TWIN CITY
icFTlNEL IS A
Uer OF THE
OATED PRESS;
ivrnnTiriTT'
WANT ADS IN THE
TWIN -CITY SENTINEL
BRING QUICK RESULTS
BESTApvERTlSING MEDIUM
IN
PIEDMONT SECTION CIRCULATION GUARANTEED
Jy.thikd year
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 19ltT
City Edition.
TEN PAGES ONE SECTION. ,
F ATTACKS
Warship's 14-Inch Guns HitTarget Eleven Miles Away lITEf FFflW ADIAIUf F. IRI
VATED CARS
r
its
R0UMAMA IS CHECKED
BY ENTENTE FORCES
YORE CITY
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SOWERS OF
PRESID
entile
SPEAKSA
TURDAY
BEST
101
s Injured During Ear
s by Objects Thrown
From Hoofs.
TEE TIMES TO
T GENERAL STRIKE
Men Attempt to Per
Labor Leaders Not
to tall It.
rk, Sept. 21. Repeat
ing the early hours Sixtn
Xvenue elevated trains
tiled by strike sympathiz-
roof tops. Twenty-two
fcere reported by tho po-
windows were smashed
inters of .bricks and hot-
passengers were injured,
y-live business men, or-
hi a committee, tried to
labor leader's today to
:om ordering a general
sympathy with the street
of whom there are 11,000
s the last slay of grace
i labor unions to the
id volunteer mediators to -i
dispute with the Inter
and .New York Railway
. If today's conferences
i;d a plan of settlement
f leaders (threaten to la- .
,1 tomorrow for a general
:"ie strike to begin on
iiizens' committee had
Pc ol success. Rioting
fc nightly despite the fact
11 policemen were con
:i center of the city last
protect elevated . and
n surtare cars from
Inienis from root tops.
attacks o( cars occurred
me case several hundred
attacking cars in Central :
l were beaten off only
l with the police.
To Address Body of New Jersey
Business Men at Shadow
Lawn.
Long Branch, Sept. 21.' President
Wilson had an engagement today but
worked during the morning on corre
spondence and planned for his cam
paign. Secretary Tumulty went to New
York for a brief stay.
President Wilson had reviewed the
list of men under consideration for
several committees and boards he is
to appoint. ' .
Arrangements have been made at
Shadow Lawn for the accommodation
of a targe crowd on Saturday when
the President will receive a delegation
of business men from New Jersey. He
has taken up the preparation of his
address.
TWO ARE FINED ON
v CHARGES OF LIBEL
F0RY LEGISLATION
DOUBTFUL LEGALITY
'in. Kept. 21. intensive
ie retaliatory legislation
lie last hours of Congress
so allied diplomats and i
department officials that!
legislation is unenforce
is of doubtful leiralitv.
fiance is so brnnd Dint nnlv.
weful administration will
rel' unl'orcseen complica-
fcretary Lansintr rWlinpri
"hat conclusions he had
'tinting' legal features of
Mry measures, and Dolnted
ft Powers they conferred on
t were for use only 'as a
it was apparent that some
had developed over the
hich the provisions for
earance to shins dlnerim.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 21. C. M.
Stanley, managing editor, and W. H.
Jeffries, business manager, of the
Age-Herald, late yesterday were fined
$25 each in recorder's court on
charges of criminal libel said to have
been committed In an article publish
ed on August 4. The article, it was
charged, attacked the veracity and in
tegrity of Victor II. Hanson, publisher
of the News. ; .
E. W. Barrett, publisher of the Age
Herald, charged with criminal libel
in connection with the same article
was acquitted. His trial developed he
was out of the city and knew noth
ing of the article until it had been
in the paper.
Differences between Hanson and
Barrett over the alleged question of
circulation of the Age-Herald and
News, which it is said was brought
out in various articles in the two pa
pers, was settled August 12 thru the
offices of Rotary club. .
The libel charges against Stanley,
Jefferson and Barett were brought by
Public Safety Commissioner Barber,
who asserted the settlement of j the
difficulties between the persons in
volved did not constitute enforcement
of Alabama laws.
On August 13 the two papers pub
lished mutual apologies drafted by a
committee of the Rotary club. The
apologies,-which were identical, re
tracted any reflection which might
have been made on the character of
the two men and was signed by Stan
ley and Jeffries for the Age-Herald
and Hanson for the News.
Stanley and Jeffries paid the Ones
without appeal.
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LATTER HOLDING
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of
These great 14
chnts at a distance
ship In tho world,
carry 15-inch Runs.
lies off Tangier Hound
rifles of the United
States battleshins Pennsylvania MM,pA,i fw t...ratu
0,000 yards in I hesaueake Hay. That record nmv nink hor ih ,.,Ki rv..,i.i..i.i' ,
..... ...v unii ikimii! in imp n urspio' iimi (jiiHcn Klllalielli
aiiiir ,-uiim-n mili o inn Mill .M.iri'OH. Inrnierlv in Imll i.sliiu
In
etas;, wtiioh
Texim, which
OTHER ARRESTS
MAY FOLLOW SOON
Federal Agents Still Making
Probe of Alleged Black
mail Operations.
DESIRE TO REMAIN
ON BORDER DUTY
Washington, Sept. 21. Conferences
of federal agents who have been in
vestigating the so called blackmailing
syndicate were continued at the de
partment of Justice.
The department practically decided
to institute prosecution against tho
blackmailers of Mrs. Regina..Clipper,
of Philadelphia, in the federal court
in New York state. The defendants
probably will be removed to New
York for trial. It Is expected to be
gin within a month.
It is possible that other arrests will
be made soon; according to H. Bruce
Bilaskl, head of the bureau of inves
tigation of the department of justice.
ARE IKING FULL
INVESTIGATION OF
C0ND1NS HERE
Workers in Public Welfare Con
ferences Have a Busy
Day.
MOTHERS' CONFERENCES
INTERESTING FEATURE
BRYAN
MAKING A
TOUR OF WYOMING
Emphasizes Fact That Presi
dent Has Kept the Country
Out of War.
CHINESE RELIEF
Red Cross Officials Are Going
Over Dispatches on Flood
Destitution.
BOS
T
ON RETAIN
AMERICAN LEAD
One Game and Half Ahead of
Chicago Brooklyn Loses
Little Ground.
Chicago, Sept 21. Boston today
retains the lead in the American Lea
gue, by a game and a half. Chicago
has moved up into second place half
a game ahead of Detroit iioston and
Detroit meet again today and Chica
go plays. Philadelphia -
8an Antonio, Texas, Sept. 21. The In the National, ilroooklyn Is 1-2
remicst. of l!00 members of the Second I gamo worse off today on account of
New York Infantry to remain on bor-the double win of Philadelphia yes
der duly after they had been ordered I terday and has a lead of only one
home resulted in an announcement ' gamo ana a nair over rniiadeiphia.
Exhibit Is to Be Open for In
spection on Friday at
Armory.
by, General Funston that guardsmen
who wished to remain could transfer
to other regiments. Three Pennsylva
nia regiments will be released by the
arrival of three North Carolina regiments.
HON, J. S. MANNING SPEAKS
AT MOCKSVILLE ON MONDAY.
Mocksville,' Sept. 21 Hon. J, S.
Manning, Democratic nominee for at
torney general, will address the vot
ers of Davie county in'MocksviMe at
9 ni novt ivtnndnv Hp is a forceful and
lU118t Amerienn trnnHo tnr- I i ) i I cnculio a ml 1 llo. nllHIIf to
idtory trade pnihrirsrnpn ivot tn hoar Iiule-o Mannlne discuss
W into effect. - .. the Dolitical issues on this occasion.
WEAK OF REVOLT
X GREEK ISLAND OF
CRETE IS REPORTED
island i
revolution on I
Ol f'retn la rnnnvlnH
as itis,,.,, i ,
n iron! Atnens.
dre .-.lid n hava n-rn- 1
Kovernment.
:st!
'"""isioiiai
MAN
I
AKEN FROM
-' h na,"y outbreaks in !
4a'1'", rl",rted since Kou-'j
;iM J . VViir and ulear-i
portion of-
! war. , ! ?I
V,. . ,"nlrii of parts
7f'J"a.near alonikl
a Provisional govern
Jvei,lt,lt v,. SRjd be
" further ,1PW3 was witn.
' 'elisors.
7 J!'1 '"Ie is 150 n,iies
,'i J:;';--!i of more than
' .;n the eastern Mediter
, cs rr,'"n the southern
. 1 ''ce. it t,, th rrmo
' treV. romief Venizelos.
:dT,,f, y of 1,Pace between
;rt k.. .; 1JJ, lQe tsiano
JAIL AND
HANGED
Boston, by losing yesterday, is today
3 1-2 games behind Brooklyn.
RENEW SUBMARINE
ISSUE IN GERMANY
Berlin, Sept. 20. via London, Sept.
21. Renewed and full discussion in
the ileichstag of the submarine issue
and the controversy which led to the
retirement of Admiral Von Tirpilii, as
minister of the navy, appears to be
inevitable in consequence of the pub
lication yesterday, of the letters, ex
changed' between . Von Bethmann
Hollweg.and the, admiral. ; '
.'. From these letters the public learn
ed that in' the silent conversation,
Prof. Valentin assented Admiral Von
Tirpitz had. misled the Reichstag in
regard to the number of avallablo sub
marines and. .the .possibility of a sub
marine campaign..
PROBLEMS DISCUSSED
The people of VVlnston-Salom are
becoming thoroly aroused over fho?
work for public health and social wel
fare development that Is being launch
ed on a broad scale with tho gather
ing here this week of prominent
workers in the extension department
of tho Southern Sociological Con
gress. In every part of the city thoso who
have come here to aid in starting tho
movement, which Is , expected to
spread thruout the state, are making
thoro investigations regarding condi
tions under which tho people of Winston-Salem
are living, and while they
have found many commendable ac
complishments, they aro also llndlus
problems that should be solved.
In addition to the various surveys'
that are being made of conditions j
as they exist, conferences are being ;
held thruout the city with mothers,
public officials, manufacturers and
prlvato citizens : that promise to re
sult in great, good to the community.
Conferences Being Held.
Ksuecially interesting, and of vital
Importance to the life of the fomm
Rock Springs, Wyoming, Sept. 21.
William Jennings Bryan started to
day on his second day's tour of th'
slato In support of Wilson and tho
Democratic ticket,
Mr. Bryan, speaking here lust night
asked for tho re-eloctlou of Mr. Wil
son on the ground that the President
had kept the country out of war. He
declared Republicans had been un
scrupulous in their methods concern
ing votes for women In . suffrage
states. Ho warned tho Democratic
women to beware of "Republican
.dickering." '
Washington, Sept. 21. American
Red Cross officials today gave ser
ious consideration to the Slate De
partment dispatch that nearly 1,000,
000 Chinese are homeless and1 thou
sands destitute as the result of tho
flooding of 10,000 square miles by the
overflow of the llwui river In Annul
province, China, two months ago,
The American consul at Nanking re
ported that, autumn crops wore des
troyed and calls for relief wero com
ing in from many districts,
The lied Cross Is said to bo consid
ering issuing an appeal for funds with
I uuu iu oeitu nui'jiucH lu uuuci nuuer
I ers. Tho flooded Interior is about
I tho saint) as that of 190'J wjth a total
! loss of many lives.
A projected $300,000 Chinese gov
ernment loan tor reclamation work
was made Impossible by the Kuropean
war.
I
HREE BOUND OVER
TOFEDERALCOURT
Others Charged With Complici
ty in Shooting Officer
Released.
Attorneys J. C. Buxton and A. 13.
Hollon havo returned from Hluitrt,
Va., where Tuesday they appeared for
Jim. Fletcher and William Smith;
David Joyce, John Martin, WUI Spen
cer. J. R. Hill, Peter Tuttle and Hoy
Hill, charged with being Implicated
in the shooting of a revenue officer In
the employ of the Dulled Slates.
The defense offered no testimony.
Jim Smith, Fletcher Smith and Wirt
Biiencer were bound over to the Uiii-
MILLION CHINESE MADE
HOMELESS BY FLOODS
Washington, Sept. 21, Nearly a
million people have been made home
less by one ol tho greatest Hoods on
record In that section of Chlna whern
the American Red Crush already has
spent $$00,oofl for flood protection ami
where the $:10,000,000 loan for reclam
ation work which was postponed by
the war, wsh to have been spout. Re
ports to tho slate department from
the American consul at Nan Ktng,
said the llwal river had Inundated an
area of about T,0ii0 square miles In
Annul province. Appeals, for aid have
been scut out for the liomoless, who
virtually aro dependent on charity, ns
all the autumn crops wero destroyed.
The Hood occurred in a very Hat,
alluvial suction where tho norlh-to-south
passu no of the 1 1 rand canal
had dammed up a largo lake and al
lowed the llwal river loo lltllo spacn
to carry off the excess of water. To
daj's (lejayed advices described con
ditions several weeks ago, but officials
believe there ilKbably has been lit
tle Improvement. In tiio case of pre
vioiu floods In that district tho wat
ers havo been held for long periods
by tha soil. 1 .
HEARING IN MADISON
ON STATION MATTER
ity, are the conferences being held iu j
ted
the
2610 SOLDIERS
PASS
REV EW
Statin rourt Ht (.irppnhlmro
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the homes of the city under the aus- ' !" "l ,T. , '" m. -
pices of the, mothers' meetings eom- "l 'l'" , 3, V,,,: '
niitlee, of which Mrs. .1. L. Rigglns Is rVaHed
chairman, ' ' ' ' '
- Four meetings - were held today j
two this morning and t wo this after-1
noon, all In different parts of tho city.)
Attending these meetings and talking
to tlve mothers are Mrs. Elizabeth li.
Troutmau, of Atlanta, Ua., and Miss
Florence K. Hesley, a public health
nurse, working under tho direction of
the Amerlacn Red Cross Society, with
headquarters at Washington, D. C.
They are being heard by mothers In
gratifying numbers, and this after
noon Mrs. Troutman expressed her
sincere appreciation of the interest
everywhere manifested.
Home The Foundation.
Mrs. Troutman emphasizes the
home as the foundation upon which
tho community life must bo built. In
her talks sho also urges the mothers
to study to make their homes a ref
uge to the members of their families,
Raleigh, Sept. 21. Judge fleorge I
Pell, of the corporation commission,
will go to Madison tomorrow to hear
citizens and railroad officials on the
and I petition of citizens that the Norfolk
& Western bo required to provide a
new Biid more cnmmodlous passen
ger station In keeping with tho prog
ress of the town.
E
Rl AN
TS
Memphis, Sept. 21. Today's ses
aioua.oUie. Southern .LlioivCoiigrhs
were devoted to the discussion of rec
ommendations made by President
Jones In his annual address.
These included issuance of bonds
to make available a fund to furnish
employment to working men In times
of Industrial depression; endorsement
: of demands made by the railroad
! brotherhoods; inauguration of a sys-
j tematic campaign to secure better san-1
Ration in work shops and an effort to i
First Parade of An Infantry Di
vision of Full War
Strength.
Kl Paso, Sept, 21. National guards
men and regulars, 2ii,000 men In num
ber In stained khaki, swung thru the
streets of Kl Paso and passed a 're
viewing stand at Fort Bliss today in
the first parade and review of an. in-;
fantry division of full war strength.
Military men said that a larger num
ber of troops were lu line than at any
other time in American history with
In Address at Lafayette, Ind.,
He Discusses Foreign
Matters.
Kansas Mob Lynches Prisoner unite artisans and railway craftsmen.
Charged WitR Killing Aged
Germans.
:., l.,.,.na u,wl ,IUF fi-iii
AT LABOR CONGRESS j the trying burdens of business and the
outer world by caring for the ijeaun
and comfort of the Inmates.- --'in8lnBo"home"thartIinie-aTtir
and nerve of the people is to bo con
served," declares Mrs. Troutman. The
elimination of heavy care from the
home life is essential to the welfare
of the community,' says Mrs. Trout
man, and in her talks she suggests
ways and means of eliminating it.
Care of Infants.
Care of infants is discussed In de
tail, following the Influences that shape
the character and physique of tho
man lroni the prenatal stage nntjl he
becomes an adult. The importance of
the motbars's instmctiug the clilld.both j announced today,
bovs and girls, in the important mat-; troops, defending the
LaFayetto, lnd., Sept. 21. Charles
K. Hughes, in a speech here today, out
lined his policies and declared that he
Wauled to see In the Lnlted States "a
great rising force of patriotic senti
ment" which would furnish the motive
power for progress.
"I want American rights protected
thruout the world," Mr. Hughes said.
"1 deHire to sen a great. rising force
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War.
Tanned by service, on tho border the
brown-clad legions marched in an un
broken column twenty miles long.
SOCIALIST COMMENDS
WILSON FOR
LAW
COUNTER ATTACK OF
GERMANS REPULSED
London, Sept. 21. The Germans
launched a counter attack last ulg'ic
on British positions south of Ancre.
on tho Sonitne front, the war office
New Zealand
attacked pofi
Baltimore, Sept. 21. At last night's ters of health, Is emphasized, for in tlons, beat - off the (..ermans witn
session of the second Summer con-j this way the health ot the children is losses to themselves.
l. Tnt-nnllArrlnt Q.lol. A I r .,.-.-lw1 n ,1 I n U I 1-1 U H, T I . ,
iereiice Ul iue n.cnuiiV6ii.i5 ium- xo lie mtieguiouu. auu ,,...u. -w..-.. j
ist Society at Sherwood Forest, the i given by the mother before maturity
co-operative colony on the Severn j wm Berve to protect them in matters
River, John Spargo of New Yora, 0f health as they begin to leave tnc
Olathe, Hans., Sept. 21 Bert Dud
ley, charged with the murder of Henry,
Muller, an aged German.and his wife,
wa3 taken from Johnson county Jail
by a masked mob to'...; t and hanged
to a leiepoone iajin- ovnnnent nf Socialism In the i,i ,f in hrittlo In life fur theni-
Th mob came to uiatne in motor - " "V-" -,..". j vr'
nun ctflliroii 1 Unlieu Diaieo, luuiiueuueu ri BBXUeill
cars, supposeuiy uum '-'";"'"" ,,,.,,. .nr hia nart in thfi pnactment
of an eight-hour law by Congress.
Henri La Fontaine, of Belgium. Is
attending the conference and will
where Muller had uvea, aueim
rell refused to give up Dudley and.
the mob overpowered him. They
. loll Hnnr Shots
bauerea aou iu j- -- - Mrt In . Ita HeUhnratlnna.
States, commended President i selves.
Mrs. Troutman was the wife of the
late Dr. Robert Battery, a physician
of International reputation, who died
1 (Continued on page, Nine.)
uaa r-enows rtepons ouomniea. i
('hattanooga. Sept. 21. With the !
election of officers out of the way the
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fel
lows got down to business today with
a session opening at :i, when reports
were read and matters of secret con
sideration discussed. The Rebekah
assemblage also held a business ses
sion this morning
us tnc motive power or progress, we
cannot have progress unless we have
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; llllil luyuiiy ami iuvu mi uui iwumi
which will enable us to get up steam
and supply energy, and therefore that
we may have that I say that Amorlcan
rights must be protected thruout the
world with respect to lives, property
and commerce, with respect to all na
tions of the world."
The protective tariff, he said, would
havo to be applied to enable America
to meet Kuropean competition after
the war.
"We are good-natured in this cam
paign. You may not - separate me
from any American citizen, whether
Republican or Democrat. I make no
partisan appeal in a bitter way."
Infantile Paralysis Cases.
New York, Sept. 21. 26 cases of
Infantile paralysis are shown In tho
health report for the twenty-four
hours ending at 10. This is an In
crease of 8 over yesterday. Therg
were ah; deaths, four less than yes
terday. V
STRONG POSITION
IN THATSECTION
Reports Regarding the Fighting
in Northwestern Macedo.
nia Conflicting.
COMPARATIVE QUIET
ALONG THE SOMMI3
Activity Is JRosumed by thf
French Forces in the Vcr
' dun Section.
Field Marshal von MackoiiHen'a
advance thru tho Roumanian prov
ince of DobrudJa, whoro the com
bined Herman, Bulgarian and
llrltltah forces have been striving
for lbs railroad from Cotistansa
v (o Interior RouiuhiiIu, has been
checked, according to reports from
both aides.
Bucharest yesterday announced,
a check for the Muckensen arm
lea ou ti Hue of defense, tiikon by
the Roumanians and Russiana
who have been heavily reinforced.
Today a statement by the Holla
war office under yesterday's date
concede the atubhormiss of thoir ,
resistance ami reports the enliuita
armies ntlll holding their strong
ly fortified positions.
Reports regarding the fighting
III the Fiorina district In north
western Macedonia uro c.otilllct
tug, Accounts from sumo sources V
assort tho Bulgarians aro railing
back on Serblun territory and ere
preparing for the defense of .iimi
astir. Soils, however, announces
tho turn In fighting favorable to 'i
the Bulgarian forces, '- declaring ,
that counter nttueks resulted lu
the repulsu of the Serbians and '
allied troops with heavy lodses.
Further east, tho mountainous
country along tho Serhlan border.
tliejiiigitgoimifit Is heavy all along
tho line, on the far western
. end of tho Hue tho alllos are mak- -lug
progress but. apparently aro 1
attempting no serious forward
thrust in either the Vardnr or
Struma regions..
Tho dol'eat of the (iurmans In
their counter attacks along the
Homme, reported last night by
Paris is followed by comparative
quiet, Judging from today's re
port, which says tho Germans did
not renew thelj- attucks during
tho night. The bud weather re
ported In the last few days Is
continuing and apparently the en
tente forces are awaiting Its ces
sation. After a lapse of some days
activity has been resumed by the
French In the Verdun region, at
tacks on the east flank on the
Meuse giving their two trenches '
.. south of Thlamount wood - and
some ground east of Fort Vaux
an In the Chapltre wood.
Pn the eastern front Petrograd an
nounwis an offensive movement by tho "
Germans towards Stockhod In Wolvl
nia, southeast of Kovel, but declares
all attacks on tbo Russian line wero
repulsed and that several hundred
Germans wero captured during th'i
lighting near Korytnlza In Slvlnlus
ky. ' . .. .. ''.
In Coperta, Russians report an ad
vance near the Panda mountains. No
further progress for the Roumanians in
tho invasion of South Transylvania Is
reported.
Bucharest announces Roumanian
troops, which were forced back to tho
border, haVe halted south of Petron-
sky and are fortifying their poeltlons.
In further reports today on the Trov
IJa battle, Bucharest declares the Rus
sians made gains.
In the Balkans the situation re
mains an uncertain quantity. A new
factor In the Internal situation appears
today in a report that a revolution had
broken out in Crete, where a provision
al government has been set up.
lareeee. ;
j were tnted but na-i
one wstinjureuj 1 m ""?