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RICHMOND, VA., SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1918. ?TEN PAGES
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68TH YEAR.
VOI r??r flB
Kl'MlSKR 187
Vessel Homeward Bound
After Unloading- Several
Thousand Soldiers.
SIX MEMBERS OF CREW
ARE REPORTED MISSING
Navy Report Indicates That
Some of the Men Landed
Were Injured.
STRUCK N'KAR K.VGIXK ROOM
/
With Motive Power Gone. fVlant
Steamer. Formerly the Cincinnati,
Gom Down Off French Coast.
[?!? \>'?ori*t?d p-rnn 1
WASHTNOTON, July 5?The Amort
can army transport Covington. home
ward bound after html ins several
' thousand no|d|i.T.i hi K ranee. was tor
pedoed and gunk in the war 7. on- last
Monday night. Six member* of the
crew are missing. j,?t all the other
inen, with the ship's oflir?-ts, have hceti
landed at J'rench port No arm>
personnel or ?a?sengers were aboard.
The nien missing ."re: Krne?t C. An
derson. fireman Lynn. Mass.: Jos-ph p.
Bowden. se.-tman. Mituntain Lake. N.
?I.: Ambrose <* l*ord. fireman. Somer
ville, Mass.: William llenry Lynch. Jr..
fireman, Manchester, NT. H.; Albert S
Payne, seam-Mi St.a ten Island. N. V y
Lloyd 11. Silvern ?iI. seaman. H.iln
brldge, N. V. .
The Navy Department's anVlounce- !
ment fo-nlclit of th" torpedoing of the
Covington said nr.ne of t?i~ ofTb-ers and
men landed was "seriously injured." I
Apparently some of them were hurr, !
but the number probably w.is not Riven
III Vice - A dm Ira I Siins's dlj patch.
The Covin cton was "truck at Ml"1
o'clock Monday night while prnro?riii:C
with a fle?.( of other transports, con
veyed by destroyers. The submarine
was not sight ?d. The transport re.
rnalned afloat until Tuesday, wb ?n <?'
forts were made by another vessel nun
two tugs to tow her to port, but she
was too badly damaged to keep afloat.
"The torpedo struck just forward <-f
the engine.room bulkhead." said t'i?
Navy Department's announcement, "and
y the engine room and tir?* room were '
rapidly flooded. With Its motive power
gone, the vessel was helpless, and. fac.
. Ing the po?v|billty of the forn'-doin~
of another ship in the convoy, the Cov
ington was temporarily abandoned. |
I This was dope in excellent order, ai.d
f. the officer^ and crew were taken on
i board a destroyer.
"At daybreak, the captain, several
V officers and a number of members cf
! the crew returned to supervise salvag
ing operations. Another vessel anrt
? two tugs took the Covington in tow
in the effort t'< po( her to port but
she was too l.adly damaged to k--ep
afloat, and ^.uik. Vessels have been
searching f<>v the missing men and
the Navy Department awaited the re
port cf the names of those missing
( which was not received until to-day,
' 1 before announ'lng the sinking of the
* vessel."
XO KXPI.A N ATION AS
TO HOW MK.\ WKIIK KII.I.KH
There wa* no planntioii by the de
partment a? tr. whether the six men
1 were missing after the transfer of the!
crew from the tiiopshin to the de
stroyer or after the transport actually
went down. It "???s feared, however, j
? ^ that they cither were killed' by the
i force of the e\-plosion or were caught
\ by the Inrush r.f wat.?r into the engine
and fire rooms.
The Covington formerly was the
Hamburg-American liner Cincinnati,
whlcn was lal.t up at fV.s.ton and taken
over when the United States entered j
fhe war. She was c,f feet long, of
lfi.3.19 gross_ tonnage and hart a speed
of fifteen and onc-hal* knots an hour.
The Covington is the s. c? nd of the
1 preat German liners seize | n,0 out
; break of the war to be sent dow*? b.v
Oermany's s*a wolve.i, ai ' is ih ? toird
American troopsl?!|> <o be destroyed In *
tlie war zone. ^li were homeward j
bound. The former Hamburg-Ameri
can liner President Lincoln was sunk I
last May 31. and the Antilles, formerly i
a German liner, was sent down last j
October 17.
TRANSPORT HENDERSON
CATCHES FIRE AT SEA
Xnvy ne pnrlmeiu Says Damage Wm 1
Slight. lint Itirfusen to j
/ filvr Detail*.
'. IJ'.v Associated Press.1
\i,A'SHINGTON. July B.?The United
States Army transport Henderson ha-i
been afire at r.ea, but. lias made an
Atlantic port i:i safety. There was no j
loss of life
!^,I'"ew details could be had at the Navv
?parfment to-night, but it was said
.hat the vessel was not badly dam
!'\ aged. It was not made known wheth- ,
er the Henderson was outbound or |
homeward bound, nor was there anv
information as tc how iho fire oc- j
curred.
WAGE BOOST |N SIGHT
Uxprens Company Clerk* <Jet Word of
General Advance to Date
From July I.
I By Associated Press.]
NEW TORIC. July r?.?Announcement
that express eompirv employees
throughout the country will receive an
increase In wages, dating from July 1.
xvhb made here t' -night hy George C.
Taylor, president of the American Rail
way Express Company, which, on July
. 1 took over the express business on all
the railroads of the United, States.
f:
,fsiJrAiVww'-JV ?. I.wt ? ?> 0 VtfAki' // v b i .',s???
Pearls and Diamonds
Pour Into the Coffers
WASIIl.MiTOX, July 5 I'rorli
? tid illniniiiiUH and ornnmruta of
Kold and silver are puurliiK Into (hp
cofTern of the Vntloiinl Woman's
party nn contribution* luivardii the
fund In lM*liulf of the cami>ii1k" for
? lie pa*xngc of (lip nullrnKt* amPiid
iiirnl. Tin- nflfrrlncN nimr from nuf
frnKl^t*. who, for the iiionI purl,
have biteii nil the ennh IIipt ran
aftord.
A beautiful old-guld collar, net
ivlth twenty-four pearln, n pcnrl
pin and a diamond ?rre rrrclred to
day from a Colorado woman. Wo
men in Philadelphia urn! hammered
? liter ornsmrnti.
"What'* our Jewelry lvorlh to un
niiicns .American women nre made
freef" naked one of the contribu
tors.
"With the money rained from the
sale of Ihrite Jewels," mi Id .Mian .Mary
(?ertrtlde Kendall, trranurrr of the
Woman'* party, "we shall do our
hent to win freedom for all Amer
ican women before the run (em plated
recen* of Congress.''
?MOTS
US STESB OVERTURNS
Excursion Craft in Illinois River
Wrecked Near Peoria, III.,
I/ilSt .\iglit.
CALL DOCTORS AM) XURSKS
Vessel .lammed Against Kido of
River in Kog and Tore Huge Hole
in llrr Row, Kinking Almost Im
mediately.
t By Asunelutctl Prc:-s. ]
PhORIA, ILIi., July i>.?Hundreds of
people are believed to have drowned
when the excursion steamer Columbia
overturned in tlie Illinois River. live
miles south of here, to-night. All
available nurses and physician* have
bee,, summoned from Pekiri. 111., which
is near the scene of the accident.
The boat jammed against the Peoria
?side of the river in a fop and tore a
huge uole In the bow of the boat. It
sank almost immediately.
Dozens <if doctors and nurses from
this city have been summoned to the
scene of the .sinking.
FLAMES DAMAGE PLANT
OF HERCULES POWDER CO.
In ventilation Dfarlnam That None of
Ihe Kmplnyeen \Vn? Killed
"r Injured.
I Ity AsfitrlatH I"rev? )
NEW YORK, July 5.? Fire damaged
the plant of the llercules Powder Com
pany at k'envil. \\ j.. this afternoon.
Investigation showed that none of the
employees was killer) or injured.
According to officials of th- com
pany. the fire may have started fro,,,
a cigarette t hi own Into a glycer>n vat.
The wind blew the flames away from
another structure in which were stored
7.000 pounds of "T. X. T." and fi.NOO
pounds of smokeless powder.
As soon as the flames were seen, 300
men and women employed at the plant
fled, and It was rumored that several
had lost their lives In an explosion.
CHIEF CLERK CHAS. DOOLEY
IS MADE MEMBER OF STAFF
lleeomen Attached to Kor?'e of Regional
Director for the Southern
DlMriet.
I By Associated Pres? 1
KXOXVILLE. TENX.. July ?
Charles I-. Dooley, chief clerk ?o the.
general superintendent, middle district
of the Southern Railway, has been ap
pointed to the staf of Oeorge R. Loyal!,
regional director for the Southern .lis- i
trict. Kred E. Hanson, assistant chief ;
clerk, has been made chief clerk, suc
ceeding Mr. Donley.
HOME RULE FOR INDIA
Secretary of Stntc Ita* Submitted He
port nnd Recommend* New Kortn
of (iuvernmont. >
LONDON. July ?Edwin Samuel j
Montague, Secretary of S?ate for India, t
in a report submitted to the gr.vern- ;
me-it to-d.iy. recommended the adop
lion of home rule in India.
The report makes these principal J
pi oposj.ls:
"I. Completion of an edifice for the '
local self-government in India.
"2. Establishment of provincial leg- j
'?statures to bo mainly composed of i
directly elected representatives, wit a ;
as broail a franchise as possible under]
Indian conditions.
"3. A viceregal legislature, to he hi- j
furcated, the second chamber to be j
called council of state.
"?I. Provisions of machinery for a
periodic inquiry r?>r considering '
whether further subjects can be trans
ferred to popular control.
The .setting up of a select com
mitter of the House of Commons on .
Indian affairs." j
SAYS RUSSIA IS AT WAR
Alexander Kerennky Vl*ltn Pnrin mid
Displays Copy of
Protest.
PARIS. July 1.?Alexander Kerensky, !
the former Russian Premier, and Dial- i
mar Hranting. Ihe Swedish Socialist |
leader, attended a meeting of the So
cialist party at the Chamber of Don \
uties this morning. M. Kerensky de
nounced the Itolshevik policy and dis
played a copy of a protest voted on
May IS, 10IS, ::t a secret meeting of
tho Russian constituent at;sam hly
against the Brest i.itovsk treaty -md
declaring that Russia still was at war
with Germany.
HOUSE AUTHORIZES'
CONTROL OF LINES
Congressmen Rush the Measure
Through and Get Thirty
Day Vacation.
?
TWO AMENDMENTS ADDED
I
One Provides Limitations, While
Other Prevents Impairment
of States' Rights.
______
WASHINGTON. July 5.?The House
! to-day. by a vote of I'lM to i. pass?<l
, the resolution, authorising the Presl
<lcnt to take possession of and ope
rate the telegraph and telephone lines
i of ihe country.
Those who voted aguinst the reaolj
j tion were Representatives Kordney and
McLaughlin. of Michigan; Stealing. of
Illinois, jiii'l \V oods. of Iowa. John
son. of W ashlngton. vote.I in the nega
ti\e when his name was called, l>ut
changed to "present."
The pasHiie.' ot the resolution by the
House ends the matter until after the
recess of C'.nciosa, which is to beKin
to-morrow night. No attempt will lie
made to p.".ss the resolution through
the 8er.ate until after the members
h a \ e returned from their homes at the j
end of the thirty-lay period.
Throughout the day's dlseu.-slon of
the resolution tliete was a great di
versity of opinion ?> to what the :li
titude of t ie White House was with
respect to the urgency of the measure.
Representative I'ou. of North Carolina
'?hairman of the Utiles Committee,
talrted over the telephone wi'n Sec
retary Tumulty, and lYom him oh'?med
the statement that the I resid-nt de
sired the resolution to pass before
* ^ngrpsK took a reeves. Tnls statement
was made use of , , for, . lhe House
to act on the measure and remain in
session until long after the dinner
hour in orrtf r to pass i'. But just
as the Senate was adjourning for
the day. Senator Mirtln. thi majority
leader, received a not? from the Pres
ident. saying that if it were not prac
ticable to pass the resolution in the
Senate before the time set for the r ?
? ess. lie would not insist upon it. T'lis
message had tlie effect of causng S.-i.
ator .Martin to send word to llouse
leaders to put through a concurrent
resolution for a re.-ess.
.MAJORITY I.KMJKtt IvITtJllV
CiltAVi'K vIPFI'IAI.S VACATION'S
When the vote in the House was an-'
nouneed. .Majority Leader Kitchin told
the members- of the President's letter
to Senator Martin, and said tney c mid
make their plans to leave Washington
to-niorrow. Some of-those who had en
ca;.-ed In tie ail-da.v battle over tiie
resolution blandly inquired why they
had been pressed to p.-'.ss the le.soiu
ttou. Mr. Kitchin replied that he did
not know.
Two amendments, placing further
limitations on the proposed grant of
authority to the President were adopt
ed by the House, one of these, by Mr.
Ksch. of Wisconsin, provided that uie
compensation 10 be paid to the wire
companies for their properties sho I'd be j
?ixed by the President; that if no agree
ment as to the amount of compensation
could be reached, the ompanies should
be paid T.i per cent of tin amount and
be permitted to sue in the court of 1
claims for the remainder. A similar'
provision was carried in the railroad j
control bill.
An amendment by Mr. Montague, of
Virginia, also adopted, provides that 1
nothing In the resolution shall lie con- :
st rued to impair the rights of the sev-,
eral States in the matter of taxation j
and regulatory measures against the i
com panics.
During the debate. Mr. Kordney. of
Michigan, declared there is no neces
sity for taking over the control of the
wire sysrtem. and charged that the
properties "will be used for the srreat
est political advantage of the Demo
cratic party just as the railroads are."
SUPREME WAR COUNCIL
PRAISES ITALIAN ARMY
Con*li'?rMilc Oilier Important Hosinc*.*
Transacted, tint Antnre of t|
?s Yot Disclosed.
PARIS. .1'ily 5.?Tin"! supreme war ?
council held its seventh vesvpn at
Versailles to-day. It Is nerm it *ed t'< !
state that "important decisions" were j
taken.
<Jeneral Pershing represent -d ?ti?? j
I'nlted States at the ?-ess|?p. Th?* ,
others present 'vere tj.-neral Wen. f
Premiers l.loyd Oeorge, ('lenx-nneiit, j
Orlando. Uorden. Hughes. M-?ssey t New
Zealand). l..loyd (NVv/fonniil iml). Kieio j
Marshal Malg, (Jeneral ^ir llenrv Vil- |
son, Major-f.eneral OuiHa' , of tne. ?
rtelglan a tiny, and Foreign' ' (fillers j
Pli'chon. P>:.lfour and Sonnlno.
The stnrenis war council expressed
the gratitude of the allies to Italy
foi her brilliant victory in a crit'ca: >
period. Preni'er l.loyd C.eors"'> Intro-1
'iu'-ed t'?e dominion ministers, ail I
Premiers Orlando a"d <* lenience an mad"
speeches en behalf r.f the eou'ioll.
thanking the dominions for their splen
did s"i vices in the war.
I/it-r. ileneral Pershing and the al
lied generals had a leng'hy and im
portant discussion of tne p*ilitary sit-:
tuition.
SULTAN MOB'S VICTIM?
i
Sucli Ik ttepnrt Received 1'roni Turkish
Sources by l-'nglinh An
lliorltlei.
I Hy Associated Press 1
liONDON, July R.?Reports have, j
reached London from Dutch sources i
that the deiitli of the. Sultan of Turkey,
Mohammed V., which took place Wed
nesday night, was not due. to natural
causea, and presumably was part of a
revolutionary movement in the Otto
man empire.
Writes Letter to Congress Not
to Give Him Lieutenant*
Generalcy.
WANTS OTHERS RECOGNIZED
Gives Credit for Successful Draft
Plan to Men on
Boards.
WASH INliTON, July r>.? Major-<!en
eral Knocli II. Crowder. the man re
sponsible for the selective draft. which
has drawn from cottage ami mansion
the fighting men of the nation, to-il ty
asked Congress not to elevate him to
a lieu tenant-genera ley.
In a letter to the chairman of the
Congressional Military Committee, licn
eral Crowder modestly says then? are
so many thousands of civilians and
oflicers who have performed their part
in the carrying out of the draft that
Ik* iloes not wish to l>e recognized pub
Mcly for his own work unless they are.
t OO.
lie <5*ys in part in his letter to Sen
ator < "hamberla In:
"After considerable reflection, and
viewing the matter in a broad way. I
am reluctant to allow the consideration
of the proposed proviso to proceed any
furt her. .*?
"l*orty-e!?tit States and three ter
ritorial headquarters and nearly f.,ftnn
lota! and district boards, with an ag
gregate membership of nearly 1 S.000
citlretiK. assisted by the legil and med
ical advisory boards in every jurisdic
tion. have co-operated with the national
headquarters efficiently and honorably,
rind many without compensation, in
the superb teamwork which has pro
d'ic"d the gratifying results obtaiue
under the select ive-servic ? law. These
results embrace the registration of
more than 10..r>0i?,000 citizens and their
classification for military service, and
'he cutrainment of nearly i.ooo.ooo men
now serving with lite colors. Hy Au
gust 1 of this year this latter num
ber will be approximately ?_'.'>00.000. and
by the '-lose of the year if expected
req u Is i t ion s are received, the aggregate
\*ill approach S.OPO.O'IO
"< >f the members of these boards. !
may be truly said that when the selec
tive.service system which they admin
istered ceases to function efficiently t
"t'oduce the military and to conserve
? lie industrial man power, we shall be
in a fair way to lose this war.
PHAISICs WOIIK DOM':
IIV IIOA HI) .MKMIIKItN
"I have l?ng entertained the view
that something ought to he done t>>
recognise publicly and emphatically the
enormous s<tv.ri!icex these citizens have
nmrie in bestowing the continuous
and exhausting service that has been
indispensable in carrying the admin
istrative burden of the selective-service
syst em
"At the risk of being regarded as
ungrateful to the proposers of this pro
vision. I cannot bring myself to '<e
satisfied that my own conscient ioust ?
performed share in discharging tha?
du t y should become the subject of
recognition, so long as the far greater
share of these other builders of the
National Army r? mains without pub
lic and distinguished acknowledmeni
in the records 'if Congress."
The Crowder promotion was inelnde.1
in tiie army bill, upon which the con
ferees agreed to-day. Several changes
were made in the bill.
The Senate wished to appoint for the
??egular army one assistant surgeon
reiier.il, with the rank of major-gen
eral, and three assistant surgeon-gen
erals with the r.tnU of brig* dier-geu
?ral. The conferoes agreed upon tour
.vsistan; surgeon-generals, two rank- i
ns as major-generals and two as brig- j
? I ier-genera Is. likewise, instead of
our major-generals and eight briga- ;
Mer-generals for each 1. Odd. 000 men
ird officers in the National Atiny. the i
conferees made it one ma Jor-getier.i 1
ml two brigadier-generals.
mi in ' i iisk ron i?s
t M)i:i< A SI P1-2H l\T|.:.MIH\ I' .
An army nurse corps is organized
tinder a superintendent, with the fol- J
lowing wage scale:
Superintendent, Jli.tOO; assistant su j
perinletidents and directors. $l.S?t; as- |
si.-tatit directors, $1.*.C0: chief nurses.
$120. in addition to llie pay of a nurse. 1
STl'O for the first period of throe years' '
service: $7S0 for the second peri '>1:
tt;t i for the third period, and ?f<< i
tCoiiiiutied on S?jc itid Page.)
Meet (he Shen^ni^inj,
Lillle Mike and Aleck!
They uxril to lie Hnim nnd Prltsr.
Knfr.en jammer?lint nrtcr ngniiu no
sir. never. l-'net Is, the Kmzeiijant
nier fnmlly enme from Holland?
tbclr country place was Kriiini-ou- |
the-t hee.se?nnil it lins itivrn the
Cnptniu nnd Ills good wlff nnd the
Kids inueli pain bemuse they lime
been mistaken for ticrmniis.
lint (lie t'nptnln Iiiin bad n linppy
thought. No longer would n loyal
Amerlcnn comic ehnrncter hnvr his
loynlty nnd tli:tt of IiIn comic wife
nnd of Ills coinic Kid* questioned
So', n comic judce ivn* hunted up,
nnd lie coiuicnlly consented to chuck
the old KntrenJnnimer name in the
waste linsket nnd replnce it with
Shennnlgnn. :
So the Shennuignii Kids nre here.
In fnct, they've never been nwny,
hut now* 11 a ns nnd I''rlt7. are Mike
nnd A leek?nnd there's no "Choi,
mnu" sound nhout that. See them
in the comic supplement of The
Tlmcs-nispiiteli to-morrow nnd every
following Sunilny. t'nptnln Hheniint
gnu, Sirs. SIicihiiiIkiiii,. Mike nnd
Aleck .Sliennnlgnn, the Inspector nnd j
nil the others will lie there, nnd |
there will be some shennnlRiinn. I
Four American Aviators Fight Hun
Airmen in a Thrilling Encounter
l By'Associated PrcsH.)
WITH THE AMERICAN A It .MY
I.N I'ltA \ CI'!, Julj- 5.?i-'nur A mer
it'nit iivintorK, I.lc utennutn t'arllrile
Ithoilr*, of 'I't-rre Haute, linl.s S. I'.
Tliomp*on, llonenye I-'iiIIn, V.;
W'nlilu N. llelnrlclia, of Crantillc,
Oliio, mid .lolui Mitchell, of Mnu
rhrxtcr, .Mima., engaged In n thrill
iitK nir battle norlliivtNt of (hntcau
Tlilfrr)' thlx morning. One (irrmmi
machine \v:i? hIioi down during the
combat, mill it l.i believed that l.leu
to 11 iiitt llritirlt'liK wan the Amerlcim
who Kent the enemy airplane to
enrt h.
The fntir American m In torn were
patrolling the IIucm ll\e or kIx Kilo
meters inside the (?eriniln front,
Mhrn they eneon n tereii *l\ enemy
machines. The luittie lirmiri nl tut
altitude of 1,'Jlill meters, nmi con
tin tied until the nuii'li*nr.i liiy
/
dropped down to -.HOO meters from
the earth. Thy combat lanlcd for
twenty mlnulr.i.
An hour later, rlcht American mn
chlnc* enj;n(?rd In n hut tie with fif
teen enemy airplanes nt a height of
?I,71HJ meters. The rumbat nwnyed
backward nnd forward over the tier
nuin nnd Anierlcnn linen near Cha
teau-Thierry. The Certnan machines
were higher thmi the Amerlrnnn, hut
the latter mtineii vered their air
planes ndmlrably In the tight. Sud
denly one of the enemy airplanes
dived toward the earth and went
spinning downward, being chatted
down by two of the Americana,
l.leiit ennn ts Itilpli A. O'Neill, of
NoguleN, Art*., and .1. C. Itnlhle, of
New York.
It In believed that the (irrmau
airplane wan out of control during
Its plunge.
NEWSPAPERS ARE WARNED
NOT TO PRINT SHIP NEWS
^K'rdar.r Daniels lldipvrx Information
1m IJIvpii J -ItontM lij 1||'<7lis
of Aflvfrtl.sinjr.
WASH IN<i'l'i >N. July 5.--Warning of
:i pos^ilile resiini|ition of enemy sub
marine operations on tho -si?lo of the
Atlantic was civen this aft. rno m by
Secretary of Navy Daniels in the ful
lowing appeal to the press:
"To the Press In America:
"The appearance of submarines on
the Atlantic coast makes it imper it iv>*
tliat no mention should h ? 111 de in
any newso a per. either l:i the ad"eru
iiiB <?r news columns, of the sailing or
rtepsi rt it re. cr location, or supposed !o
cation, ot any ship in American wa
ters.
"This in format ion conveyed by ad
vertising i-= as dangerous in the
news columns, and I am making tills
request to all the newspapers in the
country in fie assurance that they will
co-operate with the rovermient in Its
? ITorts to pi event any Information
about ships reaching submarines which
may be off the American coast.
<Signed) "JO*KPHUS DANIICKS,
?j ecrctary of the Navy."
The secretary took pains to indicate
th-t there was no definite indication
that the enemy U-boats wer? about t??
resnm< operations along the Aiiicdcm
coast.
WOMAN WHOSE BAGGAGE
WAS SEARCHED GETS $353
.lurv .1 ?vnrds nniiMirn to M ri. Shrlfon
AcJili?>tt lite Norfolk nmt V. puti-rn
Kailiv/tv t'linipaiiT.
f S''"1 ' ?? i *o I'nft TI*?*-'*1con jch '
1' NVVI LLK. VA? July .'..? Am Inter
esting cure bearing on t;e right to
search baggage without *i warrai.t Ii?m
just been decided at Mart'nsvl'l". ?>
jury aw arding Mrs. Sh.^'t-ai s:i,".'. fit
against the Norfolk and W?\s;e-n Rail
way Coni|Kin,v. I t this instarco. Mrs.
^if'lton j*.urney?d from !'oanok?? to
>1 arth.svill". When she allch'cd a?
the .station, shf vas faced by the agent
of a detective civvp 'ny, who demand
ed that t'.ic trunks which Mrs. Shelton
had put off be >carched for Ihvior.
The deputy sheriff. t<> whom the direc
tion was given, telephoned for pcl'ee
men. two responding. Jitul the three
men and two employees of the rail
way company opened one of the trunks
and made a search. The oHico'.1' -(ai't
they thought that a warrant had been
issued. Finding this not to be the
case, they desisted until one could be
procured.
Mrs. Shelton declined to receive tie*
trunk. and entered a suit for $".000
damage s. Til's was one of Judge
Hughes Dillard's drrt cases since he
was appointed by th? Governor.
GIVES CREDIT TO MEN
Director Charles M. Sch^ali Al*?
P;\tl.':es Work of American Nfiu.
paper* in Work.
| R<- Assiv. liiletl I'los-i )
SAN Kf.A NCI Si"O. July "i.?"The
Kmergency Fleet Corporation has given
us the equivalent of a I0,000-ton shin
for each day of the last sixty days an !
fi.'O.OOO tons dead weight in'the last
two months." declared Charles M
Schwab, director-general of the Knier
gency Fleet Corpora t ion. here to-dav.
Mr. Schwab said the nation hail no
greater stirnnliis in its great under
taking than that of the press lie de
clared aaainst any spirit of 'Varpinu
criticism." and said that although fam>
may come to some because of their
prominence, the real honor in shin
i>uiUlinc' should gn to the workmen win.
? ctually turn out the ships.
.SHOULD CONTINUE POLICY
Sticli Ik Advice of Western I n'lin M lifn
Nation IMiins to Take Over
I.lite*.
I t'.v Afserlated Pre** |
NKW VfUtK. July fi.? While, asseri
*ng thi* he did not wish through anv
act of hi', "to adil an hour's delay to
the nat'in's telegraph service." New
comb Carlton, president of the Western
I'nlon Telegraph Company declared to
il i eh t tn ;i statement dealing with the
telegraphers' strike scheduled far Mon
day thai it i? of the "highest import
ance" that the policy his entnoany has
pursued should be continued.
\V/nr? Hoard Complete* Schedule.
WASMINUTON. July fi.? llccomtnen
dalions <?f Hie railway ' wage hoard on
the question <?f increased pay and work
ing conditions of railroad shopmen have
been completed and forwarded to I?J -
rector-General McAdoo at San Fran
cisco. This announcement was made
to-night by the railroad adinltiisiratIon.
Pneor'onla I-'ntnl to Private.
COIA'MlilA. S. C.. July fi.? The leath
of Private Douglas H. Uuntou, It. F
D., Whitehall, r C., from pneumonia,
was announced to-day at Camp Jack
son.
SENATE PASSES MEASURE
PROVIDING $8,000,000,000
III!* W.ll Urine Tntnl A HtlinrSxnt ion
Since Wnr Hrtinn I p to
.S2-Minn,noo,noo.
|Hv AssuflalKil l'rc;ss 1
i WASIllN'CTdN. .Inly An admin
isti -lion Mil authorizing issuance or
j Ss.ooti.oOo.non ad.-Ption.il in l.iberty
bonds and providing a:t addition*! $i.
| .">00.000.000 f.>r loans to the .illir;?. ro
; contly passed l>y iho llniisc, was pa-a.
crt tat..- to-day l.v the Senate without
a?n"ndmpjjt or a r..i| .-all. It now
K<>es to President Wilson
I lie lt|M. which wis recommended
l?y the l*easury Department in antici
pation of ?he fourth Libert.- (a
October, ini rcits's to ?'-2.ono,000.000 tie.
j authorizations for hotul issues made
since the- war bepan. The new bonds
?would bear interest at not more tit.in
; < 1-2 per cent.
There was no opposition to the hill,
and com pa ratlvly brief debate. Sen
ator Simmons, of North Carolina, chalr
inan of the Finance Committee, in ex
plaining- the measure, said the gov
ernment's requirements this fiscal year
are estimated at jL'l.OOO.OOO.OO.i. but
that tills might have to be increased.
Senators Sivoot. of Utah, and Me
i'umber, of North Dakota, said the
measure should authorize $ 1 L'.000.000.
000 additi'inal hon<l>. while Soiiiito.
Smoot declared that the country's pro
duction capacity is not largi -"iiongh
to cause actual expenditure thi.i year
' of 000.000.000.
TRES. CARRANZA SENDS
MESSAGE OF FELICITATIONS
Unpen Cnrly Advent of lOver'N^t In-.:
HelKii ef Pi-hit nntl .funticc
in llntli Continent*.
I R> Associated Press. )
W\RIIINOTOV, .lu'y *.?Felicitation:"
of the Mexican people and government
were sent to President Wilson and i?.
American people by President Par
ran za In in Independence Pay n'.ssago
rei?ived yesterday bv Mr. Wilson.
1!< pe for th?* early advent of the 'Vv->r
lasting reign of peace and justice in
bo'.h continents" also was oxprc^ed.
The massage, made public late to
day ivas .is follows: /
"I lis TCxce.lency, Woodrow Wilson.
President of the I'nited States of
America. Washington:
"r laic.- great pleasure in s.-niling
to Your (excellency and to the Ameri
can people on the occasion of the ?:lo
rious anniversary celebrated on this
day the most cordial felicitations of
the J'?xican people and government.
1 an- g'ad at the fame time to evptess
<o Your Kxeellene.v my most tilncer.
| anil fervent wishes for I !i ?? prosperity
i ot t'.u* United Stales and for the very
| e:*.-|y advent of < he everlasting rei^n
? of peace and justice in both contln
I ents."
DRAW LINE TIGHTER
ItallrondN \<it Permitted to 'spend Pub
lic's Minify to Promote Prt\ii(e
llivnernlilti Publicity.
WASHINGTON. July *>.?-The line bc
Jtween corporate int.-rests and Federal
j control of tlu? physical properties of
| the railways is being more clearly de
j lined and sh.tr,>l.v drawn each day. The
railroad .idmiiiist rat ion believe the two
interests nut.sl tie entirely divorced. ? n
the Krott.nl that they ate conllictiig
interests, i nd new rulrs anil regula
tions are* l>. itig promulgated to bring
this about.
Th.? railroad adininist rat ion h is taken
another step which cannot help but oe
naintiil to these earnest advocates o
private ownership an ' control. It has j
served notice Hint they cannot carry
on a campaign against goveritnie it
j ownership or in favor of the corporate
interests with the people's money, a**
paid Into the railro. ds during the
j period of Federal lontrol. They nust
j use the corpora'e funds to protect the
corporate interests if they oei'eve lltoie
interests endangered by an* govern
ini*iit ji^mh'v f?r proirr:iin.
RALEIGH CLAIMS AVIATOR
rteslri??tf? of 'Mini t'lty Ilclleie Meu
teuniit Itol.lilriM, Mentioned In Death
llelongN There.
! l?v Assoelaled I
I w\ ! .1*. Ii 111, N. P.. July r?. ? lieuten
ant William Dudley Robhlns. son of
j W. II llobblnc. of this city. D be.
I lie veil to be the Ideutenaut Willi-,,.
? Dudley Hobblus mentioned in m n|s
I natch to-day from Paris as htiv'ng i
been killed when his airplane fell in '
flames. The father of the K'llelgh bo>
has received no official noti-.- ..f hU
death. l.i'Miteuint Robbins \v>* com
missioned l ist December. after c< tn
pleting his training at Sau Diego, Cat. I
Dutch Send Fleet of Shlnn.
TIIK 1IAC5UK, July f>.?S.-veral Dutch
steamers, under an armed convoy nntl
accompanied by a collier, nailed to
day for the Dutch Eaat Indies.
.vii'T i-a..-;-;.a.- . > -/...
VILLAGE OF HAMEL <
Calm on American Front
With Exception of
Aerial Activity. ,
tf
YPRES REGION CENTER
OF ARTILLERY ACTION
Italian Forces Continue to Make
Progress at Ivlouth of
Piave River.
FIX LAM) TO WAR OX ALLIES
Death of ''v'li'p of Turkey Said to
IS ''">11 Result
of Revolt. !
fI *n?la t V." ? r l.p;ol hv ,\ssr>rtnt*d Press.1
The British frnn* cast of Amiens, on
i each sid" of the Avro a ml along the
I Somnie River. st'M'is to hp the storm
; center of the hattl* front In France.
Mere the Australians assisted by
| Amciran detachments. surged forward
j on .li'lv 4 and <1 rove the Germans out of
! the villas'** of llatnel and 'lie Vaire and
! Maine) woods, to tho south, at the same
jt'ino launching a secondary attack on
i the German positions north of tho
; Somine. Since that time the lines be
I fore A minis have been very active.
The Germans have been repulsed in
? ti attempt to retake tho village of
lanifl and tho wooded positions of "the
j Australians further smith. The British
official report says that the enemy was
j stopped easily, hut the Germans claim
! o have chorltMl i h? B'itish forces east
j f llamel and In have thrown them
I ?:>.?*{ to their original lines at Villers
| Bretonneux. .
With exception of aeriaI combats, tho
Vnioricaii front has been calm.
? IKII1.I.N It F.POI ITS It I IP IT I..S10
ok imiitism attacks
The Herman official Htutement tells
i ->f British-at tacks in the Ypres region,
; wldlng that tluse assaults were rc
I 'Milsed. Heavy /artillery tire in this
i 'irrhborhood is reported from Lon
don,
j hi the meantime, tho French havo
? o..nt ?ni ? r> hold and consolidate
their new position'* near Moulin-sous
To^ivent and Autreches. northwest of
Soissons. wh.-.-o in two recent French
attacks the Hermans suffered severe
??a sua It ies ai*d lost many prisoners.
I'lte French War Olll.-e says that dur
ing tho past day there h >s been heavy
artillery firing in rh-i r -i-hborhood of
< Mi try and Mont (Sober*, which la on
the front soothwes' of J'n s^ons, where
the French won ground by a dashing
j it tack last veek.
Italian f"i .-t-s ??p<*r.*it Iiit near the
mouth of tlw i'i.iv have continued to
j make progress In recent fighting and
have taken nioii; than i 0 ti prisoners,
| s well as a battery of cannon and
I many mat-time guns In the mountain
I rrgioi) the Italians hnve extended the'.r
j lines northeast of Monte Grappa and
iiave repulsed desperate counterattacks
I b.v the .Austrialis against positions
ikon from the enemy in fie Italian
drives a week ago.
Stockholm report: that Finl?nd Is
expected to declare war on the en
tente allica. This is probably tliei re
sult of German prosstt-e incident to
the landing of allied foices at Kola.
<>n the Merman coast. it has b?en
reported ih.at (So-m.-ifi and Finnish
troops are pus'ilt-g northward toward
the port of Kola to seine vast stores
transported there before 'lussia's col
lapse ::s :? factor !ii the v nr.
JIK'H I'MII'.ST RF.PORTFI)
FROM MM ril AFRICA
Two rumors of Interna! dissension
have become eurient. One is to. the
effect that the death of Mohammed V.,
Sultan of Turkey, was not due to na
tural causes, but tho i -stilt of a re
volt in that country. The other comes
from South Africa, ?\ h?r??. It is re
ported. considerable unrest exists and
where strong mo.isures are being taken
to cope with the li.iafi >n.
Premier n?tha, <.f t!il.'tilon of South
A file, says the i rouble 'tiny be at
tributed to en-niv s?ge>i-ies which are
raid to le working among the na
tives. The Premier !'>?" tppealed to
the people to guard a~>'nst intrigue
and to assist In ei - bipc those who aru
sowing r'ircord
The Czoclio-Slov.ak troops operating
in Kastern Sihetia nt> leporicl to
1i?ve von u victory ov:o tiie Bolshevik
forces which h:tve hicn holding Ir
kutsk. Reports from Ijondon say that
i he Po?shevik array, v-Jiieh lnelu'l?s
a gre;?t many German and Austrian
prisoners of war. h is been driven out
of tho region of Irkutsk and Into the
couniiy east of Lako i'-iikal.
TWO AMI<III(' \ N AV! \*ro<:s
km,i.vim in \rnnn\T
PA IMS. Jnly V -Two .\ .terienn avi
ator* w i i?. l i'n .a to- I tv when the
machine in which f hev w. re flyit)C a*,
a low altitud' foil to the ground in
i. os Th" :>irn"Mi we-e Lieutenant,
Wi'li.im iii'illey '*ol bens and Second.
Lieutenant John W.Jlford. of the Amer
ic>n arm v. The bodies of tho avi
ators were bill nt'!.
ricvoi?T m I-;v.w:?*s.
PRK.MIKR ROTIIA RErORTS
I l?? A" ?< la 10*1 Pi's.- )
PRETORIA. July 5?Premier Rotbft,
of the Union of South Africa, has Is
sued a .statement showing that serious
unrest exists In S-?uth Africa. policft
and military measures are being taken
to cope wiili (he situation
Premier Botha said that had not
nrompt and effective military measure*
been taken the Hi'u.ition would have
culminated In a grave disturbance, and
probably serious loss of life.
The Boer leader added that the jpoy
eminent had Information pointing i<?
tho existence of a movement having,"
jv./., muM