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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. :
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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
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f the river Nme in northern finvfa ' "U 'I" 10 UB!to 25 miles an hour. 'The reorder ,ave!
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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.
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k itii in1 i 1 1 ii in h rp nn inr in ii.c ,4r. i
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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 !
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1 umy a 111 I'd 1 11 11 1. 11 v iiuumiiioii jjs v -
uiiki uuja, r-wiin nume in
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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
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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.
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ifinf nf lnu lmnrv- hut tin- iitlier n-nmniii
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Aiur gving a inue ways 101 k lurnea
Hn-'Briunu anl U)UI lurniT 11,11 .i1' "
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j 111:11; an 1 uriier mnumvu, 4 111 k jmin -u
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1 - . . x 1 , a ' 1 a . . 1 11 a 1
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u Hiin nr,4i I u I inn iimit'i.
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through Turner's moi;
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cttMT in nm nsnt side, utKirrnetuli
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york sg .ji, . few vear. 0ider it
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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
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k 'pkyed in Newport Xl.wg or Ports-
tnoull
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PLANS ARE FINISHED
' FOR THE IMHOFF TANK
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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
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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
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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
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will give fair warning t. the publicj
t now." declared Hip r,vnrrf..r -for i I
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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
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'convietiin on tliw iliari.a ,.t sn.uH n.r i
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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
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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
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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
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iten back home. Hie t'salmixt hadu t
dor,e a thi"; e wai iit,y meditating
" linX something. He had net got out
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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
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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-,
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delphia, who died Saturday at New Lon-...
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don. Conn. Quietlv and sadly he at -
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fonHfwl 4ha ftiim1a funeral Kirvivft nf
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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
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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.
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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
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U the ruffed Santa Clara canyon dis- .
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trict to the northeast, according to re
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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