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MAYOR GRIFFITH REMOVED. COUNCILMAN DC PHP. PLACFD AT HEAD OF POLICE DK. i MMOM Columbia Chief Executive SlUfts Po? sition* with i < -Ii im I I in. hi?Vote of Tw?> to Three in Fa\or of t hange? To Hold Meeting Today. Columbia. Oct. 5.?Mayor Griffith was removed as head of the police department and Councilman DuPre assigned to the position. The remittance of fines was placed In the hands of council. Joint meeting of city council and the citizens' committee this afternoon at 4 o'clock "for the purpose of Investi? gating fully the rumors and charges against the mayor of this city. Mayor Lewie A. Griffith was re? moved from the position of council? man-superintendent of the Columbia police department and Councilman Du Pre assigned as head of that department by a resolution adopted In an executive session of city council early yesterday afternoon. The reso? lution was submitted by Councilman MMI Ths vote on the resolution was: Aye. Councllmen Asblll. Rice and Du Prs; no. Councilman Kcenan and Mayor Griffith. Councilman Keenan voted "no" he? raus? "the mayor will be Investigated by a committee of citizens and be? cause I think this resolution Is pre? mature." Mayor Griffith said that he voted against the resolution for the same reasons offered by Councilman Keenan. Councilman DuPre voted In favor of the resolution because he wanted to see "this question settled and not because I desire the police depart? ment." The resolution follows: "Whereas. In tho Judgment of coun? cil. It Is necessary to the city of Co? lumbia and especially to the police department that a change be made In the councilman-superintendent of said department; Now, therefore, be it resolved, That Ernest M. DuPre be and Is hereby assigned the council? man-superintendent of the police de? partment In the place of I ? wlo A. Griffith, to take effect Immediately." As a companion resolution Coun? cilman Asblll also offered the follow? ing which was adopted by the same division vote: "That Lewie A. Griffith be elected a member of the city school board and assigned the electrical department In place of Ernest M. DuPre." The reasons for voting on this reso? lution was the same as given on the former one. Councilman DuPre said after the meeting that he had no plans for the future conduct of the police depart? ment and that he would confer with tbe chief of police before outlining or considering any changes. Mayor Griffith said that he had nothing to say. ri i ( t Mi \ ion in risiov OdncHc Will < Ium.m' Delcgutcs to Con? ference Which Will Push on Ques? tion of Government Form. Peking. Oct. 4.? Regulations gov? erning the n of members to a people's conference which Is to de? cide whether China shall adopt monarchial form of government have been passed by tho State council. The primaries will be com pitted November 6 and the llnal vote cut In the provincial capitals tin days later. If the vote favors a monarchy the restoration of that form of gov? ernment win he promulgated. Dispatches from Peking on Septem? ber 22 said that On- council of state bid advised President Yuan Shi Kai to call a citizens' convention to act on a new constitution which would decide tne monarchial u'iestion. To? day's dispatch* h Indicate the uivinn of such authorization and show .1' fi? nite steps for the election of me m hers of the body which will make the de? cision. FOR VIOLATING LABOR LAW. Overseer In Olympia Weave Hoom Pined $-?-?. Coiumt-li. 0?i !.--<'. It. Riddle, overseer of the Olympia weaving room, was convicted of violating the slsty-hour a ueck labor law In mills by working I!. V Ilenton. filling hand, on September ::.? u,,| paving him for 11 1-2 hours work in one day. The Jury In Magistrat? Rogers' court rend? ered a Verdi? I ?4 flliH) and Kiddle was fined I-t? or fifteen days In Jail. Hollcltor Cohh represented the At? torney General's office and Win. F.l llott the defendants. The case was worked up by Factory Inspectors Hlosn and Goreschel. First snow of Season. St. Paul. Minn , Ott I.?The first ?now of the season fell here fod i f, lleadwood. 8. D., reports n fall of from three to six Inches throughout tbe ??lack Hills last night COUNCIL HEARS WITNESSES. CHARGES AGAINST COLUMBIA MAYOR IN V INSTIGATED. Citizens' Committee Put up Nunilwr of Men und Women Who Testify to Mayor's Being in Disorderly House in Columhiu?Remitting of Vims Comes in For Share of Testimony. Columbia, Oct. 5.?A crowd which parked the council chamber to its ca? pacity heard witnesses brought for? ward by the citizens' committee testi? fying this evening In the investigation of the charges against Mayor L. A. Griffith, of remitting tines and of dis? orderly conduct. W, Anderson Clark son was the spokesman for the citi? zens' committee and conducted their side of the case. The mayor was rep? resented by W. S. Nelson, E. J. Pest and Representative Alan Johnstonc, Jr. Only the citizens' committee had put in their side when council, at 7.40 o'clock, adjourned until 4 o'clock to? morrow afternoon, alter sitting three hours and forty minutes. The mayor will present his side tomorrow. Among the features brought out in the mass of testimony this evening was an affidavit from Grace McCravy saying she was subject to fits, and that if the mayor struck her on the night of September 18, while in the house of Lily Moore, he did It while she was unconscious. She swore on the witness stand thai the mayor did "hot strike her, and she Mid that she had never asked her attorney, James H. Hammond, to begin action against him or told him that the mayor had struck her. Her testimony was corroborated by Jessie Williams, who said she was In the same house on the night in question and who swore that Grace McCravy was subject to "fits and spells." Both of them said they tes? tified without fear of any one. Under question from Attorney Clarkson, of the citizens' committee, Grace McCravy admitted she had made a statement to her attorney, Mr. Ham? mond, a few days after the alleged oc? currence, but she could not remem? ber what was In the statement. Mr. Hammond, who Is a representative in the general assembly from this coun? ty, while on the stand later in the evening declined to reveal the con? tents of this statement on the ground that it was a confidential communi? cation, between lawyer and client, and thus privileged. He said he had taken exception to a statement of the mayor, which he thought reflected on him. Attorney Johnstone read a copy of a letter wrl ;en by the mayor to Mr. Hammond, apologizing to him. Mr. Hammond said the mayor hail talked to him about representing him before the council this afternoon, but he had declined, as both sides had tried to get the statement of the McCravy woman, and he had declined to give it up, and he thought It better for him not to take any part with either sld ?. Charles Davis repeated the substance of his affidavit read at the mass meeting Friday night, in which he swore he was in the house of idly Moore on the IIth of September, and that he heard screams coming from Grace MoCravy's room, and swore he saw Mayor Grilllth in the house. He sworo Jessie Williams ran into the room and coming back, said, "Some big man is back there beating Grace. ' This sttaoment the Williams woman denied having made. The testimony of Davis was in the main corroborated by Lane L. Ronner and K. C. Htnith. both of whom swore they were in the house on the night in question. Policeman H. A. Hinnant who was on his beat that night, testified to hav? ing gone into the house, but on Lily Moore and others saying there was no disorder, left. He satd he saluted Mayor (Jrilllth, whom he passed in the ball, and in reply to a question ?WON the mayor had not ordered him out of the house. The testimony that thort was no disorder was corroborat? ed by a Mr. Keith, who delivers laun? dry for a local concern, and who said hi was there delivering laundry that night. L\ C. Smith swore he stood on the steps h ading up the stairs, and saw M tyOf Grilllth and his party leave the house. He said he did not recognize ?ny of the party but the mayor. Council spent over an hour deciding Who should aet as mayor pro-tein, as M i vor Grillith al ter railing the body to order surrender? d the ( hair and look a seat with his attorneys. lb had turned the gavel over to Council? man Keenan, but Councilman Anbin Objected and said the mayor pro-tem had DOOn elect* d sine.' tin- new Council eome In. The city attorney, e. s. Montelth, held thai each new council was entitled to elect a mayor pro-tem every two years, whereupon after much dtseusaton Councilman Rice was che 'ii mayor problem and presided. The matter of remitting of lines oc? cupied tin- lust two hours of the in \ estiu.ition, vouohori being Identified by city treasurer g. Plavle Cooper, who read over the lines which were re? miffed. It was brought out that prior to the Iii I of last January, no reason was aaatgned for the order remitting the fines, bui Mayor Griffith since that lime b.oi noted on his order for remll WILSON FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE WILL CAST BALLOT AS PRIVATE CITIZEN FAVORING CHANGE IN XKW JERSEY. Says Thai ho Believes Matter s lion hi be Taken up by States and not Made a Campaign Ptatfom?Believes Good Would Come of ConstItutiomtl Change In State. Washington, Oct. 6.?President Wil? son came out in favor of woman suf? frage today, declaring In a formal statement that he will vote for the change in New Jersey's constitution providing a ballot for women. He says that he will vote as a private citizen, not as a leader of the Democratic party. He thinks New Jersey will be greatly benefited by the change. The question should he handled by the States and not be made a party ques? tion, he says. APPROVES OF TREATY. Brazilian Chamber Favors Investiga? tion Pact. Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 6.?The cham? ber has approved the arbitration treaty between Brazil and the United States. Peace treaties with Argentine, Brasil and Chile were signed at Washington last July. They hind the United States and the South Ameri? can countries individually to submit to investigation for a year all differ ences which can not be settled through diplomacy. During the period of inquiry no hostilities may be entered into. SWOBODA INTERNED. American of <Iceman Sympathies Held in Finland. Paris, Oct. 5.?Raymond Swohoda who was released on the charge of be? ing a German spy has been ordered in? terned. Although It is admitted he was born in America the authorities consider It dangerous to let him be at' large because of his German sympa I thies. SUSPENDS STEAM BOAT INSPEC? TORS. Fckliff and Reld, Under Indictment for Fastland Disaster, Luid Off. Washington, Oct. 7.?Secretary Rodfleld today suspended govern? ment steamboat Inspectors Eckliff and Reld who are under indictrmnt at Chicago in connection with the East land disaster. President Wilson ap? proved. ting the reason. His attorneys es? tablished the fact that the remitting of lines had been customary even with other mayors, and that they were suspended sometimes on the order of the mayor, on the order of the record? er, and sometimes by council. There was nothing prior to the first of the year to tell who had ordered the lines remitted or the reason. Numbers of fines remitted to alleg? ed blind tigers, alleged disorderly wo? men, and alleged gamblers were read into the record in detail. Policeman J. C. Jackson, the first witness, told of the raiding of J. W. Wilson's club on Main street, and catching a party gambling, for which bond of $110.75 each was put up by Wilson. He swore Wilson said to him: "I will get this hack, for 1 spent $500 on the mayor's election, and did not spend it tor nothing. This will not be a feather In your cap." He said ficti? tious names were given in at police headquarters, but on the stand this af? ternoon swore that the party was com? posed of J. W. Wilson, W. Boyd Evan?, Iredell Jones and "two men I did not know, who said they were from Au? gusta." Asked why he had put in as? sumed names, he said because it had always been the custom. He said May? or Griffith did not remit the fines in this case. His testimony was corroborated by A. M. Rogers, another policeman, who said he was a member of tho squad making the raid at Wilson's club. It was brought out by the mayor's at torney that Rogers was twice sus pended from the police force, and this they did in an endeavor to show his animus to the mayor. The name of Joe Hauck figured very extensively in the remitting of fines, it being brought out that he acted as agent <>f several of the wo? men and collected fines for them when remitted. Hauck is said to be a na? tive of Charleston. The mayor's counsel brought out that Charles Davis, one of the men who swore he was in the house of Lily Moore, had in on discharged by the mayor from the police depart? ment. They also established that Lane L. Honner Worked as the same place with Davis and was his (hum. Po? liceman Minnant swore that his beat is on the block in Which i* located the house dt Lily Moore, and he said that Davis and Bonner visited tin house about three times every week. Mayor Griffith win presen; his an ?wer to the charges at the session u council tomorrow afternoon. WOULD CURB SPECULATION. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE TAKES STEPS TO STOP DAB* BEERS. Broker* Call for Doubled Deposits on Account*, Which May Stop Orgies In War Stocks. New York, Oct. 5.?Members of the New York stock exchange took action today to curb the nation wide specu? lation in socalled war stocks whose rapidly soaring values have led a runaway market through million and million and a half share days. Punks, trust companies and financial houses of New York, fearful of a sud? den break, have set the financial brakes and applied pressure on stock exchange houses to diminish, if not entirely end, the riot of speculation. Many exchange houses responded to that pressure today by notifying their clients that they would have to double the amount of margins in these spe? cialties. Heretofore the chief specu? lative stocks, with a few n .table ex? ceptions, have been carried on a 20 point margin. Many buyers today were unable to comply with the demand for more margin and a wave of selling orders carried stocks down from 4 to 15 points. Recovery came later but the close was off 3 to 10 points from the high level. The stock exchange's governing committee concluded that something should be done to curb speculation and as the demand for more margin seemed to he sufficient for the first step It decided simply to sound a warning by calling the attention of all members to resolut !? ns already in force. { Today's action was neither hasty nor unconsidered. For more than a week the banks have been somewhat uneasy over the market. For some time past Wall street has appeared as the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow which stretched over the en? tire country. Tales of fabulous riches to be made in stock market gambling have made the financial section the Mecca of hordes of speculators from coast to coast. Typical of a hundred others is the story of a man who came to Wall street four or five months ago with less than $1,000 and today is worth more than $100,000. Of the man who lost there is no story told, yet the records of brokers' offices show that he is in the great majority. Speculation has been confined chief? ly to th stocks of certain companies reported to have received enormous war orders. In most cases the amounts of war orders have been greatly ex aggregated. Notable instances of the case of the American Car & Foundry company whose stock fell 14 points over night on a statement issued by its president denying that its war or? ders totaled $50,000,000 and $75,000, 000 and setting forth the true amount, approximately $7,000,000. TO KEEP SALOONS. Ifcnnonin County, Minn., Votes In Fa? vor of Retention of Liquor System. Minneapolis, Oct. 4.?Hennepin county, of which Minneapolis is the county seat, voted to retain its 4If3 saloons, in a county option election today, according to returns available late tonight. When 105 out of 193 precincts of the county had reported wets led by 5,000, the counts standing: Wets 20, 831; drys 15.S04. Minneapolis, with a population of more than 3 25,000 and having about 400 saloons, is said to be the largest city in the country to test the prohi? bition issue by ballot. ARABIC CASE SETTLED. Ambassador von RcrnstorlT Submits Satisfactory Memorandum. Washington, Oct. 5.?Mater'al pro? gress was made today at the confer? ence of Secretary Lansing and Ambas? sador Dernstorff In the settlement of the submarine controversy. Ambassa? dor von Rornstorff submitted a mem? orandum which substantially disavows the attack on the Arabic and accepts the American contention that it cannot be justified on the grounds of self defense. The memorandum will be submitted to the president and if it is Batisfactory nothing is left but the set? tlement of the damages for the loss of American lives, which will clear up the entire situation. CARRANZA MAKES PROMISES. He Pledge* Himself to Establish Stable Government In Bfoslco, Washington, Oct. 0.?Pledges that local and State elections throughout Mexico will be held before t he end of December, that a new congress will be elected early next year ami that the presidential election will be held in July are being offered to the United j states by Gen. Carransn as a bid for! early recognition. He declares that the distribution of land to the peons in Hie Statt? of Morclos Is already under way and will soon end the Zapala re? bellion. AMERICAN DEMANDS GRANTED GERMANY DISAVOWS SINKING OF ARABIC AND WILD PAY IN? DEMNITY FOR LOSS OF LIVES. Ambassador Bernstorff in Letter to Secretary Lansing Explain* Position of Imperial Government and Ac? cedes to Demands of United states to Settle Case?Other Cases May Also be Settled Soon. Washington, Oct. 5.?Germany has acceded to the American demands for settlement of the Arabic case. The im? perial government, through its ambas? sador, Count von Dernstorff, disavows the sinking of the vessel, announces that it has so notified the submarine commander who made the attack, ex? presses regret for the loss of American lives, and agrees to pay an indemnity to the families of Americans lost. Official Washington was both grati? fied and relieved by the diplomatic vic? tory. The communication delivered to Secretary Lansing today by the am? bassador pursuant to general instruc? tions from his government spread ab? solute confidence that there would be no more submarine controversies be? tween the United States and Germany, for the document reveals that string? ent orders have been given to subma? rine commanders to prevent a recur? rence of such incidents as the Arabic. Since this case embraces the prin? ciples for which President Wilson con? tended in his notes on the torpedoing of the Lusitania and Falaba, con? cessions made by Germany to the American viewpoint were generally regarded tonight as paving the way for amicable settlement of all the ca; es. Count von Bernstorff left here to? night expressing the confident hope that relations between Germany and the United States would continue to improve. With settlem at of the Arabic con? troversy the dispatch to Great Britain I of the long delayed American note on interference with trade is expected within a few days. It was not until the German ambas? sador submitted his letter at nearly 1 o'clock today that the change in the relations between Germany and the United States became definite. Secre? tary Lansing carried it to the White House and shortly afterward announc? ed its text, which follows: "My dear Mr. Secretary: Prompted by the desire to reach a satisfactory agreement with regard to the Arabic incident my government has given me the following instructions: " 'The order issued by his majesty the emperor to the commanders of the German submarines?of which I noti? fied you on a previous occasion?has been made so stringent that the recur? rence of incidents similar to the Ara? bic case is considered out of the ques? tion. " 'According to the report of Com? mander Schneider of the submarine which sank the Arabic, and his affi? davit as well as those of his men, Commander Schneider was convinced that the Arabic intended to ram the submarine. " 'On the other hand, the imperial government does not doubt the good faith of the affidavit of the British of? ficers of the Arabic, according to which the Arabic did not intend to ram the submarine. The attack of the submarine was undertaken against the instructions issued to the com? mander. The Impend government re? grets and disavows this act and has notified Commander Schneider ac? cordingly. "Under these circumstances my government is prepared to pay an in? demnity for American lives which, to its deep regret, have been lost on the Arabic. I am authorized to negotiate with you about the amount of this in? demnity. " i remain, my dear Mr. Lansing, "Yours very sincerely, " 'J. von Bernstorff." Secretary Lansing made no com? ment on the ambassador's letter ex? cept to remark that it spoke for it? self, lie was much pleased over the Conclusion of the case, because since the sinking of the Arabic he in? augurated the idea of personal nego? tiations In Washington. This method of exchanging views was welcomed by Count von Bernstorff too. particularly as he has had no means of direct com? munication With his government. To this lack of communication has been attributed much of the ill feeling that characterized the earlier stages of the submarine controversy. Today's events spread satisfaction everywhere, not only at the White House and state department, but at the German embassy as well. LIPE-TEISMElt ESCAPES. Six Times Sentenced to Death. Five Times Stayed by Court and Finally Committed to Lifo Imprisonment. Montgomery, Oct. ?Erwin Pope, sentenced to c eath six times, granted stays by the Bunreme court, and finally commuted to ife Imprisonment by Gov. O'Neal, has escaped from the convict mints. SMALL COTTON CROP. GOVERNMENT REPORT MAKES FORECAST ON YIEL! SMALL? EST IX SIX YEARS. Big Decline in Condition?Ginning Ear Advanced and Picking Practi? cally Completed in Some Sections. Washington, Oct. 4.?A heavy de? cline in the condition of the growing cotton crop almost doubled the aver? age decline of the last ten years dur? ing September, has decreased the pro? duction prospects forecasted pre? viously by four million bales. The de? partment of agriculture today estimat? ed the crop at 10,950,000 equivalent 500-pound bales, which would be the smallest crop since 1909. The condition of the cotton crop of the United States on September 25 was 60.8 per cent, of a normal, com? pared with 09.2 per cent, on August 25, 73.5 last year, 64.1 in 1912, and 08.3 per cent, the average of the past ten years on September 25. That an? nouncement was made at noon today by the crop reporting board of tho United States department of agricul? ture, in its final condition report of ] the season. The September 25 condition indi? cates n yield of 168 pounds of lint per acre, Which, applied to the planted acreage, less the average abandon? ment?1.3 per cent.?indicates a total of 10,950,000 equivalent 500-pound bales, compared with 16,135,000 bales ginned last year. Final results proba? bly will be above or below the amount indicated, according as conditions af? ter September 25 are better or worse than average. In announcing the condition report and production estimate, the crop re? porting board made this statement: "The cotton crop condition declined 8.4 points during the month, August 25 to September 25, which compared with an average decline in the same period in the past ten years of 4.5 points. The estimated condition of 60.8 per cent, of normal on September 25 forecasts a yield per acre of about 168 pounds and a total production (al? lowing a reduction of 1 per cent, from planted area for abandonment) of about 10,950,000 bales. Last year's production was 16,135,000 bales and the 1913 crop 14,156,000. A crop less than 11,000,000 bales would be small? er than any crop since 1909. "The unusual deterioration has been due principally to the extremes of weather conditions; periods of exces? sive rainfall, cold weather and drought having characterized the sea? son in most of the cotton belt. Lack of fertilizer, and poor quality of that used, has been an unfavorable factor in the esatern portion of the belt. There is little promise of a top crop, except in the northern portions of the belt, due to the climatic conditions and the unusual activity of the boll weevil; and where a top crop is setting in the northern portions of the belt, the latest report of the crop there makes realization dependent upon fu? ture favorable weather and frost. "The month, much of it warmer and dry, has been generally favorable to picking. A much larger percentage of the crop is ginned to this date than in the usual year. In much of the southern portion of the belt ginning is far advanced and in, some sections there, picking is practically complet? ed." MAY CLOSE CAXAL. Engineer In Cluirge Recommends Of? ficial Order to Continue in Foroe Till November L Panama, Oct. 4.?Lieut. Col. Ches? ter Harding, engineer in charge of the Panama canal, has sent a message to Secretary Garrison at Washington recommending that President Wilson issue an executive order officially closing the canal until November 1. Col. Harding explains that it will be impossible to clear the channel be? fore that date and perhaps not then. He favors refunding the tolls to ships that have paid them and also that arrangements to be made to transship the cargoes of the vessel and for? ward them to their destinations. It is estimated, however, that it would require at least a month for the Pan? ama railroad to complete transship? ment of the cargoes of the 90 ves? sels awaiting passage. The conditions caused by tho new slide are the worst in the history of the canal, according to Cot Harding. More than 1.000,000 cubic yards of earth must be removed before ships can pass. The dredgers are maintain? ing a high point of efficiency, and iluring tho month of September re? moved more than 1.000,000 yards. Canal official! are optimistic that eventually the danger of slides will be overcome. i Duniba Sa>s Farewell. Xew York, Oct. 5.?Expressing re? gret at leaving the United Sttaes and with good will "even toward the news? papers." Austrian Ambassador Dumbs sailed for Rotterdam today on the New Amsterdam.