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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
100 DEAD AND VAST
AREA IS LAID WASTE
As RESULT Of FLOOD
Death List Probably Will Be
Greatly Increased When Ex-
tent of Damage in California
Valleys Is Made Known

SAN DIEGO. Cal. Jan. 29.-tBy
Wireless to San Francisco -One hun
bred lives have been lost. as nearly as
any estimate can show. ana valleys for
fifty miles north of the Mexican line
lie desolate tonight from floods and
cloudbursts.
With the death toll in the Otay val
lev seemingly established at nifty, re-
ports reached here late today of floods
sweeping the San Luis Rey and San
Pasqual valleys, doubling the loss OF
life With communication almost al
together cut off, 1t was impossible to
list accurately the number of dead.
Seventeen bodies were taken out Of
San Diego bay before nightfal. These
had been swept down the Otay river
when the lower dam went out late
Thursday and the current of the flood
was thought TO have carried many 9TH
ers out to sea-
San Diego is virtually unchanged
Many injuries were reported from
Tijuana Hot Springs, where a hotel
collapsed. A cloudburst, reports had
Il, caused the flooding Of the San Luis
Rey and San Pasqual valleys. The
town of San Pasqual was said to have
been wiped out altogether.
Nothing was known as to the fate
of San Luis Rey and Oceanside, in the
path of the San Luis river, but If the
food was Of the reported magnitude, IT
seemed impossible that the former
could have escaped humiliation. Ocean
side Is a summer resort with two good
sized hotels and a population of about
1000.
AID FROM THE SEA.
Railroads. highways. telephone, tele-
graph-all ordinary means of commun-
ication and relief were gone with no
prospect of early recovery. Only the
sea remained and from il aid began to
come. An expedition from the United
States warships in San Diego bay was
started in launches for the Otay val
ley. Reports were that the first land
ing party had been unable to penetrate
the valley for reasons not given. The
destroyer Lawrence anchored Off the
mouth Of the Otay river, which stream
ran bankfun after being dry for years.
An overland expedition also was
started from San Diego with pontoons
and engineering equipment. No word
came as to its success.
First reports Of the Otay disaster
reached here late Thursday. They told
OF ranch houses washed away and of
cattle and stock drowned. Investigation
appeared TO indicate exceptionally high
water. and word came that the lower
Otay dam was holding. This dam,
started as a reinforced concrete affair,
was changed above the foundation line
TO a strip of riveted steel set in con-
crete, as a backbone for a loose rock
dam. Engineering magazines said that
when the reservoir was full the test of
the construction would come. The re-
cent rains filled IL. Last night the
flood bearing human bodies, with a
frightful amount OF wreckage, includ-
ing hundreds Of rattlesnakes from the
mountain sides, established, seemingly
beyond all doubt, the collapse of the
dam.
The Tia Juana river was at its high
est in it's history and reports received
here from Tia Juana say the town is
under water. Rain continued here to-
night.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
JAPAN CAPTURES COTTON
GOODS TRADE IN CHINA
American Trade Has DWindIed
to Almost Nothing, Says
Report
(By Associated Press.N

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Japanese
manufacturers have captured the Amer
lean cotton goods trade in China so
completely, says a department of com
merce report issued today that all hope
of renewed American business lies in
an entire change of the class of goods
manufactured for Oriental export.
Ten years, the report declares, has
seen American cotton goods sales dwln-
die in China as the Japanese business
grew. Now American mills. it says
hopelessly distanced by the Japanese,
either must extend their trade by sell
ing another class of goods at the ex-
pense of England or dismiss hopes for
further Chinese business.
The report was prepared by Ralph
NJ Odell, a textile expert of the bu-
reau of foreign and domestic commerce,
after six months investigation in Chi
na.
Increasing cost of production in Eng
land because of the war, the report
says, has created an opportunity for
American mills to introduce into China
lines of cotton goods they heretofore
have not sold. Sheetings and drills, for
merly sold, must be left to the Japanese
and to new Chinese mills built and build
ing. emma Tor many years mas Deen
the largest market for cotton goods in
the world.
Tables contained in the report show
that from 1902 to 1913, eleven years,
the Japanese cotton goods trade in
China increased nearly nine times. while
the American trade dropped to one
third what 1t had been. Reasons for
this as given in the report are better
selling and distributing methods intro
duced by the Japanese and lower prices
for Japanese goods. American goods,
dependent on quality alone for their
sale and with no one to push them, were
sold in smaller and smaller quantities.
British trade has remained stationary.
The Japanese began, the report says,
by initiating the American product In
a cheaper material. This allowed the
Chinese dealer a wider margin of profit
and gave the consumer a fabric that
compared we'll in appearance with the
American cloth.
In Manchuria, the report says. the
Japanese enjoyed special advantages in
reduced rail rates and immunity from
certain Chinese taxes.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
Flood Situation Still
Very Serious in Arkansas
By Associated Press. J

lBy Associated Press.1
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. 29.-Dis-
patches tonight from points along the
Arkansas and White rivers in eastern
Arkansas, where the flood situation is
regarded as grave, reported ali levees
holding and property damage so far
confined TO the flooding of unprotected
lowlands and the inundation of several
small towns. Continued rain today
added to the gravity Of the situation.
F. H. Fuller, of Fort Wayne, Ind,
who yesterday was reported drowned
near Clinton, was found alive today.
Fuller swan to the bank of a small
river near Clinton when the buggy in
which he had attempted to ford the
stream was swept away. He returned
TO Clinton tonight.
Two fatalities were reported tonight.
Thomas Harmon, a farmer. was drown
ed near Kensett, Ark, when he at
tempted to drive a team of horses
through a swollen creek and p. Klgore,
an aged man, fell into Black river and
was drowned near Poplar Bluff, Mo-, sew
eral miles north Of the Arkansas state
line
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
Garbage
into Grease for
N9trogJy crime
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK. Jan. 30.-The war and
resultant demand for nitroglycerine are
given as the reasons for legal contest
which has begun here for contract to
remove the garbage of New York City.
Although the city has paid S3,75O.OOO in
II years for removal of its garbage,
company now offers the city 100000
for that privilege for five years.
Counsel for the new bidder explained
why the garbage had suddenly become
so valuable by saying that the product
of garbage after being treated with
steam is grease, the value of which at
present is high. From this grease, he
said, comes glycerine from which is
made nitroglycerine.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
LAXATIVE FOR OLD
PEOPLE "CASCARETS"
Salts, CaIOmeI and Pills act on
ar and Bowels like pep
per acts in NoStriIS.
Danger!
Get a ten-cent box now.

Most old people must give to the bow
els some regular help, else they suffer
from constipation. The condition is
perfectly natural. 1t is just as natu-
raj as it is for old people to walk slow
ly. For age is never so active as youth.
The muscles are less elastic. And the
bowels are muscles.
So all old people need Cascarets. One
might as well refuse to aid weak eyes
with glasses as to neglect this gentle
aid to weak bowels. The bowels must
be kept active This is important at
all ages, but never so much as at fifty.
Age is not a time for harsh physics.
Youth may occasionally whip the bow
els into activity. But a lash can't be
used every day. What the bowels Of
the old need is a gentle and natural
tonic. One that can be stantly used
without harm. The only such tonic is
Cascarets, and they cost only 10 cents
per box at any drug store. They work
while you sleep.-(Advt)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
HEAL YOUR SKIN
WITH RESINOL
It Stops Itching Instantly, and Clears
Away Unsightly Eruptions.

If your skin itches and burns with
eczema or any such tormenting, insight
ly skin disease, simply wash the sore
places with Resinol Soap and hot water,
dry, and apply little Resinol Ointment.
The itching stops INSTANTLY, you no
longer have to dig and scratch, sleep
becomes possible, and healing begins
at once. That is because the soothing,
antiseptic Resinol medication strikes
right into the surface, arrests the action
of the disease, and almost always re-
stores the tortured, inflamed skin to per-
feet health-quickly, easily and at little
cost.
Prescribed by doctors for twenty
years, and sold by every druggist.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
w Om01e' s Fund of
Chicago Fair Is
G1ven to School
(By Associated Press. }

CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-The Woman's
fund of the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton held here in 1893 today is in the
possession of the Chicago School of Do
nestle Arts and Science The fund which
has been in the care of Mrs. Potter
Palmer for more than two decades was
turned over to the school by Mrs. Pal
mer last night.
Originally the fund was raised by the
lady managers of the worlds fair
through the sale of souvenir coins. 1t
amounted to about $4,000. Mrs. Pal
mer after the close of the fair reinvest-
ed the fund which now totals almost
100000
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01

Canned music a necessary part Of
their office equipment
Instead of serving afternoon tea to re-
vive the tagging spirit and Timber the
fingers of weary typists some one turns
On Dixie" or the 1.-THE Blue Danube"
or THE Sari Waltz" Away go the
typists' fingers dancing, prancing, one
stepping, trotting over the keyboard.
1--WE must insist on immediate remit
tance," hum the ivory keys to the gay
tune of 'I don't know the meaning of
care" I'VE hope you will be interested
in this choice piece of real estate,
chirps the keys to the air of THE Blue
Danube"
The typewriting-to-m scheme
doesn't come out of Naples or Vienna.
It's home is Red Bank, n. J., and Miss
t. B. Dearborn, director of business ed
ucation in the Red Bank high school,
is its author.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
Should Your "PIeaSe RENTS
Have a Jingle to Them, You
viii Know the Reason Why

Should your New Years duns have
a gladstone, jingly ring to them, should
your please remit reminders breathe
forth the melody of the anvil Chorus
or the Knockers Serenade." here's the
reason for It,
Typists now typewrite TO music; they
write duns to fox-trot tunes, legal doc
uments to waltzes and bills of sale to
minuets. Not all, but great many large
business establishments now consider
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
You Cont FL3rt
If You Work ON
This Railroad

LEXINGTON. KY, Jan. 29.-Some-
body is always taking the joy out of
lifei
BY an official order employees of the
Huntington division of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad have been forbidden
TO fiirt with the wives OF certain resi-
dents of Ashland. Kenova and Hunting
ton while on their runs through those
town.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
ARMY OF 100000
IF THIS BILL PASSES

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29-The maxi
mum cost of putting into operation the
Chamberlain bill proposing universal
military training would be $1SS,000, 900
year, according to figures submitted
the senate military committee today
by Quartermaster General Aleshire.
They were based upon the assumption
that 4 600, 900 men between the ages of
10 and % years. would be trained. The
average cost OF a continental army
proposed in the war department measure
was estimated at s31, 100000.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
Ends The Misery
Of Wearing Worthless Trusses

On 90 days triaI-the only thing good enough
so stand such q long and thorough test It's the
famous Cluthe-made ol an absolutely new
principle-has Is patented features self-ad-
5usting. Does away with the misery OF wear
ing belts. leg-strsps and springs Guaranteed 10
h0ld az an tines. Has cured in after case
that seemed hopeless
Write for Free Beck Of Advice-Cl0th-bound.
In4 RACES Explains the dangers OF operation.
Shows lust what's wrong with elastic and spring
rrusses Exposes the humbugs-shows how old
fashioned worthless trusses sold under false
and misleading names Tells all about the care
and atfention we give you Endorsements from
ever 5000 people. including physicians. Write
today. Box 6T2-Clathe Co, 125 z 2Srd St.,
New YORK City.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
A GOOD WAY TO SHAMPOO.

Shampoo with Resinol Soap, rubbing
its lather thoroughly into the scalp, so
as to work in the soothing, healing
Resinol medication. This almost always
stops dandruff and scalp itching, and
keeps the hair live, thick and lustrous.
(AdVt. }
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
Advent1sts GGUe
$75O,OOO IN 1915
For Church Work
DIV Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, Jan. SO.-Seventh
Day Adventists of North America con-
tributed nearly three quarters Of a mil
lion dollars to the church last year, ac-
cording to a report to the general con-
ference, made public today. This was
said to have been the best record ever
made by the denomination. The money
went to foreign missions and to aid
educational institutions in North Amer
lea.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
DRUGGISTS PRAISE DIR. KILMER'S SWAMP ROOT
CUSTOMERS ALWAYS SATISFIED WITH RESULTS

I have been handling DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root for two years and over and
my customers are always satisfied with
the results obtained from its use. know
of a case of Liver trouble where Swamp
Root proved very beneficial. / believe
it is one of the finest kidney remedies
in the country.
Very truly yours,
H. H. BROWN,
Druggist,
Pinnacle, n. q.
November 18th. 1915.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
PREPAREDNESS!
To EOrtifY ~

To FOrdfy The System Against Grip
When Grip is prevalent LAXATIVE BROMO
QUININE should be taken, this combination
of Quinine with other ingredients, destroys
germs acts Tonic and Laxative and thus
keeps the system in condition to Withstand
"RROMO QUININE." E. w. GROVES sigma
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
Exports

BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 30-Oficial sta
tistics of the foreign trade of Argentina
in 1915 show imports of $226,S92, 900;
exports 1858, 100000; imports decreased
5000, 900; exports increased $209,0o0,-
600.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
Hearing on Bill

WASHINGTON, Jan 29-The house
foreign affairs committee today agreed
to a hearing February "a on Representa-
tive London's bill, calling on the presi-
dent to convene a cOnErAss of neutral
nations, to talk peace,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
"GGSOJ1me Dogs"
InUGde Far North

DAWSON. Y. T., Jan. 29.-The "gaso>
line dog has invaded the far north!
1t is a bicycle motor wheel attach
ment which is now used on an ordinary
Yukon sleigh.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01

We are pleased to handle DR.. kilmers
Swamp-Root for our customers are al
ways satisfied with the results obtain
ed from it's use. Our present manager
who is an old-time drug man has used
= with good results in Kidney trouble
and does not lose an opportunity to
recommend so fine a medicine
Very truly yours,
PORTERS DRUG STORE
North Main St. Salisbury, n. C.
November 18th, 1915.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
Story of Man Who RiSked Life
to Save Comrades Trapped
in Cabin by Northern Biz
card
(Stan Special.)

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 22-These are
the days when from the great snow
swept regions the word often comes,
telegraph and telephone communication
has been cut ofr'-when the wires are
down.
BY that token il is also a time when
the names of heroes are being written
in the calendar of linemen's perilous ex-
ploits.
Across the northern states, where the
wire trunk lines pass from. Pacific to
Atlantic, the vigilant men who repair
the breaks when storms play havoc are
stationed in little cabins five to ten
miles apart.
In his office here the wire chief SITS
equally alert
when a break occurs he figures out
the approximate location by means of
his Wheatstone bridge, a device that
measures wire mileage through resist
ance.
hurry call goes to the nearest patrol
this side the break, and muffled inquire
on snowshoes, kit strapped to his back,
fights into the storm to locate "the trou-
BILE"
One of the most recent cases of
trouble shooters" bravery to be record
ed is that of Ben Hunegardt, a lineman
at Easton, Wash.
The wires had gone down somewhere
east of Lake Keechelus. The snow was
deep and still falling. Lineman G. w.
Hull had been dispatched from VOLTS
cabin, together with Wolf, to make re-
pairs.
Then the wire chief at Seattle noted
a second break, not long after the two
men had left 1t was behind them They
were cut off from all communication
with the outside world.
After waiting twenty hours to hear
from Hull and Wolf the wire chief sent
out rescue parties from the nearest
points, east and west.
Hunegardt and helper comprised one
of these parties. In a few hours the
helper turned back. You're a fool to go
on, Ben" he said. I'm going back" And
he quit.
"An right, BILL" replied Hunegardt
briefly, plodding on into the storm,
searching for Hull and Wolf.
Night came, and the blizzard closed
in about him At midnight, half dead,
he saw part of a cabin roof above the
snow. 1t proved to be a deserted shack,
half smashed by the weight of a slide.
Crawling through the wreckage, Hume
gardt managed to light a flame in the
fireplace and hung up his dripping stock
| ings to dry. The warmth had made
him drowsy. When he awoke 1T was
morning and his socks had burned.
Thrusting hia naked feet into icy
/ boots, he continued his search on snow
shoes, locating Hull and Wolf in another
deserted cabin about noon of the sec.
ond day.
They had broken their snowshoes and
were helpless prisoners of the snow.
They were not alarmed. They waited
with implicit confidence i'm their brother
/ linemen.
I'VE knew help would come they
said, "either you, Ben, or some of the
other boys"
! 1t is merely one of a hundred tales
written every year into the annals Of
| heroism by the wire patrol whose duty
/ 1t is to keep open the lines so that
your telephone or telegraph message
Il ha dalaNyad
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01

Depressed Feeling in chest, Choking SEN
sartcn In throat, Painful TO lie on left side,
sinking or smothering Sensation, Diff
cult Breathing. Heart DrOpsy, Swelling
Of feet or ankles. or Neuralgia around
heartf II you have one or more o. the above
-ermutous. don't fall 20 use DIR. kinsman's
Heart Tablets. Not q secret medicine. It is
Rafd that one person out OF every four has
wax heart Probably three-fOurths Of these do
not know IL. and hundreds wrongfully treat them
selves for the Stomach, Lungs. ktdneys or
Nerves. Don't take any chances when DIR.
Kfusmanss Heart Tablets are within your
reach More than 100 endorsements furnished.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01
Prove What Swamp Root Will Do For You

You wnal booklet OF
ffty-cent and oneoO
bottles for saa (Advt)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01

Does IL FIutter. Palpirate
or skip Beatsf Have you
IShortness Of Breath, Ten
.derness. Numbn ess, or
Painin left side. Dizziness,
Painting Spells, spots be-
fore eyes. sudden Starting
in sleep, NerVousne ss,
Hmuurw or Weak GuelIa
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01

1t is merely one of a hundred tales
written every year into the annals of
heroism by the wire patrol whose duty
1t is to keep open the lines so that
your telephone or telegraph message
may not be delayed.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-27

Monday evening four Polish boys, ranging in ages from II to 13 years were presented before Judge A. NJ. Brown in the town court, charged with the theft of brass and copper which they took from a hoisting en- zine, automobile or other machinery which they could get at. Horace Daw- ley, Dennis Lee and E. G. Lague were among those who had suffered from these thefts. Judge Brown, in view of the age of the boys and the fact that the parents paid all costs and made reasonable reimbursements, put them on probation until Dec 23. Two of the boys have been in the courts here before for similar offences, and an- other intraction of the law will send them to reform school. Their fittings of metal has been wholesale and right in the open; the judge said they seemed to have no conception of right and wrong. Owners of automobiles and machinery hope to be free now from these petty thefts which have been all too common of late.
 The credit for the roundup goes to Deputy Sheriff Gingras.
 There is some talk among the off, cials that a move may be made to in vestjgate the market which the boys found for the metal.
 A valuable copper boiler was taken from MT. Lague and cut in two that the receipts of selling might be equal. School Supervisors Rulings Approved
 A meeting of the board of education of the town of GriswoId was held in chambers Monday evening. A. c. Bur- dick has recently been appointed su- pervisor of the schools of the town.
 The meeting was called to deter mine his jurisdiction and authority in the premises. MT. Burdick has in stituted a number of new rulings rel atiVe to the management and conduct of the school. some of these have not altogether found favor among the teachers at the Riverside school in Jewett City.
 The board. at the meeting Monday evening voted to endorse Mr. Bur dicks rulings, and that the teachers of the town must be governed by his decisions.
 August Vital Statistics.
 The vital statistics for Griswold during August show six deaths: Nit cheI Gravelin, homicide, killed by CIar- ence Simmonds with an axe; Thomas K. HewitsOn, diphtheria; Julia Casa want, heart disease; Joseph Paquette, atelectosig; Franl! Ortatsky, euteretis; Herbert B. Kinnie. acute indigestion. Two marriages: Charles W. Baker and Edith M. Bromley. George A. Randall and Evelyn M. Gardner Ten births: Stanislava Wzniak, Bronik Sacolaski, Adella Dabolet, John Payne, Clayton D CCILSl1, JOSSpH D. FdQuSCC6, cath erine M. Stafford, Orvile Augustus Gauthier, Joseph Charles Eugene Cyr. Genawefa Grondolski.
 Short Paragraprs.
 Mrs. M. W. filling entertains the Ladies' Society of the Congregational church at her home Thursday after noon.
 Miss Mabel Wilcox is visiting reIa- tives in New London.
 Ransom Read has returned to his work at the Jewett City Grain store after nine weeks absence on account of illness.
 CaEeton H. Ravens and Alfred AL len of Norwich are. away on a. weeks tour through New York state.
 Miss Edith Butts left Tuesday for Hartford where she is to teach in the West Middle school.