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ZEN. THE WEATmOli ,' LOCAL SHOWEES CanZEN.WANT.-AD3 BEINO EESULTS VOL. XXXII, NO. 280. ASHEVILLE, N. 0, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1916. PEJCE HVE CfcNm Nol Yjit But Soon UNITED STATES ACCEPTS GREAT RAILWAY JUNCTION GENERU CARRANZA'SPLAN TO SOLVE B0RDERPR0BLEM IS CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS' BY AN UNEXPECTED STROKE .. if Consents to Appointment of Commis siopers by Each That Powers of Commission be Enlarged Beyond Mexican WAHHTltOTON, July II. Qenaral urma w iwonnw wuis w inot handed to U ampas a or har teat ins wuoufwn govwrmnwm is prepared to submit t joint lnterr national commission th task of seek ing a solution of botdsr . problems. This proposal of th d facto govsrn meat for a commission la accepted, however, with the suggestion that ths powera of th commlasionere ba larged beyond tba Umtta proposed In tha Mexican not of July IS, : Agreement to tola suggestion la ax- psctsd, and It waa atatad officially to night that fjOi American members would' ba appointed and tha commlt alon ba assembled at som point la the United Bute at an saly date. '. Tnrtaf Not. . Following; U tha fuR tart of Acting SeeretaryXFolk'g note, delivered to EUeeo' ArreHpndo,' Mexican smbaaaa-dor-desIgna.te.'Hfter It bad been ap proved today byPreeldeat Wilson and hla cabinet: . - sir: ,::,. .,.. . i I have tha bono to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of July 11th., last. In which you tran scribe a' not addraaaad to ma by the secretary of foreign relation of your government and to request that you will be (rood enough to transmit to him tha following reply: Mr. Secretary i I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your excellency' note tranamitted under daw of July Uth., by JUc' Eliseo Arredondo, your gov ernment's confidential agent in "Wash ington. Informing me that your ex cellency has received ' Instructions from the eitlsenflrst -chief of th con stitutionalist army charged with the executive power1 of tba union to pro. poee that each of our governments nam three commissioners, who shall hold conference! at some place to BATT1E CHUISEBS 1D j BATTLES! SiEt'OSt ESSEIiTIOu.Sil.'.lilf Both Are Needed to Put the Navy in Best Shape, is Declared. INSTANCES CITED WASHINGTON. July II. Both bat tle cruisers and battleship are as sentlal types to round out the Amort- ' can navy. Is the opinion of Captain W. 8. 81ms, of the United States battle ship Nevada, in a statement made to Secretary DanleU, n response to th latter's request for the naval officer's views In rgrd to tbess types of war vessels sine tha battle between the Germans and British off Jutland. In that fight. It Is said, battl . cruisers bore th brunt of the Grman Bra. Captain Sims, who testified before the congressional naval committees during the preparation of the naval bill, avs his opinion in regard to the bat tleahips haa. not been changed by the North sea nrfit Nothing in the available accounts of the Jutland fight, he says, Justifies any argument sgalnst ths necessity of the battle erulser. - Captain 61ms report dated -July ff, never haa been given out by tha navy department. - Secretary Daniels took exception to some passages in It as nnan to orltlclam On STOunda of neu trality and requested that another ba submitted In Its place. It was made public tonight 1 as , orlgtnaiijr,: tub- n4tAf .......,'.,.. The captain reported that the only surprise regardlnr the North sea fight to naval critic was th extraordinary reeistanc of the battle cruiser wnen -pitted against battleships. The report mvm in nart: , "It mar b quit possible that cer tain essential , features of this battle are feeing euPPreeeeo the reasons oe ing both military and political. In view of this possible, and van prob able, condition, any opinions re ra ra in r the action should be considered coir with extreme reservation. ; : This reservation being elt.ariy understood, the following comments araHHibmltted, based only upon th known essential faots." . t ' ?. BOHAQ SKaVES NOTICE. WASHINGTON, July tSr-enatr SBorah served notice today that " he would carry out his threat to submit the tonmlgratlon bill as an amendment to the Child labor bill unless the democratlo leaders would agree to a separate vote on the former measure at this session. The democratlo caucus determined ast Tuesday night to defer the Immigration bill untfl December. ,-. ' GTVXSr HKAJtCra. ! ! ASTTISQTOS, July 1 PVederlck C. Hwwe," Immigration commissioner at New Torlc, Solicitor .Denemora, of th labor, department and Represen tative Bennett, who recently Intro duced a resolution -asking th secre tary of labor" to report on conditions at the E?lll Island. station, were given hearing today at an executive seenion of the house immigration commrrte. and as a result there war Indications that th resolutions would tabled, j Country But Suggests Proposal be mutually agreed upon and decide forthwith th question relating to the evacuation of, th American lorces now In Mexico, and to draw op and conclude a protocol or agreement-regarding th reciprocal crossing of th frontier by the forces of both coun tries, also to determine the origin of the Incursions to data. In order to fix the- responsibility therefor and defi nitely to settle the difficulties . now pending or thoae which may aria be tween the two countries on account of the same or a similar reason: all of which shall be subject to th approval of both governments. t ', JS Proposal Accepted, ' ,'' j : In reply I hav th honor to state that 1 hav laid your excellency "a not oeror the president, ; and nave re ceived his Instructions to Inform your excellency, that the government of th United States It disposed to accept the firoposal of the Mexican government n the same spirlt-.of frank cordiality In which it I made. This government believes, and suggests, however, that the powers of . the proposed oornniK slon should be enlarged a that- It haooily a solution satisfactory t both governments of the question set forth In your exoellency's ' communication may ba reached, the commission may also consider such other matters the friendly arrangement of which would tend to Improve the relatione of tha o . countries: it being understood that such recommendations as tha commission may make shall not be binding upon the respective govern ments until formally accepted by them. Should this proposal ba accepted by your excellency's government I have the honor to stat that this govern ment will proceed Immediately to ap point Its commissioners and fix, after consultation- with your excellency's government, me time ana piece ana Other' details of me proposea confer ences. Accent. Mr. Secretary, the assur ances Of my highest consideration. FRANK. I rUIK,,- ""' .Acting Secretary of Stat. Production, Transportation ' and Industrial Measures Included. ISSUES STATEMENT , WASHINGTON, July. 18. In mak ing pubMc today a letter from Presi dent Wilson acknowledging receipt of a preliminary report of the new na tional reaearoh council, the white house issued- a statement calling at tentlon to the fact that preparedness does not consist merely of snlarge- ment of the army and navy that th president . has ' given Ms support un reservedly ts measure! looking to th co-ordination of production, trans portation and Industry. The statement follows: : The preeldent has given his unre served endorsement to certain meas ures; not directly related to army and navy, axpansion, which are being tak en in toehalf of national preparedness. Preparedness doe not consist merely in the nlargement of the army and nsjvr but necessitates co-ordination In prod notion, transportation and indus try. A provision of the army appro priation Mil for a council of national defense Is) designed to meet, this re quirement. " This council will consist of tha secretary of state, the secretary of war, tha secretary of the navy, the chief of staff of the army, an officer - Wth navy of th rank of captain, or of-higher rank, and six persons to be appointed by the presidsnt wno shall be authorities on questions re lating to public, utilities, industry or natural rsourcsa" This body will be capable of 'werr great and material ssrvioe to tha gov ernment In the vital matter of tbs nation's eecurlty. Needless to say. men of the tiigrasst quality of pa triotism, and ability will be asked to rve upon K. 'Preparedness: to te sound "and complete, must be solidly baaed en science, in realisation or tnis -raot. the preeldent sometime ago requestsd the National Academy of sciences t form' the- national - raaearch council. That body has been formed and has made a preliminary report. DAMAGE LIGHT. i BRI8TOU Temu-Vs.. July Jl-Llt. tie Creek and Beaver Creek, the . bwo small stream a which left their banks here last night, and flooded much of ths business- section, are normal . to day and the only Indication of their activity is a neavy deposit or muo. The water ; - has receded from the streets by 1 o clock this morning-. Th dsmaars reported is ngnt. All or th families driven from their homes by ths water were able to resume their habitations today. , .-.) lONDON. . July Jt. A Turkish army estimated at .tO,M9 strong, -now Is conoentrated , on th Hungarian plains' - for ' ths defense ' of ' Hungary, says dispatch to the Bxchangs Tele graph company from Lausanne, Swtt serland. . , - " Ths dispatch adds that th Austrian emperor has cone to Budapest, where Inline xclUmat pravni Is.. j , GERMANY'S EXECUTION OF BRITISH SEA CAPTAINWiQUSE&aUCH INDIGNATION AT :tHEMM6M:tdiipnAL and in europe Charged With Attempting to Ram structlons of the British Admiralty A f Trial Captain Fryatl Is Found Guilty as Charged and is Shot-Washington Calls It Brutal. BERLIN, July II. Captain Cnas. Fryatt, of the Great Eastern railway stsamshlp Brussels, convicted yester day by. a' German court-martial at Brugea, Bruasels, of attempting on March 11, 1815, to ram a German submarine ''near th Mass lightship, whsn he dldvnot belong to an armed force, has been executed by shooting; Th Brusssls was captured by German destroyers last month and brought Into Zeebrugge. ' Captalil Fryatt and -the first officer arid the first engineer of the Brus sels received from the British ar antr al ty sold watches for "brave conduct," and ware mentioned In tha hous of commons. (- i , ..:. -'i The submarine, u-lt. according to ui omciai aocouot or tha tnai; nar Us Us PilUili spnunsVnflrf show her nag and to stop, but Cap tain Fryatt did not heed, and It Is alleged, turned at high speed toward tha submarine, whloh sscaped only by diving Immediately several yards be low the surface. Cantaln Fryatt. the official statement aaya, admitted that he had followed the Instructions of t&s British admiralty, sentence was con firmed and the captain was executed and shot for a "Franctlreur art ma against armed German sea forces." ; . Story of Capture. Whsn captured by German torpedo- noata on June II, dap tain Fryatt waa piloting the stsamshlp Brussels from Rotterdam to Tilbury, several Ger man warahins dashsd out of ths naval base at Zeebrurre and escorted the Brussels back to th Belgian' harbor. On board tbe Brussels was an unus ually large umber of Belgian women and children refugees and shs carried an all-Biitlsh crew of forty-four. Dutch newspapers said it was gener ally believed that ths capture of ths Brusssls was brought about by a pas senger who said he was an American, but who was believed to be a Ger man. This man remained, on deck throughout tbe voyage and was said to have made signals with tights with ths result that ths German warships steamed up and halted ths vessel. WASHUVGTOH INDIGJfANT. i ninny's execution of Captain Charles Fryatt. master of the British steam ship Brussels, for an alleged attempt to ram a submarine.' is regaraea in allied Quarters here as a brutal vio lation of International law,, likely to result in prompt retaliatory measures by Great Britain. They contend that If a hostile submarine approached the Brussels It was in street an anacg,. TJIfllFF COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE EUROPEAN TRIP .' i ' Will Study Effect of the War r on Industrial and Trade Relations. WASHTNOTON'. ' July 18. On of ths first tasks assigned to th tana commission to n created by uie pend ing revenue bill may be a tour of European-countries, Including the bel ligerents," to' study the effect of the war on Industrial and trade relations of ths United States and to report particularly.'infbrmatlon whloh might aid In the adjustment of tariff duties to mset conditions Hkety to follow the restoration of peace, v . ; V Administration officials let ' it be known that the plan to send the pro posed 'commission abroad ' was being seriously considered In making public today a letter from' President Wilson to Samuel M. Hastings, of Chicago, president of the Illinois Manufacture era' association. In reply to a telegram from th association suggesting that a special commission b appointed to visH all foreign nations to investigate economic conditions and trads oppor tunities. Ths president said whether the moment. to act upon the sugges tion wss opportune was open to seri ous question but that when ctaroutn stsnoes Justified It h -Intended to take advantage of tbe revenue bill's pro vision for Investigation br tha-larlfl ym mlaaloni , ; . .. ... 1-7-71 i German Submarine, Captain smd Cantaln Fryatt In making a counter-attack by. attempting to ram sub jected .himself only to treatment as a prisoner- or .war in event ox. capture. Th -United- States ' government ts interested, la the Incident nd What may .follow It, particularly, because of the hearing It mat have noon the dif ficult problem lnr olved In submarine warfare whloh th past have brought the country to the brink of war .because Jlt.laj icharged with the care. of interests et prisoners on both side r Reprisals frr the allies. It . Is feared, might be followed by a change in the uer man - submarine policy, which has been satisfactory to the UnHsd States sine fths Hast assur ances: that merchant ships would not b attsoksw entbarar Warning or with - Out" provision- tot atwsty of paanngara and crewa ABthorlttes.Agre. . - Authorltias - on international taw agree that the Justice or Injustlcs of ths shooting - of - Captain -Fryatt de pends entirely upon th-circumstances under which h beaded- his vessel for ths submarine, - If the -submarine at tacked or was about to- attack him, ha had th right to- counter-attack; if he was seeking out-an-enemy ves sel for attack; hs -placed himself In th ' class ot a - criminal .subject to summary execution upon capture, Th question . Involved la this case has been clouded bv. th belligerent charges and counterrohargss concern ing the conduct. of sufctnatiti werfar and ths allied efforts to . exterminate tha German . submarines. . Germany claims British . merchant ships have orders from the admiralty to ram any submarine sighted and that the' mas ters of ships carrying out such or ders are pirates. - Officials hsrs pom out that th United States has taken the position that th master of any merchant v ea sel who sees a submerin approach ing has, from the very nature el ui submarine method of ''warfare, th right to presume that he is about to be attacked. Consequently, it is ar gued, be has th right an turn to fore stall that attack by himself ramming or flring to defend blmeelf. NEWS AT WMTDOW. LONDON, July I. -News of the execution of Captain . Fryatt, of th British steamer Brussels caused a painful Impression at th British for eign office. Under th instructions of Viscount Grey, the foreign secretary, a not was dlsostcnsd immediately to ths American embassy requesting that Jas. W. Gerard, ths Asnerioan ; am WILKES COUNTY CUT OFF FROM WORLD ELEVEN DAYS Over $3,000,000 Damage Done, Letter to Congress- WAfifrtNOTOK, July" il.-Th re cent flood in Wilkes county, North Carolina, cut tbe Inhabitants off from the outside world eleven days and caused damage of ,000,000,- J. W. Church, of Summit, N. C, wrote Rep resentative Church, of California, hare, today. - ', y., Mr. Church, who lives twenty -miles from ' th bom of Representative Dough ton, of North Carolina, said th flood was th "first calamity to visit th peopls of Western North Caro- Hu'' anj "nn.ll lupaeka littvm. n-r- Hna" and are' and swept away dwellings and store. ?. r- - ;.'? - - ,''.-. A littl famln will b experlenoed among the people if relief Is not for warded soon, h wrote. . " ' - . RprsntaUv Doughton. who re turned from-, the .. flooded districts of his state today, told hid collsas-ues wnolo aids of mountains ware wash ed away, by 'the floods and that th situation Im deplorable. , . . LEOICARD WHIPS WELSH. KB' T0B3C. " July " lr Benwr lonard outfought FradVdr Walsh, th lightweight cnamfrtont in - eight round of a tn-rwd bout la Brookv Fryatt Said That He Followed In bassador at Berlin, procure eompUU oetaiis of the affair. Th first Intimation of ths trial of Captain Fryatt was called to ths at tention of the foreign office by press reports on July II to ths effect that hs was to be tried as ths result of finding on him a watch containing an inscription reciting his efforts' In attempting to ram a German subma rine. ....,' . From inquiries made of the owners of ths ' steamship Wrexham, whloh Captain Fryatt commanded when th alleged Incident took place, the for eign offle learned ths captain had witn mm nsitner a watcn nor a lat ter to th affect that hs had attempt- ad to ram a sub marl ns with him whan as was capturso.- Tsererore omciais here stat, th charge must hav been based on press reports. Whsn the news that Casrtain Fryatt was to be tried was reoeivea to tor elgn office immediately sent a not to th American ambassador. Walter H. Page, requesting that American diplo matic rspreaentatlves take all neces sary steps to provide for- his defense. calling attention to the fact that ths wrexnam a act in. steering toward tne submarine and forcing her to dive was essentially defensive and precisely the same is If ghs had uaed the defensive arm whloh th United States and Great Britain bold to b an undoubted right. , , Trial Hurtled. No reply was received from Am bsssador Gerard, but th foreign of- flo Is convinced he aotsd with hi usual promptitude. Therefore, K Is their theory that the trial and ex tion of Captain Ftvatt was harried even mors than In th ess of Miss Edith Cavsu. ' Besides ' the original Inquiry the foreign office sent two other notes to Ambassador Oirard. Discussing ths case with th Aseo dated Press, Baron Newton, under' secretary for foreign affairs, who dur. ing- ths conversation was summoned to Foreign Secretary Or ey's office for a conference on the subject, saldi. "On the face of the details of th report as received by us tbe exsou tion of Captain Fryatt seems to be worse than th Oavsii case. It ts an extremely gravs incident,' th import ance of which It would be difficult to exaggerate. It must b born la mend that whan the alleged ramming took ?ilac German : submarines were st acking merchant ships without ny warning whatsoever." F.TIflll Tug is to Tow Deutschland to the Capes When' It . " i ..-.... .... Leaves. i ; BAlTIMORBX July II. An extra today went aboard ths tuar Thomas F. Tknsnrns, which Is to tow ths submarine Deutschland to th capes. Afterward a conference was held on tbe tug by Oaptaln Paul Koe- nlg. - tne Deutschland s commander. Captain Frederick Klnsch. of th North Oerman tAoyd steamer Neokar and Captain . aaoh. Cullison, of th vugooax. - 1 "A Pilot was reported to have ar rived at the Deuteoh land's pier about ths time ths extra own went on ths Ttontnins, but officers of th Maryland Pilots' association said no pilot had been sunotlsd ths submarine "a vet ' and that none so far had been requisi tioned. ..:'.-t ;i..s'.. J'..'-vS-.-.-. Testing of the submsrst&le's ngines continued today., OERHAK STRONGHOLDS' TAKEN. . 1OND0N, July J l-Thk last Ger man strongholds In . LongueVl havs been captured by the British sroops, according to th official statemewt given out tonight by th war ofnc. BaooMo-haad fighting " continued throuslsout th day In th vlotnlts A ?onietsv4o4ltXRnRirai - Was Believed That hustriahs XVould Re tain Brody at 'AH-CostKhoih'er Roufe to Lemberg Open British - Continue Successful Progress... ; .. 'ir' v IxyWDOW, Jory M.-rodT, great ralrway junotlon, la Oaltol, flfty-etght roll northeast of Lssnberg, whkjJ It was expsoted the Austrian troop would retain at aft costs, na -been captured by the oner's forces In a new and unexpected stroke administered by the Russians. The fJUnc of, this Important town, it is believed, may lead to the capture of Lamberg, It self. News ot th fall of Brody ts coincident wtth reports' that th Somm battl Is continuing successful ly for British forces under General Sir Douglas Halg. Whole Front Broken The Russians, aooordlns- to a ssmort from ystrogrsd, also hav broken th Whols AuaCro -German front west of Laitsk. In this suocss they are r ponea to nave captured two generals, 1,00s prlsonsrs and forty-six suns. Ths fall of Brody is a serious threat to Lembanr and th rapid and suo. eesstul advance of General sakharoini forces menace ths whole Austro Oerman line of communications flrom ths north to tbs south. . liesnbesw Mora Important. For the present Kovel Welds in im. portano to Xsmvbere;, The positions on this portion or the Russian front asms to be that General Kaledlnes, having dirwan General . von Iinsen gen's west wing behind the Stokhod river, haa suspended his advance to ward . Kovel and is holding ,up ths great Teutonic forces there, while General Salcharoff is pressing on to ward Iemberg, whloh as defended by the tores, ot Gnrl Boehm-Ur-molli. ''' " Petrograd correapondants attrfbuta th suocsssss over th Austro-Gsr mans almost entire ry to th i ever whelming ly supsriorllQr of th Rus sian artillery and Russia's apparently endless supplies or ememinltlon. : s British ri ngresslivf . 4 Tonight official report ot th Brit. tab. war offios shows that the British are continuing their ejuooaeeful prog ress. -.Ths whole of Xongueval now la In their hands as well as ths DsiWlls wood, from which they drove th Finn Brandsnourg aivMon. Ths final character of Delvlll wood is very gratifying- to the British peo ple. It was. first taken July IT. but was afterward abandoned; For many flairs ths wood and the villas of Longueval ha been th evens f some of the heaviest fighting of th whole TUs TpcsssBtotlbr, tJfcT wooar and Longusval Is : expected ' to fadUtata greatly the further progress; of th rranco-Bntisn roroen , - i, . Drivlns; forward at two points less than Mxty mflee apart, Russian foncea have captured Brody in, unuota ana have broken the Auetro-German first line sreat of Lutk In Volhynia, sc- ;ht L CHARGE OF ROOD RELIEF WORK Is . Delighted 1 With Spirit Manifested by North Carolinians. PRAISES ASHEVILLE RAXuXlGH. July tl. Traveling lid tnllee to gat from Ashevllle to Ba- leich. Governor Craig arrived Bits at' tsrnoon and took Personal charg of th relief work for flood sufrerere. In a statement commending th work of th aeneral committee, snd liberality of th people, the governor says 'th dsmsmds for relief in many sections ar great and imperative and funds badly needed and "we must continue to call earnestly upon an tne people of th stats with unfaltering raitn that thtt call will meet wtth genuine resoonse." ' ' t Ashsuills, Governor Crels says, in ths statement, haa acted heroically for the relief of sufferers In that section. and Henderaonvllle cared for sufferers In the Bat Cave and Chimney KocK sections, but there are sections tnat cannot provide for themselves, says th governor and uie wnois . suu seem to b coming gladly to thslr relief. He Is delighted that North Carolina loyalty Is not diminished by removal to otner states as sviaenoea bv sreat numbers of checks oming from former North Carolinians. Us savs ths spirit manifested in and out of the?stat inspires a reeling or ex altation in every man who loves the stats and believes in th,obiUty..f Bar oitlsenshvp..--; ..-! ; - "Flood has visited, som cormm-uni- tiss - with financial ruin,"" tn state- mmnt ot th sovsrnor says in con elusion. . "but It has called forth th highest ssntlmsnts or numamiy wnose ralue cannot be estimated In dollars." th rfhajrman or tn arenerai oom mlttee dcvoolted ' ever $7 ,0o a- re-1 Asinta for' Wednesday and Thursday and th funds are now arouna u,uuv. Much clothing is sing sut ana oi fere have ba accepted to glv sup plies where money; I not aval law. IX y. luooper. ntnaenwn, ana . . Ussetl. New .Bern, .s .added, to. th jnsnsral committee. A letter from Taylorsvine sajys thr ar at' least lfrd needy - Taiiuiiee m.umt awwiou, .. . .- !.i -.:vv, j ' ' TWO MORE COMPANIES. nATiEnoH. " Juhr it. It waa stated at o flics of ths adjutant general this afternoon that It I th purpose of ths war department to hav th two engineering companies being formed for this state - at Wilmington , 'and Charlotte mobilised at Camp Glenn vrttK- tha other national rnard troop. oordlng to th .latest Jtpsafan cfftolafu communication. . Ths success In Vothynla. whfl also ' a tnenaoe to Lssnberg should General von Ldnslngen be able to withstand, ' the Russian attsse, which Petrograd reports are oontlnulngv thrsatena th stronghold ot Vladimir-Volynskl and ' makes mors insecure the, Austro-QesV ' . man. hold, on Kovsl. : ', t Brrush troops north ef the Somrae . in France hav succeeded in occupy '' Ing the whols of Longusval against a ' stubborn dsfence hr th Germans. ' Thslr 'march toward Bapaums also ' has been aided by th reoocupattlon of, the petvlll wood. On the front held by th French no fighting In th Somm region Is re1 ported by Paris. In th Vosgss, how ever, the Germane have attempted to break th French line. In n at task south of Saint Marl Pass th. Germans gained foothold In French; -positions but were driven out, Pari , says, i A- ssoond attack was broken, up. ,'.. .. j -.. , ' .: . ., -r,-' Ths French bar mad sorn prog : reaa to th west of the Thlaumont work on the right bank of th Meuae. In a naval battle between several German submarines and three Brit ish patrol boats oil th ooast of Scot-,' land, Berlin reports th sinking ot en ' Of ths British veeeele. It adds that th other two "patrol boats are sup-.. . posed to have been sunk. ' London', says that in a raid by a German sub marina on a fleet of British fishing vessels, sight ot th vessel were gunk. IArastrjpg RATO BBTTAiw LONDON, July II, Oerman air--ihipa raided the east coast of Eng-. land early this morning, according td an official statement lust issued. " "Ths number of raiders," says 'the) statement, "has not yet been as tab-, llshed. Th reports as. to ths raiders! . crossing ths ooast com from Tork shlre and Uneolnehlra. Bombs war dropped, hut detalla ar lacking." ' RTTfWMJffl TAKE BRODT. ' PETROGRAD. Julv 21. (Via Lofu. don, July 11.) The Russian hav oo cuplsd th Important railroad June, tion of Brody, fifty-lgbt mile north, sent of Lemberg, In GaMcie; broken through the entire first lins of the Tsutonie alllss went vot Lutsk 1 and driven th Austro -Oerman forces from the line of the rivers Blonevka- and Boldurovka, southern , VolhytaiaJ ac cording to- ths flVlal onmnvanlcetlon issued tonight by - th war oMce. Heavy casualties were Infixed on t ' AustrQ-Germans, .morv.t)ian.-. g.Ou j man ware token prieoner and a large number ot gun war captured. ,, NOTHTWG KNOWN OF REPORT. HALIFAX, N. .. Julv II. No thin Is known hers of ths report from New xorg tnajt. tne German, sutveea liner) Bremen has been captured by Br mm warships and brought to this harbon. INSPECTING . FLOODED SECTIONS WIEfrCF Health of People in Etriclred , , Eegions. Is yiost Ira- r , portant." PLAITS PERFECTED I tTPENCEJR. N. C. Julv it:mt it vis w qf sspurtng ths best possible sanU. tary oondiuona in tha flooded dlatrtats tn Western North Carolina, especially along th 11ns of ths Southern raftway and Catawba river, Dr. W. S. Rankin, of Raleigh, eeoretary of th stetsl board of health, and Dr. W. A. A. Ap- plegate, of Washington, chief surgeonl for the' Southern Railway comnanvj today completed an inspection of th territory-, between Catawba, th east, srn boundary Una of the flood, and Old Fort, the most westerly point that -they coujd teach "this ' week. They were oonesrnsd chiefly.- about th health ef ths people rather than thai extent of the damage by the high) water. Beside the oitlsena residing lnuthe section so hard bit by fclgh, waters, Dra, Rankin and Aipplegatei found about 1,000 workmen In scores) of camps along the line of tn Ashs-4 . vlU division of the Southern between , Catawba and OM Fort, housed in tent and with from ten to too men in a samp. Th. investigating oommltte nad been sent at th instigation ot th Southern railway, which realises that I It is important to preserve the healthv of these workmen and thereby sfiabl , taem. to perform the great task -of re ' nuuaing tn railroad for tns benefit of i th public. Speaking further of th: matter. Dr. Rankin stated that if measure recommended and ' decided, . upon are enforced, -there will be no; ' great danger in the flooded district! -All camps, hv been placed under thi . Immediate oharge of Dr. . Ashewortb: sf Marion, 'and will be provided Witt pure drinking water ana pure eannef nrlak, all thev men wil be vaccft . natsd against typhoid, ..All cooks af required to dip their hands Ir. an anU -ssptlo solution provided for th pu pose, and shower. - baths have b nrpvided In the carmps. In compari with towns and oitlee of the state. I Rankin says, tn camn oondRions a better than ninety per cent of t: r munlolpklitiaa. It is said that Ja h Frost, will find the thousand or moiv men still rvt work rebuilding ths rail . read tracts that- are washed - aw: Jongrhts Una. , ; V- - THIS WEATHITRV - - t WASHTNGTON. July IS. Tyre-si for North Carolina: Local thundor showers Saturday: Ifurflay rrhal '