- IffiSsk'fS&sSL; k \HI JVI I I 1IYI I 1 A II V "WAaHINGTOW. FTR8T IB HKALTH; TOST fS W**JLTH, ANT> FIBBT .JJT TIER KATCS OF tHS BEST CITHM TOUTID.' " WAWUfOTON, N. C, MONDAY A|*ERNOOX, JULY IT, 1918. vcvbLTT r i;.-. MISSING IN w TO HAKE ANOTHER AND SURVEY Of Congressman Small Writer That Ex amination Will be Made With View of Increasing the Depth olj River to 12 Feet. Is an Important Project. la ft letter to J. B. Sparrow, new ly elected president of the Waahin?> to? Chamber of Commerce, Congress maa John H. BiAall ?tate? that fttt other attempt la to be made to M car# an examination and surrey of the Pamlico Hrer with ft rlew at In crossing the depth to 11 or IS feet In part; the letter read? aa follow?: "V wish !p mention a matter of! extreme UjdB Importance. The pres ent project depth of Pamlico Hirer from Waahipgton to the month is a minimum of ten feet with a width of 100 feet The yropoeed inland uunrar when it ta aonvMat to 4& mouth of Pamlico Blrar wltl htn i project devUl of 1* feet m a bor? stated. It will become very impor tant that bargee loaded say to a draft' of 10 or Ifrtt feet should be able to come np to Waahlngton. I succeeded In having inserted In the river JMd harbor bill which has Just passed an Item providing for another examination and surrey of Pamlico Hirer from Waahlngton to the mouth with ft view of increasing the depth to 11 or 11 feet respectively. The duty of making thla examination and survey and reporting the same will devolve upon the engineer officer at WUmingtpst, Whether makes a favorable report for this In creased depth will largely depend upon the activity of Washington, i These efforts must be made in/ an organised way, and the Chamber of Commerce is the proper body to take charge of the matter. "May 1 also refer to the water [ terminal owned by the City of Waah- ( lngton. It is now universally recog nised that no port' can build up ?ta J water borne commerce along progree-1 40 TO 50 BARAGEANS TO GO TO RICHMOND Enjoyable Trip Expected by OUm Will Al*o Advertise i the Jooney. At- the meeting or the M. E. Ba rac? class, held yeetorday morning, the proposed trip to Richmond to morrow ?M dlscuaaed and a large number of members announced their Intention of making- the trip. H 1* now expected that between forty and fifty Ifaraeeans will go. In Richmond thoy will be the guest* of the Momument M- E. church B a raca class, who hare plan ned an enjoyable entertainment for them. Part of the ciaas will also ?tsft Hopewell Wed need ay. The class win leave Washington on the Atlantic Coast Line at 7: SO In the morning. The Dally News, co-operating with the Chamber of Commerce, will pro vide the class with a largs number of booklets, setting forth Washlng ton'x resources, which will be dis tributed along the route. Turn that task into a BUSINESS MATTER by nslng the classified col BUY A HOME You'll Find Mart "In" Lift ?tody the ad>. Ann? thaw that look -Ukatr." study tbe problem ot whera? you'd UKE TO L.IVW- mrl dectda on ? ' koiua that'? a llty? battar, that yetir CAUTION tall* you that fan t?n AFTOfU). Po> with a good homa. whoae Tola* it tncraaalnf all the Uma, you'll ba abta t? work t? graatar pnrpoaa, aad to XaKN MORS. Homa of today'? ad? ?hoold main a good daal td'jrou. A?r ?It? Ubm without ?. ?odira terminal. At the pr**eet UW& Washington fath# only $or< tmtweda Baltimore s$d Charfeston which has taken the intlal step toward provide *?? a p ubilo water-terminal. Bo? t Hew York, Philadelphia, BMtlma New Orleans, Seattle. Portland. f Francisco, Los Angeles. San Dfe to tar nothing of other porta hare spent millions fn providing adequate water terminala: Washington should consider the making of plans and providing the money for Improving our terminal Mr Hie boiUlng up ot our oaanmerce. 1 may add that Nor folk is getila* ready to ?ud a. large som of money for a terminal. This la one of the Improvements to which the Chamber of Commerce should persistently and Intelligently devote ita best attention. As one of the members I shall bf very happy to cooperate. "I wish to congratulate yon and the {Shamber of Commerce upon your election as president. I doubt !f the bulk of our cltisens realise the Important relation of the Cham ber of Commerce to the civic. Indus trial and commercial activities of ear town and eeetioa. CQmpere^Te-. ly a few' men h^ve appreciated its Importance and have borne the bur den ? fconi CUT. Of WllmliHttoa. !? certain to tat the plus* and he will be nam ed probably tula week notic?. After Ma o'clock tonKht water olf for about oat for th. tnirtm. ol IH I VILLA DEW? Washington. July t?.?VH 1m U d^ad and tb* national guard will be bMM in thx ' months, according to bigfa war i Bffl cial. KAISER WAS AT SOMM8 FRONT SATURDAY. FIGHTING MOST FEROCIOUS SINCE MORE RUSSIANS ARRIVING Another Oonroy of Troop? Arrived In Franco Tod*/. How Mifcw 80,000 Have in (By United Press) [ London, July 17.?The Kalaer was | at the Somme front, when the Oer-1 [mm were retreallng under batter ing blows from the British Saturday successful attack. The Ugh tltfg Is' most .vociferous In character. In sAfle Instances the Germans fought ferociously in deep dug-outs, where the men Could only see each others eyes. They fought with knives, bombs and with fists when no other weapons were handy. Edmlans Win In West. Paris. July 17.?The Russl&n troops, In action at the Champaigns front, successfully counter-attached the Oermans, inflicting heavy losses on the latter. The .French continue to progress on the Verdun front. ' , Moro Russian* I>and. Another convoy of Russian troops landed In France today, making six convoys or about 30,000 men alto gether. British Penrtratr Wood?. Berlin. July 17.?The British to day penetrated the O valuers woods, in the restrmptSbn or the great allled offensive, 'the star office admitted. , - ,'Vf. 'j a'ru-dili hmsu . ,? \r Small Says that ... 'C ft; Hay Resolution . .Won't be a Law' In a letter to ,the, editor Dally News, Congressman JohnrH flmall has the follo*^ tq *jy r$fy gardlng the bill for dependent fam ilies of the National* Ooard^agf^AiV. which only he and anoth+C , man roted: "The House simply indulged In a bit or fcjtotftrla. The bill will never become a law in tt* , j present form and will doafctl^ss never .be heard from again." TRIED TO GET MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSE Hl*juU?ir? on Wbldt R? Tried to at Bulk | Sarin?* ft Tract Com pur bulldln* Raturdar aad ?*?<1 to borrow eome money on a not? whlfth had B. R. Mizon'a atnature on It. The matter wae referred to Oaahler J. B. Spar row and he at onee reoofalaed that the ?ltnatur? oa the paper wae not that of Mr. Mlxon. AaUni lie man to wait < ?'k? i?-.*- -SE ' Into I itlxa AT HALF HAST for dead comrade 1* ? jajP" lafnntry who, while um chfotpmir Villa handitn. led by (,'ervuntes. flag under whicb they urana Ik ?? Attacked By Mr. ?e aright Local Pastor-in Plain Terms -Tells of Effects That Life of Pleasure and S?lf-lndulge?ce is Having on the People of Today. One of the moat Inter?Hag ser mons. recently heard in Waahiagton, wm delivered yesterday maral ag by Rev. H. B. Searlght, pastor of the |FirH Presbyterian church. He spoke on tfce erase for jpelaaure and tke effects that fhli eras* was having on the people of this eountry. The text was taken from Timothy I, "8he[ that liveth in pleasure is dead while] she liveth." MThls refers to^ spiritual death." stated Mr. Searlght, "and this form of death Is bound to occur when luxurious and voloptijous living are Usade the chief aim of ltfeL l-y "There Is no opposition, as 1 take fo, to a reasonable afnoa&t or a temperate degree of pleasure, but the eyll effects of inordinate pleasures are bound to make theiriselvs known. IThe people of today are alu&donlng themselves to the erase for making money In order to secure tkoaa pleas I ure? which money will buy. The leffectaof this erase are as follows: l|P|Milt stimulate? eovetous forget ovecythia? except tkal ce .?ust have jp^er to gratify life of pleaaure and wwktn tk?, Uodr; tnO-asft lad rmlts lm Kf* a*? o?iy mom of put*, k?t It (XtrlMtn Tki? ku ? wut ?ir?U|fWulU. 1>trD w no worthy rwl Hlw to tk? "" Amajmi tor rocrolto. Wo buiT m ?king mommy to km (or H?"?k thoae who did volunteer Cor daty 1* the army, were found to be phy aleally unfit, Mamam of tke Hie of ?air indulgence which they kad been leading. If we coatiaue this form 6f life, I frankly state that If the United States wm attacked by aame such nation as Japan, whan a all lo tted atteattoa la paid to Hfrieal develop meat, we would be defeated. "TWrd A Me of pica-ore If de structive of thrift. Integrity and domestic and ooetal virtues, oa which both the SMi and the ckwob do Men doa't break tata banks la order to bay bread meat, but to parchaae yachu, aa torn obi lea. give d Mr. In order to buy automobiles. He said that one lawyer In the city had told him that two men had come to him In one week to mortgage their prop erty so that they could buy automo biles. He further statod that an other lawyer had told him that there was more property mortgaged in Washington, so that the owners could buy automobiles, than In any other city In the Btate. Mr. Searlght also remarked that the lore for pleasure was destructive to the spiritual lire, in that it drlee up the desire to contribute to char it Jtond other benevolences. People, he feald, consume all they earn to buy floe clothe?, cigars, sods water ami gasoline and have nothing left for tha church. They will not respond when i*!??re Is an appeal for foreign m I isto te s or for some relief fund. "la locking over our church boolta/' be said, "I can find names of people who do not contribute one dofTar Annually to (he church, but who spend more than this in one week for dears, drinks and other piea*?jres. In'cbrittuMon, Mr. Searlght made an 1mp/4bAve appeal for a more sano life and % life of greatar self denial. Beal happiness, he said. Is obtained bal/ thrcnigh an upright and godly Itte and i life of service and duty. 1 "Re that saveth his life shall lose It, bdt he that loaeth his life, for Jby sake, shall And it." GERMAN NEWSPAPER! SUPPORTING HOLWEG Rallying to the Support of the Pear* Chancellor. Berlin Sajrs Row I Have Bern Heavy. Berlin, July IT.?Leading Oerman sew spa pern are now rallying to evp I Chancellor Mhmann Hoi wag. who lias been under attack by advo cates of aa unrestricted submarine campaign. They deny that his peace dlseuaaions have weakened Germany Oermany is confident that the allied offenslv* will be defeated, although they realise that the CghUac la not avar.by far. ft. la* "?f CITY OF ASHEVILLE ' "* , IAILBOAD SERVICE IS PARALYZED; DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT TEN MBUON DOLLARS. UST Of DEAD MAY BE MORE JWJWM DOWN 8Y THE FLOOD '.yfcrjt (By United Press) Washington, July 17.?The South ern railway has practically abandon ed'Its traffic south of Washington, ?pJ C. Reports continue to pour In, itpOottfiUng the disaster caused by toods Id North and South Carolina. second bridge on the Charlotte division went down early this mom teg. All service beyond Sallsbury has stopped. The telegrsph wires south of Char lotte are (^11 down. Atlanta is being reached vis Chicago and New Or leans. It is estimated thst the damage so far amounts to $10,000,000. Five are known to have been killed. Hun dreds are among the injured and missing. Railroad service Is paralyzed. Ashevllle and BUtmore are ttie hard est hit. The French Broad river has broken from Its course, flooded fac tories and homes. Two are known MO KILLED IT PACT? One of the Wealthiest Negroes of That Section Shot and Killed by Another Negro Saturday Evening. (Special to,the Dally News) PactoluB. July 17.?Jim Whlchard nhot and Instantly killed Stephen Ward here Saturday evening. Whlchard has been captured near Greenville and Is now In Pitt county jail. Both are colored. Ward was one of the moat prosperous negroes In the Pactolus section and the col ored population of this vicinity are greatly wrought up over the murder. Whlchard wrb only five feet away from his victim. He fired twice with a .44 revolver, both bullets taking effect. Mr. Harmsn. of Washington, ar rived here with hfs bloodhounds Sat urday evening and the dogs imme diately took up the chase. They followed the trail until they reached a swamp. It Ib claimed that Whlch ard secured a horse and buggy on the other side of the swamp and pro ceeded to Greenville in this manner. He was immediately arrested upon his arrival there, the officers having been notified to be on the look-out | for him. DEUTSCHLAND MAY LEAVE TOMORROW Baltimore. July 17.?The Deutach land Ib now planning to leave here) tomorrow, a member of the crew [ told the United Press. It Is expect ed that the loading will be finished early In the morning. Captain Koe nlg said that he expected the Bre men here or In New York within few days. PRESIDENT SIGNS RURAL CREDIT BILL Washington. July 17.?Accom panying the act with a speech. In which he paid high tribute to the measure, President Wilson today signed the rvral credit? bUl, provid ing for a system for tho Hanks to handle long-tlm? thortgag. loans for the farmers. YOU* f WILD'S OONRTITITION can be Improved by giving It the playgrounds of Washington Park. L<*? sold o? easy payments. ??? 4. C. BMkowv M 9?C*. to have drowned while attempting to get food Into Ihe upper stories of the Glenn Rock hotel. Many are marooned. Kescue parties of resident? hare been orgunlzed. Asherllle Is with out lights. Some of the streets hare been turned Into veritable rivers. Lake Toxowuv's big dam and two others at Hendcrsonvllle are report ed to have collapsed. The Southern bridge of the Catawba river at Bel mont also went down, carrying eighteen men Into the river. It is not known whether or not they were drowned. Mm. Vanderbllt Heroine. Ashevllle. July 17.?The floods have left 500 homeless and have en rolled Mrs. George W. Vanderbllt and her daughter. Cornelia, among the heroines. They are personally In charge of the work of rescue. They waded through water up to their waists many times. GERMANS TRY TO PUT H ON RUSSIANS Every Rewrvr Is lloing Hrougjit L'p in the Effort to Stop the Ad vance of Mg I lour Force?. (By United Press) Petrograd, July 17.?Profoundly Impressed by tho steady advance of the Russians, the Germans are masa Ing enormous forces before Kovel and are bringing up every available reserve In the hope of stalling the Russian "mowing machine/' The fall of Kovel would be a staggering blow for the Central Pow ers, completely disrupting their plans. The Russians are apparently amply supplied with ammunition. Great reinforcements of Cossacks, Urals and Siberians are arriving at I the front. CRAIG MAROONED IN FLOOD DISTRICT (Ry United Press) Rnlelgh. July 17.? Tenible flood conditions In AshevlUe, Charlotte and Ballshury districts made It Im possible to communicate with Gov ernor Craig, who Is marooneu In AshevlUe. Private Secretary May F. Jones Is acting aoVernor and Is dis posing Immedlste Important matters. CANDLED EGOS. KVKRY RO