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BUILD MORE' WUPS. NAVY DEPARTMENT ASKS CON GRESS FOR $600,000,000. To Provide Ten Super-Dreadnaughts, Six Battie Cr;?sers, 140 Smaller Vessels. Washington, Oct. 22.?Congress has been asked by the Navy Department to authorize a second year naval building program to provide tsn ad ditional super-dreadnaughts, six bat tle cruisers and 140 smaller vessels at a cost of $600,000,000. This was ; disclosed tonight by Secretary Dan iels after his appearance before the house naval committee to explain the appropriation. This appropriation is asked for the next fiscal year arj is in addition to the 156 naval v-essels comprising the ?first.three.years building program au - thorteed in 1916 and the great num ber cf destroyers and other spe vi:- cial types contracted for since the United States entered the war. Work; :v - on the first three years program was | delayed by the war, but congress has required that a start must be made, on all the vessels before next July 1. Including the $600.000.000 for the t three-year program, Secretary Dan ielssaid the total estimates of the de partment for ship construction, in cluding armor and armament, amount * Vthts year to $972,090.000. Only $200, 000,000 of the $600.000.000 will be j . matte available next year for con structive work on the three-year pro gram, but in/addition $732.090,000 is asked, for completing vessels already] authorized. "The new program of 156 vessels." said Secretary Daniels, ? "prescribes j battle cruisers only, there being ten battleships asked for and six battle cruisers. As regards smaller vessels although the total number is to be 140,' it is simply asked that they be of types already approved and in ex istence or of new types which may develop the life of the program, th^ details being left to the discretion of | the navy department. "The new three-year program is a i continuation of the policy adopted in 1916 of increasing the navy, and con templates its steady upbuilding and improvement. It is in line with the policy adopted by this government, and which has met with the entire j approval of the American people, of i building up a navy strong enough to meet all requirements. ?This program if authorized by congress, as I am confident it will be, will give us sixteen capital ships that will be the equal of any afloat at the time they are built. The bat tleships and battle cruisers ? author ized in the first three-year program will be unexcelled by those of any other navy, and the country may rest assured .that, in the new construction authorized, our constructors will pro duce the most powerful and effective of fighting craft. "The imperative necessity of turn ing out as rapidly as possible all the destroyers and other types of craft needed in the war against the subj^rine for the necessities of war fare for the time required us to con fi^^centrate upon this class of construc y tion has led to the fear in some quar ters that in devoting so much nec essary attention to the building of smaller craft, we might fail in look ing out for the future in building the capital ships on which the strength of the navy ultimately depends. This the naval authorities have always ,had in mind. ^ The three-year program adopted in 1916 provided for ten battleships and six battle cruisers. Now we ask for as many more to be built as those formerly authorized are completed, and facilities become available. "The total expenditure authorized upon the new program ,is $?00,000, 000, the provision for the first year being a third of this $200,000,000. This is exclusive of estimates for emergency appropriations for new vessels to be built under war urgency which total $140.000,000, and also of estimates for continuing and pushing the old program, the emergency con struction of destroyers under way. etc.-, "Including" the $600,000,000 for which authorization is requested in the new three-year program, the to tal estimates of the department for ship construction, including armor and armament, amount this year to $972,000,000. The total amount I rec ommend for appropriation next year for ship construction, that is, for completing vessels already authoriz ed and for new vessels is $572,00o, 000.?? ALLEGED PHYSICIAN HELD. Said to Have Sold "Flue Cure" to Negroes. Columbia, Oct. 22.?On complain! from Sumter police authorities, W. S. Penh,'ah alleged physician, has been arrested here by the Columbia po lice and will be turned over to the federal authorities today. It is al leged that he represented himself as a physician authorized by the govern ment to sell Spanish influenza "cure."] It is said that he sold his 'physic" to; negroes in Sumter county. READY TO EVACUATE. But Want Condition That Allied! Troops Do Not Follow. Paris. Oct. 23.?Germany's high; command is ready to evacuate the in-i vaded. territories of France and Bel-! gium on the express condition thai the allied troops do not follow them ! in retreat, but remain where they are! now located, recording to the latest, information from Berlin, says th< Zurich correspondent of the Journal, j _'_ STORM OFF GULF. I Warning of Tropical Storm on Guifj Coast. Washington. <!fct, 23.?A tropica! storm central this morning over the' mouth of the Mississippi and moving] slowly northeastward caused the weather bureau to issue advisory storm warnings on the Gulf con-:'.; from Carrobello, Fla., to Bay St. Louis, Miss. Strong winds are indi - cated for this afternoon. ; RAID OH iiM LIE. HLN AIRPLANES CIRCLE OVER FRONT WHOLE NIGHT. Red Cross Nurse Blown From Bed? Patients Removed to Places or Safety. With the American Army North west of Verdun, Oct. 22?5.30 p. m.? (By the Associated Press).?In re taliation for the destruction wrought by American bombing planes within the enemy's lines recently. German aviators last night raided the Ameri can front and back areas in the larg est force since the American offensive began on the Mouse and in the Ar gonne. In addition to attacking the infantry the Germans bombed the re gion around Clermont, M nt Faueoo and Carecourt. Four bombs wore dropped near the American hospital in the neighbor hood of Rarecourt, one of the bombs tearing down an outbuilding. The glass ends of four former French barracks, now.used by the Americans as hospital wards, were shattered. A Red Cross nurse, Margery Saw yer, of Buffalo, N. Y. was blown from her bed but was not injured. Another Red Cress nurse, Mabel Butler, oi New Haven, Conn., was in the same building with Miss Sawyer, but was not hurt. Both of them immediate ly went to the aid of patients. When the ferst bombs fell the hos pital attendants gave their first at tention to their charges leading o: carrying them to shelter. Rockt thrown up where this bomb struck broke the window in the southern end of the building. Then other bombs were planted, in succession in a great semicircle. Throughout most of the night the German planes were heard many times passing over. Went Up After Huns. With the American Army North west of Verdun, Oct. 22.?5.30 p. m.? (By the Associated Press).?Fifteen American night flyers responded tc alert signals when the Germans raid ed the front and back areas Monday night and searched for the enemy air. men up and down the lines. One American saw the tracer bullets of German firing his machine at a sup posed troop movement; but he was unable to engage the enemy raider. LESS INFLUENZA REPORTED. Slight Improvement in Situation Over Country. Washington. Oct. 22.?A slight im provement in the influenza situation of the country was indicated by re ports received today by the public health service, but in many places the epidemic apparently has yet tc reach its crest. In the Far West and on the Pacific coast the situation ha> not proved nearly as serious as it did in the South and East. Continued abatement of the epi demic in army camps was reported today to the offices of the surgeon general of the army. New cases dur in the 24 hours ending at noon to day totalled 2,733 against 3.077 the day before, while deaths decreased from 404 to 392. There was a slight increase in the number of pneumoni; cases. Army medical officers said influ enza may be said to be epidemic in only five camps, the others report ing less than 50 new cases each daily. The total cases since the disease be came epidemic number 292,770 with 15,497 deaths. In the South and East generally conditions among the civilian popu lation are rapidly improving, ac cording to reports to the public health service. In the Middle West and States bordering the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers abatement of the disease also has been noted, although many new cases still are being report - ed daily. In California 32.000 cases had been reported up to yesterday. Oregon and Washington also report new cases and some deaths. HOW THEY DO IN MEXICO. Carranza As?l the Rebels to Let a . Train Go Through to Mexico City. Juarez, Mex., Oct. 21.?Mexicar I papers received here tell of a unique ' request made upon Felix Diaz, the rebel leader in the State of Vera Cruz by President Carranza. An Argen tine battleship arrived at Vera Cruz to assist in observing the Mexican in ; dependence day. The sailors and ma> j rines from the battleship were invit ed to Mexico City. To prevent the Diaz rebels from attacking the train the Mexican paper stated the presi dent sent a request to Diaz that the j train carrying the Argentine sailor:* be permitted to pass through rebel territory < unmolested. Diaz granted the request, according to the newspa per account, upon condition that no Mexican troops were acting as escort on the train. The train was not mo lested. READY TO PAY PRICE. Some German Papers Prepared for Worst. Geneva, Oct. 22.?Peace must not be delayed a single day on account of the Hohenzollerns if they are an ob stacle to it, declares the Volks Freund of Karlsruhe which also is permitted to speak of the disappearances of the superstitious belief that the emperor was chosen to rule by divine right. The Schw?bische Tage wicht says that everybody is convinced now that the allies will not accord Germany a cheap peace, ??but if the glory and power of imperial Germany is the price, the German people ai*e readyi to pay." In permitting such items to leave Germany, the German censorship ap parently is preparing public opinion for coming events. Shot by Sniper. * ! London, via Montreal, Oct. L'l.?: Major ('en. L. .1. Lipsett, C. !>., C. M.j Cr., recently commander of The GaVJ :adian division and a general staff of- s ?c-er. has been killed, fie waft-shot by; i German sniper while inspecting po-' jitions at the front. AMERICANS DENT HUN LINE. ADVANCE NORTHWEST OF VER DI N CONTINUES TODAY. Despite Most Stubborn Resistance Germans Have Been Driven Out of Town or Brieulles?Huns Set Fire to Town Before Leaving. With Americans Northwest Ver dun, Oct. 23.?The town of Brieulles on the west bank of the Meuse. which was stubbornly defended by the enemy has teen given up by the Germans. This is the latest point at which the Americans have driven a dent into the German defenses, de spite the fact that the enemy resist ance is still as strong as formerly. The Germans set lire to Brieulles late Tuesday. The American patrols ? early today reported that the Ger mans had withdrawn from the town. Trans-Caucasia's iPitifnl Plight. Moscow, June 20 (Correspondence of The Associated Press)?Of all sad situations growing out of Russia's dismemberment, that in the Caucasus is most tragic. By the terms of the i Drest-Litovsk peace treaty Russia ceded the provinces of Xars and Batoum to Turkey. But Caucasus which is a conglomeration of races, mountain tribes and feuds, was as strongly opposed to Turkish domina tion as it was to Bolshevik rule. The Armenian massacres still fresh i:i their memories, the Caucasian peo ple refused to recognize the treaty and united to P"ght Turkish aggres sion. But they were weak and unor ganized and could not -withstand the onslaught of superior Turkish armies directed by German commanders. Their position was still further ag gravated! by the persistent propaganda of the Bolsheviki who were anxious to crush all opposition and sowed dis sension wherever possible. The hastily formed independent Trans-Caucasian Republic soon crumbled to pieces, Georgia alone, of ail the component states, retaining a semblance of government* and declar ing itself an independent Republic. The new born state was in no position to fight the Turks single-handed and was compelled to negotiate with Tur key a peace that makes virtually jeorgia a Turkish protectorate. "United Trans-Caucasia has ceasec: to. exist," writes I. Tzeretelli, a mem ' er" of the new Georgia government. " The Southern part of it, populated mostly by Armenians, has been occu pied by the Turks; eastern Trans Caucasia is wiiiing to recognize vol untarily the power of the Sultan. "Georgia is all that was saved from :ree Trans-Caucasia, that is not ye; enslaved by Turkey." Organizer of Women's Battalion Is sues Proclamation to Russians. Archangel, Sept 30 (Correspond ence of The Associated Press)?Maria Butchkaren!, organizer ol the famous Russian Women's Battalion, is here aiding the organization- of a Russo Allied army. She has caused the fol lowing proclamation to be posted in village squares and in the couns el! urch es: "I am a Russian peasant and a sol dier. At the request of the soldiers and peasants I went to America and Great Britain in order to request these countries for military help for Rus sia. The aliies understand our own misfortunes and I return with the al lied armies which came only for the purpose of helping to chase out our deadly enemies, the Germans, and not to interere with our internal af fairs. After the war is over the al lied troops will leave Russian soil. ?T, on my own part, request all loy j al free sons of Russia, without ref ! erence to party to come together, act J :r.g as one with the allied forces, j who, under the Russia.:1, flag have j come to free Russia from the Ger man yoke and in order to help the new free Russian army with all fcr-ces, including Russian, to beae the enemy. "Soldiers and Peasants: Remem ber that only a full clean sweep of the Germans from our soil can give you free Russia as you long for." Not Lengthening the Score. (Charleston Post.) The announcement that the Ger man command has issued orders to the armies in retreat not to destroy cities and towns evacuated unless compelled to do so by supreme mili tary considerations would indicate that the civilian rule which is believ ed to have obtained a grip on the government is acquiring a dominance over the whole situation. It is pos sible, of course, that the new order of things merely connotes a coordi nation between the civil and military elements in an elaborate scheme of affected moderation, designed as "pari of the peace drive, but it is more likely that the change is genuine and indicates a permanent abandonment oC a policy which even so stupid a set as the rulers of Germany must realize to be futile of anything but ! a lengthening of the score for which j an accounting must soon be rendered, j Frightfulness, advocated as a deliber i ate policy of war. is fatuous enough j in the offensive, but it is so patent a i liability in defeat that even the ! clums> Germans can hardly have ! failed to see it. It seems, however, to have\renuired the solemn citation; of President Wilson, in his terrific re ply to the' German government's ap peal for pe^ce. to bring about an ac tual appreciation of the bearing o; the barbaritieSL upon the imnl reck onings of theV;ir. There may be in ibis circumstance, an indication <>' the German gover%inent's disposition toward the whole o>fc>vh*' preside: t's stipulation of essentiaVa precedent to peace, but. whether or*???/theJ are that and even if they signifyTsapu >re than wholesome fear of ?ccumtrl? ing penalties, the practical result i\ welcome enough in its humanitarian I tnd economic effects: Tie- Hun can .-.ot shorten the score he has run up gainst civilization by the frightful iva.eres be has wrought, but he can n from adding to it as the sum up is about to be made for sol-!< t with him. b iliS STILL BLUFFING. PRINCE MAXIMILIAN SAYS GER MANY IS READY TO FIGHT ON. Tolls Reichstag; That Peace Negotia tions Have Reached a Critical Stage But That Now Under New Program Germany is Prepared for Either Peace or War. Copenhagen, Oct. 22.?In his! speech in the Reichstag yesterday] Chancellor Prince Maximilian said; the peace conversation between Ber- j lin and Washington had reached ai critical point. He urged that debate j en the situation be restricted as much as possible. In the course of the speech he said, "whether the next few days or weeks call us to fight on ro to open the peace conference, there is no d?ubt we are now equal to either task?war or peace by carrying out che government pro gram, definitely breaking away from the old system." RETALIATING IN \KJND. The Allied Air Bombers Have Done Effective Work Upon the Germans-. London. Sept. 30 (Correspondence of The Associated Press)?The Ba sische poison gas plant at Mannheim.! in the Rhine Valley, is a favorite ob ject for "strafing" by the British air men. Three consecutive raids upon it by night have extensively damaged it. The raiders' bombs partly destroy ed the sulphuric acid and nitric vi triol factory and the aniline depart ment. Other buildings of the plant were wrecked. The other factories at Mannheim have been heavily bombed eleven times. A heavy death roll has attended numerous air attacks on Cologne and Goblentze where the Germans are be ing heavily repaid in their own coin for their murderous work on Lon don and Paris. The factories and railway station at Saarbrucken have been bombed ten times by the Brit ish; Karlsruhe, live times; Frankfort on-the-Rhine, three times; Stuttgart, and Zweibrucken, twice. Most of the air attacks in the Rhine provinces have been directed against the key railway centers, no tably those at Thionville and Metz Sablon. The famous railway triangle at Metz-Sablon and the junction at Thionville have been raided forty-six times. Photographs taken by the at tacking airmen confirm the extent and magnitude of The damage done. War traffic through Metz-Sablon has been materially reduced as a re sult of the frequent raids at a time when quick and regular transport of munitions was vital to Germany. These military objectives have been attacked repeatedly with marked ef fect* PHONE BOOTHS ARE CLOSED. - ? Shut Down Because of "'Flu" in New York. New York. Oct. 22.?The New York j Telephone Company today suspended j service in half of the public booths ? here because or a shortage of opera j-tors caused by the influenza epidemic j It was said that 2.000, or about 2S I per cent, of the operators are ill. j Additional complaints were receiv j ?d today that doctors and druggists are overcharging influenza patient* and that landlords are withholding heat from tenants. An ordinance which would compel landlords tc ! keep the temperatures in their houses at sixty-eight degrees was introduc ed at a meeting of the board of al cermen today. While asserting that New York ha. passed the worst stage of1 the epidem ic. Health Commissioner Copeland is sued a warning against undue opti mism and the dropping of precau ! tionary measures. ! THE AMERICAN SOLDIER. I_ A Source of Continual Interest tc Other Nationalities. ! Behind Allied Lines in France, Sept. j 25 (Correspondence)?The American j soldier is a source of continual in j terest to the troops of the other na tions with whom he is fighting side by side, and to the people of France. They have been vastly impressed by the wholehearted way in which he carries out his duties. On parade and on the march he regards his work i with the utmost seriousness, and j every American column that passes j leaves an impression of set. resolute i faces very different from the noh | chalant attitude of the British Tom i my. In his moment of repose, the I * Yank" as he is called everywhere in J France, looks for a building w'+h i j short flight of steps to the door, for I he gathers there with his friends, and j eats nuts and cholocates in prodi I gious quantities. I Of an evening the ?"Yank's" rcgi ! mental band plays to him. The se j lections are not "uplift stuff," but j they cheer the tired soldier amazing I ly. Perhaps a c ouple of soldiers will i jump up and do a one-step together j up and down the sidewalk. Killed By Explosion. ; Mr. Mood H Hodge was fatally mjuied, dying in a short time, by the [explosion of ah acetyline gas tank al the home of Mr. Hugh M. McLaufin, [hear Wedgefield about 1" a. m. Wed ; day. Mr. Hodge was installing ili< gas plant f<?r Mr. M< Laurin and the work had been almost completed. The explosion occurred while he was rc-K*ir?? t&e r?Isuit from some un known cause. Dr. Parier was called immediately after the accident and gave the wounded man every atten tion possible. Coroner Scale was noiifed of the accident :;nd went at once to hold the inquest. The deceased was twenty-six years old and married. 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