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ATURDAY, JULY 16, 1916.
XLII. No. 43.
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mm FLOODS 1E6CDE.
?Firm DEAD AND GREAT
DAMAGE 1JEFT IN SOUTH?
ERN 8TAK&
|7,0O0,f>00 U> $10,
? IHsiui banco Moies Off
IaOo nteoio. Rales Having iPracti
Columbta, July It.?The Scut hern
floods ore receding with the passing
north word of the tropical hurricane
erhteh streck the gulf coast last Wsd
aesday. leaving a list of Wd and
eatsstag of approximately II !persons
aa4 property damage of from $7.
tee.tee to |io,oot,oeo.
A weather bureau snno?n cement
that whist retneu as of the disturbance
Is now ever Illinois leada to the be?
llst that the worst has been told of ths
diet a r bed Weather conditions that have
gripped ths South for ths last several
Raine that had fallen eteadlly for
more than 111 hours have ceased
throughout North Carolina, South
Carolins, Tennessee. Georgia. Missis?
sippi aad Alabama, and rlvsrs and
?shall streams that had broken over
their beaks aad flooded thousands ot
sores of farm lands are subsiding. Per?
sons driven from their homes in the
dha' aheehes aad Ocmulgee lowlands
of Georgia e*S> returning and condi?
tions la the Tcan?river valleys are
almost normal Southwest Georgia
stream*, hsMeeer. are still rising and
the darnaee to areferty and crops
there w mounting hourly, flood stage
to several South Carolina streams Is
still to he reached.
The Preach Broad river, which
overflowed In Bumcorabe, Henderson
sod Trsnwlyvajnla counties, North Car
oUUMyfafflti/tob In Mis* ssippl small
?r4*mij!**)ifa by tas conUnued
eV^i^^^'agmln in their banks.
Central AWaatns, of all the flooded
sections, failed to show decided \m~
asovsment. The Alabama river is still
rising at Montgomery and Selms.
Water covers a part of North Mont?
gomery end me ay n< gross nave been
forced to. leave their homes.' Pour
aorta Of Mjsatgomery the Walla.
aad1* lef mm vests are marooned
sseM<4 ?* dnr lend.
river reached the flood stags
it days ago. The Autauga creek,
lob crossed ths streets of PrattviUe,
Ig at a stand.
Half the population of Sslma Is do?
ing relief work among the 2,000 fsm
llles mads destitute in that region by
the overflowing of the Alabama and
Ca ha be rivers.
Communication has been reeatab
x ttehed with Brew ton. Ala., which has
been isolated since last Wsdnesday.
Reporte say Escambla county wss
UtsreJIy Inundated for four days by
she overflow of ths Escambla rlvy
and crops in that section were virtual?
ly ruined. Every piece of property
m Brewton wi.a damaged.
Mobile suffered property damage of
11.200,000 in the hurricane, according
to conservative estimates furnished by
busin ens men there. The loss was
principally to shipping, merchandise,
telephone end telegraph companies
and railroads. Nb lives were lost in
the city proper. Pensacola's lose in?
cluding damage to government prop?
erty was evtl mi & ted at 1110.000.
The Alabama commissioner cf agri?
culture estimated that the damage to
grow ng crops In Alabama on account
of the floods snd windstorms sill be
"not less than from IS.600,000 to 17,
000,000."
No estimate! have been mad >) from
other State?, but Georgia and Missis?
sippi crops are known to hsve suffer
sd severely.
Tho safe arrival st Blloxl today of
three schooners csrrylng 12 rmsn was
offset by news from Mobile of the
finding of seve -al additional bodies off
the coast snd that some small craft
hav? not been sccounted for.
Ths known death list throughout
the storm area Is aproxlmately 30
persons, about eoually divided be?
tween those drowned In the gulf snd
those killed by lightning or drowning
In th'j interior of Alabama. Georgia,
Mississippi snd Tennessee. The miss?
ing srs all sslloro on ships long over?
due st gulf ports and known to have
been In the path of Wednesday's gale.
CALAMITY TO GEORGIA.
Southern Section of State Suffer*
Heavy Lues as Result of Recent
Ktorm.
Savannsh, Ga., July 11.?Dlspatche
tonight from Ilalnbridge and othei
towns In that part of Southern Qggg
gla describe tho flood conditions there
as the worst cnlamity that has ever
bcfellen that region. In Decatui
WASHINGTON HEWS BRIEFS.
A RULING ON DEUTSCHLAND
CASE TO BE MADE AT ONCE.
British llcpreMetttatlve Insists That
Submarine Is a Warship?Shipping
Dill Before Senate?An Appeal for
Poland?Camiaign Against Infantile
Paralysis.
Washington, July 12.?The State
department is to rule on the Deutsch?
land late today or tomorrow. Acting
Secretary Polk gets the facts from the
treasury department about the inspec?
tion made yesterday. Acting Secretary
of Bute Polk denies that if the
Deutschland should be sunk after
leaving America that this government
would not be concerned. He says no
policy has been decided on yet. Coun?
sellor Barclay cf the British embassy
declines to say whether the State de?
partment will be asked to interne the
Deutschland. He says that England
Insists that the Deutschland is a war
ship, however.
A Republican and Democratic peaco
conference agrees that there shall be
no Republican filibuster on the ship?
ping bill. Amrle time will be given
for debate. The senate will meet
each day at 10 o'clock and continue In
? session until 6:30.
President Wllion Informed the dele?
gation representing the Polish socie?
ties In America that he will make a
personal appeal to Germany and Eng?
land asking them to permit supplies
to be sent to starving Poland. The
delegates represented Polish citizens
of America.
The war department has called on
adjutants general of the National
Guard to furnish guard officers for re*
celving officers of the regular army.
The health department plans a
pretentious campaign against infan?
tile paralysis. Thirteen more sur?
geons have been detailed and they
expect to get money from congress so
they" can work on a larger scale.
county, which teems to have suffered
the worst, the damage to crops and
Other property is now placed at $760,
000. The enth * tobacco crop there \s
mined, it is said.
The Flint river, which overflowed
its banks Sunday night, has reached
I night, gradually extending the flooded
area. Spring creek, which flooded
many thousand acres of farming land,
was believed to ho slowly receding,
leaving destruction in its wake. In
the western part of Decatur county
tho Chattahoocr.e river has laid waste
to many plantations.
In Miller county it is said that only
one small bridge withstood the tor
t rent. The town of Babcock was flood?
ed when the huge dam at the plant of
the Babcock lannbcr company gave
way. The mill Ittelf Is half sub?
merged.
In the vicinity of Albany, near
which place the bridge of the Georgia,
Southwestern & Gulf railway over tho
Muckafoochee creek was swept away
last night, the streams have begun to
recede. Traffic over the Central of
Georgia railway is still tied up west
of Albany, where Notchaway creek, in
Calhoun county, overflowed its banks.
A great deal of damage has been done
in that section to crops, which were
far advanced toward maturity.
A negro who tried to swim a pond
In a cotton field near Albany was
drowned.
The United States district court,
which convened In Albany yesterday,
has been unable to transact business
owing to the Inability of Jurors, wit?
nesses and litigants to reach the city.
Reports of great damage to crops,
roads and railway trestles reached
here tonight from Arlington, which
has been Isolated for four days. All
bridges on the G F. & A. and the Cen?
tral of Georgia railways in that sec?
tion were washed away. Much cotton
is under water. It was still raining
there tonight.
Railroads everywhere are making
great efforts to resume traffic over
their lines, but it will be four days
before they can approach former
schedules. The Georgia, Florida &
Alabama railway had hopes of moving
a train late tonight out of Cuthbcrt,
where a great quantity of mall has
been delayed.
Around Waycross another hard rain
fell today, delaying repairs on railway
iines. Through traffic between Way
cross and Montgomery has been re?
sumed over the Atlantic Coast Line,
but trains are running far behind
schedules.
In the vicinity of Valdosta, where
the Wlllacoochee and Little rivers
reached a stage higher than had been
known In a decade, the water was
falling tonight. The National high?
way bridges across the Wlllacoochee
river and the Hagau bridge ucrois the
HONOR GOl. D. D. Sll?RO
MEMBERS OF OOM1
LI8H MJEMORL
Third United States Volt
uccrs Compile Data Al
guished Carolinian.
PUB.
?ngi
Dlstin
lunl
temorial
DuBose
ime has
by the
IV Engi
ke South
Ing the
contains
ses a
articles
and
army
itlmate
riant en
wether
?ibutes,
appear
fspapers
Col.
len he
Columbia. July 12.?A
volume to the late Col. Da
Oalllnhrd of Panama can
been prepared and publis
Third United States Vol
nocrs, of which regiment
Carolinian was colonel d
Spanish-American war. 14
nearly 200 pages and coi
sketch of Gaillard's life, su
as "Ualllard. as an Engln
"Gaillard as a Soldier"
officers who knew him wi
of him as the author of im
glneering books and repor
with scores of articles an
editorial and personal, whi
ed in the magazines and
all over the country both
Gaillard's health failed and
died.
Says the dedication:
memory of our regimental co
in the Spanish war, and of
wife. Third U. S. Volun
neers," and the peculiarly
quotation:
"Peace hath her victories
renown'd than war," marks
before the biographical ske
Though tho volume la for
part a compilation of facts
mates concerning Col. Gailla
had already appeared In
nevertheless breathes from
cover, a tender personal
something of the affection
officers and men of the regiment had
for their commander. Especially does
this sentiment find expression in the
contributions by Maj. Stephen M.
Foote, coast artillery corps Who was
a major in the volunteer engineers
and a devoted friend of the South
Carolinian.
The frontispiece Is a photograph of
Col. Gaillard and the book
several other cuts?one of t
lard coat-of-arms, one of
which was erected in
West Point
loving
lander
noble
Engi
lificant
leas
ntains
Gail
tablet
.hall,
the Huguenot \ church, Charleston,
placed there by the church and the
Huguenot Aid society.
The memorial book was published
in St. Louis) and is Just off the press.
It is bound in cloth.
WILD HORNSBY SHOT.
Young White Man of EdgeflcM
County Killed by Magistrate's Con?
stable.
Edgefleld, July 10.?News was re?
ceived in Edgefleld about noon today
of the killing of Will Hornsby by
Fred Mims, a magistrate's constable,
early last night. From the meagre
information obtainable it appears
that Will Hornsby, a young white
man, who resided In or near Clark's
Hill, attacked his father Saturday af?
ternoon and a warrant was Issued for
his arrest by Magistrate Bodle. The
warrant was delivered to Constable
Fred Mlms for execution. When he
approached young Hornsby the lat?
ter resisted arrest by drawing his pis?
tol. The constable fired upon him in
self defense with fatal effects. As
soon as the Information reached the
sheriff's office Deputy Sheriff Brunson
left for the scene of the trouble. It
Is Impossible to obtain a full account
of the tragedy.
PARALYSIS GERM ISOLATED.
There Is Now Hope That Means of
Preventing Spread of Disease.
' New York, July 12.?The city
health department has finally succeed?
ed In Isolating the Infantile paralysis
germ and now probably will find
means of preventing the spread of the
disease.
BURIED AT ARLINGTON.
(apt. Boy (I, Carriznl Victim, Given
Military Funeral.
Washington, July 11.?Capt. Boyd,
who was slain by Carranzlstas at Car?
riznl, was buried today In Arlington
cemetery full honors. Tho Second
cavalry escorted the funeral cortege
to tbe cemetery. Secretary Baker,
Gen, Scott and members of congress
attended.
Little river arc gone, other bridges in
that section were badly damaged.
Asburn reports hundreds of acres
of cotton and corn under water and
much damage from wind. A negro
laborer on a farm near there was 1.111
ed toy lightning today.
WILL TAKE SUBMARINE BACK.
CAPT. KOENIG OP DEUTSCHLAND
SAYS HE WILL. LEAVE IN
TEN DAYS.
Examination of United States Naval
Officers Confirms Statement of Sub?
marine Commander Tliat Vessel is
Purely a Commercial Craft.
Baltimore, July 11.?Confident that
the efforts of the diplomatic repre?
sentatives of the entente allies to have
his vessel classed as a warship, and
interned will prove unavailing, Capt.
Paul Koenlg, master of the German
submarine Deutschland, is preparing
to leave port on his return voyage
within ten days.
Capt. Koenlg expressed satisfaction
tonight but no surprise when inform?
ed that three American officers who
inspected the Deutschland today had
reported that not only was she an
unarmed merchant vessel now, but
was so constructed that she could not
be converted into a warcraft without
virtually being rebuilt. Capt. Koenlg
said 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 these vessels, it
was authoritatively learned here to?
day, now are building at Kiel, and
with these ,in addition to the Deutsch?
land and the Bremen, already enroute
for an American port, Germany ex?
pects in a measure to reestablish her
lost commerce and mail communica?
tion with the rest of the world.
The torpedo being a submarine's
essential weapon to make her effective
as a warcraft, it was the possibility
that the Deutschland might be pierced
for torpedo tubes that was the chief
concern of the American naval of?
ficers, headed by Capt. C. P. Hughes,
who inspected the vessel today. Not
only were none found, but an exami?
nation of the forward part of the
vessels' hull, where torpedo tubes nat
i urally would be located, revealed, it
was learned, that the structur was
not substantial enough to contain
them.
Before the Deutschland could be
, armed like a German naval subma
jbukeav uutirs reconstruction forward
1 i??idm '^^w^acr^^
sufficient,' in the minds of the Amer?
ican experts, to warrant their decision
that the vessel could In no wise be
considered a war vessel.
The possibility that guns could be
mounted on her superstructure was
understood to have been conslderd
also. But there were neither guns
I nor emplacements In evidence.
Capt. Hushes and his associates
were given the entire freedom of the
ship and there was no space within
the Interior that they did not explore.
The Deutschlands commander was
not present during the examination as
he was not notified that the navy of?
ficers were coming. I
Capt. Hughes and his associates,
Lieut. Fisher of the bureau of steam
engineering and Naval Constructor
Howard, spent more than two hours
in the vessel. Capt. Hughes declined
to discuss what he had seen, but said
that not only did the young officer
who escorted them through the boat
freely answer questions but even vol?
unteered Information.
"He Is proud of his vessel and I
do not blame him," said Capt. Hughes.
"It is a wonderful piece of mechanism
and a monument to the German in?
ventive genius."
If the Deutschland has any new
devices or mechanism which are new
in submarine construction, Capt.
Hughes now knows them. He would
not say if any such existed, but made
It clear In this connection that every?
thing he wanted to know was frankly
explained. He had no Instructions or
intention, he said, to report any
knowledge he may have gained.
Deputy Surveyor Heyward, who also
wau one of the party, said that the
American experts were "highly enthu?
siastic and were continually ejaculat?
ing."
Capt. Koenig meanwhile was taking
luncheon at a hotel with a party of
officials of the North German Lloyd
line.
The Deutschland today began un?
loading her cargo of dyestuffs. This
task probably will be completed on
Thursday, after which she will begin
to take on her return cargo of nickel
and rubber. The interned German
steamship Neckar was towed up close
tc the Deutschland today and will
serve as quarters for the crew of the
submarine while in port. The report
from abroad today indicating that the
Bremen had left Germany prior to the
Deutschland and was now long over
due, wa-8 denied at the North German
Lloyd office hers, ll was asserted that
tho Deutschland was the. first to kuve
WASHINGTON DHU' -V
-r-3*i
PRESIDENT WILSON DENOUNCES
CITIZENS NOT LOYAL TO
AMERICA.
Has Rccn Asked to Address Reunion
of Confederates at FishersvlUe, Va.,
Report of Neutrality Board is Ex?
pected to Be Made Public Tomor?
row?Will Set International Prec?
edent-?Peace Comes Again to San
Domingo.
Washington, July 13.?President
Wilson today spoke before the citizen?
ship convention denouncing hyphe?
nates and saying that immigrants
must be loyal to America, whether
they are pleased by that course or not.
"We have been disturbed re?
cently by certain sympathizers which
have shown themselves in our body
politic. They have gone as- far as to
draw themselves apart and have been
more loyal to their native land than
to America/' He said this regarding
German-Americans.
"The neutrality board has bee i giv?
en the facts In the Deutschland case.
Their decision will be reached today
and given to acting secretary of State
Polk. This decision will be formally
announced tomorrow. It is almost
certain to be that the Deutschland Is a
merchantman. Officials say that this
ruling would establish an internation?
al precedent. A submarine has never
before been classed as a merchant?
man.
A delegation of representatives of
Virginia with Confederate veterans
today asked President Wilson to ad?
dress the Confederate survivors of
the Shenandoah' valley campaign at
their reunion at FishersvlUe, Va., on
August the fifth. President Wilson li
unable to decide now whether he can
go or not.
Rear Admiral Caperton reports to
j the navy department that two com
? panles of marines were sent out from
Santiago by Col. Pendleton, the com?
mander there, to run down bandits. A
large portion of the native army has
disbanded since the Americans arrived
for the protection of the city.
DEUTSCHLAND IS MEROBANT
Washington, July 11.?That the su?
per submarine Deutschland will be
officially classified as a peaceful mer?
chantman within the next twenty-four
hours was certain today, officials
agreeing that no other ruling was pos?
sible, although It will be deferred un
| til the naval constructors report of?
ficially.
CARRANZA ARMY DEPLETED.
Men Mutiny and Desert to Join Villa's
Army.
El Paso, July 11.?Carranza's
army Is being depleted through deser?
tions and mutiny. These defections
are strengthening Villa's army.
DESERTION REPORT DENIED.
Carranza Garrison at Santa Rosalia
Has Not Gone Over to Villa.
Washington, July 11.?Mexican
Consul Garlca today wired the em?
bassy a denial of the report that the
Carranza garrison at Santa Rosalia
had gone over to Villa.
Senator Lewis, of Illinois, today in?
troduced a resolution calling upon the
secretary of State for information
concerning the effect of the new Rus?
so-Japanese alliance on China's "open
door." 1
VERDUN BATTLE CONTINUES.
No Letup in German ~Atu ks Despite
Pressure on Other Points.
Paris, July 11.?The Germans con?
tinue their attacks on the Verdun
front, despite the pressure against
their lines elsewhere. The Germans
penetrated the French positions in
Fumin wood and Chenois, but were
driven out by counter attacks. There i
I
were no Infantry actions last night on )
the Somme front, but there were se- '
vere artillery duels on both the Somme
and Verdun fronts.
BRITISH PATROL BOATS SUNK. '
Austrian Cruiser IK?stroys Five
British Boats in Adriatic.
Vienna, July 11.?The destruction
of five British patrol boats off Otranto
by the Austro-Hungarian scout cruis?
er Novara is officially reported. The
admiralty announced that "all patrol
boats were destroyed by artillery fire
All sank burning, three after their
boilers had exploded. The Nevara
rescued only nine British sailors of
all the crews."
GUY COUNCIL MEETING.
CITIZENS PROTEST ? AGAINST
RAILROAD BEING LAID IN
DINGLE STREET.
Number of Matters of Small Import?
ance Attended by Cbuncilmeii at
Regular Meeting on Friday Night.
City Council at its meeting on Fri?
day night attended to a number of
matters, none of which were of a
great deal of general interest. The
only matter of special importance
was the protest by residents and prop?
erty owners living on Dingle street
against a railroad line being laid In
that street.
All of the members of council were
present. Messrs. T. B. Jenkins, E. W.
McCcllum, and a number of other cit?
izens appeared before council to pro?
test against allowing a railroad track
to be laid in Dingle street Mayor
Jennings stated that the ordinance
would have to pass three readings and
would be on file for one week before
it could be passed and in the mean?
time anyone who wanted to could ac?
quaint himself with its terms and en?
ter such protest as he saw fit, all of
which would be considered.
The first readings of the two ordi?
nances, one for the A. C. L. and
Northwestern track, and the other for
the Southern track, was t given* by
Council.
Mr. J. T. Green asked permission
to connect with the sewer system, al?
though he lived a few feet outside of
the city limits. Council granted his
request and went on record us favor?
ing connection of citizens living Just
outside the city limits, where it was
feasible, for sanitary reasons.
A request for a hydrant at the cor?
ner of Purdy and Bartlette streets
was received from citizens living , In
that vicinity, but the granting of the
request was deferred, as Council was
of the opinion that it could r ot spend
the money necessary for this, change
at this time, in view of the many oth?
er necessary expenditurss which hajge
been caused by the laying e\ pave?
ment on the street.
The City Clerk and Treasurer re- .
ported the receipt of % letter freju
the Ely Construction Company stat?
ing that the attention of foremen of
the construction force had been, call?
ed 'to'the wastage of w^terv WmWtky+
by the city, and that %*Ts wVnld be
no further trouble from this source.
A bill of E. B. Lynam for $45.00
for installing a storage battery for
the fire alarm system was ordered
paid.
The City Clerk called attention to
the fact that the scavenger system
under the new ordinance made it
necessary to have the renumbering of
the houses in the city completed,
which work had ben started some
time ago, but discontinued when ths
paving work was commenced. Cotih
directed that this work be pushed as
rapidly as posible.
A petition to pave West Liberty
street to the city limits was received
and Council decided to have this work
done, following out a formerly ex?
pressed policy of paving the main
thoroughfares of the city to the lim?
its, where a request was made for it.
Supervisor White called attention
of Council to the narrowness of Tele?
phone street at Harvtn street And
stated that he thought that the Coast
Line would give space for widening
the street, if the city would request It.
The matter was referred to Council?
man Rowland with the request that
he take the matter up with ths proper
officials.
Mayor Jennings reported that he
had written to neighboring cities ask?
ing what they charged for near-beer
licenses, but had not yet reecived any
replies. The llcensnlng of near-beer
places was therefore deferred.
Upon recommendation of Council?
man Booth, the salary of O. H. Mc
Kagen, auto truck driver, was Increas?
ed to $75 a month.
The police report for June showed:
Arrests 99; cases dismissed, 6; cases
suspended, 7; transferred ;1 appealed,
1; fines $1,007.65; days, 670, or $134;
total fftes $1,141.65.
The library report showed: Books
loaned in year, 6,481; in June 413;
members, 630; June 16, total 646.
FRENCH CAPTURE PRISONERS.
Thirteen Hundred Germans Taken
During I<ast Two Days.
Paris, July 11.?The French took
thirteen hundred prisoners south of
the Somme during the last two days'
fighting. There is great artillery ac
tlvtty today in the sectors of Aver
court and Chattancourt. Germans
gained a foothold In the French ad?
vance trenches west of Fumln wood,
but counter attacks repulsed them.
The enemy attack in the Vosges was
repulsed with hand grenades.