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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1916-07-11
SIGNAL CORPS GIVES PROOF OF
ITS EFFICIENCY.

Plans for the building and proposed
equipment have been drawn by
Privates snyder and Hepburn Of
ID Company. Seventh Infantry. who
are qualified engineers. Tho ma
chinory viii be rushed to McAiien.
and II possible the camp will soon DO
Independent on tho ice question.
The Slganl Corps. under Major W.
l. Hallahan. proved Itself an efficient
organization by getting out details to
make maps Of the camp and the sur
rounding country within three hours
after their arrival yesterday. Major
Hallahan has begun work on field
telephone service, by which the three
camps OF infantry and the camps OF
the artillery and cavalry at McAllen
will be connected.
In the matter Of temperature yes.
terday was tho best day tho soldiers
have experienced since coming into
Texas. Clouds hid tho sun until the
early afternoon. when there Was q
drenching downpour, In comparison
with what has been dealt out In tn,
way OF weather tho day was almos
! cool.
This unusual condition was a lifo
saver not only TO the men but 10 q,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1916-07-11
2MORE REGIMENTS
REACH NEW YORK'S
CAMP ON BORDER
1Wolhirts Ol States Quota
Of Troops Now IN the
Rio Grande Valley.
Nv Martin Green.
tspseisI stan cessespeodsos ~ The
evening Worid)

MALES. Tsr. July ~ tn. az
ri,al ~ the seventy fourth lnfantry
- Bunalo and the Tw.niy third ~
nrooklyn a. rhnrr brought two thlrds
~ the Sew York militia forces into
this district The SIXTY ninth. second
and Third N"gim.nts are yet Ia come
10 complete the fun quota. Major Den.
OItysn said to-day b. thought 70.
oriiis can be trained here as we'll as
al Camp whitman. ana he can see no
reason shy Tho entire allotment Of
New York state should not be hur-
ried 20 Texas and put into camp rou.
tine without further delay
A rino range with nny targets ~
tho second brigade encamped h.re
was selected to-day by Major Gen
ORyan. u II In tho resana de Rlo
Orance. or old river bed, milo south
Of the camp. and the men viii shoot
In tho direction Of Mexico. but the
targets will be four miles from the
river and Mexico will be protected by
a high dirt ieves
Ranges have been selected at Mis-
sion for the First brigade and mt
Pharr for tho Third brigade also.
each range to be supplied with nifty
targets.
A. soon as possible an artillery
range viii be located somewhere In
tho vicinity OF McAllen. Soon the
sound of rife rring and the boom Of
heavy guns will be echoinE along the
lower Rio Urande valley.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
FOUGHT FOR TWELVE HOURS
Carranza Officials On Border Silent
About Battle-Gen. TreVino
Deposed.

FL Paso. Unofficial reports TO the
American military officials here indi-
cate that Pancho villa has completely
routed the Carranza forces in South
ern chihuahua, after a 12-hour fight.
The information was received
through reliable American mining com.
panies, who have large interests IN
the vicinity OF Parral
Gen. Francisco Gonzales the Car
rama commander at Juarez, and Con
sui Andreas Garcia said they had been
unable to get an official report OF the
battle This silence is accepted as
significant by the American army Of
fcials. Il is not the custom of the
MeXicans to report a defeat
OF equal Importance is the report
that Gen. Jacinto Treyino has been re.
Iieved by order Of the first chief as
supreme commander of the de facto
governments army in Northern Mex.
leo. His successor is to be Gen Igna.
clio EnriQuez, former military governor
of the State of Chihuahua according
to messages received here
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
THOUSANDS ARE DESTITUTE
Death and Want In Wake of Tropica
Storm of Week Ago-Damage
Runs Into Millions.

Birmingham,-With thousands OF
persons homeless and destitute and
with a growing death list. the federal
government took official notice of the
serious flood conditions that have fol-
lowed the tropical hurricane in the
southern states. At the request Of
Senator Underwood the war depart
ment has ordered an engineer to in
yestigate conditions in the Cahaba
and Alabama river valleys, where g.
600 families are reported to be with.
out food or shelter.
The floods are receding with the
passing northward of the tropical hur-
ricane which struck the Gulf coast
July 7, leaving a list of dead and miss
ing of approximately 50 persons and
damage of from S7000,000 to
$10,OO0OOO.
A weather bureau announcement
that what remains of the disturbance
is now over Illinois leads to the belief
the worst has been told Of the disas
trous weather conditions that have
gripped the South for the last six
days.
The French Broad river, which over.
flowed in Dunscomb and Pennsylvania
counties, in North Carolina, is falling.
In Mississippi, small streams swol-
len by the continued downpour are
again In their banks.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
is NEAR PARRAL
General Garcia is Engaged in Holding
Villa Bandits Until Forces
From Jiminez Can

Chihuahua City, Mexico. Heavy
lighting is i'm progress between de
facto government troops, under Gen.
Ernesto Garcia, and "a large force of
Villa bandits at Cerro Blanco, a few
miles below Payral. according to dis
patches received by Gen. Jaojuto
Treyino.
Gen, Garcia reported that he was
engaged in holding the bandits until
the forces under Gen Matias Ramos
and Gen Domingo Arrieta, which are
proceeding from Jiminez, arrive.
Gen. Hilario Rodriguez, one Of the
Villa leaders who Joined Canuto Reyes,
after surrendering to the de facto gov.
eminent a few months ago, informed
Gen, Trevino THAI he received a per.
sonal letter from Villa, in which the
bandit chief pleaded with him to re.
turn to his old allegiance and to join
him in resisting the Yankee in.
yaders." This letter was dated June
Is at San Juan Bautista.
In his communication to Gen. Ire
vino, Gen Rodriguez stated he had no
sympathy with the efforts of Villa to
divide his country, and was determined
to aid the CarraDza authorities in re
storing order.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
FEAR OJINAGA GARRISON
Doubt That Colonel Rojas. the Com
mander, Can Hold His Seven
Hundred Men.

San Antonio - information iudicat-
ing that the garrison at Ojinaga, oppo-
site Preside, Tex. would Join any con-
siderable body of Villas men moving
uorthward instead Of resisting them.
was received at Gen Funston's head
quarters The information contained
no intimation that Col Rojas, com
handing at Ojinaga, was lacking in
loyalty, but doubt Of his ability to hold
his zoo men was expressed. Many for
merly were in Villas command
Army officers here were convinced
that Villa personally is directing rebel
operations south and east of Chihua-
hua, and that after attacking a force
near Parral, he sent one detachment
OF his newly-formed army in a north.
erly direction Efforts to secure dehn-
lite information as to the present foca-
tion of the detachment have been I'M
successful.
Troop pmovements in the Big Bend
district and at other points along the
border are continuing, with the idea
of tightening the patrol, but no reports
of any raids were received.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
POTENTIALLY A WARSHIP
British and French Embassies at
Washington Make Representations
Concerning the Deutschland.

Washington.-Re have
been made by the British and French
embassies that the Deutschland is po-
tentially warship, even though de-
signed and used as a merchantmen.
At Baltimore there will be no OBJ
lection on the part of Capt Paul Koe-
mig, commander of the German sub
marine Deutschland, to an inspection
If his craft by officers of the United
States navy. This was announced by
Capt Koenig after the arrival from
Washington of Capt, Hughes and two
of the navy's submarine experts, as
signed to aid the collector of the port
in determining the status of the vessel.
The work of unloading the cargo Of
the Deutschland has begun. The cases
of dyestuffs are being stored inside
the warehouse at the base of the pier.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
THIRTEEN ARE DEAD
FROM TWO BLASTS
COLLAPSE OF TWO BUILDINGS
DURING STORMS IN THREE
CITIES.
MANY SERIOUSLY INJURED
Heaviest Loss Of Lives In Brooklyn
From Explosion of Ammonia
Tank-Explosion at
Haskell, N. J.

New York-Two explosions and the
collapse of two buildings of a plant
during a storm, in three different cit
les of New York and New Jersey, are
estimated to have taken a toll OF at
least Is lives, and to have caused the
serious injury Of at least 66 other per
sons, some Of whom are reported to
be fatally hurt In addition it is re
ported that several persons are miss,
Ing in each one of the three disasters.
Probably the heaviest loss of lives
occurred in Brooklyn, where the ex,
plOsion Of an ammonia tank in a
butcher shop caused the collapse of
the structure, a three-story building,
and buried the dead and injured in
the debris
The work of digging bodies from
the wreckage proceeded slowly, after
many ambulances had been rushed to
the scene, Two hours after the dis,
aster it was estimated by the police
that five persons had been killed, one
girl was missing and 80 others taken
TO hospitals.
In an explosion of undetermined or
igin, near Haskell, n, j., one Of the
mills OF the Du Pont smokeless pow
der plant. was wrecked and five work
men are reported to have been killed
and 30 others were injured
At Buffalo n Y, just as a storm
broke over the city one of the main
buildings of the Semet Solyay Com.
pany, two miles from the city line, on
the Niagara River road, collapsed and
three men are reported to have been
killed and six seriously injured. Sew
eral others are reported missing. The
building went down Just as the storm
broke and it was said by workmen
that lightning struck a tall chimney,
causing It TO collapse. The men killed
had taken refuge from the storm in a
small frame building which was buried
under tons of bricks and other debris.
About 100 men were at work in the
plant when the collapse came.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
FOOD STAPLES RISE
HALTED IN 1915
RETAIL PRICES ONE PER CENT
UNDER THOSE or THE
YEAR 1914,
LABOR BUREAU REPORTS
Analysis Of % Articles Shows Only
Advance Last Year Was In Wheat,
Flour, Corn Meal and Granu-
ated Sugar,

Washington.-The cost of living, al
ter rising steadily since 1907, except
in 1911, took a downward trend dur
ing 1915 A report by the bureau Of
labor analyzing retail prices of 20 ar
ucles of food, shows that relative re
tail prices during 1916 averaged one
per cent lower thas in 1914 Meats,
lard and eggs averaged from one to
nine per cent lower, while potatoes
we're % per cent lower. Wheat -four
corn meal and graduated sugar were
higher than In 1914, -four being 20 per
cent and sugar I'll per cent higher,
Commenting on statements that the
European war is the dominating in
fluence now controlling price changes
OF all commodities, the report says;
at is true that retail food prices in
creased greatly Immediately after the
outbreak Of the war, and It seems
probable that they have been main
tanned at a higher level ever since
as a consequence Of the increased de-
mand abroad for our foodstuffs. A
study Of the retail price statistics OF
the bureau, however, will convince any
one that. with the exception of sugar,
flour and possibly corn meal, the
prices of the principal articles Of food
since October, 1914, have been mainly
governed by local and seasonal con
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
$4,000 ARE NOW ON BORDER.
80
Gen. Wood, Commander Of the Depart
ment of the East Reports On
Mobilization Progress.

New York.-Maj.. Gen. Wood, com.
mander OF the department of the east,
announced that after three weeks and
a day since President Wilson's orders
for the mobilization of the national
guard, only $4,000 men have been sent
to the front out of a possible 100000
in his command Of % states and the
District Of Columbia, This means, he
declared, that there are 10000 men yet
to be sent to the border.
Gen Wood asserted that there are
now in camp about 41,000 men and
that the difference between 1900 men
and 10000 which would be the full
war strength Of the commands, is yet
to be enlisted and enrolled in the fed.
eral service.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
PATROL BOATS ARE SUNK
Only Nine Men From Destroyed Brit.
ish Vessels Are Rescued-Stean-
ers Went Down In Flames,

Beriin.-The Austrian admiralty has
announced that an Austrian cruiser
has sunk four or five British armored
patrol boats. Only nine men from
he British vessels were rescued The
announcement follows
"Our cruiser Novara met a group Of
four or, according 10 declarations Of
prisoners. five armored British patrol
boats off Otranto road lat the lower
end Of the AdriatcJ All the patrol
boats were destroyed by artillery fire.
All the steamers sank in flames, three
Of them after the explosion Of their
boilers. The Novara was able to res.
cue only nine members Of the British
crews
The Novara is a scout cruiser Of g..
3S4 tons displacement. The strait Of
Otrauto is between the heel Of Italy
and the Albanian coast connecting the
Adriauc and Ionian seas.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
British capture contaImalson.

London-The British have captured
the fiercely contested town Of Contal
maison, north of the River Somme in
France, after desperate day and night
fighting, and are holding it against all
German counter attacks. The British
also are in possession of the greater
part of Mametz wood and have re-.
captured Trones wood.
On the eastern front the German of
fetal communication admits that the
fighting on the Stokhod lines is ap.
preaching Kovel on both sides of the
railway
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
BRITISH GAIN MORE GROUND
Desperate Fighting at Trones Wood
French Occupy Htll No. 81, Which
Commands the Somme.

London The French In their oper-
Rhous south of the Somme have ad.
vsnced To within about a mile Of Pc
rome. al present held strongly by the
Germans They have occupied Hill
81 which commands the somme to
the southeast OF Biaches and BaEleux.
Desperate fighting has occurred be
tween ,ae British and the Germans az
Troues wood, against which the Ger
mans launched six separate attacks.
Five x these were repulsed, according
TO the British war office, but the sixth
was successful in that It permitted the
Germans to penetrate the wood, where
latest reports said the fighting con
tinued Tile British gained in the
neigdboraood Of Oyillers and la Bots
selIe and in q particularly powerful al
tack on the German positions In the
Mamez wood succeeded in winning
ground.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
STOPS SHIELDS BILL.
Advocates Of Stronger Recovery Clause
Cause Delay.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of a strong
er recovery clause in the Shields water
power bill held up passage of the
measure in the house Representative
Sherley of Kentucky and several other
members insisted that forfeiture OF
sites to the government should be
made compulsory at the end of so
years on the payment of a fair value
for the Improvements, Representative
Adamson Of Georgia, in charge Of the
measure, declared the present wording
was strong enough to effect that re
suit, but after a long debate agreed to
accept an amendment making the sec.
ton more specific. The amendment
was scheduled for July IA, when the
bill comes up again
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
Armed Mexican Force of 1000.

Preside, Texan armed Mexican
force, 1000 strong. and believed by
the z. S. military authorities to be
unfriendly, has reached LaMula Pas.
80 miles south Of Ojinaga. Friendly
Mexicans report that the troops were
formerly a unit in the Coahuila diys-
ion of the Carranza army They re-
volted ten days ago when the first
chief ordered the execution Of Gen.
Santiago Ramierez Of Salulo. Mill
tary officers assert there is reason to
believe the former Carranza troops
intend to cooperate with Villa forces
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
LEVER BILL INCLUDED.
Senate Passes the Agricultural Appro,
prlation Measure.

Washington. - The agricultural ap-
preparation bill, carrying s24,O00,OOO
and providing for federal grain inspec-
ton, federal licensing of cotton and
grain warehouses and levying a tax
Of two cents a pound on cotton for
future delivery, has been passed by the
senate. The Lever cotton futures bill,
declared unconstitutional last year be
cause as a revenue producing measure
It did not originate in the house, is
included in the measure
Passage of the agricultural bill
cleared the way for the big naval ap-
preparation bill, which was taken up
and made the unfinished business of
the senate.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21

Atlanta-Christian Endeavorers OF
the South met here IN the first con
vention ever devoted exclusively to
discussion of activities of work In the
southern states. The convention is the
outgrowth Of the world convention at
Chicago last year, when unsuccessful
efforts were made to have recognized
southern union patterned after the
Canadian union.
The convention, which began July
Is and continued through the follow.
ing Sunday, is under the auspices of
the World Christian Endeavor Union
but the immediate direction of the
southern committee.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
VICTORY FOR VILLA BAND.
Believed the carrsnza Force Was That
Led BY Gen. Domingo.

Ell Paso.-Villa achieved another
overwhelming defeat of Carranzistas
south Of Parral July IS, it has been
definitely learned. While details of the
fight have been suppressed by Mexi.
can censors, it is believed the Car.
rama force was that led by Gen Do.
miugo Arrieta and Gen. Mateas Ra-
mos, numbering 1000 troops, which
had been dispatched to reinforce Gen.
Ernesto Garcia after his defeat by
Villa the day previous.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
Haul Down Mexican Flag.

Chickasha, Okla-A regiment of
New York militia. which passed
through here to the border, hauled
down a Mexican flag and put to rout
a band of Mexicans 20 miles north Of
here. The Mexicans were at work on
the railroad. They hoisted a Next
can flag and cheered, Viva la Mexi
cana" as the troop train stopped.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
100000 ASKED.
War Department Lays Emergency APP.
propriation Before CONGRESS,

r TT - 7'-'' 49,
Washington. - Further emergency
appropriations for the army aggre-
eating almost $4,000 900 were asked Of
congress by the war department. They
included 100000 for mountain, field
and siege artillery practice 1861 goo
for alteration and maintenance of mo-
bile artillery material $36O,00O for
storage facilities for reserve supply of
sodium nitrate, and S3O75OO to in.
crease storage facilities at the Rock
Island arsenal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
Attempts Of Germans Frustrated.

London. - Fighting continues along
the battle front on the Somme, but
there has been no change on any part
of the British line, says an official
statement. Attempts of the Germans
to raid trenches were frustrated.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21
LAST HONoRs FOR BOYD.

Union and Confederates VIII Pay Trlb
ute to Carrizai victim.
Washington-Union and Coufeder'
ate veterans now members Of the
house were named as a committee to
attend funeral services in Arlington
national cemetery for Capt. Boyd and
some of the American dead Of the
Carrizal fight. The house adopted a
resolution providing for it. introduced
by Representative Bennett, New York
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21

u never saw such a mass of ma
chinery in my life" said Dr. Travers.
1T was an amazing sight and l doubt
if it would mean much except to the
engineer who designed it. There
seemed to be 5000 different pieces,
an ineXplicable tangle of FURNISHED
copper and glistening steel"
Captain Koenlg told the doctor that
while on the surface the noise of the
machinery was almost deafening.
When submerged, said the skipper,
she moves almost siIea;ly, and then
we enjoy ourselves"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-21

Imagine the picture. Fogcy night
heavy sea-destroyers proving
above, and men-human beings like
You and the man in the next flat
drinking wine and listening to a graph
ophone 800 feet below the surface of
the black waters.
"What did you play?' the captain
was asked.
I'VE had hundred selections" he
responded. THAT night we played a
selection from Peer Gynt' some
American ragtme and Deutschland
Ueber Allies
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-06

"Will you marry me soon, Cyrilla,
dear?" he asked.
YES" answered CyriIla. IF you
are sure you love me-"
81 know I love you" answered
Freddy 4 love you well enough to-
look forward to taking you into the
world where we shall live our own.
Iife-a different life"
He stopped abruptly. It would.
never do to let CyriIla realize that he
had other views of their future than
living on in the square. And if a lit
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-06

AN AMATEUR DON JUAN
BY n. M. Egbert

BY H. M. Egbert
-
CyriIla was the dearest girl in the
world, but a little coId-hearted. Fred
dy BroughtOn could not disguise that
fact from his knowledge. But he had
weighed it against her virtues when
he asked her to be his wife, and it did
not weigh a great deal
CyriIla Burns and Freddy had
known each other since they were
tots. Their families lived in one of
those Old-fashiOned city squares
that are rapidly disappearing before
the march of progress. Only few
of the old families remained in the
vicinity and they formed a sort of
aristocTacy Of birth, though few of
them had any money.
FTeddy's father was a lawyer and
sat all day in an Old-fashiOned Office
and met Old-fashiOned clients there.
Cyrilla's father was a rector, who
slipped his glass of wine every lunch
time, wore a very stiff cravat, and
preached in a stately church so emp
ty that he might have begun his ser
mon Dearly beloved Sister Jones"
instead of Dearly beloved brethren"
It had always been understood that
Freddy and CyriIla were to marry.
When Freddy came home from col
Iege he looked at Cyrilla and Won
dered. Here he had been out in the
world, as it seemed to him, tasting
the joys of emancipation, and Cyril
la was going the same old round Of
missionary meetings, library commit
tees and visits among a select and
exclusive oId-fashioned set.
Yet Freddy was shrewd enough to
see that a wife must be chosen for
her wearing qualities. And CyTiIla
undoubtedly did wear well. She was
Just the same as ever, just as inter
ested in him, just as willing to talk
about her interests, even a little
fOnder, Freddy thought.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-06

tie CLEAN came into Cyrila's eyes
Freddy did not notice it.
They were to be married in early
autumn. That summer CyTilla be-
haved in an unprecedented manner.
She accepted an invitation from a
friend to spend a week Up-cOUntry.
It was so abnormal that there was
much shaking of heads and cOnsulta-
ton among the family. However, in