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IU TWIN THE WEATHER GET 'Y SENTINEL MR. ADVERTISER. IT WILL PAY YOU TO INVESTIGATE PRESENT, AND NOT TAST CIRCULATION FIGURES :: Showers tonljtht; Wednesday . Fair FULL LEASED WIRE S ERVICE OF TH E A SSOCIATED PRESS "XUIBTY-Firni YEAH WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1917. CITY EDITION. TWELVE TAGES ONE SECTION. NEW CABINET CRISIS IN RU SSIA DISPUTE ON UKRAINIAN POLICY LEADS MEMBERS F CABINET TO m SPECIAL SESSION OF COUNCIL to m ciisis Premier Lvoff Takes Hurried, Steps in Effort to Heal Ministerial Split Chamberlain Resigns Because Of Criticism CLAIMED TWO MINISTERS OUTKEACHED AUTHORITY Declaration of Automomy of the Ukraine Made Without Due Advisement (Fly Associated Fraaa) retrograd, July 17. Three memsers of the cabinet have resigned and a tpecal session of th council of mln liters baa been convoked In an effort to avert a crisis. Their name are: A. I. Shlngaroff, minister of finance; Prof. Manuilloff, mlnlater of educa- ton and I'rince snakovsicy. neaa oi the dPSiirtment or nubiicr am. The resignations of these cadet i ministers iouoweu a auaru uiBagreo- ment over questions involving mo Ukraine, an extensive region in kus na emnracin nan oi we lerriiurwa of the old kingdom of Poland. Lvoff Summons Ministers. Premier Lvoff has requested the ministers to meet at bis private resi dence when the cause of the dispute will be considered. It Is known ne will attemnt to nrevau on mem iu v inaraw ineir resignations, ins sum in the minlstrv occurred last night at a immaterial conference caltea to con sider a reDort submitted by M. Teres- chenko. minister of foreign affairs, nd M. Tseretelll, minister of ports and teleeranh. aa a reault of their ne gotiations concerning the) Ukranlans. After the rennrt win read the cadet ministers took eicentlon to the form Of a declaration drawn iin tiT M. Ter- esrhenko and Tseretelir and agreed to fc -..I t.-SCA WllW - r 10 ARE KILLED, SEVERAL IN TRAIN WRECK Paxsenger Train, Charlotte to Winston-Salem, Rolls Down An Embankment REMOVAL OF SPIKES FROM RAIL CAUSE Fireman Kestler and J. E. Wal ker, Colored Passenger, Lose Liven LLst of Injured lyondnn. July 17. Itecauee of th scathing criticism of their conduct of the Mrsnnotamta camoaKrn by the i commission of Inquiry and the decision 10 noin. a juninittl in vpk luai ion j. aqi tan Ch.inilierla.ln and l.ord Hardlnaa hava resigned their posts. Ixird Hard IriKe's resignation was not accepted, (CopjrrlKht Underwood ft L'ndrrwood) (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) AMERICAN er.unnNER bunk BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE fRv Aflnftnlared PpMUl Washington, July 17 News of the Binkinr of tha imoHcan nctinnner hilde Harolde in European waters, by a German submarine June 20 reached thn atnta rianartmant tllllav In message from Montevedlo announc ing the safn arrival there of the .... u dUU V . v.nuv. The survtvnra Tunr-n nflraH on annn iter their vasnal want Hnwn hv a steamer bound AP.rnnfl thA A Mantle for til A TTri1triiQvaTi no nltn) ri"j sia vniiAi. . . 4 GERMAN STEAMERS CAPTURED BY BRITISH Ry Aaanrlated Prraa) London, July 17, The admir lty announced the capture of Jour German steamer by Brit on destroyers in the North 8ea. The steamers are the Pell worm, Brietielg, Marie Horn "nd Heinz Blumberg. The captured steamers are all mall, the largest being the Bnetzelg, of 1,495 tons' gross, owned In Hamburg. The Pell worm 1,370 tons gross also was owned In Hamburg. The Marie "orn, 1,088 tons Is from Schles weg and the Helntz Blumberg 1.226 tons, Is ' registered from Hamburg. i wo other German steamer were with the four vessels later captured when the group was signalled by the British war '"ft. All six made for the Dutch coast and two of them reached the shore. These two were badly damaged by gunfire. GENERAL JUAN CH Nf II President LI Will Not Resume Presidency of Restored Republic (By Associated Preaa) Pekln, Monday, July 16. Tuan Chi Jul, who commanded the republi can forces which defeated the at tempt to restore the monarchy, has definitely assumed the- premiership and has also taken over the war port folio. President LI Yuan Hung has an nounced his decision not to resume office.. He has entered the French hospital and is under treatment for a slight Internal complaint. It appears, however, that his resignation was In duced not .by illness but by a disturb ing Incident today at his residence. One of the guards ran amuck with a sabre, killed a colonel and two sold iers nd wounded a captain and a soldier. Taking the pistol of one of his victims he fired several shots. Wang Tah Sieh has been appointed minister of foreign affairs, a post he held formerly. Lieut. Kutung Hsun, former minister of the navy again as sumes th.at portfolio. The other ap pointments have not been announced. Withhold Abdication Edict. Pekln, July 17. Premier Tuan has decided that an abdication edict is unnecessary, as it would compromise the emperor. Chinese of the south ern provinces, jealous of bis success, are already endeavoring to weaken his power, asserting he intends retain the emperor, , to GERMAN U-BOAT SHELLS TOWN IN THE AZORES (Bv Associated Press) An Atlantic Port, July 17. The bombardment of St. MIchels, Azores, on July 4 by a German submarine at first was thought to he a Fourtn oi July celebration by warships in port, said reports from Lisbon. The firing began early in the morning, it is said, but as the shells continued to explode over the city the illusion that it was part of an independence day program was quickly dispelled. An American collier In port re turned the submarine's fire with such precision and volume that the under sea craft soon submerged. A British steamship captain, -who was an eye witness or the ngnt, saia me u-ouai was - 300 feet long and carried two guns. One girl and a man were killed In St. Michels by German shells, The morning passenger train from Charlotte, No. 26, was wreck ed at S:0S today at Hunter vllle, 300 yards south of mllrpost 17, on the North Carolina Midland road, resulting In the death of Fireman Ernest A. Kestfer, aged twenty-six, of Darber, and J. E. Walker, colored, a passenger, aged forty-four, and In the Injury of a number of passengers, most of thorn being colored. Th names of the persons Injured fol low: Engineer J. C. Lanyoux, white, aged forty-eight, of Charlotte, scalded on arm and leg. Walter E. Sloan, aged forty six, of Statesvllle, passenger, back hurt. He and Engineer Lanyoux were sent to a Charlotte hospital for treatment. Mall Clerk J. S. Kb oaf, aged thirty eight, of WlnBton Salem, hip and leg bruised The following passengers were bruised and shocked, but none ' seriously; Arthur 9. Hanks, Wash ington Orr, Henry J. Frederick, S. L Spring, Henry Houston, James Hhepherd. Cato Thomas, Hubert Watson, Kate Alexander, Thomas Smith, O. L. Taylor, all colored, with residences at Char lotte; T. J. Head, colored, of Mooresvllle; Babe Ross, colored, of Waynesvllla; H. M. Johnson, colored, of Paw Creek, N. C. According to an official report made to the office of the super intendent of the Winston-Salem division, unknown parties remov ed spikes on tbe outside of the west rail for a rati length. Mail car No. 289. coaches 1204 and 1344 turned over and rolled down an embankment. First aid to the Injured was ren dered by Dr. Allen Fisher, a pas senger on the train. The Injured passengers were sent to Huntersvllle and David son by automobile. The damage to the track was repaired so that trains could pass at 10:30 this morning. Special agents are Investigating the removal of the spikes, but no clue to the Identity of the wreckers or their purpose has been discovered. Extra Equipment The equipment Included In the wrecked train was so badly damaged that no part of It could be utilized to bring the passengers into the city. The railway officials ordered extra equipment to proceed to the scene ar.d to convey the passengers to Barbers where they were transferred to No. 22 from Ashevllle and arrived here this afternoon at three o'clock. E Damage to Farm Lands, Houses and Roads May Run Into Thousands of Dollars (Ry Associated Press) Knoxville, Tienn.i July 17. Flood damage running Into many thousands of dollars was reported today in Upper Blast Tennessee in coifsequcnce of heavy rains and high water incident thereto. No lives were lost, according to advices so far received here. Farm lands, houses and roads, It was esti mated, were heavily damaged. For about ten miles the Dixie Highway In Washington county, 1b said to be im passable. In Knoxville street railway trainc was being resumed today, tho the full capacity of the electric power plant is yet curtailed because the local power house was flooded by waters of First creek. Many homes in the river and creek sections of the city And wholo sae business houses on Jackson ave nue, along the Southern Railway tracks, are more or less flooded in basements. At Mascot the center of the zinc min ing operations, considerable damage has ensued and a portion of the South ern Railway's main line was washed otit Repairs were expected to be CONTINUED ON PAOH TEN, RUSSIAN BATTLE LINE ABOVE LEMBERG j 'tLOOTDW VvU'"i i iVT rluS)MrVN M " Pi.oo4. 6 V W i ) O WARSAW VrMT-utovk 7eJ 0 LODZ fJ t rS! V 1 o yir y if if a v f O " RAOOM VVANOOROO V W Jt J I o piotrkow o n f?r i2 AJLNV S n J " i, f LUBtlN p HOrttf J J ( I O ' JAROsSli fSl 1 A y 8 T R D A- o b okL oW 0OV rStrAM.et.rrr- I. ZT 1 fJfr "-5 0000 -)wf (r'h V rt 'Va 6 S m - m rTneT atM-4uTitt JX " - o V v. OVAICC Iff -It I O WTOMANI mmmm July i, i9ir SucavVa. V. r a Mmt USB AS RBSULT -.Morf V Otkussian Oftensvr Ja ( Lccounted For By Concentration of Men of Draft Ajre For Work In Factories Whrra Itusaiana ar advlnrlns; In drlva. (Irneral Kornllofr'a troopa hava forged ahead thtrty miles In Bva days orupylns; the city of Halloa, thirty ml lea from llalis. Tha renewed Kusslan drlva Is a continuation of Ueneral ItrusllnlT'a ofTenalva In I HIS, which started from tha dotted Una from PinsK fo tha Knumanlan border and reached the black line between these points. (I'uplu News Krrvlce ) Allied Attacks Make Severe Inroads On German Strength; Lose 35,000 Men In 3 Months Estimates Calculated Ry Forced Removal of Teuton Divisions From Front Sectors Germans Lose "Dash" After Encounters With Muscovite Forces (Hy Associated Tress) French Front, June 25. (Ily Mall.) Severe Inroads have been made on the strength of German troops holding the line on the Franco-Ilritish front during the attacks delivered on them In the months of April, May and June. An estimate on well established aver ages demonstrates that these losses must approximate 35,000 men. Before the spring operations of the French and British began the fighting was divided Into two sectors entirely Independent of each other. At the beginning of the Franco-British offensives the Germans bad at their disposal on the whole front stretching from the North Sea to Switzerland 147 divisions, of which 105 were actually In the front line and forty-two In the rear ready any moment their help was needed. These reserve divisions were about equally distributed In the northern and south ern sector. The Russian situation permitted the Germans to detach some of their active divisions from that front and at tbe same time they formed several new divisions which they brought to the French front so that on June 20 the number of their divisions facing the French and Brtt Ih was 155 In spite of the fact that (Continued on Pag Two.) RUSSIANS CONTINUE VIGOROUS DRIVE IN EASTERN GALICIA IllXLETIN, (By Associated Press) Pctrogratl, July 17. The war ofllco announces that ItiiHulnti troops have abandoned Kaluss In CjijilU.'in but liuvo secured tho crosMliiK of the Lomnlca river. Tho ItuHHiana drove the enemy from tho vllllige of Nocla. The Russian armies are continuing their vigorous offensive in Eastern Galicia and the forces apparently are ready to spring in activity at various points along the 800-mlle front. It now appears to be running smooth with the military machine or at least it seems in more efficient shape than even the rosiest forecasts indicated. Meanwhile Russian gov ernmental affairs which appeared to have been going well for some time past are again ruffled with a cabinet disagreement. Four Ministers Resign. Four Russian ministers. Including Shingaroff, have resigned because of objections to tbe policy decided upon by the other ministers regarding af fairs In the Ukraine, which is like Finland, and desires Independence. A meeting of the council of ministers has been called to solve the crisis and it is hoped the resignations will ba withdrawn, Coincldently come reporU of disord ers in Petrograd Instigated by the rad ical faction of the socialist democratic party as a demonstration against tho government. Rival parties of demon strators appear to have fired on each other during a panic brought about by a few stray shots and a number of persons were killed or wounded. Quiet was soon restored. Protest by Reichstag Leader. Notwithstanding the change in the German chancellorship and before any declaration of policy) has been made (CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN) SUFFRAGETTES SENTENCED TO SERVE 60 DAYS IN WORKHOUSE (By Associated Press) , Washington, July 17. Tbe sixteen members of the Women's Party ar rested Saturday in an attempt to pick et the White House were sentenced to day to pay a fine of (25 or serve sixty days in the District of Columbia work house. They decided to take tne sixty. day sentence. An appeal will be taken Heretofore the suffrtigists nave gotten off with a three day sentence. Dudley Field Malone, collector of customs at New york, who saw the arrests Saturday and was a witness In behalf of the women, will act as ttae'.r counsel. It was reported that Mr. Ma lone would resign his post at New York to take charge of the work. Mr, Malone would not discuss the report. The folowing 4s a list of thtose who were arrested: Miss Julia Hurlbut, thirty-three years, Morristown, N. J.; Mrs. Betsy Graves Reynau, - twenty-three years, Detroit; Miss Minnie Abbott, fifty-one years, Atlantic City; Mrs. Alison Turn bull Hopkins, thirty-seven'years, Mor ristown, N. J.; Mrs. Louise Parker Mayo, fortyjilne years, Farminghom, Mass.; Mrs. Elizabeth Selden Rogers, forty-eight years, New York City; Mrs. Eunice Dana Bfennan, sixty-two years, New York City; Miss Janet Fothering ham, twenty-two years, Buffalo; Mrs. Florence Bayard Hlles, fifty-two years, New Castle, Del.; Miss Eleanor Angela Calnan,. forty-three years, Methuen, REICHSTAG JO PRESS PEACE MINUS CONUES I Michaelis Mum; German Parties Unable Yet To "Place" New Chancellor BROCKDORFF-HANTZAU SUCCEEDS ZIMMERMANN? Appointment Still In Doubt; Chief of the Chancery Resigns Post (By Associated Press) Amsterdam, July 17. Count von Roedern, German finance minis ter, replaced Dr. von Karl Helff ericb, secretary of the Interior, according to the Berlinger Tag blatt. Paris, July 17. A Zurich dis patch to the. Petit Parlslen says Count von Bernstorff has been appointed German minister at'Co penbagen In tbe place of Count Brockdorff -Hantzau. Copenhagen, July 17 The selection of a successor to Foreign Minister ZImmermann was still unsettled yes terday. Pressure was being brought from two directions to block first, the proposed nomination of Count Brock- (Continued on page Two.) GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS 8AYS COAL PRICES MU8T COME DOWN (By Associated Press) Chicago, July 17. Governor Frank O. Lowden, of Illinois, appeared before the state council of defense this aft ernoon and asserting that coal prices are too high stated that, if necessary, to correct the situation he would call a special session of the legislature to empower the council to take any act ion needed. , (CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE!) REPORT PAVOiRABLY' AFTER BRIEF SESSION (By Aeeoclatr Prcaa) Washington, July 17. An other speed record In consider ing the $640,000,000 administra tion program passed last Sat urday by the house In five hour was made today when the senate military affair commit tee, at a forty-five minute ses sion, ordered unanimously a favorable report without amendment. a a GIVE REASON BIG ALLOIENIS MANY CITES POPULATION FIGURED FROM DRAFT ESTIMATES Census Not Intended to Fit; Actual Population of Any Community (By Asanclated Praaa) Washington, July 17. WtUt only ten states remaining to b heard from on the organisation of tha lo cal exemption boards and with th aerial number Hat of registrants ex cept for 649 of th 4,5i9 exemption districts on file In Washington. Tro rost General Crowder was hopeful todsy that tbe preliminary stage of tbe war army drawing would be com pleted within forty-eight hour. Ha prepared to take up with Secretary Baker later In tha day detail of the. lottery process for final approval. If there 1 no unususl delay It seem llkrly that the drawing can ba held Friday and Saturday. A slngl dis trict, however, can hold up action In definitely. Once past tha drawing stage, Gen eral Crowdar pointed out today, tho necessity for ooncertod action by tha states cease and the execution of reg istrants and their assignment to tha army or exemption can proceed in any state without regard to progress made In any other community. The ten slates not having completed their preparation for th drawing are New York, Michigan, Mississippi, Mis souri, Alabama, Kentucky, i'ennsyl vanla. Virginia, Illinois and Iowa. These state Include groups having tbe largest population. Th fact that reports from only 649 Individual dis tricts of tba 4,609 sre missing, how ever, shows that even In tha tea state tbe work is well advanced. The entire list may be completed to day, Withhold Comment. General Crowder declined to make any comment on tha statements made yesterday In tbe senate attacking tha fairness of tha census bureau popu lation estimates upon which the allot mont of quotas under tha draft law? is based. Other officials pointed out. however. that the revised estimates of tha cen sus bureau were not Intended to Ox the actual population of any commun ity. Tbe estimate ar prefaced with, the statement that they are for us In connection with tbe draft only. They are based upon registration esti mates. The large figure for many of the cities are accounted for by tba concentration or men of draft age there for work In munition or other plants. . With 4 Small Towns Missinir Returns Today Show 99,775 For and 59,629 Against (By Awoct.tM Proas) San Juan, P. R., July 17. (Porto RJcn voted for prohibition by a big major ity at yesterday's election. With fout unimportant towns missing, the re turns today snowed 99,775 votes for, and 59,629 against. San Juan's vote for prohibition wm 5.117 for and 2,255 against, and ail the other large cities were stronelv on tbe dry side. Felix Cordova Deavallo. mnlonlsL was chosen resident commlsloner at Washington, and the unionists carried five of the seven senatorial districts, the other two going for the renuhlican candidates. The division of the ftartiea In the lower house Is uncertain, but the un ioniBts will have a majority. Tha socialist galna that were scored thru out the island "were chieflyi at repub llcan expense. THREE KILLED WHEN TRAIN , HIT8 AUTO NEAR SMITH FIELD .' Bt Aaaoolated Presa) Fayettevllle, July 17. O. G. Green. lee, his son, Dewey, seventeen, and Roy Crump, eighteen, -were killed to day when an automobile In which they were riding was struck at a grade crossing near Smlthfield by an Atlan tic Coast Line passenger train. Green lee and bis son were tntsantly killed and Crump died several hour later. They were residents of Smlthfield. 1 A
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