North Carolina Newspapers

T t ) -1 C ; ' j. City Circulation 1800 VoL 23, No. 250. THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Delivered by Carriers HIGH POINT, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 18, 1916. Subscription Price $5.00 Per Ytar. FJRENCH TROOPS DRIVE FURTHER INTO GERMAN 14NES M I S ft T UE The Village of Deniecourt Ha Eeen Completely Encircled by the French. : - ' - BRITISH ALSO ADVANCE Heavy- Fighting in the Balkans Appears to Favor Centre! Power Armiei. (By the:, Associated Prr. taadon, Sept iS. Lieatevnt - Kay. mocr" Asquith, ton of Preckr Asqiritfc, was killed in action on September 15,1 it was announced tcday. ,,toMh.'r near Turner bu-ry. One of ,; Jn ih? new thrust by the French cu'thi11 'OMM'M ' le,t .wlth .York Th'H rn-j . - f the river Nme in northern finvfa ' "U 'I" 10 UB!to 25 miles an hour. 'The reorder ,ave! ' ' t k. !..,.,.(.,., ...:i,..i 4 Vi' Acumni iei mm. mrwr uirn. 11 ,H Chaulne, is their objective, ! roXyiU, started after York with a knife. m me complete encircling ot tN- vi-e osMA-niecourt, the Parrs v ar of bev am . gDeniecourt, the Paris v ar of l.ee nouneei today. , ,..e,,v , lUe ee.uer. oi TV ! .......a. : . a 1. ai . k itii in1 i 1 1 ii in h rp nn inr in ii.c ,4r. i " man lines north of Chaulnes. . l rm ,)catI was inlailt.Iuroll,. r-urther progress has been made L v j Tumr.g ,)(m1v was ,jrollJ,llt Liu.k to the French in this region and heavy i H,h -.1oint ,as't lijjht Vttrt, mnAe 1lis counter atUcks by the (lermans on the!WJip,. and g0 far h(. ha8 mml(. it mc. new French position both north unJ wwfHnT. U looks from the statement south of the Somme have resulted, ac- ? of the eye-witnee-s that York cording to today's Paris rejrts, which; hai a I(rrtty g00tl ee of ....if.dcfense, announml that the Germans sutahid j;t jt wgg f omMAe the officers are enormous losses. The French have taken j doin alHn their power to afrest him. 1.200 prisoners and 15 machine tvw. Turner Wttg aW 23 years of aire and Ths Rritidh vp toi.nin nn tWir f.r I he cntrsti aie keejung up tkeir for- nard nnsh north f t'i ommo i,a'-j',-- ard push north of tie Somme. pa, their advance at isolate points apjar ently-iu omb r- to streHgthen th and (w-cure a hold on the fvvmiflt . ljoudun today reports an appriable OUTCOME OF. BIG LEAGUE " aJi'vAiee on the left flank, where th",. RACES STILL UNCERTAIN 'Critihh line potithvard. hn b'en driven fiiTther On'Oie Macedonian' front an nllii.l at. ' fack in the Struma valley, nortlieat of!lf,,3ue IM'nimnt race today for the three! Saloniki, was repulsed bv the Bulga- rians, the Sofila war office announces,' and a counter attack forced the allied . troons back to the west bank of the''" mcago Ior seconu piace. river. The forces under Field Marshall -von! Mscke'nsen are continuing to progress 5n ! i k p,,m,i ! 1 umy a 111 I'd 1 11 11 1. 11 v iiuumiiioii jjs v - uiiki uuja, r-wiin nume in 1 : ,.4- c - : dication of a stronger resistance by the Rumanians and Russian, however, is furnished by ... the official statement, which reports heavy counter attacks. BODY OF MAN KILLED - BY TRACT 'BROUGHT HERE The body of Ralph Richardson, a white man apparently m years or age,,. Is.in the undertaking rooms of '3.; W. Sechm-t and Son awaiting identi float ion 1 and further orders, which are expected this mormW with d,yither:a. Th child present Wat Richardson -was hit by i train N Saturday night somewhere I near Lexington and it is said that hj was sitting on the tracks when struck, The body was. brought to High Point on NOvI2yand put,atthe,Sechrest taking establishment. , .. . Jleged Swindlers SecurH lion Dollars Chicago, Sept. 1 8. Confessions have been made by two members of the al leged syndicate of blackmailers, eight of whom are under arrest here, that the operations of . the swindlers netted them $1,000,000 during the last year, federal " officers announced today. The confessions, it was said, disclosed that he alleged band had numbered 60 persons,' a third of whom were women. - A dispute of spoils, it was said, led to the confessions. Arrest of a score or SpoTe memberaof the syndicate is ex fcted within a week. .Eight member s of the gang, charged rfh using the beauty of their women ,4 members and the fascinating powers of their male " confederates to mulct valthy men and women out of many thousands of dollars, are in custody and will be taken to Philadelphia for triaL NEAR CHAULNES FREO TURKIR KILLED BY James York, negro, shot and killed IVd Turner, another ucgro, at the lialeigh Cross Roads negro church, two and a half miles eat of Jamestown, yet.trday afternoon about 4 o'clock fol low in;j a quarrel between . them. Ynrk ! has ieaped arrest llnw far, although' uss ucapea arrest mil iar, aiinoun the police of (Jreenslniro and .High Point! are doing all in tloir power to arrest ! lim. lUdh negroes lived here. ! I red Turner, the dead negro, was in court last Monday on account of the .. .... ... same woman that it is said he quarrelled about yesterday afternoon. According! to the witnesses who, saw tltc affair, theiBn gpeedera. The speed law wi'l be eu- killing happened about like this: A negro camp meeting was in progress at the Raleigh Cross Road church. Tur- ner, York and two nero women were njiar Tn-..irij ttii.rrv Mint .fl. .-I ifinf nf lnu lmnrv- hut tin- iitlier n-nmniii . . Aiur gving a inue ways 101 k lurnea Hn-'Briunu anl U)UI lurniT 11,11 .i1' " 1 i a 1 t i j 111:11; an 1 uriier mnumvu, 4 111 k jmin -u ,1: . .... t .. j 1 n.i : 1 - . . x 1 , a ' 1 a . . 1 11 a 1 ... , .. u Hiin nr,4i I u I inn iimit'i. i i. -H .1 through Turner's moi; . . , . i . . cttMT in nm nsnt side, utKirrnetuli tli"i: , . ., , ' , ,, york sg .ji, . few vear. 0ider it ', t . a 1 i. jg ,t5d that the (wo men had heen uar-i a am or. .. .. ' , m n (:uii orv iiwii auu . luiirn in ine rum- . l?rl"C The of fieeswiri keep, sharpie.! of the we,Uh pfthis state was ur IX?- tfie trtmbletyesterday! fop 'volaforg. bf hi. law and intend! Christian influent. And then the I s apiurfj ,ftenioon. i l , . . ... .-.... ,. i.ts,.. hv showimr how the Psah (Bv the Associated Press.) I - t1licag0. avaWKKU 1 Sept. 18.-The American! 1,'ttU,n ten,s 8,,,Vud lM,8,tlon onPe more 1 T i A .. I. - 1 - t UI'ITW wa BU" ai UH "tnu 01 l-ue lHr' ,"te column' but ,,,ston h dis" . 1 . 1 1 ; 1 1 j A there were no games played 1n the yewraay, urw.Kiyn, Philadelphia and Boston remained in the lead in the order named. CHARLOTTE TEAM TO MEET VIRGINIA LEAGUE CHAMPS Norfolk, Va., Sept. 18. The winner of the series between Portsmouth and New port News for the championship of the Virginia league will meet the Charlotte club, champion of the North Carolina loajrue,; The scries will begin as soon 41 the thampioimhip of the Virginia league ... . . fl , . k 'pkyed in Newport Xl.wg or Ports- tnoull . , PLANS ARE FINISHED ' FOR THE IMHOFF TANK , , - " " Anderson and Christie, consulting n- giners haye finished the drawing of . the plana for the Imhoff tank that the city under-jif.to erect on the Penny property re jcehtlv purchased or, that purpose. where the chief offenses charged against tts band occurred, ( The band, including five men , and three women, were arrested shortly be fore midnight Saturday night in ft rairf by department of justice officials on a fashionable southside apartment hotel. ' They are accused of fleecing men and women of .social prominence In Chicago, New York and Philadelphia, through-organized efforts. Their scheme according to- Hhiton G. Clabaugh, of the depart ment of justice, was to compromise their victims and then blackmail them. Those arrested gave the names of H' nrRubgelldw4iJdJ3oimhuiir-ir4.L.ii Evers, 3Irs. Frances Allen, Mrs. Edward Donahue, James Christian, Frank Crock er and George Bland. George Irwin, al leged director of , the group is still at large. -. - .- i . AUTO SPEE0 LW : TD BEJEtlFORCED Police and Recorder Announce That Speed Fiend Will Be Looked After. FINE IS TO BE $1 A MILE Recorder Dalton Will Fine Speed en Heavily Police May Get Stop Watches. ' Automobile speed fiends were given J .ivui pj-.t nmus vrv ynta ""- fair notice in the recorder's court thi w'tn "''qui nirnill3 that hereafter they will-havci1 h .L ' , &?nX- to pay a fine at the rate of 1 a mile ; for each mile that they exceeded the ...w. J K !4 i rn - i i 1 "l"TU ""' " """t uiu.n uruercu the police to keep a sharp lookout for t i IWITU JJUW Oil. The first case ih this new order of things was against Jordan kecn, of Handolpii county, who, according to the vtate, 'drove through High Point ,arjv!i sermon on the 73rd Taalm and drew j w the President, but they respected his Saturday -night' at "the rate of from of mn9 for tb.' ,ife fron,!grief and made no demonstration. Dur- Mr. Miti-u ered:t tor tlie livt tt ti-nrc .. . .. . t -ir- kwu ereu:i lor me mvifi ni:ure i and made the tir;e .-- and eots Mr 1 on,' said I)r. Kowc, "but it is a confes- , sk,eu did mt UVu pinion -of a backslider after he has got - , wgi pmedin ,5 u h - "I will give fair warning t. the publicj t now." declared Hip r,vnrrf..r -for i I . . , unc ouiii !i.onvliti(m o( th(j diarj;e vf (piHd.njt jjmto wickedness; he was only doubting ith and ,wii muke the finel a inilfc. If a mani !o1 "ml wondering whether it was ' ... . t " ' . , - 'convietiin on tliw iliari.a ,.t sn.uH n.r i .,T . , , . . J ir jiving miles no uuur icrougu me residential section the fine will be .!()! and tlie court costs. If all the Deeders! ar! caught, and 1 hope they will be, itud WBWI hi" faiUl we"k there is will cofct some of them prettv heavy"! 110 tel,inK where he wil1 The colTers of the cHv will be consider-j The Psalmist, too, was envious of the ably increased or there will be a great pwaperity of the wicked. The world dial Km sw.din in Hbl. Point from UouVed mighty fine to Him, but PrRowe i ,I0W . The speed allowed by the law is joiness men had said rf . they eould only . J.i.minn iwir iHnurient ioun scrunles and miiea inrOUJtU tlie UUMneSS section ot I 1 ulon ' OUlt; 1.1 miles tnrougU the , " . , ... . (, . to arrest all who are guilty regardless; of their race, landing in the comniu-U'omes nity, financial ability or previous con-.him drtion of servitude. In other words, the law will be rigidly and strictly enforced, j rt " ; I , , . . . . owar' And the recorder has already said whatjr's sile when we have driit.u away, his fine is going to be after conviction Firemen Southard and Yow were the t-tate's witnesses against Mr. Skeen this morning. One of them saw hhn passi Jordan street as he was going down Washington at the rate of 20 miles ncoUntv Saturday, by a fmir to one vote, hour. The other swore that "he speeded! ngwfed the char,cs against her of be up" after passing Jordan and by the . ft backwoods-community, by voting time he was out of sight he was easily, 000 km1 roads bonds. The largest making 25 miles an hour. ovpr rp(.nrAt.A u the county The recorder declared that it was rather unsatisfactory for the police not to have stop watches, for the state had to rely upon the opinion of Hs witnesses. The city, it is believed, will provide the police with these stop watches in the event that developments in the next few days warrant the purchasing of them. The police are determined to break up the speeding in High Point and with the support of the court they believe it can lie done. . , J. ELWOOD COX LEAVES TO ATTEND AMERICAN BANKERS' ASSOCIATION J. El wood Cox leaVes today for Kan sas City to attend the 42nd annual con vention of the American Bankers' asso ciation, which meets September 22-30. Mr. Cox is chairman of the executive council of the national bank section of the convention, and as this body meets before the opening of the general con vention H necessitated Mr. Cox's leaving! here earlier thanotherwise he would have. The American Bankers' association has a membership of nearly 16,000, com prising the leading bankers of the coun try, and in the national bank section there are.OOO members of the leading bankers of that class. This latter branch of the association is considered the most important part of it, as its policies, because oft he influence of its members in the financial affairs of the nation j are generally those of the asso ciation. As the national bank section is guided principally by the recommenda tions of its council, it can readily lie seen what an important position - Mr. Cox, and at the same time the state and tlMK4outhr4hrwghhirhs-ttain4- ' - ;f Weather. --;Vv-Fair tonight and ; Tuesday; moderate ' northeast and east winds. v'-. . . MAJOR GENERAL MILLS DIED THIS MORNING (By the Associated Press.) Wat-hington, Sept. 15. Maj. tien. Al fred L. Mills, ehief of the division of military affairs, died at his home here today after 1 hours illness from pneu monia. General "Mills was a native of New York and wa appointed to the military ecademy from that state in 1874. He served with distinction through the panMi-Aunriean war and th Philip pine insurrection .and in l!X4 was pro moted by President Roosevelt from the, rank of captain to that of brigadier gen ital. - For several years he served a commander of the department of the I gulf with headquarters at Atlanta. Onlj ras commissioner major DR. ROWE PREACHED SUNDAY NIGHT FROM iLVtJ(l I-lIllKU rALM MfttfaMtir ! sy mm s m ar Dr. Cilbert T. Rowe, at the Wecley Memorial church last nrht, preached a 23-minute sermon that was calculated to stimulate the Christian faith. He based 'ords ot the Psalmist. confes- Tliw l'n:ilin muhl I ip rulh'H a " iten back home. Hie t'salmixt hadu t dor,e a thi"; e wai iit,y meditating " linX something. He had net got out ... ..i. .. n ...m . I. ..td nn M .i.nikrinir .... . , ... imJ worth while. But here the DreacherLron.;i a. i. vr r,.i.....: urew a ,eMwn for evt'r.v day ,5fe- He! said that when a man begms to doubt said it always looked that way. Busi- ..i;..Lm tua thPV rould iret rich. reRi-l""" "(r rf ,, nr. Kow thouaht that 80 per cent under Balm i . I . A. XT. wtlntir continues by snowing now v.. back into the tarw. it wus u coming out of the wilderness of doubt and back to the Saviour s side. It ' ins so gu ood to be bacK at tne ram- declared l)r. Rowe. i WILKES VOTES $2.(),000 BONDS FOR GOOD R0ADJ i Vnrth Wilkesboro. Sept. 18. Wilkes I ITglOil BV'"" v ' " j was made. Thirty days ago the senti ment of the county was overwhelmingly against a bond issue but a campaign of i.imiimn inmifiirated bv the North Wilkesboro Commercial club with Leon ard Vyne, as chairman and ex-Congressman R. X. Hackett, Hon. T. B. Finley, ex-Congressman C. H. Cowles, Rev. A. T. Abernethy, Solicitor J. J. nayes and other speakers covering every part of the county, resulted in the greatest victory ever achieved by the industrial mountain county. GYPSIES ENTER HOME OF REV. J. E. THOMPSON AT ASHB0R0 A band of gypsies passed through High Point the latter part of last week and went, on down into. Randolph. News comes from-Ashboro that while there the band committed depredations upon the property of some of the citizen there. Two or three of theni' entered the home of Rev. J. E. Thompson, the Meth odist minister and former pastor of the Wesley Memorial church. The gypsies overturned the chairs, went through the house at random but so far as has been learned did no great damage. PRESIDENT WILSON PASSED RALEIGH TODAY (By the Associated Press) Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 18. President and Mrs. Wilson passed through Ral efgh at 5.20 this morning, en route to Columbia, S. C, to attend the funeral of Mrs. Anne E. Howe, the President's sis ter, who died Saturday at New London, Conn. ' The 'President was expected to arrive at Columbia at 11.35 a. m. .y' Charles E. Hunt Deal Charier ErHtmtrtme-tf ihwosf ros - perous farmers of Guilford county died at his home-at Friendship yesterday af. temoon. He was found dead in the par lor of his home and it is supposed that heart .failure was the cause. ( P R ES I D EN T ATTEH D S ; C A VA LRY-PU RS U I H G FML OF SISTEBj ttU'S BAITS j ' " - " Stood With Bowed Head .and 'The Pursued Fcrce h Leading Its Tear Stained Face During j Pursuers Into the Rugged the Last Rites. j Canyon District. ' " CEREMONIES WERE SIMPLE - Funeral Train Viewed by Siln ( Crowds as It Sped Through the South. (By the Associated Press.! Columbia, S. C Sept. lg. President Wilson came here today to bury his only sister, Mrs. Annie E. Howe, of Phila-, , , . . ,,.,0.. 4 x- 1 delphia, who died Saturday at New Lon-... j 41 . . . don. Conn. Quietlv and sadly he at - , I . . , . , , ' . fonHfwl 4ha ftiim1a funeral Kirvivft nf A. , , ,. , ... , the church and then walked with rela tives to the adjoining historic churchyard nd stood with bowed head and tear j stained face during the last rites. j The people of Columbia gathered along the streets and outside of the church to j ing the ride south this morning the plat- I form nf pverv kfntinn vn itiiuiIm! hut. there was no cheering. At several stops lflowe,.8 were put aboard the train by chool children. I xbe special train beariiiv the Inxly and , t,e members' of the funeral nartv arrived , hre fl,ortiy before 11001 i took thl. president and . . i o i.re tf lortlv Del ore 110(11. Automobiles members of the unvi iv. i .nv i mjujinnii church. At the Presidents jiersonal re- qi?st the city and state officials gave no official recognition oJ his visit. The last service took place inside an inelosure in the graveyard where are buried Mrs. Howe's husband, the father and mother of the President and several other relatives. ' All flags in Columbia were at half mast during the ceremony. The church bells were tolled. The President planned to remain here until 6:15 this evening and thei return to Long Branch, X. J., where he is ex pected to arrive tomorrow afternoon. " . .1 MEXICANS UNWILLING TO DISCUSS ANYTHING BUT BORDER TROUBLE (Uy the Associated Press.) New London, Conn., Kept. IS. When the Mexican-American' commissioners resumed their conferences today there was reason to believe that the Mexican erpresentatives were prepared to insist that their deliberations be directed to ward an agreement on the control of the border. The American representatives believ ing that the order situation was merely incident to the general conditions In Mexico had planned to continue their study of Mexico's internal affairs. TROOPS TO RETURN FROM BORDER AS SOON AS THEY ARE RELIEVED (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. IS. ieneral Fun aton was directed by the war depart ment today to return one national guard regiment to it home station for each new regiment sent to the border. A FATAL AUTOMOBILE WRECK NEAR LYNCHBURG : (By the Assoclateff Pipss.) Lynchburg, Va., Sept. lS.-Mrs. M. Fenno, i.ged 07, of Phoebus,. Va., is dead here from a fractured skull sustained at midnight last night when an automobile turned over near the city with its eight passengers. Fi e adults were slightly hurt and two children escaped without injury, in tne car were k. j-j. mzen ana Herman Temco, of Greensboro, N. C. Troops At Camp Glenn Only Awaiting Orders To Entrain (By the Associated Press.) MoHicad City, N. G, Sept. IJ. rend ing receipt from (he war department of orders to, entrain for the border,-no one in official circles at. Camp 'Glenn .knows 1 when-the NorthHwrWrnthTt' u'"k''t,!d 1 h--pk- - will break camp. It was believed that the war department would not accept a partial equipment to move the troops and that the units would not br;rin VILLA DIRECTED FIGHT HtLttle at Chihuahua Was Desper- ately Fought, Pistols and Fists Beinj the Weapons. iy the Associated Presr.; VA Paso, Tex, Spt. lh. Two columns of Mexican cavalry today were pin-suing ! I'.ll iJ k:. 1 1 i.:..t. 1. . r u,a ",u,u wlBU u,t" mw tt Miosm - cessful attack on Chihuahua City ... . , U the ruffed Santa Clara canyon dis- . i . . .. . ,. A trict to the northeast, according to re ' . li'Oite to General Gonzales, commandant in Juarez. ' v Today's reports iidicatid that the Villi forces, numbering approximately lis, were opposed by a garrison of about i.WO. Tlie Villa casualties are. also said to lie considerably larger than' first indicated. Tlie number of dead and wounded picked up by the pursuing .forces was estimated to be probably about 230. Villa hmiself directed the attack, ac cording to the dispatches, but did not enter the tow 11. Much damage was don-.? to the peni tentiary and the municipal and federal palaces which the band succeeded in cap turing before the surprised members of the garrison who had been participating in the independence day celegration, ral lied. Rifles wtre useless in the hand-to-hand fighting which followed, the re ports say. Pistols and bare fists were tised as the two commands struggled through the early morning hours in the ruin. . Physicians attending (ieneral Trevino, who sustained a wound in- an arm dur in;; the action, said today that his in jury was slight. . Gifil STRIKE CALLED IN NEW Y (By the Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 18. There will be - . A 4 . . ... ,u "jnipaineuc strike of labor unions- j to a' the striking street railway em- ploj es until Thursday, at least, and ono may be averted altogether if the renewal of the efforts of Mayor Mitchel to set tle the present street car strike in the meantime are successful. This was an munced today after a conference be t recti thr n'avr and five labor leaders. The leaders told the mayor that the various organizations were determined to strike unlens the municipal authori ties took some action to compel the traction heads to observe their recent agreement with the r aUway employes and that they had come to him as a last resort. REPORTED APPROACH OF THE BREMEN PROVES TO BE ERRONEOUS (By the Associated Press.) New London, Conn., Sept. 18. The submarine reported approaching New j London late laf t night, which was be ilieved to be the Uerman .undersea iuer- enantman Bremen was an American craft returning from maneuver!, it de veloped today. A'KEW r0W RECORD IN NEW YORK'S PLAGUE (By the Associated Press.) New York, Sept. IS. A new low rec ord in the epidemic of infantile paraly- j-s was established durlnjr the 24 houra : nu"g ai iu ociock morning, mere were but six deaths and 15 hew cases. move until sufficient cars are assembled to accommodate all. It was announced that 53 Pullmans ar,d (wo kitchen cars have been ordered to Camp Ciena and they should begin to arirve tomorrow or Wednesday. It assemble ine cars ai .New uern ana sena them to Camp Oh nn a needed. The 3.123 officers and men in the crrr.p are ready to entrain at a momerit'r to,fH' OR