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NEWS THE RANKS Or Til BEST (OTIB8 TO LFVE IN." ? ? L. THB WIATHMt Generally fair day. South winds. toulght u4 Tri idi. NUMBER 17. HEAVY RAINS , wmm J RUSSIANS la 8p1t? of the KlwnpiiU, However, They Are Steadily Advancing Against the German*. 4 YEARS OLD la daughter of One of the Seamen on Bo?y-d of Revenue Cutter Pan Jko. Krery Precaution Taken to JPrevent a Spread of IHseaae. fBj Eastern Press) New Hem, July 27. ? A case of Infantile paralysis, the ttrst In this of the 6tate, was discovered today. The victim of the disease Is the four-year-old daughter of Martin McKlnney. McKlnney is a seaman on board of the revenue cutter. Pam ...^Ico. HI* home Is at No. 4 Short street. . State and Government health officials have been notified. The news of the case has caused Intense Interest here and has fright ened many parents. Every precau tion Is being taken to keep the dis ease from spreading. Many parents are keeping their children close at home. (By United press) PetTogfid, Jtily jtl. ? Heavy rains are Impeding the Ruseiap drive In northern Oallcia. The Styr, the Chod, and the Llpe rivers are swol len and are out of their bounds. In spite of this fact that they are now also forced to battle against the elements, tho Russians are steadily advancing. OVERMAN RESOLITION ADOPTED BY SENATE vf Resolution Provides 126.000 Appro fcuS* prist I on for Removing JMtlra pom Fronch Broad River. Washington, July 26. ? The first | real aid for North Carol! na flood suf ferers wps started today when the senate adopted Senator Overman's resolution providing for an appro priation of $35,000 to clear the Jet ties and dehrla from the bed of the French JJroad river below Asheville In order that the rich bohom lands may be {rained and saved from utter I destruction if possible. The resolu _____ tlon was tacked onto the army bill as a rider and unless the house knocks |t out the money will soon be available. ^ 4 W. B. Brpese nnd^W. N. Bhipman of Brevard. came here yesterday and put up ?uch a strong argument for s. .the appropriation that Senator Over man an? other members of the sen ate, as *ell as Chief' of Engineers General Black, were convinced that there WfUi a real necessity for the * ? "*vERy. " Ai a reward for gallant service lo the fourth ponltlve expedition Into Mexico, Lleat Oscar Foley has beeu promoted to captafO^He va? In com mand of the aiachlne-gun troop, Third cavalry, stationed at Fbrt Brown. The newly mads captain will command a new troop In -the recently organised Sixteenth cavalry. HEAVY FIGHTING ON WESTERN FRONT (By United Press) Uwidoa. July 27. ? Hand to hand encounters with the Germans and active artillery pounding took place throughout the night, according to a report from General Halg, which waa received here today. He stated that the Germans are using a quantity of '?tear'.' shells, making the soldiers weep. No events of special Impor tance have taken place, he said. BUCKMAN & SON MAKE BIG IMPROVEMENTS Putting in New 1'iia.Hengvr Elevator and Will Make Establishment L'p-to-Date I>e|mrtment Store. To give Washington an up-to-date department BtOre. with salesrooms 'on nil of the four floors of their [building. Is the object of J. F. Buck ' man & Son. They are making a iHimbor of Improvements In the building with thiB in view, and when contpleted. will be able to cater to the trade of Washington with the least poHsible Inconvenience and de lay to customers. The establishment already has one elevator In the rear of the building, which has been sued in the past for both freight and passengers. Con struction waa begun today on an other elevator.- which will be operat ed from the front of tho store and which will 'be used exclusively for PHHsengers. This elevator will be nble to make the trip from the ground floor to the fourth floy In fifteen seconds. It Is the intention of the Arm to have the regular line of dry goods. I ladies' and men's wearing apparel and children's goods on the main floor, household goods and floor cov erings on the second floor, furniture j on the third floor and surplus stock i on the top floor. Mrs. 8. L. Laughlnghouse and children, of Vandemere. are spend ing today In the city with relatives. Miss Elisabeth Dunbar of Pantego Is the RUMt of MIm Ruth Mayo. money. There is every reaaon to be I lleve the bill will be accepted by the I house with the $26,000 emergency , appropriation. THREE BRIM WARSHIPS HIE NOW Off BEAM GERMAN SUBMARINE IS EXPECTED 10 DOCK & NORTH CAROLINA PORT GREAT mm (By Eastern Press) -New Bern, July 3 /. ? Three war ships, presumably British, are abont ^ven pr eight miles. off the Nort^ Carolina coast from Beaufort. They are slowly cruising up and down and are' evidently op the outlook for the ? or man submarine, Bremen, which, 't Is expected, may seek a chance to slip through the British blockade at Bea\i fort There y as only one of the British ships off Beaufort yesterday, but she waa reinforced by two others here early this morning. The presence of the two new vessels glvee strong Intimation that definite information has been cecelved by the British that the Bromen will dock at Beaufort. Great Interest Is being manifested at the North Carolina port over the possibility of the submarine's com ing to port here and everybody is on the lookout for the eraft. Practlc llly all of the small boats were out at sea this morning, hoping to catch % glimpse of the submarine. AMERICAN PROUST OVER BLACKLIST IS SOON TO B? SENT! (By United Press) Washington, July-?27. ? The Amer- 1 lean protest against the British | 4>Wi?fcHM ? louwd jyithja _ few days. It will be divided Into two parts: a demand for England to explain the effect of the list on American firms and will alao take up the whole question of the prin ciple of blacklisting. It was also announced by the State j Department that Sir Cecil-Spring- : Rice, the British Ambassador, had \ made a partial explanation of the | sropc of the blacklist. The British i Ambassador Infromed the State De- 1 partment: 1. That the blacklist Is not di rected against neutrals, but that Its! purpose is to prevent British capital t and credit from being used to sup- ' port the enemy. 2. That in general there is no In tention that the blacklist should af feet existing contracts. Observers were-qulck lo see a con nection between the explanations made by the British Government and ' the announced decision to withhold j action. Officials would not admit, however, that the delay was inflti-j enced by the British Ambassador's; explanations, nor would they admit I that any contemplated action by the' | United States would M influenced by such explanations. WARN MOTHERS AGAINST FAKE PARALYSIS CURE (By United Press) I. Washington. July 27. ? The 4>e I partment of AgricipJfci^r has wrViM ' mothers all over the country agal*nt fake infantile paralysis, as of the present epidemic. It !? claim ed that many spurious cures Ing sold. Most of thega a^e no It Is said. YOUR CI.A9SIP1BI> "AO'v,?h?uii simplify the tenant T ? ' * DRAINAGE PROJECT AT JACKSON SWAMP NEARLY MMPEETED Big Canal Win Drain 6.000 Acres, Making It Extremely Fertile. Land Owners Clearing Land. The big drainage project In Jack son swamp, in the' lower end of the , county, near' Bath, is rapidly near log completion and will drain about 6,000 acres of girpmp land, rand which tuts been practically worthless up to the present and been covwrd with water, but which will be turn ed into one of the most fertile farm ing sections in the State. A large eanal, H feet wide and I 8 feet deep. 1b built from Row- 1 lands creek to. Fftiigo creek. This distance is about pve and one-half miles. Four mile* of the canal has already been completed. The land owners have already be gun clearing off the land. J. W. Oden ha* a traet of about 100 acres. Ward and Grimes own another large tract and Oden and McMullan have about 100 acres. The swamp land In the county Is rapidly being turned into farming land. New projects are being plan ned In other parts Of the county and Indications are that it won't be uiany years before the^acrease of swamps In Beaufort courfty will have been reduced to a uitaftfifowk ASKENGUWTOMAKE EXPLANATION ABOUT CRUISER OEE CAPES , .. -t . . JL>-l (By -United Press) Washington. July 27.? -The Brit ish embassy has cabled London, ask ing for information regarding the mysterious British cruiser. that was sighted off Chesapeake Bay. Wheth er the State Department asked that the Inquiry be made is not known. The navy department is considering the theory thnt the cruiser might possibly hare been trying to com municate with a small wireless sta tion ashore. E. B. Ficklen Says Crops Are Hurt By Rain | Greenville, July 27. ? The heavy | rains that have been general through | out the country have damaged the (crops very materially In all sections | of the State, and have caused much i loss to the farmera. Mr. E. B. Fick len. who returned Sunday from an automobile trip through North Car olina and Virginia nays that as a general rule the crops are poorer than any he has seen In a long time. The tobacco in the Piedmont section of the state is very poor especially around Winston. Cotton Is also poor except around Clayton. In Pitt county the cotton crop Is suffering badly from excessive mois ture and will not make anything like 'an ^average crop. The old tobacco teems to be holding its own very well but the young tobacca looks gfeen nod It Is feared will take a see end growth unless good weather *QBdtitdns uniformly from now on jtijIlB year promisen to be a very bad one rom a farming standpoint. #VtoCltlBB TO THI f>AII/T MtWK !M ovemeftts of the U-Boats Causing Much Excitement / i Fleet of American War Vessels Are Guarding the At lantic Coast Against Any Violation of Neutrality by Foreign Vessels. Deutschland Still in Port (By Unltaji Press) | Baltimore. July 27. ? Efctier alarm log or good news of tfee Hubmarlne | BiVnen is keepltif the Deutschland | docked here. The managers of the lline refused to say which. The pcntschland was expected to sail to day. but these orders were counter manded last night. It ia accepted as the truth that the Bremen, the Deutschland s sister ahip, has been heard from. It is suggested that either the Hremen han met with some mishap or else the managers are determined to hold the Ueutsrhland until her arrival. I'. S. .WftnthiiiN Guard Coiifct, Norfolk, July. 27. ? Five U. S. war ships snd neveral aeroplanes are guarding American neutrality off the | Virginia capea against any icU on the part of the British and French warships. that are waiting for the Doutschland to couio out. The cruiser North Carolina, o*"* 1 tho destroyers, Beule, Fluaa?> | ret and Reld are guar** from Beaufort. N.* * <ht Deleware Breakwat i r?e North Carolina Is ten miles off the capes watching th<? foreigner#. She is practising maneuvering with aero- 1 planes. Trump to Follow Dentnohliind. Baltimore, July 27. ? When th? Deutschland sails from here, she will be followed by the British tramp steamer. Ardgryfe. The tramp Is now here, waiting for the submarine to leave. She carries a crew of Jap anese. NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS TOR FLOOD VICTIMS More Money is lining Brought lo Mayor Mflwail. Lint Now Totals ig|64. Tlie list of contribution* to the flood sufferers in l he wextero part of the State in constantly being add ed to and Mayor K. T. Stewart re ceived several new subscriptions this morning- They will be forward ed to Ralegh. E. Roropaugh $1.00 J. A. RatclifTe 1.00 H .T. Latham 1.00 Mrs. H. Hardinv 1.00 Krror In Amonnt Donated. In th? list published in yester day's Dnily News, it was stated that W. Bragaw & Co. donated *2 to the fund. This wan an error on our part and the donation should have read: J "Wm. Bragaw Co.. $10." VILLA DEFEATED IX CLASH XEAR PARROL Mexico City. July 27. ? Constitu tionalist forces >n the vicinity of Parral have defeated the forces of Villa at the San Isidro ranch, ac- J cording to an announcement today ( by General Obregon. Pursuit con-j tlnues. Villas' cavalry Is heading toward 'the State of Durango. where General Mairotte Is expected to deal with It. I Seven cars, on whlrh arms were I being transported, were taken by the Constitutionalists MEX OF BUT 25 STATES FIT. DEC LARES GARDXER Washington. July 27. ? Claiming the troops of only twenty-five States have been found in condition for border servlre. Representative Aug ust Oardnec. Republican, of Massa chusetts. Introduced a resolution to day requent'ng Serretary Baker to advise the Mouse how many troopa of the National Guard are now in the service of the United States Mr. Gardner said: "From twentv-flve States. 94.043 men had been sent South, and yet the prescribed war strength of these Identical organizations is 161.913." YOTTR CHILD'S fONSTITlTION | can be Improved by giving It the playgrounds of Washington Park l?ots aold on easy payments. See A. C. Hathaway at once. 7-27-ltc-fp KfUV CARRIED 550,000 FOR IRISH RELIEF WORK New York. July 27. Friends of Thomas Hughes Kelly and utfictals. I of the Irish Relief Fund were union - 1 iahed and bewildered by the news yeatorday that Great Britain had re lused him permission to discharge hi* nrrand or mercy :n Ireland. As treuaui-er of the In* h Relief Fund he wan en route to Dublin with ISG.OOU. representing the second in-j .stallmeut of the 175.000 fund rained In this country for the relief of per son# In Ireland who had suffered through the recent revolt. Hit* wlf?n who accompanied hluj was Enierance I)e aSUler Du Pin. of Watortown. N. y. Joseph Smith, of Lowell, Mass.. hla assistant. Is a Journalist And lecturer. The first Installment of the fund was taken to Ireland by Messrs. Gill and Murphy. Friends of Mr. Kelly said yesterday that he intended to give more than $100,000 out of his; own pocket to the relief work SEVERAL REAL ESTATt TRANSFERS BEEN HADE Important "Deal* in llirt" Hwordwl ' | on Relator's Boohs liming the ! hn'.i Few Day*. Sew-ral bg real estate transfers have been made in the county re cently, ' The biggest deal that has been carried through wan th? sple of the Ellis farm, lorn ted in the Ransom vllle section of tbp county and Hold by Hnrry McMullan. trustee, to 1 (Anna A. Underwood for SI 0.600. Another sale recorded is that of a tract of land by Jitle Edwards to M. B. Gaskin. The consideration was $100. ^ W. K. Jacobnon and wife sold the property In the rear of the Metho dist district parsonage on west Sec ond street to Eva J Trlckett. If is understood that the amount involv ed was in the neighborhood of ?110l> j C. C I/ee sold a pier#- of property to R L. M Bonner at Aurora The consideration Is not known Ben Smith and wife to I.. R Smith Is another transact ion recorded on the register's books Washington-Beaufort I .and Com pany sold a tract of fifty acres In Pantogo township to Willie Gray Harris The ronsldet atlon is not known m Of BtACI BEEN SENT Reply to Latest British Note Wu lh?p?lched Lost Night. Will Not H* I*ubtti4)txl Until Monday. tBy United Press) TV Ington, July 27. ? The Ainer *? Protesting against the *. olackl'st, was forwarded to oondon taut night, Acting Secretary ?>f State* Polk announced today. 4* the Mime lime, he stated that the President was devoting the entire day to working on 8late department natters. The note will be published Monday morning PRESIDENT SIGNS RIVERS HARBORS BILL ? By United Press) Washington. July 27. ? President Wllnou today signed the Rivera and Harbors bill, appropriating approx imately H?.v00,000 for the contin ual!' w of old projects and starting ttoiiie new ones. GERMANS GET PREPARED FOR BIG ASSAULT i By United Preaa) London. July 27. ? Within a few tlnr*. withstand Germany's moat~powerful counter-attaekB since tlie start of the all'cd offeus'vi*. New positions. out wide of I'nziTen will be the points of nttuok according to military experts. T)if? Germans are securing heavy re inforcements. THK KlHiE o| THK ABVftft" NKW THKATRF. TO.MtiHT "ThP Hdpr of the AIjvbb." featur ing Mary Hnlnnd and Willard Mark, in a Trinn?l*-Kaybee feature in five part*. Those who intend attending tl>^ performance tonight will go to th<*ir l.ornc1 delighted. No h??tt*r nor it ? -?r*? BMrartive picture has y*t been .;eeri i*> Washington. Oji Friday night In ronn^tion Tlth the eleventh epigndf of 'The Iron Claw" the n?an?r"ni*>nt anno' n'-e* a great Tri arir'' Keystone roM^dy entitled "A Suliinai inc Plrnl*" Iti four part*. TM?: if reputed to he the best roni edy now h'-lng pe??n on th?? movie screen. TONICHT y MARY IIOI j AMD and ^ WII.I.ATU) M ACK in 'TIic KIrc of the Ahyw" 5 roH Ti mnirlr-Knyhe* KH I I/A Y *A Siihm?rlnc Plr?t4?" 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