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,.n Sentinel is published The best and cheapest way to come In touch with Eight Thousand Families in the rural sections who trade in Win- -ston-Salem is through the columns of The Western Sentinel. ' , Tuesday and Friday morning. Ution Price $1-00 per Year. FIBSTYEAR WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1916. CP FIFTEEN PERSONS koWN IN CLOUDBURST Loro, Ky, Aufl. 3-Be- 15 and 2 person. ..a enormous property Uu.uined by . cloud- on Blair's CreeK..ne.r - Tenn, last night, accord- reaching here today. fWTf - phone messages .aid about ,,,, lived along the creek ,iy few have been ac- d for. officials and citizen, of L have organized rescue ,d are scouring the , district in- aearch of The region Is very rough ere ! n0 communication creek is ten miles long l estimated that 150 peo- cd In this neignDornuwu. ; MS I Laflnnarters in the Gilmer lave been closed and contri- o the fund are now being jiv Secretary Griffith, at the :alem Retail Merchants' As- rooms over the Y. W. C. A. lutions today have not ' been is la former days, but a in has been sent In. Mr. A. general manager of the Y. iipnnsited S5.0O this mora le J. F- Reich, who resides lies from the city, delivered 1th of flour to headquarters line. ir from Stem, to The Sen- ught a check for ?&.uu ana contributions from, friends Jerers. aggregating f 5.00, received. . has been heard from the frs in the mountain counties beea away since Tuesday Thev are toiling ud the with their nroviBion wag- butlng provisions, clothing supplies to those who are a!e need of aid. k of investigation In Yadkin i of Davie countv is still land relief crews will be dis- pto those counties as soon iiled information Is in hand, inks distributed during the le week are being returned latl to relief committee, and greatly aid in the work 01 the funds and suDDlies. or Saturday some word from the relief crews who tg in Wilkes, Ashe and Al-unties. SUFF ERERS CEIVEO iMAN AIRSHIPS RAID ON ENGLAND Aus. 3. Six German air- part in the raid on the ounties of England this pccording to an official an bt Issued this afternoon, that 80 bombs were drop horses were killed and es were injured, the state- U. S. MARSHAL GREENSBORO REDUCED le In the IJ. S. marshal's of leensboro lias been reduced P. Mr. J. C. Kennctt being m leit. Mr. J. L. Boger. !n deputy marshal for somj resigned, anrl twn rlnnntv who had :een working in un the ofhee have been So because the approprla- StrCVine illicit riiatlllarlaiL phausted. The two deputy discontinued are Neeley and W. H. John- COLLECTIONS 'N EASTERN DISTRICT. fal Revenue cnllfictinns -ern District of North Car month of July amounted iniB was an increase OVOr thfl rnllanHnna Inr hen the total amount of wierj was $528,208.38. ''tionS for tho Tina nn.fl. income taYq ti skt . Stanino f -OA A1. , 'i f'.iav.il, opium tobacco, cigars es. Wl3.7G4.55. PREVIOUS MORTALITY RECORDS ARE BROKE New York, Aim. 1 All prrvl. oua mortality record. In the epl. demlo mt Infantile paralrala were broken today. During the 24. hour period endln at 10 a. m, W deaths were rerorded In the Greater City and 1S new caaea . were reported. The great Inrreaae In the number of drain. I. attributed to the aeaaon'a worn heat wave. . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 YEAR RS FOR THIS E NATION By CAPT. KOENiG ANDCREV As Far As Known, the Giant Craft Was Not Observed by Allied Warship Patrol. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 3. Some where put In the Atlantic today the big German submarine Deut schland ie probably journeying safely homeward "after success fully running the 'allied blockade off Cape Henry last night. The ' giant craft submerged a mile off the coast at 9 o'clock last night and so far as it is known here she was not observed by any of the allied . warship patrol, which has been guarding the capes for sev eral weeks. One of the last acts of Captain Koenig and .his crew, according to7 the crew of the tug Timmlns, was to stand on the deck of the submersible and give three rous ing cheers for America and the American- people. 4 The final dash of the Deutsch - land to the sea was without in cident. ... Eighteen miles up the bay she began to gather speed about sundown last night and in a little over two hours was plunging along under the surface of the Atlantic. With only a slight delay she dashed into the sea and submerged. Only one warship, a United States, tor pedoboat destroyer, was sighted by the submersible. Passed Out of Capet. ; Washington, Aug. 2 The tug Tho mas F. Timmins, which accompanied the German merchant submarine Deutschland down the bay from Bal timore, reported to the United States neutrality squadron outside Hampton Roads last night that the Deutsch land had passed out of the capes at 8:30 p. m. The Timmins message was picked up by the destroyer Sterrett, which relayed it to the Norfolk navy yard. The destroyer then was outside the three mile limit to see that the sub mersible's passage out was not Inter fered with by the allied cruisers off the capes until she had passed out of the territorial waters of the United Stst(?8. iT'he commandant of the Norfolk navy yard sent the following to the Navy Department: "U S.'S. Sterrett reports: 'Subma rine reported by tug Timmins to hav,i passed out the capes at 8:30, across the three mile limit." Two British Ships Sunk. London, Aug. , 3. The Cocker liner steamship Brittannic of 3487 tons gross has been sunk, it was announced at Lloyd's today. She was unarmed. The British sailing vesel Margaret Sutton, 197 tons gross, has also been sunk. EPIDEMIC REACHES A NEW HIGH -MARK New York, Aug. 3. The epi demic of Infantile paralysis reached the high mark today In the number of new cases. Tne health department figures show that 217 developed during the 24 hourt ending at 10 a. m. and that the death list for the same period was , i " yesterday. ptes of the Cotton Production Are Reduced By 1,350,000 Bales JL Aug. 1 Heavy dam Sowing cotton crop from ,alr 25 have caused a re- l.35o,0fo bales tn the pros- Iue"n. The August re Apartment of agriculture, !ody. Indicated a produc- F ''8.013 eaulvnipnt son bales compared to 14.266.000 forecast ed from the condition of the crop June 25. The condition during the month dropped 8.8 per cent to .3 per cent of a normal. Conditions by Stati follow: North Carolina, 70 per cent; South Carolina, 65 per cent . "I DIE FOR MY COUNTRY" FINAL WORDS UTTERED BY CONDEMNED MAN He Shows Not the Slightest Concern Over His Fate Eats Well and Chats Freely With Wardens Before Execution Large Crowd Gathers Before Prison Gates Strenuous Efforts Almost Until Hour of Execution to , Secure Reprieve, London, Aug. 3. -Roger Casement, former British knight, was hanged at 9 o'clock this morning In Pentinvllle jail for high treason. He was convicted of trying to cause an armed revolt In Ireland, having sought German aid to that end. Two hours before the execution a crowd of men, women and children gathered before the prison gates. Twenty minutes before Casement mounted the scaffold the great prison bell started to toll. The sound was greeted with cheers and groans from the crowd. At 9 o'clock the crowd extended for two blocks from the prison front. At one minute after 9 a single stroke of the big hell announced that the trap had been sprung. Casement met his death with calm courage. Early In the morning two priests of the Catholic church administered the last rites in the cell of the condemned man and shortly afterward a little procession, headed by the clergymen with Casement following, a warden on either side, proceeded to the execution shed, only five yards away. According to one of the witnesses, Casement's last words were: "I die for my country." Immediately after the trap was sprung the prison engineer and physician descended Into the pit where, after the application of the usual tests. Case ment was pronounced dead at nine minutes after nine. According to custom, his body will be burled in quick lime In the prison yard but probably no de cision as to the burial will be made until after an inquest. An affecting incident took place outside the prison wall. At the back of the prison, a little distance from the jeering crowd about the gate, was a group of about 30 Irish men and women. When the dull clang of the prison bell announced that the man had paid the last penalty this little group fell on their knees and with bowed heads remained for some moments, silently pray ing for the repose of the soul of their dead fellow-countryman. Casement showed not the slightest concern over his fate. He ate well and chatted freely with two wardens in his condemned cell. After a hearty late supper he divested himself for the last time of his convict clothes and went to bed. He was notified he would be allowed to wear his own civilian clothes for the execution, although without a collnr. The morning papers mostly deal In the briefest and most matter of fact way with the execution of Casement. The only editorial reference is in the Dally News, which says: "We cannot but reaffirm our conviction that the government exhibited grave unwisdom in exacting the death penalty. No evil result could have followed a commutation of the sentence. The hanging gives the disaffected section of Ireland another martyr, embitters feeling throughout the island, and enables Germany to play off the death of Casement against the death of Fryatt." - A STRIKE ORDER WILL PROBABLY BE ISSUED rilKMDKNT THINKS IT IS A STATIC qi'ESTIO.V Waahlna-ton. Auk. 3 Prrl dent WlUoa aaa not ehaased hi position that the wonian'a auf. (r' .! Ion ahonld he dealt with by atatea. It waa aanounred. today at the W hlte llnuae. The atatement waa brought forth by the announeement yeatrrday of t'harlra K. Huarhee that he fav ored a ronatltutlonal autead ment. ATTACK BY : rnrmnii in i A SUCCESS OF PROGRESSIVES Makes a Vigorous Assault Along Three-Mile Front in Ver dun Section. ALSO IN FLEURY SECTOR Third Raid of England This Week by Airships Occurs at Early Hour Today. , Practically to the very hour ot Rog- er Casement's execution strenuous ef forts were made by bis friends and sympathizers in the United States and Ireland and even England to secure a reprieve. Petitions for morcy poured in and efforts were made to obtain ac tion by President Wilson. Repeated attempts to pass a resolution through the United States Senate, requesting the president to urge Great Britain to exercise mercy, were made. This agitation was finally end ed on July 21th, when the Sen ate committee on foreign relations ordered an adverse report on all reso lutions proposing intercession by the United States. The onlyi action taken In Washington was the passage of a resolution asking the president to use his good offices with the British to obtain clemency to Irish political of fenders in general. A coroner's jury found that the sentence had been carried out and in accordance with law and In a humane manner. Gavin Duffy, solicitor for Casement, who appeared in behalf of relatives, identified the body. Replying to a question by the coro ner, Mr. Duffy said that Casement's health at times was very, bad. He made a plea that the body be handed over to relatives which the authorities he said, had refused. The coroner declared he had no power to inter fere whereupon Duffy protested, say ing it was a "monstrous act of inde cency that Jhe authorities should re- mm GUARD T OF 65SELECTED Private Dixon, of Forsyth, One of Those Chosen Company C. on "Hike" Tomorrow. fuse the request. P REST FIRES IN MICHIGAN SEVER E The Flames Have Been Making Great Headway in a Num ber of Counties. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 1. The most se vere forest fires in several years are raging In the northern part of Michi gan The flames are making great headway in Crawford, Antrim and Ot sego counties, where the timber lands are reported very dry as the result of hot weather and lack of rain. In Antrim county, where the line of fire extends about 12 miles, two lum ber camps already have been wiped out. One lumber company has lost several big log wheels and a score of flat cars. The Antrim Iron Company reports the loss of several hundred carloads of timber. , . " Lumber companies hare called their employes from every section to fight the flames. No estimate can be made as to the amount of damage. (By CAPT. W. E. CHRISTIAN) Camp Glenn, Morehead City,. Aug. 3. -Private H G. Dixon, of Forsyth, a former policeman of Winston-Salem, is one of the twelve selected from the First regiment for a provost guard of 65 men, three sergeants and two corporals, to police trains at More head and Beaufort day and night. Ten are mounted cavalrymen In Morehead. Lieut. Colonel MoGhee, of the 2nd In fantry1, is in command and any disor der will be impossible. More vacancies for young officers will be created by establishment Aug ust 10 In the First Infantry of a ma chine gun company. At least half' a dozen new. officers will be needed. I am informed that Major Hunt, U. S. A who has just returned, had a talk with Governor Craig and that he is favorable to the early departure of the First Infantry, field hospital and ambulance company, Forsyth Joins the First Batallion in a hike tomorrow. . The operations along Hhe Sum me on ' the western front are mo mentarily surpassed in Interest by the Verdun situation. Yesterday the French made an attack along a three-mllo front, capturing several German trench es and organized points of support. Paris today reports this ground held against a series of German counter attacks last night 1 Progress by tho French In the Fleury sector, northeast ot the fortress, is also announced, togeth. er with tho capture of 1,100 Ger mans in the fighting on the east hank of tho Meuse since August lHt. ' -,,-y- In the Somme region the Ger mans have attempted to regain the positions they gave up to the French in the Monacu farm sec tor, pear the river, on Tuesday night. These failed, Paris de clares, and the new French posi tions near Hem wood w era organ ized by their captors. Similarly a German attack south of the Som me was futile. London reportB continuation by the British of the work of consol idating the ground recently gained north of tha Somme. The third raid on England this week by airships occurred this morning over the eastern and southeastern counties. One of the aircraft was apparently hit, being reported flying over the water, soemingly damaged. The official German report today concedes the gain of ground gained by the French In the Mon acu sector of the Somme front. The recapture by the French of a sector they had lost-in the La fuane woods near Verdun is also admitted. Comparative quiet again pre vails along the battle Hue in the east. The official statement rec ords sharp fighting in some sec tors but no important shifts in po sition. In Asia Minor, the Russians re port an advance in the Karput region 75 miles south of Erzln gan, where the Turks have been driven from a position on the north bank of the Euphrates. A SENSAT I0NAL rise in com NEGRO PAYS THE Rapid Advance of About $1.75 Per Bale Follows Publica tion of Report. New York, Aug. 1. A sensationally rapid advance of about $1.75 per bale followed the publication of the govern ment crop report in the cotton market here this morning. Just before tho official condition of 72.3 per cent against 81.1 last month and the ten year average of '78.5 per cent was published a canVass of local exchange members indicated an average expec tation of 76.5 per cent and the gov ernment report was also far below the most bullish of recent private figures. Prices at noon showed a tendency to ease off as a result of more favor able weather and lower cables with December selling at 13.28 but within ten minutes after the publication of the report that month sold up to 13.S8 or about 35 points above the low level of the morning and 24 points above last night's -close. DEAJPALJV Man Threatened With Lynching by Members of His Race Is Electrocuted. Raleigh, Aug. 1. Arthur Smith, a negro who narrowly escaped violence at the bands of his own race at Fay etteville several months ago, after he had killed his wife, was electrocuted at the penitentiary here today for the crime. After the murder Smith escaped and was at liberty several days when be was captured. When it became known In Kayettevllle that officers were returning with him negro citi zens of that town gathered and a lynching was threatening. Smftth's guard was strong, however, and when he reached Fayetteville he was placed in Jail. Octavius Smith, a brother, killed his wife -the, year before but ecapel and lsstlll' at "liberty. Members From Score of States Meet to Urge Naming of Candidate for President. Indianapolis. Ind Aug. 3. Repre sentatives of the Progressive party from a score of States met hare today to protest against the action ot the national committee In endorsing Charles E. Hughes for president and consider tho advisability of calling another convention to fill the vacancy caused by the declination ot Roose velt to accept the nomination tor president. The conference was called by John M. Parker, nominee for vice presi dent. The representatives ot one ele ment of the party were outspoken kfor the -reconvening of tha national convention at an earl date. Another faction regarded this plan as not prac tical and was prepared to urge issu ance of a call for a new convention to complete the national ticket. Leaders from several States expressed thorn selves as opposed to both plans on the ground that they had no avajlable candidate for president and that there was insufficient time in which to or ganize tor a national campaign. All were unanimous that the na tional committee had exceeded Its au thority and violated the party's prin ciples in endorsing Hughes. The conference was called to order By Edwin M. Lee, -of this city, Pro gressive State chairman for Indiana. Matthew Hale, of Massachusetts, act ing chairman, was chosen to preside and J. A. H. Hopkins, of New Jersey, was elected secretary. Chairman Hale was applauded when he said: "We have come here with two ideas. We wish to show that we did not approve of the act ion of the reactionary wing of the national committee in Chicago June 26 In endorsing .Hughes for president and to take some action to perpet uate the Progressive party." O New York, Aug. 3. Despite the at- torts ot Mayor Mltchel and the pub- ' lie service commission to' prevent' a ' strike on all the transit lines ot this city the danger ot a tie-up was - re garded today as imminent. Heads of the various traction com. panles wero reported to be united In a decision to refuse to grant the de mands of leaders ot the street rail? way men's union tor recognition and increased pay. Ths only hope held out today - of avoiding a strike on the many sur face lines operated by the local com. ponies within 48 hours was a slender one that either the companies or the unions would yield. ' Officials ot the city, the New York. Railways company and the labor union said that by tomorrow a strike order would probably be Issued, - af- foctlng all lines In Manhattan and Queens. . . . i- - A strike ot street railway employes tying up every surface tins in Man hattan, the Bronx and Queens county seems Inevitable today.- The leaders of the union today dolivered an ulti matum to the railway companies, giv ing them to 3 p. ni. tomorrow to grant. their demands and efforts today by Mayor Mltchel to bring about arbitra tion failed. , OH Ell MEET SATURDAY PERSONAL AND OTHER NEWS NOTES FROM KING Mr. James A. Gray, Jr., Being Urged to Make Race for " . State Senator. '"" King, Aug. 3, Miss Emma Hutch Ins left yesterday for High Point and Salisbury, where she will spend ber vacation with relatives Mr. John E. Ellis left yesterday for Baltimore where he goes to buy goods for his new store which he will soon open in the Keiger building on Depot street Dr. O. R. Keiger, of Winston-Salem, was here on business yesterday. Attorney Claude Bernard, of Ral eigh, was here yesterday looking around with a view to purchasing some real estate In King. Farmers in this section are much behind with their work due to contin ued wet weather. Mr. S. P. Wright, who holds po sition with the . Southern Railway, came home sick yesterday; TO DECIDE FATE OF THE VIRGINIA LEAGUE Norfolk, Aug. 3. The fate of the Virginia baseball league will be de cided at a meeting tomorrow night at Newport News. It Is expected that the question of an early closing will be taken up In view of the pres ent financial condition of the circuit. NOT A SINGLE MAN REACHED' FIRST BASE Lumberton, Aug. 3. Lee 8tone, pitching for Lumberton In the semi-professional Cape Fear league yesterday, worked out a perfect gam whan not a single Raeford runner reach ed first. No hits were yielded, no passes were Issued and not an error was made. The Democratic executive commit tee will meet in headquarters, on Main street, on Saturday at noon tor -the purpose ot formally acting upon tho resignation of Hon. H. G. Chatham as senatorial candidate, and selecting a successor. Probably the most popularly dis cussed citizen for that place on tho ticket Is Mr. James A. Gray, Jr. Mr. Gray-la popular throughout the coun ty, being a member ot one ot the old est and most prominent families In Winston Solera, and Forsyth county, a most successful young business man, He ts very closely nlliod with the busi ness, civic and religious interests ot tho city and county, and has an envia ble record tor the period in which he has served the people as chairman ot the Forsyth Highway Commission. He is far-sighted, and from the opinions expressed by prominent business ment as well as by the masses of the people of both city and county, Mr. Gray will be a most acceptable successor to MX. Chatham. -.'... It has been pointed out that the high, ways of the county will lose a strong and active promoter should he retire from the chairmanship of the road commission, but there are others who it is believed could receive the appointment from Governor Craig, in whose province It Is to supply such., vacancies, who would carry on the splendid work done under the direction ot Mr. Gray and his associates. - Among the gentlemen suggested are Mr. R. I. Dalton, Mr. P. H. Hanes, Mr. J. K. Norfleot, and probably others. Everyone concedes that Mr. Hanes u.n.il.l A m it Mr. ,Ka n.nnln mm chairman ot the commission, as he has always been in the forefront in road building, not only in Forsyth, but In- . terested In the development of a com-. plete state system. . - Messrs. Dalton and Norfleot are also srdont advocates of road building, good business men and popular with the people. Mr. J. K. Norfleet was strongly urged for a place on the road commission some years ago, but he insisted that it would be untimely for the reason that he, personally, would urge the immediate construction . ot roads to the county line leading into the tobacco districts and that with that conviction probably dissatisfac tion would be innocently bred in other sections where the demand of heavy travel Is so great. Since that time, however, it is pointed out that the highway commission - has extended highways to the county line In every direction, community highways have been placed 4n good condition, and In carrying on this work the tobacco farmers who seek a market In this city have been well served. The only essential todav is a man of rood (just ness Judgment to conserve the road funds and expend the money with, proper consideration of the people of the county alone. . Should the committee press Mr. Gray Intp service In the Senate, Mr. Norfleet will be strongly urged : for the appointment on the highway com mission, c General Business Outlook Is Good, Say Federal Reserve Bank Reports Washington, Aug.. 1. The monthly summary of business prepared by the federal reserve board today from re ports of the twelve federal reserve districts shows domestic demand gradually taking the place of foreign orders. The oresent trend of business is to place new orders and to stock up heavily, which was so prevalent ;a month or iwo ago, is disappearing.:.. "The general business outlook Js satisfactory. Crops are better and in most districts the labor situation -is more satisfactory everywhere except New York, where the garment work- alnnr the line of conservatism," the era are on strike, and San Francisco. summary states. "It Unas to a more where strikes continue on the water permanent prosperity. The pressure front." (
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