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S. f . I Established in 1891. RIVERS FLOOD IN WESTERN BIG PRO c ' v mnficcT Awn DUCT I \ UIUULUI miu ULUI v OF BRIDGES GONE \ * Southern, Seaboard. Interurban and County Bridges Oyer Catawba in Mecklenburg County Swept Away by the Mightv Waters. Many Others Go. MANY COTTON MILLS ARE UNDER WATER namanA /* r-%. ? ? h^ >u vunbi cic uami ana cower Stations is Immense.?Several Mills Along Catawba Under Water.? Wires Down and Communication Broken at Many Places.?Train Service Demolished. The Catawba rumpant, with waters flooding cities aiul towns situated along its hanks, submerging houses, cotton mills and manufacturing enterprises almost without number, smashing great railway and highway bridges spauning its tempestuous course, twisting great trees and doing incalculable damage, ranging into the millions, such was the record of the most destructive flood that ever visited the Piedmont section of the Carollnas. As though the mighty stream sought to shake itself in one mighty protest agalast the almost r superhuman efforts of man to conscribe its course and limit its activities it gave an exhibition of its almost Irresistible power which resulted in many mighty steel railway bridges going down; three, four and possibly Ave or six state and county highway bridges, including the new steel bridge at Mount Holly, and according to reportH the elegant $100,000 built-for-the-ages reinforced concrete structure at Sloan's Ferry, the partial submersion of dozens of cot- J ton mills unfortunately located too j close to the banks of the stream. | such ae the East and West Monbo ' Mills, near Statesville, Woodlawn and Mount Holly Mills at Mount Holly and various others, and of damago to roads, crops, houses, timber that cannot be estimated at this time. One of those who had witnessed several fierce Ohio and Mississippi floods likened the Catawba to one of the tributaries of those streams during the flood tide of their lrrestible sway, when there was nothing that uuuiu TViKiamnu us mry. i ne nam- | , * uRe to the Immense concrete dams | and power stations of the Southern | Power Company on the Catawba could not be figured but It will range Into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. No big dam was washed away but the power houses of every description were flooded, thus curtailing operations and of course entailing much injury to machinery and equipment. At Lookout Shoals, 12 miles north of Statesville, the water had washed over and carried away a great embankment fill on tho Catawba side which, while it relieved part of the pressure on the dam proper, turned loose such a flood of water that tho old West Monbo Mill below, with its 6,000 spindles was submerged and tho East Monbo new I mill directly across the river partially put under water, he warehouse was flooded and hundreds upcm hundreds of bags and bales of cotton washed > away. Passing down the river, the Sea uimru j\ir Dringe ai Mount Holly | was the first to break, the middle pier being smashed which dropped down the two central spans. Later In the \ afternoon at 5:35 the Southern's steel main-lino bridge across the Catawba near Belmont, on the direct route through to Atlanta, went down, the t shock carrying a foreo of workmen engaged in seeking to relieve some of the driftwood prossuro on the lower end of the bridge. This bridge was built about 12 years ago and was regarded as one of the best on the line. The Interurhan new all steel bridge at Mount Holly went out about 8:30 when all telephone connection with the river wn9 lost. This break was almost Inevitable when tho Seaboard bridge i fhll, thus superimposing all the pressure on tho already heavily [burdened structure below. The reports as to the Southern bridge on |he line to Rock Hill Indicated that the structure was holding but tho crest of tho flood had not reached that point At that time. f-'P jjfP. ?n South Fork of the Catawba, the damage was almost unbollevable. The mills, which hover close to the bapks of these streams were flooded and the damage to reservoir dama, power stations and textile machinery "if ' P4Pv^" ^ mm" i The iii any cities carolinas; PERTY DAMAGE I The Southern Railway's Char- , lotte-Atlanta steel bridge over the Catawba near Belmont was carried away by the flood at 5:35 Sunday !afternoon.. A dozen men are re- i puted to have been lost, Including Division Chief Engineer of Maintenance Joe Killian. At Mount Holly, the Seaboard Air Line steel bridge, the Interurban! steel bridge and the county highway steel bridge were smashed , Sunday afternoon. Driftwood ac-" cumulated against the Seaboard,, then against the Interurban and early Sunday night against the county bridge, all being torn away. These three bridges were comparatively new and represented an Investment of more than $125,000. The $100,000 reinforced concrete highway bridge at Sloan's ferry was covered and reported gone. Dravo Power Co. dam and station on Broad river was washed away early near Gaffney, S. C. Tne C. Sl N. W. steel bridge* across Catawba near Rhodhiss re-1 ported washed away. The dam at Osceola lake, built I seven years ago, by Hendersonville . capital, burst early Sunday morn-I ing. \ ..Kanuga lake dam owned by Geo.j Stephens of Charlotte broke Sun-J day morning about 10:30 o'clock. One man and two women drown-" ed by the rising waters at Biltmore, just below Asheville. Railroad service out of Asheville to North and South Carolina points Is at a standstill. A big dam at Lake Toxaway was carried away. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of timber is reported car-| rled down the Yadkin river Sunday. Embankment fill at the Lookout dam broke at 5:30 Sunday after-" noon, sweeping sway the old West <> Monbo mill, the East side ware-' house with 400 bales of cotton. The "West Monbo Mill and Its 5,000 spin-" dies are submerged. East Monbo is I half submerged. t A waterspout on Little River, near i?yiorsvnie in Alexander,, county, swept away a flour mill and some of the tenant houses are sub' merged.. Part of the Llledoun mill is submerged and the Alspaugh mill is covered with several feet of water. The Southern Railway bridge at'| Catawba broke. " A highway bridge between Statesville and Newton broke dur' Ing the day. The Central highway bridge between Mooreevllle and Llncolnton was swept away. The Southern Power Company reported all power houses at Lookout Shoals, Catawba, Ninety-Nine Islands and the steam plant at Mount ^ Holly partially submerged. No \ ' power dams have yet been washed! away. j The flood has eclipsed the record i of more than 100 years. excessive. At Laboratory, High Shoals, Long Shoals, Harden and elsewhere, the loss was estimated into the hundreda of thousands. The Dravo Power Company dam and power station on the Broad River near Gaffney was carried away, demonstrating that the Catawba was not alone In its demonstration of mighty power. At Ninety-Nine Islands some 15 to 20 milos below, the water wan tumbling across the top of the dam of the Southern Power Company station but not doing any vast amount of damage when last heard from The power house had been submerged but this damage can he rectified. The Broad was far ahead of anything ever known before In the history of the stream. Officials of the Southern Power Company did nothing hut. watch the rising waters. At Lookout the water was higher than ever before. Indeed mere are no records in over 100 years that approach tho present levels. The dam was constructed to withstand anything imaginable hut such a flood as this was never considered. The fact that the great pile of reinforced concrete was able to tand was a splendid tribute to the work of the contractors and those that designed it. A dramatic incident in connection with tho breaking of the Seaboard trestle in the afternoon was the pros once of at least a hundred or more snectntnrs along the trestle just a few moments before the crash came, bitf some wiseacre gave warning of th* close proximity of danger and nearly everybody left the bridge before the break came. With the exception of two boys, who were almost In the middle of the structure when It began to bend and snap. Their quick ness alone saved them. Wita a dash they escaped to an adjoining span before the broken part of the struc ture gave away and were greeted with cheers by many of the bystanders ) \ \ h FOR' FORT Mi: SjfWHITE MEN ftRE SAVED BY NEGROES I THIRTEEN ARE KNOWN MISSING AS RESULT AT BELMONT BRIDGE. 9 I I ; ,000.000 SPINDLES ARE IDLE Flood Damage Grows Greater, Estlmated at $20,000,000.?Power Plants Are Flooded and Thousands of Mill ( Workers Are Idle. Charlotte.?Restdent Engineer Jo ! seph Killiun, Section Foreman R. C. j Thompson of Belmont, and H. C. Gurley and George C. Kale of Charlotte, j members of the derrick crew, were rescued from the turgid waters of the | Catawba by Font, Ross and P. H. Stowe. negro boatsmen, at a point i two miles below the wreck of the Southern Railway bridge, thus ac| counting for four of the reported 18 ! who were swept away at 5:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon when a derrick ' crow, attempted savers of the railway bridge at Catawba. 11 miles from the | J city, passed downstream with a col- ; lapse of the middle span of the main line structure. Thirteen Unaccounted For. According to the official statement i ' of Claim Agent P. L. Ward, the list ; j of 13 Southern employes who are as yet unaccounted for. is as follows: H. P. Griffith, supervisor, Charlotte, married, wife and live children. W. L| Fortune, section foreman, 1 Kings Mountain, married, two or three : ! children. C. S. Barbee, section foreman. Char- j lotte, married; wife and several chil- i dren. C. W. Kluttz. derrick employe, ! Charlotte, 34 or 35 years old; married, four children; six months to eight years. J. N. Gordan, car inspector, Charlotte. not \married, about 35 years old, father very old and entirely gave way at the scene of accident. Andrew Scott, colored laborer. Rook Hill, S. C? age unknown, probably married, of Charlotte. Tom Davis, colored laborer, Juneau. N. C., age 49, married, lives about one-half mile from Juneau, Ave or six children .oldest being about 15 j years. This man has been In the ser- i vice for many years. Daniel Heath, colored laborer, age 23 years, residence 13 miles ftfom | Juneau, on Bob Cathey farm. Wife, ! Bessie, and one child, a baby. Sloan Adams, colored laborer. 20 years old. married, lives in section house, Charlotte. Will Adams, colored laborer, broth' er of Sloan, married, but does not 1 nlive with his wife. Boards with his j sister. Carrie Ferguson, on First : street. Tom Ash wood, colored laborer, probably 25 years old, married. Wife lives at McBee, S. C. hi vans brown, zi, colored laborer, single, Rodman, S. C. Mother prob- : ably lives at Rodman. Julius White, colored laborer, age 25. Wife living in Brooklyn, Charlotte. 1,000,000 Spindles Affected. Some conception of the magnitude of the devastating consequences of ' the great flood may be gleaned from ; the statement that the Souliern Power Company annulled service to all secondary power consumers which cut off the juice from more than 1,- I 000,000 spindles located in this gen- I eral territory. All of these mills | have their steam plants and they will j be able to resume operations without i delay if they so elect. Of course those in the actual flooded area will not be able to do anything for weeks and maybe months. 10.000 GERMANS TAKEN PRISONERS IN SOMME BATTLE Condon.?The Ilri'ish have cai>tured additional German prisoners in the j i Somme region and brought their total ! since July 1 up to 189 officers and 10,779 men of other ranks. In addition 17 heavy and 133 lighter guns have fallen into British hand* during their perod. Many attacks by the Austrlans j against the Italians In the upper Posina Valley proved unavailing in 1 bending back the line of the Italians, ! who. in a counter-attack In which there j was handf-to-Oiand fighting, repulsed the Austrlans over the entire front. Failure likewise followed an attempt of the Austrlans to surround the Italians In the Trovo Valley. Intermittent bombardments and local fights between infantry are taking j place in the Caucasus region between the Turks and the Russians. N'o important changes have taken place la this theater. LARGER CREDITS NOW POSSIBLE FOR FARMERS Washington.?The rural credits bill, which creates 12 land loan hanks under the direction of a Federal board, became a law July 17 when President Wilson pfaced his signature to the measure In the presence of senators, representatives and officers of farmers' organizations. When the nation's executive had placed his name to the bill those present gave him & generous applause. r Mi LL, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY _______ SERIOUS FLOODS SWEEP CAROLINAS MANY PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN RIVERS?LARGE NUMBER REPORTED DEAD. ESTIMATE LOSS $10,000,000 Five Known Dead In Asheville and Biltmore.?Western North Carolina Hit Hard.?Power Lines Wrecked. Charlotte.?Serious floods In North Carolina. South Carolina and Virginia Sunday caused Ave known deaths with 18 others known to be missing; and rendered hundreds homeless, damaged property and crops to the extent of $10,000,000 according to first estimates and demoralized railway, telegraph and telephone communications. Following the hurlcane that struck the South Atlantic Coast unprecedented rains have fallen, driving rivers and smaller streams from their banks and imperilling many lives. What ere said to be the worst floods ever known in the Catawba. Broad and Yadkin Rivers did untold damage in the territory within a radius of B0 miles of Charlotte with the possible loss of 18 lives. Just above the Southern bridge, over the Catawba at Balment, the Piedmont & Northern Itvterurban bridge and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge at Mount Holly were washed away Sunday afternoon and night. Farther up the river, near MoOresville and Statesville. two highway bridges went out, while at Catawba. the Southern's bridge on the Salisbury-Ashcvtlle line, was washed away. At Monbo, below Catawba, the ? em muuuu uuauu mm oi o.'iuu sinndies. Is under water and believed to have been washed away, and the East Monbo Mill, across the river, is practically submerRed. while a cotton warehouse with 4fl0 bags of cotton has been washed away. Still further up the Catawba, the L/llodoun and Alspauph Mills are under water. The damaRe to these mills is laid to a waterspout in Alexander county that caused a section of the earth embankment of the Lookout Shoals power plant of the Southern Power Company to Rive away addinR 15 feet of water to the already more than 20foot tide in the Catawba. That volume of water also caused the last two or three of the bridRes to ro. The Dravo Power Company's dam on Broad river near Shelby, went out late Sunday aftemon, menaeliiR the Southern Power Company's plant near RlackshurR. S. C., and cuttlnR off the electric supply for SpartanburR and the textile towns surrounding that city. The Southern Power Company however, mav he ?hl? to moot tViia mand. Near Winston-Salem, the town of Rondo was cut off from the outside world for several hours until a telegraph operator, flooded out of his office. carried his instruments to ji high hill and cut in on a telegraph wire. Trains cannot be gotten to North Wilkesboro and will not bo operated west of Donagha for some time bocause of the tide on the Yadkin river, which is eight, and one-half feet higher than known in 43 years. A Southern Railway train suposed to have left North Wilkesboro Sunday afternoon has not been heard from, while one that started from Wlnston-Snlem to that town had to stop at Elkln. Residents of Jonesville and adjacent towns were moving fo high land. The French ^iroad River broke from Its course near Asheville. flooding factories and homes in the lower part of the city. At Blltmore throe persons. Oapt. J. C. Lipe. Miss Nellie Lipe and Mrs. Leo Mulholland wore drowned when the Lfpe house was flooded. Two persons were drowned at Asheville while trying to put food into the upper story of the Olenn Rock Hotel. Many are marooned In their residences along the river and rescue parties for hours have fought their way against the rushing current in an effort to roach them. Swift streams of water are flowing down some of the streets of lower AshetirW. The Southern Railway station Is flooded to a depth of six feet as are all other buildings in that vicinity. The city proper. 300 feet higher. Is without lights, but otherwise Is not affected. Industrial plants everywhere suffered severely. property loss in cotton twills, woodworking plants and lumber yards along the French RI tad and Swannanoa Rivers was estimated at from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000. From Hendersonville came a report that placed the property loss in Henderson county at apjwoximatefy $l,000,000. Th.c plnnt of the Hendersonvllle Light & Power Co. was put out of commission and the city reservoir flooded by muddy torrents that made the city drinking water unfit for consupmtlon. Many persons were driven from thel rhornes in that section and a number of bridges carried away. Only the big railway bridge south of Hendersonville remains intact, it was said, and no trains have entered or left Hendersonville in the paat 48 hours LL T 20, 1916. OUR SUMM I we Alt HAW16 K COVO T.HE; CHKK6H ANP F?e>rt -yvfOfFAPie? reon rw ~~r; Li EVCR* PAV -- ? /J (Cooyrtuht.) ? SAYS VICTORY IS COMING THE CREST HAS BEEN CROSSED SAYS BRITISH MINISTER OF WAR. Change Is Due to Improvement In Equipment.?Russians Strike Terror to Foes in East and the French DeI fend Verdun. I London.?David Llovd-Onnnra Ttnr ish Minister of War. presiding at an Entente Allied conference on equipment, declared that the combined offenside of the Allies had wrenched the initiative from the Germans, never, he trusted, to return. "We have crossed the watershed," ho said, "and now victory is beginning to flow in our direction. The change is due to the improvement in our equipment." The cenference was held at the War Office and was participated in by Albert Thomas, French Minister of Munitions; General Bioliaeff, Assistant Minister of War of Russia; Gen. A. Dall Olio, member of the Italian Ministry of War, and the new British Minister of Munitions, Edwin S. Montagu. "Since our last munitions conference," said Mr. Lloyd-George, "there has been a considerable change in the^ fortunes of the Allies. On that date the great Champagne offensive in the West had Just failed to attain its objective, and the French and British armies had sustained heavy losses without the achievement of any particular success. In the east the enemy had pressed the gallant armies of Russia back some hundred miles,, and the Balkans had just been overrun by the Central Powers. "The overwhelming victories won by the valiant soldiers of Russia hav?> struck terror Into the hearts of our foes, and these, coupled with the immortal defense of Verdun by our indomitable French comrades, and the brave resistance of the Italians against overwhelming odds <n tho Southern Alps have changed the whole complexion of the landscape. "Now tho combined strength in the east and west has wrenched the initiative out of the hands of the enemy? never I trust, to return to his grasp We have crossed tho watershed and now victory is beginning to tlow in our direction. GERMAN AMBASSADOR VISITS SUBMARINE. Bernstorff Spends .Hour Examining the Wonderful Boat. Baltimore.?Count von Bernstorff. i the German Ambassador, spent an | hour aboard the German submarine | merchantman Deutschland. He In- j j sported tho vessel from stem to stern. | ; had tho intricate machinery and in- j ; struments aboard explained to him i ! and personally congratulated Captain : : Keonig upon bringing his vessel mfe- i ly through waters infested with hostile j ! war craft. Two attaches of the German Rmbassy and the German and Austrian Consults accompanied tho Ambassador on his visit to tho submarine. The Ambassador Informed Captain Keonlg that he would send to him be fore tho DeDtschland starts on her \ return voyage several packets of official papers which he desires to have delivered Intact to the Berlin Foreign Office. "It is a wonderful boat and with as courageous a crew as over sailed the sea. has made a wonderful voy i age." said he. "I climbed up and down every hatchway, looked into every compartment and had my first experience with a periscope." DEUTSCHLAND SAILORS CALL TO SEE DANIELS Washington.?Members of the crew of tho submarine Deutschland (Hilled to see Secretary of the Navy Daniels, while he was absent In North Carolina. Ills secretary. Howard A. Banks, entertainod the visitors by showing them through tho Navy Department. I The visitors displayed keen interest In the sword of John Paul Jones, which Is kept in the Secretary's offices, and gave It a careful examination. g; 'WV-' , ~ ^ * IMES IER HERO ! \ ? <?. ,* ^ r~*MAMETZ WOOD IS TAKEN ALLIES GAIN IN REGION NORTH OF SOMME AND TRONES WOOD. Around Verdun and Right Bank of Meuse Bitter Fighting Ensues.? Germans Make Few Gains But Pay Heavily. London.?Fighting desperately in the faro of determined German attacks the forces under General Halg succeeded in gaining control of the entire Mametz wood, which had been entered the previous night by the Germans. In the same region, north of the Sommo. the British made some progress in the Trones wood aiul repulsed two heavy attacks against Contalmaison. The Germans are reported to have lost heavily. The French and German forces south of the Somrae apparently are renting as there has been almost uo activity in the region of Plcady since the first of the week. Around Verdun, however, and especially on the rlgfct bank of the Mouse bitter and heavy fighting Is in progress. The Germans, following up their success in the region of the Damloup battery, have undertaken a strong offensive toward Fort Souville, the possessi<*n of which would strengthen their position for further advance on Verdun. Attacking in mass formation from the village of Fluory and the Cliftpitro and Vaux woods, the Germans gained ground at the intersection of the Fleury and Vaux roa<t|. The gain, however, Paris asserts, was made at the cost of 'enormous losses." Violent bombardments continue In the region of Chenois, Souville ami La Laufoe. There was relative calm on the left bank of the Mouse. HUGHES TO MAKE CAMPAIGN TOUR CROSS CONTINENT. Cornelius N. Bliss is New Treasurer of Committee.?Make Campaign Arrangements. New York.?Charles E. Hughes continued th* weekly conferences which he has held with party leaders since making Brldgehampton his summer home. Chairman Willoox of the Republican National Committee, Senator Penrose, Murray Crane, Mayor Thompson of Chicago and other advisers of the nominee, unanimously endorsed his proposal to make a trip to the Pacific Coast beginning early in August. Cornelius N. Bliss has been selected as treasurer of the National Committee to succeed George It. Sheldon and Fred W. Upham of Chicago will be in charge of the western end of the work, with heudqunrters in Chicago. Mr. IUiss is the son of the late Corenlius N. IHliss, who was treasurer of the committee during the Roosevelt campaign of 1004. Mayor Thompson's invitation to Mr. flughos to begin the spech making on the proposed western trip at Chicago, probably will be accepted. MEXICAN PARLEY SHOWS FAVORABLE PROGRESS. Washington.?Informal negotiations for settlement of border disputes between the United States and the do faoto government of Mexico are progressing favorably. Acting Secretary Polk said after his second conference with Eliseo Arredono, Mexican Ambassador Designate. Steps now being taken foreshadow appointment of commissioners by onch government to formulate a plan of action for the permanent relief of border conditions. GEN. BLISS TO ORGANIZE TROOPS ALONG BORDER San Antonio, Texas.?Army officers here were convinced that the coming of Major General Bliss, Assistant Chief of SiafT, would result In organization of the National Guardsmen into nctleal units. Fifty thousand of the state troops now are near the border, but with the execution of the divisions from New York and Pennsylvania the big addition to the federal army is listed In units from brigades to com panles. $1.25 Per Year. 100,000 GUARDSMEN ON MEXICAN BORDER NO MORE TROOPS WILL BE SENT UNTIL THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED. 50.000 REGULARS ON BORDER Statement That War Department la * Contemplating the Draft System to Recruit National Guard is Nonsense. '< Washington. ? Department commanders of National Uuurdamen now mobilizing for service on the Mexican ! border, were instructed by the War Department to defer transportation to I the frontier until tho militiamen I | have been thoroughly equipped and I organized. This order revokes a r\il. ing issued by the department when the Mexican situation was acute, which waived certain requirements. About 26,000 men are affected. The latest information of the Department is that about 100,000 Natioiu.l Guardsmen now aro at the border. With the 50,000 regulars there are u.uuo additional men called from the reserves, officials estimate that the American strength on border service within a few weeks will he adeqaute to cope with any present emergency and will make unnecessary the d: patch of any more guardsmen until they aro completely equipped and organized. Published stories that uso of a general draft was being considered to (ill the National Guard ranks were denied by the Department. The following statement was issued by tho Official Press Pureau. "The statement that the War Department is contemplating the drafft system to recruit the National Guard is nonsense. Statemonts te that effect aro purely speculative and have no basis in fact." Reports that National Guard units are being supplied poor and insufficient food are not borne out In preliminary telegraphic reports received from all the Department commanders. A message from General Funston reported that General Trevino had sont many troops south with the intention of occupying th? GuerroroSan Ilarja-Snnta Rosalia line against any possible northward advance of bandits. The dispatch added that newspapers in Chihuahua were urging the necessity of an active campaign against bandits "to prevent their reaching United States forceB and border." HURRICANE DOES SMALL DAMAGE ALONG COAST Force of Storm Passes and Normal Conditions Are Being Rapidly Restored. Charlestjon. S. C.?Comparatively little dastag*-. was done here and along the coast by the hurricane which swept the Carolina and Georgia coast. Roports from Sullivan's Island a summer resort across the bay from here, said damage was slight, while from the Isle of Paints, another new[ by resort, came similar meesagea. Hundreds of persons were warnod in time | tx> leave the exposed points. The force of the storm had passed here and normal conditions wore being restored A number of windows ! were blown in here, hundreds of ! trees blown down and trolley, telo| phone and telegraph service was stopped by the high winds. At one time the hurricane raged at fit miles an hour. The barometer which foil to i 29.02 was rising steadily. :? mevir Akl CADI r- vy cr-r-rin/s IVI L-Aiunil rAAHUC T UC I 1 IIMVJi AT DEFINITE STATUS Washington. The informal negotiations for settlement of tho Issues between tho United States and General Carranza ure understood to have advanced a long step when Acting Sec, rotary of State Polk and Idllaeo Ar| redondo, Mexican ambassador designate, hold their third conference sinco 1General Carranza's proposal for a | diplomatic adjustment was received | and accepted. i Although both Mr. Polk and tho j ambassador declined to say what matters were under discussion, there wero I Indications that the conversations ' had passed into the doflnte stage, j where specific questions were being ! formulated for probable submission to I n tnint 1^.. Tim commission plan of settling dlf: forenres hot ween the two countries is ! provided for In the treaty ir>f 1S4R. Unofficial advices from Mexico indicated j that General Carranza favored resort to it in the present case, and Mr. Polk is believed fo have acceded to the suggestion. President Wilson discussed the question with advisors today and the fact i that no interruption of the T\dkArredondo conference resulted was ta>ken to indicate that the president was satisfied with the trend of the nego| nations. j General Carranza's note proposing a diplomatic settlement narrowed the issues to two spociftr points, the anxiety of the United States for protection for ita frontier and feeling of the de facto government that the presence oK the United fjtatos troops in Mexloo menaced friendly relations.