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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1915
CITY EDITION
10 Paqest Section
!3rd Year
VST PHASE OF CAMPAIGN AGAINST SERBIA IS
COMPLETED; THE CITY Ob. NISH IS THREA TENED
a.i 1c PlarpA In A Pnsitinn nf
lcreaSeJ Danger Captufe of Nish
lould Mean More Than Military Gain
.It Would Make Possible Valuable
ailway Communication Situation At
jiree Important Points.
t:t nhnsA nt hft AukI rbvn-Oprmn n-Rnlp-nrinn nil in.
I n Oct J- 1 lU I'"""" - o "-'
Sr'tivi' "I jiii"K lian(ls ln tl,e northeastern corner of the country,
'bgllu tiiliMiit tl their military advantage by procuring free passage
is said to be already waiting to transport war mate-
e Danube.
nf steamers
tmiot intenero wim una urraugeuiuiii., mo uuiganans
lumlU soon be relieved and her offensive on the border
SI
1
HUR
T
EN HIS HORSE
if Serbia c
tkm s-Iiortagc
,,,.(
it ly sirens"'
rnftrnss nf Bulgarian troops easi anu nurmeusi ui ivimi uoin uireai
. i . . .. ,i,,i erlmin nrmv In a nnsit.fon of increased danepr.
Citv Mill pUHCM i" '
., in of tiip Bulgarian and Teutonic armies farther north.
fr. use i'
tare of NLsli would mean more than mere military or strategic gain,
would iimIh' possible rapid shipment ana railway communication mru
Nish and Sofia among the Austro-Germans and their allies.
,1 l,ili.)nna ncn nttnnnlni,
HI till' U'Ttll lilt' UCrillaNB aau nuDiuauo oic ouiaut-mg utci a. iiiud
icli runs slightly southeast from Vallevo and swings In a broad curve
t a'.nicst to the Danube at' Kladovo, where It joins the right wing of
buna us.
ors continue to be ascribed to tne ureeK government or intentions
o the entente powers, even going so far as to say that Greece has an
Biniing with Bulgaria ana at me psycnoiogicai iiiumem sue win iau
jo allied troops which are landed at Salonikl.. No such designs are
(credited to Greece in London, but England and France continue to
e political situation at Athens with unconcealed anxiety.
Kduard lin y. Hie foreign secretary said today that Greece B espousal
tause (it tlie cemrai powers wua an uuyu&aiuuuy turn ainuiur usaur
rae from authoritative Greek sources.
Inactivity which has marked the situation on the western front for
kne is still unbroken.
klie east General Von Ilindenburg's attacks In the Riga district have
upon no new phase. , j
I Severe Fighting.
Paris, Oct. 29. North of the river
Alsne there was, last .night, very se
vere fighting with bombs and gren
ades, according to the war office re
port today.
There was also a bombardment on
both .sides in the Champagne district.
French Land 150,000 Men.
London, Oct. 29. The French, Ger
man dispatches say, have landed 150,
000 men, with 100 guns, at Salonikl.
While the whereabouts of the British
reinforcements remain a secret that
they are of considerable size may be
judged from the fact that, altho Gener
al Sir Charles C. Munro, recently ap
pointed t command the Galllpoll sit
uation, ts on the spot tho government
has decided to send MaJ. General Sir
Bryan T. Malion, who commanded tho
columns which relieved Mafeking In
the South African war, to cooperate
with the French.
Greater anxiety exists as to Greece's
attitude. Austria, Germany and Bul
garia hnve seriously complained of
th continued hospitality shown tho
allies at Salonikl and one account says
the Greek government has asked the
allies to leave Greek territory. Against
this Is the quoted assurance given by
the Greek minister at Paris to the
French government that Greece has
no intention of committing any hostile
act toward the allied troops.
Except around Riira and Dvlnsk,
where the Germans are renewing their
efforts to reach the Dvina river, and
near Czartorysk, on tho Styr, there
has been no heavy fighting in tho Rus
sian arena. Engagements on a small
sralo have taken place west of Riga,
showing that the Germans are attack
ing ln new direction. Hitherto, their
main attacks havo been from tho
south and southweBt of that city, where
they were checked. On the Styr and
in OnlJcla the German offensive, ac
cording to the Russian report, had
been stopped.
FALLS
i, Oct. ". -An accident hap-
t the King yeMcrdav inornincr.
K was thrown from Ills horse
rely bruised.
f 'Hotline; announcement was
Hie King this morning
-tyi as inspecting his army
P'ld, his horse, excited hv tho
f the inn. ps. reared -up and
e King was bruised severely
lie e.inlinril to his bed for the
IT lilt
ietin under today's data
.KiiiR has hail ;. fair ncht with
,pP. His temperature is now
'"I his pulse His Majes
'tl'al ci.iui it ion lias Improved
"implicaiinns have arisen."
unilcrsi,).,. ti,a, the accident
"rum-, a!' lio no details have
ft'if mi b hi-
RS0N VAN, HIT
BY TRAIN, 13 KILLED
r-; Hi, t li ' "t . U-hlln ,
. . " iiiiij viv,o-i-
f'iiliiianl l;;iilu-i,- i-.,i, 41
' Ul.l, il III u .
-" '"'is oi l. was struck by
r. lri" N". X and instantly
'" ieleil (hut ho did nr.'
live approaching. Tha
a' a high rateof
URGES WOMEN TO HEAR
MRS. VAUGHN'S LECTURES.
Editor of The Sentinel: ,.
Will you give me space to say .
fw words of appreciation of
your good work In securing
Mrs, Vaughn to speak to us?
When Mrs. Vaughn was In
Asheville this summer, I asked
her If she were coming to Winston-Salem,
but she had not
then made any plans to do so.
I am not advertising for her, but
I do want to urge the women
of our town to go to hear her.
" Of course there are a great
-number of our progressive wo
men who will need no urging to
uphold any good cause, and the
work done by some of them In
the cause of domestic Science
in our city may well be a
source of pride to all who are in.
terested in their town's wel
fare. s
There Isn't a woman, no mat
ter how good a housekeeper she
may be, who would not be
helped by Mrs. Vaughn's lec
tures. It will not be necessary to
urge any who have heard her
once to go again, for her person
al charm draws every one as a
magnet. But let us give her
a royal welcome; let us be there
the first day to show her that
the women of Winston-6alem
are vitally interested In their
homes and everything and ev
eryone who is helping In the
great work. Go the first day,
and then you won't want to miss
a single chance of hearing her
after that.
ONE WHO HAS HEARD.
SS ACTIVITIES
II
IN Wira-SALENI
T
HESEDAY5
MEN CHARGED WITH A CONSPIRACY TO BLOW IP MUNITIONS SHIPS
7 -V ' MIT ZpA jpM,
' w 'jr
Third Battle of Agiia Prieta in
Five Years Is to Be
Wajjed. ,
Are on Hand to See Mexicans
Shoot Only on Their Own
Side of Boundary.
If
(Bomb To Attach To
Steamship Propellers.)
Lieutenant Robert Fay of tho Ger
man army, who describes himself as
a veteran of the battle of the Marne
and the Champagne country, was ar
rested ln Net Jersey by Now York
City detectives as a conspirator ready
to, blow up steamships carrying arrested laler. It Is alleged that Kay
freight to the allies in Europe. Large confessed tho whole story to tho New
quantities of explosives were found York police, but ho denied that ho
in his possession. Walter L. Scholz, had o far been able to attach his
hla. brother-in-law, was taken at the bomb to the propeller of any steam
same time, l'aul Daeche, who denied ship. He had been caught before he
he had anything to do with them, was could do that.
SUPT. LATHAM ON VALUE
OF THE WILSON SERIES
Hicomii
is t'nin-
Costs Lives of 21 Girls;
pMissine: Z Are Unidentified
,"ly' 'Vass Oct. 29. In the
I Witilil, til.- lilarkenoH .holl rf
ti r:!ay
I'" hi:.
'Hill-
l Mi
Mris.
fn
"U'ining was the St.
s' liool, men searched
' " as to the cause of
")st the lives of twen-
ruins also were ex-
r Ulore vietlmo
IIO'll.-v
missing by
to the condl
Early to-
leiliaineil linlrionitfloH
reported
i-iiilles. (,,..;
'' llr :i rn..,l
... iiuuiub positive
rrohahly will be impos-
''ar' !; for possible additional
(I;.,., ,.,, ,,u,, , D
"J liiiui Ul i 17-
wll!le inspectors of the
"iti.iuiiecl the invostlga-
ause of tho Are
Dlice
to ,!
onlv
a small
basement which
kill lonrl v n a
.., m, '"uiiiiaiU HOD
"nil- uriRinatnd in
'""" m tin
' keU.
,. -lenary t0 piaCo waste
'P-ims and wooden barrels
' ' mom. According to the
" " Order of Notre Dame.
; the school, nothing else
it orip end rtf K nm
fiv,u 1,1 luillll
a I eas jet. This room" was
hTT1 m&y tor evidence
,hn tlie nre started. , -
ftnA, . " 'UI'IIOI 1UI
atSenients WPre p,aced jn the
hands of Rev. Nicholas J. Murphy, of
St. John's Church.
Acting Chief Neal, of the state po
lice, announced that no one had been
found criminally responsible for the
Are. He said that, while the building
was badly constructed, It compiled
with the essential requirements -of the
law.
"The law required," said Chief Neal,
"that the city and local building in
spectors shall consult and determine
tho proper means of agress rrom an
buildings, and if they are not suf
ficient, to order Are escapes lnsiaueu
on the outside of tho building, mo
St. John's parochial school buimmg
was carefully examined and by calcu
lating tho widths of the ovits, u w
found that they were suffcient to take
care of 680 children. Within tne past
few days the entire school in a reg
ular fire drill, was emptied In 90 sec
onds. The real fault in the Diuiaing
...oo IV,o fant fhat all the NtalTS ICQ IU-
wards the center of the blullijng in
stead of towards the exit.
"I urn convinced that the inspectors
did their duty. The investigation, so
far as the State is concerned, is ver
One of th many theories advanced
i.. tn avntoin fhp nrlzin of the nre
was that the sweepings kept in the
basement store room might have co
tatned match heads dropped on tne
floor by boy pupils. ,
During tho past twelve months
WinBton-SuIem has been able to main
tain her position as a manufacturing
and shipping center, tho It bas bee:,
admitted that for several months th
furniture and wagon interests were
not enjoying the business that was
their experience just prior to the war
and the depression of the cotton belt.
it was before a meeting of the For
syth Highway Commission on Septem
ber 30 that officials of tho Southern
Railway made tho statement to Chair
man James A. (iray, Jr., that Winston
Salem was the only cityi'on its lines
between Washington and Atlanta that
had shown an Increase ln shipments
rather than a decrease during the de
pression, and that It was the large-it
shipping point on its lines with the
exception cf Atlanta.
During recent months tho manufac
turers who have been working short
time have gradually recovered to nor
mal, and most of them are compelled
to work nl?ht shifts to keep up with
orders. Furniture factories that were
closed for a short period aro now
working double shifts; wagon plants
are also working over time to keep
their stocks in shape for immediate
shipment; the tobacco factories that
suffered a decline in the lump busi
ness to cause short time In that de
partment of manufacturing are now
working full time and enlarging their
forces. The cigarette and snuff busi
ness has steadily increased, and these
departments of the tobacco manufac
turers haVe for several months past
been compelled to operate their plants
until midnight and later at times to
,take care of the rapidly growing busi
ness. All these activities have caused the
retail mercantile business of the city
to gradually improve and this fall and
winter the merchants have anticipat
ed and havo provided for the biggest
business In local retail, circles. Espe
cial preparation ts being made for
the holiday season, and advance ship
ments are already arriving.
There is only one line of activity
that has not improved rapidly! during
the past Ave or six months and that
Is real estate and building. Our build
ing operations each month have shown
a consioerame increase over the fig
ures of last year and the year before,
but it has been accounted for. in the
construction of some mammoth fire
proof business houses and' factories.
The character of the construction has
not offered the greatest demand for
the hundreds of carpenters who have
found plenty of work ln the past years
on account of the rapidity with which
the city was developing as a home
owning city, and increase ln the popu
lation by the location hero of homo
seekers. Real estate men, however, report
that there has been n. considerable Im
provement in conditions during tho
past eight' weeks, and that Septem
ber and October were the best months
In real estate that Winston-Salem ha3
seen for twelve months past. The con
tractors and building material men
also state that while Winston-Salem
U not completing an average of two
(Continued on page ten.)
Editor of The Sentinel:
I thank f 6U for the opportunity to look over soino of the articles Boon
to be published Ln The. Sentinel under the general title of Our Country,
Thejtact that jyiere written by President Wilson Js suXflclunt guaran
tee as to their worth, accuracy and charm of style. Another strong point
about these history stories is that they- are short. The reader gots one
essential fact at tho time. It ought to stick. And Is thero any excuse for
even the busiest man to say that ho cannot give 10 or 10 minutes a day to
become intelligently Informed as to the history of our great nation?
I shall urge all our city school teachers especially those who are
teaching United States History to read and digest and pass on to tholr
students the story of Our Country by President Wilson.
Oct. 29, 1015. R. II. LATHAM.
SERVICES
N
HONOR
OFKEIOl
EXECUTED
Formal Resignation of French ,
Cabinet Tendered to President
Paris, Oct. 20. President PolncareO
Inilav r(.(.alvi.il thn fnrmul f (vll(Wt I vfl I
resignation of the entire Vivian! min
istry, giving official confirmation of
tho decision of tho cabinet yesterday
to retire. The president requested
Aristido Briaml to form a now cab
inet. At a meetini? held in the foreign of
fice this morning, under the presiden
cy of M. Viviani, the decision was
reached to submit resignations collec
tively. M. Brland immediately took up the
woTk of forming a new ministry,
which already whs well advanced In
anticipation of President Polncare's
formal request. M. Brland requested
his colleagues to confer with him lato
In the afternoon, and it was expected
a definite conclusion would be reaclieu
concerning the distribution of the va
rious portfolios.
BRITISH
TO
OCTOBER 9 TOTAL
491294
London, Oct. 29. British casualties
from tho (beginning of tho war to Oc
tober 9th were 19:5,294.
British casualties up to August 21st,
as given officially Soptcmbor -14th,
were 381,983. This shows a total be
tween then ami October Stth of 111,311.
Ixbscs between June !th and August
21st averaged about l00 daily. The
marked increiiso in the fall over the
summer losses might be accounted for
by the beavy fighting on the western
front last month.
EARTH SHOCKS FELT AT
ASHEVILLE; HOUSES ROCK.
Asheville, Oct. 29. Two dis
tinct earth shocks were felt in
this city at 12.35 o'clock this
morning. The shocks came
about two minutes apart and
lasted for only a few seconds
each. Houses in all parts of the
city were shaken, and many peo
ple were aroused from sleep.
Telephone Inquiries from vari
ous points In the surrounding
country Indicated that the shock
was general. So far as can be
learned, no serious damage was
done.
.LfmtteCj6ct2 A TtorVlco'aE ST.
Paul's Cathedral la trfemory of Miss
ISuIth Cavell.-thrt -HeHlslj'nurso who
was executed hi Brussels, was attend
ed by a throng which reeallod tho fu
neral of Ixinl Holier! b almost a year
ago.
Before eight o'clock a great crowd
stood shivering In the first cold fog
of tho season, awaiting tho opening
of thn doors. Shortly after ten
o'clock, signs bearing tho words
"Church full" worn hung at all doors
except tho one reserved for ticket
holders. Conspicuous among tho
crowd, which waited patiently 111 the
gloomy fog until tho doors wore
opened, worn a largo number of
wounded soldiers attended by Rod
Cross nurses. The sombre clothing nf
tho congregation, which taxed the
great edifice, was broken by spots of
color of the uniforms of soldiers and
sailors when military and naval dig
nitaries took their places. The only
other seuts reserved wero for the
Lord Mayor, the diplomatic corps of
I ho entente allies and (it'll of Miss
Cavell's fellow nursv-s.
Uxceiit for the 'Lord's prayer and
tho reading of one lesson, the servlja
was entirely musical, no sermon ha
inn delivered. King (ieorgo and Uueo i
Vary wero represented by Kdward W.
Walilngtuii, groom In waiting to the
King, Queen Mother Alexandra by
Knrl Howe and Field -Marshal Kitchen
er by Surgeon tietienil Sir Alfred
Keogh, director general of tho Urll
ish medical service.
Among the other prominent persons
present were tho premier and other
members of tho cabinet, representa
tives of Canada and the other domin
ions, thn iwdglan minister and Admir
al Lord Charles Ueresford. Miss Ci
veil's mother, other member of tha
family and deputations of officers of
the lied Cross ambulance and nursln';
organizations also attended.
II. SL
Mr. T. A. Corbin Is Killed
In An Automobile Accident
J. PIERPONT MORGAN
UNDERGOES OPERATION
New York, Oct 29. J. P.
Morgan underwent an operation
for appendicitis at his coun
try home, Glen Cove, L. I to
day. The operation was report
ed successful and Mr. Morgan
Is retting comfortably.
Mr. Thomas A. Corbin, a leaf loliac-i
co dealer of this city, was killed in
an automobile accident near States
villn this morning. The remains will
bo brought hero tonight ot tomorrow
morning for Interment. The deceased
Is survived by a wife and two daugh
ters, Mrs. Ralph T. Walkes and Miss
Evelyn Corbin. Mr. and Mrs. Corbin
and tho youngest daughter have re
sided wltli Mr. and Mrs. Walker for
somo time,
A special to Thn Sentinel from
Statesvillo gives the following par
ticulars of the fatal accident:
"Mr. Thomas A. Corbin, a tobaccon
ist of Winston-Salem, was killed about
nine oclock this morning on the Post
road about seven and a halt miles out
from Statesvllle.
Mi- Cnrbin was coming here
for leaf tobacco and was accompanied
by D. R. Simpson. Mr. Corbin was
driving and In turning a curve seemed
to lose control ot machine which ran
off end of a bridge and turned over
into a branch. The driver was caught
under tho machine and his head bur
led in the water. It is believed he
was killed instantly. If ho was not,
death was duo to drowning.
"Mr. Simpson got out of tho wreck
In about twenty minutes and says he
heard no word from Mr, Corbin, The
dead man's remains were brought to
Statesvllle and prepared for burial."
Mr. Slmpeon's Injuries.
-A telephone communication receiv
ed this afternoon from Statesvllle
says that Mr. Simpson sustained
painful but not serious bruises on one
hand and ono foot, but ho was able to
walk after the accident. He was car
ried to a hotel in Statesvllle, where
he received medical attention. Mr.
Himnson's homo Is near Stokesdale,
Guilford county, tho he ha resided
ior for some time.
vir Raluh Walker loft this after
noon in a machine to accompany the
remains of his ratner-in-iaw noun,
Douglas, Arlis,, Oct. 29. Prepara
tions wore completed today for the
third battle of Agua Priota, Honors,
botween the various factions since
Madoro opened the war In Mexico Ave .
years ago.
Five thousand American troops
with sixteen throe-Inch guns are mob- "
lllzed here to see that the Mexicans
shoot only on their own eido ot tho
boundary.
Carrnnzn troops Ho behind an elab
orate system of earthworks awaiting
tho approach ot tho Villa army.
Fighting may bogln today or may
be delayed until somo time next week.
This la dependent upon the plans, dis
position and condition of Villa's
troops.
The outcome probably will deter- ,
mluo whether Sonora will remain un
der tho sway of Villa or whether he
will bo driven as a fugitive across
tho American border.
Hostilities, howover, seemed like
ly to bogln (julckly, tor at last re
ports Villa's forces were scattered
from JUtcon to twenty-live miles south
of Agua Priota ln a region where lit-
tlo water Is available, while Cnrranxa
forces under Ocneral Dioguei were
reported to bo worklns In behind
them. " " '' ' ',' ' 'r ' .
. Aim jmniDHit i nS ,t '
Prieta numbers hardly more than "47,
000 efTcotivo mod and tho, .reinforce-
monts ot General Calles expected to
como from 1'ledras Negras over Amr
lean territory with sixteen cannon and
twenty-four machine guns cannot reach
hero for two or three days.
This was the word brought by Gen
eral Denjuman Hill of Carranza's ar
my who made it known that he does
not lntond to join the Carranza forces
but that ho will become ono ot tho
Interested non-combatants on the ,
American side.
Whether Villa is ln Sonora leading
In person the army of invasion was
not definitely: known here but his fato
was generally holloved to hinge on thn
Imminent battle. If he wlns he prob
ably will remain a more or loss Im
portant factor in the Mexican situ
ation at least In Sonora. If be loses,
many Americans and Mexicans pre
dict that he will find the nearby boun
dary a convenient exit for Mexican
affairs.
There Is somo apprehension among
residents hern on account of exper
iences during previous battles at Agua
Prieta when stray bullets from tho
Mexicans killed live persons on Doug
las streets and wounded twenty oth
ers, e
Altrra undoubtedly outnumbered an l
out matched In artillery. General V.
Ellas Cnlles, in command of Agun
Prieta. regards his position as Impreg
nable. The town lies on an eminence
tho easiest point of attack being to
wards tho eastward. Here enrranza
engineers have devoted most attention
to the fortifications. Villa is reliably
roportod to have 28 field guns, some
of which are 4-inch pieces, tho these
aro believed to be hardly more than
r,0 per cent, efficient. His army Is es
timated at from 6.000- to 12,000 men.
The iCarranza equipment without the
sixteen cannon accompanying the iPle
dras Negras contingent, consists ot
six throe-inch American mado uhs
and thirty machine guns.
On tho Amorican side, counting tne
battalions of tho 7th and. 20th United
States Infantry, regiments which ar
rived last night were approximately B,-
000 United States soldiers with four
battalions of artillery or sixteen guns.
All the battorles arrived early today
from Nogalcs and approximately 1,000
more men will arrive from Fort Bllas
tomorrow or Sunday.
FEDERAL RESERVE '
BANKER TONIGHT
Hon George J. 8eay, gover
nor of the Richmond Federal
Reserve Bank, , arrived this
morning and la a guest of Mr.
R. W, Gorrell, at his home on
West Fifth street. Mr. 8eay
will be guest of the director
and member of th Twin-City
Club at an Informal smoker this
evening at th club building.
Mr. Seay is a distinguished
blnker and citizen of Rich
mond, and was urged to visit
Winston-Salem this fall - by
Mr. Gorrell during the latter'
visit North thl summer. That
large audience of club mem
ber will hear Mr. Seay tonight
is assured. HI subject will b
"The Federal Reserve Banking
System and It Development"