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: BATTLE Ol T?E BORDER. _ SGHTING BETWEEN AMERICAN AND MEXICAN TROOPS AT NOGALES. ' ?*? ' Z '?* " ' ne' American Officer and Ten U Twenty Others Ki li ed?Me xica i ?*r Said to Have Lost Nearly Oik Hundred. - Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 27.?Ont merican officer fell fighting in tin reets of Nogales late today, om Vilian was killed, another office i ounded seriously and between ter. 3d 20 American soldiers lulled dur \g the skirmish which took piact ong the international avenue be Veen American troops and Mexican: ! Nogales, Sonoral .Approximately 15 Americans wen ounded, including Lieut. Col. Fred > ick J. Herman, who was shot rough the right leg while com tnding the Americali troops, but hfinued in command on crutches, Lieut Coi. Frederick J. Herman, ni?nding troops at Nogales, wa.' long the American soldiers wound in "a two hour fight with Mexican? lich started when United States sen-, es were fired upon Tuesday' by Mex ins. Several hundred troops eri ged the Mexicans and drove them ill back into their town. 1 , The American soldiers fired fron Usetops and other points of van je. The casualties are not known this time. m The Mexicans hoisted Bag of truce, but continued firing d sniping was going on at 7 p. m. Bullets were dropping thick and ft in Nogales, Ariz. Ore civilian isjpn Reddock. was wounded. A conference has been called be- . efen American and Mexican offi ? -is. The trouble was supposed to havt .lied as , a result of an attempt on % part of the Mexican immigration icial to pass a fellow countrymaT ^oss the border illegally. Americar #ries drew guns and Mexican: ?ed. Other Mexicans apparently tub armed came from all direction.' d aided the Mexicans on the lint til they were driven back. Casualties on the Mexican side, ac "ding to a late report, were over Skilled and wounded^ The American casualties are said be three soldiers killed and 12 unded, including Lieut. Col. Fred ck X Herman. Several hundred ops were engaged. fhe dead include Captain Hunger d, who was killed in action. The . ilian was Gaston Reddock, who s -killed during the first hour of the ?* iting. Lieut. Luke W. Loftis was iously wounded. in infantry detachment in com jad of Lieut: Col. Frederick J. Her ii' wa5 rushed to the border arid s followed by. negro cavalry troops ?' v t> took ?p posftions; along the 2et which forms the boundary li:ae. ? firing started about ? o'clock and tinned until ' 5.30 when it " die4 - vn slightly but occasional^ shots ?3d be heard. Reports that ma ^_M/gans were brought "ijjt?' action ?-~?e; American ?tro?^e^W^i^' denied/ aough ?' machine %tm 'was set up , an "office lacing Mexico. 3o one seemed to know exactly at'happened after the first shot /fixed. An American ser.try was i a to" enter an office on Internation ivenue with his arm dangling at side with a bullet wound through """aouider. Soon afterward the /became general and the crowd eh rushed to the customs house en the first ^hots were fired 1 ght shelter behind buildings. Ev "orie was ordered off the streets by itary. lep?rts that Juan G. Cabral, lead- " of ? rebel band which has operat south of the border, had appear- ' within 14 miles of Nogales, was aped at the Maytorena Tanch and t the shooting in ' Nogales was hminary :tb attack on the town by band and'' could not be confirmed, ?n pursuing: ' the Mexicans "the terican troops did not stop at the indary Kne/ it was said/ but: con ned' for at least two blocks into I main town. Word was received e today from Fort Huachuca that aforcements were being hurried to rd Nogales'and Would be here by lorrow morning. :jike the main street of a moving iure frontier town, International ?nue, where the fighting started, -sagging its way along the Inter zonal boundary line between Mex aha the United States',* forms the in business streets" of towns in > republics. imerican sentries patrol the boun y night and day while Mexicans rol the opposite side of the wide iness street. Customs guards and rol steads have their stations at American and Mexican custom ~se which faces each other across j str??t. KogaIes. Arizona, as a progressive i zona border town with modern j <ses, two and three story business) Idings on International Avenue: /. residence streets lined with palm i umbrella trees. Nogales. Sonora. J Mexican town, is a typical Mexi j border town with sQuare adobe j :ses resembling cubes of native J wn sugar. Togales, Sonora. has been the* ae of a number of border battles.! L clash betwen American troops j ? Mexican rebels occurred there bag the" Vill?-C?rranza fighting. Carranza troops were fired upon j mistake when it was thought theyi e Villa' followers attempting to j i the American side of the border, he beautiful residence of Ignacia; dllas, ambassador to Washington,! ocated within sight of ths Inter-, national boundary. Nogales being hisj home. QUIET ON BORDER. "\ Washington, Aug. 28.?Maj. Gen VlbTbrOok who has been placed in ^?trol of the Mexican border situa ? reported today that desultory W across the border had ceased r continuing all night. iXICO REGRETS THE CLASH; .'togales. Aug. 28.?Profound re I >ts for yesterday's clash between j ?xican and American soldiers were pressed by Gen. Calles, the military governor of Sonora to Gen. Cabell in a telegram today. Gen. Calles is en route to Nogales for a conference to day. REPUBLICANS REJECT FORD. Automobile Manufacturer Loses in Prhaoary, But is Named by Demo crats. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 28.?Henry Ford, Detroit automobile manufactur 3r, and choice of President Wilson Tor the Michigan senatorial nomina tion, on the face of returns from more than half of the State, today was both winner and loser in Tues iay's State-wide primaries. Truman H. Newberry, of Detroit, commander in the Third U. S. naval district, and former Secretary of the >favy, has won the Republican nomi nation for United States senator by a vote which incomplete returns in iicate may equal the total number ot [ votes polled by both Ford and form ier Gov. Chase S. Osborn. Only s light vote was cast for William G. Simpson of Detroit, the other Re publican candidate. In the Democratic ballotting, how ever, the E>etrort manufacturer, who was a candidate on both party tick ets, won an easy race from his lone opponent, James W. Helme, figures this morning being two to one in fa ror of his candidacy. Two of the six congressional con tests of the State are still in doubt, yfeturns from the first and Thir teenth (Detroit) districts being too -oeagre to indicate whether or not ?Congressman Frank E. Oremus and Charles A. Nichols, have beer renominated. In the Eighth district partial returns show Congressman Jos. W. Fordney renominated for the tenth consecutive time by a majority estimated at 2,500. Louis C. Cram ton and Gilbert A. Currie appear to have been renominated in the Sev enth and Tenth districts, respective ly. OXESTLONAIRE MORE SEARCH - 1TNG. * New Registrants Must Give Much Personal 'Information. Washington, Aug. 2S.?Men be tween IS and 45, who register under the new man-power bill will be re quired to furnish personal informa-i tion much more varied and exten sive 'than that obtained from regis trants of military ages in previous en rolments, a synopsis of the registra tion card prepared by the provost marshal general shows. It will carry twenty separate questions. A' number of the questions deal with citizenship, and the registration card will fully define nativity of each man, tne information presumably as sisting in applying the military ser vice regulations of Allied nations to their nationals. Each occupation, status, and place of employment, and names of em ployers also are demanded. As a final point, the card .requires names and addresses of neai.:est relatives, and place'where the registrant ordinarily receives mail. This is' desired to eliminate the difficulties which local exemption boards have had in keep ing in touch with men registered in their districts. Object of Grouping. Washington, Aug. 21.?Grouping of new draft registrants under the pend ing man power bill into three gener al classes, including those between 19 and 21. and 31 and 36, and from 36 to 45, as proposed by the provost marshal general, it was explained of1 ficially today, is not intended to be used for the deferment of calling any one of these classes into service. The purpose of this separation, it was stated, is to facilitate clasifica tion and make. men. quickly available to meet draft calls. The only defer ment contemplated by the war de partment is *that of the 18-19 year men, whose summons to the colors will be postponed as long as it is possible to carry out the educational program now being arranged. Recruits immediately necessary to organize additional units -will be drawn from men in class one between ages of 19 and 4o until this reservoir has been exhausted, but it is foreseen that these men may be used up in some local districts before they are in others. In such localities, those between 18 and 19 will be summoned at once. MURDER VICTIMS OF U-BOAT. Only Eight Survivors When Ship Sinks. London, Aug. 28.?Details of the sinking of the French steamer Ly diana off the north coast of Spain on July 16 shows that' the crew of the German submarine deliberately mur dered most of the 38 persons lost. There were only eigh: survivors out of the 46 of the crew and passeng ers on board. The u-boat torpedoed the vessel without warning, killing several ot the crew. While a boat was being lowered from the Lydiana a second! torepdo struck the vessel. The boat: was torn from its davits, but she! kept her keel. Seeing this the sub-1 marine rammed her and cut her in two. The enemy then turned and rammed a second boat which had been launched successfully. A young woman of 23. one ot 'the passengers was thrown high in the air by the impact and killed. The captain of i the Lydiana was killed in the same crash. : The Germans then endeavored to i sink a raft carrying the remaining survivors. At first their efforts wore I without success. When one of the j ship:s officers left the raft to swim ; back to the sinking Lydiana the sub j marine turned and the officer was jkilled by the propellers. After finally disposing of the j Lydiana by shell fire, the u-boat made ?a sixth and successful attempt to I ram the raft, amid laughter from th^ ! u-boat's captain and crew. The sub I marine ih n turned and departed to ; ward the east. J The eight survive.: were picked I tip from the sen by patrol boots. DISLOYALTY MATED. DIAL AND COOPER WIN B\ y LARGE MAJORITIES. Pollock and Peeples Make Second Race for Short Term in Senate? Another Primary Mtay be Neces sary to Decide Contest for Lieuten ant Governor. Columbia, Aug. 29.?With near ly 100,000 votes reported for the senate in Tuesday's South Carolina primary Dial continues to maintain j his majority over Blease and Rice*' increasing his lead over Blease 22, 903 votes, while his majority over th? two is 18,989. Later returns receiv ed showed Dial steadily holding his lead and his majority may be increas ed by the votes yet to be reported. The last vote showed: Dial "57,698, Blease 34,795, Rice 3,914. For the short senate term a sec ond primary will be necessary be tween Pollock and Peeples. Pollock continued "lib lead as additional re turns were received yesterday. The vote: Pollock 29,597, Peeples 27, 811, Bennett 26,923. Robert A. Cooper gained consider able ground during the day, increas ing his majority over his four op ponents to 14,533, while his lead over Richards, his nearest opponent, ! reached 25.000. The vote: Cooper. 50,625, Richarde 25,619, Bethea, 9, 006, Duncan 963, DesChamps 504. The status of the race for lieuten ant governor is still uncertain. It is barely possible that a second race may be necessary between Liles and Wightman. Although the Orange burg man has a majority of the votes I 'hus far reported it is not so large that additional returns may not? ne cessitate another primary. The vote shows: Liles 43.3185, Wightman 28, 306, Cohen 13,477. Indications point to a second race for railroad " commissioner between Richardson and Arnold. The votes re ceived yesterday placed Richardson in Ehe lead with Arnold second and Smith not far behind, with a chance of Toeing in the second race. The vote for first three:. Richardson 22, 636, Arnold 21,531, Smith 20,954. For commissioner of agriculture there will be a second race between Harris and Garrison, both of Ander son. The vote: Harris 31,213, Gar rison 27,584, Morrison 19.882. VOTE FOR CONGRESS. Lever Elected on First Ballot?Car ried Every County Except Lee. COUNTY. ? ? 9 Calhoun . . 23 550 "81 89 Lee. 16? 2ZZ $2$ 259 Lesangt?n . . 8*4 l;799 6?8 Orangfeburg ' 45!S 2,4ff3 1*0 26 Richhsnd . 109 3,334 579 1,08$ Sumter . . 36 1/063 283 137 Totals . . 833 9,4*2 2364 3,225 Letter From Frhnce. Frljii The following letter has been re- j ceived by Mrs. Anna Muller from her \ son, Sergt. Horace Muller, who is! seeing active service in the trenches: Somewhere in France, July 29, 1918. Dear Mother: I received a letter from you the j other day stating that you had not) heard from me. I am very sorry but sure hope that you have by this tinit, as I have sent you all about six letters and some cards but dont worry if you dont' hear from me, as I ani all o. " k. and getting along fine aihd if anything happens will let you all knew. Well, Mother, I can't say much, butT can tell you all that I am in the trenches and experienced a whole lot. Wish 1 could tell you all about it but will when I get back. There is some pretty sights over here. All the land here is cultivated, but I would not give old U. S. A. Tor sill of this country over here. We sure had a great deal of ex citement, the shells were bursting over our heads the other night, two of our boys in my company got wounded but nothing serious. Now don't let this worry you all because what is to be will be and you can't j make it any other way. And onej more thing I can say that I have gotj a good bunch of officers and all of my men are good men and do what they are told to do. Well, I will close for this time as I want to write Annie. Christine and my lady friend. Give my love to all. With love and best wishes, I am as ever your son, Horace. Well I thought I was through, but before I got it mailed we had three gas attacks, but eA-erybody got through all right. The reason I am telling you all these things is to let you know that I am all right. Give my love to all and I hope you all have heard from me by the time this one reaches you. Iluoria Was a German Emissary. El Paso, Te,>:as. Aug. 28.?The* as sertion of Gaston B. Means, in Chi cago, that Gen. Victoriano Huerta was in the employ of the German im perial government, was not a surprise to federal officials on the border who uncovered the Huerta revolutionary plot and arrested Huerta in July 2, j 1915. While being held for trial as a j prisoner at Fort Bliss. Gen. Huerta j told his guards that after he. abdi i cated the presidency of Mexico he went to Berlin and had a personal in terview with Emperor William. He said he had gold deposits in banks of London, Paris. Berlin and Barcelona. Federal officers here believed the Huerta movement was being financ ed by the German government and th:it the purpose o." movement was to involve the United States with ?dexico and prevent the shipment of munitions to Europe. TpCT late for cotton. Temperatures Average Somewhat Be* tow Normal in Extreme Eastern Portion of Belt. Washington, /'Aug. 28.?The long drought' in the western portions of the cotton belt was relieved in many localities *>y good rains during the week, but they came too late to be of material? benefit to the cotton crop." the national weather and crop bulle tin for the week ending last night, announced today. "The week was practically rainless in much of the eastern portion of the belt and lack of moisture is unfavorably affecting the development of the crop in many places of this area. "Local heavy rains fell in eastern North Carolina, which did some . am age to cotton. The temperature av eraged somewhat below normal in the extreme ? eastern portion of the belt i and tt was considerably warmer than usual in northern Texas and Okla \ hOma. Elsewhere the temperature ! averaged" about normal, j "The outlook is generally unfavor able m Georgia, where the bolls con tinued to -open prematurely and much damage has been done by rust, spider and weevils; the prospect of a top crop is poor. Rust and spider activ ity continue in Alabama and Mississi ppi. The soil is very dry in northern Alabama but the showers in Missis sippi caused some improvement by checking premature opening. "The week was rather unfavorable in Louisiana, where frequent rains interrupted picking and lowered the grade! "considerable shedding is re-} ported in that State. "The severe drought was relieved on much* of Texas and Oklahoma, but the rains came too late to be of ma terial b??nefit in many localities, and it caused' much shedding in Okla homa. "Wherever the plants still pos sess sufficient vitality in these States, however,*'the moisture gives some prospect-of a top crop. Picking is progressing rapidly in Texas, b?t the yield is "poor and most of the crop is bebag gathered at the first picking. ^The^showers gave fairly good ad vrar.ce on mach of the lowland of Ar kansas, and the condition of the crop is fairly satisfactory on the lower ground in the central and northeast portions of that State, but poor else where. "Bolls are opening well in the northern- limits of the belt and pick ing and ginning are progressing rap idly in the more southern districts; the labor situation for harvest is ap parently well in hand." BoB Weevil on The Move. Clemson College, Aug. 29.?The cotton h?&l weevil was found for the first time in South Carolina last falL, During an inspection of the weevil territory ?the past week, the weevils were foand scatteringly in the cotton fields of ; western Beaufort and Jas per counties. It appears therefore that the/weevil has begun its migra tion. '? Attejroon is directed that the tfuauu??e tines of t?te State Crop IPest Commission are governed by weevil movements, and will "be chang ed from time to tame as the weevil advances. The State Crop Pest Com mission Will provide tor the shipment of material whenever there is every assurance that such action is safe, and commerce will be interfered with just as Uttle as possible. Occasional ly some party visiting weevil territoiy will bring back with him live boll weevils in a bottle to show his friends. This is ? violation of the State law. It is a i&ost serious offense-and such violations will be prosecuted. It has been presumed that this has been done thoughtlessly with no malicious intent, but this does not protect South Carolina territory. A person may do something thoughtlessly in favor bf the enemy, but if he does it he is not a patriot. Slogan: "Leave all boll weevils in their own cotton patches." Save Vegetable Seed. Clemson College, Aug. 29.?"Save food?Help Win the War" is the slo gan of the day. Save seed?for the production of next year's food crop! The vegetable garden is acting a leading part in enabling the conser vation'of food stuffs. Wrhile the seed reports Show that the producfon will be about normal this year, they also state that large orders for vegetable seeds have been placed by foreign concerns for export to European countries, which formerly have been exporters o'f vegetable seed to the United States. As a result of this, the supply will not be great enough to meet the demand. Prices will be high, and the high prices and short age of supply will bring many infer ior seed on the market. To over come this difficulty it is therefore very necessary that every gardener do his part and save seed for his next year's planting. The essentials involved in seed saving are briefly: Selection of in-1 dividual plants. drying the seedj thoroughly, fumigating with carbon j bisulphide to destroy insects, label- j ing correctly, and storing. The individual plants selected forj seed production should be vigorous, j free from disease, and prolific bear ers of uniformly large specimens, i Don't select shy-bearing plants be-j cause the individual specimens there- j on are large. If you do. you will probably get poor results. Allow the seed parts .to become j thoroughly mature before gathering, j Dry. fumigate, label, and store in a; dry but "ttell ventilated room. For further' information write Ex- i tension Division. Clemson College, S. C. Also write the Division of. 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