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WENSIVE
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY. AUGUST 8, 1916.
OF
HE RUSSIANS
BEING PUSHED
DISTRIBUTING
AND CLOTHING TO
FLOOD SUFFERERS
FOOD PETITION IS FILED APPEAL IS
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 YEAR
GOING AHEAD
THE NORTHERN
ART OF GALICIA
km
Forward Push in That
Carrying lhem
loser to; Lemburg.
Russians are pressing their '
ve against the Teutonic al-
northern Galicia, south ot
Pctrograd today reports
advances with the capture .
ongly foriniea posu-ions
r.eGraberta river.
Russian forward push In
dor, is not only bringing
:loser to Lemburg, but is
out as likely to seriously.
fj the entire Austrian front
be Stripa to tho south,
js rapidly being outflanked.
fighting continues on the
h front in the veraun re-
Parfs reports the Germans
letn entirely unsuccessful in
ifforta to regain ground lost
French offensive last week.
ck on the Theamont woods
bken up by the artillery and
;e$Tins. -
he Somme region today's
lutement reports only ariil-
tivliy, which was Intense
tallies, north ot the riv-
i reports of the fighting ;
the Suez canal show a ,
ig defeat for the Turks,-,
rsaid to have lost one--
of 'their men, who num-i
1.00. The British took over
rUoners. They are pursu-
Turks, who already have
H.ven IS miles Into the des
man East Africa the Brit-:
e driven the Germans be- ,
? central railway lines bl-
the positions, thus press-
pi into a narrow area, on
r side of which Portuguese
Ire operating. London dis-
report Premier Louis Bo-
Ihe I'nion of South Africa,
scene in anticipation that
pration of depriving the
p of their last colonial pos-
wiii soon be accomplished.
COLONEL GILMER
TS
INSPEC
FIRS
T
Much Attention Paid to Kitchens
Soldiers Are Saving Their
Money Camp Notes.
(By t'APT. W. E. CHRISTIAN)
Camp Glenn, Morehead City, Aug.
,7. Lieutenant Colonel Gilmer made
his first inspection this forenoon. He
was . accompanied by Major Norris,
chief surgeon of the regiment. Special
attention was given kitchens and
mess halls.
The colonel plans daily rigorous in
spections, insisting on perfect cleanli
ness and fly protection. He is silent,
watchful, minute and frank.
There were one hundred and eigh
teen applications Dy married men for
Mr. P. O. Leak, who is at the head
of the Wilkes county department of
the Winston-Salem Flood Relief Com
mittee, together with Messrs. Clint
Wharton and John Sterling, who have
been in that county distributing food
and clothing to the needy, have re
turned, Mr. Leak arriving Saturday
night and Messrs. Wharton and Ster
ling coming in Sunday night.
Mr. Leak had charge of tho general
distributing and perfecting of the ar
rangements, while the other two mem
bers of the party, in company with
Mr. C. E. Jenkins, of North Wilkes
boro. were stationed some fifteen miles
northwest of Wilkesboro, in the Red
dles River section, at which place they
established a base from which sun-
plies were distributed to those in actual
need of the necessities of life. This
base was known as Camp No. 1. An
other base was established somewhere
up the Roaring river, it being In
charge of Mr. C. A. Dobbins and Mr.
Myers, of North Wilkesboro. This
last camp is still distributing food and
clothing and will hardly close before
Wednesday night.
Both "the camps were situated Just
as far back in the mountains as wai
accessible for travel, and were com
pletely shut off from the outside world
discharges in the First Regiment. ' except by an almost impassable road
i ne nignest was Gastonia with 20; behind them leading Into North Wilkes
the lowest was Concord with four. boro.
Cautain, Wooten says not a man The report of Messrs. Wharton and
was absent from roll call after pay I Sterling, which was submitted to Mr.
day. He regards this unusual. The j Leak today, shows y-.at. one hundred
men are saving money, banking it or j and thirty-three families were provided
telegraphing it home. One man from
Forsyth sent home twenty-five dollars
out of his twenty-nine dollars and for
ty cents.
Thirty-four men of the Gastonia
company turned over to the captain
four hundred and fifty dollars. Many
others telegraphed the money home.
The Second and Third Regiments
get their money tomorrow, about
eight thousand, dollars.
A reception at the Atlantic Hotel
tonight for General Young will be
one of large and brilliant proportions.
Tomorrow a farewell parade to the
United States officer here will be
given.
Lieutenant Beck is on the target
rang, instructing the Second Regi
ment,
gin.
FROM THE HEAT
WAVE IS EXPECTED
pon, Aug. 7. Showers to-
omorrow over much of the
t of the Mississippi are
pon to bring some meas
lef from' the heat wave.
of high pressure continued
P warmth from the South
however, and no marked
imperatures forecasted. Very
er prevails over the upper
i vaney. the Ohio valley
ase region.
'
ERICANS ON THE
!P THAT WAS SUNK.
1 (via Paris), Aug. 7.
"ere no Americans on T-
jWie Italian steamer Le-
wnich wat sunk bv a tub.
'n the Mediterranean
F with heavv loaa of
with rations, and clothing, to a certain
extent. These 133 families represent
ed a total of 663 persons. They dis
tributed somewhere in the neighbor
hood of 7.000 pounds of rations.
This committee also sent to Win-ston-Salem
eighteen parties who lost
all they had in the flood and found it
Imperative that they seek other fields
of work. There is no work for the
people in this section, all the
lumber interests were destroyed. The
committee reports that a large num
ber of people in the Reddles river sec
tion have gone across the mountains
into Ashe to work on a new railroad.
The Winston-Salem committee did. not
go" into Wilkes : section in an ort to
induce people to leave the county, but
Tomorrow the Third will, be- j simply offered those who are without
work or means oi support a job if they
wished to avail themselves ot the op
portunity. The! very best people In
that section state that they realize the
situation that confronts a majority of
the day-labor class in that section and
realize that they musi seek other fields
or starve.'
Letter Sent Last Week.
The following letter, sent by Mr.
Sterling, a member of The Sentinel
staff, was mailed last Thursday, but
owing to the fact that the roads are
practically all gone, and the malls
very irregular, it did not reach Winston-Salem
until Saturday night:
Headquarters Winston-Salem Flood
Relief Committee, Camp No. 1, 14
miles northwest of Wilkesboro, Aug.
3. The committee, sent out by the
FOR BETTER SCHOOL
ACCOMMODATIONS
The Board of Education of Forsyth
county had so much business to at
tend to at its regular monthly meet-
ng Monday morning that the members
MAD
COUNTY FATHERS
FO
were forced to reconvene after lunch i ferlng
The commissioners of Forsyth were
in . session at the courthouse today.
In session at the courthouse Monday
With allowiK accou..-.s and orderin
temporary aid in extreme cases of suf-
E TOlOVERMAW SAYS THirn .
m m w ys mw
LABOR LEGISLATION
IS A STATE MATTER
MORE TYPHOID FEVER
IN COUNTY THIS YEAR
Dr. E. F. Strickland states that
there is more typhoid fever in the
county this summer than has been in
evidence for some years. He accounts
for it in the excessive rains which
have polluted wells tnroughout the
county, and caused pools of water to
stand stagnant in the lowlands. His
report to the . county commissioners
today stated that there is increasing
interest in the typhoid and hookworm
dispensaries, though the attendance
Should, be much larger than it has
been. Thirty-two cases of communi
cable diseases were reported during
the month. Twenty-four of these were Winston-Salem Flood Relief Commit-
typhoid cases, three diphtheria, one j tee, to distribute food and .clothing
scarlet fever, two whooping cough j to the families In actual need in this
and two measles. Last month there section, has established headquart
were only fifteen cases of typhoid j ers in an old shack at this point. The
fever, but the total of contagious dis- committee arrived yesterday after
eases reported for June was four noon and the two four-horse wagons
more than reported during July. i got tn jUSt before night.
In commenting Dr. Strickland calls ; Tne roads are in terrible condition,
attention to the fact that the majority -ln some places the old roadbed is
of the cases of typhoid fever are in : completely gone. In other places
Centerville, and they are credited to j tnere nave been slides that have com
the open wells and old style well pietely blocked the roads, while every
buckets that are harfdled with the ; foot of tne roa( from North Wilkes
hands in emptying. j boro is mud. oftentimes the vehicles
He reports the health of the insti- j bem buried up to the 'axles. Along
tutions good. There-are 68 inmates , the jefferson turnpike,, which follows
at the county home. 44 in the county , tne Dank of tne rlverj tnere is a thick
jail and 20 in the reformatory. j C0(nt or black mud that almost bars
! all travel even on horseback. Just
MR. J. L. CRITZ Dibs below our camp, where the road fol
AFTER LONG .ILLNESS iowg a cliff on one side and the river
j at the bottom, there is a very threat
Mr. J. L. Critz, after a long Illness, j ening overhanding of rock, trees and
passed a way at 5: 30 Sunday afternoon Mrth which lg llkely t0 ran at ftny
at the home of his father, Mr. Joseph i monie-t An travelers along the road
for a few hours. As the time for the
opening of the schools of the county
draws nearer, the work of the mem
bers of the board becomes harder and
it 1b expected ' that .these afternoon
sessions will have to be called for the
next several months.
Mr. W. E.-Franklin, representing a
number of citizens of the Panhandle
section east ot Salem, appeared be
fore the board and presented a peti
tion asking for better school accom
modations. The people of thla sec
tion have a school district, but no
school. 'Their children have had to
go to Crews or Guthrie schools since
the corporation limits were extended
and the East Salem school brought
wltriin them. -
The Crews school is three miles or
more from the district, while the
Guthrie school is at least five miles
from the nearest house In the Pan
handle section. ''.
It was suggested that an erfort be
made to have the city1 deed the county
a lot in this district for a school site
and a called meeting of the board, to
gether with representatives of the
city, will be held in the office of Su
perintendent Speas next Monday
morning.
The matter relating to the protest
filed by the residents of the Good
Will section was left just as things
now stand, in order that the citizens of
the Good Will and Linville comma-1
nities might have a chance to "get to-!
gether" on the proposition. There were 1
a large , number of school patrons i
present from both districts this morn- j
ing. i
It seems that the board talked-some
months ago of consolidating the Lin
ville and Good Will districts, At that
time there was no protest forthcom
ing from the latter section but now
there is. (
A representative from the colored
school in District No. 1, Broadbay
township, - was present this morning
and asked that the board build a new
achoolhouae in hla: section. He stated
that the present bujldlng was in rath,
er b dilapidated condition and thntrlt
was not possible to use the present
building for another year unless re-4
pairs were made.
The board can purchase a hair-acro
A striking Instance was prebented
to the board by Mrs. Giersch, of the
6outnsioe Associated Charities. One
family in which an entire family of
six, witn wnom two grandchildren
are also making their home, have been
stricken : with ; typhoid fever. Two
daughters, the reliance ot the family
for support, have been patients at the
city hospital for six and four weeks,
reaped Ively, they having been ordered
there hen the mother, the last one of
the family, was stricken. The organ
ization of ladies of Southside, uitder
the direction of Mrs. Giersch, has been
caring for then). They secured re
lease from the house rent for the tam
ily until they are able to work again.
an-l other donations were made to aid
In supplying food and medicine. How
ever, there is an account of more than
fll'O standing against the ladies, and
the attending physician states that It
will be a nionth or two before any of
the family will be able to work again
and ear. a livelihood. The corumls
sloners made an appropriation to apply
on the overdue account, and ordered
five dollars a month temporary aid for
two or three months.
Several matters of minor import'
ance were discussed at the morning
session. This afternoon juries tor two
terms of court were drawn.:
ANTI-TYPHOID TREATMENT.
IS TO BE ADMINI8TERED.
For the convenience of cltl.
rens of Flat Rook, Pleasant
..Fork and Frledburg communi
ties, I will administer antl-ty-phold
treatment at the residence
of W. B. Stafford, on August 8,
15 and 22, from 9 to 12 a. m.
E. F. STRICKLAND, M. D.,
County Health Officer.
PLANS FOR CONCRETE
BRIDGE APPROVED
The plans tor the concrete ttrldg
to be constructed over the- Southern
Railway tracks on North Liberty
street have been approved by the
!C!L Z?V gT to proceed th.
sum and the patrons of the school
think that tbey will be able to raise
$200 In addition to helping considera
bly in the work. .
A new one-room building was or
dered ejected in District No. 2, color
ed, South Fork township. Work will
be begun at once.
Before adjourning , for lunch the
board appropriated $200 to the Ker
nersvllle graded school.
PRIVATE BACON SHOOTS
HIMSELF AT CAMP GLENN
Camo Glenn, Aug. 7. Lying across
his cot, rifle between his knees and
brains oozing from a gaptng ouiiet
wound in his head, Private Lydall
Bacon, Company C. Third Infantry,
Henderson, was found In his tent yes
terday. DromDtly and directly after a
rifle shot was heard within. He lived
for more than an hour. Suicide was
the verdict. General Laurence Young,
called to the scene after the shooting,
made a complete investigation.. He
then notified the county authorities
who informed him that under the cir
cumstances there was no need of an
inquest by the coroner.
work at an early date. The officials
of the Southern Railway and the
Southern Public Utilities Company
will confer the last of this week as to
the participation of both companies
in the cost of the structure. President
Z. V. Taylor, of the street railway
l company, was in the city Friday
night and stated that there would be
no hitch between the companies, and
that the work would proceed. The
plans are In accordance with those
suggested by the ' special committee
appointed by the board of aldermen,
the committee having secured v the
plans from the city engineering de
partment. They were prepared in de
tail by Mr. Firth at the request of the
committee. , ' '
MEETING HELD BY jCONTENDS THAT I
FARM LOAN BOARD CONGRESS LACKS
! THE AUTHORITY
Initial Session for the Working
Out of Plans for Rural
Credit System.
Washington, Aug. 7. The new fed
eral farm loan board met for the first
time today to work out plans for a
land bank credit system as provided
for by the act ot congress.
The first work of the board, after
effecting organization, will be to di
vide the country Into 12 federal land
bank districts. Before this is done
the board will hold hearings in var
ious parts ot the country to get the
views of the farmers on the question.
The board had before It today a
list of 40 cities which have applied
or been recommended for banks. It
is expected that the claims ot these
and other cities will be presented
during the hearings.
Named as Commissioner.
Washington, Aug. 7, George Norris,
of Philadelphia, was designated by
President Wilson today as farm loan
commissioner, executive head of the
farm loan bank system created by the
new local credits act,
MRS. HENDRICKS DIES
IN DAVIE COUNTY
Crifz, at Critz, va., nis as
about 35 years. Mr. Critz was a resi
dent of Winston-Salem for a number
of vears. He served one .. -
member of the board of aldermen and
M WHO FOLLOWED
f ILLED BY RATTLER
Aug. 7.-- Dock Belcher.
' with If's cavalry in tho
'""em a battle slnglehamN
rattlesnake at his home In.
' nl die,l a short whlH
the WounHa ha muuIvb
fs the snake.
frn, who was 79 years of
' rattle of the angered
e grass. H nnlnklv l
M eizing a stick tried to
ri)e snake, however.suc
"nkin him three times
1 hai"l in which he held
out Belch m rilnail
M' ntil he had killed it.
''"tea towards his house
fell when h. on-. .
lo ladies passing in the
pass this place with apprehension, as
each one fears that his horse's hoof
might serve as a jar to start these
great rocks and tons of earth a-mov-
i ant-h rasa it means it will car-
uu n hirh esteem by all who ' ' -,hinff hefnre it into the river
knew him. His health began to fall Qr cover u with tong of earth. (Later
more than a vear ago, forcing him to there were three sMdes at this place
retire from business. His home was . wnUe the commjttee were at their
on North Liberty street. - i base a hair mile beyond, but the com-
A few months ago, accompanied by mittee nad eacn 0f these slides clear
his wife and daughter, he went to , e(J g0 that travel coul(i proceed. Late
Critz Va . hoping that the change of , Saturday night, however, after the
climate would prove beneficial to his . wlngton parties had passed by, they
health He was under the care of a were )nformed that ths whole thing
nhvsic'ian in the sanitarium at Critz , g,ld off compietely Barring the road,
for several weeks. ' 1 It will require much blasting to clear
Besides the wife and daughter, Mr. j ,hlg gmaU gtretcn of road before
Pritz is survived by a number of otn- j trayel can proceed further.
r relatives and a host of friends who i The committee s headquarters con
S death. i.ist of an old building some 30x15
. i feet with two doors. There are no
WHITE MAN KILLED BY .lndow(, and a lantern furnishes the
TRAIN IN GREENSBORO ; neceggary Hght. Across one door
Greensboro. Aug. 7.-An unldentf. g of p,ank were naiied to keep
fled mm was killed on train No 12 or . lntruderg out wnUe a big box at the
the Southern Railway n" other serves the double purpose of
yards about 10 minutes of 12 o clock ube n(J counter. The applicant
last night. The head of the man, wno t0 th)t door. where his
was described s apparently "a typi-, thoroly investigated. The
cal hobo" by the undertaker who had ,Ueei harlng visited this section
:. -nmhed and he Uvea , ...-j the actual con-
a,m IMne dn .nrf i..... " .", ..T-.,.h.d and he Uvea ' Z th artnal con-
L as neariy oad bl" ionlv a minute or so after being in- of many of the fammeg, has a
jured. The man was saia to , pretty fair outline on the condition
riding the "blind baggage, being PJ f. J famUy Th0M
tloned between the mail and Uggage haTe bee personally tn-
We suppose ,-kln, ; vestigated are requ.reu
strength, to relate the
' nl fight with th ..v.
Inm.. ""-"t.
L, v na'tened to his home
, A ? - lug mail cars. w e uiin- - , ln.un, vestlgBiea ro
ay thev fonnrt th. ! m.d. taking UP the slack in ine who are in abaolute
out oi tea
people of this section are In need, but
not all of them are actually suffer
ing yet, and It Ib the real sufferers
who must be fed and clothed on this
trip. .
Camp No. 1 is situated right on the
bank of the north prong ot the river,
and is the most accessible point for
the people residing on the three dif
ferent forks of the Reddies river.
There are no bridges left and part
ies have to ford the stream either
on horse or afoot. The river at this
point is not very deep, but quite
swift. The committee sleeps in a lit
tle shack so close to the river that
the water runs under what Is left of
the back porch. There are only three
rooms to this house, and In addition
to the committee of three, there are
five others domiciled in the house.
Rasin. the family at six, the fol
lowing Is the ration supply issued:
The following Jurors were drawn t.
day for Forsyth county court which
will convene September 4:
J. O. Davis, S .A. Hutchlns, F. A.
George, C. L. Glenn, of the first wara ,
R. N. Booie, Vienna township; W. 3.
Mustain, Kernersville township; Rob
ert Styers, W. H. Endsley, Old Town,
J. W. Hartman, Winston; John Lee, J
H. Shouse, Middle Fork township; W.
T. R'iarly, second ward ; J. A. Helsa
beck, Bethanla township; B. C, Boger,"
third ward;; D. R. Stafford, Abbott's
Creek townshlpp.
SUPERIOR COURT
Saturday was largely attended. V. O. j . , ,. .,..' , ...
Belton, now deputy sheriff, was noml- r&V &r)? mS
naten lor snerui, b. u. . d w denhall, H. T. Boner, H. C. Kreeger,
nominated for regmier of deeds and , w u r' D.vi. ,v n
J. 8. Patterson for treasurer. J! Ziflar' flmaV' .Th.-JJ
SURRY COUNTY REPUBLICANS
NOMINATE COMPLETE TICKET.
Mrs. Monroe Hendricks, one of
Davie county's oldest citizens and
most highly esteemed women, died at
her home near Cana Sunday mornlrg
at 4 o'clock. The deceased h.'d been
In declining health for the past two
years, gradually getting weaker. On
last Monday her condition becaaio
alarming and, the family was called
to her bedside, remaining with her tin
til .the' end came. Her age was 74
years. Beeliles her aged husband. she
is. survived by three daughters and
three sons, Mrs.- C. L. Bugby, Airs.
Sam Davis, Mr. John H. and Frank
HendrickB, of this city, Mrs. Kim ore
Davis, ot Cana and Mr. M. J. Kend
ricks of Farmlngton. The funeral ser
vices were conducted at JO o clock
Monday, the Interment was in the
family graveyard at -xina.:
Bill Should Be Submitted to
States in Form of Consti
tutional Amendment.
JURORS FOR COUNTY.
SUPERIOR COURTS
The nomination for the house of
representatives provoked a lively con
test. R. L. Haymore, W. M. Jack
son, W. 8. Gough, A. E. Harrell, W. Y.
Davenport. W. W.' Hampton, J. A. J.
Royall and others were candidates.
The fourth ballot' resulted in ' the
choice of Rufus L. Haymore. Mr. May
more has several times been' a mem
ber of the legislature. The county
commissioners nominated "were O.
Wallace, T. Snow and Ceburn Shelto l.
Vestal Taylor was again the choice
for chairman of the county ixe ; itive
committee. ,
SEVEN HARVARD STUDENTS '
JOIN AVIATION SCHOOL 8QUAD.
WMineola, N. ., Aug. 7. Seven more
Harvard students joined the .aviation
squad at the Thomas and Wright fly
ing schools at Ithaca and Minneola today.
Of the -new recruits chosen by the
Flour. ?4 Dounds; meal J4; sugar o, ti.rv.rii ,inWrrrtna.e tralninc
lard 5; coffee 2; meet lo; package , flind commjttee Herbert PullUer, of
of soda, package, o.' uaKing powder. ; New york, Kenne,i, Merrick , of Brook
box matches, salt 5 pounds, t cakea Ijne. Same Mandell, 2nd. of Hamll
soap. can molasses, thread and , on and Artnur l. Richmond, of Bos
needles. To those families who lost : went t0 tne Thomas school,
their clothes, bed clothes and kitchen j The remSinlng three, Thomas T.
utensils, the committee dUtrlbutes , Hoopeg of Nfcwburyport; Earl H.
clothing, blankets, shoes, one skillet, Bean Qf Melrogei and George C. Whit
frying pan, tin plates, coffee pot. tin tJ of H1-gham wm take tnstmctlon
cups, coffee mills, etc. A report on j at Mlneo
each family, together with the help ; Tbe firgt congig-,ment o( Harvard
given to each. Is also kept by tne , ,en atrong. still is at the Curtis
committee. i school In Buffalo.
The annllcants comprise people .
from all walks of life. Two preachers j YADKIN REPUBLICANS
...r,r,iisi this morning. io
committee finds that the most desti
tute comprise what are generally
termed the day-laborers in this sec
tion. These people bad small gard
ens and little patches of corn, an
work all about in the lumber indus
try They never had much to start
with, and having lost their gardens
and patches, together with their Job,
they are in bad fix. . 1 .
IN COUNTY CONVENTION
Young. N. R. Klmel. W. H. Harrison,
T. V. Vuncannon, A. L. Rothrock, R.
B. Taylor, A. R. Craver, L. F. SUIs,
Lee Brewer, Albert. Klrby, H. B.
Vance, O. V. Pfaff, J. P. Oribbs. J.
B. Fausler, R. M. Doub, W. C. Smith,
W. D. Wilcox, B. H. Yokely, J. J.
Allen, J. L. Hooper. D. N. Hire.
; Seeond Week. ,
R., C. Shields. O. C. Peoples. R. T.
Tavis, Isaaa Spaugh, J. H. Bailey,
Charles O. Newson, E. W. Carter, A.
R. Long, J. A. Shamel. W. C. Swain,
O. V. Neal, E. L. Spaugh, vV, E. Ala
paugh, Lindsay Vaughn, C. K. Shore,
J. W. Hylton, R. W. Walker, K. A.
Spaugh, Tbos. Bowman, Boh Dll worth,
J. L. Rod well, J. T. Poindexter, W.
J. Hedegecock, F. C. Hartle, W. H.
King. W. O. Reynolds. J. A. Yar
b rough. C. C. Styron, Jas. M. Walker,
8. F. Mickey.
A long distance telephone message , cities of the .State will tie closed this
to the Sentinel from Yadkinrllle says ". week.
that tke Republican! of Jfaikln- ooun- ...Two deaths -from the-diseace and
ty, in their county convention today, seven new cases were reported for
nominated Mr. J. C. Plnnix for the : the 24 hours period ending at mid
legislature and Mr'J.Van Zacbarlah for night, making a total of 1 deaths aad
sWiff. No other nomination haa(7 eases since July 1st. In the State
been made when this message was rt-iouptaide the city six new cases were
celved. . , . 'reported.
'MOVIES' CLOSED
TO THECHILDREN
Philadelphia Takes Vigorous
Steps to Handle Infantile
Paralysis Situation.
Philadelphia, Aag.. 7. Motion pic
ture theatre In this city were closed
todav to children under 16 years of
age by order of the health authorities Portland, Me., j Aug. 7. A - "
In an effort to check the spread ot In-1 submarine was sighted .- five (
fantlle paralysis. Dr. Samuel Dickson ! miles off the coast by a look-
said it Is probable theatres In other! out at Cross Island at 11:25
s Washington, Aug. 7. Proposed
child labor legislation should be 1
submitted to the States In. the
form of a constitutional amend
ment, declared Senator Overman '
In a speech in the Senate today; !
He ssid congress had no constltu-'
tional authority to enact such a
law. - , ,
"For a hundred years or more
It was universally considered that
no legislation could be enacted
not authorised by the constltu
Hon," said Senator Overman.
'"Now with many it seems .to be
the thoory that anything not tor.
bidden by the constitution can be
enacted. That clause ot the con
stitution which says all power not
granted by the constitution is re
served to the people is regarded
lightly and is void ot meaning.
"It this legislation is 'constitu
tional, Mr. President, there will
be nothing left of the rights of
states but there will be an abso
lute absorption of the police pow- ,
er of the 43 sovereign common
wealths and there will be no bar
rier In the -way of centralisation'
ot all power in Washington to
which goal we are now rapidly
drifting."
Senator . Overman submitted '
statistics to support his conten
tion that fewer children were '
committed to jail and workhouse
In North Carolina than in States
where stringent child labor laws
were enforced. The 1910 figures,
he said, showed that only 16 chil- -dren
In 100,000 between 14 and 1
18 years of age in North Carolina
were committed to Jail ai com ,
pa rod with 279 In Massachusetts, .
19 In Rhode Island and 122 in
Missouri.
COULD ALSO REGULATE
MANY OTHER THINGS.
'If congress can regulate child la
bor in our factories and mines under
the Interstate commerce clause or
any other clause of the Constitution,
it has the power and can with the
ami reason regulate child labor up.
on the farm, can regulate the ages
at which boys and girls of the farm
can pick from the boll fleecy stsple
which Is taken to the gin and then to
the factory to be manufactured Into
cloth. It can regulate the ages at
which the farmers' children shall
work in the great wheat fields in the
states of the northwest, for the farm
ers have In mind when the wheat Is
produced that a greater portion of It
Is for Interstate commerce, and It 1 1
to be shipped abroad to other states
and foreign countries.
, "Under our dual system of govern
ment, the reserved and delegated pow.
ers respected, and no intrenebment
upon one nor the othert this country
has progressed byota tne wildest
dreams of the fathers. . There la no
reason for any departure from the fun
damental, principles as construed and
expounded by the founders of the Re
public and by the highest court of
the land.
"Where the evils exist the states
can and will correct them. I Insist
that In this Christian land of ours
there Is no less of higher moral Ideas
and humanitarlanlsm the brother
hood of man In one state, than an
other. We are all living and moving
on a higher, nobler, and more Chris.
tlan-IIke plane, I trust, and where one'
state has seen Its duty rnd legislated
In favor of humanity and corrected
these evils you may soon expect that
the Christian and patriotic sentiment
In other states will cause their legis
latures to act In these matters until
we have the uniformity that is so .
much -desired."
SUBMARINE SIGHTED
OFF THe MAINE COAST.
this morning, tt was moving
west but the weather wee thick
end it nationality could, not be
made out. , ;
The submarine 'wa sighted
as she wa coming to the eur.
face. Fifteen minute later she
submersed.
.Uck Belcher had j 531 " '"T
train. His
one employ