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s 'A -ill 1 t ) J WEATHER Fair and somewha. cooler Monday; Tuesday partly cloudy.', ' ' .." , 7 HE BIGGEST NEWS in any newspaper or magazine is the advertising- Here are tidings which are vital to every reader. i, r i l --'I II V VOL. XCYIH-NO. 144 ONLY THE PRESIDENT nr TfJF P A Controversy is Laid Before Him, and the Scene Now Shifts to the National Capital. v ARBITRATION IS REFUSED Representatives of the Railroads and the Brotherhoods Leave for Washington. MEDIATORS , MAKE REPORT Statement as to Cause of Final Break Are Conflicting. New York, August 13. A gen eral strike on very near all the rail roads of the country, paralyzing commerce and throwing approxi- mateiy two million mea qui ox em ployment, can be averted only through the good offices of Presi dent Wilson, as a result of today & developments in the dispute over the men's demands for an eight hour day and time and a half for overtime. The controversy- was laid before the President, at his invitation, after the workers had flatly rejected any form of arbitra tion. They refused mediation yes terday. Confer With President Today. -'- Soon after accepting the President's summons, extended through the Fed eral Board of Mediation and Concilia tion, the men announced, that the lead ers of the four railroad brotherhoods would leave for Washington .at-: mid night, accompanied by , 30 of Jtheir 600 delegates established here, - An hour later the railroad managers, 19 in num ber, said that they would leave for the capital at the same time. - Both parties will reach Washington tomorrow in time for an early confer- cuuc witu LUC ricsiucuu 111c MVru. r-v the meeting, will be arranged by - Sec retary Tumulty, who started for this city from Washington late today as Mr. Wilson's representative, arriving here at 9 o'clock tonight. Mr. Tumul ty has with him a communication from President Wilson, addressed to the brotherhoods and the railroad man agers, pointing out that such a paral ysis of business as would follow -a general railroad strike would be ; a catastrophe at any time, but would be nothing short of a disaster under present conditions. On this ground the President based his request for a con ference with representatives of both factions before a strike order is issued by the leaders of the men. Tumulty Telephones President. Negotiations had not been broken off when Mr. Tumulty left Washington, but when he reached Philadelphia, he received a telegram from W. L. Cham bers, one of the mediators, informing him that thfc men had declined to ar bitrate. Mr. Tumulty's first step af ter reaching New York was to call President Wilson on the long distance to decide upon an hour for this con ference at the White House tomorrow. The final break came late today af ter the men had been in secret session nearly six hours. Reports differ as to the reason for the failure of the negotiations in favor of cheerful out look of the night before. The men assert they refused arbitration because the railroads insisted on arbitrating the contingent proposition. The board of mediators, in a statement issued to- '"ui, aeciared, nowever, tne men re jected their proposition, contending that they would not arbitrate even if the railroad waived the contingent Proposition. " The statement of the mediators is sued by Judge Martin A. Knapp, chair-. man of the board, Just before their de parture for Washington, follows: ; -. Mediators Statement. "After repeated efforts to bring about an arbitration of the pending contro versy between the railroads and their employes in train and yard service, the Cnited States board of mediation and conciliation was today advised by the representatives of the employes that they would not submit the matters in dispute to arbitration in any form. "The employes further stated to the toarn that they would not arbitrate their own demands even if the contin ent demands of the railroads were withdrawn and also declined to sug pst any other plan or method for a Peaceful settlement of the contro versy. , "They were informed that their deci sion would be at once made known to Resident Wilson and also that the President claimed the right to a per sonal interview with both parties be fore any drastic action was taken. This request was, of course, granted and, a large delegation of employes with a numher of railroad managers will be n Washington Monday for a conference mh the President. "Early in the negotiations, the rail -roarls had informed the board of media--,y-on and conciliation that they would lcfept arbitration. - 1 'The chief objection of the men to arbitrating the railroads' . 'contingent iQJ in ttitsir conLBiaiun uiai Proposal entailed the wiping out of ihle compensation features which ne men have gained during , thirty if effort Th railroads have intended that - ,. wiw3 wiuitaLivur continued on Page Eight.) IT Br A n nriynr TO SAIL TUESDAY Will ue xirsi iiavaju'vi Crnies for Civilian V j.keld by the AmerfoNavy. 2,300 MEN WILL TAKE PART Among Them are Secretary McAdoo anil Assistant Secretary of. the Navy Roosevelt Nine Battleships Employed. Washington, Aug. 13. Leaving of fices, shops arfd factories for nearly a month at sea, 2,300 citizen sailors are assembling for the first naval training cruise of civilians ever held by the Am erican navy. Next Tuesday they will sail from various Atlantic coast ports on nine battleships to receive actual sea training until the training trip known as. "the John Paul Jones cruise" ends September 12. The cruise of in struction is designed to qualify civilians for naval service in time of emergency just as the camps at Plattsburgh ana elsewhere train civilians for army ser vice. . Those enrolled for the training cruise include men prominent in various walks of life in all important cities of the east, middlewest and South. Secretary McAdoo, of the Treasury, and Assis tant Secretary Roosevelt, of the Navy, are among those who will receive the same treatment and training as college and high school youths and others less prominent. A rigid routine of daily duty, beginning before sunrise, has been arranged. Tomorrow the first of the citizen sailors will go aboard ship at Portland, Maine, Newport. R.. L, and Baltimore. On TuesdayVothers will be taken on at Boston, "New York, Philadelphia, Nor folk, and Charleston, S. C. Those, from New Haven, Albany, Nw York. Brook lyn, Newark, Scranton and Buffalo, will board the battleships Maine, New Jer sey and Kentucky, at New York. The battleship Rhode Island w,ill receive the recruits at Philadelphia from that city, Pittsburgh Cleveland and " Detroit. At Norfolk ..recruits from that city,' Rich mond, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Des Moines, St. Louis, Omaha, Kansas City, Dallas and Washington will board the battleships Illinois and Louisiana. The battleship Alabama'will take on the recruits from Charleston, New Orleans and Houston, Texas, at Charleston. i The battleships Kearsarge and Vir ginia will carry the recruits from Port land, Boston and Worcester, Newport and Providence. The total cost to each recruit is $30. all paying their own railroad fares to points of embarkation. The nine battleships of the squadron, which will be commanded by Rear Ad miral Helm, will mobilize at Gardiner's bay, near New London, Conn. The Rhode Island will be the flagship. After two or three days at Gardiner's bay the squadron will Join the Atlantic fleet and as a tactical unit of Admiral Mayo's command, will .: participate in a naval war game. ; After these sea maneuvers the , citizen . sailors will ,be taken to Tangier sound in Chesapeake Bay for gunnery, small boat and other drills. During the last week of the cruise, the ships will return to the naval dis tricts from which they sailed and co operate witli the mobilization and drill of motor boats entered for the motor boat cruise. Secretary Daniels hopes to be able to review the civilian sailors at some time during their training pe riod. . OVER iOO CIVILIANS TO GO ABOARD THE ALABAMA Charleston, S. C, Aug. 13. Prepara tions have been made for more than 100 civilians from the Carolinas and Georg ia to go aboard the battleship Alabama here tomorrow for a naval training cruiser of three weeks. The Alabama, recently ordered here from the League Island navy yard, arrived today. The training contingent is made up mostly of business men. Early tomor row they will be' issued regular uni forms and given an idea of what will be expected- of them during the three weeks cruise, . Officers of the Alabama said the skeleton crew is to be augmented by the civilian blue jackets. AMERICAN FIRMS' CHARGED WITH ABETTING INTERVENTION Reports are Circulated Even in Mexi can Official Quarters. , :, ; ; . - . CITIZEN SAILORS Chihuahua City, Mex, August 13. Charges are circulated, even in official circles, that. American mining and oth er concerns with properties In Mexico are refusing to operate in order to help bring about intervention, it was learn ed today." . . With plenty of work and food de factor government officers say the prev alent tendency of the poorer classes to turn bandUs would disappear.. It is said ' that resumption of work at the various mining camps, could" be accomplished without danger and only small panidt groups are now in exist ence, while large garrisons are avail able for all properties. . ' v . Augusta, 6a., Aug. 13. Augusta has no need' to be apprehensive regarding the break in Lake Tokaway dami ac cording to local Forecaster E. D. Emigh and City Engineer Nisbet Wing field. Information, now at hand indi cates that the break will not cause more than "s Svs foot nee in the Sa vannah rivera ,tb t point -. . t:.Sr-: - v. WlLMIKGTOK HEW RECORD IDE. IN APPROPRIATIONS Total at This Session of Congress Will Probably Approximate $1,700,000,000.. REVENUE BILL IMPORTANT it htB is Belnsr Imoressed Troon the Sen ate Leaders Appropriation Exceeds by 9500KKMMM Former Hlgh . est Rocord. Washington, August 13. The im portance of the $200,000,000 revenue bill on which Senate Democrats today devoted, many hours of deliberation in caucus is being impressed upon lead ers by the fact that appropriations of the session, now nearing completion, have broken all records. With passage this week of the $50,000,000 ship pur chase bill and probable approval by the House of the Senate's gigantic Naval bill, the appropriations of the 65th Con gress will have exceeded the previous high record by' at least a half billion dollars. While exact figures cannot be computed until the close of the session, the aggregate appropriation by Con gress for all purposes probably will ap proximate $1,700,000,000, as against $1, 114,000,000 for the 63rd Congress Besides regular supply bills, which total as they now . stand $1,387,206,580, Congress will have added when the shipping bill is approved more than $90,000,000 for special purposes. There also have be.en contract authorizations amounting tO about $207,000,000, all of which would'Tbring the grand aggregate to $1, 685,000090 with the unoertain general deficiency appropriation bill still in the making to be added at the end of the session. Special appropriations include ' $20, 000,000 for a government nitrate plant, $6,000,000 for good roads, $15,000,000 for rural credits, and $50,100,000 for the government shipping projecti General supply bills that enter into the session's total are as follows: Postoff ice, $322,206,579; nayy, yet to be approved, $315,826,843; army, $267, 597,000; pensions, $158,060,000; . sundry civil, $128,396,445; rivers and harbors, $ 4 2,88 6,08 5 r legislative. "execuUve- : and judicial. '$37,925,9f ' army and navy, and other urgent deficiencies, $31,012, 075; agriculture, $27,000,000; fortifica tions, $25,478,050 District of Columbia, yet to be approved, about $13,000,000; Indian affairs, $10,967,644; v diplomatic and . consular, $5,355,096, and military academy, $1,225,043. Final. action oh the long disputed naval-bill is expected before the week ends. On Tuesday the conference re port will be called up in the House. Representative Padgett,' chairman of the naval affairs committee, will move that the House agree to the Senate amendments and separate roll calls will be taken on each of the disputed sec tions. With President Wilson and a major ity of the party leaders urgently sup porting the Senate's naval building and personnel increases, it is believed the House will agree to them after advo (Continued on'Page Eight.) . IMPROVEMENT SHOWN BY GUNNERS OF NAVY Secretary JDaniels Makes Public Some Target Statistics. Does This in Reply to Criticisms of the Navy's Gunnery Efficiency Prac tice in Spring More Exacting. Gross Figure. Washington, Aug. 13. Statistics of the spring target practice in the At lantic, fleet were made public tonight by Secretary Daniels as a . reply to recent criticism of the navy's gunnery efficiency. The ; statement shows that in the long range firins during last February and March th3 "oa:ttesbip Vir ginia scored 26 hits on ' target the size of a battleship, while the Rhode Is land, which' made .the lowest score of the six ships mentioned, Jatjde-J. eight shots firing at slightly greater range. "The correct score.iof the ships men tioned, said the' announcement, "spot- ted on a battleshfpge target- 600 feet long, 95 feet beam and 30 feet tree board, based on ther'sult of the cam era observation, SiCiref as - follows: 1 '."Nebraska 22 hits; Louisiana 15 hits; Kansas 16 hits, Virginia, 26 .lits, New Jersey 20 hits, Rhode Island, 8 hits. "The firing was at long rangss, much longer t than ever , before. The Rhode island mean range was from 1,500 to 3,000 yards greater ; than that of the other vessels mentioned. This wis due to errors in range finder readings. Even at these greatly increased ranges the Rhode Island's shots were "bunched as shown by the ! fact that on the bat tleship target she received eight hits." , The ranges and the number ;f .shots fired at practice never are disclosed bv thei Navy Department .but it is under stood the ; records . rvrerred, to were made while'the fleet was trying outfits gunners at from -15,000 'to 18,000 yard's. To support his defense "of the navy's shooting ability i Secretary Daoiels call ed attention to u statements made y many high officers . and gunnery, ex perts of the fleet. that navy marksman snip had improved greatly during t.h last two or, three yearA despite;. the" fact that target practice each year was held.' at longer - ranges -and under' more exacting- conditions.' " " ' ' . r - i - vi1 - . : " -. 1 ' - ,T . w N. C., MOKBY MOBKING; AIJGTJST 14, 1916 Towns in; South- Carolina Are Warned of the Impending Dan ger of Being1 Flooded. - WHOLE DAM WASHED AWAY Lake Was Practically Drained Early Last Night Was Built at a Cost of $38,000. Asheville, N. C., Aug. 13. The great dam at Lake.Toxaway, 50 feet high, 400 feet in width and holding back waters that covered 550 acres Of land in the Toxaway regiori, 38 miles from this city, crumpled and won't" out with a roar at 7:10 tonight, and at 11 o'clock tonight the waters thus released were racing toward South Carolina cities in their path, including . Walhalla, Anderson, Pickens and Seneca.' Warnings of flood danger were sent to all South Carolina points by the Associated Press at this city at 7:30. , : According to long distance messages from Toxaway, the entire dam, built of earth and stone, seemed to melt before the rush of waters within a few min utes. The initial opening in the dam, caused, it is believed, by the seeping of a natural spring at the base, was not larger than a railway coach. Was Boilt- in 1002. The dam, which was built in 1902 at a. cost . of $38,000, was. built at a point where the bills are not more than 400 yarns apart. . Over this dam the waters of Toxaway river, flow down a narrow and. densely wooded gorge ... for a dis tance of sixteen miles of comparatively uninhabited country, before it empties into the Chuga .river and strikes the first towns In its path la South Carolina 3,500 feet below . the . Toxaway section. There have been, no unusual rains in the lake section for several days, but it is thought that the dam was. weakened by. the heavy rains which flooded West ern North Carolina during the week of July 16. This is the third find largest of the lakes in the mountains of -Western North Carolina which have gone out since the July storms. Had Been Strengthened The - Toxaway country is known as the "beautiful Sapphire section" in tourist circles.' The lake and the hot el named after- the section, were built in 1902 by a party of Pittsburg capi talists. The company originally owned 3,100 acres of land in the -Toxaway country, the purchase" being made with a view to mining- operations. A few years ago, cotton mill owners whose plants were in the path; of the waters should they ." escape, employed . several expert engineers ; to investigate the safety of the dam, with the. idea of securing legislative relief, should it be' determined that their properties - were endangered. - Following the engineers' report the dam was strengthened mate rially, large piles of rock being unload ed at its base.' Four weeks ago, during the flood pe riod, fears for the safety of the Toxa way dam - were repeatedly, expressed, and there were several reports' that the dame had gone out. . At 11 o'clock a telephone message from Lake Toxaway stated the Jake was being - rapidly drained. It was thought that the flood waters would reach Walhalla and Anderson, S. C, about midnight. ' Asheville, N. . C, . Ayg. 13. Reports received here tonight from.R. F. Wil liams, agent of the Southern Railway at Lake Toxaway, state, that the whole dam at Lake Toxaway has broken and that a flood of water is racing toward SouthCarolina points. Messages have been sent from ..Asheville warning Greenville, Anderson, Seneca and other South Carolina points of ... the , danger. Reports of .the breaking dam have been received from several different sources. At 8:10 o'clock tonight the Lake Tox away Inn, at -Lake. Toxaway, confirmed the breaking of the dam, over long distance telephone. It was stated that the whole -dam is washed away, and that the lake' is' practically drained. No damage was done at Toxaway save of a minor nature. Originally Cost $38,000 Lake Tbxaway,' named,-after the sec tion wherein . it is situated, was built in 1902 by a firm of eastern capitalists the majority, of the members of -the company coming from Pittsburgh, Pa. The initial cost of the lake-was $38,000 and, six years after its construction $12,000 more was spent in enlarging it and in strengthening , the. dam.. The waters of the lake cover 550 acres with a shore line of fifteen miles. It aver age depth is 30 feet. It is fed by the Toxaway river .and emptied Into, the Chuga river in South Carolina. Atr ter leaving the dam the lake . waters flow through, sixteen miles of compar atively uninhabited country. Thence they ..pass through .Walhalla,. Pickens, Seneca and ; Anderson, in South. Caro lina. ... ... " .... ' About six years ago. reiterated re ports that the .Toxaway dam was un safe, led to the appointment of a committee of?ei:pert engineers who re commended; that it be strengthened and this action .wss taken. The dam was about one-eighth of a mile wide and 'fifty 'feet 'hll). ;-1. ; '.-' -A : - Shortly after the lake was completed the Toxaway., hoteL constructed- by Pittsburg . capitalists, was completed and It has-been conducted, as a sum mer hotel since 'that time. - , ' . Spring Probably the Cause. It was stated, tonight that the burst ing of the Toxaway dam was probably caused by the seeping of a natural spring at the, base of the dam. Jft- le believed' that the, waters will cover, a wide expanse of unlnha"bited territory Continued on Pace l-wv r ONLY MAY STOP GREAT Oil No One at the British Front in France Thinks the Offensive is by Any Means Over. THE GUNFIRE UNCEASING Some Strong Point Taken Every. Day British Officer Thinks Twice a ' ' ! ' :Many-Gernana,sBr.h: Have Been Killed. With the British Armies in France, Aug, 12 (via London, Aug. 13). Any one who might, think from reading the British official reports that the British offensives were over, would conclude from the Unceasing gunfire, if he went out in field, that a terrific battle was still in progress. No one the Associa ted Press correspondents meet at the front thing that the offensive is over or that anything but winter . will stop it. . Though no village or consid erable frontage or trenches has been stormed in the last few days, every day has found some strong point taken and some new spur of trenches thrown out in the course of the same kind of operation which followed and preced ed each big blow. "The question this week, said a staff officer, "Is whether our guns have killed more Germans than their guns haye killed of us, and we know that odds are in our favor at least two, if 'not three to one." , For six weeks, the British have main tained a torrent of shellfire which German prisoners, - who have been at Verdun, say surpasses anything they endured there; while at the different munitions depots the miles of shells seem as plentiful as the day before the grand offensive began. It has been a week all to the . taste of the gun ners. They have had such an advantage of positions over the Germans as they never had before, thanks to the pos session of Pozieres ridge, .which was crowned by a. wind mill at the highest point, the wooden structure of which has long since been blown to splinters by. shell flre and its stone base cracked into bits. Incalculable and inconceivable Is the (-amount- of -shell fire spent ea this .ridge whose irregular sky line is ever chang ing as a result of the pummelling, but the British keep their domination by tactics and methods of fortifications not permitted to be mentioned here. The Australians describe the latest German counter attack, which was made last night as comic If the result had not been so tragic, for the two bat talions which made it. ''Apparently' the Germans were mostly recruits. When assembling for the attack they were caught by British Howitser flre, then charged across the open space to be caught by both British an'd machine gun flre. Scne 40 survivors, who got to , the trenches, held up their hands when the Australians called to them to come in. , British guns are screened behind the conquered slopes of. Pozieres ridge, while from the crest the British are " (Continued on Page Eight.) ' FRENCH CRUISER SAILS AFTER AJRIEF VISIT Purpose of. Trip to. Pensacola Not Definitely Known. Unusually Frequent Soundings Taken in the Harbor Caused Comment Among Marine Men News paper Men Barred. ' Pensacola, Fla., Aug.. 13. The French cruiser, Amiral Aube, which unexpect edly entered this port yesterday, left today without the real mission of her visit becoming definitely known. Cap tain Lesklvit took on ho fuel or sup plies but did receive a small packet of documents from the French consul here. Marine observers, including pilots here)-are -of the opinion that the cruis er's' principal reason for , entering the harbor was to make soundings and to get first hand information of the port. Sounding taken when she approached, crossed and left, the bar immediately in her wake yesterday, did not attract at tention, but unusually frequent sound ings, over an irregular course after she entered the harbor caused comment among marine men. . Captain Leskiyit declined to. allow a newspaper man aboard the vessel. Just before he sailed he . said to the Asso ciated Press:. . '.'We are going out" for a short pleas ure cruise ...and turned away . to direct the pilot to his post. , , . The Amiral Aube left , at 9:30 o'clock this morning and after discharging the pilot turned slightly to the . east and proceeded down the coast at about an eight kpot speed,, Tug boat men com ing ') into Pensacola tonight said they had sighted the warship southeast of Pensacola light, whicq showed, that -she has changed her. course and was bear irifewest. ".' Greenville. S. C..". Aug.' '13. . ' A long distance telephone message from a Point within six miles of the North Carolina line on the Keowee river stated that at midnight' there had been ho rise in the water- Inhabitants ot 4hr rlver-yijiey have' all " been warned and are awake, the message stated, -.The peopfe tn-that section do not 'anticipate, much damage! THREE MEN DROWNED IN THE SURF AT FORT CASWELL YESTERDA Y GAINS BY ALLIES ON THREE FRONTS Advances Made in. Italian Theatre, in Galicia, and in the Somme Region1 of France. RUSSIANS TAKE MARIAMP0L They Also Capture Town of Podgiacy and Several Villages Teutons Have Success in the Bystri tsa Sector. , Hard fighting in the Somme region of France, in Galicia and in the Ital ian theatre with further gains for the Entente Allies ' in all three regions, marked the Operations of Saturday night and Sunday. Northwest of Pozieres, north of the Somme," the British, made an advance of from 300 to 400 yards over a front of nearly a mile against the Germans and also captured trendies on the plateau northwest of Bazentin Le Petit, while the French . southeast of Maure- pas gained a further foothold on the slopes of Hill ,109. Between Thiephval- and the Somme Saturday night, according to Berlin, assaults by the Entente Allies broke down with heavy casualties to the at tackers. , The fighting near Hem and Maurepas continued throughout the en tire night and into . Sunday, the men repeatedly coming to grips in hand to hand encounters. -: Mariampol, in Galicia; seven miles southeast of. Halicz, .the townof Pod giacy and several villages - along the upper Zereth river haye fallen Into the hands of Russians. All along this front, even in the .Carpathians region, Petrograd reports , that " the Russians are continuing .their : advance against the Austro-Germkns. r ! ' Orr- the Bystritza '"sector and near Monasterzska, however,. Berlin says the Russians have been thrown back at at several places by the counter attacks of the Teutonic allies. " : The Duke of Aeosta is keeping up his strong offensive against the Austrians in the Isonzo- region having, driven them from fortified positions in the Monfolcone and . Gorlzia-- sectors and taken prisoner more ithan 2,000 addi tional men. ; ? . , Constantinople; reports that . the Turks east of Suez canal have turned against the Br.Ltish and compelled trem to ; tretreat with heavy losses. The London war office, 'howeverj disputes this statement, - .asserting " that the British cavalry , is "still in . pursuit of the Turkish rear guard, which Satur day evening had. been driven , back to a position eastjbf Birs"-El-Manca. .After a long period Of inactivity, the British along the Euphriates, irr .Mesopotamia attempted an advance: against the Turks, but retreated jaf ter two hours fighting. ; . . - -. v '. . Further advaVceS . -for . the Turks against the Russians On the Persian front and in Turkish Armenia also are claimed by Constantinople. GERMANS REPtTLSE RtJSSXAN ATTACKS AT SEVERAL POINTS Berlin, via London, August 13. The repulse of Russianl.attacks at various points on the eastern front is recorded in the following; statement- given out here today: "Front of Fielf Marshal Von Hinden burg Russian attacks south of. Smor gen and near Lubiesaow were unsuc cessful. West of Zalocze enemy attacks were warded off. "Front of Archduke Charles Francis: West of Manaterzyska and also on the Bystritza front, southwest of Stanis lau, attacking Russians were thrown back partly by our counter attacks. "Balkan front: Nothing of import ance has occurred." LONDON CLAIMS ADVANCE ' TO THE WEST OF POZIERES London, Aug. 13. An important ad vance on the Somme front west of Poz ieres was announced today by the war office. The British pushed forward their lines 300 or 400 yards over a front of nearly a mle. The announce -ment follows: "On the plateau northwest of Bazen tin -Le-Petit we gained ground toward Martinpuich and captured enemy trench es. Northwest of Pozieres we also made a further Important advance of 300 to 400 yards over a front Of near ly a mile. Our losses were light in spite of a heavy barrage by the ene my's artillery. - "Last night we carried out three suc cessful raids on -trenches of the ene my; the first southwest of LaFolie farm on Vimy ridge; the . second opposite CalOnne, and the third east' of Armen tieres. We inflicted many casualties on the enemy and captured a machine gun and prisoners;; J ' . "The enemy attempted a raid near the Hohenzollern -redoubt, which was re pulsed with loss by our infantry. Sev eral Bavarian prisone,ere captured. The enemy exploded-am1ne east of Cabaret Rouge but we occupied the lip of the crater. We fired three mines at Neuve Chapelle and also south of the quarries northeast -of . Hulluch. The enemy made no -attempt; to occupy-the craters." - . - : a-. Laredo. Texas. Aug. 13. Walter Hitt and his son, members of the Chamal colony in Mexico,- arrived tonight and told stories of . mistreatment .and rob bery, --They said the remaining -members of the colony would, return to the United States when the. weather per mitted, s - , ' ' WHOLE KUMBBB 39,672 E. Ardrey and Leonard Swainv Charlotte, and frred. White,. Salisbury, Are Dead. TWO BODIES RECOVERED Triple Tragedy Occurs When: the . Coast Artillery. Men Bathe in Strong Ebb Tide. WHITE'S BODY NOT FOUND Those of Charlotte Mien to be Sent Home Today. Three members of the North Carolina Coast Artillery Reserves, in annual 'encampment at Fort Caswell, lost their lives while bathing in the surf at the fort yes terday -morning about 10:30 o'clock. The dead are: First Ser geant William ".'" Ardrey anil Lance Corporal Leonard Swaim, both of the Charlotte company, and Private Fred. White, of the Salisbury company. It is stated positively that Swaim and White were drowned, but it is believed that Ardrey died of heart failure. The bodies of Ardrey and Swaim were very promptly recovered, but White 's body was washed away, it seems, by the strong out going tide, and has not been re-' covered. Vigorous Efforts to Resuscitate. Following tbVrecovery oftbe bodies of the two Charlotte men, several Hours were spent in vigorous efforts to resus citate them, but without avail. Dr. J. A. Dosher, the Fort Caswell post physi cian, 'and. Or. Ashe, member of the Char lotte' oompany, were quickly on the scene. The crew of the Oak Island life saving sta-tion were summoned by telephone and arrived in ten minutes, rowing the distance of a mile. Every effort possible was made to resuscitate, the men and every means available was used, but without effect. After at least three hours, the efforts were abandoned. The bodies of Sergeant Ardrey and Corporal Swaim will .be embalmed and sent home this afternoon, that of Ardrey to Charlotte and that of Swaim to Lexr ington, where his mother resides. Ser geant Ardrey is survived by brothers and Bisters, but whether there are oth er surviving members of the family is not known here. Private White's fath er is living at Salisbury, and he wajl notified by telegraph yesterday of the death of his son. Relatives of the Charlotte men likewise were advised of the tragedy. v-' Capt. E. P. Bailey, until recently in command of the Wilmington Company of Cbast Artillery Reserves, the W. L. I., having gone down to the fott yes terday morning, and First Lieutenant Carl D. Moore, of the Charlotte com pany, came up from Fort Caswell last night and arranged for .having the bodies of Ardrey and Swaim sent home. They were placed in charge of Topp's undertaking establishment and will be -brought 'up the river op the steamer Wilmington on its first trip today, ar riving here about 2 P.M. They will be accompanied to Wilmington by a de tachment, of the Coast Artillery Corps and detachments will accompany them from here to Charlotte and Lexington, j respectively. Wilmington Boys Heroic. . Captain Bailey said that a number of the members of the W. L. I. did heroic work in efforts to save the drowning men and deserve commendation ' for their valiant efforts. Among these were Marion Rhodes, Tom Bagley, H. T. Lew is, Harry Watters, and others, whose names Captain Bailey could not recall at the moment. None of them were In the surf when the cry for help was raised, but were in camp, which is practically within a stone's throw of the point where the men lost their Uvea They, with others in camp, responded to- the call of distress and did all in their oower to sa-ve -the -men. hut th j tide was too strong and the water too deep. - ..... It was .eported yesterday afternoon that it was not certain that young Fred White was drowned,- but Captain Bailey and others returning-from the Fort last night said there .was absolutely no doubt of his fate. It was stated that he left his clothing, .watch and other personal effects n camp to go in bath ing with the others yesterday morning and had not returned up .to last night to claim them. It is further stated that White wore his underclothing under his bath suit when he left camp and that a man was observed, in the surf . wearing -his bath suit over his under-" clothing. However, no .trace of White's body, had . been found up to 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and further efforts to recover it were abandoned, as there, was every reason to believe that it had been washed away by the tide. Persons who spent the day at the Fort yesterday and returned to the city last , night reported - that the belief was that the young men disregarded warning as to the treachery . of the waters at the mouth of the river, where the tide is strong at certain hours espe cially. ' It- was remarked1 that It 1 characteristic ,of young men . from : the. interior;; who are , used to swimming la ' - Continued -n Page Six.) ? v Ml f. mi si J ; i l :','( ... 1 - -v i -1 ' f 'fx
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Aug. 14, 1916, edition 1
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