as they neared the front door and in the rush to escape some lost their footing and their bodies blocked the exits. It was in the front vestibule that nearly all the bodies |i were found. Of the 19 bodies at an undertaking Bhop tonight, ten had been identified. All the sisters escaped, but Mother Superior Marie Carmelita was ser-! iously burned. How the fire started may never be 1 known. The first word of the blaze,! it is believed, came from a tardy pupil, who smelled smoke and reported it to the mother superior. The children had just finished morning prayer when the gong sounded for fire drill. Mother Marie hurried to tell the sisters of the actual danger, and the movements of the fire drill were quickly started. A [ few days ago in a practice drill the building was emptied within twoi minutes. It would have been cleared in almost the same time today, in the opinion of some, but for the falling | of a child, believed to be a cripple, in the front vestibule.. Over her body child after child pressed on by the crowd behind, stumbled and fell. | NEGRO KILLED. Arthur Brown Shoots nnil ICUIs -lus- | per He?l at a Ncjtro Festival. Wednesday night at the house of "Little" Joe Grown on th? Southern Power Company's Maasey place, Arthur Browh, *n.lored, about 26 years of age, shot and killed Jasper : P.eed, colored. The deceaeaseti was; a mere boy .about 17 years old. The | facts and circumstances may be crowded into a nutshell by saying { ! that a "nigger festlbule" was in pro- j gress at the time of the shooting, . which means that pistols and mean liquor were the principal "delicacies" | served. Brown, of course, claims that he shot in self defense and the other negro claims nothing, he being dead. Sheriff Hunter went down in the nelghborhqod and arrested : Brown, who had a new .32 calibre United States revolver upon his person. In response to the sheriff's in- ^ quiry if he had not been drinking liquor, he replied, "No," that he had truly been drinking some sour cane juice. The sheriff brought Brown on buck with him and lodged him in Jail. Magistrate John L. Caskey. acting 'coroner, held the inquest yesterday morning. Gets T'ki Warm f<>v Royal ' tors. Paris. Oct, 27.?Four hells exploded only 200 yards from Ki.f George of Enghutd atul President Mo the front, yestir relay. act ruin;: fo .t Tcotns correspondent ftvek of the ilrintf line. The King nnd President, with hoPrlnco of Wales and Oi l rnl Jofire, says the dispatch, had taken n point of observation when a German battery tired two heavy salvos resulting In the explosion of shells near the official party. The party left shortly afterwards. Karthquake In Ashevllle. Ashevllle, N. C., Oct. 28.?Two p&rth shocks were felt here at 1:35 o'clock this morning. The shocks came about two minutes apart and each lasted a few seconds. Houses were shaken, but no damage was reported. UNCLE SAM SENDS I NOTE TOJOHN BULL1 Protest Against British Interference With Trades Has Been Dispatched. CARRIED BY ALEX W. KIRK. Pui?er DlKruHHes Lengthy Notes Re- ^ oeive<l From Kngland Since March SO. t Washington, Oct. 27.?America's long considered protest against British interference with commerce be-: tween the United States and Europe' has been dispatched to London by ipeclal messenger and will be present-; ed by Ambassador Page at the Brit- [ ish foreign office next week. It became known today that the note, which is about 10,000 words long and covers exhaustively the arguments of the American government on all phases of the interference with neutral trade, was approved by the President last Saturday and started on its way to London Sunday. Alexander W. Kirk, third secretary of the American embassy at Berlin, who had returned to Washington, carrying documents from Ambassador Gerard, was entrusted with the mission on his return journey to Berlin. Until today the fact that the communication had been sent was kept secret, instructions having been given to officials that no announcement of any kind was to be made about it. That it contains a repetition of argu- i meats made in the note of March 30, J which recorded the Washington gov-; ernment's first protest against the order in council, or so-called blockade, is admitted, but no intimation was given by officials today as to what measures are proposed in the event that there is no modification of British practices. COVERS MUCH GROUND. Not only does the latest communication cover the various notes and memoranda sent by the British government since March 30, but it also acknowledges and discloses the lengthy notes that came from Great Britain in January in response to the first protests of the United States against interference with neutral trade. It was the note now on its way which former Secretary Bryan advocated sending at the same time the second Lusitania note was dispatched to Berlin last June. President Wilson declined to send it at that time, because of the fear that the United States might he placed in the position of bargaining for its rights with Germany on the basis of its attitude toward Great Britain. As prepared originally at the state department the document was understood to be vigorous in tone and replete with objections to Great Britain's policy. No intimation as to whether the document since has been modified was available tonight. OFFICTKR8 ARRKHTKD. Officials of Box Com puny Held for Investigation of Fir*-. Pittsburg, Oct. 26.?Three officials of the Union Paper Box Company and the executor of the James Rrown estate, owner of the building in which tho company's factory was located. wero arrested today in con nection with the fire yesterday which resulted In the death3 of 12 persons end injury to 20 others, one probably fatally. Tf. U. Woods, executor of the Jlrown ate, was reliaed on $10,UO't b:>!l nbd T-Irnry F. \V :.;l;r,pf, prosi'1. W !1 m C. Kinibel, recpe'tnry and treasure v. and !' an C. "hacfer. fnrsraan of thefactory of f f box. < noapy. *er<: released on ;6,0rt0 bail tti uppeir y the coroner's inquest, which probably will be hold Tuesday. Xnicrlcnn I'ltps Comiug Into t'nvor. Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 28. American plays are coming Into such favor in Denmark that the manager of one of the Copenhagen theatres haa announced his Intention of devoting a whole season to American drama, with the exception of a few English plays. The popularity of the American plays is attested by a number of other theatres, and as for the American moving picture productions, these are be'ng shown in hundreds of Danish amusement houses. HOMICIDE NEAR LEXINGTON. Charles M. lloof Shot to Death. T. F. Griffith Accused. Lexington Special to Charleston News and Courier. Oct. 27.?Charles M. Roof, a prominent Lexington county farmer, was shot and killed by T. i Frank Griffith, brother of Capt. D. J.| Griffith, superintendent of the state penintentiary, at Smith's Pond, four miles west of Lexington, about 3:15 o'clock this afternoon. Griffith used a shotgun. Death was instantaneous. Particulars of ->the tragedy are not available at this hour. Coroner and sherifT have been ordered to the scene BANDITS HOLD UP TRAIN, LOOT SAFE Robber II h ii(l r.?iulut,ui ??r t?~ ? i ? ? *?* m x it ur More Men, Who Made Their Escape. Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct 27.-Southbond Missouri, Kansas and Texas passenger train No. 9, was held up and robbed at 2 o'clock this morning two mlleB south of Onapa and nine miles north of Eufaula, on the main line from Parsons to Denison, by 10 or more masked bandits who blew the safe in one express car, obtained an undetermined amount of money and valuables, failed to open three other safes and escaped without attempting to rob passengers. The bandits boarded the train at Checotah or some point north of the scene of the robbery, climbed over the baggage and mail cars and forced the engineer to stop the train. They then went back to the coaches, found the conductor and forced him to open the express car. The bandits worked j more than an hour. Five charges of nitroglycerine were exploded before the safe was opened. Attempts were made to open one safe in the second express car and two in the third, but neither yielded to repeated attempts.! Some of the robbers guarded the train crew who were lined up along the side of the track, others guarded | the passenger coaches and some I went back along the track to stop a freight train behind the passenger. ! A dozen or more shots were fired by i the bandits. A brakeman from the passenger ' train was shot through the finger ! when he attempted to escape. The engineer of the freight train behind ; escaped rroin his captors and ran to Onapa, giving the alarm. I After abandoning their work the j robbers are said to have thanked the train crew and wished them "goodnight," disappearing into the dark! ness, apparently on foot. It is stated that local railroad of: ficials at Eufaula say that the amount j of loot will not be known until the j train reaches Denison, Tex. Express officials refused to tell the I amount of loot taken by the robbers, who escaped into the woods and marshes, and were today being pursued by peace officers of a dozen counties and hundreds of citizens organized into posses. The train .robbed often carries large amounts of money and securities. The holdup took place in a sparsely settled territory affording wild forests and marshes for escape. liAium TttorniJSft. ' Greenville Mill Owners Fear General Walkout. Greenville, S. 0., Oct. 26.?l^abor troubles today forced the Judson Mills, one of the largest cotton manufacturing concerns in fit's vicinity, to /?Tnan tlnti n CCA - ~- ? averted. Manufacturer* saiil tonight there \<:i* 1 possibility Or tVOUl)l? ' 11 t O 1otb r roll's noa Greenville. Union ii iM, v < re bdng formLsbcr dinicu';1 :f in th" J ulsoii Milt \ t r..t? ; ? vepr? with tb dis ' ir.?,e re< n'lv of 17 employes, i !w>m the mill man a,gent est, said were '1 < out be iu>s they neglected their <vork in seek'ng members for the * newly organized anion. Union officials declared the men were .discharged because they joined the union. Kumn'h Wants ('red1!, New York. Oct. 28.?Agents oi the Russian governm -nt. it was reporjfd here today, are seeking to establish a credit loan In this country somewhat similar to the recent $500,000,000 Anglo-French credit loan?hlthongh no bond issuo in contemplated ?of from t60.ono ooo to tioo.ooo,000 and more If It can u* obtained BULGARIANS UNITE WITH mm ARMY Central Powers Now Have Open Road to Aegean Sea and Constantinople. ITALIANS MAKE ADVANCES lk'tiin Claim* Germans Have Made Further ProRreeH Around Dvinsk. London, Oct. 27.?The German army which crossed the Danube at Own... I *-> ? " ' ' v/iouki uao jumeu me ruiiganans wno invaded Serbia near Prahovo, and the central powers now have an open road through northeastern Serbia and Bulgaria to the Aegean sea and Constantinople. The Germans are thus in a position to send guns and munitions by river and railway to their Bulgarian and Turkish allies. The invasion of the northern portions of Serbia by the Austro-Qermans continues, while Bulgaria is putting forth a strong effort to get control of the Belgrade-Saloniki railway. So far as the north is concerned, Serbia, her allies fear, is doomed, but in the south, reinforced by the British and French, Serbia is using all of her strength to throw the Bulgarians back. After the French victory at Krivolak, the Serbians, according to Athens, reoccupied Veles, an important junction point south of Uskup, where a big battle is still in progress. It is argued here that if the Bulgarians can be held in the south until Anglo-French reinforcements now on their way arrive, Bulgaria may yet be robbed of Macedonia, on which she has set her heart. But the allies also will have to make an attempt to block the German road to Turkey, and their big attack may be directed elsewhere. The internal situation in Bulgaria, | which is reported serious, may have some effect on the campaign. A military conspiracy against King Ferdinand, Athens dispatches say, has been unearthed, and the leaders have h*>en i shot. Many inhabitants of Bulgaria ! are said to ho still loyal to Russia, and are showing disinclination to join the colors. The Roumanians, too. are displaying some uneasiness as to the I inactivity of their government, and ; an agitation in favor of the allies, acI cording to unofficial reports, is being ; carried 011 by influential leaders. The allies, however, are depending on their own resources and arranging to throw into the Balkans as many men as can be spared. At the present time they cannot weaken the other fronts, as the Germans are showing considerable activity. The latter I havi made still another counter attack in the attempt to recapture Bo Courtine, in Champagne, which the French recently took from them. Strong German patrols observed in the Boos region were dispersed. ! The Germans continue their attacks against the Russians in the 1 Riga and Dvinsk districts, and claim ' to have penerated the Russian posi1 tions near the railway north of Dvinsk. They could not hold all the I ground gained, as the Russians launched immediate counter attacks. | While the position in this region | remains serious for the Russians, they appear on the whole, to be holding their own. Tn the south, along the styx river and Gallcian frontier, tho Russians renort successes. The Italians are persisting in their ofeneive. and seemingly they aro making advances. Frnnk V.'. Rollins lit ;,d. ' v n. (let. 27 ' W Roli: former governnr of V Hampshire. generally r -.1 1 as rhe originator of th "Old 1 uiiic \Y ek" idcaM died at. a hotel h re tonight. Mr. T'ojlin whose hem v a at Concord. V 11., had been ill here for three months. Wll Not Repair the F-4, f Washington, Oct. 28.?Submarine . F-4, in which twenty-one officers and men of the navy lost their lives last March at Honolulu, will not be re1 pa'retl. Navy officials sa'd today tho damage was too extensive. Pope Donates to Relief Fund. Berlin, Oct. 28.?(By wireless to Tuckerton.)?An announcement that Pope Benedict had donated $5,000 to the Polish relief fund was made by the Overseas News Agency today. 4 - + * ' * j 2