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?'KImFN ROOKWELL KILLED0 IN BATTLE DARING NORTH CAROLINA AVIA TOR MEETS DEATH IN AERIAL BATTLE IN FRANCE. FIGHTING FOR THE ALLIES Son of Mrs. L. A. Rockwell of Wins - ton-Salem Honored By General Joffre as Bold and Courageous Pilot.-Wore Numerous Medals. Winston-Salen. N. C.-Kiffin Yates Rockwell, formerly of Asheville and Atlanta. who had been serving with the lPrenich aero corps on tle Western battle front. was killed in a fight with a German aircraft. Announce ment of hki death was contained in a vablegram from Paris received here by his mother. Mrs. L. A. Rockwell of this city. ''he( mne! sage announcing the avli (or's death was very brief and came fronm an inflnential friend of the fam. fly in Paris. It said: "K ifin killed this morning in aerial battle in Alsace." Yoting Rockwell had been serving lin the French army since September 30, 1914. He was very active in the aerial fighting around Verdun and succeeded in bringing down four German aeroplanes unassisted. For this feat lie recently received a war cross and military niedal from the haid of General Joffre. who referred to hin as "a bold and courageous 141(." lie ahd been frequently men tioned for bravery in the olficial re ports. Mirs. lockwell had receivedi a letter from her son only a few hours before tile news of his death reached her. in the letter he stated that he had had a leave of absence of eight days and had spent the tlime in Paris with his brother. Paul Rockwell, and that ho had had a great time. On the day he mailed the letter he was leaving for the front and said he had been transferred from Verdun to a more active sector. Aerial fighting in which Bergt. Kiffen Rockwell of North Carolina was mortally wounded by a German airman took place over the town of Thann. Rockwell was serving as a volun teer in the Franco-American flying corps on the Verdun front. A few hours previous to the engagement he had been promoted to the rank of second lieutenant but died without knowing of the new honor. MEXICP 71-AMERICAN COMMISSION PLEASED. Progress Made In First Three Weeks of Joint Discussion Satisfactory to Members. s New London. Conn.-Professing sat asfaction with the progress already made, members of th e Mexican-Amer. ican joint commission have begun the fourth week of their conference. It is expected that the American members will continue their inquiry into the so cial and economic as well as the mili tary problems of Mexico en the ground that the condItions in Northern Mexico are too inmntiately related to internial affairs t justify themi in entering into an agreement for border control with out a definite undlerstanding of what changes tor- the better- are to be0 madec nearer the seat of government. The Mexicans have received from Andres Garcia. Mexican consul at El Paso, a report of the attack on Cli huahua by Villa forces, dlenyinig that the attacking party obtained any am munitirn or..that Villa, personally ap ' peared in the city. * THIEVES GET GEMS VALUED AT $15,000 flaltim'ore'. NT'i fy!'a detection * from t'e hourly visits of a night watchman. crnekamnen early today naiseledl thtir warv htt the inner re cess of a 3.00C pound sate in the jew. elry store of Cemen amid Norwig and escaped with getms valued at approxI mately, $15,000. WILSON AND HUGHES CALLED "CAPITALISTIC" New York.--President Wilson and Charlos E'. Hlughes wer-e characterized as "candidates of the capitalistic class" by Allan L. Blenson,. nominee of the Socialist -party for Presidenat at a meeting held ina Madison Squnaro Gar, den. Mr. Blenson andl . his running mate. George R. Kirkpatrick, candi date for vice president as well as other Socialist nominees were applauded by a large crowd which assembled for the formal ratication of the candidate. $1,000,000 LOSS AND ONE DEAD IN PHOENIX, N. Y., FIRE. Syracuse, N. Y.--Firo destroyed the enitire business' district and more than half the town of Phoenix, caus Ing .a loss of' more than $1,000,000. One person is known to have per - sifed. Eighty-two buildings were de 6, sJ. troyed. The fire burned without cheek for 16 hours and the volunteer ~AK.*fire department was mede helpless by the early destruction of the water -uiu station. 325,000 MRKERS" VOTE FOR STRIKE OVER HALF MILLION ARE CALL. ED TO JOIN IN NEW YORK'S BIG WALKOUT. STRIKE FORMALLY ORDERED Organized Workers In Virtually Every Industry In Greater New York Call. ed Upon to Cease Work September 27th at 8 A. M. New York.-Organized workers in virtually every industry in Greater New York were formally called upon to cease work at 8 a. M. Wednesday morning in sympathy with striking traction employes. Union leaders as sert approximately 600,000 men and women are involved. The call as embodied in resolu tions adopted at a conference of la bor leaders representing the Federat. ed bodies in all-the boroughs of the city as well as many national and in- Q ternational unions. Of the 80 unions in the city represented it was said some already had voted in favor of a strike. A call it was said would be issue not only to organized workers in New York but also to those in Westchester county in which the cit. ies of Yonkers, New Rochelle and Mount Vernon are situated, and would extend throughout a wide range of industries. "It was decided by unanimous vote by representatives of 80 unions in I Greater New York and vicinity that there shall be a general suspension I of all work in all trades and indus- I tries In Greater New York and vicin- t ity the same to commence Wednes- I day, September 28 at 8 a. m." t BRITISH PROPOSE MORE I STRINGENT SHIPPING CONTROL. I t Claim Depletion of Supply of Ton. t nage as Result of Submarine Action q Must Be Met by Increased Measures London.-The c'ontinued depletion of the world's supply of tonnage as a result of the operations of the sub marines of the Central Powers will t be met by an increase in stringent t measures by which the Entente Al. lies design to control shipping, so as t to ensure it being used to the best advantage of the Allies and prevent it even indirectly aiding their oppon ents, according to a statement made tA the Associated Press by Lord 11 ,bert Cecil, Minister of War Trade. Lord Robert admitted that even the oresent rate of destruction without uAonsidering the possibilly of a re sumption of unrestricted submarine warfare, meant a serious loss to the world's tonnage and that consequent ly it would not be expected that I British coal or other British facil ities should be expended on ships carrying goods to blacklisted firms. The Entente Allies will increase their shipping measures, which already are i proving valuable in making the best use of available tonnage in propor-r tion '-as the Germans succeed in de stroying merchant ships. RESURRECTION OF VILLA DENIED BY DE FACTO CHIEF$. Washington. - 'Vhether Francisco Villa again has become a factor in the military situation in Northern Mexico remained r question of con siderable doubt despite nearly a week's effort by the state and war dlepartments to ascertain what part, if any, the bandit chief took in the attack on Chihuahau City. Secretary Baker let it become known that War Department officials do not regard as conclusive the re port transmitted by Brig. Gen. Bell. saying that Villa led the Chihuahua City attack in person and the Mexi can Embassy announced receipt ofi official advices declaring Villa was not in the attack-g fo'ree. The Em bassy's report came from General Trevino. commander of the garrison. The resurrection of Villa is not true," said Amnbassador Arredon. 'The attack on (Chihutahua City was madle by a combination of juntas an tagonistic to the de0 facto govern ment." 18 FEET OF GREAT 12-IN. GUN BLOWN OFF DY EXPLOSION., Norfolk.-The UT. S. S. Michigan, badly damaged by the explosion of the muzzle of one of heri 12-inch guns wvhile engaged in target pr-actice on the Southern Drill Grounds, arrived in Hampton Roads. Late in the afternoon after transferring yoman Robert C. Cooper, injured in the ac cident, to the naval hospital and tak ing' on a small boat the battleship sailed under rush orders for the Phil adelphia for repairs. SOUTHERN LABOR CONGRESS BACKS STRIKE AND B-HR. LAW. Memphis-The .fifth annual meet ing of the Southern Latbor Congress was concludled here, the closing sos sioni being marked by rosolutionse sup porting the street car strike in New York, endorsing the proposed gym pathetic strike of ether unions there and approving President Wilson's foileign policy and his action when the railroad strike was ' impending redently. Jerome Jones of Atlanta, was re-elected president4 -A (Copyrighit.) AiRMANS SHOW VIOLEfNCE 'TRONG EFFORT TO RETRIEVE is PART OF THEIR LOST TERRI-/ TORY FROM FRENCH. ,'rench Hold Positions Along Line and Germans Retire In Disorder Leav Ing Ground Almost Covered With German Dead. London.-In an efrort to retrieve In >art their lost territory, the Gearmans 8 lespite the bad weather, mado vio- t ent counterattacks against thle t Prench over a three-mile front In r hie region between Priez Farm arid 0 3ouchavesnes, north of the Somme. 11 In1 mass formation the Teutons hrew attack after attack along the b Ine from 9 o'clock In the morning ( ntil dark, and at the end of the day he French were everywhere holdingI heir positions, according to Pars,d nd the battlefield at points was co. t red with German dead. n During the fighting the Gerr'ans enetrated the northeastern part of a he village of Bouchavesnes but here be French met them with the bay net and dislodged them. Four as xulte at the Priez Farm at which he Germans came on in waves were epulsed by the French whose obser- r 'rr assert that the Germans at last vithdrew, in disorder, leaving many f lead behind them. On the British front the inclement veather still olds the opposing sides o artillery duels. - kRMY DOES NOT SEEK1 WAR, BAKER DECLARE&. hecretary Tells St. Louis Business Men That as a Civilian He Op ps e Professional Soldier But Mind Isa netangd.dsogdte.Fu s SUt. a this-eretarmo a whichr be anrares came oninweBsinere en'lsedeaguetherenc sadwhose asSer erar ofsWrt tha discoerad tat late "Ase i disorer," eaing mIaeley lad bhind athem.am wsa e Onac the reintiutons ht them t proethsill holdsie opsing wr Bute [hrae foundls St.retary Buf War ~ MThat Asm of Civlia Unied Opposed roftesiomanodineea to inhe haenlied piaedesntdsr war. IkowofSno boy of WarnBako haven admre binguore thev-uiness duty' Lagute thermy, said a asodyc of etn Wahoaod besco re thatling tormy dosno theirlie war tei coutary. ntn ry a e "aeTofeemi iut was anizd tha the bordver foundisancetary 1,80 mWaer twhce the dAry ofrome USted Statst flIrmecomwmhanding thealfacth tat enthed menicate froes not des ofavie an more dinga evio n to dtyan clmthe, the rmyen oy ofc that who would eor e lihn to lay downt-her lient fosr their chot. mirary "The mtie as obiedher the borde a-isaer of the80ar milte thaoemen tombfrze all alkrcs ofthie cliuntefo the ecimmn in turest." h ikrpoti osta Washicnt-onea Br1'ceitales tii thatlof erssedto army.tdtae The Phimpie l.steame weru wthre mt he rior n athe f of the i. poinee Bcause of allavyefog ctswa exlan the ntyeorte' commonder BRIAING REGETTEANG HEDUTHLW'SPINERAHI. erw or theactin of aBtionwdoe :>rome oinenFbrnpandesO examiing theonalipne stncame instiuithindI theerrtis water cii,ooh histoil and politi. causerganiao, heay fogites etlan the demoryoy oiers cmanerh didwnot know fuerasl wasre Aona shosre etwr oenrWimn tioalan Mitchell.P insttutin Eanht RootgSamun l frompervi, hisorca and Perinsa oanzAtons. paker Btriat those pnreenwerooertor Whtmn IT It NN NILLNOT TOUR COUN TRI 'RESIDENT WILSON ANNOUNOEI THAT HE WILL NOT STUMP THE COUNTRY, N'ill Make several Speeches on Pub lic Questions Before Non-Partisav Organizations. - Party Leadern Hold Conference. Laong Branch, N. J.-President Wil on annoqunced that he has no Inten on of making any campaign tour out that he will carry out plans al eady tentatively made for severa Peeches on public questions befort ton-partisan organizations. This an iouncement followed a conferenc( ietween Mr. Wilson and Vance Mc ,ormick, chairman of the Demnocratk( Tational Committee. Both the Pres dent and Mr. McCormick expressed nidignation over ktories printed tc lie effect that as a result of uneasi, ess over the' Republican campaign fr. Wilson had changed his plans nd would stump the country. Secretary Tumulty authorized the bllowing statement: "The President has no intention ol making any campaign tour. He doee tot Intend to change the program al. eady agreed upon by .hose In charge e his campaign to accept invitator rom non-parisan organizations t Liscuss political questions." In addition to the speeches In dif erent parts of the country the Presi lent plan to make addresses on the )orc~h of Shadow Lawn to delegationi 'rom various states who will Cal ipon him. The first of these speechel will be niade Saturday afternoon t e delegation of busianess men wt whom Mr. Wilson will discuss th ecord of business legislation madi :k his adminatratinon. Ch irmnt Mchangeick prorame her eady agprefuon bylled winhattri fromi campcantc laccerstn invitan tromnfonpolrtia Qranzaonolti Lisugsoiztis. qeued thatsa Iany aditionble the spceed.d erendaron.-Athe outry.e aPresi n th plnt makeadrefshtin on thi Sommereo of nceLawn to gti incomen vaiussater, whoeavy al apoe i. Theogres o theesecfont inil bessiade ai.Turayva aftront Rumleaio nd o bthes moten fron1 rhomer. Wlssa willGermans dAu terdHungarinssavegltan theao yfhsv againstratheRuonn.an Chaeirmandth M oriariv edr.e Mrobm Deorati ladrs, Overowin. Lionsrm olta and tnity organiz Emplo es.ge ha NeLor.-Theumoteris rpat Ingi the etrinantr ftighingn thct -Sous etion of Fanceta, due ath iemnt wemathetrun heay onatt aresston rtgress oneesternb ro trir and onheh sothzern fom iMadctwoia.ars Aoeprng the oo ripve in si the viineasadu tvralHungrmae an cnther enho gant jn'the Rstins aer he crossced asserihavte .strkr obscme weor Beailed tOvpolelini Polince andruingr Relwayohr NePk-he mstrkrapanty selannd thio ngtsace ith tastsrie inhises c uredan oanyk paosocturei sm ond eonsManhesatan wen ats empt enrou dmae has ben carse ReartyGabconzn Boeift yithe strst ngrof atdam uinfthe lne. Mot Wase tes acodin toar sypathr to rm ers tfrm Arserpqoeing atele icean eed utinrt fromh Gallora. The n depth. in The vicirtushigwtr. a actors had ot oineed' the re were notnyi itte. iayeecinhr IVILLA 'PRII6Et. TO ZRETURN SOON WILL COME BACK TO CHIHUAHUA CITY, SCENE OF LATEST ATTACI. GEN. BELL SENDS REPORI Commander -of El Paso Military Dis. trict Tells U. 8. War Departmenl That Bandit ChIef Led Mexican In. dependence Day Raid. Washington.--The most detailed ac, count yot received of the fighting al Chiuahua City when Villa celebrated the Mexican Independence Day by a successful assault on the Carranza gar. rison, reached the war department from Brig. Gen. George Bell, com - manding the El Paso military district, (It asserts that Villa personally led the 'attacking Sprces that he took and held Inumerous important buildings in the city for several hours; that he wag joined by a thousand or more men o the Carranza garrison and retired, promising to return soon and taking with him a large quantity of captured arms,, ammunition and artillery. General Bell's dispatch dbes not show thke source of his information and many officials believe his account ol the incident was founded on rumors reaching the border and were various stories which have been transformed by state department agents. They were incilned to believe for that rea. son that the full truth of what trans pired is not yet known. Reports s far received are similar only in that I they show a fight did occur on Septem ber 16 and that the Villa followers took the penitentiary and some other buildings. They all conflict as to the - part Villa, played, not even. agreeing that he was present. "Evidence increases to show that Villa was completely successful in his attack Saturday upon Chihuahua and accomplished all and more than he said he would do. There is diversity of opinion and statements as to the number of men with which he ent'er ed Chihuahua. Sothe reports state he only had about 500, while others give him 1,700, but all agree that he was able - to secure possession of the pent. tentiary, the governor's palace and the federal buildings, hold them for sev eral hours and all this with a Carrgnse garrison at Chihuahua. He liberted over 200 prisoners, secured and carried away more than 16 automobile loads o1 arms and ammunition under an escori of deserting Carranza troops. He lefi Chihuahua with from 1,000 to 1,50( more men than he enter with. Villa retired leisurely and practi cally without "molestation. The firing by Trevino's artillery occurred after Villa troops had withdrawn. NAVY CONSULTING BOARD BACK FROM TARGET TEST 1Secretary Daniels and Civilian Officiali See Atlantie Fleet In Action at Southern Drill Grounds. Washington.-Secretary Daniels re turned hero from the Southern Drill Grounds where in company with mem born of the civilian consulting board 'he watched practice marieuvers of the 3 Atlantic fleet including an exhibitdor 3 flight from the aeroplane ship Nort11 Carolina and special opemations. The yacht Dolphin put the secretary and the. board memberts aboard the superdreadnaught Texas in Lynnha, ven roads and from the big flagshij: they witnessed short range battle prac. tice and various other tests including night firing by the battleship Minne sota. A spectacular featanre was a sea aeroplane flight by Iiinutenant Bel linger, of the North Carolina, whc was dropped overboard ins his machine by the ship's crane and left to get un der way in a rough sea. H~e executed Ia long flight, scouting the wateirs far in advance of the fleet. Numerous subjects of naval inter . st were discussed by the board. ,Among these was thre question of se. leeting a suitable site for the projected $1,500,000 naval laboratory. It was said no decision was reached. !W. J. BRYAN STARTS OUT ON SECOND CAMP~AIGN TOUR Rlock Springs, WVyo.-William J. Bryan has started on his second daly's tour of Wyoming in support of President Wilson and the dlemocratic icket. Mr. Bryan, speaking here, appeledforthe re-electionr of Presi (lent WVilsgn on the ground that President Wilson had kept the United States out of war. Mr.. Brayn do elaredg the republican party had been unscrupulous5 in methods concerzin6 Votes for women in suffrage states. CONSPIRACY TO KILLt VENIZEL.0B REVEALED, Milan, via London.-A Solniki dis d (atch to the Secolo, says: "A conspiacy to kill IElipthroia Vecnizelos has been discovered with tihe result that the guard of Cretans about his house has been augmented and friends accompany the ex-pr. mier when he goes 'out. "Two lines 'of. trenclies have been built around King Conhtantiwie's pal ace which is constantly guarded b4 large f~rces,". IA ESULTS S EcOND PRIAR NO PROTES PlI.ED BY COM MITTEE REPRESENTING COLE" L. BLEASE. DECLARE MANNINO NOMINEE James Canler Is Nominee For Rail - road Commissioner and Fred H . . Dominick For Congress Third trict. Columbia. -- dichard I. ManninR was declared the Democratic nomi. nee for governor by the State Dem ocratio executive committee, which met Aprj 19th at noon in the library at the state house. A contest was not filed with the commmittee by Cole L. Blease, defeated candidate for governor. The committee afrter canvassing the returns, as reported by the county chairmen, declared the - following vote in the race for gov. ernor: Richard I. Manning, 71,463; Cole L..Blease, 66.786. James Cansler of Ti'zah was de. clared to be the nominee of the party for railroad commisrioner, the vote in this race being found as follows: James Causler, 83,054; Albert S. Faht, 64,271. Fred H. Dominick of Newberry was declared to be the nomine of the part for congress from the Third district. The official count follows: Fred H. Dominick, 13,195; Wyatt Aiken, incumbent, 10,539. The meeting of the committee was called to order at noon by John Gary Evans, chairman. He appointed T. B. Butler of Cherokee, W. R. Richey. Jr., of Laurens and A. E. Padgett of Edgefleld a special committee to check' the returns from the second primary election, as prepared by Hal cotto B. Thomas acting secretary. Official Vote For Governor, County Blease Manning Abbeville.. ........1,169 934 Aiken.. ........ 2,250 1,934 Anderson......... 4,813 2,977 Bamberg .. .. .. 4..411 997 Barnwell ........ 936 1,462 Beaufort ........ 268 310 Berkeley ..... ......484 626 Calhoun ........ 368 592 Charleston .. .. ..3.196 2,742 Cherokee ........ 1,311 1,249 Chester ........ 862 1,230 Chestherfield ..... 1,663 1,733 Clarendon .. .. ... 1,045 938 Colleton ........ 1,177 1,402 Darlington .. .. ... 1,357 1,739 Dillon ........ 1,011 1,160 Dorchester ...... 657 980 Edgefield ........-.452 1,086 Fairfield ..6......598 712 Florence ........ 1,930 2,344 Georgetown ......679 709 Greenville .........4,448 6,018 Greenwood ......1,348 1,591 Hampton ...........620 962 Horry .... .... ...1,789 1,702 Jasper ............215 289 Kershaw.... .....1186 1,290 Lancaster .... ....1,207 1,456 Laurens .... .....2,189 1,797 Lee.............. 966 912 Lexington .... ....2,035 2,445 McCormick.........398 723 IMarion .. ...........690 1,170 Marlboro ...........985 1,399 Newberry . .. .. ...1,655 1,664 Oconee .. .. ......1,839 1,564 Orangeburg .... ...1,641 2,803 Pickens ...... ...2,209 1,478 Richland.. .... ...3,091 3,042 Saluda '...... 1,099 1,066 Spartanburg .. .....5055 4,941 Sumter.............687 1,633 Union .... .... ...1,657 1,578 Williamsburg ........893 1,333 York .. ........2,246 1,852 Total .. .. .. ...,66,785 71,469 When the committee reported, Mr. Richey said that he had signed the report but could not vote for its adopt tion. He read a statement alleging. on information and belief, the use of whiskey and money in favol' of Mr. Manmiing. Six members voted against declaring Mr. Manniing the nominee. Thirty-one members voted in favor of the nomination of Mr. Manning. Those voting against the adoption of the report were: H. C. Summers, Jr., of Anderson, J. R. Dingle of Claren don, W. R. Richey, Jr., of Laurens, Harry H. Blease of. Newberry, J. M. Greer of Union and I. C. Campbell of York. No Contest by Blease. Chairman Evans ruled that there was not a contest before the commit tee, but that each member had a right to state his -reasons for voting La for or against the -report by tlie spe cial committee. The Blease -support ers of the committee said that foi the reasons set out in the Riche3 statement, they would vote agains' the nomination of Mr. Manning. Training School Open at Lexington' Lexington. -- Lexington's teache training school, one of the five not mal schools recently located by the state board of education under at act of the last session of the ,generaf essembly, opened* under the most fay orable auspicep. The Lexington nor mial is under the direct supervision of Miss Kate Sinipson of Camden. The looal management of. thi school ha1 decided that in order to reach as. many teac hers as possible this - 80 stbn, the *ight weeks' course w1l ba