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; :, Si 1 THE WEATHER. THE WANT AD: WAY. If your business Is net largre enonKk to Justify the use of bis display ad vertising, fake a shot at the Special! Fair Saturday, and Sunday. Column. Inexpensive and. results ax certain. VOL. XCYII NO. 23. ONE KILLED IN PISTOL BATTLE. SEOUMl tnTHP CHARLESTON ..- Sidney J . Cohen, Newspaper Man, Hit by Stray Bullet; Four Others Shot MILITIA AIDS, POLICE Meeting of Democratic Com mittee to Canvass Tues- ' day's Returns Broken Up. Ballot Boxes, Thrown Out of Window, Are Recovered.. Charleston, S. C, Oct. 15. A pistol battle in which one man was killed and four others shot, broke up a meeting of the Demo cratic city executive committee here today in -which the votes' at last Tuesday's primary were to be canvassed. A National Guard eompany, which, with fixed bayo nets, helped the police to restore order today, still was patrolling nearby streets. The man killed was Sidney J. Cohen, a reporter for the Charles ton Evening Post. He was shot through the lung. W. A. Turner an insurance agent, and W. E. Wingate, superintendent of 'the city chain gang, were seriously wounded. H. L. Wilensky, a city meter inspector, and : Jeremiah CTBrien,, inspector of wejghts and measures, and a member of the executive .committee, received mi nor bullet wounds. Six arrests were made. Culmination of Bitter Campaign. Today's trouble was the culmination or a bitter political capalern. which ended last Tuesday In a primary held wnile several companies of National Guard -were kept in-readiness to sup press possible' disorders. One of the. six. men arrested. Max Goldman, a marine engineer, tonight was in a nospitai. suffering from a severe blow on the head. Others ar rested are: S. J. Brown, ice wagon driver and former policeman; Edward McDonald, stevedore and former policeman; J. J. tteaiy, former police sergeant; Fred Stender, deputy sheriff, and J. J. Steek en, keeper of a cemetery. No charges were preferred against any of them. Governor Manning, at Columbia, im mediately upon being informed of the shooting, ordered . the Washington Light Infantry to the scene. This com pany with ilxed bayonets quickly cleared the streets in the vicinity of tne building. Later the militiamen aided civil authofities in patrolling the streets and remained on duty late tonight-Second Regiment Held. The entire second regiment located here was held at its armory. Governor Manning also ordered local dispensaries closed. There were only small groups of men on the streets tonight and no out ward evidence of more disorder. The militia is under command of Col. E. M. Blythe, of Greenville, in the absence of Adjutant General Moore, ho is attending the rifle matches at Jacksonville. . Charleston had been prepared for trouble since last Monday night when Governor Manning ordered four com panies of state guardsmen and three envisions of naval militia held in their armories. , Tuesday, primary day, passed quietly, however, and at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning the guardsmen withdrew, followers of Mayor John P. Grace, an aspirant for re-nomination, charg ed that Governor -Manning was unnec sariiy trying to interfere with the pri .rcary. Had Met to Canvas Return. Unofficial returns showed that Hyde hari teen nominated by a majority , of 10 votes out of more than 6,000 cast, More than 100 votes were contested by the Grace adherents and the city execu tive committee met today to canvass the returns. Bitterness engendered by the cam paign, the presence of the militia on primary day, and the closeness of the vuie created such a threatening at- rspnere that many extra policemen ere detailed in and in front of the f,'-nl'!:nr whpro tVi myelins-. was to be lel.-i today. The buildinsr .was crowd- etl and a large crowd in front was fceld in checlr hv th officers. . Just as the meetiner was to he called to order a light started in a. hallway aijoinlner the committee room. Dur- ig the scuffling, shouting and Jam ming in the hallway some one in the fommittee room ilxed a shot and the rt-al fig-ht was on. '. several pistols were brought into play iRd as the Urine continued amid the scramble to escape, yelling and cries of 'he WOUndftd snm nns T-m tlirca ballot boxes out of the windojw. Cohen Accidentally Shot. ohen was shot as he was making lor a window to escape when pis tol for which two en were fighting was -charged. He was fatally wound eu Whether any of the wounded were (Continued on Page Eight.). T ELECTION mmm attfmpt M HIIIIW III 11,1111 I .10 SAIL FOR HOME Forts of Several Interned Sailors are Frustrated. ONE IS UNDER ARREST Try Secure Passage on Dutch Steam ers for Rotterdam Shore Lib erty From Cruisers to be Denied in Future. Newport News, Va., Oct. 15. Sever al sailors from the German auxiliary cruisers Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Freidrich, interned at the Nor folk navy yard, attempted to secure passage today on the Dutch freight steamers Mennikendam and Maartens dijk about to sail from this port for Rotterdam. . One of the men was ar rested aboard the Maartensdi jk at the request of her captain and is being held by the police for the commandant of the navy yard. The others are sup posed to have returned to their ships. The Dutch captains reported the incident to Collector or Customs Ham ilton, who issued a statement savin e U rigid precautions would be taken in the future to prevent the interned Ger mans from escaping. Oti account of the disappearance of six members of the crew of the Wil helm, who recently broke a leave of absence granted them for a cruise in a power yacht they had bought, has re sulted in an order from the navy yard against the granting of any further shore liberty to the. German sailors. Since the cruisers nave been interned their commanding officers have been allow eti to give leaves to their men at wii'-; v: '-.'-. -r Collector Hamilton is co-operating in every way with Admiral Beatty, commanding the Norfolk navy, yard, in taking steps looking to me preven tion of the departure from this -port on neutral ships foreign bound of any of the missing men. , Nothing had been heard up to this afternoon from the six officers who left Sunday on a small yacht. It is feared they may at tack allied merchant ships. Leave of Absence Denied. Washington ,Oct. 15. All leave of absence for the men of the German auxiliary cruisers Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich, interned at the - Norfolk navy yard,, has been re cked by the Navy Department until the disappearance of six warrant offi cers of the Kronprinz Wilhelm has been sufficiently explained. The de partment took this action when it was reported by Rear Admiral Beatty, com mandant of the Norfolk yard, that the men who had bought the yacht Eclipse,, had been granted leave for a sail, but had not returned. , - The captains of the two ftruisers gave pledges for their crews when the ships were sent to the yard and have been permitted to grant their men such shore leave as they thought desirable. (Continued On Page Eight.) IT MARINE TO AIDiTHE NAVY URGED McAdoo Speaks, for Navy Equal to Any Nation's. Plan of the Administration Is to Ap propriate Forty or Fifty Million Dollars for Merchant Marine " as Naval Auxiliary. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 15. A plea for a navy which would make the United States able to face any other " world power, and a 140,000,000 merchant ma rine to be used as a naval auxiliary in case of war, was made by William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, in an address before the Kansas City Commercial Club" today. The plan of the administration, Mr. McAdoo ' said, is to appropriate forty, or possibly fifty, million dollars to be put into a merchant marine to be used in extending the commerce of the na tion in times of peace but so Construct ed, equipped and manned as to become immediately the necessary naval aux iliary. "There is one advantage our neglect of ocean commerce in the past now gives us," Mr. McAdoo said, "that is that we can now start fresh and outdo anything ever done by any nation in the same line. The commerce, of South America and the Orient is ours for the taking and we must take them or we are likely to experience a period of de pression following the close of the war in Europe. "I believe an adequate merchant ma rine, headed by a commission com posed of the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Navy and three experienced business ' men, could; make the-United States the dominant financial and industrial power of the world. Also it would disprove that time-worn : theory that merchant;-ships cannot be : operated profitably under American registry." ; - .. Y 1RCHAI WILMINGTON, N. CONDUCT Activity in Behalf of Germany and Austria Alleged. MADE PLANS OF FORTS Man Named Lynar, Also Known as Loudon, Indicted for Bigamy, May Prove to be Person Wanted By Government Agents.' New York, Oct. 15. With the in dictment today of Max Lynar, also known as Count Max jLynar Loudon, on a charge of bigamy, United States secret service agents began an in vestigation of the recent- alleged ac tivities of a man who, under the name of Lynar, is said to have done confi dential work in this country last June and July, on behalf of the German and Austrian governments. Their Investigation embraced a re- portthat detailed plans of certain for tifications around New York harbor had been sent to Berlin by-two "secret messengers aboard the steamship which sailed from here for , Roterdam during July. This steamship -was searched at Falmouth, England, it was reported, for the messengers, whose presence aboard had been cabled to the British admiralty, but they were not found. Took Plans to Berlin. At Rotterdam the messengers were reported to have eluded the British con sul and proceeded to the German capi tal with the plans of the forts. The name of one of the alleged mes sengers, the steamer upon which they are said to have made-.the trip, the date of its departure, from New York and arrival at Rotterdam were in the possession of the secret service. The investigation was conducted with a view to determine just what plans, if any, were carried to Berlin and through what agencies they were obtained. Max Lynar Loudon made application for an American passport, it was said, after the departure of the vessel from New York. The man. known as Lynar remained in New York after, the al leged messengers sailed. - It-js u noj, knwn whher-Mwe LyftM-oua"TO and the man known as Lynar were relatives nor is there anything, to con nect them further than the similarity in imeir names... The secret service agents have talk ed with Norbet Fuller, at one time Loudon's chafTeur. Fuller was dress ed so much like amember of the Na tional guard he was arrested last Fri day. It is said that Fuller set at rest a report that a chauffeur, dressed as a United States soldier had obtained ad mission to forts about New York har bor and had made secret plans of them. When Fuller was arrested his em ployer wrote a letter of protest to. the district attorney. This letter, found today in the district attorney's, file, was signed Rocher M. Zu Lynar. The signature suggested the name of Count Rochus Zu Lynar, a resident of Ber lin, and well known in diplomatic cir cles. Count Rochus Zu Lynar is said to be about 60 years of age. The prisoner is 45. Married Under Another Name. A copy of the application for the marriage license issued to the prisoner, which was used when be married his present wife, shows, the secret ser vice men assert, that the prisoner was married under the name of Albert Mar cel Count de Passy, a native, of Stau (Continued on Page Eight). CONFER NEXT WEEK ON OF Lansing to Call Another Meet ing of Diplomats. Recognition Likely to be Accorded Car rania Government During Week. Policy of United States Ac cepted by Other Nations. 4. Washington, Oct. 15. Secretary Lan sing will call a conference next week of the Pan-American diplomats to ar range the form in which recognition is to be extended to the de facto Mexican government led by General Carranza, Although formal responses have not been received by the Brazilian and Chilean ambassadors here to the re ports sents to their ' governments last week, informal assurances were given before the conference to United States diplomatic representatives in Santiago and Rio de Janeiro that Chile and Bra zil were in accord ' with the Washing ton government's policy. The Argentine minister and the min isters of Uruguay, . Bolivia and Guate mala have received instructions to adopt the. same form in recognition as the United States does. Although not a member of the conference,' the Vene zuelan minister, together with other diplomatic representatives, has been instructed to take identical action with the United States. . The formal act of recognition prob ably will occur next week with the reception of Ellsio Arredondo, author ized representative of General Car ranza. v " Reports today of activity by Carran za adherents in fomenting a. revolution in Guatemala met with prompt denial at the Carranza agency. 1 PROBING OF ONE FORM HEG06N 0 " - 111 1 1 ! . , -T C, ALLIES 1ST HAVE BRITISH APPROVAL FOR WAR SUPPLIES . - ' Hot a Dollar Spent in America Without. Official Sanction of That Government DOMINATES COMMITTEE Which Has Representatives of All Allied Nations; Pre vents Competition. New York, Oct. 15. Of the millions of dollars spent daily in this coun try by the Allies for war supplies, not a dollar, it was learned authoritative ly today, can be spent without first ob taining the official sanction of the Brit ish government. This sanction is ob tained from a committee sitting in Lon don and holding frequent sessions. Al though the committee has been in op eration for many months, its existence has not heretofore been generally known outside of governmental clrr cles, only once, so far as can.be learn ed and then in the case of' Jlussia has the mandate of this body been dis regarded. The personnel of . this committee consists of representatives of each of the Allied nations and controls abso lutely the purchase of all war supplies in whatever .section of the world they may be bought, acts as a financial checks and supervisor over all the war chests of all the Allies, and seeks to eliminate positively competitive bidding on the part of the Allies for war sup plies in the' few open markets of the world, first of all Jn the United States. -Keeps Down Competition. The committee IS- designated by a French title, the, Jfejngllsh translation of whichvia J'Tft;International War tPUes ,uoromlttee.t' Under lt guid ance ,Greattalfl.ahc:e;Rusfiarand' Italy in seeking munitions of war in the United States and other supplies, refrain from competition in bidding. Instead of coming in the "American market when supplies are needed and waging a financial contest for supre acy in obtaining the supplies, the Al lies have adopted a system of placing one big order at a time In' this country. When the contract for this is signed the next allied nations' needs are taken up and another contract is placed. Great 'Britain as banker for the Al lies dominates this committee. British purchases, where convenient, are made in this country without consulting the committee. One of the chief functions of the British members of the com mittee is to, act as a mouthpiece of the British treasury in alloting to the oth er allied nations the amounts advanced by Great Britain to them for the pur chase of war supplies; in this -country. Each country is financed to a certain extent in the case of Russia, almost waoily by Great Britain. The only time the committee's plan failed of op eration was about six months ago and the effects of the failure have not yet been eradicated. Disregarded Onee by Russia. Russia had been notified b ythe Brit isn members of the committee that she might spend a certain sum of money ror war supplies in this country. The sum is believed to have been between 1200,000,000 and $300,000,000. Whether the allotment was fully understood by the Russian government is not known; Dut wnat Kussia am was to spend tna sum alloted. and in addition, make huci commitments in this country for fur ther supplies. These commitments were said to run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. When the-contracts ame due in part, Russia had insufficient funds to meet them and the committee, not having authorized the making of the contracts, had to devise quickly some method of paying the bills. This was extreme ly difficult and the demoralization of the foreign exchange in this country recently was attributed in no small measure to this cause. Since that time Russia has adhered strictly to the wishes Of the committee. Mdrgan & Co., Agent. A single, financial house J. P. Mor gan & Co. acts as the disbursing agency of the. British government in this country. Its disbursements are understood to cover payments of all goods purchased for the Allies here. The $500,000,000 Anglo-French credit loan, Just negotiated, it is said, will provide payment for a large quantity of good purchased here for Russia. Some experts estimate that as much as half the loan, or , $260,000,000 may be used in paying for supplies, for Kussia, chiefly for those for which she contracted without the knowledge of the international committee. PHILLJES ' ARE BLAMED President Lannln of Red Sox Charges Them With Failure of Western Tour. Boston,- Mass. Oct,. 15. failure qf the proposed - transcontinental tour of the world's champion Boston Ameri cans -and the Philadelphia Nationals was laid the- floors of the Phila delphia club management by -President J. J. Lannin of the Red Sox in a tele egram to Robert HcKoy, secretary Of the National onnn188!0! tonight. Mr. McRoy had wired that the Philadelphia players were not willing, to make the trip. ' . . - Lan.nin's telegram said that the Phil adelphia management positively stated Wednesday night that the ployers must attend a banquet Saturday night which they considered more important than the trip,' scheduled to- open at Chicago Thursday. . Lannin said this' led the Boston club to "believe . there '. would be no trin and: the 'Players left for their homes. ". '; ; ., i;; . : ' . SATURDAY MOBNING OGTOBEB 16, 1915 1 , 1 , .- ' " TWO FERDINANDS AND THE GREEK KING FESDiNAtsio oF ;TSUMANfA;; The two Ferdinands, caar of Bul garia and king of Rumania,, are liter ally facing each other In another .crisis which may mean- tfe-xthictioa of the kingdom of one or the other. ' Constan tine of ' Greec la In a similar .position. He Is shown here to be the kind of a GARRISON'S PLAN IS FOR MILITARY FORCE IN TIME OF NEED Provides for Creation of Continental Army of 400,000 and for Increasing the Regular Army to 140,000 Would In crease Appropriation $75,000,000 President Approves Plan and Also Navy Proposal. Washington, D. C, Oct. 15. The administration programme for nation al defense to be recommended tov the forthcoming session of Congress, pro posing a total expenditure on the army and navy next year of about $400,000,-. 000, was practically completed tonight. Secretary Garrison's plan approved by the President calls for an increase of $75,000,000 in the War Department's an nual appropriation to be used for aug menting the regular army to 140,000 men-and the creation of a new contin ental army, of 400,000 men, which, to gether with the militia of 125.000, would give the United States a military force in time of need of 685,000. Navy Proposal Approved. Approval alsb was given today to the proposal, of Secretary Daniels and the General Board of the navy for a five year naval construction programme to cost . $500,000,000 giving the navy-ten new deadnaughts and six battle cruis ers as well as more than 70 new sub marines, 50 destroyers, ten scout cruis ers a.nd a host of auxiliary ships. Secretary Daniels and members of the General Board were in conference until late tonight discussing the ac tual number of ships to be recommend ed for the first year and a scheme for equalizing the expenditures over the five year period. After the conference of Secretary Daniels, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt an,d . the General Board ad.iourned at midnight, it became known that ' the following -' naval . construction programme-for the first five years had been decided upon: ; TWO dre'adnaughts, ' two battle cruis 'rs, -twenty-five coast submarines, 25 sea-jgoing submarines, 12 .destroyers, an increase of 8,000 in personnel and an augmentation by 250. ot I the Naval Academy student body. . Secretary Garrison has carefully guarded his plan for strengthening the military establishment and oganfelng a geat continental army for defense, and practically nothing , was known of it until tonight. The programme' proposes: " . . Proposals of Army Programme. First Regular" army 140,000 men, an increase; of more than '50,000 men in the present establishment. . ' 'Second A continental army, 400,000 strong, enlisted for six years fdr'ae?-, fOf43' FEBDlMANO strong man who could overrule prem ier and' parliament as be Has' Just done. He-and his queen, a sister of the -kaiser of Germany,-lean-strongly to Germany. Premier' Venizelos, just forced out of office, and the parliament are for the allies. OF 665,000 MEN vice within the continental United States. These men ".would serve two months a year for the first three years with the colors, undergoing a period of intensive training. The. remaining three years they would be on furlough, subject to call in time of need. It is estimated that 40,000 of the 540,000 men thus provided for would be non-combatants of the medical corps, or other auxiliary forces not including in the fighting line. 'i Behind this army would be the na tional guard, now some 125,000 'strong, but whose number might be substan tially - augmented ty tne organization of the continental army. The plans i SvY 1 evil a fT aav a n r A m An a a sire it into the continental army and more liberal treatment of the guards men will be urged and the increase of these state forces encouraged in every possible way. Increases in the regular establish ment contemplated are: Regular Army Increases. Infantry 10 regiments. , Field artillery Four regiments. Coast artillery 52 companies. Engineer corps 15 Companies. Aviation corps Two detachments. All of these commands would be organized at peace strength. The plan is erected on the theory that the nation must depend upon a citizen army, largely of a volunteer character, in time of war. There are.j many hundreds of thousands of young men, it is said, who have both the time and the inclination to devote at least two months a year to training, and the continental army would be composed of these, leaving to the; national guard those citizens whose responsibilities prevent their devoting more than one night a week or so to military service. With six months actual field training, army officers are confident that the con tinental army will be as thoroughly organizes as is possible with any sys tem short of compulsory service and a regular establishment of half a million men. Officers From Civil Life. Officers for the new army would, be obtained from civil life almost entire ly, as the West Point Military Academy would be overtaxed even to supply offi cers for the increased regular army. For the continental army, the plan contemplates drawing from, the nation, al guard and from educational institu tions where military training is com--, (Continued On fage Sight.) 1 WHOLE NUMBBB 39,353 TEUTONS PRESSING i INTO SERBIA WITH LOSS OF MANY Hi French General Serrail Takes Charge of the Allied Forc es at Saloniki. RUSSIA ON OFFENSIVE Line of Germans in Dvinsk Penetrated; British Sink German Torpedo Craft. London, Oct. IB. From all the main! battle fronts come news of continued' flgfihtlng, but from none of them ha been received any indications of victo-j ries or reverses which would make marked change in the general situa tion. The Austro-CJermans and Bulga rians are proceeding methodically witbj their invasion of Serbia which, accord-; ing to neutral reports, is costing then a very heavy price in the lives of theiri soldiers, as the hardened veterans ofl Serbia, are taking every advantage of the difficult country to inflict the great-i est possible loss on the invaders. Germans Claim Progress. The Germans, however, have been, able to occupy Pozarevac southeast ofl Bemendria, and claim that their cam-4 paign is. proceeding according to theiri plans, The quadruple Entente Allies; are perfecting their preparations to as-i sist the Serbians and every day add! tional troops are landed at Salon iki where the French General Sarrai has arrived to take command of th Allied forces. What steps Russia and Italy have taken to assist have not yetj developed. The political situation remains un changed, Greece having formallyan nounced that she would . not intervene, in behalf of Serbia" "at present" and Rumania, although she is being urg ed by Germany definitely to defiine her po8rtibn, not having made any move. Along the western front there has been heavy fighting in the Artois, Champagne and Vosges regions. At tacks were made by both sides, but the gains and losses are described as be ing of little importance. In the east the Russians have turn ed to the - offensive in the region of Dvinsk, and although the Germans claim that they have repulsed most of the Muscovite attacks they admit that the Russians penetrated their line at one point. Except for the hostil ities in this region, things are somei what calmer in the east, Lieut. General lvanoff, the Russian cbmmander, after( his victory in Galicia and the subse-. quent check by the Germans, havingj for the moment shown himself satisfied, with what he achieved. The Italians again have been on th offensive and claim to have gained, some successes against the Austriana The Austrians, however, deny thU statement. . British Submarines Active. Outside the Balkan campaign Eng land is watching with the most interest? the operations of her submarines iq! the Baltic. Here, after having drlzeq th German merchantmen from the sea they have sunk two and probably moref German torpedo craft one reported to be a torpedo boat destroyed and thrf othr a tornedo boat which with othea warships had come out to convoy ore laden steamers. Activity or tne navy also is shown In tne wortn sea. ine. record shows that 34 German trawlers: have been caputred and taken intcf. Grimsby during the past month. BRITISH LOSSES -HEAVY. Casualties at DardaneUes Up to Octo ber 9, Were 9699. London, Oct. 15. The total of British, casualties at the Dardanelles up td October 9th, according to official flg ures given here today, was 96,899. Oi this total the number of men killed was 18,957, of whom 185 were officers Casualties of the Australasian contin gent were 29,121. Announcement of the great losses ol the British forces at the Dardanelles follows the sensational speech in the House of Lords last night of Lord Mil ner, -who is said to have characterized the expedition, as hopeless and it was suggested the transfer of troops to some other front. The figures given out today do not tell the full story of what it has costf the Allies to attempt to force the Dar-j danelles. In addition to the BritlsbS casualties are the losses of the French, concerning which no reliable informa tion is available. The British total, however, bears out dispatches from correspondents on this front, who have described the loss of life as frightful. MR. BENJAMIN MILLIKAN DEAD Former Sheriff of Randolph County Dies la Greensboro. (Special Star Telegraph). Greensboro, 1 N. C, Oct. 15. Ben jamin Millikan, formerly sheriff of Randolph county, died this morning at the home here of his son, J. M. Milli kan, clerk of the Federal Court for ie Westernd istrict of North Carolii. He was 84 years of age and a native of Randolph county. He had lived in this country for several years and was a member of the Friends church. The funeral will be held tomorrow at Marborough church, Randolph coun ty. . ; New York, Oct. 17. Thousands of girls and women employed in many of the fsading local department storea will be given a half holiday to march ; in the banner suffrage' parade on October 23 it was announced hero toy 1 1 : ii if i :' V:..-JW5j-t" .5r.':--r-!i.f 9 , mm
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