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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
THE APPAM WITH PRIZE CREW
ABOARD. ARRIVES AT NEW.
PORT NEWS.
HAD BEEN BELIEVED LOST
Problem Fer Secretary Lansing In De-
Gliding Status Of shIp-Many Eng.
isshmen Are Held Prisoners
On Board.

Norfolk, Va-GiVen UP for lost days
ago. the British passenger liner APP.
pam, plying in the West African trade.
appeared like an apparition in Hamp
ton Roads, flying the German naval
ensign and with her ships company
under guard Of German prize crew
She brought word Of q mysterious Ger
man commerce raider, the Moewe
which now roams the seas, and had
on board the crews Of seven British
merchantmen and admiralty trans,
ports captured by the Moewe before
she seized the Appam and started her
across the Atlantic for an American
port, with Lieut.. Hans Berg OF the
German naval reserve and 20 men in
charge.
The Appam now lies off Old Point
Comfort, under the guns of Fortress
Monroe, waiting for he state depart
ment at Washington To determine her
status-whether she Is a man-of.war,
subject to internment or German
prize. The customs authorities here
hope TO have orders 70 send the ship
either to Norfolk or Newport News.
where the anxious waiting British
civilians will be put ashore.
According to the story told with
great reserve by Lieut.. Berg to Col
Iector Hamilton, when he formally re-
ported his presence in American ter
ritorial waters, the Moewe captured
the Appam, bound from Dakar, Brit
ish West Africa, for Liverpool, after
brief show of resistance on Jan.
16, 60 miles north OF fhe Madeira Is
lands. On board the Moewe then were
the crews OF five vessels, previously
captured, all OF whom were transfer
red to the Appam.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
SAYS NAVY IS PREPARED
Fleet 10 Adequate, Says President, But
Army Is Not Large Enough For
Even Peace Duties.

Chicago.-The United States has
made preparations for immediate war
as far as the navy is concerned, al
though the present naval force Is in.
adequate in size, President Wilson de
clared in an address before several
thousand persons in the Auditorium
here. I'VE mean business" he said,
in speaking OF the preparedness plans
of the administration.
I'VE have given to the present fleet
of the United States an organization
such as 1t never had before, am told
by Admiral Fletcher" the president
said. And we have made prepare
ton for immediate war, SO far as the
navy is concerned"
"The army" the president said, "as
at present constituted, is not large
enough even for the ordinary duties
Of peace"
The president repeated his warnings
that no time must be lost In strength
ening the defenses Of the nation. He
declared the government was doing
everything 1t could for preparedness.
when | see some of my fellow citi-
zens spread finder where the sparks
are falling / wonder what their ideal
Of Americanism is," the president said.
America, he said, had been cruelty
misjudged by the nations now at war.
II know that on the other side OF
the water there has been a great deal
OF cruel misjudgment with regard to
the reasons why America has remain
cd neutral. Those looking at us from
q distance do not feel the strong
pulses of ideals and principles that
are in US. They do not feel the con.
viction Of America, that our mission
IL q mission Of peace and that right
eousness cannot be maintained as
standard In the midst Of arms. They
do not realize that back Of all OF our
energy we are body Of idealists,
much more ready to lay down our
lives for thought than for a dollar.
They suppose, some Of them, that
we are holding off because we can
make money while others are dying.
the most cruel misunderstanding that
any nation has avar had IN faea-so
wrong that it seems almost useless to
try to correct 1t because il shows that
the very fundamentals OF our life are
not comprehended or understood"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
NEWPORT ISOLATED.
tevees Give Way and Town 10 Flood.
cd For Second Time.


Newport, Ark.-Newport Is expert.
encing the second disastrous over
flow within eight months. The Jack.
sonport levee has failed, as has also
the Rock Island dump, which forms
the east levee protecting the CITY.
These gaps let in a stream OF water
that filled the city in few hours.
Railway communication with Newport
mas been cut off. Both railroads re-
port washouts and their inability to
run trains.
About 80 per cent OF the dwelling
houses in the city have from six inches
TO six feet of water In them. In the
lower part of town the residents NOV
I'd their household goods to places of
safety. while in other homes the fur.
niture has been placed on scaffolds
built for that purpose. Though the
water came into the city at time
when almost everyone was asleep, ev-
cry one was prepared for the overflow,
and no property that could be removed
has been lost and no lives lost. The
property loss In the city will probably
reach total Of only about $4,000
while the damage to outlying precincts
will add $4,000 to $4,000 more.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
"a KILLED IN AIR RAID
Bombs Dropped on Paris by Zeppellns
Also lnIure 27-over Three
Tons Explosives used.

Paris.-Twenty.four persons were
killed and q injured In the Zepplin
raid over Paris on the night of Jan.
20. according to an official statement
Ten OF the wounded were placed in
hospitals owing to the severity OF
their hurts.
Thirty French aeroplanes searched
the air above Paris for the Zepplin
raider, of whose appearance warming
had been given. By the time the Zep-
pelin had reached the edge Of the
city several Of the airmen made out
Its pale, yellow shape $4,000 feet from
the earth. Frightened. doubtless by
the numerous war-planes rising to.
ward 1t, the Zeppelin wheeled and
drove at fell speed northward, drop
ping in its trail into the darkness
a cargo Of about three and one-half
tons Of bombs. Then, continuing Its
flight at great altitude, the airship
vanished.
Parisians had been warned half an
hour before by fire engines rushing
through the streets trumpeting the
call known as stand to armsl" The
electric street lights went out and po-
licemen cautioned careless household
ers to close their shutters and darken
their windows Immediately. 1t was
close to 10 o'clock and many persons
still were In the streets, the cafes
open and the moving picture theaters
and playhouses were still in full swing.
Then in all parts of the city could be
heard the whirr Of numerous aeroplane
propellors. while everywhere people
went upon the balconies to watch for
Zeppelins.
Few Parisians appeared to believe
the raiders were likely to come, as
they had been turned back many
times previously.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
STATE UNIVERSITY GETS TRACT.
Governor Principal Speaker at the
Presentation at Knoxville.

Governor Principal Speaker at the
Presentation at Knoxville.
Knoxville Rye was the prin-
cipal speaker at exercises at the Uni
Versity of Tennessee attendant upon
the presentation to the university OF
the deed to the Cherokee tract OF 569
acres for an addition to the university
farm. The tract was bought by the.
Knox county court and citizens OF
Knoxville for $4,000. Judge Brown
OF the county court presented the deed
to the governor, who in turn presented
1t to Or. Brown Ayres, who MADE the
speech of acceptance for the univer-
sity.
Commissioner of Agriculture Brysoni
was also present and made a short
talk. A very large crowd attended the
exercises, including a majority of the
members Of the county court. In his
address the governor asserted that all
wealth begins with the farm. and he
urged the importance of agricultural
education. He highly complimented
the people of Knox county for their
fine gift TO the university.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
GOES TO SUPREME COURT
Boston Lawyer ls Named BY President
Wilson To Sueeeed the Late
Justice Lamar.

Washington.-President Wilson has
selected Louis D. Brandeis Of Boston to
be associate justice OF the supreme
court TO succeed the late Justice La
mar. Mr.. Brandeis' nomination went
to the senate at once. 1t was a sur
prise everywhere in official circles.
Mr.. Brandeis had not even been men
toned for the vacancy.
Mr.. Brendeis is q lawyer who has
been much in public life during the
last three years, not only in legal
work, but in various movements for
social betterment. He is a Kentuck-
ian and Ii so years old. He was born
and educated In Louisville. and later
at Harvard university, and In 1878
began practicing law in Boston.
He came most notably before the
public six years ago through his par
ticipation In the Balllnger-Pinchot in
vestigation In congress, in which he
was counsel for the forces opposed to
Secretary Ballinger, and sought his re-
moval.
Later he was counsel for the ship
pers who opposed the general in
creases in freight rates before the in
terstate commerce commission, and
during the same period he was at the
forefront of those who were demand
ing an investigation of the financial az
fairs of the New Haven railroad.
He was in 1910 chairman of the
board of arbitration which settled the
New York garment makers strike. He
has written largely and is regarded as
an authority on public franchises, life
insurance management, labor prob
lens and the trust question. He also
has been at the forefront Of the Zion.
list movement In the United States,
and will be the first Jew to sit on the
supreme court bench.
At the beginning of President VIII
sons administration Mr.. Brandeis was
expected to get place in the cabinet.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
Fire Burns 60 Years.

Lansford, Pa.-The famous mine FIRE,
which has ben raging for more than
so years, and which started at Sum-
NIT Hill. near the spot where Philip
Ginter discovered anthracite coal In
1871. has burned through the immense
concrete wall which the Lehigh Coal
& Navigation Company sank in front
OF It. deep down into the earth several
years ago at e cost Of more than a
million dollars. Il is now threatening
the mammoth vein "a the Panther
Creek Valley. the largest and richest
vein Of anthracite in the world.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
WATERS SWEEP ARKANSAS
Many Towns Are Submerged and ths
People Flee To High Ground.
State conVlcts Moved.

Little Rock, Ark.-Word has been
received here that the Arkansas river
levee at the state farm at Cummings,
Ark, broke on the night of Jan. 81.
Mr.. Burkett said the flood waters will
spread clear across the line into Lou.
isiana.
The water pouring through the
break has flooded the lowlsnds Of five
Arkansas counties. The towns OF Var.
ner, Dumas, Douglas and Lake Village
will be in the flooded districts. All
white convicts have been removed on
q special train and brought to the pen.
itentiary at Little Rock. A steamboat
will transfer the negro convicts.
While the Jacksonport levee at
Newport is holding. 1t is not expected
that II will hold. Three-fourths Of the
residents have left tina. city, and those
who remain have moved their goods to
the second stories Of their homes and
purchased boats.
A special train went out from Pine
Bluff to Cummins to remove the state
convicts there, all hope of holding the
levees at the point having been aban.
doned, The levee is also expected to
give way at Sarassa, some distance
north OF Cummins. At Douglas the
leyee is in good shape, although water
is,lapping over.
Big damage to grain crops and to
livestock is reported from virtually
every section. No knowledge Of the
whereabouts of the Red Cross agent
dispatched from Fort Worth, Tex, to
Eastern Arkansas. is known in the
capital.
Telephone and telegraph communica.
ton to numerous points in Northeast
and Northwest Arkansas was cut of
because of washed-out pole lines.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
LOOTING IN FLOOD AREA
u. s. Marines and Sailors Are Patrol.
Ing Rulns-cailfornla Death List
May Reach Sixty.

San Diego. Cal.-Looting by Next
cans, described by Rear Admiral Full
lam. commanding the Pacific reserve
fleet, as "the worst have ever seen, "
broke out in the 0tay Valley flood
swept by the breaking of the Otay
Dam. The lower valley was turned
into an armed camp patrolled by ma
rines and sailors from the Battleship
Oregon and the cruisers Milwaukee
and Sout Dakota in San Diego bay.
The men had orders to shoot the loot
ers on sight.
The sailors and marines toiled hard
to recover the bodies OF those who
lost their lives in the disaster. and
20 bodies, some OF which we're mutt
lated, have been gathered together.
The loss OF life in the 0tay Valley
lie estimated at SO, while reports that
the cloudburst in San Luis Rey and
San PAsquel Valleys cost no more than
10 lives brought the probable death
uSt IN TINS sectlon 10 OU.
A new flood poured down the Tia
Juana River, which rose four feet at
its mouth at the foot OF San Diego
Bay. A telephone message from Tee
ate said II was reported there that
the Morena Dam, 60 miles back in the
hills, had burst. Officials here, fear
that II the reports were correct, TO-
100000, 900 gallons OF water impound-
cd by the dam will tear a new chan
mel for the river across Coronado
Strand into the sea, residents of I'm
perial Beach, a hamlet on the strand
were ordered to fee.
Telephone reports were received
early from two sources that the Cuya-
maca dam, at the source of the San
Diego River, had broken, releasing
5000. O00,00 gallons of water.
First news of the reported collapse
Of the Morena dam came through An.
drew Ervast. city engineer Of Coro,
nado. Ervast, trying to reach the
Mexican town of Tia Juana, met
Japanese running along the bank OF
the Tia Juana River.
Get back" cried the Japanese in
broken English. Tell the people lots
water comingl"
Reports that the Town Of Tia Juana
Lower California, had suffered heavy
damage seemed to be confirmed. It
was said that little was left of the
new race track plant, which cost, 1t
is said 100000. A large force of
workmen continued to REINFORCE the
Sweetwater dam in the little valley
north OF the Otay River.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
STEAMER MAKES UNSUCCESSFUL
ATTEMPT TO RESCUE OVER
300 STATE coNvIcTs.
THEIR POSITION PERILOUs
Swift Sweeping Waters Make Il I'm
possible For Boat To Approach
Lsvee-Many Counties Are
Being Flooded.

Little Rock. Ark.-The most serious
situation In the most widespread flood
Arkansas has ever known appears to
be at the state farm at Cummins. in
Lincoln county, on the night of Feb. /.
There between 300 and 400 negro
convicts were huddled on what re-
mains of the Arkansas river levee that
broke and their position was perilous.
The steamer Bay Queen, carrying
John T. Burkett member of the state
penitentiary commission, steamed out
Of Pine Bluff in an effort to rescue
them, but found 1t impossible to land
because OF the swiftness of the wa
ters. II other attempts succeed the
convicts will be taken to Swan Lake,
ID miles up the river from the state
farm, where they will be placed on
train and brought to the penitentiary
at Little Rock. The swift current and
the swollen condition of the river
make the trip hazardous.
Commissioner Burkett said that If
the convicts are rescued he will send
the steamer back down the river to
rescue several hundred people who
are marooned by flood waters near
Douglas. Another levee has broken
there. The Bay Queen carried go.
visions sufficien to last 10 days. The
white convicts were removed from
the state farm.
The steamer Mghtwood is rescuing
marooned families further down the
river at Red Fork In the vicinity of
Watson. 1t is reported that there are
several breaks in the levees on the
lower Arkansas between Cummins and
Red Ford, one Of them two miles wide.
Through them flood waters are sweep
ing across the lowlands of Lincoln,
Drew, Ashley, Desha and Chicot coun-
ties Of Arkansas and ON down into
Northern louisiana.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11

Grinnell, Iowa.-President Wilson's
special train backed into a crowd Of
5000 persons at the railway station
here and knocked down half a dozen
children, several of whom fell under
the train and between the rails. They
we're dragged out unhurt. The presi.
dent was on the back platform at the
time, Just about to shake the hands Of
a baby held up to him by its mother.
The smile on the presidents face
quickly geve way to look of alarm.
He Strengthened up and shouted stop
the trainl"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
VIII Fight Preparedness.

Neutrality-suspicious. Secretary of
State Bryan will take the stump in
the middle west against President VIII
sons preparedness program. Repre-
sentative Warren Worth Bailey OF
Pennsylvania, one Of the leaders OF
the Democratic anti-prepsredness fac.
ton in the house, has announced that
plans had been made to send a group
of speakers, headed by Mr.. Bryan.
through the country to oppose prepar
edness.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
Tried To Sell Mule: Arrested.

Nashville.-Will Adams a farmer.
aroused the suspicious Of the detec.
tives here, by trying TO sell a mule
worth $500 for less than half that
amount. and was arrested on a techni-
cal charge. pending an investigation.
Chief of Detectives Sidebottom mott.
fed the Murfreesboro authorities. as
Il is thought the mule was stolen in
Rutherford county.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
Raptlsts End Session.

Nashville.-The Southern Baptist
Educational Association closed its mid.
winter conference here, following q
session extending over two days. The
conference was the fourth in the his
tory OF the organization. each having
been held In Nashville. Fifty-four en-
inent educators were present. among
whom were IL college presidents
Twelve states and 81 schools were rep
resented. President J. L. Kesley Of
Baylor University. presided over the
session and J. Henry Burnett was
secretary.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
Cotton Used In War.

washington.-Three million bales of
cotton have been consumed in making
Gunpowder during the last year, 2.
ooo, 900 in Europe and 100000 in the
United States. Representatives Helm
of Alabama has told the House census
committee. He appeared before the
committee to urge favorable action on
hIs bill to gather and publish statistics
81 cotton used for war purposes.
Director Rogers Of the Census Blu
reau also urged passage OF the Helm
hiii
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
Prisoners Must Work Roads.

Gallatin.-It has been unanimously
decided by Chairman R. E. Saunders
Of the County Court and the county
workhouse commission that all Of the
prisoners confined in the county jail
shall in the future be made to work
on the county roads. Under the new
order the prisoners viii be required to
pay their fines and court sentences by
hard labor on the public highways.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
BUSINESS MEN ELECT.
Martin Man Heads League Of West
Tennessee Clubs.

Tennessee Clubs.
Martin.-After electing officers for
the year and choosing Dyersburg as
the place for the next meeting, the
League Of West Tennessee Business
Mems Clubs has adjourned here.
The new officers for the League are
as follows: President, T. J, Taylor,
Martin; first vice president. A. r.
Dodson, Humboldt; second vice presi-
dent, Geo. Dahnke, Union City; secre-
tary-treasurer, Edward Mccormick, Of
Memphis. July 81 was named road
working day.
This meeting was presided over by
President Norvel Of Newbern. One Of
the most interesting topics discussed
at the meeting was that Of good roads.
The League pledged itself for ad.
vancement in this line.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
Manaled BY Train.

Bristol-Clarenee Cotton. Of Bristol.
age IS years. was crushed to death
by a train on the Southern railway
near Bristol His Hfeless body was
found BY section men beside the tracks.
He was killed during the nighi
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11

Trezevant-An application has been
filed for charter for a new bank at
this plk'e, bearing the name OF the
Farmers and Merchants Bank. The
capital stock Of the new bank VIII Be.
$4,000. fully Paid.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
Fatal eunpIax Between Negroes.

Paris-Obie Bingham. negro employee
Of the city. was shot in the stomach
and reported dying. and Gayland Gray,
negro. is q fugitive as the result OF a
shooting ARRAY at this place. Gray
used a shotgun.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
BIG LIQUOR STOCK SEIZED.
State Pure Food OFFICERS swoop Down
on Nashville Wholesalers,

Nashville.-Swooplng down upon
three of Nashville's wholesale liquor
houses, inspectors of the state depart
ment of pure food and drugs, accom-
panied by receivers appointed by
Judge James Newman of the second
chancery court, seized stocks of whis-
key, beer and wines valued at between
$4,000 and $4,000. The houses were
closed and the stocks placed under
guard pending further orders from the
courts.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11

MIlan.-Sam Mitcham. infant son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Prints Miteham. attempt.
ed to swallow piece Of beefsteak.
The meat lodged in the baby's throat
and while its mother was endeavoring
to dislodge the food the baby died.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
Lifeboat I. mIssIno.

Lverpool.-The lifeboat with seven
seamen from the American line steam.
ship Philadelphia which went to the
rescue Of the crew Of the British sail.
ing ship Ben Leo. after her collision
with the Philadelphia OF the coast
OF Wales is still missing.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
WARNINGS Are OUT.
Lower Ohio and Mississippi statlons
Get Word.

Washington.-Flood stages in the
lower Mississippi approaching any re-
corded in past years are the predic.
tons here by the weather bureau. For
Natchez a stage Of SIS was predicted
by Feb. 20; Baton Rouge, 43 feet;
Donaldson. "a feet, and New Orleans.
q feet. by early in March. Other food
crests indicated were: Memphis, 45;
Helena. So; Arkansas City, So; vicks-
burg. 81.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
SAY DEPUTY TIPPED" RAID.
Wiley Embry, Davidson Court Clerk,
ls Cited For Contempt.

whey EmpryJ UaNioton GouTt ClerkI
ls Cited For Contempt.
Observation-Disclosures the charge
made by Commissioner Harry L. Es-
kew that deputy in the criminal court
clerks Office had tipped of raid
to wholesale whiskey house. Judge
A. B. Neil ordered Attorney General
Anderson to conduct a rigid investiga-
ton of the matter. Wiley Embry, dep.
uty criminal court clerk of Davidson
county, was cited to appear before
Judge A. B. Neil of the court to show
cause why he should not be adjudged
in contempt Of court for tipping off"
the raid.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11
FIND BODY IN CREEK.
John 7. Flowers, Wealthy Man Of
Byrdstown, Dies by DROWNING.

S0HH - F'SWSiof wealthy wan W
Byrdstown, Dies by Drowning.
Byrdstown.-John Taylor Flowers,
one of the wealthiest men of the coun-
ty, was found dead in the Flowers
branch near here. Mr.. Flowers left
home ostensibly to visit his son some
three miles from here. and had not
been seen until the body was found
In the creek. II is believed that he
had been suffering from heart trouble
and went to the branch to get water,
and while there fell In the creek and
was drowned.
The verdict of the inquest was that
he came to his death by drowning.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-11

London.--The number Of Monaghan
insurgents has been increased by 90
OO0, according to q Mukden dispatch.
says ! Petrograd correspondent