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r iStaS BIS OPINIONS utoiftal banking ■rstam, might fuh» ^ h ;»p ^ V K 2SU kt J^LnJ h 0 ; ^CA3^ '/m$ noi MfWfRPSMSKE art ow bring t a land bank ing irstem, making a specialty a long time loans based upon lan Thin—i wnBlrt gtfrt grisly to tb wealth o( the State and glre impetu to prosperity. ea of responslblll such as Presl itatlngl; so strlk wouli USE AROra VOkiUML ntd nmii ».t^ri lot bs-'t 11SfiJi!0'25jlVJ siTt Work Upon the Part of Chas. tary of War stlmson for the forth A. Smith tary coming revision of the constitution o torn £ W/in rjov ic: the governoi Ideas—He Is for t PrbhlM- with the aid of the comptroller gen flMriOW t flOfn 10. v ;,nifTjVliWlb hu&tl>6« SstajtoVdHfdJto intro* /monojH" g y/.L fflKSteWafi K®. b J.S: 1107 Hh* nULae/ ecommendh yero these:, j stiOnahle at result It ^roprlatlons be That a maximum limit on the State kx levy bhiSM bjr.the SUtdte. on::!J That a tax he laid on water powers, when made available for profitable jrvlce.” (,] j . • nj m /•: That the 3 mill school tax he abol ished, because It Is an obstacle to tat reform. ' That a rural credits act be passed. < That a better system of land title itsglstratloh'ee devised.' ‘ ' J That thf Stlmson plan suggested in liew York be adbpted, thiji providing t lat the g9y4rnor and thenantptroiief- I eneral shall draft the appropriation t 111, whlch'/feUp be redbceiT 6r amend- 41, but may not he Increased by the neral assembly' m That the cotton acreage reduction be not merely retained, but per- lytaaied by eagrafMag tt Into the Itition. Addrem in PbiU. K^rmrfng fa t»0 ttfll teftt of ths'fep- ^ enitlfri^'if Ue 4 enerni Xsserif^ly j "Caned unexpectedly to occnpy, an for so short space of time, the noYwniosrnoh brTf»t«fh6r or a' eat Ctate, I wish to exprees my sp- iatlon of the honor yoy do pe d the kindness af.yobv reception. "Although so soon <to lay aside the •wly assumed appropr PobbAi^j apfrihtt'tlme, wltt^ fresh la e execu-j i^TI? bright npt m^t apprpval, but sober thought will add force to thesa Ideas j dOOll j tJflf bm it i| 1 "It has b^en urged by some thatf thh acreage ‘reduction act et the spe-( cial session of the last legislature! should be repealed. Permit me t» eMpraes the, .belief/that its enforce- I gnd by ei tutldn of sly assumed off! 'e and having ufflclent time within which to ln-< angurate a dftftriltlfve policy, yfet ' T opwly in* 'J* your Nyrhenrasae wklie i trespass express lusstlont bflefty upon yonr patience to t« you my views spoa a few q of Statewide In tercet i i . "The thoughtful and patriotic cltl- tgn at the hen inn Inc of uun peas mar well take stock and seriously con sider conditions and seek means and methods to promote the public w tlfare. rbe v»orM, whst we have' h retofore dspignsted 'the aivillssd w >rld,' hex bifet and IS stirred to' Its d pths as never before drive pro- b sms, unknown, unforeseen, unei- p< cted^ — "‘tnmwirT’ — tbWHflwiv— *' i he* cdmplalsant assumption of continued wfcrld-wide peace and praepulty has b«eo Bhnitkrtfl, aqd |jin ftk.#ls lm- pi nesn4Uka»ly «^int9<k Mnds U x »n \h cottonTslavery^ and rather should It bs 1 perpotuated by' legal enactment d by engraftlpg It into the constl- the State, ks a measure best ^|or its ininrqft 1*:b«fber time of pekee or In war. State-wide Prohibition. "iky position, on another aueation now of more than State-wide Impor tance, the abolition of traffic in alco- hnlfa drinks, Is wall* known Jot exteawed*', comment. Ug<mu|e\It/ef fects n* # evlsr towftrg>4he*dff>akement of mankind, the destruction of human life and property, and the encour- agamont of lawlessness, it-has-oter In my mind been regarded as moral ly wrong, and therefore not a thing to be mads right by legal enactment. I believe that a majority'of our peo ple, If they permit reason and con science to regulate their action, would so decide, it has keen claim ed. with how much merit It Is for yon to decide, (hat the last primary disposed of this question for the next two years (iut there are thousands la South Cnrslloa to-day, who yet hope and expect to see this State take the dSdded and progressive Step that, will place It In line with Kansas North Carolina. Virginia, West Vlr ^tlnta apd ot^r ! commonwealths n^n that Independent governments be destroyed In -n jknx gnd that nS nntlon Is so strong tVat tf rad 'dot i so Interwoven that disaster at ode spot eventually affects the wJlflAS. grsst gystem/Tka imenux—- upheaval ati—toning- jl; 1 functfiA yft*mn :JThe policy 'slature sh am knant ;‘MsxpuQ ossa;; of facTTonlllsm, and all thiit recognition of th mm.xj wimr* Is not a time for In Ecqnomy of goverhmen be Tjemocratic policy, but laity is this Imperative now, whch‘have placed tho moral aad tem poml welfgns of; ths>r ( cltissks above the allurements of thd unholy dollar Would not this legislature gain fame MULilUilA&Ufi0..fi<ilUi. tfeAL 9f the history of our State and at the same time perform a great economic advice ly passing within theroext Ipw-dkyAa liw Ao-ihe eeeele 'eAe qudltlio. 41 xsWiA-»4de ^peeplk -efle q abolition of tho liquor traffic? lv«' F]0BiUy v iShn‘legislature of a Christian State ahould ever stand for auch measures as will p—iWiWtgkpd morals, setting Us face rigidly against any measure at any time that <we4wVe Iswee (Sn tdswisi —— —— kgM TkWTMSDMS, - OT ——■TT— Its history ly among emocracy, AVIATORS TO ♦AHRY LJCTTKKS -.llrd •«^ <l .^ilni/eO sift id *lis*l >b» .7/ *. jtitW r t/l—.litt/i A toJ doTSTym—UPfMdkk kUMSsr Jipvc ,V—r bt 4nP ^epMalkeA ’WUnSoAi ‘Xer^ b vl’tuljB oe wl «dT .«t/ur.irn :t Ah'Bpportkndty tocput^OOP A»isr* 1—axlutprn tu; work,,flying throngh the air with sacks of first class tal authorities, wui described by S4<d Mull ABSlstant fdostmaster Oeneval atWfaft at/thg nnnusyl ,dlpper ri pf Jr* ■' l! - JJO H.I.'I I:Uij y^v 'if ‘ ‘ill* Sfew-art' dSClftred 1 that ff wftdld be the settled policy of -£ft>ei, postal authorises ..“to, knecjt iv .,fi0d„, kj>opli a^atn, tat the doors of cpqg^ess uptj, ,th^ support for the post office depart ment's plan, would be forthcOalihr.’ , he predicted that'a 'Mfl autbbrfo' ing the use of aerial transportation 1 foe t^e malls would pass at the aeoct session of congress and that within typ'd years the postal aviatork would be ,! a* commonplace as railway mail clerks are to-day- Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven, chief slgpal officer of the U, ,8. tno,|IWiWI.On»WB»Ri liatp sn tf ,uiw Jvskvt ’*! / j 1M4 CkvpttJ • 1 otii OKWtn.ft. Xcrtlti; diretRA-tiW (AW Mn- ofi .ttnunareat.v ns nonnees the prellmlngcy ^tepqriL of cotton ginned by counties in South OpoMWitM Akenrtrdtsl o#-; 1PM Mid afersiStes —uaiAeStfair tke:qr»pk.'of X" Milanii )o fvbvo X> fiuiin mam O' mrt NEiiEii umucm SHOULD BE REC^gj^ iwmsr TILLMAN [OULD !( '1 I’i »il >- ' iii »V .! I' Londom ...,K M ;CH ment would mean the beginning of! effieer of the U. ,8. ; army, Me ebanclpanon of our people from warjnly supported the proposal of As-, Blatant ‘Postnaster General Stewart. He declared that it was the Imme diate Intention of the anUy and navy forces of the United States to open an aviation school in Texan to supple ment the school already established at San Diego, Cal., and that the army aad navy expected very shortly to have four aerial squadrons. Two of these squadrons, lie said, were ter use on land, to be equipped with aero planes while the other two squadrons are for marine service and equipped with hydros He urged that aerial equipment be sent as soon as possible to the PMt- llppines and to Panama and HawaU to "serve as tho eyes of any artillery^ action that In These outlying posses sions may become necessary ** ' "We have reached the conclusion,” he said, "that the aeroplane is in die- penal ble ss tiie eyes of tffie artillery and we can no longer afford to re main Indifferent to this branch of the service BUt we can’t look for more than four squrdsons of aerial troops at present After all, aerial troops would be an auxiliary and we can't make them out of proportion to the, general establishment and the gfto : sral establish men* te only a provision for a *rsi Une of .battle or 4efansa< Thw-dwli ■ for feservee^always ffior'4 reserves—sounds through our aero- planq.Plans as through qU our mill- .'tary plans ' The sotntlO' U rbe preparing of ^nen. who pi.iy serve as highly trained aerial scouts, but who, until war de mands their services, are of us4 In t)th^r lines Th« post office depart- knent's plans are of great value la just that regard. The army. I am able to say, would gladly co,operate by training aviators (or the postal errVloe kt the army schools; we hope poet to have fouh of them M6r4 than that. K is our policy to offer to train .ajl National Guardsmen, who hoay seek tq become prpfiffi|ent ?vlv, tors. and to tvsth elvHlanS^tip t6 ink capacity of our plant.” ' 1 1 1 Hertry A Wobd/i/hd acted kA toast mast 4r, rend * eaklkirrcai VrosS Umm law. In the high-P'Oftdoff wkufck igspe - tbw Jensiuratioe Its citizenship and In '■•fopd,, ««MI bipiBAce used^iflo^ recognition of tho eternal principles . ^,.,1-,,tl IboMaJniMik haods the destiny of the puntefekiaxit'. " i Yk( WfilakCUiret flew 11 iment should universe. It is your privilege, gen- 1 l v 0(M> ^mfleaJ Avksvdrlt-: kff hMO- Tlffa. tlemen of this general assembly, to balls, got the marks of 60 shrapnB) tho! K || —of or/M.nH It hoH ->E offs protest •‘fftrect ta-ths ogressloa, but this asKtwfMI—■ aAAlai enlargement, ratt^ffjfQAralhBiglHtLeaStr^ldke^le great oil wells Infl^g Uubt-alclnlty because of the foreign^ operators refused to pay a heuiv sessttient levUid by the Mexicans. Tne^ matter also ,has been brought to the* 1 ^eW^l^™ 60J t ^ 6 ^ aR8age maximum Uiit tor aiState levy. An eyer tn- crkaslng burden of taxation falls ivMy'-upbfi'the averalfe dtixen.' A ilble and evur increasing levy to ngaet appropriations, based. upqq ex parte showings made by thlerMtetf- parties before a single committee of the legislature is no( conducive to eponomy.” !n 6-mill ibvy or evkn a B- from other available ladoroqiP ift ill* came, coupled with a fair tax-xippn water powers within the State whdrf i .15. H ' ^ will andahoulff meet-tfaerneedrof^he '*•"•■ ‘I consider the present 3-mill tax direct appropriations made based present effle (iooI system a Lrning. South CaroAfia ts pr^eminehiiy a t te of rural population and inter- and there should be established a working system of rural ciUttta'yto r get the general demands of the pi Iff* and to promote ownershl llffd by the many rather than f iW. Our banking system is TkUlt' fa ss&ssmm. wf Mishment of a, system; aX land stration insuring safety, to hold- of mortgags* abd'an aotiautht#- 1 91V FffltO v7I CBL W Ud-UlUC Ignck-owMftfs, yls wo a P n k^Wu n ((he e tne bkBa o which, of tha BUM treasurer an tbattoki as fund commissioners al kliells thfrt burst^agoynd it. had 2S wires cut by hulleta had : hPics shot through -tW VffdfslOTr rtcefvmfkn ex plosive shell from-a--German aero- T'AftV., 1 ? tlpi.tii^adf.jMid flaalii .wet ;brought to earth after all this expe- ‘fvience by shratrfffff u wMfti burst dl- reO^- against th« ogino. t -» ? :• i!7, "jit: proved .Lhat< an aeroplane in war ^ay only two riUl spqtsT-Hha t M ipllot .whose h-tnd is needed to,direct pplco against their| it - tlrt the Bn gllik Wkt ke^ps It go are ’not?ihcluded.) o'- dr < U -q b'-rh: ♦nosuM ^ d v- ■ iris: Ahbev^i’r'r.: l ,iK • l-t .^ < 31,932 3s;ni ■ATkW. ! ,,, '46,313- 46,3 97 Anffertonol.. / <« ^63.14*8 Bamberg . . 26,8-25 2>6,91fr Barnwell . . . 58,5|06 65,145 BoaiiCort • . ' 8,406 ! A '"7,St9 BerkqJey t.. ;; . Calhoun , . . Charleston . . Cttorkee,'. iCKesteV'! . ?. !:16|S73 13,243 nei .„2,S>tM6 i26 r 244> . 15,925 v .' 15,800 . 33,(12 14,908. 17,412; " 31,84^ Chesterfield , J 30,309 >' 29,086! Clarendon . , . 47,630 Colleton . . .. ?L950 18,792 Darlington . . 42,836 36,5,81 . 36.857 Is.nr Dorchester . . 17,782 18,477' .Edgefield . , . .. 31,481 32,140 Fairfield . . . 23,408 25,212 Florence . . . 45,943 42,854 Georgetown . 5,037 3,641 Greenville . . . 42,603 i 40,969 Greenwood ... . 30,291 31,207 Hampton . ,. . 20,873 . 1.9,027 Horry . . . . 11,111 9,738 Jasper . . 6,396 6,095 Kershaw , . . 29,522 26,398 Lancaster . . 23,3-42 23,566. Laurens. . . 36,495 42,891 Lee ... 40.435 . 36,030 Lexington . . 36,502 ’ ?6!l81 Marion . *14,210 47,351 Marlboro . . 58,252 50,820 Newberry . 32,511 38,059 Oconee . , . 19,265 19,5t4 Orangeburg . . 81,386 75,366 Pickens . . . . 19.413 17,518 Richland . . 25,400 22.128 Saluda . . . 23,515 34,739 Spartanburg 67,224 68,602 Sumter . . . . 60,638 39.971 Union .... 17,275 20,276 Williamsburg. . 33,762 25,327 York .... . 37,402 39.336 Total .. i: . .1,388,779 1,342,737 to RaiWMcliltyW bfted'MWA-i.^arts Says RCkalt Will bd Local in Effect -n*CMaed by Oiflcult, OoiidlUoM of CoiMmuaifiUlaa. .<<• x>r -i) ' l1»OtW'><i> --I.. I r Parla repocLs/Wednesday “To the : ortheast of Soissons our conterattack •bas progressed slightly bet Weed Cuffl jand'Crouy/ HffwCfver, Sve were unable to debouch from Crony.— ‘•'Our itroops, subject to a violent tack to thtoreAst ot.thls place, have sided slightly'<n«ar 'the vliiMge of oacel, bat which they >ara still oc cupying. They are holding also St. Marguerite and Mlssy-Su'r-Afstie. “Qn the Alsne, to the nprthhast of Sblsaons, the fighting around ,‘Spur 1^2'' Continued with great severity, during all the day of Januaryl2. The Germans brought very considerable fftrnivfk intrv fltim on era erttm ow* f 1 of Govermor <pkhMi >ot the Siat*; - rW \- In discussing , lh ; e I mlfttaiy : 6ih J ddi'e whieh Gev.-Glease has created; Sena- thln'k l't ah opportun^t^e^or^ Gov. fanning -to cb-dptbau with tbe/Ohli- N, 8JAissL,RjUJiL9i:lUBft. and. .baye.jthe tallitla take an entirely new start and, be thoroughly re^gMiUed. * O ‘The State Is kowJ-ckalgbl good many thousands of dollars’ Worth of munltlpas and anus that are lost and can nffver twr rtlcovered, of every imaginable boYt Of quartermas ter’s supplies too nqmerous to men tion, as well as oMb(ute ordnance affjl iordnance stores, fl believe the Wrtment win be entirely proposed r^pr- 8TILL, WAITING- T ~ ♦ — Bryan AaknowiedftOB ilrltlab Prelim inary Reply MM Waits. fn a note delivered Thursday by Amkassader Page, at London. Becre- tary Hryan acknowledged receipt of Great Hritaia's preliminary reply tf the AmeHcan protest against Hiitisb interference with neutkl commerce. He expressed appreciation of the friendly spirit in which the protest Had been received, aad' noted with satisfaction that principles of tnter- I ,tonal law set forth in It had bee* cepted. Further comment, Mr Bryan said, would be immature this time In vfew ot the lo'entlon of the British government to reply* In detail. ’ > ‘ March 11—-The Oregon. Olympia, ^ aaktop and GfiUc. prvceed ,to 4aq .Flranc'sco. ,. ;i "tMvfh jil—Tbo prptUi'Dl on the •bew Yolk, accompaqled by the Texas .a iff bba dtvtsTdtr'of'destroyers! sfekths ^ irough the fleet and proceeds to SUa ■Ibago,.: The fleet Aotflia aaiL aexiU* epm ,(o San Fr^qsf^o. . Fqr : '> > ' fayles st ir i attention of Gen. Carraqzeblmsulf. Mdst of the oil 'plarfts' are ekiwed by Amarlcaq aaft ., PHtlah i PaftlMb There have been several complaints ’agafnetr c' “ FOOD < A KOOKS HKU>. (Ships Have Been Detained Mince Mid dle of November. Tbe Norwegian, steamers Alfred decreet or the Carranza offi'jgNobel and BJornstjerne Bjornson, ciftis. .reports coming from state de-Bi oa (] B( ] c tf( e f{y with Chicago packing partment Representatives as well asfhouse products, havk been held In through ^tha Interksted^ foreign 6m-lp r nj g jj p 0r t s since the middle of 1 No^ _ a thaU' ven j bep> t, ,,. , 8Um ™ The cargoes: are oonslgned ('to oi^ ptroyers and the Pacific fleet whl kr- Hve at San Fsaaeteoa eThe peeeldent Will steam thxoudk W>ffiJlk*Gd "There can. of eourae, he po parade of The fleet as a whblp' inrough the ypHtl.* This would ffestflt In dObg^s- t)on dA Ool6n and to 6he canal, With scrloue delay. . . > ‘ ."The Oregon.' and Olympia will taka part, to be in Colon prlpr, to March &. filled with coal and ready to pro ceed. • ” ' ~• “Besides fljie twenty-one baittie- shtps of the Atlantic fleet, all vessels of the Atlantic torpedo flotilla, in cluding the BirmlnLbam, Pixie and Arethusa. will accompany the fleet to Ban Francisco! The .reserve torpedo flotilla, Atlantic fleet, will not pro ceed to Shn Francisco. The auxili aries accompanying t he battleship fleet will he the Vestal, Celtic, Yank ton, Solace, Sonoma, Ontario, Pgt- apsco, PhtffXen't' knd the ttblllors Cy clops, Orion, Neptune, Jupiter aad Vttlcam”. v of th* esvecs vkry ; of QUl Slcrties 't^us p marliy to s.nut dow xmesA tho 1 nsoiney ^t^Ofling. plant: demanded was , ; U ; Regard Ship Subject to Seizure. ■ ■ ~ m filVei ^ __ vovem The Bjortosio 14ft NeW Ybrk Octotlefr 2 7 and wad taken into Leith Novem- stll iq yq«,a a toil baa .rrtqi Gwnqrp of the- vessels'a»y the ships cement that alt ?the British announce upplMs^lUdt- ff 1 ‘relltgerent army ight utilise-4|u«t We definitely con- igned-to .sotoe firtn- Tha Swedish steamer FrJdland, the fMrikdr Jlajhburi loafrttfg ht Toft Ar- ltuir^.Texas. with, colton lQr_Cipmen Germany, is receiving official atten- GO^kU^kshMgtofl, flt was learned! ship might ha regarded as subject to seizure. The 1 (fulStfdtis Involved are ln / hald.r.l'nhe .Fridland also is loWd- pf-great Importanoa opt only to Amer-, with^pacheita products, lekhif sfeekinS“'tcf'pflrcha8e interned ' / & Wman meffthaql js^ips, but also to intlmatlonl^ 0 P en A age ° “-^Ftake KlrkwaU P6f^b% T7r (r _ F . , , uthern cotton interests, now exert-| Cdliflt'. ^exchtoid^ , the /. Ajustrlan si eiy «a*ctln find means of plac-^riffie mihislef," g and encouraging a banking sys- di,ul regiment which captured a mlle| i to axtand long time loans at at DeWa'ilab’s Alley (Tf “ ri '-»' 1 4 : W iii '' 1 >jl r ’ -OiTkd:'rttdlrtUMM! 1-' iog dratf fcfCpcbln flotf means of plac- prime'mitil^ef, 11 who dtsp.iched that, Ing the staple in European markets. goYernment’A.-ultimatum to Servla, »'■*** has seslgn^. Hskron Rajecs, a Hum- ..., ',—77 -r.'-vr- ' -r? c,uu 7to. pariah, ahcceeds him., to bis office, . The London' C^roni^la recounts a f ^ ,V . storj.ot/a splendid charffe of a Cana- -" L MaskeA'Ma* Hob Rank'. r - ‘ Three masked men ' tobheff 1 the near Rank of Terloon, Okla., of $33,000 Tpcas and in an e»«lilfli£e l, W , TftfbU with a po#se Tuwday kilta* * dawla^; wfT ^ieT fi; 'TiiMH tin i'j Ijv Qov.’gTaTon of Oe^rgia'hls order- . India &ent BOO.OBO Mea. Hit CM; of tha lynching at iflocordin* A* news from togTand. bntlcello. where four negroee, two India kM CbatHbaiad kMdiflrT««(0*O of them women, were taken from thetmsn to tha sehrlee of Great Britain DtrykaaB-khe aenadat. W.ould Have Stopped Races- governor earlier. J '3 i *e—*- , . ^choqner Abandoned. _ t^ho sc^poner 4 t ; iy. Dana has bepn (Sailed from the United Stales before;-ahandbhed 9^ miiies wes.t of Diamond ET,.- r,-.,..u -•''‘SlidkSs't.tghtfibuS^*' 'Thb ^ifp;'#afl wakOflOgiaff.'' lU'j'jNw b:u; lab mb >; ?« , i ♦ to .!) .4 1 no l i (Ailld RafllF HwnffiV hi': yriT ; ( Pq«lhla Gr^gtory* ; 1 b mopths;«ld,;; of Chester, was-.badl/ bvirpedi Friday af When her clbtmng' 'caught fire whl^e tfl standing ‘bhfffrd' atf Opett grakW;' • ut> t»r.*t*U a«'i4a*n4''''-i i^,->'.^t! > Four Lives Lost in t Fouriparaow wej5a.hffrncd to dekth rly Sunday in a fire that dpstgpyed th T MaadaBmaif Chance. I Representative Aikaa’a bUW intro duced Wednesday, to create two judi? Hal districts for tb* st^te of South Carolina, is regarded as Unfavorable. of Aha Atlantic -fleet are to practice off Pensacola, FM-. durlpg FehrMacy. March and April. Plead Guilty, pf th* HI convleuW In Jn* forces Into this engagement. 1 We maintained our position on the crest of Jhe hill to the west ofSpur 132. To the east one troops wtera obliged to giv* up the grpund..'. The fighting here cokunaes.” London reports: "Like stubborn ly contested battles In the sally days Of tha war On which hinged the Ger man occupation of west Flanders, the struggle for the knoll of ground north t of Soissons, known as ‘Spur 132. undecided. The Germans^ their 1 counter attacks, ap- better position eastward "la view of the yejattvely smalt amount of ground gained, the losses bavff been heavy pn both sides, but the Gormans show no signs of giving Up their attempts to take the hill. It, is said Gen. voa Klnck hlttutelf is now to command of the German forces. Which would seem to lift the battle Out of the ordinary run of conflicts along the western front." Berlin reports Wednesday: "In the Western theatre of war fierce artillery dusld took place In the nelghbofhobd off Nleuport. They resulted to the wv- 7 :nation of the eoemy’s trenches at altoaburga, a xuberb of Nieupert "French adtecks al LaRerselte and the hill of Touvorn were repulsed. Yesterday'a successful attaeks on th® hills near Crony were followed up hff a German counterattack, which ended to the complete defeat of the French and clearing qf the hills northeast of Pussy gnd north, of urony Oar troop* took poeeeeioa of ) Frqacb positions sad aad captux- I.TOQ prlsoaem, four cannon aad oral martiine .guns.’' ‘alia reposts Thursday "Last night t r troops were succesfull to a sudden la sted tMrk with t htfr object of OVQrwholn^* igg the tranches racenUy constructed by tha Germans tp the northegst of ukueecbrt. north of Roye '(Depart, errt ef the Somme.) H# fWU^t m . a/.a . 11 I*. . G\s h as been said In the communl-k caiAagtog ghdeeigcgMaka ffw aia>diag> of the riypr Alsne, w hjeh. destroyed eyveral ef ouk bfWgws. tia£ rendefeM precarious the comrrxualoatlOTai our troops operating on the.flrg^ s'fff'the' right bank. 1 -W* ’krerw prevented trem Mndtag thlem rw4 1 iflforcements. This has been the es- sdflHkl oipsd " bf : tfte wUndfawal of tkoah troops. .wbiPh vlerW flgfftfag nn- der difficult conditions. i A c . i‘(^’.e »'ef«,pbUgjd tp gpendon sew. eral cdtlnofi as the result of the breaking dffwn'oT A bridge 1 . We have rendered all of th«m. atilt for uh». "The Germany have maffis priqgni ers. paiTieulary of woundetl mep, who Jq the’WttbdYf.Wal morfeifletit, wd Were not able to take with On otir side we have made a number of im-> portaht prisoners, not wounded, be- ..longing to seveh different regiments: “To sum ap Hie 1 success is a partial one for our adversaries, whjch will have no influendfc eh operations as a whole, in fart, by reason of the obsta cles presented by the Alsne and the dispositions which we have, taken, the enemy will be unable to utilize to the south of the river the success which is of purely local character.’’ Berlin reports Thursday: “In the western theatre o' the war, ip the dunes' hear Nleuport and southwest pf -Ypres/artillery combats are going! on,, Th* qppmy dlrecteduain •ktreme- ly strong fire on Westende, ..wjijch they soon will have entirely destroy ed. , Their torpedo ttoatfl disappeared quipfcly as sopp. as they received our flr V ' ‘mvM hfitr, bnd - tl* j *Th continuation of their activities ^portheast of Soissons, oUr tVddbs pgato (made, pa AftJ^k op the heighlf bf, Vregpy gjid ctokrefl,^., ele^ati^d plain of tile enemy. Th a pouring ralh ami ‘-tfefehfy ‘Woffd’OT t^ay-n-endh' Wag : de; friendly toward the ganlzatlon and in AUrtlnf; ow klate. . f - ! “In a communication from the sec retary of wgr to Gov, Blegse, dated July 6, 1914Xgecrhtory Oarrlken said: [It Is hoped thdi^he state will toko early and effectlveaftTSTto settle the gbove mentioned prop rty questions, to.geaerkUy.reorgnnlze the militia to * manner that will assure ap affestlva Anff'-sTaFle force, to provide la The - future for prompt compliant# with J he federal, laws for {the governiaeqt f the organized mUltla and to pro vide for the safekeeping and aeeoaot- dbljity of government supplies) loaned to the qillitig of the ntato.’„ •- . "The state, however, mast * He share, and the legislature aad fltov. Manning should see to this. gov. Blease’s actiaa. Instead of being harmful, as be. no doubt, intended it to be, will resultIn-Meatsood to the State's ‘ “In th* fl-om, Sf the llna the wlt| whi mu| on son] ofllc( Gov. the el partmeb "In sr ill be partment has for-auaharms end stores as am turn- T. d r ‘“m tSfaction or navlng accomplished something for the state, without tu- cuning the odium of trapopularlry which would come had be tnaarurst- e« if. "In my Judgment’ the. legislature. U It is wise, will provide for the thor ough reorgaditatlbn of the ■tlltia aad put It on a more efficient basis than It now Is The War scare which the European situation has produced, agd clamor for ’preparedness' to meat possible invasion, has showa th* necessity to me df the different states' having a thorough ''overhauling of their military establishments.” >icb de- recelpted NAVAL "^OGRJ RAM. >aee Measure ftalla fog Two Rattto- ships and 17 Aubmarlnea. FroVislon for instruction of twff great dreadnoughts,'Six torpedo boot destroyers, J^-qpasW def^ffie.Affbms- larlne. ripes. a ifea-golng submarine, a hos A. a traasport’ Mid ^4 Yue ship a* an aggregate cost Of IB'S,1^1 brU- liat feat for-otlf trootis lihder the vferj eye* of , theirj pppennost wgr *®^.'i:,.Op'Utj4j; .•; :py7/ t,.li!'J ! b “NoryieasLof the. capip of Shalpna. the Kronen attacked agpfn and again In the morning'ahd'affdrtfootl with S ' 1 ong force*; to the atrtt bf Perthes, ey penetrated *t certain places our ^ ^(trffnchtSs Tnit rtrpttWed by *n«i The sabasarlMB and torpedo boats F e f tc eouater-attacks • and • driven Ok witA heavy looses Into their cam a* leaving 1«0 pcigoaers M our totsl reeffHs of tha flefat* of sd <H iortheawt of ftato- nam u • 28'hs made l*'the naval approprla-'* tloii'bili-agreed.oh Wedneedayby tbW 1 House naval committee All told the ' bOl earrtA $145,Bfl'fi,t),0,- of which' f22.9S8.$Sfl Is for qew constrnetion. .The program proposed the building 0 f. '• '1 ~ l-o - , t - K t-..' cl Two battleships at not more than (T.^OO.port. eacq, exclusive o( armor and tirihanieht. Six torpedo lioat destroyeto at pot more than 925,000 each, exclqgfve of afmamenV One sea-going subnlarlne at not more thafl ,|1,400,000, exclqaiva qt armament. ,, ,, Sixteen submarines at not more- than. $5^0,000 each. One hospital ship at not more than 12,260,000. - One transport at not more; than 12,129,700. TURNS IT DOWN. National House Refuses to Submit Wpaian Suffrage Apjendmen^. ;; The House ) Qf RepresentaUves Tuesday night by a vote of 204 to 174, refused to submit to the stated an' Amendment to the federal constitu tion to enfranchise women. A tWo- majority. woald h*Ye baen t n*cr. 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