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SIDELIGHTS ON
STATE POLITICS
i
Gossip About the Men Who
Are in the Public Eye at
Present.
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
There was something grimly humor
ous in the way the Broyles-Pottle race
mixed things up in the various news
paper offices in Atlanta, and the out
come thereof seems especially to have
been designed by a kind and watchful
Providence, to the end that no particu
lar engine of journalistic uplift locally
might suffer a crushing preponderance
of embarrassment, and every precinct
heard from!
The race was a dead heat, a dog
fall an even break! Designations are
matters of taste.
Glooms and Joyp scatter impartially
and divide like gentlemen and real
sports should. .
To begin at the beginning, the pre
election campaign "dope” ran to Pot
tle.
Pottle was expected to win. and the
first reports, wired in as a rule from
noon to 2:30 o'clock on election day, in
dicated a Pottle victory sure.
A Jumble of Reports.
The Wednesday night extras, without
exception, gave the race to Pottle.
Thursday morning The Constitution
printed Pottle's picture and declared
him a winner.
Thursday afternoon The Georgian
said it looked like Pottle and The Jour
nal said it looked like Broyles.
Friday morning The Constitution said
it looked mightily like Broyles.
Friday afternoon The Georgian said
it was Pottle and The Journal said it
was Broyles.
Saturday morning The Constitution
said it was Broyles by a scratch, and
at noon Saturday The Georgian said it
was beginning to look mightily like a
tie!
Broyles Thanked His Friends.
Saturday afternoon The Journal said
it was Broyles by 190 to 178, and The
Georgian said it either was Broyles by
182 to 186, or it was a tie.
The Georgian quoted Judge Pottle as
saying he thought it might be a tie,
while The Journal carried a card of
\ thanks from Broyles to, his friends, in
which he claimed victory’sure.
Sunday morning both The Consti
tution and The Journal admitted that
the race was a tie- hut The Constitu
tion carried on its editorial page, nev
ertheless. an illuminating promulgation
analyzing the meaning of Broyles'
election!
Somebody certainly had mixed those
babies up. all right!
The Georgian knew nothing whatever
of the figures in The Constitution and
Journal offices. It was figuring—as
best it could - from its own returns.
It went wrong on its Friday story,
claiming victory for Pottle, on returns
subsequently corrected.
Then Looked Like Broyles.
It based its two Saturday glories on
complete returns from all but two
counties Lincoln and Union.
With those two counties unofficially
hut seemingly reliably returned, it
looked like Broyles by 186 to 182.
The Georgian stated Saturday after
noon that a swing of either Union or
Lincoln from Broyles to Pottle would
tie the score.
Curiously enough, and with that per
sistent perversity of fate that seems to
have followed the Broyles-Pottle fig
ures. one of them DID swing in the
final and concluding lap—and the race
was a tie, with a convention fight the
answer!
Saturday about 9:30 o'clock a well
known Allanta politician came to The
Georgian office and demanded to know
why The Georgian did not "admit the
nomination of Broyles."
"All the other newspapers admit it,
and it looks like bull-headedness in you
not. to fall in line.
Trying to Get Correct Figures.
Rut it wasn’t "pure bull-headedness.”
The Georgian had no personal inter
est in the race. Broyles and Pottle
were simply Mr. X and Mr. Y to The
Georgian, and it was looking for the
correct figures to attach to each exhib
it-nothing more.
The Georgian couldn’t make two and
two equal five, when two and two
didn't seem to do anything of the sort
even to please prominent Atlanta poli
ticians.
Besides, The Georgian knew what
was biting the prominent Atlanta pol
itician. He had a candidate for city
recorder up his sleeve, and he wanted
the election of Broyles conceded.
The Georgian didn't have a candi
date for city recorder, and all candi
dates for the court of appeals looked
alike to The Georgian.
Upon the official landing of Union and
Lincoln depended The Georgian’s fig
ures for final accuracy In the court of
appeals race.
Giving them both to Broyles—where
they seemed to belong—Saturday aft
ernoon. his election was indicated by
JS6 Io 182.
When in the finish, however, one
landed in the Broyles and one In the
Pottle column, two votes came off of
Broyles and went onto Pottle.
Result—to stay put- Broyles 184 and
Pottle 184!
Georgian Foresaw a Tie,
The Georgia was the first newspaper
to suggest the likelihood of a tie be
tween the two candidates—it suggested
a tie as probable Saturday at noon, and
reiterated the suggestion in its home
edition.
To The Journal goes the credit for
printing the first absolutely official
word from Union. It carried a dis
patch Saturday afternoon from Blue
Kldge, via Murphy, N. C., saying that
A frica Glad to See ‘Jedge Briles' Go
BUGABOO TO DARKTOWN
Old “Nat” White, who in complexion,
at least, belies his name emphatically,
has been talking things over with his
friends and acquaintances along Dark
est Decatur street, and he finds the
denizens thereof in quite a state of
mbind today with respect to recent po
mind todayzwith respect to recent po
litical happenings in Georgia.
Old “Nat” says Decatur street is re
joicing all the way along, up one side
and down the other, that “Jedge Briles”
has bebn named to the court of appeals,
and must, without doubt, be a thing
apart from Decatur street philosophy
hereafter, save in more or less loving
retrospect.
"Dese Decatur street niggers." says
Old "Nat” today, "thinks dey is shore
gwine ter have a good time now, and
dat dere won't be no straint on no
body wicl Jedge Briles on de big court.
"Dese niggers shore has a great re-
MARIETTA GAILY
GARBED FDR VETS
I
Convention State Reunion Will
Open Tomorrow With Address
of Welcome by Governor.
MARIETTA, GA., Aug. 27.—The Stars
and Bars and the St. Andrew’s crosses,
banners of the Lost Cause, hang from
every building around the ancient pub
lic square today. Colors of the Con
federacy, from great flaunting banners
to tiny pennants, wave from the win
dows of a thousand homes. Already the
white-aproned chefs are preparing the
meats for the camp which is to come.
Marietta is ready for the reunion of
Georgia veterans which opens tomor
row and closes Thursday night.
Busiest of all Mariettans, enthusi
astic, indefatigable, is Miss Regina
Rambo, the girl to whoso efforts, more
than anything else, is du< the coming
of the veterans to Marietta. It was
Miss Rambo who personally extended
the Invitation; it was she who worked
from morning to night to raise the
funds for their entertainment. The gray
soldiers of the sixties look upon her as
the “Daughter of the Division.” They
will join in doing her honor tomorrow 7 .
Miss Rambo, as head of the enter
tainment committee, has planned a
number of special affairs for the amuse
ment of the visitors when their busi
ness sessions are over. Tomorrow
night will bring three separate enter
tainments at the same hour, one at the
court house, one at the armory and one
at the city park. Tomorrow afternoon
a luncheon will be served to sponsors
and maids by the Fielding Lewis chap
ter. D. A. R., at the home of Mrs. John
M. Graham. The girls of the Martha
Berry Tavern will be the waitresses.
At the opening exercises tomorrow
morning there will be addresses of wel
come by Governor .Joseph M. Brown,
Mayor J. J. Black, Mrs. S. D. Rambo,
president of the I'. D. C., and Mrs. R.
T. Nesbitt. Judge John W. Maddox, of
Rome, the state commander, and W.
H. Harrison, of Atlanta, will respond.
In the afternoon a tour of the battle
field of Kennesaw Mountain will be
made in automobiles.
The great parade will take place
Thursday afternoon, with five divisions
in line. Three bands have been en
gaged and state troops. Boy Scouts and
the sponsors will march with the vet
erans. Thursday night the grand ball
will be given at the armory.
SANDOW WEEPS IN CELL;
SAY HE'S A WIFE-BEATER
ALLENTOWN, PA., Aug. 27. —Fred
Sandow, a strong man who had been
giving exhibitions in this city and
claiming to be son of Eugene Sandow,
was arrested by the police today on a
charge of beating and choking his wife,
a frail mite of woman.
When taken to the police station the
strong man cried like a child and
begged to be released. His wife is un
der the care of a physician. Sandow
claims to have stood off Hacken
schmidt, the wrestler, for eight minutes
in New York.
MEXICAN WAR VETERAN
DIES AT FLOVILLA HOME
JACKSON, GA., Aug. 27.—A veteran
of the Mexican war, R J. Terrell, is
dead at his home in Flovilla at the age
of 89 years. Mrs. Terrell survives. They
had been married 62 years. He was a
native of Meriwether county. He served
through the Mexican war and received
a serious wound that prevented his en
listing in the Civil war.
Four sons, J. W. Terrell, of Flovilla:
N J. Terrell, of Atlanta; H. D. Ter
rell. 'if Covington, and R. W. Terrell,
of Tifton, and one daughter, Mrs. J. S.
Cummings, of Flovilla, also survive.
Alexander had carried the county for
governor.
Previous to that, nobody knew really
what had happened in Union.
Unquestionably, the errors creeping
into the reports on the Broyles-Pottle
race were due to lhe extreme and un
reasonable length of the ticket used in
Wednesday’s primary, and to the fact
that the race, thought to be a one
sided affair in the beginning, was over
looked in a measure in the early returns
or more or less Indifferently handled by
correspondents.
It seems a bit strange, however, at
that, that the truth could be establish
ed by no one earlier than Saturday
night.
Every newspaper in Atlanta wasj
seeking, of course, to present exact and
truthful figures, and that it took them
three days to get together may seem to
the irreverent something of a juke.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. AUGUST 27. 1912.
spect for de Jedge, but dey ain’t shed
ding no tears dat he’s er goner, so
far as dey is consarned. If de trufe
was known, dey’s about de happiest lot
er niggers in de world, seeing dat
Broyles is ter pjtss along ter higher
things.
"Hit don't make no particular differ
ence who gits Jedge Briley' Job, hit ain't
gwine ter be Jedge Briles. Dey ain't
gwine ter be no more Jedge Brileses in
dis world. He ain't like no jedge dat
ever wuz. and he ain't gwine ter be
like no jedge what ever will be. He's
jess Jedge Briles. all by hisself.
"I hears dey is a big celebration be
ing fixed up, in honor of de Jedge's
election, but my advice ter dese nig
gers is.ter postpone dat thing until
atter de Jedge is sworn in on de big
court. Dey ain't no tellin’ wflat sort er
view de Jedge might take ob that cele
bration. if hit wuz called to his atten
tion, and hit might be.”
RELIGIOOS JEST
CAUSES KILLING
Bailiff Slays Ex-Mayor of
Kingston Because of Remark
About “Holy Rollers.”
CARTERSVILLE, GA., Aug. 27.—W.
H. Griffin, ex-mayor of Kingston. Ga.,
candidate for mayor and son of R. L.
Griffin, former sheriff of Bartow 7 county,
was shot and instantly killed on the
streets of Kingston last night by W. J.
Wooten, a bailiff of Kingston. The
shooting was the result of a remark
made by Griffin concerning the "Holy
Rollers," of whom Wooten is a recent
convert.
Wooten gave himself up and is held
in the county jail here without ball.
According to half a hundred specta
tors. Mayor Griffin, with a number of
other men. was standing in front of
the calaboose listening to the ravings
of a drunken negro prisoner. Wooten
and a friend walked up and asked w 7 hy
the negro had been Jailed.
"Oh. the trouble with him is he is
one of your Holy Roller Russellites,”
said Griffin jokingly. “You're one your
self, bailiff; you ought to know the
sounds.”
“You stop kidding me about my re
ligion, Griffin.” shouted Wooten. "You
say that and you’re a damned liar."
Griffin struck Wooten with his open
palm on the cheek; Wooten staggered
back. Griffin struck again at the bail
iff, who leaped back ten feet, drew his
pistol and fired a slipt straight into the
ex-mayor's heart. Griffin fell dead in
the roadway. The crowd disarmed
Wooten, after a struggle, and thrust
him into the cell with the howling ne
gro.
While Wooten sat behind the bare
Griffin's mother-in-law, Mrs. Hender
rton, who was visiting the ex-mayor's
family, went up to the bars.
"Why did you kill my boy?" she de
manded.
“I just had a call to, ma’am," said
Wooten. "I had been ordered from on
high that he had to die."
UNWRITTEN LAW IS
FARMER’S PLEA FOR
KILLING MOTORMAN
LOUISVILLE, KY., Aug. 27.—Pas
sengers on an interurban car from
Louisville to Shelbyville late last night
heard what they thought were the or
dinary explosions from the motor box
on the front platform, accompanied by
flashes. A moment later they were
aware of a tragedy when the door
opened and a man with a revolver in
hand strode back through the car,
while the motorman toppled over and
dropped at his post. He was brought
to Louisville, but died In a few hours
from three bullet wounds. *
The slayer was Tyler Hinkle, a young
farmer, who acted under the unwritten
law, having accused Robert Pierle? the
victim, of invading his home.
CYCLONE STRIKES CAMPERS
FOUR PERSONS ARE INJURED
ERIE. PA., Aug. 27.—Roaring like a
tremendous blast, a cyclone, which Is
believed to have attained a velocity of
80 miles, broke over Canaughtee Lake
yesterday, injuring four campers and
entailing a loss of $30,000 to grain and
property. For three minutes township
people say water was thrown more than
100 feet into the air by the wind.
Carrying what seemed to bee great
volumes of water, the funnel-shaped
cloud. 40 feet wide, skirted the city and
then moved rapidly to the southwest.
Barns fell, trees werj> uprooted and
many persons were stunned. Many nar
rowly escaped injury or death.
WEDS IN FEAR OF SON,
AT 72: BRIDE IS ONLY 22
WILMINGTON, DEL.. Aug 27. Ex
pressing a fear that his son might ob
ject, a man 72 years old, who secured a
marriage license from Magistrate
Gluckman today to marry a girl 22
years old, insisted that his name and
that of his intended bride be kept a
secret, at least for the present.
The man is a wealthy manufacturer
living in Germantown, and his young
bride is a resident of Philadelphia. The
man was accompanied by his daughter,
who looked to be the bride's senior. He
said he and his son are Interested in
some patents, and he thought his son
would make trouble if he learned that
the aged father had married.
Aftei getting the license the couple
went on a hunt for a minister to per
form the ceretium”
MOOSE ROOTED
IN FIRST CLASH
H. S. Jackson Controls Situa
tion—Clark Grier and Mar
shal Johnson Bounced.
What will happen to Republican of
fice holders in the South who do not
Support the faction in power is clearly
known to all today after the action of
the state Republican central commit
tee yesterday afternoon in reading
Clark Grier out of the party and out of
his promised Job as postmastei at Dub
lin and in placing United States Mar
shal Walter H. Johnson In the same
boat with “that traitor. Clark.”
"The action of the state Republican
central committee won't keep me from
voting for Taft," said Mr. Johnson to
day.
He admitted that the resolutions
which indorsed the opposition of Henry
S. Jackson, collector of internal reve
nue, to Clark Grier and all other dele
gates to the Republican convention that
opposed President Taft in the prelimi
nary contests, referred to himself, but
stated that a man in politics must ex
pect attacks and that he had no objec
tion to the resolutions being passed if
the committee saw fit to pass them.
ThYeats to "bolt” the Republican par
ty came when B. J. Davis, a negro and
editor of The Atlanta Independent, de
clared that if President Taft appointed
Clark Grier postmaster at Dublin -that
he w 7 ould vote and work for Wilson.
Bull Moose “charges" were flung also
when C. P. Goree, an Atlanta lawyer,
pointed his Anger at District Attorney
Alex Akerman, of Macon, and shouted,
“The gentleman from Bibb is a Bull
Moose and he knows' it.”
Jackson Is the Leader.
The committee met in the senate
chamber to choose Republican electors
for the presidential election this fall.
That part of the work came at dusk
and occupied ten minutes.
Henry S. Jackson, collector of in
ternal revenue, is today acknoweldged
the leader of the Republican party and
arbiter on all matters of Federal pat
ronage in Georgia This came when
the skids were put under Colonel Wal
ter H. Johnson and he was roughly
ehot from the position which he has
held for more than twenty years. Colo
nel Johnson is no linger chairman of
the executive committee, leader or hold
er of patronage, and even stands in
danger of losing his own position as
marshal at a salary of $4,500 per year.
He only remains chairman of ehe cen
tral committee.
This was accomplished by passing a
set of resolutions offered by Roscoe
Pickett, of Pickens county, one of the
four members of the Georgia legisla
ture who Is a Republican. The resolu
tions indorsed the work of Henry S.
Jackson in supporting Taft; indorsed
the stand of Mr. Jackson in opposing
the nomination of Clark Grier for post
master at Dublin* and indorsed Mr.
Jackson for his opposition to all who
had voted against the Taft faction in
the preliminary contests at the Repub
lican convention In Chicago.
Colonel Johnson Steps Down.
When this was introduced. Colonel
Johnson, who as chairman of the com
mittee was presiding, stepped down and
handed the gavel to John M. Barnes,
of Macon.
That Jackson had been seeking to
oust Marshal Johnson, despite his de
nials to representatives of the, Atlanta
papers, was clearly shown when Dis
trict Attorney Akerman produced be
fore the committee letters from Attor
ney General Wickersham in which the
attorney general said he could take no
action in the matter of Colonel Johnson
because the representations made to
him by Akerman were so at variance
with those made by Jackson. Akerman
is the avowed friend of Colonel John
son and in bitter language defended
him on the floor yesterday.
UPSON MAN, OPPOSED TO
everything l wins RACE
THOMASTON, GA., Aug. 27 Be
cause he was against most everything
that is a live issue in Georgia politics.
P. C. Parks, in one of the most exciting
races known in Upson county for the
legislative place to succeed W. Y. Allen,
was elected over his closest opponent.
But he had a majority of only twelve
votes. The votes fell as follows: P.
C. Parks. 320; J R. Davis. 308; B. G.
McKenney, 249; P. G. Daniel. 90.
Mr. Parks' platform was against the
dog law, the game law, the present pro
hibition law. the system of working the
roads and compulsory education, all of
which polled for him a heavy vote in
the country precincts. Mr. Davis re
ceived a heavy town vote, Mr, Parks is
60 years old, a wealthy planter and
prominent stock dealer of this place. He
was born and reared in Upson county,
and has never had any political expe
rience before.
Feel
Grouchy ■
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when their system is
not carrying off the
waste products.
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and put you in a good
humor with yourself
and ihe world. At
your druggist sugar
coated or plain.
SURVIVOR OF SHIP
SUNK BY ICE SAVED
BY LOSS OF A HAND
TACOMA. WASH., Aug. 27.—Nine
years next October the steamship Dis
covery, bound from Nome for Puget
Sound, was lost off the southern coast
of Alaska. About 70 persons, including
a dozen Port Townsend residents, per
ished. Until today the manner of the
Discovery's loss has remained a mys
tery. It was supposed she foifndered in
a storm off Yakuta. The only clew
was one life preserver on the shore of
Kodiak Island.
Now comes Captain E. C Weaver. 75
years old, and proves he is the sole
survivor of the Discover'• Weaver savs
tile Discovery weathered a storm off
Yakuta and reached Irk Strait, near
Juneau, where during a heavy snow
storm she struck an iceberg and sank
in five minutes.
Weaver's escape resulted from his
previous misfortune of losing one hand.
With a steel hook permanently fast
ened to his wrist lie drew himself on
some floating ice. The next day Indians
picked him up. taking him in their
camp. While on the iceberg lie alle
viated his thirst by breaking off pieces*
of ice with the steel hook
DAUGHTER GOMES
TO BURY WILSON
The body of Christopher Columbus
Wilson, of wireless fame, who died sud
denly Sunday night at the Federal
prison, where he was serving a term,
is held here pending the arrival of his
daughter, Miss Olla Wilson.
Miss Wilson Is A resident of Lancas
ter. Texas. She has wired that she
will arrive in Atlanta tomorrow to take
charge of the body. So far the under
takers have not notified Mrs. Wilson of
her husband's death.
Mrs. Wilson lives in the East, where
she has besn since she gave up her
place as stenographer for the president
of the wireless company to become his
wife. This was shortly after the gov
ernment investigation of the company's
affairs was begun. Mr. Wilson and his
first wife, the mother of Miss Olla
Wilson, had just been divorced.
Mr. Wilson's death came suddenly,
just after he had written a letter to
his daughter. He was seated in the
prison library with a number of other
men w hen the attack came on him.
Financial Affairs in Tangle.
NEW YORK. Aug. 27.—Colonel
Christopher Columbus Wilson’s death
leaves his financial affairs still unset
tled and a tangle of legislation growing
out of the failure of the United Wire
less Telegraph Company, of which he
was president, to be adjusted.
Last May Wilson produced a sched
ule showing how he had spent more
than $1,000,000 in four years. He also
testified that although worth half a
million dollars in 1909, his wealth had
shrunk to a gold watch and a pair of
cuff links. Colonel Wilson lived regally
before his conviction, but the receiver's
search for assets has been almost a
fruitless task.
Was Native of Texas.
GALVESTON. TEXAS, Aug 27.
Colonel C. C. Wilson wnose death oc
curred at Atlanta last night, was a na
tive of Corsicana, Texas, and was well
known over the state.
As president of the Texas branch of
the American Wireless Telegraph Com
pany, he built eight wireless stations
in Texas, at Dallas, Austin. San An
tonio, Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur,
Waco and Paris. This was prior to his
becoming president of the wireless
company in 1907.
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COURT DOCTORS
FEAR FDR MISER
Emperor Compelled to Abandon
Plans- Physicians Think Ill
ness May Grow Worse.
BERLIN, Aug. 27.—Fears over the
condition of Emperor William are
growing and a bulletin from the phy
sicians in attendance was anxiously
awaited in all circles today. Contin
ued announcements from the kaiser’s
bedside that the indisposition is slight,
amounting only, to a cold and a touch
of muscular rheumatism, had been re
ceived with credence by the general
public, but were skeptically viewed in
court and diplomatic circles.
This doubt is strengthened today as
the result of an announcement of Count
Eulenberg, chief marshal of the impe
rial court, that the emperor will have to
abandon all his engagements, for this
week and give himself entirely over to
rest.
The proposed trip to Switzerland,
which was scheduled to start on Sep
tember 2, Is now expected to be can
celled, despite the announcement made
24 hours ago that the emperor was de
termined to go.
Neok Stiff, Tonsil Swollen.
The first description of the kaiser's
condition was contained in Count Eu
lenberg's statement. The trouble con
sists of feverishness, chills and swell
ing and stiffness of muscles on the right
side of the neck.
An examination showed that the right
tonsil was swollen to twice Its normal
size, while the glands were so stiff that
the emperor could not turn his head.
The feverish symptoms went down,
and the swelling in the throat abated
somewhat, but the muscles still remain
so stiff that movement of the head and
neck is hampered. Attending doctors
are said to fear that these symptoms
are but precursors of more alarming
manifestations.
While her own health is not satisfac
tory. the empress Is giving the em
peror personal attention. She and
Princess Victoria Louise remain at the
bedside almost constantly. The kaiser
is in the imperial casfle at Cassel, Hesse
Nassau.
POSSE SURROUNDS NEGRO
WHO FIRES ON PURSUERS
GADSDEN. ALA. Aug. 27.—A tele
phone message from Collinsville this
afternoon stated that the negro who
killed one and wounded three persons
and for whom a. posse of several hun
dred persons has been searching two
days, has been surrounded in a thicket
near Blue pond, eight miles from Col
linsville, and that shots have been ex
changed. The negro answers every
volley with his pistol.
COOLER IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—A hot wave
which has kept Chicago sweltering for
the past few days disappeared today
before a cool lake breeze. Two persons
died yesterday as a result of the heat.
Are you busy this evening" Even if
you are. take a few moments off and read
the great list of bargains in every line on
the Want Ad Pages of this paper You
will be repaid many times.
TERRIBLE FLOOD
SWEEPS BRITAIN
Crop Damage $100,000,000.
August Wettest in 31 Years.
Rain Still Falling.
LONDON. Aug. 27.—With more than
$100,000,000 crop damage done, miles of
railway lines under water and traffic
halted and many towns isolated. Eng
land today is facing on>- of the most se
rious flood situations in its history.
Rains verging on cloudbursts have,
been general for two days. Norwich
has been swept by a rainfall of unpar-,
afleled violence, and within a few hours
3.750,000 tons of water fell in this city.
Rivers are swollen out of their barks,
and crops are rotting beneath the inun
dations which have covered the fields.
The records show this to be the wet
test August in England in 31 years.
Forecasts are for continued rain
throughout September, and ft is feared
the 7 damage .may run close to $300,000.-
000 The military maneuvers set for
September 14 at Anglia will have to be
abandoned unless the weather clears.
Maneuvers are technically in prog
ress now on Salisbury plain, but little
real work has been done. An epidemic
of influenza has* broken out in camp,
caused by soldiers sleeping in pools of
water.
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