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:i v S4t ' .1 ' y i mi ni i ii ii mm v City.' CircMatipn'80,0 tTHE FAMILY NEWSPAPER teayeSd" by Carriers Vol 23, No. 153. HIGH POINT, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 16, 1916. Sdbtcrfc&Q) Trie tlCO Tcf Yar. lLi L mexicans cooperate w with the Americans -t IN HUNTING BANDITS ic IIHII LIIUIUI 10 STILL III EVIDENCE No Let Up in the Offensive More- . ") at in the Verdun Region, Sayt Report. Storm Clouds Hung Low Over the .The Saratoga Springs Conference Rain List Night Cooled Afcnoi phere and Made Veterans More Comfortable Today. BORDER SITUAT1DII Coandl Chamber and Light Unammoutly Indortet Plan to Unite With Sooth. VILLA RECOVERS A5D , IS RAISHTO AN ARMT rung Hashed Frequently! a' ' Jill ! ? - ' ..... ' E0UIICILMOI DEFER IMIBM hems: THE REBEL WAR CM pen ii r cdpv ULIII ELECT 16 TEACHERS MFTunn ran JILl IIUU 5-' 0 4? o IS MUCH IfHD An Unwritten Underttandmg B tween Two Countries Reached ' By Obref oa and Scott. " . ; BELIEVES ' VILLA " DEAD j General O bregon Still Thirda the Bandit Chief it No ore. - Plant All Worked Oat. ' (By the Aaaociated IYeaa.) Waahinfton, May 16. The nt,,rcult of, the military eonftrecea "at Kl Io aa'Vep.rted today by General ijeott to Keactary Baker hai been to-convince, theCarmnza government that the United HtaU'a baa no other purpoa hi Hts oper atloua in mirth em Mexico, that .to, atop bandit raid, and aa a conaequence there exiats sulstantlally an onwritttsr nkr.LIc .., ... . . . standing between the two' eoutfCHea. ; yiie whole thing has Ix-en an open se- Cenerai Hcott believed tbaV ' (tcrriTalJcret in Raleigh ior weeks, it la said. l)r. Obregoa la acting in good farth an! tliejl'oteat la now receiving a salary of $.1, border aituaion la leaa critical today so 000 at Wake Foreat and according to the far aa tlie ,Am rfai government' Is con- report "here, A, ft M. truateea have offer oemed. - cd btm double that salary. It is alao aaid, To the carrying out his ahare of the plans, (icniTal Obregon agreed to occupy and to police the rami district, scour ing the mountainous regions to the west of that town in. search of the remnants of VHla'e followers, Be Also agreed tosits is will be offered a profeaaorahip establish a strong patrol Hm along the , Mexican side of the Bi Be no country to prevent a further incursion. .for .1 artlwir,' tirojal1l.0t)r gps) ias ordejed ont loOOO troopaSixlfer General Trevlao, said q bo "the most efficient 4vU eommandet In- lheCar rsnza army. Advices to the wsr and state deptrts Indicate thst 1J " move ments are befog ratiied nt promptly. On(ths side GeBfjals Scott and Fun ton sfaured General Obregon that pre caution would be takejv by the Ameri can commander to dUpon of the forces ao aa not to embarrass the operations of the Mexican troops; snd also to order the patrol of the, American side ctrength ncd. , As tof Villa himself, neither the Ameri can nor Mexican officiala.seem to have any knowledge of his whereabouts or anything positive to show that he is alive. General Obregon . believes him oi-ad. un'rai pcott, m reponing me usi. im ... . ---. ... statement of the Mexican war minister. ..U iL,t It ... ...j. !ll Hi. i the withdrawal of American troops, but 1 vi imuirrPHii; an iiuit -v. .... merely as an opinion of General Obregon. VILLA FOLLOWERS FAIL TO SPREAD SPIRIT OF REVOLT Field Headquarters, via .Army Motor to Columbus, N. M., May ltl.-Another j failure of Villa followers to spread the spirit of revolt against Americans lias liecn registered' here in the "employment o,f 40 Mexican laborers fromthe town of La, Crnccs at Voad building" under the direction 6f engineer corps attached to the expeditionary force. This road is for the use of the army motor truck trains. When . Candelario Onantes, a Villa leader, entered Las duces with some of his followers recently, he threatened with death any Mexican thereafter caught working for or selling food to American soldiers. Cervantes claimed to have.a telegram from Villa, which represented , of the south's rise to financial and politi-1 that the band leader had recovered froml' rrora"" B'nee the ar Ww,'fn !iis wounds and was returning with 5,000 1 men to' attack tho; Americans. For some days the power of this threat manifested T -v.v v Tl .rn Xl i" '1 th .Kt" Association of trols irl" the section this fear has .passed.. . . , . School Accounting officers opened here HIGH POINT DELEGATES TO " , ' 1HE GENERAL CONFERENCE Out of the 22 4elegates from North 'Carolina to the General Methodist Prot tant conference 'fn ZancsVirie'. 0 'which ipena May -19, nigh''ouif)getf tf - iney arc: . xvbv.'.i., vr jjiaoh, vry v. . Cecil, fUiperlntendont H.,lA. Garrett, ; A. M Eankin and V. W. Idol. All of these delegates exct-pt Mr.' Dixon w ho, has been on his vacation for aboutmonth; will (Identified with many clubs and civi or leayc.fa t..morn'nS f0T Zanesi'ille.They jganizations In thet state died at her home expect to be gone about 10 uiyt.,.vl;l.v.herc early today. . . '. 1 (Br ths Associated Press.) . Meld HeadqiurtSTS in Mexico, Mty JJw By wiitlest to Coinm but, If. K, Mir ie.-VllU hat re covered from his wound's tad hal beet butr for tha past few wecki attempting to rtito t now army , la tho stato of DoxaofO, according to t story told hero br t Mexicaa who was captured in aa engage meat' POTEATHASRECEIVED; OFFER FROM A. AND M. , , Krth Carolina Baptiata paaslng ;il,ruUih ,nh r"int 00 w, 10 Southern Bapttat convention at Aaheville dmit thf authpBtcIt of Mr. Bt'a inewa atoryfrom IUleih yeaterday that Preaident WHIiam Louis Potat, Wake Foreat, has been offered the A. A M. prea' klency and are only surprised at the de 'lar of tuwanaoer men ta ehrnnirle the and there seems to be conaiderable groundl for tho saying, that Yale Uni versity wants Vr: Potest. There is to be an opening in that lalveraity in t year, it is said, and if Dr. Poteat only at Tale at almost double the salary of the A. t M. offer. , , And, therefore, Wake Foreat men are troubled over the aituatlon. Of oourae I Uwy want to l eir meeting of lhe truateeirticld at the col- j rooaiqendations" for next year'a teach leglast;lmday,it.Mi4.thsife was its before them. Mr. Haynes aroae and decided to- increase Dr. Poteat' silsfy objictd to th deferring of the election, and uae otUpr persuasive methods In the j He said that there were "forty hearts effort to restrain their reidicn0 fluttering" awaiting the result of the REORGANIZED ARMY WILL BE . LARGER THAN FIRST ESTIMATED Washington, May 16. Revised 'figure on the army reorganization bill as agreed on in conerences and submitted to the nenste today by Chairman Chamberlain allowed that there Would be even a larger army than thought when the agreement wslal rat anli awl ., . .. , J A careful study shows thst tho maxi-l , ... is i r... saiiu iiixii a unit win w iiumi in !mum ta I,eac wouW "Itake what is left over." l""'"" rac' ,nu w,r """K" Ul ' 1 A .1. t t26MO. The national Ctiard would total .... . . .. i 4r'"'KK)' toUl of 718500 avail- j ORATORICAL CONTEST AT GUILFORD COLLEGE In the thirteenth annual oratorical test f the WebsterUn Literary soci ety at Guilford college Saturday night, I. 0. IlinBhaw won the handsome medal which waa offered for the best oration. His subject was a plea for international peace. . The exercises were held in Me morial, hall, and a large crowd of stu dents and alumni were present. .The ordtions were1 all good and showed that much time and thought had been spent on their preparation. Two that ranked almost with that of the prize winner were those of R. J. Yow and I). 1). S. Camron. The former's speech was an attack on the child labor system in the south, and the letter's eloquent review trie states. I School Accounting Officers. Pes MolneB, Ia,, May 16. A three-day today with President Charles Mason, of St. Louis, presiding. 1 William Pick of Philadelphia, is vice-president and Wil liam T. Keogh, of Boston, secretary treasurer! Visitors are here from u score of stales. fK ";:"',:. -' r'i '"' i' ' r ' ' :"' :t MRS. GEORGE H. ROYSTER DIES IN GREENSBORO . ' . "' V- 1 -" ,f-(?rcntbpro N. C, May 10. Mra Geo. R," Eoyster, authoress and prominently MUCH FEELING SHOWN The School Fight Crows Bitter and Developments Expected. Other Proceedings. By a vote of three to two, the city council hut night deferred the election or the t sellers for the city schools for ifcext- year until the lirst meeting in tJime. .Mayor Fkkett, Oiuncilmen Da' via and Alexander voted for the putt poneroeiit. Uiuncilmen Terry and KmlU voted Mttirifct it. ' The action created conaiderable ex citement and in reality broke the meet, ing up. Aa aoorr aa the motion carried Mr. Terry left, ahowing conaiderabIe feeling over the action of the majority and declaring that he wouldn't be "a party to any audi action." Mr. Hnilta left with him, making a motion to ad journ aa he took hia departure The name of Superintendent Hay nee waa not mentioned, but it waa felt by the minority of the council that tht postponement waa a fight on him. "It is i aim ply an attempt to defeat Prof. Hayne,M aaid one of them after tuH,w,, w" n,ade in fvor of th" ctlon meeting. The fijjht on Suerirjtendent Ilayma la an old one. Lavia and Alex ander have been c la Med agahat him for some time. Terry snd Smith hsve beesi for him. The mayor has been on the fence and it waa concerning hia course that many were greatly intereated. When the school queation came . up last night, Councilman Davis aroae and quietly made- a motion that the election of all teachers' be deferred Until the first meeting in June. Iq'tsantly C'ouV i ilman Alesander. .was .onlils feet and atwind-1 t 'nnt Cin I Ann-il'.n " T.. ! council's action and Uiat because it waa j the custom to elect before the school : term cloced he thought it ought to In- done. Councilman Terry npoke with much -feeling against deferring the election. ' "We deckled (JO days ago to elect- th teachers tonight," said he, "and we ouirht to do it. It will certainly have' a tendency to disorganize tli3 school ' a,;,udo,",d to put it off for another 13 days. I " believe it will also tend to make the teachers look for other places in the . . . .... . ' , . , i.v ,i ... i . . Jir. i rrry nuiu 10 ine inavor w nen ine pregidin? offiopr thous,,lt that h W()lll(1 ; do no harm to let the elwtion go over' for two weeks. "And I do not intend to be a party to any action that will demoralize " our school system. High Point wants to know what we are going . to do tonight. Tlie town has a right to : know." ! Again turning toward the mayor, Mr. Terry said: "You ara going to break up the school by such action as this to-! night." j Mr. Wood said couriers are arriving ; "Oh, I don't thhik so," slowly answered ; in Boquillas from both Colonel Sibley, ' the mayor. j commander of the second punitive expe- "It was my understanding that wejdition in Mexico, and Major Langhorne, were going to elect the teachers to-'whose flying squadron is leading the j night," said Councilman Smith without j advance guard. According to Mr. Wood. 1 arising from his seat. "That's what I ; Major Langhorne possesses information-, cameh.-re for and I would not have corners to the whereabouts ot. the rairters unless I had thought wc were." 'ilenn Springs and Bmjuillax. and if Several times during the first part of only awaiting the arrival of reinforce- the meeting the mayor asked the visi tors if they had any business to bring up. " V jt came up to sec how you look, - answered "Uoc Welborn once and another trme Mr. Tate told about the need of Bprlnkling Hamilton street. Til or A Will Ita a rnmiloii mnottnir' n r the city council tonight as last night's i ""n"8 nomination of (ieorge Kuiilee to the was only aa. adjourned meeting i Federal Trade commission, in the opin- -A- etition was received to fix the!'"" f administration official who hav( grade of a sidewalk out beyond the Nor- j looked into the law may not all'.-ct Mr. mal college, the petitioners agreeing to i Rublcc'a. status until the present sesnion lay tho Bidcwalk if the authorities fixed the grade. The matter waa left to the city manager. - v K:.W. Albertson was relieved of cer tain taxes that ho had listed wrong. The Clements Cigar store and the Pal- raco Billiard parlor were granted license for another year to conduct pool rooms. A letter frotti' George Wood was read protesting against the request of Man- (Continued on page eight.) SCENES OF ENTHUSIASM, LNot a Single Voice Wat Heard in Opposition to the Amalga mation Scheme. (By the AMcx-httM Pretta.) j -The. hratot(, Springs, X. Y.( May 16 . unification of the Methodist 'church ami the Methodist KiitM O)J i-.piscopai ehurcV, south, wan imlorwd almost uiwn- hnoualy today by the Mctliodiat ieneral conference. Th conference adopted the report of the committer on unification that pro vlda for further ncgotiationa with the aouthern church paving the way for the final action by the Onersl conference M the southern church In lll, and iboth conference in 1920. The report recommended the amalga mation of the American Met hod i am a with Che general conference aa the supreme head of the church and separate confer encea and cpiacopal auperviaion for the negro churchea. The report waa adopted amid accnea of unbounded enthuaiaam. (mJy one md aoiw in ontMmition. Rev. .lohn F t loucher, of Baltimore, in moving for th adoption of the report, aaid that the, proponed amalgamation made a fed erated union to protect all the various Interests and explained that the inter est of the negroea would be protected and that they would alo have the op portanity to aolve their own problem. ERTT13H AMBASSADOR SAYS ALLIES FORCED TO WATCH THE MAIL - TBy tlw Aaaociated TttotX- ' ' Ws,hTnpion. May !.- The British am bassador (told Secretsry La n ling today that hi government teas striving to eliminate the deluvs and Interference to the maila of which the I'nitnl State in uain about to make a protect, hut that (iriHt Britain can net relinUih ita rights to previ nt the ime of the mHil tion by its em-mien. . The United State about to make a renewed demand, but the interference ... i . .1 1 i with mails, MRriicuiariv oi neuiraii", oe r- BTJITDAJHS, LOST TROOPER, Fomtn nobth no ftonniLLAs: - x 1 j Marathon, Tex., May 16-F. Bundanis, il,w bwt fniiM.r i.f Ciimnonv A. lit I t , r , , , . '"'"-ji - .T tain Wood, a mining mai of B(MluillH.; wandering, half dead from thirst and exhaustion, in the woods 35 mile north "' oquilltt8- Wood, who was en rout. - this city, picked him up in his auto- mobile and turned him over to Captain Smart, of the hospital corps here. Bundanis was a memlier of the gar rison at Glenn Springs. When found he ' demented and hm clothes were in tatters. icnts from Colonel Sibley to attack. SENATE'S REJECTION MAY NOT AFFECT RUBLEE'S STATUS (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May HI. -The' reiection vcsteribiv of Itihi I'-nt P W-l- There is even a pooibility, some hold, that the President can give linn another recess, appointment at thct-nd f j the present session, although the com- missioner can not draw any pay for his services. Mr. Ru-blee was at hia office today and showed no signs that he would leave his post. In the meantime, the administra tion was gathering efforts to get the rC- jitiou.roooMulareddlMVi 'nation confirmed. WET EYES AND LAUGHTER Singing by Forest's Cavalrymen Brings Tears; Dancing by Mix- ed Quartet of Septuagenarians, j (By the Annotated Prcaa.) Birmingham, May 16. Heavy rainaj j during the nilit made the temperature more coviiortaule. (or the veterans anil jvinitor when the flrat aeaalona.of the1 i 2Cth arniual reunhm of the United Con ;fWerate veteran and other aouthern , patriotic bodiea were called to order to- dsy. The Bijou theatre where the mectinga are being held waa taxed to ita full ra pacity when R. W. Masaey in charge of the local program committee called for order. The "yip-yip" yell cf the old war cry responded to the atraina of "IMxie," "Old Black .Foe," "Scwance River," and other melodic of the south. A group of aol dirra of the Foreat cavalry with their alnging of old airs attrscted the atten tion ami brought tears to the eyes of msny. When a lively Jig was played two old women, passed 70 years, brought cheers when they cslled upon two old sol dier to join them in t break-down dance. The addreeaes of welcome on the part Italy is following the example of Gret of city and state officials snd the re-j Britain and France in prohibiting irapor aponses on behslf of tho visitors were iation of certato Inxuriea and bulky artl on the program to be followed with smcles not strictly necessaries as a meal-1 address by Gen. Bennett If. Young, com-lure for conserving the national resources " manding general of the veterans, the'for war and to lessen the strain od ocean I leading feature. J -L j The report of the committee tin-cro dentntla ahowed that 900 camps in good tnding with 1.7G0 votes were repre- aented in the convention. The record ahnwed that the decrease by death' was U per cent.. CHARLOTTE NOW READY 10 1 1" v the .Asciatcd I'rer'.l 1-arlottc, May HI. Final arranife nuntti have be: n c- npleted for the recep tion of I'renident and Mr. Wilson Sat "r,ll.v morning aa the guests ol .Vjrtn ! f 'n.i.K., i ai,.l tltn iiitf f.,r a fjatxr li.mrfi ill.. m.. mj -- .. , iH-raxion of the Ulat celebration of tnc winning v the alleged American declara tion of independence. j (iovtrm-r Craig will niak-- ' c adilre ! of welcome. The reception committee includes Governor Manning, of South' Cnrolina; Senator Simmon and h-er- 1 man, representative ebb and other no- table l'recdiiiji the President's address a civic and military parade wijl pavs in , !rm.MC.RriA1 r, ; LOiVlMtKLlAL CLUB MEETS TONIGHT TO ELECT OFFICERS j Toright at s o'clock, the Commercial , club, formerly tie- Manufacturers' club. Jin jR1p,,rtant meeting for the myi, , vVimi, officers, and rt will J lh, m.ht luw.tjl)K .i,i , the new club nwm at t. former Bencini home, .r,(, ut,I1(.;ni family have moved o'lt a,1(, (,M.n. w n lu. vlwxli,x t.mr pt in ! y t,,,, f accommodate the member. n iiH-nil er is urged to be pres; nt as officers for the -oiring year arc t- e),i-e:i FIFTDN HUNDRED RALES or BURZJIZD ! I '-'Ii l'n l--liii!:i. A'.-... May 1'-. KilCe:i 1,: . ! !:!... of ci ti'i'i v. i ) diinaj d Min. eil b t'i' e , 'nil It ' i.nu-d tit-- .' VHT'i noli:.,' "ill : Uil-'. moin.'i;:. i ., win atti i':i 'ft d t'i hiHnt:ne;.;.; t i . : i . Th.' l-i- is gi nt ?-!H.(!' an r ; One Deed Monday. The only deed filed in the office ol th.' register of deeds from High Point yt-stcrduy was .from George M. Cam and ! j.jf,, t0 J. W. Welborn and C. S. Web bom, lot 00 by 381 feet on Greer .street. 1 im nnA-.ot.lt or vnliinbln considerations, The Weather. Showers and cooler tonight: -cooler ! mol- erate, shifting winds. RFCE1VF PRESIDENT AWAIT NEWS OF FLEET Lcamd That German Batde Ships Have Gone to Riga; Trial ' of Catcment Continues. " (By the Associated -PreM. German activity on the Verdun front U being coriinmd energetically on the m bank of the Mcune, where tho French poaitiona in the Avocourt wood and bill No. 304 are bein. aubjMed to hiceaaant. bombardment. Tlu re is aa Important development re- ';' ported rsat of the fortreaa on the French' rijfbt flur.k, the ahelling of French lines bong reported. J The only infantry activity fn this af s' ernoon'l bulletins from Psris reported is in tho. vicinity of Thlaumont farm, northeast of the fortreas, where s (lor- ., man hand grenade attack hi declared to , " havo bD repulsed. News ia awaited as to the further movement of the licet of Germsn bat t lea hi pa yesterday reported to have left Kiel for Riga. ' Petrograd recently indicated expecta tions that a powerful offenaive by tho (Jermsns against the Rlga-Dvinalc front ia in prospect traffic ' ' Tho pielimlnary hearing of Sir Roger., 'fsaemeui, charged with high treason in ; connectsoa with th recent Irish rebel-i lion, wit continued today with testimorry tending W connect Sir Roger with the landjngof tho Cksement party from a. ' bWmaa' mbmarujo. tTrJ ta.. sj ,Ur:l, of the uprising. ' v 'EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN ANNUAL CONVENTION Henderson, May 16 A sermon by it. v. (ieorge W.lUy, of St. Msrjr'o school, Ralergh, followwl by the celebra tion of the holy communion featured the opening session here today or the 100th Iinnii.1 lm. A L- I .uhuol ivnicutiuu vi mc r.iiKvui uiu- wae of North Carolina. The appointment of committees, the reuiLing of reports, and nominations for ibefive i)09-ti po9itioro were on tho program . for the afternoon's session. i BMiop Blount Cheshire, of Raleigh is j residing and w ill deliver the presid ing officer'r, annual iddrcss tonight, i The eenviiition will adjourn Thurs day. The meeting of the wonieia auxiliary to the board cf niixnions convened this i:h riling in conjunction with the dio cese. It is the 34th annual session of the auxiliary. Thr nieetinir will also adjourn Thursday. j Ntarly 200 delegates an-,1 visitors are a1t;-ndiig the meeting. THE HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT ESSAYISTS CHOSEN , Yesterday afternoon at .?:.10 o'clock tit the auditorium of the South Main street school building were held the pre liminaries to decide who would read es says at commencement. The girls com petting were Louise Hall, (iri.zelle Hart m '1, Charlotte Perry, Katherine Har-iii-n. Nellie Muse, Clara Steele. Ruth-. Council and Violet Johnson. The judges were Miss Km ma Blair, Mrs. Rich- ; : l Johnson and Miss Iris Holt. They ilr. iJ ii in favor of Ruth ( ouiicil with an .-ay n tit led "Looking Backward." Nel- I t M.i.c, who wrote on "Liv ing the Lifa While," and on Violet Johnson, ' ' .-rote of "The (iirl of Today and 1 . ' : v ." The essays all were good' : I'ri- judges found it difficult to d-- :,h- just who should have the com- ' ' ''' 1 '-' '"t lu.ncr, and the young ladies ' h" won deserve henrty congartulntions.-' Mrs. Roystcr, of Greensboro, Dead. , ' A message was received in the city 'early this morning telling of tho death of Mrs. George .Koyster, of Greensboro, fit: o'clock jthis morning. -Thi fu neral services. will probably bo Conducted tomorrow.. Mrs E. P. Steele, a very cloee - frknd . of. JJrs Roy star, left on 'No. 3tJ today to tttcm! th funeral.
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