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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
3
The proclamation declares a severe flood disaster across western North Carolina from Wilkes to Rutherford counties. It calls on residents to donate through a newly formed Committee of General Relief and assures funds will be tracked and directed to those in need.
The article reports destitution in Ashe Wilkes Allegheny and Watauga counties along the upper Catawba and Yadkin valleys seeking outside aid Governor Craig appoints a state committee to manage relief funds The flood damage is extensive in mountainous areas with communities cut off while lower river sections including the French Broad valley Bat Cave Chimney Rock are said to require less outside help Officials note prompt aid and resumed interurban ferry service at Mount Holly will aid relief efforts and restoring traffic is seen as key to broader relief efforts
Governor Locke Craig, stranded in Asheville, announces a Raleigh Board of Trade backed relief commission for destitute flood victims in North Carolina. He says Asheville, Black Mountain, Marshall, Bat Cave, Chimney Rock are cared for. Hendersonville will aid Bat Cave and Chimney Rock. Wilkes and Alleghany areas need no outside aid.
The flood caused 90 deaths and $15,000,000 in losses with hundreds of homes washed away and residents left destitute. All bridges on the Catawba river were swept away and C&O Railway lines damaged canceling trains indefinitely. Chimney Rock town with 150 people and a $25,000 highway disappeared. Elkin area saw a hotel warehouse stores shops and stables carried away.
British and French forces press from Pozieres toward Guillemont as Australian troops secure positions near Bapaume. Since July 1, Allied forces have taken over 26,000 prisoners, 140 big guns and numerous machine guns. British troops also advance in German East Africa capturing Mukeza and Amani.
Washington reports General Jacinto Trevino, leader of Carranza forces in northeastern Mexico, ordered to Mexico City. General Luis Herrera, commander of the Chihuahua City garrison, to succeed him at least temporarily. Despatches offered no explanation for the transfer.
San Antonio dispatch reports Villa is moving southward through Durango toward Torreon six days ago. Army officers doubt Carranza forces will corner Villa and reject optimistic Carranzista forecasts.
Berlin official statement says the large Anglo French assault on the Somme sector in France has been halted. The report, issued via London, asserts the attack is no longer being pursued and material gains were not achieved.
Indianapolis reports the death of James Whitcomb Riley, renowned Indiana poet celebrated for Midwest themes and dialect verses. He died from a stroke after a life dedicated to poetry, earning lasting fame and fortune through his homely symbols and folk joys and sorrows.
A timed suitcase bomb exploded on San Francisco's main thoroughfare during a preparedness parade injuring 41 or more. Four people were killed as a one story brick structure was wrecked and a crowd of men women and children was struck by the blast.
General Trevino at Chihuahua says rebels who tried to ambush a passenger train near Santa Ysabel on the Mexican Northwestern Railroad were repelled. Fourteen rebels were killed, seven bandits captured, and forty horses taken. A second briefing notes a Washington-determined agreement to solve border difficulties with Eliseo Arredondo and acting Secretary Polk.
Flood waters of the Johns River swept through Collettsville ten miles west of Lenoir drowning four residents. Rev J D Harte and others were marooned, Mrs Shoemaker and her three year old perished, a father survived after clinging to a tree, and a three year old child of W N Clark died in the torrent. The scene left loam two to five feet deep in homes and prompted aid requests for food and matches.
British troops have joined with French forces at Hardecourt as a renewed offensive drives on a five mile front along the Somme. German counter-attacks fail to halt the Allied advance with several trench lines in the region reportedly abandoned as the forward push extends toward Barleux, Peronne, and Vermando Villers.
Cincinnati’s Cleveland native KLUMPH was elected president of the International Rotary Clubs at the closing session. Officers follow: First vice president W. Galbraith of Cincinnati. second vice president Guy Gundacher of Philadelphia. third vice president Leslie Pidgeon of Winnipeg. treasurer Rufus Chaplin of Chicago. sergeant at arms Joseph Connable of Memphis.
British and Germans clash as Teutons briefly hold part of Longueval and Delville Wood. In counter attacks Britain regains most lost ground and disperses a large German force massing south of Delville Wood. French report gains in trenches north of the Somme. Heavy bombardment continues around Verdun near Hill 304 and Fleury sector.
Preliminary negotiations between Acting Secretary Polk and Eliseo Arredondo Mexican Ambassador Designate show progress toward a peaceful settlement of border difficulties. Two conferences were held. Arredondo sent a report to Mexico, Polk prepared one for Secretary Lansing, and discussions may reach President Wilson for final guidance.
Baltimore reports the German merchant submarine Deutschland prepared to depart as spars are down and the conning tower closed. Tug Thomas F. Timmins steams nearby while launches and patrols shadow the scene and urge reporters away. Master and full crew aboard.
Greenville South Carolina reports another heavy rainstorm adding to flood damage. The impact centers on railroad property with no effect on local cotton mills.
A Raleigh dispatch reports five people died at Linville Falls, including two children of Walter McGee. The remaining victims names were not learned.
Official medical officers inspecting National Guardsmen camps on the Mexican border report high health levels in all encampments. The base hospital lists 271 patients, 125 Militia and the rest regular troops.
Federal aid is being considered as War Department engineers assess flood damage in several North Carolina counties. Death toll nears 100 but may fall short, while food supplies are exhausted and transport is blocked by washed roads and rails. Helpers from Asheville Rutherfordton and Wilkes County mobilize wagons trucks and horses to deliver meals to stranded residents as repair crews rush to restore main lines.
The naval appropriation bill with a three year program to build four dreadnoughts and battle cruisers passed the Senate 18 to 0 after defeating most curtailment amendments. The measure, totaling about $315.8 million, moves to conference with House support, while a bipartisan group opposed its expansion.
The International Association of Rotary Clubs elected Cincinnati to Atlanta as the 1917 convention site and retired officers were empowered to finalize plans. C. R. Perry of Chicago was chosen secretary.
The Prohibitionists National Convention in Saint Paul adjourns after nominating J Franks Hanly former Indiana governor for president and Ira D Landreth of Nashville for vice president. Hanly secured the nomination on the first ballot.
London reports a lull in the fighting by British and French forces on both sides of the Somme in northern France. Official statements say activity has lessened along the front from the Somme to Switzerland, with no broad advances noted.
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