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PSEious FLOODS5 SWEEP CAROLINAS MANY PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN RIVERS-LARGE NUMBER RE PORTED DEAD. ESTIMATE LOSS $10,000,000 Five Known Dead In Asheville and Biltmore.-Western North Carolina Hit Hard.-Power Lines Wrecked. Charlobtte.-Serious floods in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia Sunday -caused five known deaths with 18 others known to be missing and rendered hundreds homeless, dam. aged property and crops to the extent of $10,000,000 according 'to first esti mates and demoralized railway, tele graph and telephone communications. Following the huricane that struck -the South Atlantic Coait. unprecedented rains have lallen, driving rivers and smaller streams from neir banks and Jmperilling many lives. What are said to be the worst floods ever known in the Catawba, Broad and Yadkin Rivers did untold damage in the territory within a a. dius of 60 miles of Charlotte with the possible loss of 18 lives. Just above the Southern bridge, over the Catawba at Balment, the Piedmont & Northern Interurban 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 high way bridges went out, while at Ca. tawba, the Southern's bridge on the Salisbury-Asheville line, was washed away. At Monbo, below Catawba, the West Monbo Cotton Mill of 5.000 spin. dIes, is under water and believed to h'ave been washed away, and the East Monbo Mill, across the river, is prac tically submerged, while a cotton warehouse with 400 bags of cot-ton has been waahed away. Still further up the Catawba, the IAledoun and Ali. paugh Mills are under water. The damage to these mills is laid to a watertspoxut in Alexander county that caused a section of the earth embankment of the Lookout Shoals power plant of the Southern Power Company to give away adding 15 feet of water to the already more than 20 foot tide in ithe Cata-wba. That volume of water also caused the last two or three of the bridges to go. The Dravo Power Company's dam on Broad river near Shelby, went out lato Sunday afiternon, menacing the Southern Power Company's plant near Blackaburg, S. C., and cutting off the electric supply for Spartanburg and the textile towns surrounding that city. The Southern Power Company however, may be able to me-et this de mand. Near Winston-Salem, the town of Rondo was cut off from the outside world for several hours until a tele graph operator, flooded out of his of fiee, carried his instruments to a high hill and cut in on a telegraph wire. Trains cannot be gotten to North Wilkesboro and will not be operated west of Donagha. for some tinie be cause of the tide on the Yadlin 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 Winston-Salem to that town had to stop at Elkin. Resi dents of Jonesville and adjacent towns were moving to high land. The French~road River broke from its course near Asheville, flooding fac tories and homes in the lowver part. of the city. At Biltmore three per eons, Capt. J. C. Lipe, Miss Nellie Lipe end Mrs. Leo Mulholland were drown ed when the Li pe house was flooded. Two persons were drowned sat Ashe ville while trying to put food into the uppeur story of the Glenn Rock Hotel. Many are marooned in their residences along the river and rescue parties flor hours have fought .their way againert the rushing current in an effort 'to reach them. Swift streams of water are flowing down some of the streets of lower Asheville. The Southern Railway sta dion is flooded to a depth of six feet as are all other buildings in that vicin ity. The city proper, 300 feet higher, is without lights, but otherwise is not affected, Inusuttial plants everywhere suf fered severely, property loss in cot ton mills, woodworking plants and lumber yards along the French Bi fad 1and Swannanos. Rivers was estimated at from $1,600,000 to $2, 000,000. From Hienderwonville came a report thaM placed the property los in Hen-. derson county at approximately $1,. 000,000. The plant of the, Henderson ville Light'& Power Co. wadr put out of commission. und the city teservoit flooded by muddy, orgts- that mlade the city drinkiE waer uhflt for cos supmtioni. %ny *40ns were (Iriven~ Vfr'om thei rit n n that sectipn and inumber $fbridges carried away. I l1y the big -railway bridge sptith .of e~rsonvifle remnains tita~t, 'it w a Si4no treine laYe :esltercd Tor 14reonvIll ipnAs 400,;00 GUA RSMEN ON MEXICAN BORDER NO MORE TROOPS WILL BE SENT UNTIL THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED. 50,000 REGULARS ON BORDER Statement That War Department Is Contemplating the Draft System to Recruit National Guard in Non. sense. Washington. - Department com manders of National Guardsmen now mobilizing for service on the Mexican border, were instructed by the War Department to defer transportation to the frontier until the militiamen have been Toroughly equipped and organized. This order revokes a rul Ing issued by the department when the Mexican situation was acute, which waived certain requirements. About 25,000 men are affected. The latest information of the De partment is that about 100,000 Na tional Guardsmen now are at the border. With the 50,000 regulars there are 5,000 additional men called from the reserves, officials estimate that the American strength on bor der service within a few weeks will be adeqaute to cope with any present emergency and will make unnecessary the dispatch of any more guardsmen until they are completely equipped and organized. Published stories that use of a general draft was being considered to fill the National Guard ranks were denied by the Department. The fol lowing statement was issued by the Official Press Bureau. "The statement that the War Do partment is contemplating the drafft system to recruit the National Guard I is nonsense. Statements to that ef fect are purely speculative and have no basis in fact." Reports that National Guard units are being supplied poor and insuf ficient food are not borne out in prelijninary telegraphic reports re ceived from all the Department com manders. A message from General Funston reported that General Trevino had sent many troops south with the in tention of occupying the Guerrero San Barja-Santa Rosalla line against any possIble horthward advance of bandits. The dispatch added that newspapers in Chihuahua were urg ing the necessity of an active cam paign against bandits "to prevent their reaching United States forces and border." HURRICANE DOES SMALL DAMAGE ALONG COAST Force of Storm Passes and Normal Conditions Are BeIng Rapidly Restored. Charleston, S. C.-Comparatively 1ittle damage was done here and along the coast by the hurricane ?Which swept the Carolina and Georgia coast. Reports from Sullivan's Island a summer resort across the bay from here, said damage was s-light, while from the Isle of Palms, another near by resort, camne similar messages. Hun dreds of .persons were warned in time to leave 'the exposed poipits. The force of the storm had passed here and normai conditions were be ing i-estored. A number of windows were blowvn in here, hundrede of trees blown (down and trolley, tele phone and telegraph service was stop ped 'by the high winds. At one Lime the hurricane raged at 64 miles an hour. The barometer which fell to 29.02 was rising steadily. MEXICAN PARLEY GETTING 'AT DEFINITE STATUS Washington.-The informal negoti ations for settlement of the issues be tween the United States and General Carranza are understood to have ad Vanced a long step when Acting Sec retary of State Polk and Eliseo Ar redondo, Mexican ambassador dlesig nate. held 'their third conference since General Carranza's proposal for a diplom~itic adjustment was received and accepted. Although both Mr. Polk and the ambasslador declined -to say what mat 'ters were under discussion, there were indications that the converaltions .had passed into 'the deflnte stage, where specific questions were being fqrmulated for probable submission to a joint international oommission. The commiselion plan of settling dif forencees between 'the two countries is provided for in the treaty of 1848. Un official advicew from Mexico indicated that Generdi Carranza favored resort to it In the present case, and Mr. Polk is believed ito have aceeded to the sug agestion. President Wilson discussed the ques tion with advisors .today and the fact that no lnsterrup~t~on of the Piolk. Arredondo onference' resulted was tea ken to indidate that the president-was satisfied with the trend of -the nego. tiations. GeneraF Carranza's note proposing a diplomatic settlement narrowed tle issites -to 4wo speeific points, the anx iety of thetUnited States for proteotion for its fr-o'tler anid feeling Qt -the do facto gongimenit that the presence of the VUnited 0ae .tro66) in x IN6K Hat CIMKSN PISPI AP (1189I MTle iR* 1NI G AR (Copyrlght.) MAMETZ WOOD IS TAKEN ALLIES GAIN IN REGION NORTH OF SOMME AND TRONES WOOD. Around Verdun and Right Bank of Meuse Bitter Fighting Ensues Germans Make Few Gains But Pay Heavily. London.-Fighting desperately in the face of determined German at tacks the forces under General Haig succeeded in gaining control of the nitire Mametz wood, which had been mtered the previous night by the Ger nans. In the same region, north of he Somme, the British made some )rogress in the Trones wood and re milsed two heavy attacks against ,ontalmaison. The Germans are re ported to have lost heavily. The French and German forces outh of the Somme apparently are esting as there has been almost no ctivity in the region of Picady since he first of the week. Around Verdun, however, and espe ,ially on the right bank of the Meuse Atter and heavy fighting is in prog ress. The Germans, following up their success in the region ot the Damloup battery, have undertaken a strong of fensive toward Fort Souville, the pos session of which would strengthen their position for further advance on Verdun. Attacking in mass formation from the village of Fluery and the Chap itre and Vaux Woods, the Germans gained ground at the intersection of the Fleury and Vaux roads. The gain, however, Paris asserts, was made at the cost of 'enormous losses." Violent bombardments continue in the region of Chenois, Souville and La Laufee. There was relative calm on the left bank of the Meuse. HUGHES TO MAKE CAMPAIGN TOUR CROSS CONTINENT. Cornelius N. Bilss Is New Treasurer of Committee.--Make Campaign Ar rangements. New York.-Charles E. 1Hughes con tinued the weekly conferences which lie has held with party leaders since making Bridgehampton his summer home. Chairman Wilicox of the Re lpublican National Committee, Senator Penrose, Murray Crane, Mayor Thomp son 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 select. ed1 as treasurer of the National Com mittee to succeed George R. Sheldon and Fred WV. U~pham of Chicago will be in charge of the western end of the work, with headquarters in Chi cago. Mr. liis is the son of the late Corenlius N. Bliss, who was treasurer of the committee during the Roose velt campaign of 1904. Mayor Thompson's invitationi to Mr. Hughes 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 be tween the United States and the do facto government of Mexico are pro gressing favorably. Acting Secretary Polk said after his second- conference with E"liseo Arredono, Mexican Am bassador Designate. Steps now being taken foreshadow appointment of com missioners b~y each government to for mulate a plan of action for the per manent relief of border conditions, GEN. BLISS TO ORGANIZE TROOPS ALONG BORDER. San Antonio, Texas.-Army officers here were cons incedl that the com ing of Major General Bliss,' Assistant Chief of Staff, would result in organ ization of the National Guardsmen in to dctical unitsa. Fifty thousand of the state tioops now are near the border, but with the execution of the divisions from New York and Pennsylvania the ig. 'addition to the federal army is iist~ in unita from brigads to com IER 'HERO, A WILL SAIL IN TEN DAYS SISTER SUBMARINE, BREMEN, ALREAD EN ROUTE TO AMERICAN PORT. Fleet of Underwater Merchantmen to Re-establish Commerce and Mall Communication Between Germany and United States. Baltimore.-Confident that the ef forts of the diplomatic representa tives of the Entente Allies to have his vessel classed as a warship and in terned will prove unavailing, Captain Paul Koenig, master of the German submarine Deutschland Is preparing ,o leave port on his return voyage within ten days. Captain Koenig expressed satisfac "Ion but no surprise when informed r hat three American naval, officers who inspected the Deutschland to de ermine her status, had reported in ef ect that not only was she an unarm d merchant vessel now but was so r onstructed thats he could not be con- d rerted into a war craft without vir .ually being re-built. Captain Koenig c aid he could only reiterate that the Deutschland, like other submarines built or building for Germany's new undersea merchant fleet was designed solely as a freight carrier. At least eight of the vessels, it was learned here now are building at Kiel and With these in addition to the Deutschland and the Bremen, already en route for an American port, Ger many expects, in a measure, to re establish her lost commerce and mall communication with the rest of the world. The view here is that no such project would have been undertaken had not the German interests behind it been thoroughly satisfied that the status of the vessels was unquestion able. The possibility that the Deutsch land might be pierced for torpedo tubes was the chief concern of the American naval officers, headed by Captain C. F. Hughes, who inspected the vessel. Not only were none found but an examination of the forward part of the vessel's hull where tor pedlo tubes naturally would be located revealed, it was learned, that the structure was not substantial enough to contain 'them. Before the Deutsch land could be armed like a German naval submarine, entire reconstruc tion forward wvould be necessary. INTENSE HEAT IN NEW YORK HINDERS FIGHT ON MALADY Infantile Paralysis Takes Toll of 32 Lives In 23 Hours.-Officials Are. Optimistic. New York-Intense heat added to the burdens of the health authorities in their fight to checx the spread of infantile paralysis, which took a toll of 32 lives in 23 hours. The depress ing temperature, it was explained, tends to reduce the physical resist an-ce of children against possible con tagion. Federal and city health officials took an optimistic view of the situa tion, notwithstanding the fact. that 196 new cases had been reported, on the ground that the co-operative work of the various oity departments has resulted in preventing the epidemic from spreading geographically. $10,000 CHECK SENT TO' CAIVTAIN PAUL KOENIG New York-A check for $10,000 was sent to Capt. Paul Koenig, captain of the German submarine Deutschland by August Heckscher, a New York capitalist in recognition of the sub marine's feat. The sum will be dis tributed among the officers and 'the men. PENN. PROGRESSIVES ENDORSE CHAS. E. HUGHES Harrisburg, Pa.-Member's of the Washington Party State Committee, the official organization of the Pro gressive party in Pennsylvania, dole gates to the Chicago convention of the Progressives and their alrternates, do cided after three hours' debate, which at times became personal, not to or ganize the state cornmittee, Charles 10. Hughes was endorsed for president and the cetirse of Coll Tiheodore Roe vlt, .was annS'Vad L GEORGE SAYS VCRYIlSCOMG rTHE, CRESr vAS BEEN CROSSED SAYS BRITISH MINISTER OP' WAR. ENTENTE ALLIES CONFER Change Is Due to Improvement In Equipment.-Russanp Strike Torror to Foes In East and the French De fend Verdun. London.-David Lloyd-George, Brit Ish Minister of War, presiding at aq EIntente Allied conference on equip mnent, declared that the combined of fenside of the Allies had wrenched the Initiative from the Germans, never, he trusted, to return. "We have crossed the watershed," lie said, "and now victory is begin ning to flow in our direction. The *hange is due to the improvement in sur equipment." The conference was held at the War Office and was participated in by Albert Thomas, French Minister 6f ,gunitions; General Biellaeff, Assist mt Minister of War of Russia; Gen. A.. Dall Olo, member of the Italian Kinistry of War, and the new British dinister of Munitions, Edwin S. Wontagu. "Since our last munitions confer ince," said Mr. Lloyd-George, "there iss been a considerable change in he fortunes of the Allies. On that late the great Champagne offensive n the West had just failed to attain ts objective, and the French and 3ritish armies had sustained heavy asses without the achievement of any articular success. In the east the nemy had pressed the gallant armies f Russia back some hundred miles, nd the Balkans had just been over un by the Central Powers. "The Dverwhelmfng victories won y the valiant soldiers of Russia have truck terror into the hearts of our .es, and these, coupled with the im iortal defense of Verdun by our in omitable French comrades, and the rave resistance of the Italians against verwhelming odds in the Southern LIPS have changed the whole com lexion of the landscape. "Now the combined strength in the ast and west has wrenched the initia ive out of the hands of the enemy tever I trust, to return to his grasp. Ve have crossed the watershed and kow victory is beginning to flow in our lirection. IERMAN AMBASSADOR VISITS SUBMARINE. lernatorff Spends Hour Examining the Wonderful Boat. Baltimore.-Count von Bernstorff, he German Ambassador, spent an kour aboard the German submarine nerchantman Deutschland. He in apected the vessel from stem to stern, iad the intricate maohinery and in itruments aboard explained to him mnd personally congratulated Captain K~eonig upon bringing his vessel safe y through waters infested'with hostile var craft. Two attaches of the German Em bassy and the German and Austrian Ton suits accompanied the Ambassa lor on his visit to the submarine. The Ambassador informed Captain Keonig that he would send to hip1 be rore the Deutschland starts on her return voyage several packets of of flcial 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 ever sailed the sea, has made a wonderful voy age," said he. "I climbed up and dowra every hatchway, looked into every compartment and had my first experience with a periscope." STRIKE BRINGS MARTIAL LAW THROUGHOUT SPAIN. Madrid, via Paris.-In view of the railroad strike the Government has suspended the constitutional guaran tees and martial law has been pro claimed throughout Spain. DEUTSCH LAND SAILORS CA LL TO.SEE DANIELS. Washington.--Members of the crew of the submarine Deutsehland called to see Secretary of the Navy Daniels, while he was absent in North Care lina. His secretary, Howard A. Banks, entertained the visitors by showing them through-the Navy Department. The visitors displayed keen interest in the sword of Jtohn Paul Jones, which is kept in the Secretary's of. flces, and gave it a careful examina tion. SENATE FAVORS BILL TO -INCREASE AMERICAN NAVY. Washington.-The Senate began dis cussion of the $315,000,000 naval bill, the largest naval appropriation meas uire by many millions in the nation's l'story and bearing increases of near ly $50,000,000 over its total as it pass ed the House. Senate leaders empha sized their intentloti of expediting its consideration and little opposition arose to the gommittee amendment, presented, It was indicated that the thanata tavoad InorneL NORMAL SCHOOLS " ARE DESIGNATED FIVE WILL BEGIN WORK IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN EAR)..Y AUTUMN. TO NAME 70E ' HERS LATER Waihalla, Lexington, Conway, Orange. burg, and Laurens High Schools Are to Give New Courses. Columbia4-Fite training schools for teachers will be opened in South Carolina this fall under an act pass ed at the last session of the general assembly. The state board of education, meet in$ In the office of J. E. Swearingen, state Superintendent of education, selected the following high schools for the normal courses: Walhalla, Lexington, Conway, Orangeburg' and Laurens. Teachers for the ner training schools will be elected at a meeting of the state board of education to be held in Augusta. The course of study will be mapped out by a committee consisting of Mr. Swearingen, W. H. Hand, state high school inspector, and Lueco Gunter, state supervisor of ru ral schools. Section 8 of the general high school law, amended at the last session of the legislature, is as follows: "That the state board of education is hereby authorised to establish and maintain not more than five teacher training courses of one year in length in as many approved high schools, for the purpose of giving training to ele mentary teachers: Provided, That not more than one such course be established in any one county and not move than $1,000 be expended 'in any one school for such a course: Pro vided further, That no such training course shall be maintained with an enrollment of fewer than ten persons, none of whom shall be less than 17 years of age, and no tuition fees shall be charged of any teacher from any county." Claims of many communities were presented to the board at a session which continued throughout the day. Other places making application for the schools were: Anderson, Barn well, Sumter, Chester, Simpsonville, Plorence and McCormick. Members of the board attending the meeting were: J. E. Swearingen, Co. lumbia, ex officio secretary; Arthur Young of Charleston, W. J. McGarity of Aiken, S. J. Derrick of Newberry, H. N. Snyder of Spartanburg, E. A. Montgomery of Blacksburg, W. L. Brooker of F'lorence and S. H. Ed. munds of Sumter. New Demonstrit at. Columbia.- m -V i i ,I ; - : , Easley has be . olo - - l.', woriX of South a(U 11b to her new duties July. .16. Her field will be the entire state, with headquarters at Winthrop College with Miss Edith. L. Parrott, state superintendent of the home club work. Miss Smith is a graduate of the College for Women, now Chicora Col lege for Women, of Barnard College and teachers' colloge, Columbia uni versity. She has been teaching in the home economic department of the state Normal school, Greensboro, N. C., but preferrell to be erigaged in home demonstration work in South. Carolina. Saves Sister From DrownIng. Laurens.--Quick and brave action by Miss Ina Wood saved her younger sister, Miss Cornelia Wood, from al most certain death by drowning in Saluda river, not far above Ware Shoals, according to information brought from that section of Laurent. county. Naval Militia on Cruise. Oolumbia.-The four divisions of the naval militia left Charleston Fri day afternoon by rail for Philadel phia, where they will embark on the battleship Illinois for their annual truise. Dentists Elect Officers. Greenville.-The annual meeting of the South Carolina Dental association came to a close the most important business being the election of offi cers, which resultedl: President, J. T. Montgomery of Spartanburg; vice. president, W. B. Simmons, Piedmont; secretary, E. 0. Dye, Greenville; treasurer, A. H. Corley, Edgefield.. P. B. Brooker of Columbia was made a memb~er of the board of examiners. The next session of the convention will be heldl in Columbia in .May, 1917. Success of Peilagra Hospital. Spartanburg.--Of the 111 patients. treated at the United States govern ment's pellagra htospi'al in Spartaniburg during tho fiscal year ending June 30, only three died anid these entered the institution in thei last stagesu of t.he disease, Thhi k thei onouralnr. statement ma~de by offilcas of the in stitution, Who havbron dee'1(l~ply inite'r ested intho work at thio stawtioni du~r n he 48t 4Welhe months3;At ~res 4en ti hosital.~ig dri for ,,Opti ents'wich isth~ ojaty A't ll of