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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22. 1915
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tlEHT
IENDLY
HI FIRM
, Austrian Admissions
Varrant Reparation
L Demanded.
I IS DELIVERED
Lizes Continuance of
Nations Depends on
tian (iovernment.
Oo'. 22. The United
tjs in its second note to
te Ancona case, made pub
v that tlie olllcial admis-
I Austrian admiralty that
torpedoed after she
L(l while pasengers were
Llone is sufficient for the
planus ior uisavowai, rep-
l;i:inihiiietit of the sub-
under.
rencivs the demands of
li.itcs. and says the de-
Aastria referred In its
first note, are In no way
'.he discussion. It em-
continuance of good re-
Id upon the action of the
eminent.
item's indicate mat tne
has In en delivered to
I foretell office.
MORRIS
DIES IN KENTUCKY.
Dec. 22. Mrs. Sal-
blnice-.Morris, eighty-one
kise husband was a mem.
fet Confederate Congress,
pie viro president of the
iicil at her home in this
t Morris was born in
. At the beginning of
she turned her home
i, and personally cared
ISouthern soldiers. She
a( the Virginia Colonial
knorary president of the
crs of the Confederacy.
tied Tuesday in Coving-
i S. Y. WALKER
JED SIXTY YEARS
-c. Mr. and 'Mrs.
finite ;.. observed the
Tsary of their mar-
Thcy are the parents
IWalker and Mrs. it. 'L.
Ilsviilc and Mrs. Jack
nir,v living with them.
Walker are in robust
promise of seeing
Miiiversuries of their
: day.
S RELEASED
FULL TEXT SECOND
NOTE TO AUSTRIA
Washington, Dec. 22.-The text of the note which Ambas
sador Penfield was instructed to deliver to the Austro-Hunga-nan
minister of foreign affairs reads as follows:
Department of State,
Washington, Dec. 19, 1915.
I he government of the United States has received the note
oi your Excellency relative to the sinking of the Ancona, which
was delivered at Vienna on December 15, 1915, and transmit
ted to Washington, and has given the note immediate and care
lul consideration.
Affn NPlber 15 1915, Baron Zwiedenck, the Charge d'
Affairs otfhe Imperial and Royal government at Washington,
transmittecTto the Department of State a report of the Austro
Hunganan Admiralty with regard to the sinking of the1 steam
ship Ancona, in which it was admitted that the vessel was tor
pedoed after her engines had been stopped and when passen
gers were still on board. This admission alone is, in the view
of the United States, sufficient to fix upon the commander of
the submarine which fired the torpedo the responsibility for
having wilfully violated the recognized law of nations and en
tirely disregarded those humane principles which every bellig
erent should observe in the conduct of war at sea. In view of
these admitted circumstances the government of the United
r?S a J'ustified holding that the details of the sinking
of the Ancona, the weight and character of the additional tes
timony corroborating the admiralty's report, and the number
of Americans killed or injured are in no way essential matters
of discussion. The culpability of the commander is in any case
established and the undisputed fact is that citizws of the
United States were killed, injured or put in jeopardy by his
lawless act. , ,
The rules of international law and the principles of human
ity which were thus wilfully violated by the commander of the
submarine have been so long and so universally recognized
and are so manifest from the standpoint of right and justice
that the government of the United States does not feel called
upon to debate them and does not understand that the Impe
rial and Royal government questions or disputes them.
The government of the United States therefore finds no
other courfie open to it but to hold the Imperial and Royal gov
ernment responsible for the act of its naval commander and to
renew the definite but respectful demands made in its com
munication of the sixth of December, 1915. It sincerely hopes
that the foregoing statement of its position will enable the
Imperial and Royal government to perceive the justice of those
demands and to comply with them in the same spirit of frank
ness and with the same concern for the good relations now ex
isting between the United States and Austria-Hungary which
prompted the government of the United States to make them.
LANSING.
LLIQN MORE
MEN ARE 10 BE
E
LI D
SOON
British House of Commons
Passes Act, Bringing Force
to Four Million.
TEUTONS ARE STILL
WORKING ON GREECE
Taking Full Advantage of Brit
ish Withdrawal From Gal
lipoli Peninsula.
PITTSBURGH VON
A BIG
BANK FAILS TO
OPEN
WAY
PAPENON HIS
BACK TO
KAISER-LAND
E
RICANS
DOTH
1),,,. 22 The release
p-anH detained at Chi-
ni'r;il Villa, it became
a a condition im-
in training him per--
N the American boun-
r the Americans had
I NreiiRthened the State
Ihi'liei that Villa Intends
!,f f I lie ODDortunltv to
lli'Sill).
finite regarding Villa's
fail hi en rcDorteti to the
Ma'- Some uneasiness
"n receipt of advices
Mlla forces were mov
'Jri'Z, ilIiIio eovernment
f'w Jaurez soon would
gas possession.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 22. Christ
mas cheer in Pittsburgh was rudely
shocked this morning when the Pitts
burgh Bank of Savings, one of the
best known institutions in the city,
failed to open. Tacked on the front
door was a notice which said that it
had been closed by order of the Penn
sylvania Banking Department and O.
H. Getty, bank examiner, ha been
appointed temporary receiver.
No statement was issued, but it was
known in the financial district that
the bank had been unable to weather
the storm it has encountered in the
failures of James S. Knhn and W. S.
Kuhn. who were credited with being
prominently identified in the bank in
mi?. A run at that time continued
for several days, but strong interests
went to its assistance and the doors,
were not closed.
STORE TS BURGLARIZED
AT GUILFORD COLLEGE
Guilford College, Dec. 22 Th'o
store of M. L. Kendall here, in which
tne posionice is " "
larlzed sometime Monday night and
,..nli nt trnmla stolen.
many UUIiaio wvii.i r -----
Entrance was effected thru a front
window, the intruders using a saw
to destroy the heads on the iron bolts
. ... ........ i,n abutters
Holding uie uhib -
In place and then raising the front
window. Neither the officers nor Mr.
Kendall have the slightest clue as
to the identity of the burglars and
the latter states that he will Rive a
reasonable reward for any informa
tion that may lead to the arrest and
conviction of the intruders
Uncle Sam came out lucky in the
deal that worthy gentleman not los
ing 'a single thing, so far as Mr. Ken
dall was able to discover up until
yesterday afternoon.
e Tms AIon
1177 J Tnhnrrn
and Deputies
Shu,
ran'l Jim Mnllh a vL't ma no
'iz iM- of ahlaVair nhnnt
r Walnut Oovfl. near
fll;iv hiirM uhAn thov
ivinir thf1r nam pa
111(t HifUmoti 4frrathar
n and loaded wagon.
mat the two men
'"fly tralTlclnir In whU.
''I'tion mnlrlnir ,a,rt ftl
a"'l from Virginia each
neen watching them
on Monday night of
-" mom in camp near
;nt' home. Since then
'" "camped" on their
"s"t tuok them prison-
had maila Ihamaftlvm
lr the nlah
After taking their prisoners, the
wage" which appeared to he loaded
with leaf tobacco, was searched, and
'"the ..tt.W-'S,;
barrel contain" aUv - h ...
of whiskey a can containing about
appeared to have been stamped. It
Cove where Hagman and Hickman
8Vcfclosie,,;rabo!rtI-the barrel and
other containers was about four bun
rtred Dounds of leaf tobacco. Th.11 was
appropriated by the officers also.
New York, Dec. 22. Cermans prom
inent in commercial and official cir
cles bado farewell today to Captain
Franz von iPapen, formerly military
attache of the German embassy at
Washington, who was recalled by the
German Emperor at the request of Se
cretary Lansing, on account of what
the United States considered Improp
er activities In military matters.
Captain von i'apen has a ticket for
the steamer Noordam which sails to
day for Rotterdam by the way of Fal
mouth, England. The entente allies
have given him safe conduct across
the Atlantic. Friends of the Captain,
both civilian and of diplomatic sorv
Ice, attended a dinner given hero in
his honor last night.
Captain von Papon was appointed
military attache of the Herman em
bassy in December, 1913. Public at
tention was directed to him in Sep
tember last when a letter which ho
wrote to his wife was found anion!
the papers seized by the British gov
ernment from James F. J. Archibald,
while ho was carrying them to Eu
rope. In this letter von I'apen alluded
to "bloedsinnig Yankees" which was
translated as "Idiotic Yankees." Ho
said this term was applied to New
York newspaper publishers in whoso
naners his acitlvities had been critic
ized. His recall and that of Captain
Karl Hoy-Ed, the German naval attache
was requested by Secretary Lansing
December 2nd. The German goveru
ment asked for an explanation of the
reason for Mr. Lansing's action and
was informed that the request for tne
withdrawal of the two attaches wan
due to military and naval activities.
Formal notice of their recall was re
ceived from the German emperor De
cember 10 and the United States gov
ernment immediately asked Great
Britain and France to give tbem sar
conduct to Rotterdam. It is reporter
that Captain Boy-Ed will leave nerc
for Rotterdam December 2S on the
steamer Rotterdam.
Von Papen's Message to America
New York, Dec. 22. Captain Franz
i-nn PaDen. Germany's recalled mili
tary attache, left New York for Rot
terdam today on tne sieamsnip .ur
dam, carrying a safe conduct to Ger
many trom the entente allies. On de
parting, he Issued this final state
ment to the American people:
"On leaving this country where I
have received so many proofs of kind
ness and hospitality from Americans
and others, I deem it my duty to thank
London, Dec. 22. After an all
night debate, the House of Commons
today granted an increase of one mil
lion men in the British army, bring
ing up its strength, on paper, to four
million.
With the increase come changes in
higher commands. Lieut. General
Robertson, chief of the general staff
in London, succeeds Lieut. General
Murray, who is about to receive an
Important command. These changes
are accepted here as indicating closer
co-operation among the allies on the
western front. .
The Teutonic powers are represent
ed as taking full advantage of the
withdrawal of the British forces from
the Gallipoli peninsular by attempt
ing once more to swing Greece and
Koumauia to their sldo in the Bulkun
operations.
If the nows of the bombardment of
Varnar by the Russians is true, they
are losing no time in attempting to
forestall theSe efforts, from several
sources. Paris dispatches stated that
the Russian warships were accom
panied by a fleet of transports which,
according to morning newspapers, al
ready has landed a sufficient force to
hold the town.
Altho the Greek election has given
a largo majority to former Premier
Gounaris, a powerful member of tho
present cabinet, who is not over
friendly to the entente powers, it ts
not believed here the change will
have much effect on the attitude .of
the Greeks, which ia now much more
agitated by the possibility that the
Bulgarians will cross the frontier,
than by tho formation of a new gov
ernment. Along the western line, according
to i3i'iUBh . official, reports, the Qer
mans suffered heavy lossoi while ex
posing their forces Ut an attempt to
occupy tho craters which their mint's
had opened along the front near Ar
mentieres. Tho French operations nt
most places are hampered greatly by
bad weather, but a considerable por
tion of tho German works on Hart
man's Wellerkopf has been carried.
The Russians are reported to have
occupied Kum, which indicates they
are making an advance into the in
terior of Persia.
Altho the question of conscription
figured largely in tho army debate
last night in tho House of Com
mons, it was only an Incidental part
of the discussion. Tho country awaits
with keen Interest tho debate which
Is certain to follow presentation to
the House of the Earl of Derby's fig
ures on the attestation plan.
More British Troops Withdrawn
Berlin, by wireless to Sayvlllo, Dec.
2.. The Cologne Gazette reports tint
British troops which have been sta
tioned on the islands of the warm Med
iterranean have been withdrawn to
e sent to Salonlkl.
New Commander For Dardanelles.
Iondon, Dec. 22. Lieut. General Sir
Archibald Murray has been appointed
to succeed Sir Charles Monroe as Brit
ish commander at the Dardanelles, says
an olllcial statement issued this after
noon. Sir Charles Monroe has been ap
pointed in command of tho first British
army in Franco in succession to Sir
Douglas lialg.
(Continued On Page Nine.)
10,000 for A f.i
From h o1rr nt TrlnHr '
1K sio.tNM) Is bring dlxrilnm
to unrrnnnntrd prrrhrr. wid
ows id ornhuBs trennr
mlnl.lrr.. The Hrl.tmn
tlnns in vwnrkm tro
Xorlli 'rnlliiii. Tho fun tn
ialillhrd hy Jnmr H. Uuk.
SUCCESSFUL HALF-YEAR AT
BOONE TRAILING SCHOOL.
New York and Chicago Mayors Shake Hands
; rpK 11 ! ' --f. W Ijj
t . KiTamt ijsftiii infrfoitn unrt Ifti itiii mIi-Ti iti Ami ma i.
1WILLALL0W
TRUSTIES TD :
GQ HOME
Left lo lichl
t'liii'apo. Mayor
William Hale
Mayor
Mil. lo-l.
Th.o:ii:
Thoniiei-o
.r New Y.
.111. May..
..f li 1:1 OI
.1 . . 1 1 n run
r urio
. . ,1 s I-.
i Mil.hrl
New Yolk with
OI lit'oniltielll llll'll
oelu.l l.y May
Forsyth Jailer Frustrates
Plan In Time To Prevent
Escape Of Prisoners
Allow Them to Spend Three
Days With Families During
Christmas.
Also Gives Other Prisoners
Three Days' Vacation From
Their Usual Work.
WILL BE NO PARDON IDA BALL WARREN IN
E
Boone. Dec. 22. The Appalachian
Training School closed today. A largo
number has enrolled for term than for
any fall term in the school's history.
Many of tho students ana teiiciiers
will spend the holidays at home. By
the opening of the new term tho young
ladles of Ixnlll Home, the old dormi
tory, will ho occupying the elegant
new dormitory, "The White House,"
so named in honor of Senator it. u.
White who was one of tho chief in
struments In getting tho bill thru the
legislature for tho establishment of the
chool.
SIX MEXICAN BAD
IN PUBLICLY
EXECUTED
rinivMinn. Texas. Dec. 22. Six
memhers of the bandit gang, recent
lv cantnred In Mexico were publlcally
oroniiio,! tndav. according to a mes
sage received by Juan T. Burns, Mexi
can consul here. Four others con
demned to death, were given respites
at the last moment. Five women ar
rente.1 with the bandits, wero sentenc
ed r innir nrison terms, the dispatch
added. The robbers were enabled to
avniii rmiture for sometime by means
of forged documents which led the
police to believe tbey were army officers.
Sheriff Plynt and Jailer Blachlmin
on Tueaday afternoon frustrated a
plan put In motion by the prisoners
lit the cells for white people for a
jail delivery. Thorn wero about 11
dozen prisoners confined in that, de
partment. During the day they are
allowed to leave their cells and exer
cise In the corridor formed hy bars
in front of tho individual apartments.
All Tuesday afternoon the prison
ers seemed to be In unusually good
spirits, singing continually. Kltorls
to quiet tliem .wwb of. no s.va.11, and
Jailer Blackburn became suspicious
and began a watch over thorn. He
noticed that in pairs the prisoners
took turn about spending a few min
utes In a certain cell, and when Sher
iff Elynt came in attention was called
to the uproar, and ulso to I ho sus
pected cell. The watch of tho offi
cers coiiimueu u tin imaiiy uiu Di-i-imn
of the Jail was opened and nn investi
gation made.
The suspicion of the Jailer was sun-
stantinted by the llndlng of a snort
bar in the suspected cell sawed In
two, and with eano It was lifted from
its place (renting nn opening large
enough for nearly every one of the j
prisoners to have escaped. The pris
oners were closely examined as to
the operators, iiud it was found that
all but three had taken their turn at
the saw. Finally the last one work
lug on lite Job entered a cell under
command of Sheriff Kly tit und pro
duced two small saws. They were
brought In by one of tho prisoners n
day or two ago, he having secreted
tliion under bin clothing before trial.
The importance of the discovery Is
emphasized from thn Tact that Sam
uel Christy, under sentence of death
for -his part In the murder forming
the "Miiddyl Creek Mystery," was
runlliU'd Ilk this department, and had
tho plans q tithe breakers isiicceeded
ho would iij.e doubtless tukun ad
vantage of this opportunity to escape,
tho bis case on appeal to thn Su
preme conn was In progress when
the siiwlniy was going on.
Clifford SloncHtrect, pentenced to
three yours on the county roads as an
accessory In the crime. Is nine an In
male of the county Jail ho having
been returned from the road camp
following an accident, in which his
fool, was caught under the road roller
and badly crushed. Ills injury Is not
serloiM, however.
FORSTRIPLI
NGBY
CHRISTMAS
1
Atlanta, la.,
gar Stripling.
CHARG
F IR
ROOM AIL
Dec. 22. Thomas I'M
who was sentenced 1.1
life Imprisonment, in 1H7 and chc.up
ell from Jnll and during Ills fourteen
years of .freedom became chief of
police of Danville, Va., probably will
not receive a pardon from Governor
Nat E. 1-larrU as a Christ mas pres
ent, as had been expected.
He bus been in prison in Gcorgl.i
since his Identity was discovered in
l!ill. Governor Harris said last Jul,
that he would free Strepllng and Inti
mated that he would do so before
Christmas. The records In the case
are in tho hands of the prison corn
mission and It is understood tnai
strong influence against pafdon or
parole have been brought to members
of thn commission,
The records have not been turneu
over to Governor Harris In time for
him to act before 1 nrlstmas.
DECISION DOES NOT
AFFECT THIS CITY
It has been the custom In Morgan
ton as In other towns, to lax the
owners of adjoining property with
part of tho cost of sldewaiK ami
street Improvement. Two property
owners In Morganton refused to pay,
the case went to court and Judge
Shaw turned the case down on the
ground that It was improperly Insti
tuted, having been brought first In
a magistrate's court and then appeal
ed The Judge held that tho mag
istrate's court had no Jurisdiction and
the appeal was void.
This decision has given concern
not only In Morganton hut In other
towns where this practice prevails.
The Morganton case, however, doa
not necessarily affect other towns. It
all depends on the authority given in
the charter.
The Winston Salem charter pro
vides for assessments on property
owners for permanent street and
sidewalk improvements.
Sheriff Flynt has added an Interest
ing department to Hie county Jail,
which is expected not only lo be bene
lii'lul In the women prisoners, but also
advantageous to the county, lie has
tilled up a work room In which the
female prisoners are worked Ht sew ing
and needle work during their idle nu
nieiits. The department, which has
Just bum started, was highly commend
ed by Hie grand Jury of tho last term
of court.
A representative) of The Sentinel
was shown over the,Jall this morning.
The cell rooms and the liillrmary are
hpotli'MS white, and tho apartments are
llioroly cleaned each day, making the
Jail 11 comfortable place for keeping
the prisoners, as well us strictly ssni
lary. Heretofore the female prisoners
were Idle most of tho time, they only
being worked about the kitchen and
jail yard. With only this to engage
1 hem there was a great deal of surplus
labor, and with tho splendid Interior
the jail would OMly amount to a resort
where criminals could recuperate fur a
pix-ll during their dissipated careers.
Sheriff Flynt has fitted up a room
in which all prisoners who can do nee
dle work or operate machines are put
to work, while others serve as cooks,
washerwomen. scrubwomen, etc,
about the building, and also at the
courthouse. There wero In the sewing
room tills morning eight or ten colored
women, working away, with Ida Ball
Warren In chargo. She Is taking great
interest ill the work. Mrs. Warren
also takes interest in the women pris
oners who are ill, and this morning
when the sheriff entered she reported
to him the condition of each one In
thn infirmary.
Sheriff Flynt has received a hale of
shirting, out of which shirts for the
convict camps are to Do maae. uei
ding and suits will also be turned out
from the sowing room of the JalL
While tho county cannot make tho sew
Inir room pay a profit, it is expected
that each worker will be able during
her "lay to rep.-.y the county In this
service for their keep.
Raleigh, Dec. 22. Governor Locko
Craig is sending a letter today to the
warden of tho Stale penitentiary and
to all the superintendents of the State
farms and county convict camps In
State where prisoners aro In custody,
ordering the authorities to allow all
trusty convicts to go to their homes
from Friday, December 24, to Monday,
December 27.
Tho Kovurnorlso announces three
days holiday for othor prisoners from
their usual labors.
Governor Crulg, In his order, di
rected the superintendent lu chargo of
tho prisons and camps, to make to
him on or before January 1, a full
and complete report of tho paroles,
giving niiiiHu and tho conduct of the
prisoners during their throe days liberation.
Forsyth county officers have not re
ceived official notice of this request
of Governor Craig. Superintendent
Joyce, of the county road forces, was
In the city this afternoon and be
states that bo has lu his camps about
thirty-live prisoners who are "trus
tbu," while Sheriff Flynt has seven
or eight at the county Jail. Those
at the Jail are women. Mr. Joyce
states that probably one-third of his
prisoners would be aft acted by such
a request from the flovertmr.- - -
Just what action Will be taken by
the Forsyth officials cannot bo stat
ed at this time, and will not be con
sidered until fter the arrival, of the
official - requrtst from the State de
partment. The opinion is generally'
expressed that it would be hazardous
to comply In full with (he executive's
suggestion, ss probably not more than
one half of those who would he re
loused miller a full compliance would
act In good faith and return at the
time set. Forsyth truats her pris
oners well and that accounts for the
condition that one-third or more of
the prisoners now serving sentences
'an he trusted ns drivers, and to do
it her chores about tho camps.
MOTON TO SUCCEED
BOOJiER WASHINGTON
New York, Dec. 22. Major Hobort
It. Melon, of Hampton Normal mid
Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Va.,
was selected to succeed Booker T.
Washington, as president of Tuske
gco Institute, Tuskegeo, Ala., at a
meeting of tho special committee of
the trustees of the Institute here.
The choice was unanimous. Tho
committee making tho nolectlon was
composed of Moth Low, chairman of
tho Tuskegeu trustees; FraDk Trum
bull, of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad; Edgar A. Bancroft, W. W.
Campbell and Victor 8. Tulane,
Major Mot on will not be head of
the famous negro Institute until the
commercement exercises In May,
1 51 6. Until that time he will give
his services to, tho canipulgn for tho
Hooker T. Washington memorial fund.
Tho new head of Tuxkegee has
been commandant of cadets at I lamp
ton since 18'JU.
D
RETURN
FIRE FROM THE
El
II A ID
Washington, Dec. 22. American
troops at El d'uso'the war department
announced today, have been given or
ders "to return vigorously any furth
er deliberate firing" from tho Mexican
sldo of tho border. General Pershln?,
In command at El Paso, has reported
that tho firing which resulted in tau
death late yesterday of an American
car inspector, was tho deliberate net
of a squad of Mexicans who appeared
half a mile cast of the International
bridge.
Mexican troops, the veport added,
were covering the whole river front.
During the rioting la Juarez, the
report said there had been little fir
ing and none towards the American
side,
Goneral Avlla, who was in charge
of the troops at Jauroz, ordered sever
al of the rioters shot, according to
military reports from the border.
The department agent at El Paso
repoited that the American car -inspector
was killed by an Irresponsi
ble soldier who was afterwards killed
by his own men.