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-jl, WIN CITY entire: TOlf . SALEM'S EST AND LARGEST WANT ADS IN THE TWIN - CITY SENTINEL BRING QUICK RESULTS FULL LEASED WIRE jjERVlCE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in-.FlFTH YEAR. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, SATURDAYJANUARY 6, 1917. CITY EDITION. TWENTY PAGES THREE SECTIONS. mONIC FORCES MAKE FURTHER ANS IN ROUMANIAN CAMPAIGN jRE BRAILA ORDER ISSUEDBY Ibrudja of Russians and e Further Gains in Moldavia. - JjE WEAKENS THE ITS EASTERN FLANK man says War Will . Continue As serts That the Allies Are Responsible. to Keep Teutons in L in Moldavia Proves a Failure. , -y Afscciatd Press) .jre of Praila by Field Mar- Macketjf-on, his advance on elve miles north, the clear, rudja of Russians, and fir mic success In Moldavia Ut the Roumanian campaign phase... '; . . nia bridgehead, while not K gral part of the Sereth line by the Russians, running ;ward from the Danube tow- !davian frontier mountains. outlying detense ot. mai I Dannbp end and its capture the eastern flank of the Se- ion. Gslatz, likewise on the 8 iust behind the Sereth that town now is menaced mane.-Bulgarian movement Danube from it in Dobrudja. tlble by the Russian evacua- province. ii onlv here, however, that I line is threatened for, de- nacious defense by the Rub Roumanians, the line north- beyond the Buzeu river is ii! well axainst the Teutonic while the effort to keen the In check In the Moldavian klleys is apparentlyproving successful. ' In this line on the southerly Id imoprll the Moldavian tuition, while the piercing of, t line Itself would endanger line running southwest to lators In entente capitals 'ring the possibility of the ing compelled to abandon if the Sereth and withdraw ian frontier, or beyond it; oia. inch, British and Italian p re- important miliatary subor several entente ministries K a war council in Rome. German official statement' -iy doubt that Field Marshal lien's offensive against the as to be nushed farther. h'rit declares that new op- I'lanned are alreadv heine fit with Galatz the Imme- 't've. The thrust against line further northwest has notable gains for the Ten 's, and nnu.' nrn.,n.n nlnn nade alone- the Mi.tavion Towards the Danube end of l16 Russians hnvo .al.n fe Sereth, sacrificing strong in tne process. ln attack 111 ta Dlo-a . f'flct on the northern end ;an front has admittedly ,u"u on one sector, a Ger '"i near the river Aa hav Penetrated, by Russian Mns. however, are strong attacking and report the 9,fl prisoners and uovo.ro 1 uns. f'ranco-Belglan front there on v o.tiii .. .M.iiwy engagements operations: - - ''pairing Damage. ft- A. Reuter dispatch errtam quotes Berlin dls saving that "the work of re wraage in the Roumanian ' "as advanced t s may resume i.,,nnn. t'lUUUl.UUll w weeks. 0 thousand carloads of pe e said tn hv k.. V ""-o uocu Cttp- ppma and Immense stores . "'"iiu reunery Is readv t , ; .u iobuiub worn is s atprl m .u. ... . ,. a o n 1 " 011 wens week produclnS again Other Town. ti i .... i flusn, b 'via Sayvllle.) In addi- ; ( "ve mre towns ln ju. uinen oy the Teu Whicn havo ,,,. v.j . 1. at two points Rations have been inaugu- " a Roumanians. of BiTin.... . i ...vm0na Banker. fees,,V.Jo?eph Bant 7, PM08M u 118 "' a mouth's illness (By Associated Press) Amsterdam, (via London.) Jan.' 6. A Berlin telegram Bays that the fol lowing order of the German emperor to the army and navy has be?n offi cially published; "Conjointly with the allied (cen tral powers) rulers I proposed to our enemies to enter forthwith into peace negotiations. Our enemies refused my offer. Their hunger for power de sires Germany's destruction. The war will be continued. Before God and humanity I declare that on the gov ernments o our enemies alone falls the heavy responsibility for all the further terrific sacrifles from which I wished to save you. "With justified indignation at our enemies' arrogant crime, and with de termination to defend our holiest pos sessions and secure for the Fatherland a happy future you will become as steel. Our enemies did not want the understanding .offered by me. With God's help your arms will enforce it Wilhelm, I. R.' 7 FIND THE SUBSTANCE - PRODUCING GROWTH B. of home P1" General Dead. Wtelman. uTl. J 'Sral tt.fr . i ra.-j . " ue"a or pn the trenches. 5 General the pneu (By Associated Press) Berkeley, Cal., Jan. 6. Scientists at the University of California have discovered the substance that pro-, duces growth in the human body, it was announced today. Tethelin is what they call it. " It is located in the pituitary body at the 'base of the brain and by retarding or accelerat ing its functions it may be possible, according to the Berkeley scientists, to control the stature of human be ingi. Announcement of the discovery was made by Dr. T. B. Robertson, profes sor of biochemistry, who said that he had succeeded in isolating tethelin and that he believed It was the first time Jn.4i . history - of biological science that it had been done. Dr. Robertson said that his experi ments covered a period ot four years and that the ultimate importance Of the discoveries made by him and his associates could not be estimated at this time. MUCH DAMAGE FROM KENTUCKY FLOOD (By Associated Tress) Louisville, Ky., Jan. 6. Thousands of dollars damage has already result ed from floods ln several Kentucky streams, and in parts of southeastern Kentucky railroad traffic has been practically suspended. The highest stage for severar years has been reached along the headwaters of both the Cumberland and Kentucky rivers, which are still rising. Many other streams also are rising rapidly. Much damage has been done ' as the result of the flooding' of .fields planted to winter crops. PROBABLE EFFECT OF CAPTURE IS DISCUSSED (Br Anaoclated Pmi) London, Jan. 6. The capture ef Braila by Field Marshal von Mackenten la discussed by the morning papers In reference to Its probable effect on the Rus sian defense of the Sereth line. Brails formed the advanced de fense toward the eastern end of this line. Some of the commentators fear that the fall of the towrT may seriously shake the whole Russian-Roumanian position on the Sereth and may mean the abandonment of that front and the withdrawal to the Russian frontier, or perhaps beyond it, Into Bessarabia. , In the meantime the Gorman effort to turn the line from the west is being pressed with an apparent prospect of sue cess. OT NT 0 GREECE DEC .24 DISCUSS MATTER F FOOD SUPPLY Two Resolutions Are Adopted in the Berlin Municipal Council. ATTEMPTS TO HANG - HIMSELF IN CELL (By Associated Press) London, Jan. 6. Dr. Fredrich Ad ler, who assassinated Premier Stu ergkh, of Austria, has attempted to hang himself, in his cell, according to a Reuter dispatch from Amsterdam quoting the Kreuz Zeitung of Vienna. Dr. Adler was cut down in time to save his life but the incident may possibly delay the trial.' CUDA BOND SUIT TO BE Wl T Al (By Associated Prees) London, Jan. 6. A discussion of the food problem ln the Berlin mu nicipal council is described in a dis patch to Reuter's from Berlin by way of Amsterdam At the end of the discussion two resolutions wre adopt ed, the first Introduced by the social ists demanding uniform distribution of food in the towns and in the country and the adoption of steps to prevent producers from withholding supplies In order to increase their profits. The second resolution was offered by (he liberals, and condemned the existing restrictions on the buying ot supplsi by towns. Herr Wuerni, a socialist, attacked Adolph von Batocki, president ot the food regulation board, whose latest circular he described as a complete confession of the impotence ot the state before the farmer. He- added that even Field Marshal von Hinden- burg's appeal to the producers had been useless. Burgomaster Wermuth spoke pessimistically of Berlin's sup plies and said that the official distri bution officers had failed to regulate satisfactorily the disbursement of but ter and milk. He said that supplies continually decline and had become alarmingly low and that the potato situation would be unsatisfactory un til February 15. Worst ol all, the burgomaster said, were the fluctua tions in the various systems which prevented communities from co-oper ating successfully. lerican Minister Transmits Document As to U. S. Citizen. (By Associated Press) Lindon, Jan. 6. News dispatches froni Athens quote passages from a note! presented to the Greek gover ment'on December 24 by the American minister detailing the case of an Amer ican citizen, Basil Sams, who was ar rested, on December 2 as a revolution ary by, Greek soldiers. The soldiers are said to havti ignored SaffiV Ameri can passports, and to have taken 3,535 francs trom his pdeket, altho after ex amination he was liberated. As (vioted, the note describes how Saffis teft his dwelling to buy food when seized, despite his protestations and the production of his passport, and taken befqra a high officer, who. re fused to heir him and ordered the sol diers to tae him away. Saffis soon realized tb.41 he was being taken out of the city,and from jests exchanged between his.escorts aud various pass ing patrols, realized that he was about to be exeirutid. He implored his guards not ti put him to death and, according to the dispatches, he was forced along with blows from fists and the tmttg of rifles until they were out side the city, when an orderly overtook them and ordered Saffis to be taken back to the barracks. Here he was, ex umiued by several officers, who, belug convinced of his nationality, ordered him released. According to the dis.putcb.es, tho American note atated that Saffis was lu no way concerned with Greek politics and was about to start for America when arrested. The legation delayed taking up the matter with tho government, the dispatches say until convinced of the truth of the Tnan's Btory, and now ask for the restitution of his money and an official inquiry. URGES NECESSITY OF TREE-PLANTING President Menocal Has Just Is sued a Decree to That Effect. ( by Associated Press) Raleigh, Jan. 6. The petition of the republic of Cuba before the supreme court of the United States m proceed ings against the state of North Caro lina to collect upon 12,186,000 railroad bonds Issued by state officials during reconstruction days and repudiated as fraudulent will be withdrawn under a decree issued by President Menocal, of Cuba, according to an announce ment by G overnor Locke Craig. President Menocal's decree, t.nder date of January 4, declares that the "government does not hold convenient to its interest and ends to continue the suit" and an order Issued In July. 1916, appointing attorneys to handle the prefceedings, is revoked. Accord ing to 'information received by Gov ernor Craig, the bonds were donated by Anerican bondholders to a charit able Institution in Cuba and not to the Cuban- government. . Proceedings Stopped. Washington. Jan. 8. Cuba's suit in the supreme court against North Caro lina, involving the collection of 12,000, OOu of bonds issued during reconstruc. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) (By Associated Press) New York, Jan. 6. In an appeal urging citizens to Improve the appear ance of the city streets and to pro vide more shade by planting trees. Park Commissioner Cabot , Ward de clares that In Manhattan there are on ly 15,000 trees and these are disap pearing five times as fast as they are being raised. . The commissioner recommends a system of block units by which all the residents ln the block shouM unite to plant trees. He recommends the fol lowing trees for New York streets: Oriental sycamore, Norway apple, red oak, ginko, European linden. Scotch elm, pin oak, Carolina poplar and ail-anthus. 20,000,000 DOCUMENTS ARE TO BE SENT OUT 1 (By Associated Press) London Jan. 6. The morning pa pers, detailing the preparations for the forthcoming loan, which will be of unlimited amount, say that the con version right wiir necessitate the sending out of circulars to the hold ers .of the last loans and of exchequer bonds, and treasury bills. This will mean a total of about 20,000,000 doc uments as there will be about sixty different kinds of application forms. The operation will consume about 300 tons of paper and will probably cost 16,000 pounds sterling. HENRY FORD WILL BUILD A $12,000,000 SMELTER. "trres S?Jf. (By Associated Press, - Detroit. Mich., Jan, 6. Heruv Ford, president of the Ford Mo- tor Company, was today allowed to proceed with the construction of a $12,000,000 smelter on the Detroit river near this city. The three circuit judges presiding at the injunction . suit brought against Ford by the Dodge Brothers accepted a bond of $10,000 to secure the Dodges from any possible loss. . .. DEATH SENTENCES OF FOUR CZECHS COMMUTED - -n (ByAciaildPrs Vienna Jan. .- Ma LondoiLJan. 6.) Tba death sennences of four prominent Czechs, who some .time sgo were convicted of treason, have been commuted by Emperor Charles to various terms of Imprisonment. Dr. Charles Kramarz, a Czech dep uty who wag charged with trying to reconcile Russia and ' Bohemia, has been re-sentenced to fifteen years im prisonment. Dr. Aloyslus Rasln is Sentenced to ten years, Vincenz Cer vlnka, six years and Joseph Zamasol, six years at hard labor., The general amnesty proclaimed by the emperor on the occasion of bis coronation as king of Hungary, does not apply here but Is confined to Hungary-- : - BELIEVE NORWEGIAN SHIP HAS BEEN SUNK (By Associated Press) London, Jatj. 6. The Norwegian steamer Fama is believed to have been sunk, Lloyds announces. Tho Norwegian steamer Erica, erroneously reported sunk, has arrived in port says another Lloyds announcement. The steamer Fama, of 1,532 tonR net, sailed from Portland, Maine, on De cember 8 for Marseilles, putting In at Sydney, C. B on December 11 with a broken bulkhead and resuming her voyage on December 21. A Lloyds announcement on January 3 reported the sinking of the steamer Erica. BRITISH RECEIVE unmi kno ni mi NUMIA 0 KM. Situation As to Coal Embargo Improved, Says a Dis patch. " (By Associated Press) London, Jan. 6.- Great Britain has reoeived Norway's reply InN'egard to the coat embargo and the situation is much Improved, according to a Co penhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company quoting the Chris Mania Tidens Tegn. ' The concensus ot opinion in the Norwegian press is that the differen ces between the two countries will soon be settled. The Norske Intel- llgenssedler explains the attitude of British minister and acquits him of an intention ot expressing dissatis faction with the Norwegian govern ment. ENTENTE REPLY NOW IN .THE HANDS OF GERMANY ' (By Associated Press) London, Jan. 6. The entente reply to the peace offer of the central pow ers was presented to the German for eign office by the American ambas sador on Friday afternoon, according to a Berlin dispatch to Reuter's by way of Amsterdam. . SUBSTITUTES SHINGLE FOR PRINT PAPER jm.' J A ; i MISSING LIIY BE FOUND Albert Johnson apd copy of paper that was printed on shingle. Representative Albert Johnson, of Washington state, himself the pub lisher of a daily newspaper, aided a woman constituent, a fellow editor, to beat ths cost of whit paper. During the recent campaijm Mrs. Mabel Brown, editor of a weekly at Castle Rock, complained to Mr. Johnson that paper was selling at seven cents a pound and hard to (ret at that. He advised her to try printing her panar on a shingle. He got out for her. ntt edition of 60,000 copies which sold as souvenirs in all parts of the country t ten cents each. The shingles cost $1.50 a thousand and their mailine cost was two cents each. , . i Police Expect to Strengthen 1 Chain of Evidence in Mur- r ! der Case. A NEW WITNESS LIKELY Is Expected to Testify That Artists' Model Talked With Lewis Over Telephone. Further Details of Alleged Peace Note "Leak" Being Sought Representative Gardner Testifies Before House Committee Subpoenas For Seven Men, Connected With Fin ancial Publications. Issued (By Associated Press) ' -Washington, D. C, January &- At today's hearing... on Representa tive Wood's resolution for investiga tion of whether there was a stock market leak on President WilHon's peace note the trend turned to Invr-s-tigatlon of Wall street ticker services, which supply news "tips" to brokerage houses. Seven men employed by the Wall Street Journal and Central News of America, which furnishes service to another Wall street newspaper, Fi nancial America, were subpoenaed and ordered to bring their records with thent. Managers of th.e two tele graph companies also were subpoen aed to bring all dispatches sent to the two papers by their Washington correspondents on December 20, the day ot the market crash. Representative Harrison, Democrat, of the committee, declared he believed the so-called leak was thru the repre sentatives of those two publications, who, with several newspaper men, had been Informed confidentially by Secretary Lansing that morning that a note had been dispatched to Eur ope... Mr. Lansing, however, al. that time declared tho note did not con cern peace and would not discuss its contents. Representative Gardner, of Massa chusetts, put Into the record today a dispatch sent out over the Dow Jones tlckor forecasting a peace note, ten hours before tho note was published. He declared that records of Block mar ket fluctuations at the same time, when compared with the ticker dis patches, would prove there was a leak. Mr. Gardner said he placed both Secretary Lansing and Secretary Tu multy entirely above suspicion. Mr. Lansing will appear before the committee Monday, without subpoena. Mr. Tumulty also will appear volun tarily. Washington, Jan. 6.-Kurther de tails of an alleged "leak" to Wall street in advance of President Wil son's peace note were sought today bylthe house rules committee inquir ing into the subject. Representative Gardner, ot Massa chusetts, who joined with Represen tative Wood in demanding the inquiry, was called to the stand to testify. . Representative Chlperfleld, of Illi nois, Republican member of the com mittee, declared at the hearing that he understood Thomas W. Lawson had been the chief beneficiary of the market decline after the President's peace note waB made public and that his transactions aggregated $300,000. Ae the beginning of today's hearing Representative Wood, of Indiana, au thor of the "leak" Inquiry resolution, was re-called to the stand. Repre sentative Harrison, Democrat, asked him why he had not satisfied himself as to the identity of "A. Curtis," who wrote him the letter giving alleged information. Mr. Chlperfleld .objected to this line of questioning. "Representative Wood is not ths author of .the charges under inquiry here," said Chlperfleld, "and his mo tives cannot be impugned. I think we are losing sight of the fact that these scandalous charges were made by Thomas W. Lawson. of Boston, and it is my understanding that Mr. Lawson was the chief beneflclary of this falling market. His transactions, i am told, aggregated $300,000 on this piarkeL -l think, that II eprasenta. live Wood would nave been derelict in hit duty If he had not brought this nutter to the attention of the house. Wood Is not the father of those charges. If anybody Is, It Is Thomas W. Lawson." Representative Harrison replied that Wood's first resolution was In troduced before Lawson had made any statement. The committee by a party vote sustained a decision of d, air man Henry that Harrison's lino of questioning wag proper. Wood explained that there was nothing In tho letter from "A. Curtis" to Indicate his address and that, he bad answered, addressing his letter "A. Curtis, Wall street, New York." He did not know whether Curtis had received it. "Don't you think that after making charges which you did In your cho lutlon?" asked Wr. Harrison. "I have made no rhnrgs," Wood interrupted. "Well, we msy have a difference of opinion about that," Harrison replied, "but don't you think after you had introduced your first resolution and Insisted upon It in a second resolution, that you should have made some ef fort to ascertain who this nititi 'A. Curtis' was, and the soundness or genuineness of bis standing -in New York and wherever he Uvea?" i Wood explained that he had ques tioned several congressmen and had been Informed that there was a stock (Continued on Page Two) U.S.ISN0WSEC0ND SI UPBUILDING Great Britain Is Only Nation That Stands Ahead in That Respect. (By Associated Tress) Phlladflphla. Pa., Jan. G.-A Miss ing link In the rhftln'of circumstantial evidence, forgtsd by the police about liornard W. Lowls, who committed ui ildo lit an Atlantic City hotel and who, the authorities say, they are convinced was tho slayer of Mazle Colbert, art model, may be supplied today when de tectives question a now witness. The police admit they have'no posi tive proof that, Lewis knew Miss' Col bert. . , ( , v; This lark of convincjng information on a vital point,' tho detectives 'said today, forces 'a continuance of an ele ment of mystery in the case. CoupUd to ihiu is the lack of a known motive. The (U'tectlves say they were Informed late last night 'that un automobile ac cessory dealer will produce a woman today who was with Mazle Colbert on tb night preceding the murder and heard the model talk oh the telephonu with Lewis, who was at a houl, Misa Colbert, refused to meet the iuan at first,' but later an appointment was liiado, the police say. It wag also stat ed . Unit this woman can show that Lewis and the model met at on auto mobile show bald here & year ago. . Mario Collins, an lntlmala friend of Miss Colbert, told Captain of Detoc tlvem -Tate Jtha -ahs -navn UuuroMwr -spcak of Lewis,' altho she was ac quainted with every man I hat had ever visited hor chum before. "U was always Mazle'g custom," said Miss Collins, "that whenever sho had a vlHltor to tniophoue mo. Oir FrU day morning, however, when I called her up' and told her I was not feeling well and Invited her to my upartmenls on the second floor she said only that the had company On every other oc casion she told me the name ot th man who was with her tn her apart ments. "- To Be Buried In Pittsburgh,..'.....' Pittsburgh I'a., Jun, 6. Tim body ot Bernard W. Lewis reached here to day und was taken to the residence of IiIb father, W, A, Lewis. . Announcement was made that pri vate funoral services would be held to. morrow afternoon, and Interment mads In the Lewis family plot. SAYS MACEDONIA IS KEY TO SITUATION ' (Ily Associated Preps) 1 London, Jan. ti. A dispatch to the" TiuieH from Piraeus, dated December 31, says that the real key to the' situs- tlon In Greece is the military position In Macedonia. According to this gtory King Constantine hag received dis couraging news from beyond Monastir to the effect that Field Marshal von Mackensnn considered it Impossible to move on Monastir before another two months at the earliest. The Greek government realizes, therefore, sayg the dispatch, that if It broke with the entente It would have to support the struggle alone. DENY WOMAN AND BOY WERE SHOT AS SPIES (By Associated Press) -Washington, Jan. 6 American ship yards in 1916 put out a tonnage ex ceeded but twice before. A bureau cf navigation statement today shows the construction of 1,163 merchant ves sels wkth a tonnage of 520,847 and fifty vessels of 40,000 tons for foreign flags, ln 1908 the tonnage produced was 614.000 and in 1855 when tho American merchant marine was the largest in the world American yards turned out 580,000 tons of wooden ships. Reports show that the Unltod States is leading all the world in ship building except Great Britain and that American yards are close behind th-s British. FORMER CANADIAN MINISTER IS DEAD (By Associated Press! Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 8. Sir Frederick William Borden, who was minister of militia and defense ln the'Laurier ad ministration from its formation in 1896 until its defeat at the general elec tions in 1911, Is dead, according to a dispatch received here today from Canning, Nova Scotia. - ,' (By Associated Press) Berlin, Jan. 6. (via Sayvllle,) "Foreign newspapers report," says an Overseas News Agency announcement, today, "that recently ln Hasielt, Bel glum, a woman and n boy sixteen years of age were sentenced to death and shot, by the -Germans as sple. "The report is absolutely" untrue. No boy of this age was geutenced at all. A woman wag sentenced to death by a court on conclusive evidence but was pardoned." ARRESTS ON CHARGES OF SEDITION RESUMED (By Associated Press) London, Jan. 6. The t.rcnk council ha approved a restriction of the daily rstiotis and the appointment of a food dictator, says an Exchange Telegraph Company dispatch froia A'hen-i today. Al rests ot persons ac used of sedl Urn, which Wl ceaseu fr several da;s. have been begun aaln, the dis patch adds. NO FETE8 OR BANQUETS AT THE WAR COUNCIL (By Associated Press) Rome, Jan, 6. (via Paris.) -At the war council ot representatives ot the entente powers ln Rome there will be neither fetea nor .banquets. Premier Boselli wilt' give a luncheon tomorrow to the visiting statesmen. ;The menu will be drawn up ln conformity with, the food restrictions now applicable to hotels and restaurants. , ,
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