Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Storm Damage Greater Than Was First Reported Revised Li^l Shows Ninety-Three are Dead, Five Hundred Injured and Three Hundred Still Missing. " ? New Orleans and Lower Mississippi Towns Suffered Mo& From Fearful Hurricane?Property Loss is Now Estimated at Five Million Dollars ? Condition of People in Many Places Pitiable?Families Marooned and Food Needed. Revised List shows ttil Victim*. Special to The Dally Item. Memphis, Oct. 1.?A revised list of hurricane victims shows *S dead, five hundred Injured, three hundred missing. The greatest lose was at New Or leans and at Mississippi coast towne. Memphis. Oct. 1.?One hun? dred and thirty-two were Kill? ed In the hurricane, five hun? dred Injured and seven hun? dred are missing, according to reports received by railroad of? ficials. The property loss Is more than five million. Ac? cording to officials eighty-nine are dead at New Orleans and ; vicinity. Thirty dead are ro p ported from points between New Orleans and Mobile. Jack? son reports state that It Is be? lieved that fifty-one were lost In the territory from the Missis? sippi river to Peal river bot? toms. Conditions in that coun? try are pitiable. A hundred families were marooned and appeal* for food had been sent out. One person was killed and eight injured at Natchei. Thirty-nine are dead at Kernler, La., and the town Is without adequate food. Four are dead and twenty fishermen are miss? ing at Oulfport. A million dol? lar damage was done at Rlgo letts and Dunbar, La., which were wiped off the map. of Hurricane's Ravage* I Icing Memphis, Oct 1.?The total loss or life In the hurricane nccording to fig? ures complied by railroad officials is fifty-four. Twenty-three are dead at New Orleans and thirty-one elsewhere. Thv damage Is about three million. REPORT FROM NFAV OR L FANS. I/oas of Life Fenrc*! Ret ween llousw ami Morgan City. Oalveston. Oct. 1.?A radio from New Orleans states that the full force of the hurrlcase struck Ilouma, I.A., a town of live thousand population. *sr??mendou* loss of life Is feared be? tween Houma and Morgan City. The known dead at New Orleans number nineteen The Southern Pacific wharves and offices were washed away. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 30.?Retween fifty and sixty lives were lost, sev? eral hundred persons Injured, and property damaged to the extent of well over two MiniatJ dollars by the trop? ical storm, which, since yesterday, has virtually isolated New Orleans and that vicinity from the outside world. This was the sum total of reports here tonight, received by wireless, by telephone und occasionally by round about end shaky telegraph wires?all the usual menns of communication still being UHeh-MS. t'noMlclal reports snowed Ion* of life md personal Injury as follows: New Orleans. Heven dead, ISO In? jured; Frenler. 1*1 . tw-ntv-tKe killed; Manshar. la., seventeen kille.I; rasca goola. Miss., two kilbd, Mobile, two I lied; Natchez.. Ml**., one killed. Property Us* in New Orleans was estimated there | ,, p j, i x i m; 111 - ly M.ooo.oou. No definite ite has yet been made of damage to many coast points uronnd New <M leans, but In this vicinity it was *ald the total loss h IUM gad . Mtad ? i toll - mute? of damage in this section of the Oulf roast wan materially lessened to do* when cod#.n. civmii i^i Batrti Alabama Tort. Kattien, Fair Hope and other nearby coast resort* WOTS heard from. Four steamers were said to have heen swept over the wharves at Oulf? port. Miss, list nlk'bf, and the ?team? er Thomes If Mentoa was reported Inst st Natchea, Miss, with Thomas Uneoln, n watchman, lost with her. Although water was rep ?rted two fewt deep in the railroad station at Coden, where s|xf\ lives were lost in the great storm of I'.oo;, and the bay front shell road was six feet under Water, no loss of life was reported, Made op. and property damage was said to be confined to destruction of bath houses, and beaching of several Ashing schooners, which were found today several hundred yards inland. In Mobile the west bank of the Mo? bil? river early today was 00 feet from the postofflce, having overflowed and inundated streets three blocks and a half from the wharves. Both lives lost here were from electrocution. Albert Fritz, driver of a delivery wagon, stepped on a faMen 1 wire early today, and was instantly killed. C. D. Smith, a steamboat em? ployee, late today attempted to re? move a fallen wire from the path of some children. As he touched the wire, the current In it killed him. All ?N essels outward bound yester? day from New Orleans were said to? day to have been accounted for, and the Southern Pacific liner Proteus, re? ported yesterday in the storm centre off the mouth of the Mississippi, was declared to he safe, by the Creole, of the same line. Wind Velocity 85 Miles. Morgan City, La., Sept. 30.?Prop? erty damage here as a result of yes? terday's storm was estimated today at $200,000. Three steamboats were sunk in the harbor, small craft were wrecked, a number of buildings were unroofed and frail structures torn from their foundations. At Its height the wind attained a velocity of 85 miles an hour. There was no leas of life in this city, !>ut fear was expressed for the safety of fishermen along the coast. "Wire and railroad communication to points east of Morgan City still is inter? rupted. West of this city only minor damage has been reported. Dis? patches from Crowley and Lafayette reported no damage. HODY CAN NOT HE SlXTULD. Itcmaln* of Montague Nicholls Will Not bo Brought to Spartanburg for llurlul. Sparianburg, Oct. 2?All hope en? tertained by membe.-s of his family that the body of William Montague Nicholls, second lieutenant in the British royal Held artillery, who fell In battle in France early this week, ended tonight when Judge George W. Nicholls, father of the young man, received a message from the British war office, in response to his inquiry, saying: "Regret that the removal of UM body is impossible." Upon the receipt of the message announcing Lieut Nicholls' death both the Brit? ish war office and the state depart? ment were appealed to by members of his family here In an effort to have the remains recovered and brought to Spartanburg for burial. PLACES FOR CA HOLINI ANS. Palmetto Congressmen Will !>c Qtvfsj Ini|M>rtant Work During the Coming Session. Washington. Od ?South Caro? lina will take a more commanding position in the coming session of con? gress than any other time since the War Between the Sections, unless the present plans for committee assign? ments fjo wrong. Congressman Whaley is slated for a place on the powerful Judiciary committee and Mr. Byrnes mny be gb CS a place on the appro? priation committee to succeed Form? er Congressman Joe Johnson. Con? gressman Alken, it is said, is being groomed for an important chairman? ship ;md Congressman Nichols, the new member from the state, win bo well taken car*' of. Mr. Lever is al? ready chairman of the agricultural eommli ? ami Mr. Plnley ranks sec? ond on pOatOfBces and post roads. < \V\L CI.OSl l> FOltTV DAYS. Not l \|Hstcd to Be Opened Before Washington, Oct. ::. War depart merit dispatches tonight Announced thai I here wna little prospect of re? opening the Pa name canal before No? vember I. sine- the ehannel was blocked by i slide north of Gold Hill September Ifl the movement of earth end rook has continued steadily, Hundreds of \essels will be held tip by the closing of the can.il for forty 'l > \ ; or more, causing the fust serious Interruption of canal traffic since ti e op. nlng in August i:?11, November I? M] MAYOR TRIED. CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST C< )Ll'Mill A EX FCCTIVE. Large Croud of Coin in hi a Citizens Adopt Resolutions Asking Thtil Grtf iitli be Med for Disorderly Con? duct?Persons Chief Si>eakcr tjt Meeting?Says Mayor Remitujl Fines. Columbia, Oct. 1.?Resolutions re? questing the chief of police to docket a charge of disorderly conduct against Mayor L, A. Grillith and that he be tried before the city recorder and that a special meeting of city council be called to have a public investigation of the charges against the mayor were unanimously adopted by over 1,500 citizens'o Columbia in mass meeting tonight in the Riehlend county court house. The resolutions follow: ' Resolved, That the chief of police of this city be requested to forthwith lodge against Dr. L. A. Griffith a charge of disorderly conduct and to forthwith summon before the recorder and place under bond for their ap? pearance all those, whether women or men, and regardless of their ollicial position, who were present at, or knew anything of his conduct or be? havior, on the night of Saturday, the 18th day of September, A. D. 1915, at;' the house of LlUle Moore, and that1,' such case be given a speedy hearing, and that the attendance of all witness-'j es be compelled to the end that there* may be a thorough investigation of the! charges." Resolved, That a committee ap? pointed by the chairman be requested to forthwith wait upon the city coun? cil and request that body to forthwith call and hold a public meeting for the purpose of investigating fully the ru? mors and charges against the mayor of this city and to ascertain and de-', termlne whether or not the position of the head of the police department should be taken out of his hands and control and reassigned by a vote of said council to some member thereof. And also to ascertain and determine^ whether the power to pardon and re? mit fines, if it has been heretofore1 lodged with the mayor, should be re? voked or reassigned. And also that the said city council ascertain wheth? er or not the police department has failed to docket any charges agaiiiBt o/Ticera of the city for disorderly con? duct, when such charges would have been made against other citizens un-| der similar circumstances. The mass meeting tonight was In response to circulars distributed by R. J. Persons. Before the hour for it to begin the court house was packed and scores ntood outside unable to gain ad? mittance. D. W. Robinson was chosen' chairman after a few preliminary re? marks by Mr. Persons. The crowd packed the aisles of the court house and every available space, stood on backs of benches and lined along the walls. i Mr. Persons read affidavits from Charles Davis and L. L. Bonner sup? porting the alleged cht ge against the mayor. Mr. Persons said he tried to get a meeting of city council on this matter, but had failed and he called on the citizens of Columbia to take prompt action. He stated that he was concerned only with the ofllclal con-1 duct of the Officer*, and the citizens' had a right to discharge them if they failed in their city. Charges that the mayor had remit-' ted |1,14S.70 in fines In 1914, and *G4 1 In lines in 1913 were also made by Mr.' Persons. He said that Chief of Po lice Richardson was a good ollicer, and would make a good chief of police if rid of the control of Mayor Griffith. When the first resolution was in? troduced a motion was made to table it. hut this wag lost by a mighty volume of "noes," and the resolutions were then adopted without a dissent? ing vote, Mr. Persons said he had the name of every man who was present on the night the alleged charge took place, and he was ready to furnish them. He said also that he had tried to get at the bottom of the matter, but every Where he turned he ran up against ob? stacles and was thwarted. He said the citizens of Columbia could demand that everything be brought to light. Mr. Persons stated that several peo? ple wanted to give testimony, but were afraid to do so on account of fear of the police, and specially charged Capt. of Police irby with telling a woman who wanted to give testimony that "if she opened her mouth he would run her OUt of the city." Capt. Irby, who was standing in the audience, prompt? ly said: "I deny that statement, gen? tlemen.'' The meeting was rather quiet, and the men stood patiently over an houi in the stuffy court room while Mr. I'et sons was making his charges and bis speech. Mayor Griffith was not at the meet Ing. Some of the members of the Council were present. CarthqnnUc in Scotland. London, <>et. 2,?a violent quake is reported in Scotland. damage was done. earth Lltth BULGARIAN ENTRANCE CERTAIN LONDON DIPLOMATS LOSE ALL HOPE OF KEEPING BALKANS OUT OF WAR. Uorman Officers Rcacb Sotta to Take Charge of Bulgarian Armlos in War ?France ami England Ready to Act with servia to Repel invasion. London, Oct. 1.?The hope ex? pressed yesterday that war in the Bal? kans might he averted virtually has been abandoned, according to the be? lief expressed in official quarters. The statement by Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, in the house of commons today confirming rumors that Austro-German officers i had arrived in Bulgaria, just as they did before Turkey joined the German? ic allies, is taken by officials to mean that Bulgaria too has definitely de? cided to join them. Such a move by Bulgaria would result in the entente allies being called on to keep their promise to support with all the means in their power those Balkan states which remain friendly to them and which are menaced by the threatened Bulgarian aggression. Athens never had much confidence in Bulgarian assurances that Bul? garia's mobilization was innocent, it was asserted here today, and the other capitals have been forced to the same conclusion. There is nothing to indicate the at? titude of Boumania but it always has been taken for granted that her friendship for Italy and France as? sured her continued support of the cause of the entente allies. The question rises as to what as? sistance the entente allies could give Greece and Servia. It is suggested th?t an agreement be made with Greece that for every soldier sent by her to help Servia the allies would land a soldier and equipment at Saloniki, to protect Greek terri? tory to the South, and when the time came to march against Bulgaria. It is probable this woul d*be only one of the steps taken against Bulgaria should her attitude continue provoca? tive which officials now consider it to be, despite the fact that most of the people in that country are believed to be still friendly to the entente allies, particularly Russia and England. HEADY FOR ACTION. Paris, Oct. 1.?The Temps an? nounces that France and Great Brit? ain already have taken military meas? ures to defend Servia ?and Greece against Bulgarian aggression. The Temps does not indicate what armed steps have been taken by the allies, nor is anything official availa? ble. It is presumed in military cir? cles that a formidable expedition will land either at Kavala or Saloniki or ithat it already has been landed. Indications are that Italy and Rus? sia are cooperating with France and Great Britain in the execution of this joint movement, although the actual military forces probably will be drawn from Great Britain and France, and that the Italians will lend their aid in the Mediterranean and the Russians on the Black Sea front. The allies' movement, it is stated here, is de? signed to offset the agreement said to have been effected between Bulgaria and the Teutonic allies under which Bulgaria will act against Servia be? fore October 15. A minister of one of the Balkan states said today that Bulgaria had never replied to the joint note of the triple entente allies submitting Ser via's concessions to Bulgaria with re? gard to Macedonia. Instead of re? plying, this minister said, Bulgaria had ordered a mobilization. This mobilization in the opinion of the minister was in itself an adverse reply. The minister said he considered two courses open to the allies, first, a per? emptory ultimatum to Bulgaria to de? mobilize immediately, and second, a military expedition to safeguard Ses Vla before Bulgaria's project could be carried into execution October 15. There are indications in Paris that both these moves are under way or in contemplation, and The Temps' definite announcement appears to as? sure the early execution of the expe? ditionary move. CLASHES ON BORDER. Turin, Italy, Sept. 30 (via. Paris. Oct. 1).?There already have been several Clashes between Servians and Bulgarians along the frontier, accord ling to reports received here. A Bul? garian patrol at Tritehouke is l e ported to have attacked Servian sen? tinels, who retreated. The Bulgers crossed into Servian territory where they remained several hours. I Bulgarian troops are said to be dig? ging trenches ail along tin- frontier and protecting them with barbed wire entanglements. CAN'T RETRACE STEPS. Sofia. Sept. 20 (via London. Oct. 2). (Delayed in Transmission).-?Hope is dwindling here thai the Balkan situa? tion will he settled peacefully. Tho Impression is gaining ground that Bui iria by retracing her steps, would Invite a situation which mighl be? come dangeroim after the war. The only means to prevent a Balkan war. ANSWERS POPULAR CHARGES. DENIES INTERFERING WITH LE? GITIMATE TRADE. Note Gives Figure* on Exports to show Greet Increase In American Foreign Commerce. Washington, Oct. 1.?Great Britain's answer to reports widely circulated in this country that she has been in? terfering with legitimate trade of the United States with neutral European nations for the benetit of her own exporters is given in a note handed to Ambassador Tage at London by Sir Edward Grey, the foreign minis? ter, and made public here tonight by the State department. Data and fig? ures are quoted at length to prove that where British exports and re? exports have increased the growth of similar trade from the United States has been many times as large, while in many cases there have been vast increases ot American exports compared with decreases in those I from the United Kingdom. The note, which is in response to the British ambassador's report of a (reference at the state department to the unfavorable impression created here by reports of increases in British trade with northern European coun? tries since the war began, suggests also that statements concerning Great ! Britain's policy have been inspired by German agents. August i:i is the date of the docu? ment, which was transmitted by mail instead of by cable. The British statement takes up in i detail the amount of exports of cot? ton, rubber, lubricating oils, tobacco ! cocoa, coffee, rice, wheat and barley to the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, contrasting the in? crease in American exports for Jan ! uary-May, 1915, over the same period in 1911, with that in British reex? ports to the same countries. The ' ligures show that in nearly all these commodities American exports have increased much more than British reexports. Dealing with cotton the ligures give for January to May, 1915, com I pared with the like period of 1914, 1 an increase in British reexports of 503,995 centals (about 100,000 bales) while American exports increased by 3,194,461 centals (about 000,000 bales). The statement further says that British reexports of rubber to the northern European countries have ac? tually declined, though reexports to America have increased and Ameri? can exports to northern Europe have increased nearly forfold. American exports of lubricating oils, says the statement, have in? creased by 3,757,593 gallons, while I British exports have increased only 703,370 gallons. The British increase in unmanu? factured tobacco was 2,937,214 pounds, while the American exports increased by 6,081,848 pounds. In cocoa British exports increased by 11,500,000 pounds, while American exports went up from 12,300 to 16, 016,000. Uritish coffee exports increased from 80,407 hundredweight in 1914 to 263,488 in 1915, while American exports rose from 7,376 to 285,760. In rice the British reexports in? creased 193,458 hundredweight, while American exports gained only 27,53$. The statement explains this on the basis of the diversion of Indian rice from Hamburg and other continental ports to British ports. The British increase in wheat flour exports was 47,054 hundredweight; that of the United States 2,555,593 hundredweight. British barley ex? ports gained 249,512 hundredweight; those of the United States 2,016,S92. The note concludes: "Everything in the statistics I have quoted tends to show that the mer? cantile community of the United Sates has made profits proportionate? ly equal to or greater than those of the mercantile community of Great Britain in respect to all those de? mands which have inevitably arisen in Scandinavia and the Netherlands as a consequence of the closing of German ports. The total volume of the trade of the United States with these countries has increased 300 per cent, as your excellency will see from the accompanying table, taken from the United States' official 'Monthly Summary of Foreign Com? merce' which shows the comparative value of the total exports of the United states to Scandinavian coun? tries and the Netherlands during the first five months of 1914 and 1915. The value of the total increase in those exports during this period amounted to $145,658,000." in the, opinion of high authorities in Sofia, seems to be the Immediate ces? sion by Si ivia to Bulgaria of the contested xone in Macedonia without reservation. Premier fladoslavoff yesterday when receiving prominent member* of the agragrian party, said that Bulgaria's hands were not tied by obligations to any belligerent group and that the negotiations concerning Bulgaria's claims in Mat ed ?nia were progressing. GERMAN NOIE REGEIVED. UNITED STATES NOT SATISFIED BY MESSAGE FROM BERLIN. President and Secretary Ian?lng Dis? cuss Communication, but Make No Announcement of Future Action. -'.vsman Washington, Oct 3.?Germany has failed to satisfy the request of the United States that the sinking of the Arabic with a loss of American lives be disavowed and liability for the act assumed by the imperial government. This became known after a confer? ence tonight between President Wil? son and Secretary Lansing at which the secretary submitted a note given him yesterday in New York by Count von Befnstorff, the German ambas? sador. No announcement was made "fter the White House conference. Secretary Lansing merely said that it was inadvisable to comment on the situation while negotiations were still confidential. He declined to say what the next move would be, but it was learned later the German ambassa jdor would be asked to come to Wash? ington to receive the view which the American government takes of the last German note. Count von Bernstorff is fully au? thorized by his government to con? duct the submarine negotiations. While the situation has improved to the extent that there is no danger of an immediate break in diplomatic re? lations as the note affords an oppor? tunity for further negotiations, it was stated that final refusal by Germany to meet the American viewpoint on the Arabic case might bring about the threatened rupture in diplomatic relations. Just what the details are on whlcti the two governments are in conflict was not definitely known because of the veil of secrecy enveloping the i negotiations. In general it was learn? ed, that Germany after examining the evidence submitted by the United States, came to the conclusion that her submarine commander erred in assuming that the Arabic was intent on ramming the German submarine when steering to rescue the passen? gers of the British steamer Dunsley. This admission of a mistake would amount to a disavowal of the act, but the United States has insisted jthat disavowal must be accompanied i by an assumption of responsibility and liability, and the full reparation must be given for American lives lest. Germany in her first note indicated that even if the German commantfer made a mistake, the imperial govern? ment would not feel obligated to pay damages, but was willing to submit to arbitration the question of whetheu under the circumstances the Geimao commander did make an honest mis? take thus leaving it to an arbitral tribunal to decide what liability, if any, was thereby incurred. President Wilson has taken the po? sition that the United States can not arbitrate questions involving the l3ss of American live, and it is believed that in the next step the Washington government will indicate that the only matter it can submit to arbitration is the amount of the damages to be paid after the question of liability itself already is admitted. The negotiations are being conduct? ed without publication of the texts of the notes, messages or memoranda passing between the two governments thus permitting frank discussion. There were rumors today that Count von Bernstorff was preparing to sup? plement the note he left with Secre? tary Lansing yesterday if he found that it did not satisfy the American government. This could not be con tlrmed. The Arabic case has completely subordinated other cases that pre? viously had arisen between the United States and Germany over submarine warfare, and it has been shown to Germany that the American govern? ment, is looking on the Arabic nego? tiations as a test of good faith. The fact that no American lives have been lost recently has encouraged officials to believe that more care is being exercised by German submarine com? manders. Official information indi? cates that Germany desires to avoid a break and on this officials are bas? ing their hopes that the Berlin forsten office will adjust amicably the ques? tion of reparation for lives lost. BIG JEWELRY ROBBERY. Widow of Late Michigan Senator Loscn $73,000 Worth of Genes. New York, Oct. 4.?It became known today that Mrs. James McMil len, the widow of the late Michigan senator, was robbed of seventy-live thousand dollars worth of jewelry Au? gust 7th. It was taken from a safe in her Manchester. Mass., summer home. There is no clue. Colorado Miners Vote. Denver, Oct. 4.?The miners em? ployed by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company began voting today on the Rockefeller plan, if the vote is favor? able immediate so ps will bo taken to put it into effect.