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10 Pases "."-5" i WHOIiB KdMBBS 39676 p jtt q F Y 1TTQ lJluUfUUU,UUU DyNU ULOr DESTROYED. BY. FIEE. " house FORNFfNcE ISSUE IS PROPOSED TO BEND BACK THE iM sasiiiip sffiM BRITISH LINE FA LS rtesMishf w--4 presents his tHUM I UcbuHlphU ffiillS-'MiK i Finds Managers' Committee; Ada mant to His Proposal That They Accept 8-Hour Day. EMPLOYES MAY: ACCEPT IT Ihey "Wotdd be Pools Not To, M Says One of Their. Leaders. 1 "Washington, August 18.- Pres ident Wilson today laid his plans for averting the threa,tenedp rail way strike before the employees' committee of 640, ! and " having found the managers ;? committee adamant to his proposal that they accept the 8-hour day; he appealed to the railroad presidents and ask ed them to come to the White House for a conference. ; . . . There is every indication that if the railroad presidents?' sustain their managers, President Wilsonl will appeal finally to" the financial powers which control the roads, for it is his purpose to ,deal .with the ultimate authority Jbef ore he' gives up his effort.1, '':'Vr''-::''-':M President's F1J; OwtltoeL ' r': ., The President's plan, which Is ex pected to be formally 'afccepted by. stfie employes' committee at, a meeting at' 9 o'clock tomorrow mornln& proposes: . An eight-hour flay as - the basis; for Regular pay at the eight-hour day. rate for over-time. " . ; r ' To refer all other coll$teral issties.to a smaU commission-to be 4 created by Congress on -which the. -employes,'-the railroads and the public would.; be rep-i-resented. ' , " , ? Acceptance of the -proposal by the employes was if orecast by expressions of their leaders, after . .they left the President's conference. Ohe of them declared: ' ; '' ' t . "The men would-be fools not to ac cept it" . . . ., -. Attitude of Railroad Presidentsv The attitude of the railroad "presi dents is not so clear. They began ar riving tonight; all are expected , to be tere tomorrow. No one can say. what will be the effect of an appeal such as a President of the United Btatev speaking in the name of the welfare J ui a, nation, can maKe. . um irom puui information as can be gathered, it ap pears that the railroad presidents, if the managers' committee ' understands them, are unalterably opposed to con ceding the eight-hour day or anything else out of hand, tnit are quite ready . to arbitrate anything and everything in almost any form of arbitratipn upon which the employes and the committee may agree. . t . " . :,- The railroad presidents, if is under stood, justify their '-'stand; ' upon -5. the broad ground of maintaining the prin ciple of arbitration which , if sacrificed in this instance, they intend to tell the President, will be destroyed as a -factor in the settlement of Industrial dis putes. - ' ;. - If the railroad presidents persist in that view and are supported - by; the Inancial powers, only the . future can tell the outcome. " .- H .V-, ...:' Situation Ho'e Serloi - "With the growing seriousness of the situation. Congress began paying more real attention to the crisis i today and there were many .Indications of inter vention to prevent a natiorf-wid6'tie-iip.4 ihe general expectation is that the railroad officials.Jafter seeing the Pres 'dent tomorrow, will ask that.-they . be given several days, perhaps a week or more, to consider their , course. .' It was emphasized by those of the officials ho arrived tonight, however, 'that all t these plans were tentative. v A score ho came from New York on a special train went into session soon after-their arrival, with the managers' committee, ?d it was said that on of the possi bilities under consideration was the Preparation of a statement to be given out before their ;visit to the President, Putting their position before the coun try. . -.--.v.-v.-'-.-v v . .!., -.,:-'; Stroi Appeal Necessary. ' sv'v&f' while the railroad presidents would not make any predictions - until they ramiliarized thprncoii.. vith ' ltn. ation here, there was more than one in aication that it would take a; strong aPPeal to induce them to reverse the attitude that has been taken; by .their epresentatives on the managers;' com 'ttee. Asked whether -the managers ?;0uld be backed up in their -decision. Balti imore & Ohio, said: "I assume they vilU be. , Tw0 plans are being considered for "e make-up of the proposed commis sion m case the President's, plan is ac cepted. The first provides for the ap pointment of all three members, it that nould be the size of the commission, Lt Resident and the-other for se .. "on; of one of the members by him " ,of th other " two. by the railroafc mpioyers and employes, "respectively, to thP " presentftd by the President term vwycs was coucnea in general ana aia not go into details.'1 Germans ;ia Daner of FlanMng v Movement From South' nad AbandonLine--. , MUSCOVITES WELL HEELED Hsts Eaough Ammimltloii Stored ' '; f-Awirr te Wse; V to BerUn," ' Smym' I; '': 4. Corps Commander -Foo""-- " , Plentiful and Wholesome. !;".',' With the Russian Armies ' on the Central Russian Front, Tuesday, Aug. IS.t.via. Petrograd .to London," Aug. 17. The continued success of General -Brus-silofTs two powerful" movements, which gradually are .' enveloping Kovel . and Ltemberg, have begun to have a marked effect' on the situation - in the central portion of the front which; except for small Russian gains in the lake region south of Dvinsk, has remained . virtual ly unaltered - since - the Russians fell back -.last-autumn to the line frdm Pvinsk to. the .Pinsk' marshes. ' .-;' . . The Austrina line now has receded so far- before the repeated .thrusts of the nnHthtrn 'RiiRRlnn f nrMi in' Southern Poland and ,. Galicia that the., wmana;are m oanger . ti nanKing movements from the sbuth and the au tomatic .retirement of the forces oppos ed to the Russian center. 1' : " - Notwithstanding the desultory bursts of "activity' at .various points, Russian officers say there are many indications that, the J Germans', are prepared tp, abandon their present line oh this part of; th; front at any moment. ' -'' ! - ?; The correspondent of the Associated ; Press jnade a 4 weeK" tour alpng Ajhei f rom XjsOctf Karocz- tathe re at ton of Ba f rotaj XalS Karocaf: tathe. regfon of Ba ranovtchi and . found .the. Russian sol diers most anxious for; an . opportunity to advance as soon as the command ' is given. 'The armies commanded by Gen eral Evert . are the . same v which; crip pled by a shortage of ammunition and, supplies,' . were torced to. surrender a large -part of Poland a year ago. Com manders who" brought back, only -broken remnants of their divisions to the present positions now are in charge of splendidly s equipped units. . The - men share with their, officers the determi nation to recapturetne ground lost in Poland. l.. . .. . u . : " ;' .X,.; ' A corps commander, who showed the correspondent of the Associated . Press a huge . supply of ammunition and ma terial at the disposal of one part of the force ' engaged" in this section of the front, said: "W( have enough ammu- nitJ on stored away to take us to Ber- lin.-;:,-. v . - . ', , ' r-s :. -S " The ; soldiers .seem to be plentifully svpplied . with, wholesome food and, are living under the -.best sanitary' condi tions. They , are surrounded . by com forts and " conveniences comparable to those at a model . American "summer camp. The spirit and fighting strength of . the Russian soldiers appears to b very, highland'' the troops confidently expect to occupy their original , quar ters in Western Poland- j , . a; 3 PRESIDEriFS SIGNATURE ; r - ;r; r-. - - . f . Will Equip SeWn Navy Yards to BuildBattleships. I .' Speefal Anproprlatlon for Charleston , Yard Including Dry Dock,. Stetck-i-; 'o bvBlmm tm- Finally . A;, ". ' Perfected. :vf,v.;'"; "-..r Washington, Aug. 171 As the naval appropriatlonbill :flnally-was perfected by. Senate and House conferees ; today. READY FOR the navy yards af Norfolk, Charleston;! ctuaea a, two aays ;conxerence ror re . xi ' efficiency lh Portsmouth and JRhiladelphia wiU; , be equippeI tpI buiidC The $1,- 260,000 for additional improvements for the ChtajrlestoV yard, including": av dry dock, was stricken out, leaving the to til perfected?iil3iO ti . Allv the 'dlspuieffppl cleared! up - and the bill with r the big building ' programme, "the J greatest in the , history-of the United - Stated, al ready perfectWis ready for, the Presi dent's -signature..''.- ',;. '.-;:;"';'),.., '': r'- Provision for ; ine 'equipping; or the I seven navy yards-was epntained in the original Dill ana a aara .uguvn n w. niade, but the conferees finally decided to retain them In ; the vv measure, v Sena tort Tillman, chaimart; of. the Naval committee, consented to have- the spe4 cial Charleston appropriation eliminat ed after ' Chairman r Padgett:? of the House ; Committee, -r had promised that he would support a 'similar appropria tion next year,; provided a commission authorized - to investigate ; tne saavisa Unexpectedly Recommended to : Con '.. r; gress by?8 Majority-Members of ? -Veiiate Finanoe ' Committee v. Y " Simmon Svbmiis fteport. . Washington, Aug. 18.4-A bond issue of $130,000,000 ,to meet; extraordinary government expenditures due to .. the Mexican situation was unexpectedly recommended, to- Congress - tonight by majority members of ' the -Senate Finance v committea . with the concur rence .of the- Treasury , jlDepartment. The bond issue is urged in the report 6t theFinanee comtoittee Democrats filed in; the Senate late todayj'on the-$03,-rco.OOO Revenue bill. -:' - '::V,i 4 -;?rT addition to the proposal issues an.' the Revenue - bill, the Finance commit tee asserts that a further appropria tion of ; $86,000,000 will be . necessary to defray, the expenses, of operations in the Mexican emergency if conditions on the border continue as they now are, af ter December 31. 1916. . The $130,000,000 to be - provided . by the proposed bond Issue, the report saysfi. wUl.meet Mexi can expenditures only, until the end of this ti'-aca.T year.' . v. ' Acc -mranying ths Finance comm'.t- ?e.Jinajority's; report,;: submitted by. benarsr, Pimmong, waj.a general stat .r.erkt irvm the TreasTt-; Department es timat.iti.r d'8bursenenr for - the fiscal year I9i7.7t.$i,i26.2r000 tnd receipts at-.',.,2.-oof,o5o yS.'Wkere the Tf oney. Goes. ' ' '-iota appropriations loi ' the fiscil year il51.7 -.exclusive' Af ..twtses carried J in the so-called. Shipclng: b!ll, which is s. cMijea oy :ae 4ss,..ance of Pan ama ti i. fit,, will excesd The appropria .ion .'ct the fiscal -y-'lSlS by about t i69,000,000," says the report.?. .i ? ? , -'Tft.S 'increase is" represented 'prin cipally i - by 167.0O;O J additional amount '.appropriated for f the " jnavy, '$16,00 0000 . additional amount ? appro priated for the army. ' $20,000,000,' addi tions,! amount appropriated forfonifl- catioas; 40000 - forideficlehcf p kiC , iiwi'iiriiiKiiA- wfiidh" 4s due Aoh'eMVxicanrslibaa'tion and increased requirements Of the wmy and navy and $20,000,000 for a titrate plant ; which is" si. ; preparedness appro priations The Increase in ,the4 appropri ations for the present fiscal year, other than, -for-; these extraordinary , pur poses, is .not ,beyen4. the j normal i in- . 'But , for, the additional, expenditures made necessary. to defray, the eost of preparedness, the increased revenue to be raised by this bill would not be nec essary and. the estimated receipts un der the present flaw would be consid erably in excess of the- estimated dis bursements for. the, fiscal year,r ;1917. In this connection attention Is called to the fact that. $2,000,000 f the nor mal Increase for the present fiscal year represents the amount appropriated for rural Credits and" good -roads." r XTJTHERABrS CXOSE MEETING. C. T. A. Anderson, of Chleago, Elected 'restdent,;of XengTie "?' r;-V Toledo, O., August 17. C. T. A.: An derson, of Chicago, was elected today -as president of the Luther League of f America- ln convention- here. ,f The sessions closed . this afternoon ' and a Lutheran rally was held in a public hall in the evening. r. '',': r :; -V-' '.,.- : STATE TEST FARMS 10 BE CLOSED AND SOLD Board of Agriculture Decides UpOn -Betrenchment" Policy. Farmer Institutes and " Soil Survey , Weirfc to Be Dropped To Depend J. ,!More on. Neighborhood Dtin. : ; ' ' onstratlon 'Work. ' A: IJ:'' (Special ' Star .Telegram,) yj. v.;; Raleigh, ' N. C, Aug. 17. The Stite Board bf .Agriculture this evening con cluded a, two days conference for' re Clally to overcome an impending, short age of .over ; $20,000 In the receipts for thei six- months' budget period ending December 1, . due to falling off in-fer tiliser -tax ; receipts, on account of the European war. , rmi - i" The board .adopted' recommendations of the efficiency -committee, which in cluded C.t S . ; Mitchell, Clarence Poe, S"' P. Latham arid :A.i V.T. McCallum, with the result that the soil survey In co-operation - with' the -Federal gov ernment is to be discontinued after De cern her l; xne larmers. institutes are to be droppd and more attention given to - the extension work, through the A. and M. . Colege and -the experiment sta- tion and there is to be a gradual clos ing down and sale of the seven or eight test ;, farms that' the . -department noy operates in , different sections' of the State at an annual expenditure.: of. $20,J nun vr .' more -ty the s department', over and 'above the . earnings' of the farms 'thomsolves;.; V. The Blahtair : farm in . Buncdmbels to he tne nrsi to pe som ,oui tne Doara definitely ' adopted X policyv to rid it' self of . farm? 6n .the theory .that this LITTLE ; N1WS FROM EAST For Two Daytissiaji, Genajum itod Austriaii WW Offices Have -' 7' Been -Bather Quiet.v f For the first .time; in, , weeks, . ,tto change of importance; .was reported in any theatre of the war Thursday. The most violent fighting took place on tho Western end the; itish'Vsallent ; on the Somrae.,V ' SiX "mes ; the ; Oernarp6 advanced ift force in' a desperate effort to bend back the Brltish' lines north west of Posl eres. London reports' that all of these! sssSiilts were repulsed with heavy losses " and '? that the British in turn captiired about 100 yordp - of trenches northwest "of Basentln. ' j The Germans, ,-cjontrary.to; their usual practice, hay e so far made no attempt tq deliver 4 cOunter; attack, in 'the re gion where, the 'French and . British claim to .Tiave;: captured s nearly, three miles of trenches' on- Wednesday. The French, are-: busily consolidating theif gains and r report J no action of. im portance on .any section of their front, including rthe- Verdun region,. '.'J. : .,'. Some mystery exists as to the 'situa tion on the eastern front. For "two eon secutlve days the Russians have 'con fined themselves 't0 , brief statements that nothing of importance had occur red. The Austrian -. and German war offices have,' been 'aimoslt equally' un communicative. V The OnlyS. fighting mentioned ."by Vienna..' was the', repulse of Russian 'attack On the lines of Gen eral Von J BoehmiErmoni, ; who is in command of the: Teiitonlc -. forces retirr ing from '; the i tTarnOpbl -1 ront. Berlin reports the repulsfriof Russian attacks S6uth,;Ot0,f;if p :r against - Triest -ts ttnofficialyVexplalned from Roms fesjduS 6 General. iGaddrria's .desire; to .straighten ; his, lines . before proceeding ' with a "geneal: offensive against : the": great' Austria -seaport. Austrian' seaplanes' have ?again-raided Venice, " but' -;. Rome says.'th.ey, caused only slight damage. ).' GERMAN SELAPLAjnsS. ACTTJVB . "t v " ' IN . FI GffGlTHE RUSSIAN? - - i ,' , ,- ; x . ' . Berlin, via London,. Aug! 17. An offi cial "communication issued : today tells of 'a. raid by" German 'seaplanes' on Rus sian positions, on" Oesel-. island and of a fight 'against Russian - air craft ' on Runoe Island,. in the Riga region Tues day night- "The corhmnnipation'''8ays: 1 "Tuesday' night: bur seaplanes ' again attacked with 1explosiye''and Incendiary bombs the "-'aerddrotrie at Paneholni -on Oesel ' Island tat "the. entrance i. to the Gulf of Riga), and enemy aeroplanes on the shore Of RunOe Island (in the Gulf of Riga). Desplteva heavy anti-aircraft fire and a subsequent air fight, our sea planes returned sa"feyl .t'rtr' ''" ' .. "The same .-' night ; there was : ah air raid by four enemy "aeroplanes "on 'Ahr gern. Lake Cnear- the" western '' shore i of the Gttlf of ;Riga) 'but only slight ma terial damage resulted." ; ' - .. - - .-, ,,'-, it. ' ' ' .' : ; '.;": ALLraS' BAVY ATTACKS ON ' SDSfafES FRONT BCATBN BACK. V Berlin,', via jiiondori, 'Aug. 17 French and British' troops made heavy attacks on the Somme front - yesterday but were beaten back by the Germans, 'says the official announcement ' of " today, vhich follows: '- .-'-V ;-.".'. "The enemy's fire increased at times to great violence west . of . Wytschaet and on' the LaBassee "canal and to the south' thereof. f''SV'i "T'-.v" "After strong British attacks : from the Ovillers-Pozieres lines - and ; west of Foureaux. wood had beeri repulsed I rt the morning f the ;;'.fFrenCi,'Vafter.'';tho' strongest artillery prepsratioh,- advano ed to ; the assault -between GuillemorH and the Somme, and at the same time very :. considerable iABrltlslv :fores; ad vanced between Posieres and Foureaux wood. The. ' assault;. failed,1 as did: five nocturnal attacks?' attempted : by . the French. After stubborn ; fighting por tions of the-enemy troops which, pene trated our positions west of i Foureaux wood and south Of Maurepas, byt were driven back ' again. The enemy's loss i was ; heavvi: Sjc&: ""-i'i: ; s'y-:---.- ; "South'- of !; Somme severe uflerhtin sr took licVln4titi'no0it o Bel- loy. The - French obtained- a foothold here In our ; first line . trenches of .. a width oCSOO tneters East Of there an$ nearEstreesv the ;,erie.my has $eeri .re-? palied,' On both rsides iof .the Meusa (Verdun front), ths artjllery was more - active. An attempted . attack by the enemy, on Chapitre wood'. was suppressed -by; our.t. curtain ofiflret ? V.i-XH i$,?.&-tt b'-' "At numerous: points . on - the f front French patrpls undertook tWperatlOriS which .wer0 unsuccessful.- - . ' . yTHEPAVIirOGRESS Debate on Shipping bill" resumed-, v VA Naval conferees c reach-,- final- v agrree- ment'on; disputed. sections;bf; appropria tion ..bill, v f :x,-.:; ;.v. . -:'; .. . ;; ' ;.-:.', -iVv'Announcem'ent t made ' that -r Immigra tion' bill wilf bevpressed at this session. V Adjourned at 6;53 ' P. M. tlll nooii r. V,: I i -J' inrrv......ill,..i1i1,,l T,-.- ,'' Parts. AgC.i7.WThe;rtalin, "battles hip 'Leonardo da ' Vinci caught fire and after several explosion's 'fcnilftweri'nd sank in the- harbor at Taranto. ac cording' tv a -Turin dispatch to the Petit Journal.- 'About 300 of her . crew were drowne'd.; ' One; of the 'ship's 'magazines exploded while efforts . were be ing made , to beach her. The blaze is thought to have started in the kitchen. The . L'eonardo da Vinci was One of the. newer Italian: dreadnaughts. having been' constructed late in 1913. She- displaced 22.340 -.tons. and. was 554 feet long. Her principal armament consisted of thirteen..- 12-inch guns." $he car red a crew of about' 1,000 men. ' . ' y -y'V - -. :'; y I '".'.";. mMPAIGNAGAINSmSmtmD 1 Plans Made at Conference of Health V-With Officials of U. S, Health That Epidemic 'Maj; Become Nation-Widenifopi ; Begidatioift for 'if - - - V Washihg-toiV August 17. Plans for a.'more .vigorous, campaign to prevent further spread of ; Infantile paralysis were made here today at a conference of -health authorities of most of the states with officials of the Federal Pub lic Health Service.' Resolutions will be adopted tomorrow by the conference, in which eminent plague experts, scient ists-and bacteriologists are participat ing. outlining definite ' proposals - for checking dissemination of the disease. ; -'"Few of those present' today expressed alarm that l the epidemic might assume country-wide proportions, but theyrunir formly ; declared, measures'. were; r neces- ireld out, sairy tot guiird against .a wides break. '- AdifiisStoMwas s freely Tnade ty manyexperts that the cause of .the rpla gue is unknown," and . the means . of. its termination, not conclusively determin-j ed. "Uniformity of regulations for trav el : on-, railroad .trains,S. -steamship - and other .carriers was lurgedby. Secretary McAdeo." of theTreapury'i.Department, in ' Opening, the vxef.se04'ywLne several speakers held that general quar antine against, passengers. from- the Eastern infected , areas - was ; tfnneces sary, the conference probably' will rec ommend a system of uniform, inspec tion, issuance of health, certificates and co-operation- between JfedteTat.and' State health, and ira,ilroad- autibOrities toward safeguarding travel.,;Medical. represent atives of a iosen large-trunk lines urg- edt the conference to; assist in securing uniform nraffio rules.ui v - : : Special Commltteea-Nsmed. r r A' special committee" to propose ,meth odsfor control of .the epidemic, .includ ing, transportation regulations, was ap pointed ; to 'report tomorrow..- - Its mem bers are Dr: John S. Fulton, of- Mary land. ) chairman pr. ; T DTuttler oi Washington State Dr.f "Ennion ,"JV" ' iVams, of Virginia; Dr. ctt H--Bracek. of Minneapolis, . and s Surgeon Charles;, E. Banks, head of the' Public Health . Serv ice corps fighting? the plague in , New Tork. -V;. ' '; 'Another; committee ws appointed, to recommend a uniform method of; col lecting and transmitting' statistics and ., , . ij..." "-fi, .f" -'' - ' ' E HIED III SALE OF THE ISUflDS ;; :. -.; Paris Paper , Says ; Question is Be ; ' coming, InteraationalV.v '-I;..- . -y -'" '" -'a. '..-:, C'-v" '. ' ' y-i'-4r 'J ' -'t 'J '"L:-V .;'y 'f' r ' ' Says': Danish Flnanee Mlnfcrte .DeCiared pwdslon ;'ta;:S'el"t.'wsw V lrj?h Fear. That' the' Islmndsj-JIIlglit- , ;.- J- W::'Tskes"by'efc.i:i;J; Vtv' '.:, :'?'; ; . '''i'..--'t 'f . -' - ,' - f . 1 -' , !'v 'Psjisugvst 17. Sr- The Temps.' treat). intengthegb saleof Ihe Pani , to the "United States, says the question is grad ually taking onlafger proportions than tl one" between hW mediately concerned, and, Js " becoming international. It points out that tne n, , fltian minister. M. Brandeis, rV 0rnmenV.d:deClaed to A i a red the srovernment- had deciaea sei( the ; islands because it was feared they might be taken away' by force. ? The Temps ajso 'says that the cession of -the islands, by Denmark . was; -undertaken probably with " the desire- of obtaining-the support of. the United ptates wheh the Schleswig-Holstein I question is brought before the-peace congress at the end ' of the war:. --r- .:-, 'j. . ' . .r;:. . ,. V .v--SITUATION BADLY; TANGLED r ,; : :f AT;.tHB5- DANISH CAPrTAJL. Cnhagen Aug.-;!'?; via London; Aug 18 The ' political sltuatlonv re sultinfc f rbmthe parflsh f West 'Indies question ' is i so tangled thit; not evtn the best ." informed politicians yentnred nY predict whatidevelopments.;ms.y, be ectedjiMJl -. r..l.Hail MnVaM "rhVA .T. V'" C: FRANC Authorities of Most of the States SereiceFewjExprf si Alarm Travel Advocated., i ;.;-'': information regardins-4 he disease's pro gress and controli- - '. A national survey-presented by the State 'delegates " show.ed ; 11,717 cases in 38 States' reporting -including-; cases since January -L ...i.':"fc; '-' ' , ;p'. ' Assistant Surgeon' Wi CTRucker, who, with Acting; Srgeoto General A. H. Glennon, presided; -over the;; conference, gave Out tonight, the -following synop sis of the viewsi of ' the speakers:" ;-;;-A :?-;f3 Vlew"'o--ff3keA Speaker; ;;' y It appears tQ ; be the ' concensus .of Lopinion that segregation of persons with tne disease is desiraue ana. opening oz schools is also Advisable. .' Travel, is dangerous when,' It; pjermitsf movements of acute or chronic '.carriers of the dia-9mV- Th ' rtviArnncftr-.-An ' n craliist , Insect transmission; ani IrMsnVissiQn by food 'bypOtheticalV -XM:&C symptoms, fend - coritrdtVbf the, epidemic in' New Toi.io:rjduc city and Federal scientists. Surgeon Wade Frosty :df!thei-Pbri4 .Health Ser vice, saidV.v:-,.7 '",';'. '' ' - :' i,., : , . "Frankyt -we jJon'kn'W; how the dis ease is transmitted, nOrltV caule, The evidence strongly ppints;ttbhumans as the carr iers.; i The evidence Is that it is purely a humadjsease. and,' if contag ious, a large' proportion ' of persons ex posed, are irnmunej : it-' mu':1', De spread very largely - from "source"' other . than sick persons,mostly by adults... Against J that is the known seasonal, prevalence. Our theories, dp.; not exclude, transmis sion by insectSv i .TranWmJsston-. my the lower animals lsv hypothetical We hardly, suspect - any ; bnt '; dogs .or" cats. Its - rapid spread : Indicates; human ..jcar. riers. v ". ,;r-''. . t-j ',-".-i;- .-'..'- v' Surgeon Frost-. - said;Vthe disease is most severe, in rural communities. He said 90 j per ,1 ; .cent..?; ,of . cases occurred among children .Under 1 6; years old, arid that- 75. to- 9$ Aer.iCent- of ", infections can be traced to previous cases of di rect contact. '. There axe -few infections of , persons exposed-' in their' own families-, he' statedi.. "&&--.:jtf''-zj':i - Condition In SOnthern States. ' ' ; Following, ' is ,a , summary of r condi tions in -thoseCrSOutherh: -states from which delegates.. wro "present: ' "Alabama Dr.; ij Qehn X ;Aidrews, 64 (Continued -oh ;Page; Two). HE SAYS GERMANS DID NOT GOUfitER ATTACK : V t'' '- 'J'' '' -' ''. "'' !-vi" " : - French MiHUry Off i cial Finds Sig: . hifica'nce in Fact. " 2 Falln'e of German Forces to Counter Attack Taken "as":' Indicating Elth- . . . slon of , Orders. ' y ,. ; '. Paris, Aug. .17. The, operations on the Somme yesterda.y were-merly a diej. tail of the offensive and of nly "local bearing.', a high Vmilitary official ex plained today ; to the Associated "Press, ibut';signiflcance is ' def lyed from the fact that th e Germans did- not counter attack t as'' usttat;. vNever ; before have- they" failed to react when 'successfully attacked,-and;. their failure to do so in this case is either a sign of weakness or, more likely' because - of r confusion of orders. N ; . . vf-Jf: f f ; U!: ; The precision- with Which the French offensive" has been "Carried out is' shown by the fact that every 'objective desig nated in advance of an, attack has "been reached. ; At Mahirepas "a certain num ber, of houses "were; selected 'and every one ' of , them, was ' captured and occu pied; it never "was intended to attempt the occupation of the entire village. . : "One consequence of "T. this 'precision in the French operations is.' the reduc tion of tosses to jaminiinhm. The top-' eratiOns In ' the Artis . campaign . cost five times 'raoro! than all ' the ground gained on- the -Somme.,; trThe purpose -Is n n mam n nnr T Km IfJfilt ULUU11 DRIVEN -FR0F.1 THE More Than Five Thousand People I J Participate , in " the " Annual ; Feast of Lanterns. : AT WBIGHTSmLE BEACH Festivities Will Continue Througli Today Culminating in Boat :( Pageant Tonight. Between 5,000 and 6,000 ( people as,'" , sisted ' last night in driving "Old Man. Gloom" from Wrlshtsville Beach at the second annual Feast of Lanterhs,,: in- J' eluding hundreds "of visitors from all - ' parts of North Carolina. ; The. festive occasion was opened with a grand 11-' luminated parade along the beach fol lowed by a spectacular display of fire-; works and other carnival features., The . celebration Willi continue through' to- : day, the special features being avchlld-j ' ren's parade this afterno.on and a boat'. and oanoe procession - tonight. ; ; ::"i ; The summer resort r was gaily be- decked : with - thousands of Japanese lanterns for the occasion, ever? cottage being decorated in holiday array while T ULUI the throngs promenaded the board . : ; : ' ' ; walks and made merry, 'in a real spirit . of jollity. The refreshing breezes of the ocean and the beauty of a fair, summer night combined to make ' the. occasion all that 'could have been wish ed for. - - -. ,v'..-s'-v:. ; '; "', Promptly at'. 8 o'clock the grand, il luminated V procession began' to move from the ,-Seashore t. hotel along the sandy "beach .towards j.the Oceanic ho-r tel, headed by the mammoth Dragon, whose- fiery eyes and cavorting body in a figurative way at least, signified that gloom was to be devoured and joy '; .was to be unloosed. The .Dragon was escorted oy. tne aegree team ot; sepa urotto i oi i;ne ?' mystic uraer oi tne . , :, -.:' Veiled; Prophets who were dressed -ni bright hued uniforms, followed by the' '"jv prize Pythian Drum Corps, , of . Gaston-ia,;who.:witb-'tbe.Hsnover Concert Band fi.;.': provided the; mnsicThen came the Red, ;.,""-;". "Men ,t:he-Bey .Scotsiiollowed by the; ; :' ten queens In' theirv beautiful costumeSi.; borne In, palanquins by 40 attendants. - ff ; s' ;.,.The throngs. .lined the beach and ; watched the weird procession with iin usual interest. " Passing thrOUgh . the -j ': Oceanic hotel, the crowds went out to ; the front and viewed the spectacular -Ar display, of :fireworks on Harbor Island, K ft: .'f r :. I and the acrobatic . stunts of Japanese tumblers; after which, they - repaired , tq Lumina to take part in the dancing and f -. . ..li' to -view; 'the fancy ..drills of. the Drum;;; tM f -1 f (jorps ana oiper. xeaiures. - -: . ; j . ' y ::;;.-.-.Todays Programme. - ,:; ' "' . This i afternoon at : 4 o'clock there will , be? a maamiflcent Parade of the i v '" f children of Wrightsville Beach,' includ- t , Ing .hundreds from -Wilmington - and -other ' cities, escorted by the Drupi;!;, Corps and -bandr- starting at the- Caro . . Una Yacht Club and ending at Luminal ' ?i the , dance ! pavilion of the resort. The " J parade will; be closed with a May. pole ; dance and other special dances after t which" the crowds will: be. entertained, - .; by.- the - Japanese ' acrobats i and -. other ' features. Tonight at 8 o'clock there '; - . will . be. a big; boat and canoe parade in Banks' Channel, starting at the Ses- ' -shore, hotel, and going, to the trestle ',- , for the suburban car; line. At 9 O'clock y ,, it ltt- at Lumina there, will be a drill by Sepa Grotto of the Veiled Prophets after, which will be the queens' dance with1 souvenirs 'for"-everybpdy. : -h?. c,:;.:; more - than '4,000 people taken ttb; t4e;;:4-vi;tjj;?i-:i;- ; 1 beach yesterday and last night by the iiuewuici i-uw?i VUiupaii, uie ; uuu-; ling of the big crowds on the cars was A all that- could be desired. ' It was .nAt until after midnight .that the last O.f j the visitors to the - beach were return ed' to the city, but as' the .music wag ,; kept - going at Luniina until midnight. dancing off ered .a pleasing ., diyersidn for the celebrants and everybody i was pleased to bave the opportunity to eel-'; ebrate. - The - promptness and dispatch with which the cars' were operated was a distinct achievement fOr the Tldewa,- . ter, Power Company and Its employes. " .;; Prominent, among .the spectators at?; the festivities last, night -was a dozen or morev newspaper editors - of , North . Carolina and a number of mayors from1 other cities,; who entered Into the spir- ; it of -the .occasion with a right good will, and expressed the hope that the Feast . of Lanterns ., might . be made . a -permanent festive event for all North . Carolina whert Joys reign supreme 'and dull care ; i s forgotten. r "J ".- : r; Jy.i ,.r"'-iv 'Speetaenlaf Parade. f L.-.'. &i Everywhere was heard expressions t-ilk 4 l.w,.la, oAAval, oo. Idno.) An a . i beach was chosen fpr the grand '-illu-"' tninated paraded. : as the hundreds ot'Av '?: Japanese lanterns . and fire' pots pre- ' ' ' ' 4 sented a .wonderful effect of colored ;; . :J lights n the water that was hardly an- " ; . ticipated. ;This feature .met with such' ; ; ; : ' , general approval ' that- hereafter it .. is,:"'-,v '.-.': planned' to. halve the . annual festive .oc-. -caslon at such 'fa . time as - it will come;f ii; just after high . tide.sO thatUhe sands -;ftvi?v Will .be. hard and compact, . making, it r So' pleasing, was ..the ' beauty- of the. -: '.'T-;-, !'; attractively aressea queens as mey iai. - --: -! enthroned iri their palanquins that theyv; ,0 :4:?$ seernsd light burdens -to : their attend ;;7;. t f n ants, who bore them in the procession. - There- was friendly -rivalry; among tne; ten 'queens In; designing pretty . cos tumes and the effect was indeed most -pleasing. ',:j:(.': ::-'; : - Each queen w4s dresse to represent ; some particular representative ,; figure. '.;? t-jy? Miss' Eleanor Harries waS the ' Japan- -''V.-ese' queSh; ;Mis;Mlrlm? Holliday w4s : ?; r qu een Cbf Lttm in a : Mi M -Florence CObb'i y: i was queen 'of. Diamonds; Miss Elisa-- -S"'N'-beth Rembert was ..queen -of the Night:. ', :;;'" Miss Florence Taylor--was queen : of"- Tii or-' Miss "EllsSbeth Rwnftv wait '-v- J mm 1 St !- ' i 11 VtlK- 'Mm 'i f ?; n .1 t. It is proposed :&a J ' ' , ' ' ; "I - ' - ' . , ' ' ' "-, v , . . Vi- . , . , 'v - . - '- - - : , v 'I".;.. ' ' " ' ' ' " -.-:;-' W'.: -:';V"? .
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Aug. 18, 1916, edition 1
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