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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
DRAW FIRE FROM U.S.. MILITIA
Shots Are Exchanged Across the Eor
der Near FL Paso--One Mexican
Thought To Be Killed.

Ell Paso- party of mounted Mex
leans exchanged fire with Company [
Of the Ninth Massachusetts Infantry
here on the 18th. According to re
ports, the guardsmen were doing out
post duty when the Mexicans rode up
on the opposite bank of the Rio Grande
and opened fire. The guardsmen suf.
ferd no casualties, but reported they
believed they had killed one Mexican.
Capt. Hickey of dorchester, Mass,
commanding the company, estimated
the number of Mexicans at Is, but
asserted that he was unable to deter
mine whether or not they were sol
diers, approximately fifty shots were
fired on each side, it was said.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
West Virginia.
NAMES JUDGE J. H. CLARK
Selected To Succeed Former Justice
Hughes On the Supreme
Court Bench.

Washington.-John Fl. Clarke, Unit,
ed States district Judge at Cleveland,
Ohio, has been nominated by Presi,
dent Wilson as an associate justice
of the supreme court, to succeed for,
mer Justice Hughes, the Republican
nominee for the presidency. Mr..
Clarke was appointed district Judge
about two years ago by the president,
who, therefore, was thoroughly &C
quainted with his qualifications. The
president confidently expects that
Judge Clarke will be confirmed during
the present session of Congress.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
ALL ON HECTOR RESCUED
Four of the Crew Were Hurt When
the Vessel Was Pounded BY
the Storm.

Charleston. S. Call of the 142 per
sons aboard the large naval collier
Hector, which grounded and broke in
two off Cape Roman, s. c., July IA,
were brought here, but many OF them
were badly bruised and battered from
theiy experiences. and four of the col.
Tiers crew were severely injured.
Tho terrific hurricane that swept
the Carolina coast and wrecked the
collier took no toll of life other than
that of a negro here and another at
Savannah.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Plano Stolen From Church.

Chicago.-Members of the Sixth
Congregational Church OF Oak Park
are conducting q search for robbers
who boldly backed Il dray up 10 the
church door and stole the chutch's new
$500 piano.
The pastor announced the theft at
Sunday services, after one hymn had
been played on a wobbly piano, resur.
rected from the cellar of the church.
Persons who saw the piano taken
away declared that It was done In
such q deliberate, orderly manner they
thought the church officers Q
changing Instruments.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
signs Rura, Credit. slI,.

Washington.-President Wilson sign.
ed the rural credits bill passed re-
Gently by congress. A group Of sen
ators, representatives and officers OF
farmers organizations applauded as
Mr.. Wilson affixed his signature.
Just before signing the measure.
which creates a system Of IL land loan
banks under direction OF a federal
board, the president made q short ad.
dress. pointing out the benefits he be-
lieved both farmers and the investing
community would enjoy under IL op-
Grafton.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
submarine ! Merchant Vessel.

Washington.-In an advisory report
on the status Of the German merchant
submarine Deutschland. submitted to
Secretary Polk. the government neu-
trality board is understood to hold the
vessel Is q peaceful merchant craft
and Is entitled to all privileges as such.
Indications are nov that the state de-
partment will make no formal an.
nouncement concerning the subma.
rine, but that the treasury depart
ment viii be advised to permit her 10
clear and sail from Baltimore when.
ever her captain desires.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Heavy Fighting at lutsk,

In the eastern theater in the region
Of Lutsk heavy fighting has commenc.
ed again, with the Russians the ag.
gressors. According to Vienna, all at.
lacks have been repulsed. Neither
the Vienna nor petrograd official com.
m~unication touches upon the opera.
tions in the C~arpathian region, but
Petrograd records the capture from
the Turks by the Russians OF the i'm.
portant town OF Baiburt. in Turkish
Armenia, 60 miles south Of the Black
Sea port OF Trebizond,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
MAKING Way To Border.

FL Paso.-Pancho Villa and bandit
chief named Paliza have moved south.
west from Parral to await shipments
OF ammunition said to be en- route TO
them. villa has taken 500 men with
him to conduct a looting campaign, and
Paliza is to gather recruits for the
bandit army from among the natives.
This was the information brought here
July II in private advices to American
mining men from their agents In Mex
leo.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Saves His Birds at Risk Of Life,

Determined to save the lives OF a
number Of %songbirds he had in cages
hanging on the porch of his home,
little Richard Chambers, ten, of New
Orleans risked his life In opening the
cages. and freeing his pets while his
home burned about midnight. Mr..
and Mrs. Chambers were awakened by
the cracking OF burning wood, and
barely succeeded in waking the Ave
children In the family. and getting
them safely out Of the burning build.
Ing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
GULF STREAM VEERS.
This Given AS Reason Why the Sharks
Are OF mi Coast.

New York. "A new theory to explain
the presence Of schools of sharks along
the North Atlantic coast was offered
by Capt. William Jensen of the United
Fruit steamship Calamares, on arrival
here. He expressed the belief that
the gulf stream has curved toward the
coast and that tropical fish Of every
variety soon will abound in the waters
adjacent to Long Island. Two hun
dred miles from New York Sunday
night, Capt. Jensen said, the tempera-
turc Of the water was "a degrees, I'M
usually high for that latitude.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
DEUTSCHLAND PAID FOR.
Profits of First Voyage Cover Subma.
rine's Expense.

'iHc ESpShsc.
Berlin, - Commercial submarines
may assume considerable Importance
in German-American trade during the
remainder of the war. The freight
earnings of the Deutschland were so
great that the vessel was paid for
out of the profits Of its first voyage.
1t is expected that many others will be
built. The company which the sub
marine is being flooded with requests
to accept freight; one exporter wants
room for 10000 casks of beer and
many want to send letters. Postal IA
~cilities, however. probably will not be
extended.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
United States Nickel Worth 6 Cents,

New York-The European war,
upon which almost all abnormal con-
ditions + blamed these days, has
boosted the actual value Of the Unit.
ed States scent piece to 6 cents. Back
in the days when the world was at
peace there was actually about IN
cents worth of nickel in every Ameri
can scent piece. "
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Shark, In la..e schoo,s.

New York.-The captain Of the
British steamer Merioneth, Ia from
Baltimore, reports that on July 6 and
succeeding days. the crew sighted
sharks ranging In length from 5 to 10
feet In large schools.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Western Miners In Session.

Great Falls, Mont.-Several hundred
delegates, chiefly from the metalifer.
ous mining districts Of the West and
Middle West, and from British Column
bia, are present at the annual conven'
ton Of the Western Federation OF MIN.
ers,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Tribute to Genius.

How did you come to buy all those
boOksf"
~ was charmed into Il by the sales-
mans talk. Sometimes / think the
books would be more Interesting II the
book agent had written them himself"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
No IFioh; Sharks.

Tampa, Fla.--The w. D. Cash, back
from the snapper banks in the gull
reported that the taking Of fish IS
made impossible by the huge schools
OF sharks which infest the fishing
grounds.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Notification Date Changed q.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wilson has
decided to change the tentative plan
for holding the notification cersm monies
Aug. S. because he desired 70 post.
pone them until aftlr ADJOURN lent Of
congress.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
NavalsM ilitlamen Begin Cruise.

VItIdFNeh begIH CFV'Se'
Philadelphia--More than a thousand
naval militiamen from Middle Western
states sailed from the Philadelphia
navy yard on the battle ships Alabama
and Rhode Island for their annual
practice cruise.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
az Killed In Greek Fire.

Paris-Thirty-two persons have lost
their lives in the fire at Tatoi forest
which destroyed the chateaus of King
Constantine of Greece and the crowp
prince.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21

Three Drown In Detroit River.
Detroit, Mich.-Three persons were
drowned when bathing in the Detroit
river. Miss Clara Corr, 10, and Law.
renee Gagnon, 20, were caught In the
undertow, and Leon White, Is, was
seized with cramps.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Lincoln's Cabin Accepted.

Washington-President Wilson has
signed a bill accepting on behalf OF
the government the log cabin in which
Abraham Lincoln vas born neal
Hodgenville, Ky.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Committee Endorses Hay,

Washington--The senate Judiciary
committee reported favorably on the
presidents nomination of Congress
mar Hay to be Judge Of the United
States court of claims.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Three Are Injured In Wreck.

Three Are Injured In Wreck.
Williston, N. D.-Three persons
were seriously injured when the Ga
cier park limited on the great North.
ern railway collided head on with Q
local passenger train at Todd, N. D.
twelve miles east Of here.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21

UfFI9FbIe at ConStantinopIe.
Amsterdam-A dispatch from Con-
stantinople reports that great enthu.
siasm has been aroused by the arrival
at the Turkish capital Of . German
dirisible balloon Of the Schuette-Lani
type.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
MEXICO HAS PLANS,
Suggests Joint International Commits.
sion To End Dispute.

Washington. - Eliseo Arredondo,
Mexican ambassador designate, called
on Acting Secretary Polk at the State
Department just before the latter
went to the White House for the cab.
met meeting. 1t was understood Mr..
Arredondo had received instructions
from his government approving tenta.
tive plans for the settlement of diff
ferences with the United States by
means of a joint international com.
mission.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Maxim Observations,

"Ot course, as q prudent statesman,
you keep your ear to the ground"
mo, SIR" replied Senator Sorghun.
Il feel called upon to stand up straight
and keep both eyes on the horizon"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
100000 DAMAGE DONE.
Food Shortage From Wilkes County
Ia Reported,

Greensboro. N. C.-Reports reaching
here from Wilkesboro, N. c., said the
damage by floods alone In Wilkes
county will reach $4,000 900 and that
there was a food shortage. The town
electric plant and waterworks were put
cut of commission by the Yadkin river.
Only one bridge in the county escaped
destruction. Manufacturing plants.
residences and vast quantities Of lum-
Der were washed away.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Gold she'll Not BADLY Damaged.

VIZ" NV 0AO5y OAs"
Bordeaux, France-The American
tan ship Gold Shell which struck 9
mint off the mouth OF the Gironde en-
route from Newport News to this port
was found not to have been badly
damaged.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21

Capper Buys Sioux City Paper.
Sioux City, lathe Sioux City
Daily News has been sold at auction
to Gov. Arthur Capper of Kansas for
$4,000. Mr.. Capper owns several
Kansas publications.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Bomb In Roller Injuries Six.

Chicago-Six men were injured
when a dynamite bomb exploded in a
steam roller on the South Side. La
Dor trouble is blamed for the explo-
sion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
U-80hT DASH EASY,
DECLARES CAPTAIN
JUDGED FOE BY SUBMEPGlNG
Urd-r.,a C,sn OccppsI 70 Bot,cw of
C-cao - Times u tloOd Por5,eIe
Clrgcr5-Threadc Maze Of HoS,eo
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21

"De a dat likes lattery," said
Uncle Eben, would rather wear brass
jewelry dan go wlfout no decorations
ut all."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21

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y 'HI'e' "" pI"'rHi water entering
''Ir lI" .In.' 'H. >"nrdlI.- or" b"ins
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Then iIr ,,Ir VI the ]CluInpugnp
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"tHI Ar NJr Itaf way" said KOenly.
r..nyrIr" I'm 0l, "Orll> un our fingers
,oUs. "}}r ,g,.r, rh, HHgor.ringed, bell
ro"l buys. uaI -, llIut care a damn
roD U'. tht Guj~J ships 81 the Chan
net puryuL'
NIu-t the iri..uus fruits finally, the
DruDrr1Iail Drw.~'.! the Atlantic ROT.
rre and p"r5,a,I.I upUn Ms business,
Officers ua4 r.". urI plrUty Of time
lnu,f hand. The long days and
utytts vrr" IAjdui into four hour
Nu'rhrs, 4llf., un duty for four hours,
81 juD.urr f., '11'. on duty agHin for
t1Ur atI w." nJ Iarosaontly they kept
Nl-.lu5f watch 'a enemy Crnft-nny
nIHrt.
hwnFc win, knows New York as
NrIl ~ #" knows Bremen. says the
NDrth sra Hnl the CHANNEL were as
."rp"'l"i a. ~Nrpn4wuy. and at night
about us garisb'y lighted with those
"drtrsrobIr d~rsrroyrrs" playing tug all
over the wulrrs with their scarchlIghts.
A lot Of time he poked the periScopo
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Calls It Amazing Sight.

II never saw such n mass Of ma
Chincry in my life" said Or. Trnvers.
at was an amazing sight and | doubt
II It would mean much except to the
engineer who designed II. There
seemed to he 5000 different pieces,
an incxpIlcable tangle Of FURNISHED
copper and glistening steel"
Aft Of the suhmerging machinery
were the submarines two powerful
Diesel oil engines which propel her
on the surface. >
Captain Koenig told the doctor that
while on the surface the noise Of the
machinery vas almost deafenlng.
When submerged, said the skipper,
"she moves almost silently, and then
we enjoy ourselves"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
WITHDRAWAL PROMISED,

v. s. Representative At Mexico CITY
Informs Secretary Of War.
Mexico City.-James Linn Rodgers,
representative Of the American gov.
eminent, informed the Mexican sec
rotary of war that the American OK.
pe%ditionary forces in Mexico would be
gradually withdrawn from Mexico
territory. Mexican commissioners have
been designated to reach a settlement
OF the outstanding questions In the
United States.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
LOSS BY FLOODS
FIFTEEN MILLION
TWO CARoLiNAs. TWO VIRGlNlAS
AND TENNESSEE SUFFER
FROM STORM.
II DEAD; MANY MISSING
Houses, Bridges and Railway Tracks
In Five States Washed Away Cot.
ton Mills Suffer-Flood Wa
ters RecedIna.

AsheYille, N. C.-Seventeen deaths
reported on the 18th brought the south
eastern food toll to 80. but all rivers
are falling and something like normal
conditions obtain In many Of the sec
tions OVerrun with the high waters
from the eastern mountains Sunday,
Ten persons still are missing and the
property damage Is estimated at $l0,-
900, 900, principally to railroads, crops
aud Industrial plants.
Although the waters are receding In
nearly all districts, railroad and tele-
graphic communication are democrat
lied, and reports from towns and vii
lagos now isolated may increase both
the number Of deaths and the prop
erty loss.
North Carolina, South Carolina, Viz
ginia, Tennessee and West Virginia all
suffered heavy damage from the over
flowing streams, swollen by torrential
rain which followed last weeks hurri-
cane as it swept inland from the coast,
but the heaviest loss was in North
Carolina, where ii or IL deaths are
reported and where two-tnlrds OF the
material damage was done.
North Carolina.
Asheville. - twenty-five industrial
plants destroyed, including cotton and
lumber mills, machine shops and coal
and feed yards. Sixty residences IN
the lower part Of the city washed away
and 400 persons homeless, with 1900
out OF employment. Power and gas
plants out of commission.
CharlOtte.-Oue million cotton spin
dies idle as a result Of flOOder power
plants. Street cars at a %standstill and
city in darkness.
Catawba COMMUNICATION warehouse
with 1900 bales of cotton carried
away. In this county, as we'll as in
lredell and Alexander, great damage
was done to crops and small mills.
Fillmore. - Many persons driven
from their homes and mills INT crops
in surrounding territory damaged.
Marshall - Fifty-three homes de-
stroyed.
:. Tennessee.
Newport.-Partly inundated and
many families forced from their homes.
Butler.-Virginia g. Southern Rail
way bridge washed away.
Thousands of acres of corn and pee
nuts inundated between Chattanooga
and Paducan. Ky, on Tennessee river,
and much crop damage around Dan.
bridge.
All railroads In Eastern Tennessee
suffered heavily from washed out
bridges and culyerts.
South Carolina.
Crops badly damaged throughout
Piedmont section and several railway
bridges, including the Southern bridge
at Aston, washed away.
Observation-Disclosures and stores
on water front and two lumber mills
damaged. Seaboard Air Line tracks
washed out for short distance.
Virginia,
Four Norfolk & Western bridges at
GalaX Branch, on Little Creek extern.
sion. Pepper bridge near Radford and
another bridge near Pearisburg wash.
ed away. Damage in the Pearisburg
district alone estimated at a million
dollars.
ported completely submerged.
West Virginia.
Crops damaged along Kanawha river
and some damage to railways by wash
outs and bridges carried away.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-21
Tennessee
South Carolina.

Crops badly damaged throughout
Piedmont section and several railway
bridges, including the Southern bridge
at Aston, washed away.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and stores
on water front and two lumber mills
damaged. Seaboard Air Line tracks
washed out for short distance.
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it will be buried with the body in
crypt No. 1873 of the royal crypt.
Franz Josef was born Aug. IL,
1880. His death ends a reign longer
than any in modern history, except
that of Louis XIV. of France
Louis, unlike the Hapshurg SOW
ereign,r assembled the throne when
mere child of 5.
1t was reign bathed in blood and
shrouded in tragedies.
War marked the beginning Of his
reign, as war has marked its close.
Domestic tragedies, murders, sui
cides, violent deaths have decimated
his family.
In 1889, his only son, the Crown
Prince Rudolph, died a violent death
near Vienna. It was either murder
or suicide. Nine years later the en-
press, his consort, was assassinated
in Geneva. His favoTite niece was
burned to death at SchOenbrunn.
The Duchess d'Alencon, favOrite Of
his wife's sister, died in the charity
bazaar fire in Paris.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-22
BITS OF NEWS

Investigators of U. S. dept of JUS
tice have gone to Proviso, Ill, to in
vestigate report that 1000 carloads
of wheat and many Of potatoes are
being held there by middle-men to
keep up market price of these food
stuffs.
School teachers who live at Boz
hemian Settlement house, 1921 s.
Racine av., calm when fire threat
ened destruction of building in which
they slept. All took time to dress.
Blaze confined to basement.
Detectives searching for trunk be-
Ieved to hold 100000 in cash and
securities, part of loot obtained by
Edw. Thatcher, arrested in Florida
on $1,000 swindle charge.
Rich Chicagoans said to be consid-
ering plans to endow art theater.
Van Buren, st bridge closed for re-
pairs.
A heated argument isn't another
way of cutting your coal bill or saw
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-22
UNsKILLED YOUTH SUCCEEDS
FRANZ JOSEF - PRUSSIAN
CONTROL PREDICTED
London, Nov. 22.-Ey

London, Nov. 22.-Eyes of Europe
were today turned on Archduke
Cbas. Francis Joseph, now emperor
of Austro-Hungary. The Emperor
Frank Josef, who for GO years ruled
the throne of the dual monarchy.
died last night.
The new ruler of the nation whose
demands on Serbia pTecipitated the
great war is % years of age. He is
supposed to be at the front in COM
mand of Austrian troops operating in
Carpathians against the Rumanians.
Undoubtedly he has already been
summoned to Vienna.
With prospect that the new sover-
eign may have an important bearing
on the future in the war, his charac-
ter and disposition has been the sub
ject of deep study by all Europe.
DemOcraticaIly inclined, very little
was known of him up to time that
an assassin's bomb murdered Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, the heir, in
Sarajevo, June %, 1914.
The man who will now become
AUstria's ruler is known to have a
good military education, but has
lacked any training whatever in state
craft or diplomacy. He assumes the
throne at a time when the strongest
of men would have a task in keeping
the empire intact, as Hungary is
growing FESTIVE under the Hapsburg
yoke. Its leaders, fearing swallow
ing up of Hungary in the Teutonic
empire, wish Hungary to divorce it
self from the dual monarchy and be-
come a separate kingdom.
Franz Josef, acknowledged one of
strongest rulers of modern times, is
no more. A mere STRIPPING, IMMERSED
in statecraft, succeeds him. Ger
many is expected to find him plant
IN acceding to Prussian wishes. An
increase of Prussian domination of
the Central Empires is expected.
Preparation of the body of Franz
e. L re
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way of cutting your coal bill or saw
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