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i~FtOPIATI0Ns. - -.BY" C'ONGRESS MAY BE 1,650,000,000 CONGRESS ANXIOUS TO COMPLETE WORK Financial Preparedness Pro. gram Includes Half a Billion for Neutral Defense. House Takes Up Work on Revenue Bill. ARMY AND NAVY BILLS PRINCIPLE IN SENATE indications Are That Senate Will Largely Accept Proposed Increases. -Dispose of Agricultural Bill Soon. Washington.-Congress is preparing to complete its program of financial preparedness with every indication that appropriations this session will aggregate considerably more than a billion and a half dollars, at last half a billion of which will be for national defense. According to estimates based on fipures compiled by Chairman Fitz gerald, of the House Appropriations Committee, and increases put into pending measures by senate commit toes, the grand appropriation total may reach $1,650,000.000 exceeding by more than $500,000,000 the 'record of any previous congress. Last week Representative Fitzger ald submitted a statement to the House showing that the grand total for the present Congress based on bills passed and pending, would reach near ly $1,500,000,000. Since then the Sen ate Naval Committee has added near ly $50,000,000 to the naval bill, and the military committee has increased the' $182,000,000 army appropriation measure by approximately $100,000, 000. Army and Navy Lead. The principal appropriation meas ures awaiting senate consideration are the army and navy bills. As amended in 'committee they carry $282,000,000 and $315,826,843, respec. tively, and together with the fortifica. tions bill, which has passed both houses, would appropriate for national defense more than $622,000,000. There Is every indication that the senate will accept the major part of the pro posed army and navy increases but conferences probably will pare some of them down. The senate plans to take up the naval bill as soon as the agricultural bill is out of the way probably within a few days. The big building pro gram for 1917 and the provision for a three-year construction policy p)IFb. ably will mean a debate of several weeks. Meantime the army bill will come from committee and an effort may be made to pass it as soon as it is ready, setting aside the naval bill temporarily. Ready For Revenue Bill. With it. work on appropriations trearing completion the H-ouse is ready to take up the $210,000,000 rev *enue bill just Introduced. After it is passed the house will be marking time waiting for the senate to catch up. Besides several of the big sup ply measures, the senats has the ship ping bill, the child labor bill, the $2, O00),000 militia relief measure, conser vation measures, the immigration bill and many minior matters to dispose of. If there is to be an adjournment in time for the political campaign, Congress leaders believe some of the measures of the President's legislative program must be sacrificed, probably -the immigration and conservation sneasures. INCREASED PROGRAM NAVY IS APPROVED Committee Recommends Four Dread naughts, Four Battleships sad 10 Capital Ships. Waehington.-Formal approval of the increased navy building program recommended by -the senate naval -committee in amending -the anmnal ap propriation bill passed by the house is given in a sitatement issued by Sec retary Daniels. The committee, besides framin-g a program catling ltor four' dreadnaughits and four battle cruisers nert yeam Instead of five battle cruisera, only, as iprovided by the house-wrote intoe the bill provision for completing within three years -the general boards plan -to add 16 caipital shirps belfore 1922. "It marks a radically new policy in the enlargument and increase of the -navy," said Mr. D~aniels' s'tatemenit. "It -is the first bill othat has Incorpor -Mled a continuing policy in the build ing of fighting ships. In his annual -'-message to Congress last December r resident Wilson ~placed emphasis nig policy." 10,000 MILITIAMEN ON RIO GRANDE. San Antonio, Tex.-More than 10,000'National Guardsmen are either at border stations. or so . near that they could be moved right to the line within a few hours. It was believed that within three days the entire movement would be more than half completed. Eight Ameri can Consular officers, have been removed from their- posts In a report to the senate on the three year, flive hundred million dollar navy building program benator Swanon for -the naval committee, laid etrem on its recommendation 'that the navy general board plane be hastened to completion. "It seemed -to tihe committee," says the report, "that the program for five years proposed by the general board is not sufficient to bring -the naval force of the United States ito the po sition which they ought to hold among the navies of -the world ast an early enough period. The committee, therefore, reduced the time covered by the program from five 6o three years, the committee being convinced that the sooner we could get an ade quate navy the better as -the navy must always be our first line of defense and we have two great coasts to defend." The building program includes building of 167 ships prior to July 1, 1919, 66 of 41hem to be begun as soon as practicable, including eight capistai ships. Of reo'ganizaltion of the na val militia, the report says: "The committee realized that it was very important that the naval mi litia should be put on an equal basis with the National Guard. Unlers this was done, the naval militia, which is now an Imporitant part of our naval es tabHsh'menit, instead of Increasing would be lessened, as more induce. ment would be given to enter the I' a tional Guard than the naval militta. The committee recommends legislation which puts the naval militia upon equality with the National Guard. "It also hnposes upon the naval militia the same requi-rements In re spect to drill and services thait are re quired for the National Guard, and -they are subject to the call of the president in case of emergency cf war, similar to the National Guard." PLEDGE SERVICE TO CARRANZA GOVERNMENT Citizens in Various Parts of Mexicc Offer 'to Enlist for War. Mexico City.-Telegrams declaring adhesion to the Carranza Governmen and offering eontingents of from 20' to 2.000 men each, continue, to poui into the Central Government fron various parts of the republic while ac counts of popular mass rheetings an( sp eches against invasion are crowdini all the telegraph lines. At Tuxtepec Oaxaca, the manifestants, after a pop ular meeting at which orators spokc for war, crowded into the telegrapt office and offered the services of al able-bodied men of the towni to Geni oral Carranza. Meetings of students have been: held in Puebla, Queretaro, Quadala jara, Guadaloupe, Hidalgo, Morelia, and many other points at which adhe sion to the government was pledged. As an offset to these warlike demon. strations, Mexican women, under the leadership of Senarita Hermila Galin do, editor of the newspaper, La Mujer Moderna, (Tihe Modern Woman), are supporting the Women's Peace Party of New York and have corresponded with Margaret Lane of New York in an effort to aid in bringing about a peaceful eoba'tion of the difficulties existing between the two nations. LANSING ASKS HOUSE FOfR ADDITIONAL FUNDS, Secretary Wants $300,000 at Once to Get Americans Out of Mexico. SThe Appropriations Committew of the House faces another phase of the Mexican trouble. Secretary Lansing called for an additional $300,000 to get Americans out of Mexico. In a mem. oraundum dated Juno 28 nccompany ing the estimate he saidl: "The conditions are auch at the ipresent time that, in my opinion, it is highly desirable that every Am'erican citizen should leave Mexico at the 6arliest practicable woment. The ap propriation made heretofore by Con gross for assisting Americans in leav. ing Mexico is exhausted, and I urge tihat the amount above mentioned be expedited as much as possible." TELL OF MEXICANS FIRING ON OUR SOLDIERS, Galveston, Texas.--Two American nailors from the scout cruiser Salenm were wounded during a clash, with arrroed Mexicans at Tampico, accord ing to passengers arriving on the Wolvin liner Dade from Vera Cruz, The y received their information from pnssoevers on the Ward -liner Mont. erey; hound from Tampigo to Vera The Monterey's passengers said, ac co'-ding to the D~ad' arrivals, that two small ho'r' from the Salem approach ed 'm nico jetties and were fired o'f hv Mexicans fron 14 shore. The A r-e -'- s returned he fire. Two '\"o .r'Yn wCV- sli htly injuredl, they s'1. atthou~'h -at ro'uld tiot be learned whet~her ar'y Mexicans had been lit, TAKEN BY ALLIES BRITISH AND FRENCH CONTINUE GREAT SOMME-ANCRE DRIVE. REPORT STEADY ADVANCE Continue Efforts Around Verdun-in tensity of the Great Battle Does Not Diminish Any During Sunday. London.-All through the night aid Sunday the great British and French offensive which began Saturday morn ing in the Somme and Ancre sectors continued with intensity. Both British and French War Offices report a steady advance at certain points, but speak also of the formidable German resistance. Fricourt, an important town, three mila East of Albert, has fallen to the British arms, while the French have taken Gurlu, which lies to the South east. The fighting at the southern end of the British line, where it is in contact with the French, is of the fiercest nature tremendous artillery actions preceding all infantary at tacks. The French have taken 6,000 pris oners, according to the latest esti mates, while the British, though re. porting the capture of 3,500 later de clared that the estimates were too low. Owing to the nature of the bat tie, it is not doubted that the casual ties are very high. Notwithstanding the terrific offen sive against them in the Somme River region, the Germans have not ceased in their effort around Verdun. They have bombarded several of the Ver dun sectors and have launched infan try attacks against the French trench. es. While Berlin declares that the French attacks against the famous Thiamont work were repulsed by cur. tains of fire the French War Office announces that this strategic position has been re-captured by the French forces and is held by them. Referring to the Anglo-French drive the Germans official tatement says that' at several points of the first line trenches along the Somme the enemy forces gained success and were able to advance. A German division In this sector had to be withdrawn. BANDITS DRIVE HORSES FROM BORDER RANCH Troops Face Each Other Across River and Sentries Exchange Shots. San Antonio, Tex.-Captain Leroy Eltinge with two troops of the Eighth Cavalry searched the country on the Mexican side of the river opposite Fort Hancock, Texas, for bandits who fled back into Mexico, after raiding the American side. It was reported he had returned to the American side of the river, having lost the trail of the raiders. The best information obtainable in dicated 'there were eight Mexicans in the raiding party which drove elf a few head of horses and cattle from a ranch 54 miles southeast of El Paso. Lieutenant tardy with only p~art of one troop followved the!.r trail to a point where it ended at the river, and Captain Eltinge, several hours later Iairrived with two troops froni El Paso 'to makce an investigation and to con tilnue the pursuit if lie considered it ad v'isable. He was instructed not to pr cipitate a clash. with Mexican troops if it could be avoided. All reports ireceived sat Gen. Fun ston's hieadquarters indicated nothing more exciting along the international line than th~e exchanging of shots be t'ween senti:ies at Nogales. Apparent ly no early offensive by the concen trated forces of the Mexicans in front of General Pershing's positions was contempla-ted. All officers commanding tihe troops along the 1,700 miles of boirder are cautioned -to avoid clashies with the Mexican troops that face them, but the recurrence of such incidents as that at Nogales has caused staff offi cers to fear that something may hap pen at any time that may serve as the basis foir further complicating the situation. FORTIFICATIONS BILL BIGGEST EVER VOTED Washington.-Approval of a con ference report on the biggest fortifica tions appropriation bill ever sent to the WVhite House was voted by the house andl senate. It carries $25.748, 050 in cash appropriations and $13, 800,000 for authorized contracts. The senate added $4,880,050 to the house total, lar-gely increasing items for re serve ammunition. OBREGON STRENGTHENS HIS ARMY ALONG BORDER San Antonio, Texas-While the war department was moving into the fr-ontier thousands of the Nationai Guardsmen, General Obregon, Car-ran za's minister of war, was engaged in strengthening the border army. Mi nor changes were directed by him in his armies that now are quantered In force in almost all northern cities, ex cept a fey that lie under the Amer-i can guns, aiccording to infornmtion at WAGES CAMPAIGN FOR SANITARIUM TO EDUCATE PEOPLE BY OBSER VING "TUBERCULOSIS WEEK" IN SOUTH CAROLINA. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA 0 - 4 Doings and Happenirfgs That Mark the Progress of South Carolina Peo pie, Gathered Around the State Capitol. Columbia. The first week of August is to be observed as "tuberculosis week" in South Carolina. This will be the pre lude to a statewide campaign to be waged this fall to awaken interest In the state tuberculosis hospital and to educate the people as to its possibili ties and opportunities to bring relief to the thousands in this state who are afflicted with the disease. Mrs. Annie I. Rembert, field secre tary of the state board of health, re cently appeared before the South Car olina Press Association in York and outlined the plan for an anti-tubercu louis league and received the unani mods'Indorsement of the piress of .the state. All organizations- In the state are to be appealed to in the project. The co-operation of the Federation of Women's Clubs, now in session at Winthrop College, is to be sought, along with the civic leagues In. all cities and towns, chambers of com merce, fraternal orders, ministerial unions, public schools, church socie ties and other allied organizations. Tentative plans are to observe "tuber culosis day" in the public schools, at which time tracts will be read to the children on the treatment of tuber culosis and measures to be observed to prevent the spread of the disease. It is this manner of co-operation that it is hoped to greatly reduce the death rate in South Carolina from tuberculosis. Last year 2,000 people in South Carolina died from this dis ease. To direct a campaign of such mag nitude, considerable funds will be necessary. The state has no appro priation with which to wage warfare against the ravages of consumption, except-ing the support of the sanitor ium at State Park. This, a new in. stitution, accommodates 32 patients, with a provision that a proportion o these shall be admitted free. Pay pa tients are charged $1 daily. A simila1 institution in Georgia is said to ac commodate 350 and one in North Carolina from 150 to 200. The wor is to be furthered by discussions, lec tures, tracts, newspaper publicity and the other methods of bringing the mat. ter to the attention of the people. Adj.-Gen. Moore Makes Changes. Implortant appointments and assign ments have been made in the Nation al Guard of South Carolina, according to an anouncement by W. W. Moore, adjutant general. Aasignments have been announced as follows: Camp administrative staff, Maj. A. M. Brailsford, First Lieut. W. Buck Spar-kman and First Lieut. F. A. Bell; infirmary, First in fantry, Maj. J. E. Poore, Capt. H. T. Hames, Capt. J. W. Campbell and First Lieut. C. M. Tr'Ipp; infirmary, Second infantry, Capt. Isadoro Schay er. Capt. Allen J. Jervey and First Lieut. T. 0. Maddox. Dibert Jackson of Columbia has been appointed captain, infantry sec tion, officers' r-eser-ve corps, with rank from March 10, 1908. Changes in the Second infantry were as follows: William E. King was appointed second lieutenant, Company C, Second infantry; Second Lieut. R. 3. Ortman was appointed first lieutenant, Company D, Second infantry; George A. Knebel was ap pointed second lieutenant, Company D, Second infantry; Allen R. Rich ardson was appointed first lieutenant, Company L, Second infantry. Decision Affects Anti-Compact Law. The state supreme court dlismissed mandamus proceedings brought by Philip LaTour-ette, an insurance bro ker of New York City against F. H. McMaster, stato insurance commnis sioner, compelling the issuance pf a non-resident broker's license to Mr. LaTourette. In his petition to the su preme court LaTourct'te contended that the "an'ti-com pact" insurance law was discriminatory and in con travention to both the constitutions of South Carolina and of the United States. The constitulonally of the law was upheld inthe opinion of the supreme court.. The law has caused over 70 insurance companies to leave the state. inquiries About Scholarships, Scores of prospective college stu dents are inquiring about the scholar ships and the scholarshtip examination for Winthrop, the University of South Carolina and Clemson College, and for the Citadel, These examinations are under the control of the presidlent and facalty of each of .iuo respective insti tutions. Vacancies are never report ed to the state departmont of educa tion, and t'he inqtfirers would be0 better served by communicating direetly Iwith the several college presidents fathee- than with the suverintendent. GOVERNOR iSSUE8 CAI,.L FOR ' HOUSAND RECRUIT. One thousand recruits are needed at ocoe to complete the First and Second reglinents of the National Guard of South Carolina for service In Mexico. The call for the men was . is sued by Gov. Manning after a conference at Camp Moore with Col. E. M. Blythe of the First regiment, ranking officer and Col. H. B. Springs of the Second regiment. The following call was signed by Gov. Manning: "To the People of South Caro lina: "A crisis confronts us. The call for service has come. South Carolina Is expected to do her part. Our men are responding nobly. About 2,500 are now in camp. We need at least 1,000 ad ditional men. I make this appeal to the patriotism and loyalty of the men of South Carolina to offer their services without de lay. The matter Is urgent. Re cruits are needed at once. I re quest those in each community who are interested in seeing South Carolina furnish her full war quota of troops to take the lead in securing available re cruits for the two Soutie Caro. lina regiments and urge that they communicate with Col. 0. K. LaRoque at the governor's office in Columbia at once. Re cruiting officers will be sent to any communities that indicate a response to this appeal. I am confident that the patriotism of our people wilt bring a prompt response. "Richard I. Manning, Governor." - 0.-- .+ ---.......4* 0 . ...-......4....1 Announce Plans-For Warehouses. Many inquiries are being received by John L. McLaurin, state warehouse ercmmissioner, as to proper construc tion of warehouses for the coming crop. The warehouse of 1,000 bale capacity is a simple device. To secure the lowest insurance rate, it is only necessary, Mr. McLaurin says, that the house shall have tin or metal roof, sufficient doors in sides and ends, opening outward, the number depend ing on length of sides and ends; dirt floor, and wooden sides and ends, which may be made of thinenst sub stantial material. Concrete floor may be used, it desired. Wooden floor will materially increase the insurance rate. The whole house may be of corrugated iton, but it is only necessary that the roof be of tin or metal. The buildinH should be located at least 100 fee from any other building. The comnAissioner has under ad vosement planis for the construction o houses of larger capacity. An effort ft being made to secure the approval o the insurance companies for a build ing which may be eoected at a rea sonable cost, upon which a cheap rate of Insurance may be ma-intained on a large valuation. Mr. McLaurin hopes to introduce the reporting system, whereby premiums are paid monthly upon the cotton in storage each day, and upon the daily market value. All the country houses of the state sys tem nowv have the advantage of this equalitable method of insurance up to a certain valuation, andi thre plan is to ap~ply this to the city or large capac ity warehouses. HAPPENINGS AT CAMP STYX. Capt. Marshall of the reserve corps is temporarily commanding the Brookland company of the Columbia battalion, Second regiment; Captain Paulmer having been given leave in order that he might be married before the departure of the regiment "Catt" Randle, captain of the Sum ter company in the Second, was a atar athlete at the Citadel and in camp has also shown himself a man of his hands. He and various other boxers have put on several spirited af-ter-sup. per sparring matches. These draav large crowds. Maj. vonTresckow's battalion of the Second infantry hiked three miles (luring one day in heavy marching or decr and though the day was warm andl humid, the men showed the inmprove ment in condition effeted through regular drills recenrtly by swinging along easily under the field equipment and returning to camip full of energy. Some mounted officers have horses they purpose taking with them to Texas and other-s may buy saddlers in the state before 'their dleparture. Some, however, arc du bi ous about tranlsport. ing valuable animals so far and pre fer to take their chances of lpicking up suitable horses on arrival. These they say will have theo advantage of being already acclimated. Recruiting at Greenville for the Na tional Guard is progressing well, ac. cording to Private P. C. Westmore. land, who loft Camp Moore for Green: v'ille to assist First Lieutenant W. 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