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I il rrr nm in ii--r i i,iiiwlJ .uli.iji.l1 ' ,T.W1J ' 'Va:vV4 MOPt ftVHii;v tfcl 77i . AY; J,? a.- m-t Ixy, -K t?5y. Mte j., vlvreUk . .? -'V . .., PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY INDeTHURSDAY 9. -I v . I- - ''3-: 7 'if VOL. OflWO. 70 - 'i I: - WA1ITS TO GROSS THE BORDM WARll GREAT BRITAIN mm mm progress mire jLED MID IHJORED SBVERE 6DLF COAST STQBH. oa tit' ir a W1 a np THE PATRIOT FAR AND NEAR. o. E. S. Mrs- J. M. John- (ni'1 , TnhTiRnTi went son and Miss mintv Til Rfl 51V n.nr HUUtO" to" . conization of a new cist in Uic "o"- 10 aS r of the Order of the Eastern chapter 01 : Lxler-Creas, .-Mr. onnie Trox , And Miss Mattie Creasy, both res ets of this city, were married Mon jdentsu v otti a of Rev. v,v afternoon --- - Viford Peeler, who performed the .nrnnnV. Meeting. A revival meet- ,M-omf)n ten. - ARMS- OFFICER WOULD TACKLE THE MEXICAN BANDITS ON OWT TERRITORY. - e will begin at the First Heformed in,Lnh at the U o'clock service Sun- L mnrning. The pastor, Rev. Shu- ford Peeler, will be assisted by Rev r r Wasoner, of High Point. Mnve to Greensboro. Mr. J. W. Befell nd family, of Reidsville, yes teriav moved to this city for the fall pi winter months. Miss Mildred Bethell. a daughter, is a student at bp State Normal and Industrial Col lege Three Divorces. The Superior court this week has granted divorces in the following cases, all the parties being white: Hattie Sheets vs. L. A. Sheets, Mary S. Cottrell vs. Larkin S. Cottrell and Mary Mclntyre vs. Lindsay Mclntyre. A Good Meeting. The revival meeting which began at Grace Meth odist Protestant church the third Sunday still is in progress. Large crowds are attending the services and splendid results are reports. A num ber of persons have made professions of religion. For Treatment. Paul Tate, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Tate, who has been quite ill for several weeks, was carried to Baltimore Tuesday for treatment in Johns Hopkins hospital He was accompanied by his father an.i a nurse. The young man has been in bad health for a year or more (hi Fair Business. Mr. Garland Daniel, secretary of the Centra'' Car olina fair, went to Lynchburg, Va., yesterday to visit the fair in progress there this week and look over some 1 of the race horses and special attrac tions he is thinking of booking for The big fair to be held here October 12-15. On Distilling Charge. S. E. Phil lips, whose home is near Gibsonville, was given a hearing Monday before United States Commissioner Collins on the charge of illicit distilling and held for the December term of Fed eral court under a bond of $300, which was furnished by his brother, J. M. Phillips. Engagement Announced. At a rook party given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. A. L. Petree, at her home on west Gaston street, announcement was made of the engagement of Miss Blanche Dawson, a daughter of Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Dawson, of Pomona, and Mr. Arthur K. Moore, a young business man of this city. Their mar riage will take place in October -Two-Bit" Dinner. About 100 members of the Greensboro Chamber f Commerce attended the first "two bit" dinner of the season at the Y. M. 0. A. Tuesday night and enjoyed a good spread. The speaker of the evening was Mr. E. Sternberger, of the Revolution cotton mills, who idihea on economic conditions as viewed from different standpoints uther "two-bit" dinners will be given ( by the Chamber of Commerce at in tervals during the fall and winter. M. McGhee Dead. Mr. James Madison McGhee, a well known citi zen of High Point, died at his home m that place Monday afternoon. He bad been in feeble health for the past seven years. Mr. McGhee was 66 years old and a native of Guilford county, having been born near Jamestown. He is survived by his idow, two sons, a daughter and three brothers. The funeral was con ducted from the home yesterday af ternoon by Rev. Dr. G. T. Rowe, pas tor of Wesley Memorial Methodist urch, of which Mr. McGhee had een a member for many years. Ieath of a Veteran. Mr. J. Madi son Hunt died late Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Mr. B M. Keith, 0n Dick street, where he had been taking his home for some time. He originally from Randolph coun- He Was R4 VOQT-a rvlil an A a Crn "derate veteran. The funeral was J1! from the Keith home yesterday J ,rnoon at 3 o'clock and interment ae ln Greene Hill cemetery. Rev. eiton Clark, of the First Pres- fierian church, conducted the ser Conditions along the Mexican bor der in the Brownsville district again have become acute, according to mes sages to the war , department from Major General Funston, and a bat tery of mounted artiilery lias been dispatched to Progreso, Tex., to pre vent a raid by 500 bandits who threaten to cross into America ter ritory. Colonel Blocksom, in command of the troops near Progreso, reported through General Funston that the bandits seemed to constitute an in dependent band. "If Carranza does not stop th-se bandits," telegraphed Colonel Block- PROTEST AGAINST HER TRADE HOLD-UP HAS BEEN DRAFTED FOR TRANSMISSION. som, "I believe we shall soon be compiled to follqw them across." Secretary Garrison said he inter preted the colonel's telegram to mean that if conditions did not im prove he would find it necessary to recommend that American troops be permitted to pursue attacking forces across the international line when ever necessary to deal with them. Information placed in the hands of the department of justice by T. R. Beltran, Carranza consul at San Antonio, Tex., bears out to an extent Colonel Blocksom's report that the bandits seem independent of Carranza control. Mr. Beltran contends that former followers of Jesus Flores Magon, leader of a so cialist movement in Lower California, have organized on the border and are working surreptitiously to fo ment trouble between the United States and Mexico. There are intimations that outside influences are supplying funds for the alleged plot, and department of justice officials have begun an in vestigation. Officials in Washington think the Carranza authorities them selves are not aware of the extent to which the alleged intrigues have been carried, and are-hoping relief for the situation will come through vigorous measures by the Carranza commanders. The reply of the United States to Great . Britain's defense by Sir Ed ward Grey of her oppression of Amer ican commerce will be sent forward irrespective of the settlement of the differences between this government and Germany. The note has been put in form for transmission and probably will be cabled on the day Secretary of State Lansing returns to Washington. The document is a redraft of sev eral others bearing on 'different parts of the general subject. Officials ex plained that it was not because th-sre was a prospect of early settlement with Germany that the note would be sent soon, but because the recent acts EFFORTS VTO BREAK THROUGH GERIAN LINES MARKED BY H HARD FIGHTING. i Furijois fcghting still characterizes the unjtedj efforts of French and British-tot preak through the German lines oa tljie western front. The al lied forcea the French war office announces! continue to gain ground and to add . to their captured men, guns and jtores. Foot4yj foot, as the official communication- reads,, the French are making progress to the east of Sou- chez, aiL Ithportant territory from a strategical point $f view, and have likewise continued their advance in Champagne. It contains the signifi cant statement that among the Ger mans taken prisoners were men of the guard corps who had been of Great Britain in the packers cases brought back from the Russian front have shown that temporizing on in- a few days ago. This would seem dividual cases is futile. The new I to indicate that the Austro-Germans note ; will be a vigorous protest, with I have been compelled to weaken to certain strong statements that the some extent their eastern battle front continuance of her course by Great in order to reinforce those sections Britain could only be regarded in an of the western line which the allies unfriendly light. are attacking with heavy guns, rapid The main points of the note may flrers andr the bayonet be summed up as follows: Field Marshal Sir John French re- 1. The United States denies that oorts the capture of powerful Ger the blockade established by Great man defenses arcund Loos, where the Britain is legal, except as to the ports rumber of prisoners taken by the in German territory which are cov- British, has now reached 3,000, 40 ered by sufficient naval forces. machine guns being taken and many 2. No blockade exists or could ex- destroyed. ine jjntisn nave captur ist as to Dutch and Scandinavian ed the first and second lines and are EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE IN OKLAHOMA TOWN CAUSES GREAT DAMAGE. FIVE KNOWN TO BE D wUV AXD SttANX 1 IN JTJRKD PROPE I LOSS OF MILLIONS. Ardmore, Okla., Sept. L'7 A spark heaviiy engaged in an attack on the third. The allied trenches in the Argonne are being violently bombarded by the guns of the German crown prince, but no attack by infantry has been attempted. Some of the first line trenches taken from the French by the Germans on this front Monday have been retaken by means of hand grenades. Details, from unofficial sources of the heavy bombardment that pre ceded thif allied attacks Saturday say thejGrman lines are smolder ed in dust under the hail of shells, their parapets melted away and the barbed-wira entanglements disap peared. So thunderous was the onslaught that persons 30 or 40 miles distant were awakened from their sleep. When the French ceased their shell ing of the trenches in Champagne and charged the German trenches up by a British cruiser that the they found the Germans stupefied by United States demands that reason- tne effects of the artillery fire, gun- xuiy sumcieuL prooi aiiouia De aa- ners being mixed up with infantry- duced by the capturing vessels or men and an of tnem huddled around that the neutral vessels should be the field pieces. immediately released. Germans Still Driving Russians. fi. All raSPS nf SPlZlirP flnrl riptpn- On tho ooctorn frnnt tho Pnaaionc the question of enacting an ordinance are essentiaU sub , t t d, . Dvinsk are declared bv Berlin matic treatment, and therefore Great to have attempted to recapture Britain's course in denying diplomat- ground lost to Field Marshal von ic intervention to cases of seizure and Hindenburg Monday, but their effort detention, and making them solely was unavailing. Progress is recorded subject to local courts of justice, is for the Germans, who are still driv- essentially illegal. It is pointed out ing the Russians from the Vilna sec- siderable proportions, but it is being picion .g & practical aDrogation of the in Volhynia. In this latter region, rapidly develOpeO. riehtS Of those vess?els to he visited PtArlin save tho ai-mv (rrnuna nf n.f.n- Nerw Fire Truck. The city com- and searched expeditiously, and held eral von Linsineen have crossed the missioners, with the co-operation of only on tne immediate production of Styre river below the fortress of Lutsk and that the Russians north of Dubno are in retreat along the whole front. Various reports are in circulation New School Buildings. The city commissioners vesteraay aiternoon nstructod an architect to prepare plans for two new school buildings. One of them is to be built on the lot recently purchased of Mr. C. A. Bray, on South Spring street, and the other on the corner of Cypress and Dewey streets. Regulate Jitneys. The city com missioners are seriously considering t rojrni.oifi the iitnov business. The w "O .- Chamber of Commerce has asked the commissioners to pass ordinances similar to those in other cities of the country, and this will no doubt be done at :x very early date. The jitr-ey business here has not reached con- ports, because the allegation of such a blockade rests on the order in coun cil, which is itself the expression of an illegal act. 3. Seizures and detentions of neu tral vessels bound to neutral ports, except for brief visits and search, which could be exercised on the high seas, are indefensible as contrary to law and tradition. 4. The endeavor of Great Britain, aftei seizure and detention, to place the burden of proof of innocence on the officers of the detained vessels is contrary ' to international law. In this part of the note this government denies absolutely there is any parallel between the action of the United States government during the Civil war and the action of Great Britain in all cases of seizure on suspicion. 5. A reminder will be given that Great Britain has been advised fre quently since the first vessel was held ew Orleans,. La., Sept. 29, Five j from a workman's hammi-r ignited a persons are known to be dead, many v tank car of gasoline here late today, people injured and property lots and from the ruins of -two .city, blocks reaching into the millions has been f. razed by the resulting explosion ana I caused tonight by, the most severe the fires which followed, thirty-one j gif storm in the history of the city. ' bodies had been recovered late to- I a howline ' sale with a velocity of night. The property loss is estimated 86 miles an hour swept the city fit at $500,000. 6 o'clock tonight, - demoHf bins scored 't Fifty persons are believed to have of, buildings, stripping the roofs from i been crushed or burned to death hundreds of other structuresand while pinned under the debris of strewing the streets with broken . stores, wholesale houses and the glass and debris. Ardmore railroad station. Search At 7.30 a rising barometer gave among the ruins was proceeding evidence that the storm was subsld- - methodically tonight, the workers jngf the center passing to the north- f centering their efforts on the mass of westf vNew Orleans The barometer lumber and bricks which had been a at; Us lowest registered 2. 11, and the T department store and where it was wind velocity of 86 miles was the- . feared the bodies of many girls and highest ever recorded here, women shoppers and employes would Railroad and wire communication be found. with the outside world had been cut A score of fires, caused by. the off and 'telephone, electric light, and -t flaming liquid which was thrown for trolley service discontinued in the blocks when the car which contain- city. All railroads have abandoned ' ed 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, train service from New Orleans. were gotten under control after two :: Wireless communication; frtottilfew hours work by the small fire depart- Orleans was interrupted by the fail- ? ment, aided by every able-bodied man Upe of the electric'. ipxantpxiJM '-tnes- J in the city not assisting the Injured, sages were sent from the steamship ; The city was placed under martial Excelsior at dock here and-relayed . law immediately. from the steamship Creole, anchored : At 8 o'clock the fires were under below New Orleans in the. Mississippi . control and the city was under mar- river to Mobile. tial law. Private homes were im- t . . f f . mediately thrown open to the injured Mobile, Ala., Sept. 29. New Or- and scores of men were working to- leans and the Mississippi gulf coast - night in the smoldering ruins along tonight were swept by a tropical hur- Main street in search for additional ricane that demoralized cominunica- T victims. tion and led to fears of' heavy loss of c Not a building on Main street ufe and property. The Mississippi escaped damage, either as a result of river levees below New Orleans have . tbe force of the explosion or of the fires following. All school buildings, business houses and residences within twelve blocks of the business district bear evidence of the explosion and practi cally every window in the city was shattered by its forrre. xJTjwco,rorfene.n werbusyrepaJbring broken houses have .been washed away, and at least two lives have been lost in that section, according td a wireless message late today from i the' Morgan liner Creole, upward bound for New Orleans- The business district. oX Bij&xi' Miss., is under six feet of water and. traiirserMceSaa :teft; aband oaad bevv the tank at 2.30 o'clock this alterr noon. Suddenly one of them struck section about Bay.8tv Ixuis. 't with a hammer. A spark from the blow ignited fumes escaping through Last reports coming from New Or leans before all means ot communl- cation were lost said that city was in darkness because of the flooding of electric plants. Wind had 'driven, the water in Lake Ponchartrain above the sea wall, and Milneburg and 'other New Orleans suburbs along the considering bids that have been re ceived from several manufacturers who desire to sell the city a motor chemical truck. The purchase will be made soon and the new equipment will give the Greensboro fire depart ment two motor vehicles, the first members of the fire department, are reaS0nable proof by the captor. 7. Great Britain's attention will be called to the fact that she has only recently been put on notice in the caveat of the state department in respecting the trend of events in the the packers' case; that this govern- Balkans. One of these is to tUe ef ment proposes to stand on interna- feet that Greece has informed Ser- tional law as understood hv all other hia thot oka , ' j U1U I. AA LA, I. QUO nil! JOIOV V VMWM(3'W purchased having been a combination natloM as against tne order in CQUn. Qf oreign troopg through 0reek ter. engine and hose wagon. cU &nd &n Qther orders of emergency ritory. Another says that Bulgaria To Drag the Roads. The good or expediency issued by Great Britain and Greece are reported to have roads committee of the Chamber of ich have operated against the agreed to the establishment of a Commerce has nnder consideration Tighta of neutral commerce. neutral zone between the two coun- plans lor co-oper8tii.5 wicix x w- g Justification of retaliation in tries. not accepted by this government. It The attitude of the Britieh gov is pointed out that the state depart- ernment with regard to the possfbll- ment has maintained the position ity of Bulgaria entering the war has that retaliation is essentially wrong been plainly stated by Sir Edward in fact and in principle. Grey, the British foreign secretary Great Britain is told that this gov- Sir Edward has told the British Par ernment views with increasing dis-1 liament that in case Bulgaria as- pleasure and alarm the results of her I sumes an aggressive attitude on the course, and tells her that she is ex-1 side of the central powers the al pected to make definite promises of I lies will give their support to "our amendment. Otherwise, the note I friends In the Balkans In a manner savs. this srovernment cannot fail to I that would be most welcome to .... i regard a continuance of the oppres- them. Fion of American commerce as an nn- a small leak. There w;-s a terrific explosion, followed by rrnny smaller ones. The workmen were blown to pieces. The shock shattered the Ard more railroad station, used by the Santa Fe, Frisco and Rock Island railroads, and the Rock Island j iake were partially under water. rreigut station and scores of other The advices said automobiles were buildings- quickly took fire from the bringing in the inhabitants of that flying liquid. section and that no loss of life had- The flames spread rapidly until all been reported. of Main street appeared a roaring Mobile escaped the worst of the furnace. Thirty freight cars in the storm, but the wind here was suffi- banta Fe railroad yard's were de- cient to drive the water over the stroyed. The pall of smoke hanging wharves at the river front and unroof over the whole city prevented res- several houses. cuers from doing effective work. Deeds of heroism were many. A COUNTY" SUNDAY SCHOOL woman waiting at the railroad sta- CONVENTION PROGRAM. tinn tit i f V o Vo Ktt 4v 1i or nim o o -i -I - I wivu. u.bu a uj lii ai mo auu c I four-year-old child at her side dash- The program committee of the ed three blocks with her double bur- Guilford County Sunday. School .As- den, her own clothes blazing as she sociatlon has arranged the following ran. Passers-by smothered the flames program for the county convention,' with their bare hands. The mother which will be held at Guilford Col- was taken to the hospital danger- lege Saturday, October 9 : ousiy burned. The children were not Morninir Session. seriously injured. 10.00 Song service. i For five hours after the explosion 10.00 Devotions, Rev. Joseph Ardmore was cut off completely from I Peele. tne outside world. Telephone and 10.25 Music. teiegrapn communication was sever- 10.30 The elementary division. ed by the wrecking of poles in the Mrs. E. R. Michaux. ty authorities in keeping the roads leading into Greensboro in better condition during the coming winter than they have been kept in the past. No definite plan has been worked out, but it is probable that arrange ments will be made to use the split road drag quite extensively. J Big Damage Suit. The Superior court is engaged in hearing a suit for $10,000 damages brought against Mr. J. B. Stroud, of this city, by Mr. R. H. Mitchell, of Guilford College. Following a cow trade some months tv. ago, it is alleged that Mr. Stroud f riendly attitude on the part of tUe made certain remarks derogatory to the character and good name of Mr. Mitchell, whereupon the suit for damages was instituted. The case will probably go to the jury today. Rev. Dr. J. H'. Weaver,-presiding elder oil the Greensboro district, has British government. Exhibited Head as Trophy. Brownsville. Tex.. Sept. 28. The head of Private Richard J. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Merrimon left the United States cavalryman miss- Tuesday on a visit to the San Fran cisco exposition. Miss Thelma Clymer, daughter of een snending a few days thiaweelc I Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Clymer, has gon visiting friends and former parish-J to New York to resume her studies! downtown district. To Build Cigar Factory. The El Rees-So Cigar Company, whose business has grown to consid erable proportions, has Durchased from Mr. J. R. Thomas a lot on Sil ver Run avenue upon which a mod ern cigar factory will be built. At present the company occupies the third and a portion of the second floor of the Huffines building, on the corner of South Elm and Sycamore streets, but is cramped for room. Messrs. John T. Rees and V. B. Mor gan are at the head of the company. which manufactures a popular cigar that enjoys a wide sale. 11.00 The secondary division, Miss Martha Dozier. 11.30 Music. 11.35 Tie adnlt division. Rev. A. G. Dixon. 12.10 Appointment of commit tees. 12.15 Adjournment. Afternoon Session. 1.30 Song service. 1.40 Roll call of townships; re ports of committees; election of of ficers. 2.10 "Guilford's Day of Oppor tunity." E. J. Coltrane. 2.40 The survey of the county. Dr. Thomas NeJin. 3.00 The ronftnunity traln'ng school, W. C. Jackson. 3.20 A Chautauqua plan for the ing since last Friday's battle near Progreso, has been exhibited as trophy on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, according to a state meat made, tonight by a Mexican prisoner - tp Hidalgo county . officers MaJ. Stedman in Winston. Congressman Stedman spent Tues day in Winston-Salem conferring with I townships, A. W. McAlister. renreaentatives of tobacco manufao-1 3.40 General discussion Of new turers regarding the effect upon their I plans. business of the action of the British I 4.T)0 Adjournment. and" French governments in holding! Efforts are, being , made to have un shinmenta to the United States of I every-' Sunday Ichool inthe coimty lat Phatr. licorice root. The root is used in preparing certain, tobaccos for the market. . Maj Stedman stated he would Uke the, matter up personally with Secretary of State Laming. represented .at this convention. The program Ttas been?pTeparW,Srith a view to .approaching some new types of work to be undertaken during the coming year.. Lis- : - - va loners in Monroe. in a school of art. -