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GIANU ZIPPELNS RAID ON'LONDON GREAT CROWDS CHEER AS BIG AIRSHIP FALLS A MASS OF FLAMES. A FEW BOMBS ARE DROPPED German Air Raider Descends in Flames Within London District With Great Glare Which Is Visible For Many Miles. London. - Another Zeppelin raid against London and the east coast of England was very spectacular. An airship was brought down in flames north of London, according to the official statement. The ftatement roads: "A number of hostile airships cross ed the east coast between 9 o'clock and midnight. A few bombs were dropped near the coast, but no dam age is yet reported. "An airship is reported brought down in flames north of London." A later dispatch conveyed this in formation: "Great crows cheered the spec tacle of the burning Zeppelin as it fell in the London district. The great flare from the burning aircraft was visible for a long distance. Giaphic accounts of the manner in which the Zeppelin-the fourth to be brought down on the English soil -fell a viotim to Great Britain's anti airoraft defenses, have been received from London's suburbs. Although the Zeppelin crashed to earth almost due north of London the spectacle was witnessed by thou. sands of Londoners. CARRANZA'S FAILURE TO RUN DOWN VILLA IS EMBARRISSING. In Negotiations of U. S. and Mexican Commission Relative to improv ed Border Conditions. Atlantic City, N. J.--lepresenta. tives of the more important American mining interests in Mexico are ex pocted to appear before the Ameri can members of the Mexican-Amer. can Joint Commission here in sup port of a menoranlum already sub mitted regarding conditions in Mexi co. Before they are received, the commissioners will hold their first joint session here in continuation of the dliscussions begun at Now Lon don four woeks ago. Consideration of plans for the maintenance of peace ailong the Mex lcan-American border will he resum ed, but reports which continue to arrive of Villa's activity in Chihnu hua may serve as a further delay to agreement. The commissioners make no secret of the fact that failure of General Carranza's forces to run down Villa has proved embarrassing to them in considering means for Improving border conditions. It was considered probable that General Carranza's latest electoral deoree jwould be discussed. A copy of the decree has reach~ed the Ameri can commissioners from Washington and while the details of the document have net been revealed, it is saidl to stipulate that none of those connect ed even remotely with the Hluerta Administration shall have the right to vote at the coming presideuuill election. SENATOR CLARKE, PRESIDENT U. S. SENATE, IS DEAD itFtle Rock, Ark-Senator James P. Clarke of Arkansas, president pro 'temnporo of the United States senate, died at his home hero. He suffered a stroke of apoplexy the day before and never regAined consciousness. Senator Clarke was born at Yazoo City, Miss., August 18, 1864. He was educated in the schools of his native state and in 1878 was graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia. He began the practice of law in Helena, Ark., in 1879 he served - .eeverai terms in the Arkansas legis latuare and later was elected attorney general of the state and governor. In 1903 he was elected United Ofates senator and re-elected last year for his third term. CHINESE-AMERICAN FLEET TO ENTER WILMINGTON Washington.-Organization of the Chinese-American 1Exchange Company, a shipeing corporation which proposes to inaugurate a general mercantile trade between China and American por'ts on the P~acifle. Gulf and South At 'Jantio, was . annonneed here, It is *headed by Dr. ( larence J. Gwos managing director of the Southern Commercial Congress, and is under stood to have the active backing of 'that organization. NEW U. 8. DESTROYER MAKES NEARLY 30 AN HOUR Rdcl iand, Mane.-With the excep tion o~ a six-hour run at 25-knot speed which is. yet to take place, -g e tor *pedo boat destroyer Wilkes af~ met at 4tandaj'disatiori tests without mis t g, Acording to a statement mad the. hrspection and surve o Qi~d her four-hour endur ~.apc~ \p 0199op7 sea avoragin ~ ,~~~co tract required a ENGLAND Ia AND TENACIOUS Fl GERMAN CHANCELLOR. MAP EXTENDED SPEECH WHE REICHSTAG OPENS. REVIEWS' MILITARY STAT Says Rumania Seeks "Share W Robbery of Dead Body" Beg Says She Has Followed Policy Piracy Depending Upon Situat Berlin, via Sayville.-In an ext ed speech on the occasion of opening of the Reichstag h Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg viewed the military situation 4 fronting Germany and refrred England as "our most egoistic, most bitter and our most tenaci enemy," according to the semi-offi report of the Overseas News Agei "A German statesman who wt refrain from using agaiist this en( every proper means of warfare wl is apt to shorten th'e war deservei be hanged," is one of the statems attributed to the Chancellor. Chancellor began by reviewing length the entry of Rumania into war and said that the Russian of sive this spring had made Pren Bratiano believe he saw the bri ing down of the Central Powers. "Accordingly," the speaker s "he decided to obtain a share w the robbery of the dead body begi "Since the beginning of world Rumania has followed a policy of racy, depending upon the general situation. Rumania's military car lation will prove as mistaken as political capitulation to her Ent( friends, which already has been p ed to have been wrong. They n have hoped earnestly that Rumari Participation in the war would cF the defection of Bulgaria and Turl but Bulgaria and Turkey are not same as Rumania and Italy. F and inviolable stands their faiti ness as allies, and they have glorious victorids in Dobrudia." EXTRAORDINARY RISE IN MEAT PRICES SHO More Than 4 Per Cent Increase Cost of Live Stock Is Noted Quotations. NMushington.-Prices of meat nals- -hogs, cattle, sheep and cl ens-intreased 4.1 per cent I August 15 to September 15, con ed with an average increase of per cent in the same period the six years. The department of agr ture announced that the index ft of prices paid to producers for t meat animals was about 23.7 cent higher than last year, 10.5 cent higher than two years ago 22.5 per cent higher than the i age of the last six years on Se l her 15. The price of hogs on Septemb( averaged $9.22 per 100 pounds, increase of 61 cents from the preOs month, $2.28 over a year ago, $1.94 over the average Septembe price of the last six years. Beef cattle average $6.55 per dIredI pounds, an increase of four < from the previous month, 49< over a year ago and $1.09 over six year average. FRESH EViDENCE. OF BREME APPROACH TO AMER Westerly, R. .-A fisherman Pleasant View. near Watch overlooking Long Island Sound, ported that he had seen with marine glasses a large submd proceeding in the direction of London, where the German sub ine Bremen has been expected more than a week. She was the miles east of New London and s ad on her mast a bright white above a green light, These lights cording to the observer, were ones he had been ted by Caj Robinson of the tug Westerly, w be carried by the German submE for which the tug somne days had been ordered to look. ESCAPED U. S. CONVICT ARRESTE'D IN NEW Y4 New York.-After a search by erial secret service agents which extended over the entire country 11am Knobloch, who escaped from F~edora,1 penitentiary at Atlanta August 29 wIth "Lieutenant" R1o r'ay, confessed bomb plotter, was rested here. Heo professed ignori of 'the present whereabouts of and declared they had no outside istance in making their escape. ONE KILLED AND TWO HURT .IN ELECTRICAL 8TC Newport News, Va--Benjamin Johhaon was killed and his two bi er'. Thomas and Marvin Johnson ously injured when lightning s'trui hamn at Fox 11111 near Old Poin which the then took refuge from 'severe electrical and rainstorm w swept over 'the VivginiS peninen Relatives disoored th4 ,barn.a found the 'two injtnted men Ii stunned condition 20teto ES S (J us ( "n Ins, of Ion. nd. the ,re, re on to our (Copynght.> ous ial kl IS NO GENERAL TIE-UP ald my 'iclh NEW YORK'S INDUSTRIES NOT I to nts AFFECTED VERY MUCH BY he THE STRIKE. at the !en ier Police Declare Union Leaders Claims ak- of 126,000 Workers Idle Not Borne Out By Their Reports.--Few At .id, tempts of Violence. len tn. New York.-Although labor leaders war insisted that the general strike of Pl- trades unionists in the Greater City iar in aid of the carmen who quit their itu- places September 6, eventually would her involve at least 600,000 workers, inte theie were no surface indications of rov- a tie-up of the city's Industries, as Lust threatened, after announcement was ta ' made that the strike had begun. Use While the union leaders claimed My, that 125,000 workers in various the trades already had joined the move 'irm ment with twice as many more ready iful- to "walk out," the police said they won had received no reports to substan tiate any such estimates. The actual situation, it was said, was confused because of Jewish holidays, which NN.' are being celebrated here by more than 100,000 union workers. In Leaders of the Amalgamated As In sociatioh of Street and Electric Rail way employes, whose members are ani- on strike, were encouraged over the Lick- possibility of the Brotherhood of rom Locomotive Engineers coming to par- their aid. Officials of that organiza 0.9 tion notified the Public Service Com last mission during the day that Theo icul- dore P. Shonts, president of the In :ure terborough Rapid Transit Company, 1ose had refused to see them and discuss per alleged grievances - of motormen in per the employ of the Interborough who and are members of that brotherhood. ver- Mr. Shonts declared, however, that tern- there were no differences between the motormen and the company. r 165_______ aBORDER BOARD TO END '0 CONFERENCE EARLY IN MONTH. 15S - Roth Sides Express Satsfaction at hun- Progress Already Made by Mexican ats Joint Commission In AdjustIng Dif ents ferences. the New London, Conn.-Trhe Mexican American Joint Commission expects to conclude ite conference not later N'S than October 16. Both sides express ICA. ad satisfaction at the progress al= ready made. Except for 'a l"'re outline, neither at sideO cared to discuss the character il, of the conference. It was stated that re- border conditions were discussed his and that some consideration was giv rino en to the banking Question. It had New been announced that there would be mar- placed before the Mexican commis for sion a memorandum of conditions a 25 prepared by mining men in Mexico how- but its presentation was deferred. light The Mexican commissioners ex ac- plained to the Americans that the de the parture for Mexico of Eliseo Arre tain dondo, Mexican Ambassador desig oild nate, was in no way connected witha rine the negotiations. The Mexican rep ago resentatives were the guests of honor at a dinner given by Franklin K. Lane. head of the American ,repres entation. )RK WOMEN STORM MEETING' fed- AND FORM WIL-SON CLUB. has___ Wil- Spokane, Wash.-IMore than 100 the women affiliated with the Democratic on party stormed a meeting under the bert auspices of the Woman's party and ar- after heckling the speakers obtained bnce control of the meeting. F'ay A Woman's Non-Partisan Club for as- Wilson was forgied ki the meeting room and officers were chosen. ARRENDONDO EN ROUTE TO RM CONPER WITH CARRANZA F'. Wsahington.-Eiiseo Arredondo, the oth- plexican ambassador designate, now on eri- his way to Mexico City, is expected by ,k a personal conferences to. give General in Carranza .a clearer understanding of the the American view of differences be iich tween the two countries and state de La. paktwent officials hope he may be tire, able to convince the first 'chief of the a necessity of conseating to tul considett Ee ~t6,of all issues by he joint coamin* i;. Ill li r 'MOON 4,oo GREECE TO JOIN IN WAR BELIEF IS EXPRESSED THAT KING CONSTANTINE WILL DE CLARE WAR IMMEDIATELY. Chief of Staff of Army and 500 Offi cers Have Signed Memorial Ad dressed to King Asking Greece to Abandon Neutrality in War. Athens, via London.-In circles very close to King Constantine the belief is expressed that he will de clare war immediately. London.-Gen. Constantine Mos chopoulis, Chief of Staff of the Greek Army and 500 officers have signed a memorial addressed to the King de manding that Greece abandon its neutrality in the war. Earlier re ports that General Moschopoulis had resigned according to the Router dis patch from Athens conveying the above information, were premature. Athens, via London.-The French press of Athens, which for the last month has been sharply hssailing King Constantine and flouting every suggestion that he could honestly be desirous of Greece joining the En tente Allies, Is silent. The entire Greeco-Entente situation has chang ed overnight, and it is reported that the entry of Greece i1to the war has suddenly become a mere question of days on the terms King Constantine indicated to the Associated Press August 31, namely, a guarantee of the integrity of Greece and a loan suf ficient to equip the army and cover tha cost of re-mobilization. REVISION OF NEUTRALITY LAWS BORDER REMEDY. Suggestion Made That Legislation Be -Enacted to Discourage Americans From Participating In Mexican Fac tional Conflicts. New London, Conn.--Revision of American neutrality laws with a view to discouraging Americans from participating in Mexican factional conflicts was suggested at the con ference of the Mexican-American Joint Commission. It was indicated that Moico would be able to deal more effectively with rebels and or dinary bands of -outlaws if the neu trality laws were amended in such manner as to make it an offense for an American citizen to participate in aly way in a movement against a government with which the United States is at peace. The Mexicans charged that the in adequacy of the American laws made possible the propagation of conspira cies on American soil against estab lished order in Mexico. The Ameri can representatives since the begin ning of the conference have held to the argument that Mexico should so govern her frontier as to make un necessary the presence of an Ameri can army on the south side , of the boundary line and attention was call ed to the cases in which the Mexican neutrality laws or their enforcement was at fault. 500 VILLA ADHERENTS EXECUTED IS REPORT 101 Paso, Texas.-Whoiosale execu tions are taking place in Chihuahua Oty following the Villa attack, it was announced at military headquarters here. Five hundred Villa adherents have been executed since the fight, the report to Gen. George Boll, Jr., states and many other prsoners have been taken. ILL. DEMOCRATS FAVOR SUFFRAGE AND 8 HOURS. Springfield, Ill.-The Democratic party of Illinois in convention here went on record in favor'of equal suff rage for women, the eight-hour day for both men and women Workers engaged in non-agricultural pursuite and a compulsory workmen's comp~n sation act. For the first time in the history of Illinois political partes, Mm *nn was nominated ~at idtal elector. Il 1560 OF VILLA BANDITS KILLED HEAVY CASUALTIES WERE ALSO SUFFERED BY THE CARRANZA FORCES. REPORT TERRIFIC FIGHTING Important Mining Center Southwest of Chihuahua City,-Baulello Uribe, Villa Leader, Was Originator of the New idea. Chihuahua City, Mexico. - More than 100 Villa followers were killed, the bandit leader Baudeiio Uribe, was taken prisoner and heavy casu alties were suffered by Carranza forces in a terrific fight at Cusihuiri achic, an important mining center about 60 miles southwest of Chihua hua City, according to a message re ceived by General Trevino from Gen. Matias Ramos, who was himself slightly wounded. Details of the fight were few and were appended to the request of General Ramos for surgeons and medical supplies. A hospital corps d tachment was accordingly rushed to the sqene by train. It is stated that the garrison at Cushihuiriachic co-operated with the forces of Ramos put whether' they were attacked or had been the ag gressors does not appear. Banudello Uribe, leader of the band and Villa's chief lieutenant, was the originator of the idea of cutting off the ears of captured Government sol diers. Many others of his command are reported to have been made pris oners. News of the fight was also received here from the telegraph operator at Santa Isabel who added nothing to the report of General Ramos. The general's official report was sent by way of that town to which the hos pital train has been dispatched. San ta Isabel is 33 miles by train from Ch ihuahua. The Mexico Northwest ern Railway makes a loop to Cusi huirinchic from Santa Isabel, while the direct distance between the two towns is about 35 miles. CHEMISTS FIND IN ALCOHOL LIKELY GAS SUBSTITUTE. Expert Declares 10,000,000 Tons of Material Availlable for Manufac ture Each Year. New York.-Increased industrial value of alcohol and the possibility of its substitution for gasoline in the near future were discussed here by chemists attending the' National Ex. position of Chemical industries. "The only fuel in sight which prom ises to take the place or hold down the price of gasolite, is alchohol,' said Dr. Arthur D. Little of Boston, who presided at the conference. Doctor Little declared that benzol, which had been suggested as a sub stitute for gasoline, in engines, is not sufficiently plentiful to keep the 3, 000,000 automobiles in this country going for two days. Kerosene, he added, was out of the question. Doctor Little said that in the yel, low pine district alone there is enough material wasted to make 600, 000 gallons of alcohol a day. "There are 10,000,000 tons of ma terlal available every year in this country from which alcohol (can be made," lie declared. CHINESE MINISTER TO UNITED STATES RESIGNS, Peking.-Dr. Vi Kyuin Wellingtori Koo, Minister to the United States, has sent his resignation to the For eign Office, giving 1ll-health as the reason. The resignation has not yet been accepted by the President. Doctor Koo's resignation has created surprise in Peking. UNITED STATES ARMY CAPTAIN DIES. El Paso, Texas.-Capt. Edwin P, Thompson, Acting Regimental Adju tant of the Twentieth United States Infantry, died at the base hospital at Fort pliss of perionitis. SPACE BASIS'TO GOVERN MAILl PAY POR RAILWAYS WVashington.-The space basis for compensating railroads for tranaporta. tion of mails will be put into effect November 1 throughout 90 per cent of the service, the postoffice department announced under a provision of the last postoffice bill which authorized partial installation of the systemi to test its posisibIlities. Final decision as to whether it shall be made permanent is left by -the bill to the Interstate commerce commission, PUBLICATION OF CENSUS OF DYESTUPFS HELD UP Washing6oth-Publice'tIon of parts of 'the dyestuffs census compiled by the commerce department will be du. !erred, Secretary . Redfld announced. pending -consideration of protests nadie by Importers, who charge that to put private information' collected by the 6ureau into the ha of the mann 00otu8'pwoul Ninte and Iiegal, Ia jt boto , ue ths nuCthrr Wigb FOR CONtNTOK LABOR CONGRESS D0 GA14 SELECT MEETING pLCAO FOR .1917. NEW OFFICERS AlE ELEC C. M. Rhoades of lateburg ir t oc ad State. Vico - a South Carolina. Memphis, Tenn.--Charleston a selected as the 1917 convention citt of the Southern Labor congress at the final session here of the fifth an-. nual meeting of the organization. Jerome Jones of Atlanta was re elected president and W. C. Pickett, also of Atlanta, secretary-treasurr, both without opposition. State vice presidents chosen were: W. S. Lopez, Birmingham, Ala.; W. D. Jackson, Litle Rock, Ark.; W. S. Weir. Atlanta. Ga.; 0. L. Jones, Pad ucah, Ky.; W. D. Lewis, Monroe, La.; J. S. Morehead, Durant, Miss.; J. 11. L. P. Wade, Wilmington, N. 0.1 C. M. Rhodes, Batesburg, S. C.; Putnam Dye. Memphis. Tenn., and W. A. Davis, Roanolie, Va. Karl Karston, Atlanta, was elected sergeant at arms. The congress- at the closing session voted its suppoi-t to the striking street car employes in New York,, indorsed the proposed sympathetic strike - of allied crafts men in that city and adopted resolu tions commending President W - for his stand during the rece tly threatened railroad strike Other resolutions adopted declared in favor of the eight hour law and condemned business organizations which opposed It; denounced prison labor and the convict leasing system; 'opposed "piece work" in factories, proposed that newsboys be made amenable to child labor laws and urged the enactment by the, states to compel corporations to pay their employes at least semi-monthly and to prohibit the importation of men to act as armed guards during strikev. No Hog Cholera Reported. St. Matthews.-That Colhoun coun, ty has not a case of known hog cholera and that those who are engagd in the raising of hogs are now on the highway to a successful combat against this nightmare of meat producing is a veritable fact, according to the authorized statement. of Samuel F. Reed government de monstration agent who has this branch of the service in hand in this county. Mr. Reed has been tin this county only since the first of the year and when it Is remembered that there was an epidemic of coholera in this secf in which bade fair to elimi nate hol when he, came it is a source o great encouragement and congratulation to ' patrons of his e) feel indebted. TI this great pract triumph came t< teresting and has various turns anu several seeming stopping places be fore formidable obstacles. Lay Cornerstone October 10. Greenville.-The cornerstone of the new Greenville county court- house will ho laid on October 10, according to present plans. Ceremonies attend ing the laying of the stone will be more or gless elaborate. Masons will have charge of the ceremonies, and Robert A. Cooper, grand master for the state, will be present and preside. A committee has been named by the Greenville Bar Association to have general charge of the plans for the laying of the cornerstone. This comi mittee consists of M. F. Ansel H. 3. Hlaynsworth and A. 0. Furman, the latter being a member of the court house commission. The stone, as is the custom, will be placed in the northeast corner of the building. At least ap ar&. of the cor nerstone taken from the old building will be used in the new. .The old cor nerstone was laid by Recovery lodge, No. 81, of Masons, on September 14, 1854 according to the inscription og the capstone. Private Lloyd Seriously Hurt, 101 Paso, Teias.--Private George A. Lloyd of the First South Carolina in fantry is in the base hospital suffer ing fromn concussion -of the brain as a result of an attack 'by a noncom missioned officer near Fort Bliss. Private Lloyd was found unconscious about a mile north of the fort and upon regaining consciousness said a sergeant whose name he did not know struck him on the head with an aie, Lloyd's condition is critical, 'An in. vestigation is being made by military authorities, Clover Peopr-e Move Porward, Clover.-At a mass meeting sattenld ed by most of the citizens of Oipve~ steps were taken towards seculitig waterworks -'and seetage .for the town, It was decided to employ e*t engineer to 1*ko ever the situntidti here and finfiout as near as possib.e how much ancyf omi of watarda*1r and sew'e~ will c'o'- Axnothej ieW . O " deninite rrneor WI 10~ tverybod4y higre i