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London.—The French in their oper •tions south of the Somme have ad vanced to within about a mile of Pe vonne, at present held strongly by the : *, , Germans. They have occupied Hill , . . . .. „ , 87, which commands the Somme to ' . , ,, , i the southeast of Blaches and Barleux. , . Desperate fighting has occurred be SIX SEPARATE. ATTACKS. FIVE BEING REPULSED, IS LON DON REPORT. BRITISH GAIN MORE GROUND The French Have Occupied Hill No. 97, Which Commands the 8omme, to the Southeast of Blache*. i . , . , ,, - tween the British and the Germans at Trunes wood, against which the Ger , mans launched six separate attacks. | Five of these were repulsed, accordiug to the Uritish war office, but the sixth was successful in that it permitted the Germans to penetrate the wood, where j rolde Terre, Fleury and the Fumin %Vood. In the Verdun sector, but so ] far as the official statements show the actions have been confined to | I } I latest reports said the fighting con tinued. The British gained in the neighborhood of Ovillers and la Bois aelle, and in a particluarly powerful at tack ou the German positions in the Mamets wood succeeded ln winning ground. The forces of the German crown prince are still pounding heavily against the French positions at Fe bombardments. I There has apparently been no halt j of the Russian advance toward Ko- ! vel, in Bolhynia. The German de- \ fenses along the Stokhod river have j been unable to stay the progress of i the Russians, who, though strongly i opposed, have crossed the river at j various points. In the Dvina sector | and east of Baranovichi the Germans j have delivered strong counter-attacks and are unedrteklng extensive offens ive operations. The fighting between the Italians and Austrians continues with unabat ed fury, the Austrian official state ment describing the repulse of Alpine forces between the Brenta and the Etsch rivers, more than 800 Italian dead being left before the Austrian trenches. British forces under Gen. Smuts have occupied Tanga, the second port ln importance on the coast of Ger man East Africa and the terminus of a German railroad. * Gen. Wood Reports On Progress of 1 43,COO ON BORDER. Mobilization. I New York.—Maj.-Gen. Wood, com mander of tic- department of the east, s and • o President Wilson's orders ion of the national l that after three w. annour.ci a day :--ii t or the moblli guard, only 4 ',.o 'e nier. r e been sent to the front out of a possible 130,000 ln bis command of 22 states and the ! District of Columbia. T1 means, he I declared, that there are 9",u0u men yet to be sent to the border. now in camp about 41,000 men and Gen. Wood asserted that there are that the difference between 41,Out) men and 90,000, which would be the full ■war strength of the commands. Is yet to be enlisted and enrolled in the fed eral service. A ME RICANS WILL PROTEST. Declare They Lost Heavily When Or dered Out of Mexico. Tampa call disc ln Mexic ordering Americans to leave the court -A proti gard for American interests I against what they „ . , , , ... ,, . , W , , ' ' A th Ifesi -hy , , , ;'" t t0 P" rsons S , , n t r e< ! states transport ; Sumner, h arrised at Mullet Key quarantine sta.ion .rom A era Cruz | with 665 American refugees. , state department in Armed Mexican Force of 1,000. Presidio, Tex.—Ah armed Mexican force. 1.000 strong, and believed by the U. S. military authorities to be ■unfriendly, lias reached La.VIitla Pass, 80 miles south of Ojinaga. Friendly ! Mexicans report that the troops were I formerly a unit in the Coahuila divis- ate Ion of the Carranza army, volted ten days ago when the first chief ordered the execution of Gen. Santiago Ramierez of Saltillo. Mill- j tary officers assert there Is reason to I Lelieve the former Carranza troops Intend to co-operate with Villa forces They re by Bandits Fleeing. Chihuahua.—Large Carranza forces, Letter organized and more completely equipped than any other units of the <ie facto government's troops, are clos ing in on the bandits of Southern Chi huahua and Northern Durango, Intent on wiping them out. Jiminiz, which the Villa forces tured after defeating an inferior force ■and killing Gen. Ignacio Ramos, has j ln been occupied again by government I was troops, through the JHorlda. cap The bandits are fleeing j valley of the River j one CABINET APPROVES MESSAGE United State* Government Prepared To Exchange Views In Order To Prevent Border Difficulties. Washington.—Beginning of the dip lomatic conversations which it is hoped will result In settlement of the { differences between the United States and Mexico now await a suggestion from Gen. Carranza as to how they should proceed. Mr. Arredondo has transmitted to his government a brief and friendly note handed to him by Secretary Lansing, expressing gratification over the turn affairs between the govern ments have taken aud accepting pro posals for diplomatic settlement of ponts in dispute. The communication was approved by the cabinet before it was sent to the Mexican embassy. The text follows: ^ r - Secretary. I ha%e the honor t0 acknowledge receipt of your cour 'aous note transmitted to me by Senor : Arredondo on the fourth Instant in , which you refer to my notes of June 20 and June 26. and to assure you of to ,, ... , i the sincere gratification of mv govern . .. . , . . . „ ment at the frank statement of the No. - difficulties which have unfortunately at arUen in our relatlons along the ln . , ternatlonaI boundarv , | and the unre j served expression of the desire of your government to reach an adjustment of these difficulties on a broad and amicable basis. The same spirit of friendship and of solicitude for the continuance of cordial relatlons be tween our two countries Inspires my government, which equally desires an immediate solution or the matters of difference which have long vexed both governments. "It ts especially pleasing to my gov ernment that the de facto government of Mexico Is disposed to give quick as well as practical consideration ln a s Plrit of concord to the remedies ] which may be applied to the existing conditions. Reciprocating the same to desire, the government of the United | States Is prepared Immediately to ex I change views ns to a practical plan to remove finally and prevent a re currence of the difficulties which have } been the source of the controversy. "Accept, Mr Secretary, the renewed assurances of my highest considers I tion. I j ! \ j of i i at j | j "1 am, sir, yours very sincerely. "ROBERT LANSING." PATROL BOATS ARE SUNK Only Nine Men From Destroyed Brit ish Vessels Are Rescued—Steam ers Went Down In Flames. Berlin.—The Austrian admiralty has announced that an Austrian cruiser lias sunk four or five British armored patrol boats. Only nine men from the British vessels were rescued. The announcement follows: "Our cruiser Novara met a group of four or, according to declarations of prisoners, five armored British patrol boats off Otranto road (at the lower end of the Adriatic). All the patrol boats were destroyed by artillery fire. All the steamers sank in flames, three of them after the explosion of their boilers. The Novara was able to res. 1 cue only nine members of the British I | [ | I crows." l The Novara is a scout cruiser of 3, 384 tons displacement. The strait of Otranto is between the heel of Italy and the Albanian coast, connecting the Adriatic and Ionian seas. ! YAQUI ON WARPATH. I Invade American Lands In Mexico and Devastate Property. Mazatlan, Mexico.—Yaqul Indians, Peking advantage of the withdrawal of Mexican troops from Southern Sonora, are reported here to have crossed the Yaqul river and Invaded the lands of American settlers and the Richardson Construction Company, devastating all property except company headquarters at Esperanza. where son is maintained. Mexican garri WOULD BUY NORTH MEXICO. I Rep. Caldwell Introduces Resolutions in the House. Washington.—A joint, resolution to empower the president to negotiate -hy commission for purchase of "such portion of Northern Mexico, including j ; Lower Californio, as may be obtained." : was Introduced by Representative | Caldwell of New York. It invites Mex* , Ico to appoint a like commission. 1 was referred to the foreign affairs committee, were similar resolutions have died. It | LAST HONORS FOR BOYD. Union and Confederates Will Pay Trlb ! ute to Carrizal Victim. I Washington.—Union and Confeder ate veterans now members of the attend funeral services In Arlington national cemetery for Capt. Boyd and j some of the American dead of the I Carrizal fight. house were named as a committee to The house adopted a resolution providing for It, Introduced by Representative Bennett, New York. ln a !lut on the outskirts of town. It was located as a result of secret in MEXICANS ARRESTED. They Had Explosives Hid in Hut* Near Columbus. Columbus, N. M.—Several Mexicans were arrested here for having ln their possession large quantities of dyna mite. The explosive was discovered formation concerning a plot to destroy one of O'® army ammunition store houses. DEM MID WANT IN WAKE OF STORM SEVENTY-EIGHT ARE DEAD OR MISSING—THE LOSS RUNS INTO MILLIONS. THOUSANDS ARE DESTITUTE Federal Aid Has Been Requested For Alabama and Tenneaaee—Use Boat* to Bring In Marooned Sufferers. Birmingham.—With thousands of persons homeless and destitute and with a growing death list, the federal government took official notice of the serious flood conditions that have fol lowed the tropical hurricane in the southern states. At the request of Senator Underwood the war depart ment has ordered an engineer to in vestigate conditions in the Cahaba and Alabama river valleys, where 2, 000 families are reported to be with out food or shelter. Eleven deaths reported brought the storm's toll to 78 dead and missing. Of these 65 were members of the crews of 10 schooners reported unac counted for at Biloxi. There Is a pos sibility that some were saved, but marine men hold out little hope for them. The others are known to have lost their lives, about half of them off the coast of Mobile and the others in the Interior of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. At scores of places boats are being used to bring marooned sufferers from their flood-surrounded homes and from treetops. and In Alabama conditions have assumed most serious aspects. A rainfall that continued for more tliau 100 hours at some places . crippled wire and rail communication and damaged merchandise. The floods are receding with the passing northward of the tropical hur ricane vhich struck the Gulf coast July 7, leaving a list of dead and miss ing of approximately 85 persons and property damage of from 37,000,000 to $10,000,000. A weather bureau announcement that what remains of the disturbance Is now over Illinois leads to the belief the worst has been told of the disas trous weather conditions that have gripped the South for the last six days. The French Broad river, which over flowed in Dunscomb and Transylvania counties, in North Carolina, Is falling. In Mississippi, small streams swol len by the continued downpour are again in their banks. MOBILE LOSS $1,200,000. Revised Figures of Storm Damage Are Given Out. Mobile.—A revised estimate of the damage done in the city of Mobile as a result of the tropical storm pf last week placed the total loss to build ings, shipping, merchandise stocks, railroads, wire companies, docks and waterfront and other interests at ap proximately $1,200,000. This estimate was based upon a careful survey of the city and of the waterfront for a distance of about three miles, and also upon statements of actual damage sustained by heads of firms and interests affected, and I also on information obtained from other reliable sources. | The city has rapidly recovered from the effects of the storm and six days after Biere was but little visible evl [ dence excepting along the waterfront | and a few streets just hack of the river that Mobile had been visited by such a severe storm. Normal condi tions practically have been restored In the city. Reported On Way to U. S. New York.—Information was re ceived here that Gen. Clpriano Castro, who for years was president ami die tator of Venezuela, is on his stay from Barbadoes, West Indies, to New York j on the steamer Vauban. : Ing Castro said he was going to the United States on a pleasure trip, Before leav It was reported a gathering of men for | morly powerful in some of the Lattn American countries would be held here after Castro's arrival to consider the situation in their respective countries. Boy King Ousted. Paris.—Duy-Tan, 16-year-old king of the French protectorate of Annam, the China sea, has been dethroned a result of a revolt at Quang-Ngai, which he iB accused of having fo mented. The on as governor general of French Indo-China reports that the outbreak was suppressed quickly and the kin? arrested near Hue. He Is succeeded by Prince Bun-Daa, who has just been crowned. Offers Aviation Field. Washington.—Thomas E. Ryan, New Turk financier, has offered hundred acres of Ills hig estate Charlottesville, Va., to the government to be used as a remount depot for aviation field or stock raising for the army. If the offer Is accepted, a nom inal sum must be paid for It to form to the law. several near an con A board, composed of army officers appointed by Secre tary Baker, recently visited the grounds and submitted a report to Maj.-Gen. Scoft. chief of staff, which is said to recommend acceptance. CARRIED NO PASSENGERS German Submarine Arrlvea At Balti more— Haa Large Cargo of Dye stuffs and Medicine. Baltimore.—The German submarine, arrived at Quarantine, four miles be low Baltimore, at midnight July 9. Long expected, ridiculed, fabulous as the sea serpent or the flying Dutch man, the German supersubmarine Deutschland became a reality to the watchers off Cape Henry and made her way through a network of Inquisitive ships aud through the mazes of red tape of the quarantine and customs of ficials, toward her dock at the pier of the Eastern Forwarding Company, Lo cust Point, Baltimore. She is the largest submarine afloat. The largeat German war models are less than 300 feet long. But this sub marine of commerce Is 316 feet long, exactly one-third the length of the largest merchant vessels afloat—the Vaterland and the Imperator. She carried no passengers. Her cargo consists entirely of dyestuffs thousand tons of them. This keeps her very low In the water when riding on the surface. Her draft when she was sighted was 17 feet. She is commanded by Capt. Kalrlg and has a crew of 29 men. Both cap tain and crew are drawn from the German merchant fleet and not from the navy. The craft is unarmed and Is being treated by the United States officials like any other merchant Bhip. Her commander told the pilot that she left a German port on June 23, that he had 1,000 tons of cargo and a quantity of mall aboard. OR For of the fol the of in 2, the the for off in P0TENTIALLY A WARSHIP British and French Embaeeiee at Washington Make Representations Concerning the Deutechtand. Washington.—Representations have been made by the British and French embassies that the Deutschland is po tentially a warship, even though de signed and used as a merchantman. At Baltimore there will be no ob jection on the part of Capt. Paul Koe nig, commander of the German sub marine Deutschland, to an Inspection (t his craft by officers of the United States navy. This was announced by Capt. Koenig after the arrival from Washington of Capt. Hughes and two of the navy's submarine experts, as to 1...^ ! f ig " e . . , ! col!ector of the P ort in determining the status of the vessel. The work of unloading the cargo of the Deutschland has begun. The cases of dyestuffs are being stored Inside the warehouse at the base of the pier. j PRESS NOT INCLUDED. Smith Explain! .Bill Barring Liquor Advertisement* From Mall. Washington. — Senator Smith of Georgia has urged the committee on postoffice and post roads for an early report recommending passage of his bill to forbid the use of the malls for letters, postal cards, circulars or pamphlets advertising Intoxicating liquors In states where such adver tising is prohibited by law. The sen ator explained that an erroneous im pression had been created that the legislation he proposed would bar newspapers containing liquor adver tisements from the mails. "I do not think we could prohibit the use of malls for circulation of newspapers in prohibition states," said Senator Smith. "My bill seeks to get at the root of an evil. It Is the postal cards, pamphlets and circular letters sent to citizens, and particularly the youths, of the prohibition states, ad vertising liquors and quoting price lists that we want to stop." PEACE PLAN ARRANGED. Provides for Occupation of Santiago By American Marines. Washington.—Arrangements for the peaceful occupation of Santiago, Santo Domingo, by American marines under Col. Pendleton, have been reported to the navy department by Rear Admiral Caperton. Under an agreement be tween Col. Pendleton and the Domini can peace commission, the marines were to enter the city immediately. It was during the march toward San tiago that the Americans had four fights with revolutionary bands. Ad miral Caperton again predicted early restoration of peace throughout the island republic. an Elks Throng Baltimore. Baltimore.—Baltimore Is the center Scores of special trains bearing Elks arrived. Tbe invader* have filled all the hotels, while their banners and flags fly from the tops of most of the buildings downtown. Mayor Preston turned over the keys of the city to Grand Exalted Ruler James R. Nicholson of Boston. It Is estimated that at least 25,000 visitors have reached the city, and before the convention shall have been officially opened Baltimore will tertaln more than 75,000 guests. of Elkdom. en Escaped from Pen, Captured. Atlanta.—Ernest Schiller, serving life sentence In the United States itentlary for piracy In his capture of the British steamer Matoppo, escaped from the prison, but was captured. a pen Steamer With Cargo On Fire. Pensacola, Fla.—The Leyland Line steamer Oronlan, from Galveston and Pensacola for Liverpool, with cotton, has returned to port with her on fire ln two places. cargo MISSISSIPPI BRIEFS Corinth.—Miss Elizabeth Brown, county agent, and Miss Vlrgia Cog dell, expert canner, continue their campaign In Alcorn county. of of Brookhaven. — Crop conditions In tils county, with few exceptions, are the best up to this time that have been known for a number of years. Greenwood. — The city authorities have Issued a proclamation urging all property owners to cut the weeds and grass and remove all garbage from all occupied and vacant lots without fur ther delay. Jackson.—Additional reports from the storm-swept area show that the corn and cotton crops in Mississippi sustained a damage of not leas than ten million dollars, as a result of the tropical hurricane. Coldwater. — Many of the public roads of this county have been sur veyed by a government engineer. It Is proposed to follow plans laid down by him, and have the roads Improved during the present summer. Jackson.—Two badly wrecked auto mobiles and a little child of C. Beagle of Canton painfully injured about the head and shoulders followed a collis ion that occurred directly opposite the entrance to the State Insane Hospital grounds. Hattiesburg.—The corn crop of this entire section is a mass of devasta tion; the cotton crop is in little better condition; thousands of fruit trees are lost; tens of thousands of dollars worth of timber is on the ground and much of it will be lost Philadelphia.—Rev. J. Leon Hooper left for Manila, Philippine Islands, by way of San Francisco. His wife, for merly Miss Rosa Lee Edwards, one ol Mississippi's greatest Sunday School workers, will Join him ln San Antonio, Texas. They go as missionaries to the Islands under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church. Laurel.—The damage to growing crops, occasioned by the storm, is even greater than at first reported. Farm ers from all sections of the county and from the neighboring counties ol Jasper, Smith, Wayne and Perry de clare that the corn crop will be cut short 60 to 75 per cent. Richton, Miss.—The corn crop jn this section wac damaged 75 per cent by the tropical hurricane. The Rich ton Lumber Company plant was badly crippled, and will be closed for weeks Charleston.—Hon. John Rundle. thf chairman of the State Illiteracy Com mission, has announced the appoint ment of the County Illiteracy Commls slon for Tallahatchie county, as fol lows: W. H. Dick, of Philipp; Mrs T. B. Abby, of Webb; H. L. Gary and J. R. G. Hewlett, of Charleston, anc County Superintendent R. H. Harrison, chairman. Jackson.—James R. McDowell ol Jackson, secretary of the Mississippi Bar Association, received from Prcsi dent A. T. Stovall at Okolona the list of standing and special committees tc serve during the remainder of tht year, which he has appointed aftet careful study. Mr. McDowell has hac the list printed, which will bo sen! to the members of the associatlot throughout the state. Vicksburg.—At a Joint meeting o! the Warren county board of super visors and the Vicksburg board ol trade, It was decided to give the state agent for the United States depart ment of agriculture and members ol the state live stock sanitary board absolute freedom and full control to act In the matter of ridding this com/ ty of the cattle tick, which lias given Increasing trouble during the past few months. Aberdeen.—The preliminary hear ing of Dr. F. E. Lee, Dr. Houston Bloomfield, negro, and Clyde Ingram, charged with the murder of Miss Mary Miller of Plattsburg, Miss., was begun in the city police court, Judge James M. Acker, mayor. After the state and defense rested Julge Acker said: three defendants should be placed in jail without bail to await the action of the grand jury, which meets ln Oc tober." "I am of the opinion that the Jackson.—Property and crop dam age in the tropical hurricane which swept over Mississippi, Alabama and the Gulf coast line on July 6 will amount to probably six million dollars, according to meager wire reports ceived from the stricken slsslppl will lose more than 12,000,000 bushels of her corn crop. The crop damage ts heaviest in the southern portion of the state, where the acreage was the heaviest. Natchez—A petition signed by a large number of the electors of the Pine Ridge district of Adams county has been presented to the board of supervisors, which asks that an addi tional assessment of one mill be placed on all property ln the district, the funds thus realized to used for school purposes. Charleston.—The board of supervis ors, which has been in session here, has authorized the issue of bonds erect an agricultural high achool at thle place. re areas. Mls corn to For Every Kind of Lameness Rub It la. HANFORD'S Ba ' s A!D, 9 f .My n 'h For Cuts, Bums, Bruises, Sprains, Strains, Stiff Neck, Chilblains, Lame Back, Old Sores, Open Wounds, and all External Injuries. " . Made Since 1846. i Price 25c, 50c and $ 1.00 M All Dealers v,S», e '; 4 i Experienced. Willie—Pn, what comes after a mil lion? Mr. Roxleigh—The fortune-hunter, my son.—Boston Transcript. WHY HAVE CHILLS AND FEVER? "Plantation'' Chill Tonic is guaran teed and will do the work in a week. Your money cheerfully refunded by dealers If It falls after giving It s proper trial. Price 60c.—Adv. Pride Is said to go before a fall. Anyway, a woman's pride usually gives way before her tears begin to fall. ALWAYS LOOK YOUR BEST Ac to Your Hair and Skin by Using Cutleura. Trial Free. 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