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ALL MILITIAMEN A01 .ORDERED TO BORDB ,rROOPS IN ALL MOBILIZATION - CAMPS WILL MOVE TOWARD MEXICO. ADD OVER 20,000 TO PATROL Secretary Baker Says That Movement Is Independent Of Mexican Sltua tion-Total Troops on Border Will Be 175,000. WaLshington-All the National Guard units inehided inl President Wilson's call on J1un0 18, not. ye(t on the Mexi can border were ordered there by the war department. Betweon 20.00o and 25.000 addition. al troops thits will be added to the border force. National guards thero will ininher approxi nately 125,000 and the lotal of Al troops on the border or in Alexico will be 175,000. Secre-ary Baker made a formal an nounelinent that the troop move ment had nothing whatever to do with the Mexican situation as such and was solely to relieve thousands of troops now held in mobilization cam.p1j)s only because they lack a few recruits to bring units up to fixed minimum strength. The order sends the troops from Kentucky, Ohio and Vermont to the borde-r as soon as transportat-!on eon be arranged for theni a(1 will move all the others including those fron Nort-h Carolina as soon Is hey are properly equipped. War department of'icials decided on their action because the troops are r:stivo in cai) and there seemed to be no stinms to reruiting whuilo there wias no Prospeet of move ment to the border. 'I'hey now expect most of the reginents will be filled be fore ihe treops leave. TOXAWAY DAM GONE; FLOOD SWEEPS VALLEY. 650 Acres of Water Is Released Into Fertlie South Carolina Valley. Ashevlle.--'lThe great dam at Lake Toxaway. 50 feet high, 400 feet in Wi(dth 'ul holding back waters that covered 530 acres of land in the Toxa Way region, 38 miles from this city, cruipled and went out with a roar at 7:10 o'clock Sunday night, and at mid night the waters thus released were rushing (own the Keowee River valley toward South Carolina cities, their path incluling Wallhalla, Anderson, Piekens and Senecca. Warnings of flood danger were sent to all South Carolina points from this city and Greenville, S. C. According to long distance message from 'Toxaway, the entire dam, built of earth and stone, seemed eto melt be. fore the rush of waters within a few minutes. The initial opening in the dam, caused, it is believed, by the scoeping of a natural sprinug at the base, wvas not longer than a railway coach. The dam, built,. in 1902, at a cost of $38,000, was constructed at a point where the hills are not more than 400 feet apart. The Toxaway country le known as the "beautiful sapphire see tion" in tourist circles. Trho lake and the hotel, named after the section were built In 1902 by a party of Pitts burg capitalists. SENATORS DELIDERATE ON $200,000,000 RE VE N UE B L L Washington.--The importance of th. $200,000,000 revenue bill on whic) Senate Democrats devoted many hour of deliberation in caucus, is being i:n pressed upn leaders by the fact thei * apprroprlations of the session no' nearing completion have broke a records. F UGITIVES TELL OF - ROBBERY IN MEXIC( Laredo, Tekas.-Walter Hitt an his son, membern of the Chamnal Cc ony in Mexico arrIved and told ator-it of maistroatmenut andl~ robbery. The said the remaining nmember's of I11 colony wvould return to the Unite States when the weather pernitted. '' ALLIES ADVANCE BY HARD FIGHTING IN SOMME REGIOI ,?'London. - Hard fighting in tli flomme region of France in Galici a nd in the Italian theater, with furth< ( afns for the Enteonto AllIes in a v three regions, marked the operatior of .the past few days. 1> orthwvest< Pozleres, north of the Somme, 111 rtsh made advance of from 300 409 yards over a front of nearly a mil ~ainsti the Germans and also captu e d trenches on the plateau northwei of Bazentinie-Potit. k ~IAON INTERVENES PREVENT BIG STRIK ~' 4esw Y'or.-A general strike Situelty allI the railroade of the naetio1 !'alysing commerce and 'throwiun tigiratity2,000,000 men out -< dug11 'te- good offices of Presider a. s a result opd 4*eopmzenta I over txpan &> *d. SENATORS YIELD TO FLOOD OF PROTESTS ON INCOME TAX PLAN.-DEMO CRATIC MEMBERS AGREE TO RECONSIDER DECISION. LOWEST RATE IS INCREASED Amendment Increasing Surtax Is Re. tained.-Democratic Caucus Continu ed Consideration of Committee Amendments. Washington.-Yielding to a flood of protests from the country and from Senate and House members of their own party, Democrats of the Senate Finance Committee reconsidered their decision to lower the exemption in the income tax law from $4,000 and $3, 000 for married and single persons to $3,000 and $2,000 respectively but vot ed to make the rate of tax on the low est taxable class of incomes 2 per cent instead of 1 per cent. The amendinent increasing the sur tax on incomes exceeding $2,000,000 from 10 to 13 per cent is retained, and there is a probability that further in creases In -the surtaxes will be made in caucus. The Democratic caucus continued consideration of committee amend ments and had before it the proposal agreed on by the committee, striking out the specific excise taxes on muni tion inanufacturers and substituting a 10 per cent not profit tax on the profits of all manufacturers of munitions and wares that enter into munitions. The bill provides that: "This section shall cease to be of effect at the end of one year after the termination of the present European war which shall be evidenced by the proclamation of the President of the United States declaring said war to have ended." The committee also adopted an amendment increasing the salaries of membera of the proposed tariff board from $7,500 to $10,000 each. As revised by the committee the bill would yield an estimated reve nue of $198,000,000 as against $210, 000,000 as it passed the House. TURKEY HAS REFUSED TO GRANT PETITION V.ashington.-Turkey has refused to grant the request of the United States that a neutral committee be permitted to undertake relief work in Syria, where thousands of native Christians are reported to be starving. Charge Miller at Constantinc ple, in a cable gram received at the state depart ment, said the Turkish government had informed hi-m relief operations in Syria were considered unnecessary because crops there were better than anywhere else in the empire. He added that although lie was told the decs ion was inal he would continue to press for favorable action. SUBMARINE SANK VESSEL WITH TROOPS ON BOARD Amsterdam, via London.-A semi official account of 'the sinking of a submarine recently of the Italian mail steamship Letimbro, received here from Vienna says the Ita~lians fired oil on the submarine with two guns and that there were 'troops on board. "AM ter 'tle submarine had fired a warn ing shot at a distance of 8,000 metres' - the statement says, "the vessel opened fire from two guns at the stern Sand attempted to escapo by sigzagging SiThe submarine pursued the steamshipi Sreplying 'to the fire without hitting th4 vessel, wvhich hadl shown 'no flag. La ter boauts wrere lowered from thi v steamer. Af'ter ascertaining that n<4 LIone remained on board the steamshdbi was sunk by the sub~maqine. GERMAN AIRSHIPS MAKE SUCCES8FUL RAIDI d Berlin, via Londn.-Suecessful at 1cnrks by German air squadlrons or 'Brlntb'h war vessels off -the Flemnisi ycoast a1nd on Russian aviation station' C on the island of Ot'sel off the Gulf o: dI liga, are announcedl in an admiralt: s'ta'tement. WOMAN'S PARTY LINES UP TO FIGHT WILSO? SColorado Springs. Col.-The Nation ai Woman's party in executive confer a once hero pledged itself 'to use its bee s eff'orts in the 12 equal suffrage statel if to defeat the Democmatic candidaite foi e president; oongratulated -the Progree o sive, P-rohibtrion an4 Socialist partie< C upon thedr endorsement of suffrage foi r. women by national action and com it mended the position of Charles E~ Hughes, the Republican nominee. RENOWNED SURGEON E DIES UNEXPECTEDL) fl Cackinac 'Islang, Mich-Dr. Joh2 1. B. Murphy of Chicngo, one of tha g worl's most renowned surgeons, diei >f unerpoctedly at a hotel here where Y' ke was on a Summer outing. He hai .t beoen in poor health for several monthi n and some had asoribed his condition t< s the poisoned soup partakeni of at 'hb Sbanquet given Archbieshop Moudelt~ hi Ohicoag'cl. Dr. Mulrph zece~ 10 I it'T A pl9MI WILL APPEAL TO WILSON IF BOARD FAILS PRESIDENTI WILSON WILL BE ASKED TO INTERVENE. Undertake to Bring Contending Fac-I tIons Together to Save Nation From Trade Paralysis By General Strike of 400,000 Railway Employees. New York.-It the United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation which was called In fails to adjust the differences between the railroads of the country and their 400,000 employ ees President Wilson will be asked to use his personal influence to avert a general strike. This statement was made by a representative of the rail road managers who have been nego tiating with the men since June 1 for a peaceful settlement. The appeal to the President would be the last resort and would be takenl only to save the nation fromn the trade paralysis that would follow a strike of the magnitude planned by the rail road men. Six hours after the railroad men had served notice on the men that they would not withdraw their former rejection of the workers' demands and had proposed Federal mediation, the mediators and the managers were closoted In secret session. Mediation was suggested in lieu of arbitration under the Newlands act or by the Interstate Commerce Commission pro posals which had been rejected by the brotherhoods. What was discussed at the conter ence could not be divulged by any of those attending it, under mediation rules, but it was understood that the railroad representatives outlined their position in full and indicated how far they were willing o go irn metringe them demandsof themen I asrpot edtht h rilodsstodseafat lyfrte anfatr fthi cn tign rpsto"md tteJn conernce'wih cocde- h sot er dabteiiae obecm Undertake the Bring Cotendac tins gther faiSae oftion romesn oativ0s000 teRailradsan Employee ns toare on itihe doul compenation c as thalle inrought te Jue thner dfences boetweden e adlroasle of the coutryk andtei 40,0-mly tovuero hisersa iSpeuence Roflefrtn aeeandrke Ths tateent a maed who arpreetie tofat thel soat managersnwhonvnn havebe neo dtredinpeciah reeieentranne tonthe Cor RTver apea Ctbo thCreient dwstucls bewhere lastrortn wouldot boe taen only tohave henaionn 5,000 thmtade fhele manTude copane by the rail ronad meg et.es igni ain Sixt houre the rditroads Sen hdsered ote iuton tha moenorha teold et whitda their forte rejctin of te rker'tion.san Ga poerHaed Fdreceiedtioncial meiors ofthnfd toon manaers ereh edo Huedington.e sessitonceditin wa sulgested iomnicatiof aritr aio unerwhr the nsactor Rege i~s ence hand bentrejcted Adjutant Wat wafs tenscussd atothe cnfehr oncestcould potace diued by anpecoa -thoeat endnr untohefde mditiotn rairod relaynatvsoulnd hi poito Thn govllo a inicated how far tey efrom willinog iree mtin the demandsif wofl tecen. 100 a rhatporte lya for0 the ainmetueos. ercn tWasngtoton-Predet theluneha e dayt Sectar lnae douthe Inte pstio forriffer nt Assiate Jsc vi ringo the supme or ay. h I t comsse fair ofl thereresn tativego terarods andnhunionse to agetne o the dobcompnsatin - casta o ght h ue co ilnfer thenstrik uvonte t rmn 0411 SESSION PASS CHILD LABOR BILL MEASURE PREVENTS INTER STATE COMMERCE 'IN PRO DUCTS OF CHILD LABOR. Most Southern Senators Vote Against Bill. - Eleven Democrats From Southern States Favored Passage of Bill.-Sweeping Provisions. Washington.-The senate passed the bill to prevent interstate com merce in products of child labor by a vote of 52 to 12. The measure which already. had passed the House, was brought to a vote in the senate upon the insistence of President Wilson after the Demo cratic senate caucus once had decid ed to defer its consideration until next December. Senators . .o voted against the bill were: Bankhead, Alabama; Bryan and Fletcher, Florida; Hardwick and Smith, Georgia; Overman and Sim mons, North Carolina; Smith and Tillman, South Carolina; Williams, Mississippi (Democrats) and Oliver and Penrose, Pennsylvania (Republi cans.) Opposition to the measure had come chiefly from southern cotton mill owners, and the group of south ern Democrats who voted against i6 had fought it in caucus and maintain ed their opposition during the senate debate on the ground that the regula tion proposed is unconstitutional and would interfere with the rights of the states. Eleven Democrats from the south, Senators Swanson and Martin Virginia; Underwood, Alabama; Var dairan, Mississippi; James and Beck ham, Kentucky; Culberson and Shep pard, Texas; Ransdell, Louisiana; Robinson, Arkansas; and Shields, Tennessee, voted for it. In order to expedite consideration of the measure in conference the sen ate committees were appointed imme diately after the final vote was taken. The only amendment adopted would extend the bill's provisions to bar all products of establishments employing children from interstate commerce. UNCLE SAM MAKES CROP FORECASTS ON AUG. 1CANVASS Adverse Conditions Damage Country's PrInolpal Crops During July. Washington. - Adverse conditions, duet o weather, plant diseases and in sects, damaged the country's princi pal farm crops during July and re sulted in a loss of 106,000,000 bushels in prospective wheat production, 89, 000,000 in corn and 43,000,000 bushels lessof oats than predicted by the De partment of Agriculture at the begin. ning of July. Forecasts of crop production this year, based on conditions showvn by the August 1 canvass and announced by the Department of Agriculture, fol low (figures in millions of bushels): Aug. July Fore- Fore- 1916 cast. cast. Crop IWinter wvhest ...455 489 655 Spring wheat ...169 270 357 All wheat.. .. .....654 759 1,012 Corn ... .... ....2777 2,866 3.055 IOats .. .........1,274 1,317 1,540 Barley.. .... ....'195 206 23'7 Rye.. .. .... .....41.9 44.0 49.2 White potatoes .. 864 369 359 Sweet potatoes .. 71.0 73.9 74.3 Tobacco (lbs.) ... 1,197 1,191 1,061 Itice .. ..........34.2 34.2 28.9 Hay (tons) ........84.6 ... 86.2 Cotton (bales) ... 12.9 14.3 11.2 Sugar beets (tons) 7.57 7.28 6.51 Apples (bbls.) .. .. 71.6 72.5 76.7 yille, for Vive President., ADMINISTRATiON BRANDS HUGHES' STATEMENTS PALSE Washington.- -S'tatements made by Charles 10l. Hughes, Republican nomi nee for the presidency, in speeches at Detroit were charactrzet' as "false as to facts and of misleading sub stanco" In telegrams sent by adminds. tration officials after a long discussion of the subject by President Wilsop and hi. cabinet at Tuesday's meeting. The charges' related to changes in the ooast and geodetio survey and the cen ens huranu STRONG OFENSITE ITALIANS FIGHT THEIR WAY TO EAST OF GORIZIA ON IZONGO FRONT. MANY PRISONERS ARE TAKEN The Czar's Troops Drive Westward to Capture the Lemberg Railroad. Inclement Weather Stops Fighting in Some Sections. London.-Although the weather is hampering the British and French maneuvers in the west, both the Rus slans and the Italians are keeping up heir strong offensive against the Teu 'onic allies, respectively, in Galicia xnd Austria. and at last reports both !ad made additional importa'nt gains. On the Isonzo front the Italians iave continued to throw their forces cross the river and have fought their way to the east of the captured city of Gorizia. In addition, southwest :f Gorizia they have taken strong Aus trian entrenchment near Monte San Michels and Monte San Martino, and also occupied the town of Boschini, giving them a freer hand for their operations in the region of Doberdo plateau and southward toward the Monfalcone sector. Large numbers of prisoners were taken in the fighting. Vienna is admitting the loss of Gor Izia says the evacuation followed the repulse of now Italian attacks on the Doberdo plateau and that the straight ening of the Austrian lines made necessary by the pporation was car ried out without molestation from the Italians. Vienna also admits that 4,000 Italians have been taken pris oners In the recent fighting In this region. In Galicia, In the sectors of the Stanishlan and Halich the Russians have driven their fcorces farther west ward in their endeavor to capture the central portion of the railroad run ning from Kolomea to Lemberg. Pass ing across the Monasterizyka-Niznloff Railway they have forded the Ziota River, southwest of Ialich, and south of Stanislau have captured the town of Kryplin, on the Stanishlau-Nadvor ni Railroad. The Berlin official communication says that along the front of Archduke Charles Francis In Galicia, southwest of Welisnois and south of the Dneister new positions have been occupied by the Teutonic Allies in accordanec witli previously arranged plans. Rus sian attacks along the Strumen and Stjockhod Rivers were repulsed wit1 sanguinary losses to the Russians Another big battle has started neat Brody in northern Galicia. Owing to the inclement weathehi in France, military activity has beer confined principally to bombardment, which were somewhat heavy. HUGHES ATTACKS THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL Fargo, N. D.-Charlee El. Hughes speaking here, assailed the present ad ilnistrettion for Inefficiency, wasti and extravagance, particularly witll reference to the river and harbor bil recently passed by Congress. "I think I may say that the Gov ernent of the United States is reck lessly wasteful, shameful-ly ineompe tent and extravagant, a reproach t< 'the Intelligence of the people because of Its Inefficiency," he said. "I wouk like to haye the aut-hority to investi gate this administratdon for about si: months. "The rivers and harbors bill, knowm t o the peop~le as the pork barrel bill.' Mr. Hughes continued, "Is largely monies wasted as there Is no expor examination to determine what expen ditures are needed. "On the contrary it very largely denende on who are the influentia men representing particular distriotsi and what appropriations are obtain cd In this district and that district fo, this man and that man. 'That Is mnatter- of log rolling. It brings the blush of shame to the cheeks of ever' American. It ought to be stopped. I: I am elected president. to the best o! my ability, I propose to stop It." TOO MUCH IMPORTANCE .PUT ON NOTE REQUE81 Wasington.-Stat~e department offi cials explainedl that the request to the Ge-rman embaasy for permission ti publish one of Count von Blernatorff'i notes on the settlement of the Lusi tania case was an Inadvertence. Al first It was denied that any requeel had been made, but an Investigation oj 'the department's files diselosed thai a letter prepared by a subordinate of filal has been signed by Secretar3 Lansing or acting Secretary Polk. DEMOCRATS TO FORCE AN EARLY ADJOURNMENT Washington.-Tir~ offer of a corn promise legislative program which might lead to early adjournment of e'on gross, rejeced by the Republican, Pemocratlc Senate leaders decide to ddive along wibhoirt Republican 00 operation in an effort to dispose of Imnd1ig le'giesation by S8ptember. Re nuhblican leader's whd had given the Democrats hope that- their adjourn ment proposj night be accepted were Ubbl ti on~rlpa COortance. '' BIS GA A DU GOVERNOR EXPRESSES CONFI DENCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA'8 SOLDIER BOYS. TO VISIT CAMP W TEXAS Manning Tells of EfforE f. t, Early Moveiment of Palmetto Boys to the Border. Oamp Moore, Styx.--"I know that you will be true to your state, truet to yourselves and true to your God.. May God bless you. I wish you well!" concluded Gov. Manning in his -fare well address to the National Guard.. The governor arrived in canp shortly before 1 o'clock and his farewell talk,. as commander-In-chief of the state'es armed forces, was delivered from the bandstand near the Firat regiment. He, was cordially greeted by the men who. had been marched to the stand for the address. The governor in his talk-de scribed his efforts in the interest ot' the National Guard of South Carolina.. The health and comfort of the men,. he said, had been his first considera, Lion. Border Movement. "I simply want to make this an nouncement," said the governor at. the conclusion of his remarks. "Thep First regiment will leave Monday morning for the border and the See ond regiment will leave the next day, or immediately after the First rogi ment." This announcement by the chief executive was greeted by long, and continuous applause, .showing that the men of the National Guard aret "rearing to go to Mexico." Gov. Manning expressed confidence, in the National Guardsmen of South Carolina. He commended the patr otic spirit of the men and Officers in. responding to- the colors end nromis ed to visit. the camp in Texas some time during September or October. "I expect to go to Texas in Soptem ber or the early part of October, If I am permitted to do so at that time, on official business and it is certainly my intention to visit you all at that time, and I am sure that I will find' that you- are doing honor to the State of South Carolina," said Gov. Man ning. Palmetto Regiments. "I want to remind you," said Gov.. Manning, "of the hitory that stands back of you. When I asked the see retary of war that the South Carolina regiments be designated as 'The Pal motto Regiments.' it was on aocount. of the excellent record that the 'Pal metto Regimen't' made In the War wi-th Mexico in 1?46. "I hope that war may be avortedM now, but I know that 4f you are called upon for actual wa will acquit yoursel' tihe patriots and sol "It is-not'my pu a lon-g speech. I :- . . ~,,. ing for you to leave here without a word of farewell from me and I bidt you that word of farewell now. "And now in conclusion, let me say this word to you: The eyes of your state are upon you. 1 know that youm are going to do your duty and that. you will have the gratification and' pleasure of knowing that whatever be falls you, wherever you are and when ever the time may be, that the hearts of your countrymen of South Carolina. are with you, and that the prayers iof your mothers, of your sisters, of' your wives and of your friends will be with you wherever you go. "Soldiers, remember that you are: performing a duty which can not be' measured In dollars and cents. You: have earned 'the gratitude of, the citi zens of our sitate, and as governor and . commander-in-chief, I want you to fee and know that you have my prayers. to Almighty God to guide and 'protect you wherever you may be, and I am' sure that you go with that conscious. ness of duty to your state and to your' country. I know that you will be0 true' to your state, true 'to yourselree and: true to your God. May God bless you.. I wish you well!". Many Greet Soldiers. G)reenville.-All along the way fromi Celumbia to the Georgia line the peo. plo gathered at the stations with a'. warm welcome for the soldiers andi bade them a hearty godspeed. Large' crowds gathered at Union, Spartan burg and Greenville. The companiesi from three cities wore given ovations: from hundreds who saw them pass' through. The people did not forget' the others but gave every one of -the: boys abundant manifestation of their interest In them and their well wishes. The boys wore well behaved. Colleton Turns to Ediucation. Walterboro.-That illiteracy is kn: the decrease in Coiteton county ii shown conclusively by a study of the club rolls of the county as compined' by the county chairman, M. P. Howell. centage of' il' . yy ;,vi v'oters iso-- o against 20 - ' 'Thairman . ested fif the ducua codmen ,t~i4 soJunty and h~s Mapde an ekhauatite; studly pf the % 3i r611a witk theob4t. of g~he'4~g u~t to