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Bergdoll Property Seized by Off iciak Slacker's Mother Must Surrend er Control?-Grover Must Come Back to America If He Wants to Get His Fin ger on One Penny f Philadelphia, May 27.?All the property oi Grover Bergdoll, draft f" tvader, who la in Germany, was seiz " e?T here today by Cot Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, for the United States government by or vfie* at -'President Harding. With it w&s-seised the. property of his moth er", Mrs.' Emma C. Bergdoll, and of his brother, Erwin Bergdoll, who is serving a . sentence in the army dis ciplinary barracks at keaven worth, Kansas,, as a draft evader.' s The action was laken under a new ruling which permits the government to take over the property of those who' have foresworn their allegiance. Bergdol] ;havinsr escaped to Germany and-announced himself as a German . citizen, made himself liable under this: law.? : Mrs. Bergdoll was given ?fLye( days to turn ; over to the local r epresentatives of the alien property custodian an account of ail Grover's property in this country, both real ; :?a? personal. If this is done the re mainder of the Bergdoll property will U bei returned' to. her. If it is not, the j^entirje estate will remain in the hands of government oftcials, and in addi ? tion-' she will be liable to imprison ment for contempt.- The value of the seised estate owned by Grover Berg doll "is estimated at $838,226. Sum marized; it was explained by govern ment officials, the.seizure means: ; - A?A?- of Bergdoil's- realty,. mortgages **jid' bank-- accounts, including his -shfcre' in the Bergdoll brewery, wiU be administered by the government, instead of by his -.mother, who has he^chfhe property under power of at torney. - ' ! Ail of his funds on deposit in banks are to be administered by the government. -Bergdoii is cut oft ^absolutely from his. financial resourced in this coun try. - -IT h% mother tries to communi c&te With him in any-way she will make herself liable to a-jail sentence. i lf he wants his property-he must re ttam to the United States and file a diim. If he does, that he must go to prison and serve his term. Every cent ?Vntf. expense connected with the seizure of the estate 'will come out of Berg ^'doiT* pocket. 5 Mrs. Bergdoll and her eighty-eight year-old mother must vacate "Castle Bert??H/* Grover's home-here, from which he escaped when brought here to search for-the "buried pet of gold." r Under the war trade'- board license, as -amended last Monday, Grover SergdoH is classed as an alien enemy, ^whicir deprives him of any protest or claim as an American citizen. ; Mrs: ;Bergdoll- cannot touch, a cent oi jiet hw?'Irn?ney, ?r of Grover's or Erwin-a.; until she has satisfied the government authorities of. the'exact . owms^hip, and until Groverns po's -/:>:3B^^s^''ha'v^^'be^. separated from .. tkqS&oi'RT^iu.arici her own. She-can. i^ciaj; a,cheek.' ;:i^fhea,-.^b.'itf^ler and a staff of as mh^DtM^ Went''"'; to' "Castle Bergdoll" $oday:' i&rvfA notice that her stejeker' .son'? estate has been seized and'--that:'" she musi vacate* she only sfeiafV ... ' . : ^nSTeUi when do.I have to move?" } rv Pifetty Girls to Lose Jobs -- j^afaj?co City, April. 29?Pretty-faced itewaritas Who have been employed in ?government .office*,, principally be cause of .the pleasant smile they gave department heads, are to be ousted fromtheir present positions and men are*to.take their places, according to a.-recent official' annouueement. After President ^bregoh's recent order that -ie^e^r^stthinet- officer must investigate the* worthiness of' his employees, it Was-discovered that hundreds of girls wesedrawing federal pay with duties ifeat.:called for only occasional work. All such are to be discharged, pro-' vision .being made, however, that ih'e-y.-shall-he retained if they are. &a si*tinx in the support of their parents or ether near relatives. vie\V> f ??? "''??< . . 1 -? ? ?" Hatoad Shove* Improve in Market : Y&w' ltorX;~^ May 18.~RaIlroad share?,made demonstration of strength on the stock market today, rising one to three points in consequence of the decision, of the. railroad labor board of; Chicago to adjust the wages down- ] Ward after July 1st next. T .ts read- j justment is expected a :a<c result of | the. greet - economics in the fixed charges of the railroads which have be~ri ..laboring under the steadily in creasing operating expense since the relinquish men i from federal control. .Philadelphia. May 27.?Disarma ment, aa may m'nim Lze the burdens of/supporting the army and navy, without imperiling national defense, . 'to.<te^reft.-hy-.the committee report to ther United'Presbyterian general as setnhly.r- . ^ Aurora, Ills.. May 27.?Four high school children weie killed near here Wheir a- train struck their automobile, wiileh;?ipped down an embankment. % ?er?n,. May 27.?Former Postmas ter^ General. Burleson, after investi gstihu^the possibilities of the cotton maikeL in Germany, has gone to Vienna. . He said that the inability of.* ;G.ermsn manufacturers to rind surplus market and reduced buying p?wer of consumers make their sit ?ation difficult. >' i" - * Kansas City, May 27.?Officers were irtstructed this morning to search spectators for weapons at the trial of D&nseU Chester, charged with the murder ot Miss Barton, a society girl. The..order followed a melee in the I court room.. i ' - ? "/CWicftgo, May 28.?Knights of Co hanbue. announced a plan to organize the* women of every town where hos pitais are located: to provide comfort tot -.disabled service mem . Fish Law Enforcement 1 There is Closed Time in All Streams From Saturday to Wednesday Columbia, May 28.?The law which forbids the seining of rivers and creeks of this state between Saturday evening and Wednesday morning of every week is to be enforced by the state game department, according to a letter of instructions sent by Chief State Garne Warden A. A. Richardson, of Columbia, to all county wardens inj the state, in which the wardens ? are) ordered to enforce the law "vigorous-' ly." The act, passed in 1918, requacs that "there shall be a closed time in all the creeks, Streams and inland wa ters of the state, from the setting of the sun' each Saturday until the rising of the sun ecah VV|>dnesday, during which time all aeins, nets or any plan or device for the stoppage or collec tion of fish, which obstructs any por tion of any creek, stream or inland waters other than a dam for manu facturing purposes, shall be removed from said creeks, streams or inland waters." The fine imposed for violation of this act is $200 for each offense. The act specifies that hand dip nets are exempted from the "close season". The act has not been enforced for several years, but the chief game warden says he proposes to see that it is enforced now. He has an opinion I from the attorney general to the ef fect that it is still in effect. Mrs. Stiiiman Declines Settlement New York Divorce Scandal To Be Aired in Courts New York, May 28.?Mrs. Stiiiman, defendaut in the divorce action brought by James A. Stillm-tn, has made public a letter from her coun sel saying that a proposition has been made to him to settle the case. She refused the proposition. SAYS JAPAN FAVORS I DISARMAMENT I San Francisco, ?May 28.?Japan fa vors disarmament but the greater naval powers must take the initiative, according to R. Nankanis, a mem ber of the parliamentary party tour ing here. GERMAN TROOPS CONCEN I TRATING SILESIAN FRONT j Paris, May 28.?A concentration of German troops near the Silesian ! frontier is said to be continuing. Blair Installed. v Washington, May 27.^?The new commissioner of internal revenue, Da vid H. Blair, of Winston-Salem, N. C, assumed the duties of his office toj day He took the oath, of office in th? office of .Secretary Mellon Russian Food Conditions Berlin. May 14.?-Lenine's abandon ment of government control of food stuffs canae too late to relieve the situ ation in Bolshevist Russia, according to letters received in Berlin from a family which has lived in Petrograd throughout the Bolshevist regime. "The conditions are worse for us than they were when food was issued on cards", one letter states. "We are told now that we may buy food and the peasants are told they may sell food without violating government regulations. But there are no food shops. And the peasants about Pet rograd have little food to sell. They don't want paper rubles. "They even r-efuse all sorts of man ! ufactured articles in exchange for what little food they may have. They ; are afraid to give it up, as they are I not sure that they can get another \ crop the coming year, j "The Petrgr&d district is so sterile I that little is produced here in normal times. Transportation is so bad, and the peasants in the grain districts have been so badly treated by the Bolshevfit x -^quisitioning parties that the government simply couldn't con tinue the small rations if was issuing on cards. So it told us to do for our selves a job which it could not ac complish with ail its power and mili tary force. "The re-establishment of free trade and the announcement that govern ment restrictions have been reduced will not put food into cities which have no supplies, which have no adequate railway connections with grain dis tricts and no means of reconciling peasants who attribute most of their troubles to the two great cities in Russia and want to starve them out." New York, May 27.?Chairman Gary of the steel corporation, declar ed that a return to satisfactory busi ness conditions will be slow until the minority of business men and work men who have ignored the principles f of common honesty are aroused to the necessity of sound and decent standards of conduct. Tokio. May 27.?A dispatch receiv ed today saye thai anti-bolshevik troops hav* occupied Vladivostok. Mason City, Iowa, May 27.?A tor nado today cut a wide swath through this section, killing one man and blowing down farm buildings. Mexico City, May 27.?The police chief was killed and the mayor and several civilians wouttded when radi cal elements seized the Jacona mu nicipal government. Federal troops have, intervened. Denver. May 28.?Twenty-seven al leged members of the i. W. W. were Jailed here after an attempt to com mandeer a freight train between Den ver and Chtyenne, Wyo., according to police,-who met the train outside the citr Subscribers To Employ Counsel Will Ask Commission to Rescind Telephone Rates Columlu'n, May 27?The executive ; committee of the South Carolina Tele phone Subscribers Association which met here this afternoon, decided to employ counsel and appear before the State. Railroad Commission and ask for the rescinding of the recent order of the commission increasing tele phone rates in South Carolina. A L. M. Wiggins, of liartsville, president of the Association, said that changed condition and newly discovered evi dence makes it imperative for an ap peal to the commission for a decrease in rates. He assertea that money from telephone subscribers from every part of the state was flowing in to prosecute the fight. Marine Seriously Shot Frank Urban Operated on Early This Morning Charleston, May 27.?Frank Urban, a marine, was seriously shot last night on Meeting street, near the Chero Cola Bottling works, and was taken to the Roper Hospital, where it was stated at an early hour this morn ing that he was being operated upon. His- assailant was Wnson Green, alias "Big Boy," a negro, who made his escape. Police detectives are busy in an effort to apprehend the man. The marine is said to have been walking wuh two young women at the time of the attack, which was made about 11:45 o'clock. Former Wealthy Russians Nfow Sell ing Clothes to Buy Food Helsingfors, May 27.?Now that the markets are again open in Moscow, the populace is living by speculation in food, according to a Finnish official who has just arrived from the Rus sian capital. Trade, however, is per mitted only in provisions. The markets art crowded never- j theless, with people, formerly weal thy, selling dresses, clothing of ail' sorts and other personal belongings for food. In consequence of free trade, food prices are falling, but the food short age is serious and the July supply of! flour is now being used. ORANGEB?RG FARMERS PLOWING UP COTTON Orangeburg, May 27.?Farmers in Orangeburg county have begun plow ing up their cotton on account of the large numbers of boll weevils they have found in their fields. This practice is more in evidence in the Morgantown section, near Springfield, and if this practice gains the mo mentum it now seems probable a large number of acres are doomed j to get this same treatment. Farm Demonstration Agent I., s. Wolfe says ' those who are now plowing up their cotton are replanting their fields mostly in corn and peanuts. FRENCH SOLDIERS ARE CONVICTED OF* MURDER Paris, May 28.?The Petit Pa;jsien ne says two French troopers were convicted by the French war council of murdering Germans in Rhineland. TO TAKE PARTY ACTION ON RESOLUTION Washington, May 28.?Chairman Towner called the Republican house caucus for Wednesday night for party action on the Longworth reso lution making tariffs immediately ef fective when the bill is introduced. JAPAN TRYING TO SETTLE QUESTION Tokio, May 28.?Japan is to in augurate an exchange memoranda with tht United States and try and settle the Yap question according to best information. Columbia College Commencement. Columbia, May 26.?Commence ment exercises at Columbia Col lege, :he state Methodist college for girls, began here today. The final exercises will be held next Tuesday, when sixty-tnree young women will graduate. Bishop Warren A. Can dler, of Atlanta, is the baccalureate preacher for Sunday. Rev. R. H. Pennett. D. D., of Nashville. Tenn., will deliver the literary address to the graduates Tuesday. Policemen Walk Out. Fayetteville, N. C. May 27.?Seven policemen walked out here this after noon following the cutting of their wages and an increase in the num ber of their working hours, leaving only the chief, the assistant chief and a desk sergeant on the job. The mayor secured other men to take their places. Berlin. May 27.?Reports of clashes between Poles and Germans in Sile sia continue ?<> be received. Polish insurgents are reported to have tost one hundred and twenty men while the German casualties are said to average twenty daily. New Orleans, May 27. ?The wages of men in the building trades will be cut twenty pet cent on June 1. the Gf-neral Contractors' association an nounced today. Washington. May 27.? The advis ability of investigating the expendi tures and collections of soldier relief organizations is being considered by the house committee. Buffalo. May 28.?One policeman was shot and four persons wounded when a negro ran amuck here today. Dry Dock and ! Channel Matter Situation Hangs on Hair?Sena tors Keeping Busy Washington. . C, May 27.?It is impossible to say what will be the final decision of the Charleston dry dock and channel question y the senate when the naval bill again comes before that body next week. The situation hangs on a hair. There appears to be no doubt that the sen timent of some senators who were previously against the projects has been changed and there is nothing un favorable to Charleston in the delay now occurring, though that delay is not attributable to any degree to the friends of Charleston to postpone a decision. In addition to Secretary Snell, of the Chamber of Commerce and several others who have been here working to help Senators Smith and Dial in the fight. Phil H. Gadsden to day came from Philadelphia and in terested himself in the matter. More Troops To Ireland Cabinet Decides Issue, Says Lon don Times London, May 27.?The cabinet has decided to send large reinforcements to Ireland and it is rumored that new measures are to be adopted against the Republican forces in the south I and west, according to an announce j ment by the London Times. j A large number of mobile troops, jithe newspaper says, are to be em ployed in a systematic 'round up of rebels" over large areas, but, it adds, the details have not been settled, as owing to the continuance of the state I of emergency through the industrial troubles, and the need of sending troops to Silesia, it is difficult to spare troops at present. UPPER SILESIA VITAL TO I POLAND'S EXPORT TRADE Poland's future in export trade de pends largely upon how the present dispute over control of Upper Silesia is settled, it is pointed out by the National Bank of Commerce in New York in its June number of Com merce Monthly. "The importance to Poland of the inclusion or exclusion of Upper Sile sia is apparent," says Commerce Monthly. "It means the difference be tween having to import more than half cf its normal coal requirements, and being one of the most important coal exporting countries of Europe. Moreover, should the Silesian fields be ceded to Germany, the Poles be lieve that it will be difficult to main tain an economic independence of that country. If Poland possesses Upper Silesia, it can exchange coal for the German manufactures and tech nical equipment needed for the de velopment of its resources': otherwise I it will have to sell the major portion of its exportable surplus in German markets in payment for fuel and equipment." ,t Coal is one of th.i most important of Poland's mineral resources, ac cording to the bank which adds: ?'The deposits He in the Dombrowa Silesian Basin, covering -.100 square miles and extending into Poland, Czecho-Slovakia and Silesia. The Polish area proper includes over 700 square miles, while the richest sec tion with an area of over 1,200 miles lies in Upper Silesia. The Sileeiar. workings, moreover, have been de veloped much further than those of other parts of the basin. In no small degree the future export position of Poland depends on the manner In which control of this ITpper Silesian territory is settled. "The exploitable coal reserves of Poland have been estimated at ?2 bil lion gross tons, as compared with reserves in Upper Silesia of 61 billion tons. The coal in the Polish area is of good quality and yields but little ash, but is not suitable tor coking, as is much of the Silesian coal. Pro duction in 1913 aggregated about 9, 000,000 gross tons of coal (inc'udtng I a small amount of lignite expressed in terms of coal) as against the Sil esian output of 4 2.5oG,000 tons. The coal consumption of Poland in 1913, including cok^t and lignite in teims of coal, agg* gated 19,138.000 tons, so that domestic production fell short of consumption by approxi- j mately 10,000^000 tons. Of this dir- I ferenee 7,730,00u tons, or about two fifths of total consumption, was im ported from Upper Silesia. This rep resents about 2v> per cent, of Silesian real exports. The domestic consump tion of coal in Upper Silesia approxi mated 13,70U.O0O tons. "As for Germany, the prewar con sumption of Silesian coal in territor ies now definitely German was some what less than 12,300,000 gross tons or about 9 per cent of the total con sumption of the9e territories.' which aggregated 137.900,000 tons. Pre war production in the same areas (ex cluding production in the Saar, Al sace-Lorraine and Upper Silesia) ux gregated 155.600,000 tons, including lignite oxn essed in terms of coal. Should the Get mans restore their pro duction to its prewar level they would be able to meet the allied re quirements of 23,600.00*1 gross tons of coal per annum, as fixed by the Spa agreement, and still suffer rela t? vly little impairment of supplies f<-r domestic use. Germany's position as a coai exporter, however, would Oe very seriously impaired by the Io*s of Silesian coal." Landrn to be Tried in July Path1, May 7?It now seems fairly certain that Henri Desire Landru. who for the oust 30 months, has been .iwaiting trial on charges of murder growing out of the disappearance, without trace, of 11 women to whom he had promised marriage, will come before the Versailles Assizes in July. Landru has become a great favor ite with the warders owing to his unfaltering good humor. t Young Mechanic Killed | r High Voltage Wire Falls Across Electric Light Wire Rock Hill, May 27.?B. L. Galloway, [a mechanic in the Carhartt Mill, was instantly killed this afternoon while j placing a lamp in a socket, a high (voltage wire falling across the light wire and charging it with 550 volts. He was at work when the accident oc curred. He was thirty-one years of age and is survived by a mother and three brothers. The remains will bej I taken tomorrow to Hartsvilte for in terment. I Features of the War in Ireland I Dublin, May ?7.?A new feature of j military administration in Dublin is ,the success of the authorities in dis- ! covering arms and ammunition. .Most active in this work has been the F. Company of the Auxiliaries tu the Constabulary, which, as communica tions regarding it are always issued by general headquarters, and not by the castle, must be supposed to be op erating by military orders. After months of almost fruitless searches important finds are being made. Search is not confined to the poorer districts and the mo.c? fash ionable houses are exhaustively ex amined. Suspicion is not directed so much against the owners of such houses as against their servants, while in some case? it is probable that neither masters or servants were cog nizant of all that the premises con tained. Dublin has numerous streets of houses each with a stable ? at the back, relic9 of the time when th$ occupants kept carriages. In many cases these stables are let to car driv ers, or to anybody willing to rent them, and several of these stables have been found to contain supplies of revolvers, rifles and bombs. Some houses in the suburbs have long gar dens to the end of which the owners do not, often penetrate, and in some I of these, bombs have been discover ed. Despite all this activity the offi i cial isurnmary of outrages records each week no dimunition in the num ber or character of tr attacks made in the city, which have grown in ex cess of all anticipations. Apart from the bomb attacks on the military lorries, which have wounded more bystanders than mem bers of the crown forces the audacity of the republican army is manifested every day in exploits, each of them perhaps trifling but in combination showing careful organization and reckless boldness. Postman, telegraph messengers and dispatch riders are held up, and their messages captured. It is quite common for the average citizen to receive his letters after some delay marked "censored by the Irish He public," and this is often the case when letters containing valuables have been registered. Nobody can drive an automobile without a permit, but this interferes little with the activities of those against whom the regulation is aim ed. When the republicans want a motor they go and take it. They give in most cases a receipt for it und when it has served their purpose they return it. Even military lorries have not escaped seizure and use by the Republican agents. Food stores intended tor military have been captured and destroyed and even the laundry vans have been made a prey and their contents burn ed within a couple of miles of Dublin castle. The same story comes from many parts of the country and every province can show numerous instan ces of the same kind of activity as in Dublin. Imprisonment apparently has been ineffectual. Besides over 2,000 persons in jail undei the sentences of the courts martial, there are interned in the va rious interment camps over 2,600 men held on suspicion that they would be i likely to commit offense. There seems to be always somebody to take the I place of the man in jail. Hero of French Foreign Le%ion. Geneva, May 17.?Emile Froide veatiY., hero of the French Foreign Legion, is dying of an ailment that has puzzled specialists for two years. Little by little his legs and parts of both arms have been amputated in a series of 33 operations that have not stopped the spread of the malady. He is soon to be moved from a hospital to his home where it is hoped, he may receive in ceremony, before he dies, the Croix de Guerre j awarded him by the French govern- j ment. Jeanne d'Arc. Paris, May 17.?Orleans, chiefly fa- j mous because of its defense against i the English by Saint Jeanne d'Arc | recently suggested through Mayor i Laville that the Legion of Honor should be given the city. Public officials and several news papers commented that the siege of Orleans and Saint Jeanne's defence occurred before the birth of Napoleon who founded the Legion of Honor. The Mayor of Orleans turned the tables on those who smiled at his request by citing instances where the red ribbon was given to commemo rate deeds also antedating the Le gion. "Poor Jeanne never had any lurk." the mayor said. "First it was Bishop Cauchon who had her burned; new it is the government that grudge- her a little bit of ribbon." Paris. May 28.?The allied ambas sadors' council has virtually approv de a plan to create a neutral zone In Upper Silesia between the Germans and Poles, further information is de sired before taking definite action. There is no well-informed Euro pean who docs not know that Ger many is already preparing for the next war. Her propagandists are every win re. Petroleum produced in the United States in 1920 aggregated 442,162, 4)54 barrels, according to figures com piled by the Oil City Derrick. j Defense Fund Raised j Labor Leaders Will Befund Ex tortioners Chicago, May 28.?States attorney said a hundred thousand dollar de fense fund is being raised by labor leaders to defend those indicted for alleged extortion. Bank of England Discount Bates London, May 7.?Announcement of a change in the rate of discount Of the Bank of England, such as the re cent reduction from seven to six and one-half percent js an impressive af j fair. ! Not one of the many hundreds of the staff of the Bank of England itself knows of the change until the actual announcement is posted, except those with governor inside "the parlor," where the directors of the bank and leading men of other banks and in stitutions are gathered to deliberate on the momentous decision which af fects all parts of the world. When these deliberations are con cluded a gorgeously attired messen ger commonly known in tne city as the "Bank canary" because of his scarlet coat and yellow waistcoat, s'alks out of the parlor with deliberate slowness in accordance with .ancient custom, carrying a big sheet of paper in a glass frame on which are magic words, "6 1-2 percent." Hundreds of banker's clerks mes sengers an dnewspaper men who have been thronging the passages push for ward to read the notice, which the messenger deliberately keeps face away from the crowd until he has af fixed it to the wall. Then there is a scramble for offices, telegraph, telephone booths and cable offices while press agency representa tives wigwag the new rat^ which is immediately flashed throughout the world. London Courts Crowded With Divorce Cases j London, May 7.?Divorces are in creasing at a great rate here, and so, too, according to Judge Darling; are the "shyster methods" as they are sometimes termed in America, where by some divorces are obtai'Jd. Judge Darling is one of the veterans of the bench who has recently had to tackle divorce cases, in addition to his reg ular judicial work, in order to cope with the growing demand for the un tying the nuptial knots. "We know perfectly well that an enormous proportion of the unde fended cases in the divorce court are merely collusive," said Judge Darling. "Men know as well as I do that those letters 'my dear Billy, do return to your loving Kitty' are composed in so licitors offices. Everybody knows it, only it is presumed that the judge in the divorce court does not. Of course he does. "Judges who had retired are drag ged back instead of being able to en joy their old age in comfort because there are not enough judges to deal with these cases. And whan wonder when people can come into the di vorce court and treat it in this fash ion?" He added that what people looked for most in the newspapers were the likenesses of every adulterer who sould be snapshoted coming out of the courts. The American Merchant Marine London, April 27?Admiral Ben son, Chairman of the United States Shipping Board, writing on the tuture of the American Merchant Marine in the publication Fairplay says: "Am erica is upon the sea to at&y. Who can doubt that she will, after wit nessing the wonderful almost" un dreamed of accomplishments* during the world war" '?America has expended S4,000, 000,000 to make a place for herself I upon the seas, and has made that place, and will undertake earnestly to retain it, there is sufficient com merce for all the nations to thrive upon. "It should not be forgotten that the ruthless enemy practically wiped out a good part of the most efficient type of our overseas shipping. It America had not by its shipbuilding made up for this lack in world shipping ocean rates would be soaring today. "I, for one, am. optimistic as to the future of the American Merchant Marine. The shipping of the netir? world i?? now in a period of depres sion, but I believe that within a short time we shall see a turn for the bet ter; in fact, even now there are in dications of a revival. "We are now ship independent, and we must, and will strive to maintain that independence." Delane Loses Case Against Bishop Cnappelle Columbia. May 18.?Rev. W. D. Chappelle, bishop of the negro Meth odist church in South Carolina, was yesterday afternoon acquitted of the charge of slander brought against him by H. D. Delane. a negro minis ter, in the court of common pleas. Chappelle was sued for $45.000 dam ages. The verdict was Tor the defend ent. Delane charged that he had been deprived of a pastorate and of prestige by statements made about him by the Bishop. The defense was on the ground that whatever was said was said by a bishop, acting as head of his church, in preferring alleged charges against one of the ministers of the church. The Columbia court house whs crowded with negroes, during the trial, many parts of the state being represented in the audience. San Jose. May 2?.?Hal Chase was arrested In connection with the Chi ' eago indictment charging complicity with the world baseball series scan j dal of I91y was released under ha ! beas corpus. Box cars of a new type with hop i pers in the bottom that open and j discharge the load when a pin is with I drawn have recently been placed in service on the Canadian Pacific rail iwa?_ > ?iiiiaiMi