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toegton ..r-tniri Rpntinel is nublisriMi When you subscribe for The Western! Sentinel you get the best one-dollar-the-' year paper in the state. It is the paper for your family. . ri,e vvt-sw mi Tuesday " uwuum, aw 'dollar the year the same price as !e.a-vveek papers. SIXTY FIRST YEAR WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24 1915 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, ONE DOLLAR A YfcAR tiiii BivEtj to LINER BEFORE ATTACK I Be Claimed Submarine Commander I . . M fL!. l! Thougni nraDic was nuempiing Hostile Act Report of Ambassador Awaited WAR DECLARATION HAS DEFINITE I . ton, Augi 23. Official reports concerning the sinking of. the abic wore awaited oy aumiuiHirttuun uiiiuibib luiia;, iii-uumg mc f which the attitude oi me government remains uiiuuie uuiiieu. 01 " . U - 1 1J ikn ,1... A ... 1. 1. really the question seems io uo uceu ticm wu uic maw i,t.(l without warning, ine poim now in aouoi. is as 10 wneuier 1 ... th..t hn rhRnco of course of the liner, lust before she liv vt) nan" " tckod l'tl the suDmanne cuuimanuei iu uuut-ve mm. ne n gf a hostile act against him. Ambassador Gerard at Berlin is ex- to throw light on tlUS poini. upon uis reyuri iiiuuuuij ui unimu ion aa to whether Germany has committed "a deliberately unfriend- . i ... .i... a.i.ninls(ratlnn is maintaining an onen mlud and no Lnt as to the course to bo pursued will be issued ADMIRALTY DENIES THE REPORT. .... ... . .. J !..!.. (Jnu on!. ...-I'.fii iha fluntnl rt Mi o ro. liidon, Aug. -. ineuiuiiij .j " at ti,e steamer Dunaley, torpedoed, sliortiy oetore me Aiaoic was , . I rrv. n .l..t,.n11tir ulalaa that tho Tliinlnv ivna hvas an arniorea pauui. i" buuimuihj .....v ......... L.fui and unarmed trader. SAYS SHIP DID NOT TRY TO ESCAPE . niit.L - .1 I 1... i .. .. mnAn llin f rl 1.,ir I n IT an. indon, A"K- 2. ine oriiisu nuuiuu.ikj' iuuaj mouu mo .... jnieiu. 'lie Arabic was an unarmed passenger ship outward bound to a noti- irt. It was thus impossible for her to have been carrying conirauanu .. ei.o a sunk bv a German submarine without warning ana :ithcr attempted to attack the submarine nor to escape from it." Cable To Ambassador. kington. Aug. 23- secretary ; toclav cabled AmDassftQor at Berlin, asking if the Ger- In'eniment naa recKivcu an m; leport on the sinking or tne (The ambassaaor, nowever, t instructed to ask for one. las officially statea that the an government is not yet at : of the facts and considers lis it ion very fragmentary. tarv Lansing said no steps ton taken other than to get ac- information as to what had A. ihp fort that Ambassador Gcr- la not directed to Beck an ex Ion, the Inference is drawn that te department had decided to Herman Government initiate planation it may have to offer. tassaiior rage at London has mail snmn affidavits and other lnt he has been instructed to 1 synopsis. io view nr tho slate department. hils havn been established be- loubt regarding the important ips of convoy, the cnange oi just before the torpedo strucK her essentials. All the infor- reeeived. asid from newspa- nnrts. whleh reflect censorship, loliei in one brief affidavit of Covington, an American. The tnont riirarrlti it 9 essential liis shall hp corroborated and nien(o1. The department ac- fnr the nnnarpnt rtnlav in Be- affiilavits by the fact that the survive. left Unoenstown al- Immediately upon landing. The :an enihasKV will ho nxnected to irvivors and secure their. -state- which muv hn ftlnw work. Seen With Ambulance Corps. ion. auk. 21. Dr. lixiniuno r. of Jani sville, Wis., who is be to have lost his life on the was returning to his home three months' service with the an ambulance corps at Neuilly, Where the Arabic Was Sunk By German Submarine ; : .'.:; - e f ';f'h iHi -A- in M--rr-iff. -if . x --WWW- lHl.l;,;'"V.Tf.t.1tfO'...t -., J li'iJJ .1 , iii n iii i II i i i i iW i Mii nilin r ii riflYTlMrW' 3O000UC TeV vARABlC RESULTS YET London, Aug. 23. Italy's declaration of war on Turkey has not yet led, so Tar as Is known here, to definite re sults, but it is expected to havo an ef fect on Roumania which long has been connected closely with Italy. Jubilant Over War Declaration. London, Aug. 23. Advices from Rome indicate that Italy will send part or her war fleet to the Dardanelles and probably will augment the allied armies on the Galllpoli peninsula by sending a land force at an early dat",. The Italian people are joyful over Italy's declaration of war on Turkey and the early crushing of the Otto man Rmpire Is the hope of all Italy. 'Italian Interests in Turkey, It wa3 announced, will be looked after hy Henry Morganthau, tho United States ambassador. ROUND UP OF KENTUCKY NIGHT RIDERS ALLEGED I J 'j Jl 1 I1J3- I M 1 I f .A ili JiUll . i. rm h i i in i i'i r.ij ii j- i :rc t v : i i i 1 1 1 , i , 11 11 i t I r-i I I 1 1 r I 1 11 u-v ...i 1 11- r Alt 5lfi Wih MM ,1 I !: I Nril ' L tffc "fad ofKinsaJe FASTNET ROCK' Th IjITSTTANIA, Sunk,May7j9ts Th ARABIC Wets ch&seJ hy German Submarin March 27 bvt esca.pecL. TV T O 'O SO 30 -40 JO Ml LBS The ARABTC Svrtk hy German. Submarine. TWELVE KILLED: 2,000 Tlie White Star line steanishlp Arabic, bound for Mew York from Liverpool, wus sunk by a Merman Kiilmmrliit off the island of Fastnet, which Is about forty mllea west of Old Head of Kinsalo, near where the Lusltanla was uV Htroyed. The Germuns have beeu trying to destroy the. Arabic from the time wntcrs surrounding Great Britain were procln lined to be a war r.one by the Kaiser. She has figured In many news despatches rIiico the mitbrenk of the wnr. largely on account of the fact that she has been among the chief vessels iraiiHportiiut nmultloiis and suppll for the use of the Allies. Of 15,300 tons gross, the Arabic nt the time of hoc InuiichliiK In Iecenibor, HKC, was one of the four largest steamships In the transatlantic passenger carrying service. She was 000 feet long, with 05-foot beam nit a depth of 41 foct. Her freight capacity was officially aiiuotiuced at 10,500 tons. ' There were 423 persons on board tho Arabic. 01 theso 132 were cabin passengers, forty-eight were In the steer jse, and the crew consisted of 243 persons. There were twenty-five Americans on board, twenty-one lu the cln Biul four lu the steerage. ' ALLIED CAPITALS GUNBOAT OF THE JUBILANT OVER Body Has Been Found. York Ami? 91 Tim hndv Of lusfnhino I. tlnio-ilipri one of Io Americans lost on the Arabic, en found, the White Star line fired today. Her daughter-in- ps also received a message to fleet Number of Dead 56. P"n, Aug. 21. An amended list seneera lost on the Arabic ! total of 1G. which, with the imhers nf the crew lost, places pmber of dead at 56. fspatch From Vice Consul. Winston, Aug. 21. Vice Consul ns latest disnatch from flown confirms the statement "ly two Americans are unac 'I for on the Arahip nassencer TIipv are Mrs Unir-iiiprp and aiund Woods, of Janesvllle, No Effect on Sailings. . , York A hit 91 Dudnl o f-t I V i - t' German submarines had no upon sailings of Trans-Aatlan-anhips due to sail today. f "ill ttie ufiil O AAA in nonn . -lilffl fill finer Kn Aar Thn rlin- "o ' aj . " "fOrrtuna with 275 passengers, "m 7 are Americans, left at 10 1 fr Liverpool The La Tour ;th 2V passengers for Bor- nd the Italian liner SUmalla, passengers, also sailed lernoon. 'iner Not Being Convoyed, j Ion. Aug. 21. The BrlUsh gov 't tnrtny svithoriied the Btate tnat the steamship Arabic was convoyed when she was tor fl oy German submarine. Man's Patience. ; o often has more patience Hockport, Ky., Aug. 23.-iver eighty men indicted as alleged "Night Rid ers," or "Possum Hunter.s, members of gangs who during the early sum mer terrorized certain sections ot una country, must appear in court toaay for trial. A number of the accused men were indicted on the testimony of a woman whose relatives nan Deon lochoj hv tho "iPoRsum Hunters." Many of the indicted men are prominent citi zens. Deacons, doctors and prominent churchmen are included, but they pro test their Innocence. germatorpedo"boat DESTKOi KK IS sunn rorHu Anir 2.L "Two French tor pedo boats encountered and sank a .. inrnnHn hnat destrovcr on JU1H1 tI ,-,..! n.-idiim, last nieht." says, an inJo hprp todav. OUT auiiiuiii i"c" ........ . - - boats were undamaged. TWO MEN RELEASED AFTER RIGID IINllumi n-ioich An2 20 Arthur Johnson, and A. C. Walker, the two men who have been held as suspects In connec tion with the killing of Charles Aht in this city in July, were tonay rei.:.. from ciiatody after a rigid investiga tion of the case. There was not suttl cient evidence' to hold the men. LINER DROMED ISSUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE Queenstown, Aug. 23. The Lamport and Holt liner Promed has been sunk by a German submarine. Her capta n, quartermaster and steward were kill j h .holla fired br the submarine --'t MJ - during a pursuit of four hourSt GERMANS LOSE DREADNOUGHT, TWO CRUISERS, EIGHT TORPEDO BOATS FAMILIES HOMELESS Over Million Dollars' Worth of Property at Str Louis Destroyed By Flood Many Listed As Missing . i - . , . - . . . St. Louis, Aug.' 23. St. Louis county was recovering - today from ! Us third flood in aa many days a flood that cost twelve lives, destroyed . mnra than ,1 tnliilitn .lullira' wnrth of iirinrtv anil ninrlo fi.nOO fatntllns homeless, v-. . ' - j-:- tl- a-. - i-j":, ?"; . Almost a hundred persons wore listed as missing, and river men fear tho falling ot tho Merainao river may d Inclose heavy toll of human lives. Thoy. also stated that tho bodies of itmny of the drowned probably Would bo washed Into tin) Mississippi end carried down stream .because of th . mass of Hood dobrlB now in the river. ;".-' h uiftksk; J ;?t Otunlly istressliig conditions prevail thruout southeastern Missouri and parts of western Illinois where tho toll was less severe In the" number ' ot lives losCbtit la feared 10 be greater In damage to property und'croiis T!i damage may aggregate $5,000,000 and thohsauds of farmers and vtllagors - are homeless. ' ' v'v; The flood was due to the tropical storm which, last, Thursday swept " thru Arkansas Into Missouri and crossed tha .Mississippi to Illinois. St.lxu!s had hardly recovered from the offoct ot the storm when tho Dos Pores river went a mile out of Us batika, drowning elevou persons, Before the Des Peres had fallen to Its normal lovel.tho Meramao river went two to four miles out of Its banks. THOUSANDS OF CAMPERS CAUGHT. The Mnranine rose during the night wlillo thousands ot campers' and plcnlcers were caught In tho club houses and summer cottages which dot tho river's banks. ; , v . RIVER ROSE FOOT AN HOUR. From two o'clock yesterdn morning until Into midnight the river rose a foot an hour. The flood waters of the Osurk mountain streams, whtcli ng down to the Moramoo, floodtngemply into the Merantoc,' came rushl farm houses, club houses, bridges and barges from, their moorings. v: Mea, women and children, caught In the whirl and debris, climbed to their house-tops tor safety. Calls for help were sent to St. Louis and hundreds of rescuers with motor boats and other craft were on the. stream at day break. " ' t SPEND TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN TREES. Scores had apent twenty-four hours or moro In ' the trees, dressed scantily and soaked to tho iklti.;i,: 1 ' , ' NUMBER OF TOWNS INUNDATED. ' 1 Valley Park, Praka. Kureka, Ikdvke, Clinton, Pacllle and- several other towns on either sldo of the Morumec for a distance of more than 60 miles woro tniindHto.fi. ' . . ....... . .. . a. At Valley Park, 2,500 families were driven from tholr homos. NAVAL VICTORY RUSSIANS SUNK N THE CONFLICT BELIEVE THAT GOV. HARRIS KNOWS FRANK'S LYNCHERS. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 23. That Governor Harris has discovered the Identity of several of Leo M. Frank's lynchers is generally believed here. Arrests are being delayed, it Is said, to avoid put ting the others on their guard. The Governor Is reported to have received many threatening let-ters. London, Aug. 23. The capitals of the allies are jubilant today over the unexpected naval victory which the Russians, according to their accounts, havo won in the Gulf of Riga. England had more than a sympathe tic Interest in the battle, as a British submarine accounted for tho German battle cruiser Moltke.the loss of which added to the destruction of two cruis ers, eight torpedo boats and four transports, constitutes tho greatest naval disaster suffered by Germany during the war. For the last week, both Petrograd and Berlin havo beeu sending mea ger reports ot naval operations In the Gulf of Riga which were interpreted to mean that Germany was Intending to land troops to support tho left flank of Field Marshal Von Hindonburg In Courland and thereby establish hit armies along the coast route to the Russian capital. Tho Russian report, claiming a de cisive victory for the allies, together with the expulsion of the surviving units ot the German naval forces from the Gulf of Riga, contains few details. It is assumed that inasmuch ee Fot- rftcrad announced several days ago that the largo warships had retired from tho Gulf, the mosquito flotilla. assisted by submarines and land de fenses, wreaked unexpected destruc tion on a part of tho convoying German fleets and transports. The moral effect ot this action on the Russian people Is expected In Lon don to be great, as It probably wilt ao mnrh to allay the depression incident to the continued Russian retreat, which has been arrested nowhere except Jn the northern sector, Riga to Kovno. British military critics regard the Baltic advance of the Uermans as of supreme Importance it the invaders contomplate marching on Petrograd. On that account the Russian naval vic tory may be of large effect on the Ger man plans. Lake Erie produces more fish to the square mile than any other body of water in tne wona. Sank German Torpedo Boat While She Was in Flames Herself and Sinking. OFFICIAL RUSSIAN STATEMENT ISSUED Describes the Battle in the Gulf of Riga Between Aug. 16 and 19. London. Aug. 23. The official Russian communication descript ive of the naval battle in the Gulf of Riga was forwarded from Pe trograd today , by the correspond ent or the Central News. It gives the German losses as one dread naught, two cruisers and eight torpedo boats. The statement fol lows: "In the Gulf -of Rtea between August 16 and lit the Russian fleet sank or damaged no fewer than two Merman cruisers and eight torpedo boats. At the same time, British submarine sank one of the best German 1readnaughts. The Russian gunboat Sivutch was eunk In a brilliant fight, in tho course of which she sank a German torpedo boat while she herself was In flames and sink ing." The foregoing statement tallies with previous advices except that the German losses were given as throe cruisers and seven torpedo boats. MOTHER AND BABY KILLED; FATHER AND SON HURT Raleigh, Aug. 23. Tho tragic death of a mother aiid her eighteen-month old baby, the serloiiB injury of her hus band and her three-year old son, who were riding over a grade crossing of tho Keaboard Air Line Railroad near Kittrell In a one-horse buggy late yes terday afternoon was caused when No. 3 a through New York to Jacksonville passenger train, squarely struck the buggy, shattering it to atoms, frightful ly mutilating the horse. . The trnln, which was Blx minutes i, .1 ,r,!imr in witnesses, was going at full speed. Luther Stone, 35 years old, the Husband, ana me oaoy, wnicn he held In Ills arms, were carried on the pilot of the engine, where they were found when It stopped, about 400 feet from tho crossing. Stone was Injured seriously, his right arm having been broken below the elbow; lie had ugly cuts about the head, nd bruises on ills body. Ho was uiicoii..Kms. He suffered from shock. Doctors said he was not injured internally. The loy was Injured but slightly. Whllo In a serious condition, Stone's chances of mnunrv arn OXf-elleilt. The Stone homo Is about four mile nHi,n.ii r Kittrell. and the family was on Its way to the residence of James Hunt, ono and a half miles north of Kittrell. Hunt Is Mrs. Stone's uncle. The accident occurred in close timilmli to the Journey end. Mr. Ktnnn was hurled under the trafn and her body was dragged fully inn foot hpforo the engine was stopped. It was mutilated beyond rec ognltion. . Earlier Report.' iLondon. Aug. 23.-A Central News dispatch from Petrograd says: "The president of the Puisa has announced that the Germans lost the battleship Moltke. three crf na seven torpedo boats in the Riga bat tle." The announcement as ent by the correspondent follows: "In the Riga battle the Germans (CootlBued on tf 8lx) JAPAN IS TO GIVE RUSSIA MORE AID Toklo, Aug. 23. The Kokumln Snimbun says: "Premier Okuma states that , Japan has decided to give great- er assistance to Russia during the remainder of the war. He would not discuss details but said the assistance would take the forei of forwerdlng great sup- pries of ammunition. AH avail- able governmental resources , will be utilized for the making of munitions for the allies, partl- cularly Russia." Peace Talk at a Conference of German Leaders, According to a Dispatch From A msterdam AmHlnrilnm. via lmiloll. Allff. 23. At tho secret conference of cabinet ministers, political leaders and Influ ential writers, caltan Dy llio uermao Imperlnl Chancellor before tho reas Homhllne nf I he Relchstaa last Thurs day, says Telegranfe, Karl Helffer- Ich. Secretary of the Treasury, ex plained that tho now . Herman war. Uan wui lil rmiinlctolv exhaust the empire's financial resources and Hint the Increase In tho exchequer rutins would eauso bankruptcy. Therefore, iir ileirferleh ursed that It was need ful to prepare for ah honorable peace. Chancellor von ncinmann-iioiwcKK, accorlng to the samo report, declared that the -difficulties of the empire were increasing and advised tils hear ers to use their Influence to soften down bellicose Inclinations and ex pansion policy. In the Reichstag and the country and carefully to prepare peace proposals which would be ac ceptable to the four members of the ontimto, l.ir. Dnrnborg'a report of the failure of hi mission In the United States and other neutral countries, the Telegrnaf aaya, made a strong Im pression on tho conference, t Lieutenant General Count ; von Moltko, former rhlef of the general staff, declared that he fully agreed with Hie Chancellor and added that only those not fully Informed on tho situation could hope for the possibil ity of complete Russian defeat. ; The mooting refused, however,; the story concludes, to adopt a resolution advocatliiR moderation In the Reich slug, whereup the Chancellor declar ed that, If a majority should show an Irrorpnellublo chauvinistic attitude, ha would he obliged to resign as he could not accept responsibility for Ger many' disaster. :-" REUNION IN CATAWBA OF SHUFORI) FAMILY Nowton. Aug. 23.- If those who have departed this llfo are given to view evonts on ttrth It must have boon highly entertaining to old Johannes Shnfert. German pioneer of the 18th century, who landed at Philadelphia and trekked to tho Catawba valley to mako his home in tho wilderness, to view tho gathering of his tribe Satur day on the very land granted to him by the Ixirds Proprietors, and see a thousand of his nowendants In remark able reunion, talking of the history of their family and In away taking stock of themselves and their achievements. He would have soen, hail he been able, hundreds of sturdy and Independ ent farmers, proftporoua townsmen of business, manufacturers, bankers and professional ninn, most of them resi dent in the land of his adoption, a. great family of men and women of tho type that ba made North Carolina a state of high Ideals, of sterling charac ter, of solid accomplishments and of a mighty future. Taking It by and large, considering Its connections wun omer families and Us great pan in ine up building of this section, the Mi u font an1ly be ranked among tho most notable In western North Carolina, ABE RUEF IS RELEASED FROM PRISON ON PAROLE San Rafael, Cal., Aug. 23. Abe Ruef left San Quentin penlbBtUuiT on parole today after serving four years and five months. Ha was the only one Indicted In tha San Francisco graft scandal to serve time. He will enter tha real estate business. MAYOR OF ATLANTA MAY LOSE POSITION Atlanta, Aug, 23. Mayor James O. Woodward may lose his bfflclat head as the result of tils declaration, made in Han Francisco, commending the lynchers of hub M. Frank. ; Within three hours after the re ports of tils statement sympathising with the lynching had reached Atlanta, the names of sevcanl hundred well known poplo were added to the peti tion already In circulation for a recall . election. As one phase of this situa tion, It Is elated that every Jewish voter in Atlanta will sign the petition, and that already many Jewish names havo been added. The connection of the Frank case with Hi In petition Is of course fortuit ies. It was originally framed and circulated as a protest against the dis missal of Police Chief Beavers, but up to the tlmo that this new Issue was accidentally injected It had few sign GOV. CRAIG RETURNS TO STATE CAPITAL Raleigh, Aug. 23. Governor -Cralf returned to executive off tees here, to day unexpectedly after spending the summer ot Ashevllle and other west ern Carolina resorts. He will on Wednesday give a full hearing In the. Tnill case fram Charlotte, Jn which commutation . is .pressed for Charles Trull, sentenced .to fO September 3 for murder and robbery. ';-0 Wedding Bella; to Ring. Licenses have been issued' for the marriages of Miss Dora. Shirley and Eugene Myers, both ot Winston-Salem, and Miss An nie Llslier and Artie Swalm, both ot Wlostoa-Salem. . - r "' i ; v '- . - Hiau wiia ue cnuaren. lyi Man.
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