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All the War News ^ FATHER THE SENTINEL-RECORD PRINTS ALL F O R E C A ST Sy /THE WAR NEWS UP TO 2:30 ~*CH ... / MORNING, TWO HOURS LATER 1 rJAN ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER REACHING FORECAST FOR ARKANSAS— HOT SPRINGS. WHEN YOU READ IT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY f,FN-ER IN THIS PAPER YOU ARE READING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY GENCR. THE latest. THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN HOT SPRINGS THAT RECEIVES THE FELL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT OVER LEASED WIRES ally fair. VOLUME XXXIV. HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1916. , NUMBER 180. ■B-'EL .. . ■ -- ---- ■ ' #■—- . ---- ■■ - - . ..... _i - .—!-.■ ----- --- —-- - .. AMERICA IS INDEED RICH COMPTROLLER WILLIAMS’ STATE MENT SHOWS INCREASE OF MORE THAN FOUR BILLION. RICHES GREATER THAN FORMER GREAT RANKS Resources <T %he National Banks of the Country"5*W Show the Gigantic Figure of $15,52O,6b0,Clt)O' With a Comparative Statement Showing What This Means in Money Power. Washington. Dec. 27.—Resources ot Rational banks ot' the United States, Comptroller Williams announced to f oiRbt, have increased more than four TOillk n dollars during the pa it two years and na,\ aggregate $15,.720,000, 000, exceeding by about (I.OOp.o'mi.OOO the total resources of the Bank of England, the Bank of France and the Bank of Russia, the German Reichs ttank, the Bank of Italy, the Bank of Spain, the Bank of The Netherlands, the Bank of Denmark, the Swiss Na tional Bank and the liu; erial Bank of Japan combined. In a statement based upon returns from the last bank call. November 17, the comptroller calls attention to the fact that the increase has been at the rate of approximately is per cent a year during the past two years, a. compared with G per cent a year for the ten years period from 1904 to 3914, and that the total resources are at present more than double what >' ;luiy,K«a „t£P years ago. “The compilation just completed of returns for the 7 '* bank call," the comptroller's statement reads, “dis closes a condition of strength, prog ress and growth beyond all precedent. Resources of national banks on the date of the last call are greater than the total resources of all reporting state banks, savings banks, private banks and loan and trust companies throughout the United States at the time of the Inauguration of the fed Ural reserve system about two years ago. “it Is also noteworthy that the re sources of our national banks at this time exceeded by $321,000,000 the total resources of all the reporting bank institutions in the United States, In cluding state banks, savings banks and loan and trust companies and national banks, as well as late as the year 1904.” The greatest percentage of increase, the comptroller states, during the two years’ period in which the federal re serve system has been in operation, was in the western states. Geo. graphically the increases iwere as fol lows: New England, 22 per cent; Eastern states, 39 per cent; Southern states. 32 per cent; Middle Western states, 31 per cent; Western states, 50 per cent; Pacific states. 33 per cent. “In this period,” the statement says “the New England and Eastern stales increased a total of $2,003,000,000. while the South and Wed, including the Ear West, increased $2,022,000,000. “Between September 12 and No vember 17 (last two bank call dates) resources of the national banks of New England and Eastern states in creased $144,000,000. The increase in resources for the West and South lor the same period was $664,000,000. The percentage of increase in the New England states was ”.36: Eastern states, 6.84; Southern states, 15.98: Middle Western states. 5.71 ; Western states, 11.76; Pacific states. 7.87. The average increase over the whole coun try was 7.69 yer cent.” The principal changes between Sep tember 12 and November 17 shotw an increase of $1.109,(K>0,000 in resources, an increase of $1,126,000,000 in depos its. bringing the total deposits of na tional banks up to $12.488,00,000, an increase of $(85,000,000 in loans and discounts, and an increase of $237, 000,000 in reserves, bringing the total resources held up to $2,472,000,000, the highest on record by $185,00(1,000. ACCUMULATED A JAG; BECAME SPECIAL ENVOY Kl Paso, Texas, l>ec. ^7.—It cost M. D. Hariwood ot Tucson, Ariz., two nights In an unheated Mexican jail and a fine to toll General .lose Murguia. tomniumler of Juarez, that he was a special envoy from President Wilson bringing an ultimatum of war on Me'V'o within four do>- unless Carranza signed the Atlantic City protocol immediately. Harwood was at first taken serious but the impost ure was exposed when General Mur guia demanded his credentials. Harwood, who was released this evening through the mediation of the American authorities, said that he had no recollection of the incident. Charges of "impudence and intoxi cation" were placed against him on the books of the Juarez jail. Russia Wants No Peace for the Present w _____________ Declares That Germany Brought the War on and Must Suffer the Consequences. Petrograd, Dee. '.'7. Vkt London In the course of an order IssikhI to all tile units of ilie »ai3si»ii army dat'd December Jo, the emperor, iu a brief review showing how liie ine<i ;.uliiies in the teeuuical resources for warf.u as between the allies and the central powers are being gradually removed with the result that the enemy strength is apparently waning, while that of Russia and her allies is con stantly growing, ipro eeds to say : "Germany is feeling that her com pete defeat is near, »nd near also t« the hour of retribution for all her wrongdoings and violations of the moral law. As in the time of Sier strength she declared war, so now, feeling her weakness, she suddenly offers to enter upon peace negotia tions, desiring to complete such nego tiations bef ,e her military talent is exhausted. "At the same time she fs creating a false impression about the strength of her army by utilizing her tempo rary success over the Rumanians, who lack evi erience in the conduct of mod I ern warfare." Arguing thui t'U aides ore entitled to choose a favorable hour lor pea e negotiations just as Germany chose a favorable hour for deelarlug war, the order says: "This time has not yet arrived. The enemy has not been driven out ct the provinces she has occupied. Russia s attainment of the tasks created by the ^ at*—rewarding Constantinople and the Dardanelles, ag well us the c.rt u t‘on ol a free Poland from all three of (her incomplete trtbaj districts—has yet been guaranteed. To conclude peace at this moment would mean failure to utilize the fruits of the un told trials of the heroic Russian troops and fleet. These trials and the still mo.e barred mem ry of those noble sons of Russia who havt. fallen ■ 11 the battlefield do not permit of thought of peace until final victory over our cm mit s. "Who dares to think that lie "'ho hr ip-1 t about the war shall have jt in ills p: wet's to conclude the war at anytime he likes?" in conclusion the emperor, inspir ing confidence that no Russian sol dhr would desire pettce until the enemy had been excelled from Hus slan soil and had given guarantees to prevent a possible repetition of a I reach' runs attack, says; "l.ct us be firm in the certainly of our victory and the All Highest will bless our standards and will cover them afresh with glory and give ns peace worthy of your heroic deeds, mv glorious troops o pence for which future generati ns will bless your memory, which will he sacred to them." The Bourse flazette, which ox ipressos the belief that tile suggestion of President Wilson "as not a casual act of the American government but the result of organized efforts of the neutral powers, which are already equivalent to a neutral league with a united aim, says: "The picture is n"' quite changed. The affair is taking a serious turn. 'The union of neutral governments In an effort to secure a general and last ing peace opens up quite a new com bination of world interests and tlie part (Played by the neutrals will have a tendency to lay the basis for a sta ble world peace." The newspaper concludes, however, that ]>eace cannot be secured “by the neutral* and their typewriter," hut it must arise out of the sacrifices and labors of the fighting nations." WASHINGTON STILL SEES HOPE OF PEACE PRESIDENT WILL CONTINUE TO HOPE FOR DISCUSSION THAT WILL HASTEN END OF THE WAR. GERMANY STANDS READY TO MAKE KNOWN TERMS View Still Persists in German Quar ters That the Note of the Central Powers Might Be Followed By Some Highly Confidential Communication to President Wilson. ♦ Washington, Dee. ^T.—ln spite of (lie wide gulf between the insistence of the central powers Tor an immediate peace conference and t'he forecast of a unanimous refusal by the entente al lies to enter such a conference with out. knowing Germany's terms in ad vance, the American government bc ntves that the negotiations in pro gress are resulting in good, it vis said with authority tonight that until the door to peace actually is closed by one side or the oilier, President Wil son wii, continue to hope that any di* cubni n of the subject w ill tend to as ten the end of the war. Count von lie nstort'f, the German ambassador, returning unexpectedly ton]Kilt from New iork, auth>;ized •Thr- \«.sof iatP»lf *’n •« !• i'■ f» fo! I lowing statement: "1 regard the note of mv govern* tin nt as constituting tut acceptance of everything suggested hy President Wilson in his note to the belligerent nations in Buropc." It was made clear tit the embassy that Germany stands ready to make known Iter terms on the t'i.st day of any eon,c-nce tls.it may be .eld end officials expressed themselves as be ing greatly surprised at the view pre vailing in some quarters here that the Merlin g vernment had failed to meet the president's suggestions by not set ting down in Hip reply the terms upon which it is willing to make peace. The German diplomats say President Wil son had no intention of drawing a public declaration concerning terms from the central powers. The German (policy upon which the reply to President Wilson's ooinniunt ation is based was outlined as fol lows; Germany feels that the conference suggested by it first should be euni posed of delegates from the belliger ent countries wh -e duty it would lie to settle territorial te.ins. Once these terms are agri * d upon, representa tives o' the unutrals should be called in to participate in considerat!: n of the questions of guarantees for t e fu ture, in which neutrals are as vitally i concerned as belligerents. Thes-e guarantees, in the German view, ne eessarily xviuld have to do wmi the treedoni of the sens, united diwirma inent, formation of a world league of nations to enforce peace and the es tablishment of «n intenuatioanl court or arbitration. Germany is said to consider that neutral nations ca:i bate no interest of their owu in terms such as those refuting to territory. While there were no official ad vices upon the subject, the view still persisted in German quarters tonight that the note of the central power., might be toll1 wed by some 'highly con fidential oral or written <-ommunic-t lion to President Wilson, in which nt least broad tentative term* might be stated, in this connection officials noted with interest Berlin press dis patches saying that Ambassador Ger ard, who as a result ot his recent visit to Die United States i.s thoroughly fa miliar with the views of President Wilson, had taken lunch with Alfred Zimmerman, t a German foreign min ister. and probably discussed the peace situation with him. Just what the Palled -States could do towards bridging the gulf in case the allies hedd to their opposition to a conference is the subject of serious discussion anioii^ officials, but as yet no concrete proposal has been advanc ed. it is 'said officially that it even lias not yet been decided wbather this country will sene, on to thp entente the Teutonic reply to the president’s note as embodying a new suggestion or whether its mere publication when received here wouid be con ddered suf fieient. Officials believe it may be a long time before any rwolly substau tial result is obtained. Tbat the allies will dot-lure that there must be a military solution to the war. both in their note to the pres ident and in their reply to » be central powers, was growing belief here to day both on the basis ‘-f statements at the allied embassies anti from ca bled press comment. A 1 .siniloii dis patch today, following n ■ from Pet* jrograd yesterday as well a: intima tions from lmth Paris nod .Hone' that the allies could not disc ■ speace un til they actually held tin- territories they considered lessent ij tor their future, w-as taken to indicate that the al ies wa it' d to wait 1 r a substantial victory and a reversal of the present military situation. Great Britain's invitation to the pre miers of all the colonies to attend an important war coni'crcnT® to discuss “possible conditions on -which, in agreement with out alios. we could consent to its termination” proved a decided ■surprise here, where the step was taken as indicating t tie serious ness writh which jhe tp■ ace- movement is viewed in Kngland. *1' he holding of such a conference, how ever, is ex pected to be subsequent t‘» the allied replies to President V’llsvon ami the central powers, and for the purpose of outlining much hroaded policies than have yet appeared. Although Secretary T^ansing said today that full Information regarding all of the recent submarine attacks «n vessels in which the Vnited States is interested, is in tin- possession of the state department, no definite action on that question is expec ted during the tendency of peace 'proposals. All of this information has been forward ed to Berlin and Replies arc awaited. --■ h) GIGIR BOMBS SENT THROUGH THE MAILS LCS ANGELES POSTAL AUTHORI TIES ISSUE WARNING TO POST MATTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 1 ( ^ % ’ i ' ii'K to watch for "tubular packages containing gigar (bombs" was sent to night lo postmasters throughout the I nitcrl States by local pcs-tal authori ties. who learned that 25 of the ex plosive cigars were mailed ]>ecember 22 at Goffs, Cal., to persons in many states. six of the "bombs” have been ac counted lor, according to postal au thorities. Two were received In Lds Aiige es today. Charles S. Ranger, postal inspector, said all the packages should reach their destinations within the next 24 or 48 hours and for that reason he had sent the waring to post masters. T e local postal authorities began their investigation of lb, sending of cigar bombs through the mails after .lohn li. Bennett of Itrnwle> , Cal., was seriously injured when one lie was smoking exploded in hi* Decem ber ”1. lie ha I received it through the mails. EL PASO WITHOUT COAL. K! Paso. Tex.. !)■.<■ 27. There is not .1 I O'ml ol < <>u to hi- b -Might t night i:i Kl Paso owing to a tsho.T&ge that may continue imlefimt -l\, t:ie dealers say. Con has advanced in price from $7..'ii to $1.7 a ion within tl»<‘ hast two months. Dealers say tin: shortage is due to tli,. lack ol curs and insuffi cient miners. The coal shortage, cooplc-d with the spell of freezing weather, has caused acute suffering among (lit- poor of the Mexican quarter. PROMINENT MEXICAN FAMILIES COMING TO UNITED 6TATES lam-do. Tex. Dec. 27.-—-Jinny Mex ican families, some of tiiom promi nent, have recently com© to the bor der acre owing, it is eta tod. to unset tled conditions in the vicinity of isai tiUo, and be ausc attacks fr>y Villa ad heronts are said to be threatening Among the more promtu© ut fantiii ;s who have been residing for sometime in I-aredo and Nuevo Lared-J ure those of tlit- late deans Carranza, a. brother of First Chief VeunetUiiio Carranza; and tinstavo Bai-inoza VI irelt-s, gov ernor of tin* stale of Coahuila. Rumor*; were circulated here today that .Mrs. Venustiano Cixrrauza and her daughters had arrivod at and were st upping in L’uevo I -atredo. --—o CHICAGO CRIME ANALYZED. Springfield, 111.. Dec. 27 -An analys is on crime conditions in Chicago just ^completed by Thomas Kilbride, sec retary of the slate board of pardons, shows that there is a hold up every six hours, a murder every second day. two suicides a day and an arrest every seven and a half minutes. The four causes of ertrue, he says, are liquor, lust, gaiubliu±; and twd company {CARRANZA’S UNCERTAIN LUIS CABRERA WILL OUTLINE HIS CHIEF'S ATTITUDE TO SEC RETARY LANE TODAY. RIPOSTED THAT ARHEND0ND8 HAS BEEN RECALLED If the Protocol Signed By the Com mission Is Rejected Secretary Lane Will Proceed With Plans Already Under Way to Wind Up the Com mission's Afairs. Washington, Doc. 27. —Carranza's attitude toward the Atlantic City pro tocol, which will determine 'whether negotiations between the United Slaea and the Mexican defacto govern raent are to lie continued through the existing joint commission, will he out lined to Secretary Dane tomorrow by I.uis Cabrera, one of the Mexican commissioners. No definite informa tion to indicate what, that attitude is iiiiii reacnuii in i ic i ais uimgni. oe* i « tary lhine, who is chairman of the commission, was notified early tonight that a special messenger bearing a communication from the Mexican commissioners, presumably General Carranza's reply to the American de mand that he approve or reject the protocol had left New York for Wash ington. When the secretary retired Pvt.the (nl:ht| however, |ije tin ti-enger he*’ not arrived ana word lied come meantime that Mr. Cabrera himself would beach the capitul to morrq.v morning to explain personal ly General Carranza’s position. Akho the United States had set last midnight as the time by which General Carranza's reply won il lie ex pected, if wus indicated tonight that if the protocol is approved the delay will tie overlooked, since the chief purpose here has been, to secure a satisfactory adjustment, if the proto col is rejected, Secretary lame will proceed with plans already underway to wind up the commission's affairs and adjourn. .lust what the next' stop would he officials will not discuss. A rejection of the protocol, which provides for conditional withdrawal of General Pershing’s expedition, would he inter preted here as a reinforcement of Carranza’s demand of last summer that the American troops be with drawn unconditionally. It is reiterated that there has been no change in the administration's poli cy which contemplates maintenance of an efficient force at the border and does pro ose withdrawal of the Per shing expedition until it is apparent that the step will not endanger Ameri can territory. There w*c a well defined rumor here tonight that ilvlisco Arrendondo, who waa accredited as Mexican rep* roseutative to the United States about a year ag \ but who never had given official rccognion as ambassador by lbs government, bus been recalled by •General Carranza an dwill stw.t for Mexico City this week, leaving the embassy in charge of an assistant. Th(» ruport lacked official confirma ticia, however. _-... —. O i. -- JURY VIEWS SCENE OF WOMAN'S MURDER Orsipee, N. 'll.. Dec. 27—The spol where the body of Mrs. Florence Ar liiiO Small was found on (September hit, in the ruins of her burned cotta tv, was pointed out today to the jury se lected for the trial of the woman's hnsi a id. Frederick I. Small, who io charged with 'tier murder. Reside til. jury -t od the prisoner nobbing moat ol tie time. It is iiiidertUrtid the defense will contend that in Small a absence a tramp entered the house, killed Mrs. Small and set the fire. ---o.— NO TIDINGS FROM THE STEAMER MARYLAND Nantucket, Maun., Dec. 27.—Tilt Steamer Mary and. which reported Christmas night t’*at she was •inking, has not been found at u late hour to night according to a message receiv ed front tike coast, guard cutter Gres ham. The messagij aid that Gresham was still engaged in a search fer the vessel. It was believed that if any of the Maryland's' boats had succeed I oil III getting away from the Hteuiuer th*-y would have drifted westward in the path of trails At antic steamers. ANOTHER ARKANSAS GUARDSMAN DIES Homing, \|„ d,,, , a;, I'. iv ite Rowland Thompseu of the Kirsl A • Kansas medical corps, died at Camp 'Doming today of pneumonia. His home was ot Itelark, Ark. GENERAL HERRERA KILLED. Juarez, lies., Hoc. "7. Mayor Mel elior Herrera received a message to day from Mexico City telling him that his brother, General Luis Herrera, was killed in action at the battle of Torreon. General Luis Herrera was a miner at Parra 1 when the Mudoro revolut ion started. -o TEUTONIC ALLIES ARE CLOSING IN ON OIL FIELDS SEVERAL FORTIFIED RUMANIAN VILLAGE3 HAVE BEEN CAP TURED BY TEUTONS. Tin in■ t of the Tin-tonic allies ai larenily is Iasi closing in upon Bratla. ltmiianiu - i ii ami grain center on tli - Danube. Having taken Filipechtl, Hi) miles lo the southwest, Field Marsha] vi. t .Mat-Uensen's troops ilave now cap Hired tit,, railroad town or iilmnik 'Sarat, relatively the same distance to tl'-e east, while the guns of the Do bt rja army a.e still hammering and With some success tile Russo-Kirtn.i nians at the bridgehead of Matchin. on Hie east bank of the Danube, op posite Braila. Frior to the fall of Himnlk-Snrat the Teutonic lil ies defeated the iRussians n a front of ten and a half miles southwest of tile town, while the Ten [ tonic Danube army captured several fortified villages, according to the Berlin war office. I’etrograd admits that the Russians und Rumanians have been forced to fall buck north of Megura but savs elsewhere the in traders were <|i.u-5teu min heavy casualties. Hince December says Berlin, more than X.tmu prisoners and b’7 m-i chine guns have been captured in Ru mania. Artillery duels, sapping operations and attacks by small patrol parties featured Wednesday's fighting on the front in France. There have been sporadic battles at several points all ng tlie line in Russia and Galicia from Volhynia to the Carpathians, but no important results have been at tained by either side. T' e usual boml ardment is in pro gress in the Austro-Itailan theater. In .Maced' nia comparative quiet prevails. The denvoblfzation of the Greek arniv in accordance -with Greece's promises to the entente allies is be ing carried out, according to infprma lion received at the {British foreign office. The Russian emperor, in an order of the day to tlie 'Russian army deal ing with Germany's proffer of peace, asserts that the iproffer was made be cause Germany feels that, her com plete defeat is near. The emperor add'-il that tin* time for peace hud not yet arrived ami he was confident that, no Russian soldier would desire peace until tin1 Invader had -been driven from Russian soil and had given guar antees to prevent a possible repeti tion of a treacherous attack. t I -- rag! I I _ AS PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT WIL SON IS DISLIKED BY AGENTS OF TRAINMEN. ! • ADAMSON LAW AND ITS APPLICATION RLSIiMltl Instead of Forcing the Issue Through the Courts There May Be a Move to Agree on Many Points and Sub mit the Remainder to the Goethals Commission. New York, Dec. 27.—-Represent i • lives of lilt- national conference com mltitew of railways and the four broth ' rhoods of railroad emiloyes will re sume their meetings bore tomorrow lor the announced purpose of arriving i-(. some agreement as to the applica tion of the Adamson law in the event I li i- held to be constitutional by the l oiled States supreme court. The meeting had been adjourned to 'await the handing down of t.he award | in ilie case of the switchmen’s arbi , liltnution. which, it was expected, might have some bearing on the < ventual Interpretation of the Adam son act. The railroad managers held a preliminary meeting today. It was intimated in railroad circles tonight that among other things which would be considered was an agree ment that would bring the two forces '■ together in a concerted effort to fight the president’s proposed compulsory ! arbitration legislation. The railroads, jhoweves are not altogether opposed i to the {>, ir.ciplea of c. mipulsory arbl jtration.Jit was Indicated, providing a I suitable plan can be evolved looking toward the selection of the arbitra tors. Moth sides were rei>orted confident tonight that a mutual understanding will be reached as to the practical in terpretation of the Adamson act. v hich, it Is pointed out, specifies the ' hours of labor but does not make pro visions for the enforcement of con tinuation of certain privileges and rates of compensation which the men now enjoy and which they believe are threatened with extinction by the Adamson act. Rather than make separate appeal . to tho courts to decide the man points that could be brought to Issue In this regard. It was reported that loth sldi>s, after agreeing on as manv points as> possible, would conse* f l bring their (flf.’’«enees for r y 'adjudication to the o^ethal* ' f sion, appointed by the TUf ", ** / observe the operation of thf' *’ lt' act. - / ! A representative of EJ1 ' chairman of the conference,' Jilt ■» ed the statement however, that undei ' no circumstances will the railroads 1 seek to vitiate the Adamson aot by 'any other means than those already adopted. They are prepared, he said, 1 to carry into effect the spirit and let i ter of the law, should it be held con I CONTINUED ON PAGK SEVEN Reported Villa to Attack Chihuahua and Juarez If Successful Will GiOe Him Rai1~ road Connection Between the Border and Torreon. K1 Paso, Texas, Doc. i!7.—VTancisco Villa's forces are preparing to attack chihuahua City and Juarez aiiuuetane ousl.v in an effort to establish railroad traffic between the border and Tor reon. it was said today ‘by a man known to bo close to Villa A Mexican refugee who arrived here today rroni Torreon also said that Villa was preparing to move north with a column of approximately 5.000 men in order to attack Chihuahua City He suid another force of 5»0 Villa followers wore reported to have been yesterday at the Calderon ranch, 05 miles southeast of Juarez. Pkirmushing between the rebels at Calderon and the defacto troops which left Juarez today for Chihuahua City was reported here late today hut could not be confirmed in Juarez. The Villa forces southeast of Juarez are commanded by Colonel Manual Ochoa and Couonel Mariano Tauiez, accord ing to a (inserter who arrived at the border yesterday from Calderon ranch, lln said the Villa followers were all well armed, mounted and had a plenti ful supply of food. They .were said to have been sent north to take Juarex as soon as Villa started his attack ou thn state cai Ital. >lt Is not believed here that Villi? has any direct tactical connection with the operations reported from the eastern military zone near San Luis Potosi, Tampico and Monterey, but Central Carrere Torres and the Cedil la brothers are said to be operating in this section under the banner of Villa. The occupation of San Luis Potosi by the Villa forces Monday was reaf firmed today (by men known to be close to Villa, but was denied by Car I