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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.
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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.
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