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UNCLE SAM MANUFACTURES
REAL SOLDIERS AT CAMP 1
MOORE?NO ORDERS.
HAPPENINGS AT CAMP MOORE
Condensed News of the Happenings
In General Around Camp Moore, at
Styx, Where the Palmetto Troops
Have Mobilized to Await Orders.
I
Camp Mowe, Styx.?"Good soup?I
mean vegetable boup," commented the
ffUCi*t.
"Good hash," added the visitor,
"anid Bermuda onions."
"Yes," BaJd the captain, also the
host, "and 1 might odd the men are
UU1I1K JUSl US WWII IWl.
"They pot more than you did tonight,"
chimed In the orderly.
"And by the way." continued the
host, "you don't pee any starving men
ait Styx. I give yon my word the average
man here la fed better than at
home. Why. this morning I had a
piece of beefsitwik that was fit for a
king. No better In Columbia. Now
we certainly appreciate the iiutereat
of the good women of the state t.i
sending the delicacies to camp, but
1 must say that the soldiers are being
well fed."
The gueat was delighted with the
military supper and promised to return
for another meal.
"Yes." mused a private, after the
guest had left the officers' mess, "a
few phonograph records, some magazines
and county papers would be
just as highly appreciated as rich
food."
Urges Troop Movement.
Gov. Manning took up the matter of
moving the National Guard of South
Carolina to the Mexican border with
the Washington government. Lottery
urging that an early movement
be ordered were addressed by Gov.
Manning to the socrotary of war and
the president.
No word has been received at Camp
Styx as to when the guard will be
moved. The officers aro straining
every nerve to put the First Regiment
in condition as required by the
new order of the war department.
Gov. Manning sent the following
letter to Newton D. Baker secretnry
of war:
"We have now ip camp here two
regiments of infantry and one troon
of cavalry, which have been reported
an ready to go to the border by the
United States array officers.
"These commands are well officered
and have a line personnel. Both
officers and men are extremely anxious
to see service, and I write to
urge you to do all In your power to
have these troops go forward at once.
There Is no question In my mind
that they will do creditable service
both for the United States and the
State of South Carolina.
"This State responded promptly to
the president's call. The troops are
In excellent condition, and are ready
and anxious to go forward. Their
prompt movement to the border will
serve as a stimulus to the National
Guard of South Carolina, and I am
particularly anxious to encourage this
spirit.. Please advise me when they
will move."
Word reached Camp Styx from Columbia
that Gov. Manning had sent a
letter to President Wilson and the
war department urging that the two
regiments be sent to the bonier at an
early day was received with pleasure
by the men and officers of the National
Guard.
Plans went forward for tlio oistnh.
lishmcnt of recruiting, stations in
South Cnrolinn for the militia. Tentative
plans call for the establishment
of stations at Columbia. ' Florence.
Spartanburg and Greenville. Coast
artillery offic ers have been summoned
to ^nip and will be detailed as recruiting
officers.
The men of the First regiment have
bee i working hard to get into condition
for moving to the border, and if
the. ? are a few more rough edges to
be ground off it will not matter, bocause
t'he guardsmen are willing. The
matter of equipment will of course he
left to the federal officers, and it is
believed that everything possible will
be done to expedite the movement of
th troops.
The men of the Second regimont
are working hard to get In condition
for the/much desired and much taJk/
ed about trip
\VhiIo no announcement has been
made, it is believed that effort is being
mado to have the troops moved
at the earliest possible moment. The
matter may be handled directly with
the secretary of war.
Military Race Horses.
Napoleon once remarked tha/t an
army moved on lt9 stomach.
Camp Moore is being gradually
rounded Into a real military ramp. It
is requiring much work to bring the
desired result and the officers are
pleased with the way things are working
and the general appearance of
the camp.
"Life at Camp Moore la agreeing
with the men." said an ofTicer. "Ju?t
look tit ihe ruddy fare*. The ?allow
look of the men from the offices and
mills ha* disappeared."
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The
The Second battalion, First Infantry.
MaJ. T. B. Spratt commanding.
gave a dress pe.re.de on *!? rifle ranee.
Companies from Spartanburg. Rock
Hill and Union and the machine gun
company from Anderson participated.
The men were given much applause
as they tiled peas the large number of |
visitors and soldiers from other com- ,
panics.
The machine gun company participated
in target practice on the rifle
range, some good scores being recorded.
Word is expected from Washington
any day concerning the request, of
Gov. Manning that some statement bo
made as to when the troops will l?e
moved. The letter of the governor
was addressed to the president and '
the secretary of war.
An effort will be made to recruit the ;
two South Carolina regiments in the '
National Guard of the United States
up to full war strength?150 men tr> j
the company?in the opinion of W. W.
Moore, adjutant general. Recruiting
i offlres will be opened at an early date
at Greenville, Spartanburg. Columbia
and Florence. Officers and men from ;
the coast artillery will be detailed for i
service at these stations. The list oT j
officers for each station has not yet
been announced.
No definite dates have been fixed \
for the annual encampment of the 1
coast artillery, according to W. W.
Moore, adjutant general. The matter
of fixing the dates Is being handled 1
by the war department. The coast ,
artillery companies are located at
Greenville. Spartanburg, Greenwood,
Gaffney and Jonesvllle.
J. S. Caldwell Resigns.
Declaring that he had been aocusi
ed of disloyalty, J. Shapter Caldwell,
1 assistant adjutant general, has mail- |
i e<l his resignation to W. W. Moore, |
i adjutant general.
"I have not received the resignation
and will give it consideration
; when I do," snid the adjutant general,
i just before leaving for Barnwell,
where he attended the campaign
meeting.
When the National Guard was ordered
mobilized at Styx, MaJ. Caldwell
was appointed as camp adjutant.
His resignation does not affect his j
position as camp adjutant.
MaJ. Caldwell mailed the following
I letter to the adjutant genoral:
"I respectfully request that I be
granted a two months leave, to which
I am entitled by law, and that at the j
expiration of this leave I bo relieved
from duty as assistant to the adjutant
general."
The law requires that the resigna- '
tion be transmitted to the governor |
through the adjutant general. Gov- 1
Manning had no comment to make
concerning he resignation of Maj.
Caldwell.
Hope of an early movement to the
border having been practically aban- |
doned by the officers and men of the
I National Guard, the inhabitants of this
; military village will now settle down
to regular routine work.
When the troops were first mobilized
the one big idea in the minds of the
officers was to equip every company
and make ready for ail early move
on the border. This fond hope having
gono glimmering the men will now be I
put through stiff drills every day. The
| officers intended to train the men in j
! the ar*t of warfare nftor Miev
i reached the concentration camp 'some- j
| whore in Texas." Since the recent orI
der of the war department, it is evi- |
! dent that the more than 2.000 young
; men will be Riven their training right ,
1 here at home. In other words, if the !
men are sent to the border they will
go as first class soldiers, fit and ready
for any performance outlined by the j
I commandcr-ln-chief.
It means hard work. It means that
! the men will spend a very active sum- j
rner. all the better for the hard work. ;
Word has ben passed around that the
hard work orders are soon to be issued. !
There was talk of long hikes with
stops over night and many hours of i
hard drilling.
Maj. R. F. Watson's battalllon of the j
First infantry gave a dress parade on
the rifle range.
Rifle practice has begun on the
range which runs up to 1.001 yards.
The entire engineer company, which
was recently mustered into the Fed
era! sendee, was inoculated with anti
I typhoid scrum.
The Border.
"V~hon arc you going to the border?"
an officer was asked, and like
the private, he replied: "i don't
know."
The officers are pleaded with the
spi'lt of the men and tho n.or are 1
phased with the courteo treatment J
of the officers and Just one little word
jfvcm the war department or rather
[ thJ department of the ?nt would
! n ahe about 1.400 young Sximi C'aro- !
I lir'ans bappv.
The Border to the average inhahl- :
j tant of this military village means
I anywhere along the 1,500 mmilos of
frontier. The men will he satisfied ;
with any point. They don't rare
where they nre going, just so long ap
1 the ticket reads The Border.
Open New Road.
Tho rough ixxid to Styx has dlaappeared.
The new road has been opened
and tho trip can be made now from
Columbia in 25 minutes. F.very inch
of tho road Is in fine shape.
The Charleston Light Dragoons are
drilling from four to five hours a day
wtth long hikes thrown in. The men
are also being given special dotal
work. The troop received extra shoes
, and trousers. Separate baths are he
Interacted for the officers of the Light
Dragoons and the engineer company
Baths are also being erected for th?
' men of the engineer company.
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FORT M]
SENATE REFUSES
TO CUT ARMY BILL
CALLS HALT TO WHOLESALE
REDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATION
BILL.
DEBATES ON PREPAREDNESS
Would be Unwise to Limit Expenditure
for Ammunition and Guns Despite
Lessening Tension In Mexican
Situation.
Washington.?The Senate called a
halt on wholesale reductions begun
a few days ago in the army appropriation
bill, voting down retrenchment
proposals and approving Increases totalling
more than $30,000,000 when
sections were reached carrying provision
for ordnance and equipment for
the regular army and National Guard.
Debate on the ordnance sections developed
a predominating sentiment
that it would be unwise to limit expenditures
for ammunition and guns too
closely, despite lessening of tension in
the Mexican situation. Decreases of
$36,000,000 related to transportation,
subsistence, foreign service pay and
emergency estimates put into the bill
by the House when tho Mexican situation
was critical. New increases included
:
For medical supplies, increase from
$2,000,000 to $4,500,000; engineers j
equipment. $1,000,000 to $1,770,000; 1
ordnance stores $6,000,000 to $11,000.- i
OrtO; automatic machine guns for reg- |
uiar army. $;u?oii.ooo to $7,725,000; automatic
machine guns for National
Guard. $2,000,000 to $6.5S6,150; armored
motor cars. $300,,000 to $1,000.000;
flold artillery for National Guard,
$S,G00,O00 to $14,200,000; ammunition
for National Guard. field artillery,
$8,000,000 to $14,000,000.
In the item for small arms ammunition
the Senate approved a reduction
from $5,000,000 to $2,500,000 but several
senators said they would insist
on another vote on the section before
the final passage of the bill.
CREW HOLDS COMMUNION
FOR SAFETY OF U-BOAT.
Deutschland Partly Submerged at j
Her Slip at Baltimore and Ready
For Dash.
Baltimore.?A communion service
was held aboard the interned North
Gorman Lloyd steamer Neckar, lying i
alongside the submarine Deutschland,
for the captain and crew of the sub- '
marine. The Rev. Otto Apltz, Gei^
man immigrant missionary, conduotrd
the service. In his prayer he ask- ,
ed that the vessel and her crew may s
have a safe voyage home.
The servico was followed by a ban- \
nuet. The Neckar was brilliantly '
lighted.
The Deutschland was partially sub- |
mergeri ai nor slip, The water is not
deep enough for full submergence.
A series of events at the pier where ]
the Deutschland is berthed, indicated
that her departure would not he long
delayed. The most significant of
these were the tilling of her water
tanks and the stowing below her deck
of the crew's bedding as it was removed
from the Neckar nearby. Since
their arrival two weeks ago tlia
Deutschland's crew have been sleeping
aboard the Neckar.
WII.SON NONCOMMITAL
ON NATIONAL SUFFRAGE 1
Washington.?President Wilson re i
fused to define his position on the
Susan B. Anthony amendment for !
nationwide woman suffrage when told j
hy a delegation of women suffragists
that women voters in the United (
States are waiting to know how he j
and Charles E. Hughes stnnd on the I
question. Mr. Wilson asked the dele- j
gatum many questions ?*onoerning
their purposes and when they left. !
they stated f.hev felt encouraged at
the president's attitude.
The delegation included Mrs. liarrle
Stanton Blatch of Kansas, Miss
Helen Todd of California and Mrs.
^hru <m Vanwinkle and Mrs. George
M. Lemont of New Jersey.
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DANISH WEST INDIES
Washington ?Negotiations between
the TTrlted States and Denmark for!
pure has" of tin* Danish West Indies
are undtvstood to have reached a definite
sta^e whore some Important do- ,
ve.lopments soon may come. While the
purchase has nrtt been concluded,
there were indications that some of
the more formidable harriers to an
agreement have been removed giving
negotiations promise of a successful
outcome.
UNITED STATES AND MEXICAN
GENIRALS IN CONFERENCE j
El Paso. 1'exas -General George
Bell, Jr., commanding the American
forces here notified General Francisco
Gonzales, commandant at Juare/.
that his reports indicated that six outlaws.
Villa sympathizers, have been
r<?sponsible for -the recent exchange
it shots between Massachusetts
Guardsmen and Mexicans south ot
"he frontier. These outlaws. General
Mell'e information said, have a rendezvous
ot the "Inland." near El Paso.
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[LL, S. 0., THURSDAY, JULY
GERMANS RESIST
Allien inuiunr
HLULU HUVBI1UC
PUTTING FORTH FULL STRENGTH
TO PREVENT ALLIES FROM
GETTING THIRD LINE.
AUSTRALIAN TROOPS GAIN
Allies Have Captured 26,000 Prisoners,
140 Big Guns and Many Machine
Guns Taken Since July 1st.
Liondon.?Australian troops have es- |
tablished themselves In Pozlercs and
are said to have Rained a position on
both sides of the road In the direction
of Bapaume, in a new British attack
against the Germans on the entire
front from Pozieres to GulllemonL
The Germans have-been putting forward
their full stream in attempts
to prevent the British forces from
reaching their third line positions.
Fighting of the fiercest character is
in progress.
The fact that General Haig has been
able to resume the offensive so soon
after the unsuccessful German counter-attacks
of last week in which very
strong German forces wore brought
forward is regarded as a good
augury.
At Guillemont and Lotigueval fortunes
fluctuated, both places changing
hands several times. Late tonight the
fighting was proceeding with the utmost
violence.
TRa r!."krmon ? 41 ?
. ..u uu> Iiiau uuuill.al VlUIUB? ITClMlliy
delivered against the French front
have proved equally unsuccessful and
the Entente Allies now are fighting
slowly In the direction of Combles, ,
which is only two miles distant from
Guillemont.
According to reliable e^timntos the
British and French togother have captured
since July 1 more than 26,000
prisoners. 40 guns and hundreds of machine
guns. British troops operating
in the northeastern section of Gorman
East Africa have occupied Muheza
and Amani.
HERRERA SENDS GENERAL
TREVINO TO MEXICO CITY
Commander of Carranxa Forces In
Northeastern Mexico is Transferred.
Washington.?Gen. Jacinto Trevino, j
commanded of the Oarranza forces in !
northeastern Mexico has been ordered
to Me.xico City and will be succeeded 1
at least temporarily, by Gen. Luis ]
Horrera.. commander of the Chlhua- !
hua City garrison. Despatches to the !
War department from General Dell,
reporting the transfer, contained no 1
explantion as to the cause. Army
officers here vvcro plainly surprised
Ht such an Important change at this
time.
j
General Trevino has personally directed
the campaign against bandits I
Ln Cliiuahua and it is said to he largely ;
because of his efforts that the Carranza
soldiers have continued heir j
operations against Villa and other outlaw
leaders on such a broad scale. For
that reason some regret over the
transfer was expressed here, though
officials said they were confident that
General Herrera would use every re- j
source at his command to eontiuue the ;
campaign,
VILLA IS MOVING
TOWARD TORREON j
San Antonio. Texas.?Villa has not
attacked Torreon nor cut the com- !
munlrntions between Torreon and the
liorder but was rm'Jing southward
through the State of Durango In the
direction of Torre m six days ago.
according to information received hero
from General Bell. Army officers here
do not share the optimistic views of !
Carranzista olTeers that Villa Is being
cornered by Carranzn forres.
GERMANS CLAIM ATTACK
HAS BEEN ABANDONED
Berlin. via L/ondon.?The Crormnn
army headquarters staff In an official
statement claims that the preat uniform
Anplo-Freneh attack on the
Somrae sector In France has l>een
abandoned.
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.
HOOSIER POET. IS DEAD, j
Indianapolis. Ind. ? James Whit- :
comb Riley, the Indiana poet. Is dead, j
Death was due to a stroka of paraly- :
sis.
Riley. l?orn of the Middle West, j
sanp the Joys, sorrows, fancies and
humors of Its folk, largely In its own
niaieci. rue world was so touched
by his inspiration and the realism of
bis homely symbols that be was one
of the few. that, devoting their lives
to poetry, gained a fortune.
BOMB EXPLODED IN CROWD
KILLS FOUR. INJURES 41.
San Francisco.?At least four persons
were killed and 11 or morn injured
here when a timed bomb, con- !
coaled In a suit case, exploded on
Fan Francisco's main thoroughfare In
the midst of a throng viewing a pre- :
a redness parade. A one-story brick
structure against which the suit case i
ood was wrecked, and the explosion
'v'ow a gap through the crowd, blast- i
-g men, women and children.
LLT
27, 1916.
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TREVINO REPORTS CLASH
FOURTEEN ARE KILLED AND
SEVEN CAPTURED IN BATTLE
NEAR SANTA YSABEL.
Band Was Attempting to Surprise
Passenger Train on Mexican Northwestern
Railroad.?Bases of Agreement
Reached.
Mexican City.?General Trovino,
the commander at Chihuahua, has informed
Secretary of War Obregon
that ho has dispersed the rebels who
recently attempted to surprise a passenger
train, bound for Juarez, near
the station of Santa Ysabel on the
Mexican Northwestern Railroad.
Fourteen of the rebois were killed,
General Trevino reports, and seven
of the bandits and forty horses were
captured.
It was announced in a brief statement
hero that Itifnrmollnn Ho,* l,oo?
received from Washington that tho
conference between Eliseo Arrodondo.
the (Mexican Ambassador designate
and acting Secretary of State Polk
had resulted in the reaching of an
agreonient for a general basis for tho
solution of the border difficulties.
FOUR DROWNED IN HIGH
WATERS OF JOHN'S CREEK.
Many Towns Fear Famine.?Food
and Matches Are Needed.
Hickory, N. C.?News was brought
here that four persons were drowned
in the llood at Collettsvllle, ten milri<
west of Lenoir, when the Johns river,
overflowing its banks, swept through
every building in the little town, rose
to the second floor of every residence
and left u trail of loam from two feet
to Ave feet deep in every building.
Uev J. D. Harte, pastor of the First
Baptist church, returned to Hickory
from Collettsvllle with Mrs. Harte
and son. Nelson, who were marooned
there. He and two men pushed a
railway dump cart over the ten miles
of track with Mrs. Harte to Lenoir.
Mrs. A. P. Shoemaker and threeyear-old
child were swept from their
bed by tho midnight torrent, the
mother screaming "Oh. Lordy," and
grasping her child as the waters hurled
both out of the house. The father
clung to the mattress and was carried
a mile down stream to a tree,
.vhere he clung until the water rose
above it, when ho was left on a cliff,
terribly bruised and almost dead.
The three-year-old child of \V. N.
Clark was swept from its father's
<1111171 ?uiti uiuwuru liming tilt? UUIUKO,
and the wife of Tate Moore, and aged
negro. was swept away. Her body
was the only one recovered.
BRITISH MERGE WITH FRENCH
IN FRESH OFFENSIVE
London. ? Following their recent
successful advance in the western
fighting zone the IJritish forces have
merged their troops with the French
at Hardecourt, where the French offensive
has been renewed with great
force on a five mile front on both
sides of the Somme. The progress of
the Allies in this territory contnues
successfully in the face of German
counter-attacks.
Tho Germans in the region of the
Somme havo heen forced before tho
fierce onslaughts of the French to
give up first line trenches ovor a front
of approximately six miles to the
French ami to tho north of the rivor
similar lines a thousand yards long to
the British.
The forward push of the French
extended from Rarleux southwest to
Poronne to the heights of Vennandovillers,
which llos some throe miles
west of Fresnes and marks an advance
further south.
KLUMPH HEADS THE
WORLD ROTARIANS
Cincinnati.?Arch C. Klumph, of
Cleveland, was elected president of
the International Rotary Clubs at the
organization's closing session. The
other officers follow: First vice president,
F. W. Gal health, of Cincinnati;
second vice president. Guy Gundachor,
of Philadelphia; third vice president.
R. Leslie Pldgeon. of Winnipeg, Canada;
tre?Lsuror. Rufus Chaplin, of Chicago;
sergeant-at-arm*. Joseph Coonahle
of MomphU.
1MES
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MOMENTS
!c&E3g^- yj3[^
,
t for men this summer.?News Item. )
[FIERCE FIGHT CONTINUES
"
NO ABATEMENT OF STRUGGLE
BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND
GERMANS.
"
British Succeed In Regaining Part of
| Territory Lost When Teutons Made
Henvy Infantary Attack In DclviLc
Wood.
London.?There has been no abatement
in tho sangunry struggle between
the British and Germans north
: of the Somme, which began after a
| German bombardment and an nttnek |
by heavy infantry forces which gave J
to tho Teutons part of tho vi'lagj of
Longueval and Dtdville wood.
In counter attacks the British succeeded
in regaining most of the territory
they lost and in uddltion dispersed.
with their artillery fire, u
largo body of Germans who were
massing for another attack to the
south of Oelvillo wood. Hard fighting
is still going on In this sector. To the
south of the Somme the French re
port the capture of several German
trenches.
Around Verdun, in tho region of
Hill No. 304 ami on tho Fleury sector.
the Gormans are heavily bombarding
tho French positions, proba- .
bly presaging the usual infantry attacks.
ARREDONDO AND POLK
ARRIVING AT ADJUSTMENT.
Formal Announcement "Very Soon" j
as to Course to Be Followed. |
Washington,-?Preliminary negtdia- .
tlons between Acting Secretary Polk j
and Ellseo Arredondo, Mexican Am- j
bassador Designate, for peaceful set !
tlement of border difficulties, progressed
so well that a formal announcemen
"very soon" as to the
course to be followed was officially
predicted.
The conferences met twice. Later.
Mr. Arredondo telegraphed a report
to his government, and Mr. Polk pre- [
pared a similar report for Secretary !
Lansing, now on his vacation, and {
probably will talk the situation over j
with President Wilson. Mr. Laslng !
is being fully advised of every step :
in the preliminary negotioations.
SUBMARINE DEUTSCHLAND
READY FOR RUSH TO SEA
Baltimore.? The two spars of the 1
German merchant submarine have j
! been taken down and the conning towI
er closed. Close at hand lay the tug
j Thomas F. Timmins with a full head'
j of steam up. In the vicinity of the
j submarine were numerous launches
j with agents of tho Eastern Forwarding
| Company and patrols aboard. These
| craft hailed a newspaper launch and
Tied to induce the reporters to leave, j
"You're interfering with our plans," i
the watchman said,
i To all appearances the Deiitschland
, was ready to leave at any time. Her
master and full crew were said to he
;aboard. ?
AND IT RAINED AGAIN
AROUND GREENVILLE.
| Greenville, R. O.- -Another heavy1
| rainfall in this section added to damI
age already done by the floods. It ;
I was confined largely to railroad
property and did not affect cotton
j mills here.
FIVE LIVES LOST
AT LI N VILLE FALLS
Raleigh. N. ('.?A dispatch received
j here says five lives were lost at Lin,
ville Falls, two being children of
Walter McGee. The names of the
others were not learned.
? I
SAY SOLDIERS ARE
IN EXCELLENT HEALTH.
San Antonin.?Official reports from
| mcdirul officers of the I'nitod States '
; Army, who have inspected the camps
.of the National Guardsmen on the
Mexican bonier, indicate that high
stato of health exists In all the encampments.
This is true also of the
camps of the regular troops, it is i
said. The base hospital here records :
271 patients, 125 from the militia and .
the balance from tlio regular troops. ,
1
$1.25 Per Year.
FOOD GOING INTO
FLOOD DISTRICTS
?? ?
CITIZENS HAVE TURNED TO RELIEF
WORK IN THE DEVASTATED
DISTRICTS.
FEDERAL AID IF NECESSARY
War Department Engineers Are Investigating.?Believed
Now That
Death List Will Stand Near One
Hundred.
Charlotte*?With tho southeastern
Hoods virtually over. North Carolina
citizens have turned to tho work of
relief and supplies of food and other
necessities are going into devastated
districts from half a dozen cities in
the state.
Representatives Pago and Webb, in
Washington, have culled the War Department's
attention to conditions in
the Yadkin Valley and Secretary
Baker has ordered a report from district
engineers with a view of asking
congress for authorization to extend
help to sufferers if federal action
should become necessary.
Conditions are described as serious
in Wilkes, Ashe and Watauga
counties, where many are said to bo
facing famine through inability to got
food supplies into the district hecause
of lack of transportation. In
Morth Wilkesboro a committee appointed
by the mayor lias sent out
appeals for help. All food supplies
are said to bo exhausted or greatly
curtailed and with roads and railways
washed away the transportation problem
is serious.
Flood victims in the AsheviUo district
are being provided with food
from that city, and wagons and
motortrucks are leaving other poiuts
with supplies. Rutht-rfordton has
sent wagon trains and pack horse*
over the mountains with food for Hf>0
persons in the Chimney Rock and
Bat Cave section. About 100 tourists
and summer vacationists are among
those penned up in the hills.
Two additional bodies have been
recovered from the Catawba river
near Belmont, leaving six of the 20
who went down with tho Southern
Railway bridge Sunday unaccounted
ror. it is nenevea now that tho
death list from the flood will he loss
than 100.
The armies o frepair men sent to
the flooded section are making rnpid
progress and prospects are that next
week normal schedules will he resumed
on the main lines of the railroads
affected. Various branch lines will be
out of commission much longer.
BILL TO PROVIDE GREAT
NAVY PASSES THE SENATE
Amendments Voted Down Overwhelmingly
and Bill Goes to Conference.
Washington.?Tho naval appropriation
hill with a threo-yenr building program
Including the immediate construction
of four dreadnaughts, four
great battle-cruisers and 58 other craft,
passed the Senate hy a vote of 71 to
8. It carries $315,826,843, or $45,857.58*
more than the total as the measure
passed the House.
Many proposals to curtail the enormous
building increases written into
the measures hy the 8eunte Naval
Commmittec were defeated overwhelmingly
and as soon as final pnssago was
announced the Senate voted to Insist
011 its amendment and send the bill at
once to conference.
Two Democrats. Senators Thomas
and Vardamnn and six Republicans,
Senators Clap p. Curtis. (Ironna, i/nFollette,
Norris nnd Works, voted
against the bill xvhich has had the
support of leaders of both parties daring
-the week of debate that preceded
passage.
ROTARY CLUBS TO MEET
NEXT YEAR IN ATLANTA
Cincinnati. O Atlanta, (la., was selected
as the convention oity in May.
1!?17. of the Interna'ional Association
of Rotary Clubs here by the new and
retiring officers empowered to make
the selection
C. R. Perry, of Chicago, was reelected
Secretary.
PROHIBITIONISTS PICK
HANLY FOR PRESIDENCY
St. Fattl, Minn ?The Progressive
National Convent ion. which has been
in session li'-rc, adjourned Pino dio
after nominating .1 Frank Ilaniy, former
governor of Indiana, as candidate
fir pi ident <?I fho United States and
!>r. Ira D. Landret.h of Nashville Candida
to for vice president. l>r. Landret.h
*s nomination was made unanimous
after tlio other vice presidential
candidates had been withdrawn. Mr.
Ilaniy was nominated on first ballot.
LULL IN FIGHTING BY
ALLIES ON SOMME FRONTS
London.- The Intensity of the ItritIsh
and French attacks against tho
lie-man front north and south of fho
Somnte river in northern Prance appears
to have lessened !**-ently according
to the latest official statements.
London declares a lull has set
in on the Rritish front and the Paris
official statement mentions no activity
along the whole rront from north
of the Somme to Switzerland. Hoods
prevent advances In some sectors.
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