Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 20, 1916, Image 1
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Established in 1891.
RIVERS FLOOD
IN WESTERN
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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
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? 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
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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
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SjfWHITE MEN ftRE
SAVED BY NEGROES
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THIRTEEN ARE KNOWN MISSING
AS RESULT AT BELMONT
BRIDGE.
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; ,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.
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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
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20, 1916.
OUR SUMM
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CHKK6H ANP F?e>rt
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.