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THE FAMILY I
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VoL 23, No. 292.
HIGH POINT, N. C, THURSDAY AFT. COrirCCTCZZR 23, 1916.
Subscription Price $5.00 Per Year.
TROOPS OF EIITENTE IMOORE B0U1ID OVER
KILLED HUSSAi:: .0 SAVE SrLF, WOMAN'S DEFENSE
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Fall of Tchernavoda Cause Di
vision Many Escape Over
Danube Bridge.
day Moore, Charged .With Theft
of Automobile, Held Under
$1,000 Bond. .
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Says W. P. Rsran, Who Sabxitj
Some Figures to Offset the
Deroocrttic Reckoning.
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MAKE STAND IN DOBRUDJA
On-Western Front Germans Are
Reported to Have Ceased
Counter Attacks.
(By the Associated Picm.)
.- The situation of the defeated Russo
Rumaaian armies ia Dobrudja appears to
be lightly k-w critical from todaj'a of-
ncd report from Fetrograd, which de
scribee the porswire of Field Marshal von00""
Mackenscn's army a hoinew-Vi: vcak-
' Unofficial dispatches from Berlin re
;"vt the entente force split in two
with the fall of Tchernavoda,
I some' of the troops escaping over the
great Abridge acroa the Danube, while
otlira-vtni northwest rnl; MxN&p
Apparently the section in Dobrudja it
able to mak j some sort of a stand
Sigaiost the onrush of the 3ulgaria,
the Geramns and the Turks north oi
the Constaza-Tchernavado line.
Aa a whole the situation for the Ru
manians is considered by military ex
p4ta in Berlm as inereasignly preca
rious in connection with the operations
in Dobrudja and the Auetro-German suc
cesses in the mountain pase on the
north.
Petrograd ofwrts that Teutonic" pros
Mire has been arrested in the Transyl
vania border region.
On the western front the Germans ro
reported by Paris to have ecassd their
counter attacks at Verdun. Die new
French position, however, are r.till un
der German artillery fire. French mili
tary writers fay that the potation at
FortVaux is such that its capture by
,&e French is momentarily expected
.inao
vance is on.' The French cavalry ha oc
cupied a village in the vicinity of the
Greek-Albanian bower, wniw w
ians have driven the Bulgarians and the
Germans further back in the region of
the Ccnia river, southeast f Monaster.
a,eording to Paris.
BoAarest accounts of
the fighting
along the Transylvania border reports 1)a(1 tol(i the j,. when he rolled llr
the capture by the Rumanian of ajcar out 0f rg Reitzell's garage and
height south of Bicaz. !
In this region some 25 miles south
east o.f the frontiers of Bukowina, Tran
svlvania and Rumania the Rumanians
Jfcave apparently again advanced several
miles into iraiwyivaniau wriwij-
Also ground is held on the Transylva
nian side- in the Oitur valley region,
Bucharest declares.
Berlin reports further gains for the j iaj m(Bt 0f the clothing that, according
Austro-Gcrman forces .on the northern j to Clii'if Gray, he admitted he had stolen
Rumanian, front and also declare that:from Silver's store.
F cld Marshall von Mackenscn is mas.-
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ing progress with the campaign in,with stealing elothing from Silver'e stor..tora, V()t(g Ma mad(J by both parti,.s ;
tibrudja. .
The Rumanians have blown up the
"Vhemavoda. it is announced.
' in t ilPCT r ADATr
-v EVER ERECTED TO BE
BUILT BY GOVERNMENT
. tliy the Associated Press.)
San Antonio, Oct 26. Prepartions
were started today at Fort Sam Hous
ton for the construction of a garage
which Is said to he the largest ever
erected.
' The structure is being built to accom
modate more than 800 of the big army
motor truck that the government has in
troduced cn the border.
-Army officials said that 25 companies
of 33 trucks each will be brought here
within a short time. ;
RETREATING ALLIES BLOW
v UP BRIDGE OVER DANUBE
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, London, Oct. 20. A Rumanian dm:
patch to the wireless press eaya that it
ia erported from Bucharest that after
the" evacuation of Tchernavado by the
Russians and the Rumanians the. bridge
1 nv ffitt T)nn:irM wa blown nn bv the
Rumanian. . " j
SECRETARY McADOO WILL
-SPEAK NEXT AT KNOXVILLE
Memphis. Tenn., Oct 25w William G
Mc4oo, secretary of the treasury, made
11 address here last night in the inter
t tjf. President Wilson and left today
for Chattanoogtt,'" where ' -he 'vepaaka to
night lie secretary has accepted an in
vitation to speak in Knoxville tomorrow.
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GIVEN BY HIS FATHER
During Trial Chief Gray Testified
That Young Man Had .:
Made Confession.
Clay Jfoorc, the 20-year-old on of A.
F. Moore, of thU city, was brought back
from Reading, IV, by Hiief Gray last
night and thk morning in the municipal
he was bound oyr to the Superior
court on a $i,uou bond tor tne larceny
of Sirs. J..R. Rcitzell'd Bukk autemo-
bile several weeks aj,o.
The iacUurroundln; the stetlu ;: rf
been arrebtdMr. Keitrell's ear and two
days thereafter of the taking of C. M.
Hwcr' machine are known to the peo
ple of High Point. Let Wednesday
night Chief Gray and Joe Tomlinaon left
for Reading, Pa., Ut bring lack Moore
who had' been arrested in that city for
the theft of Mrs. KeitzeUV car and also
for taking about $150 worth of clothing
fromt he Silver clothing store. About fc
o'olcnk last night Chief Gray and Mrs.
ToulinM O returmd in the Buk-k "1k"
with Moore.
The trial tLU morning wa ihort,
Moore was in court with hi father and
counsel, T. J. Gold. He put up no evi
dence and did not renit tho quest ifcv
of nrobable cause.
Dr. H. W. McCain was the ftrt-t wit-fw
and he Identified the automobile
neia
which Chief Gray had brought back s
Mfl.'ReltwUV car. The madiine looke 1
as if it had been in tine hape. It did
not show that it had been stolen prop
erty for several weeks; that H had been
traded off once and that it had jtjiu to
iVnrSyfviiili aria baxk-H';nileaget iot
nearly 1,600 ''KdeA..IafacViM:ehuw
looked like new. .The car looked at home
on .High Point's streets.
tfliirf Gray was the next witne'.
told of the complete confession of t-l'-.v
Moore. Moore faid that he took thf eftr
i after deliljerate' conndeiuthin. ft- wax
Lfcout 3 O'elot;k in the morning, Moore
hastily moved on to Danville, which city
he reached about 0 o'clock. That wpa
Sunday morning. By Sunday night he
had reached Harrisburg, Pa.
In Pennsylvania Moore irauea iner fn ..ofion
Bukk for a Monroe roadster and a little
V 4 I 4. VI..,.r l,al tl n( flint i
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cash when he was arrested in Pennsyl-1
vania.
When he was arrested he also
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The case asninsi aioore cnarginz niui ,
wm come up tnun omorrow ,..,, 1 Rdministration offi,,iaU watt,hed with
it being continued on account of the ab- ( lnt(.rP8t the spirit of Mr. Wilson's recep
tee of the special prosecution for the ,m T,iiy rjrpreMpd tncm80ivt.g aB WPu
state.
The $1,000 bond required of Moore in
the automobile case was given by his j
father and uncle and the boy was al
lowed to go.
HUGHES HAS STARTED
HIS FINAL SPEAKING
JAUNT OF CAMPAIGN
(Bv the AsMc!ate press.)
Hartford, Conn., Oct. 26. Charles E.
Hughes went into "the home stretch" of
the campaign with the opening speech
here' today. ,
Left New York.
New York, Oct. 26.-Charles E. Hughes
tbia morning left Xew York on his last
trip of the presidential campaign.
. His program called for three speeches
today, at Hartford, Conn., Providence,
R. I,, and Boston, where there will be a
night meeting held.
Mr. Hughes will not return to New
York until November 3-
His itinerary calls for four days in
New York state exclusive of Sunday,
one day in Ohio and two days in Indiana.
Mr. Hughea will return to New York
Thursday and will spend two days cam
paigning before- winding his trip here.
The last speech o,f the campaign will
4 be at Madison Square Garden on Satur
day night, November 4.
Tigen Leading.
Br the Associated Preml
' CoItMTibia, 8. C, Ort; JSFlrsthalf.lin his efforts
Clemson 7, South Carolir. 0; third pe
riod, CliMso 27, South Carolina 0
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herself, will be the defence of Mrs. Margaret Beutinger on trial in the Essex county
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ner nve cbildren wai oe caireo sy ine
Mrs. Beutinger has not seen any of ber
been taken away from her.
On the night of the tragedy Mrs. Beutinger styt her husband struck her.several times. On the day before, she asserta,
he also attacked her, following a quarrel over a ! .11 belong lug. to one of the
under her pillow. When her husband entered ,1 rooin again to atack her,
and shot him,. fearing that be was about
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URGES NEED "
MRITUAL UNITY
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Cinoinnnti, ()., Oct. 26. President Wil- j Xcweik. X. I.. k't. 2. Mk. Marga
son, speaking at Cincinnati reception to 1 r t (.'. I'.iM tin r f....k t'10 witness stand
him at the chamber of commerce, today , .. t(i(,,,v aM(1 ( 1( of w.,f
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urgea ine neeu lor a spiritual unuy
on the part of the people of the United
States to prepare for greater work ahead
0n hil? way nen, thil4 morn;ng the Pres-
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iani was yrwiea nv crowds in a 11a 1
dw(.n 0)lio U)Wn j'ie aj,IH,ared on the!
observation! platform at each stop, shook
hands with as many as possible ex-
changed remarks and thanked Che crowd
for coming out to see him.
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pleam-d.
This was Mr. Wilson's final middle
WCstem trip. It was the President's
jfirt isit in Cincinnati during his ad- , jt announced that this is the first'
; ministration. jtsep in the effort to preach the gospel by
J The President's program includes .four'th,, ,rs
I speeches, a reception, a linch, a dinner,
1 and an automobile ride.
j COTTON SHOWED RENEWED
! NERVOUSNESS EARLY TODAY
(By tha Associated Press.)
Xew York, Oct. 2t-The influence of
yesterday's sensational break resulted
in renewed nervousness and excitement
m the cotton market this morning.
The sharp opening occurred on ar a'c
iiimulation of overnight selling or Iim,
followed by a rally to 19.20 for March
or about $2 n bale from th low p.'int
of yesterday afternoon.
Tbia rdvance encountered a rentwal
of general liquidation, however, andi
March broke to 1.89 to $1.70 per rnie
advance over last night's closing figures.
TROOPS NOT ORDERED FROM
BORDER PATROL DUTY YET
Washington, Oct. 26. The activity of
Villa bandits, in northern Chihuahua had
the effect today of convincing officials
that , no thought should ,b given to the
removal of guardsmen from patrol duty
or the withdrawal of Pershing's columns
from Mexico,
Fear Is felt that if VHla'ie suecessful
it will be easy for him to get control
of northern Bfcxico.
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shot her. hisband. after suiTerinir much
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aejeasc 10 jesiiiy,. to me uwiuen
children ia several week, permission to
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to Jvill . Beutinger wai tilled almost
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WOMAN ftSStff
j SHE KILLED HUSBAND !
defending herselfi
d.feii'
the trial
for the
murder ot
liir luiv.'n.l, (Vi t.'lT, 01" Xew York, coal
! m reliant, in the
home t Caldwell, X.
The defendant's uttor-
.1., July II last.
nev e i :t 'ei thm
Huet'mger had threat-
.tied to ki-U his w;e ami was approach
1 iug her with upraised hand wIkmi ulr.'
j shot him. The trial began yesterday.
DECIDE TO PUBLISH
NEWSPAPER IN ORDER
TO PREACH THE WORD
iliy the Associated Press. 1
Kt. Lours. Oct. 2tt Publication of n
, weekly newspaper by the Protestant j
j Episcopal cJ.ureh was decided upon at
i utav'H -cmion of tlm pnnvMltinn fieri. '
; Today's house of deputies plannen to
I attempt the discussion of the reprt of,'
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the joint committee cn the revision and
enrichment of the bexk of prayer.
CHARTER IS OBTAINED FOR
BELMONT BRIDGE COMPANY
(I5y the. Associated Tress.)
Raleigh, Oct. 20. An application for
a .charter for the Bedmont Bridge com
pany w .s filod hen? today with the secre
tary "i state. Eight hundred of the
$,000 c.pital utock is paid in. The com
pany proposes to huildjf, operate and
mainta'ii a. toll bridge acrors the Ca
tawba river between - Mecklenburg and
Gaston counties on thl site of the old
ferry.
PRESS ASSOCIATION WILL
MEET AT HENDERSONVILLE
Brevard, Oct. 26.-On Friday and Sat
urday of this week tne weekly newspa-
per men of -western , North Carolina Will i
be the gueaU of Gordon?. F. Garlington,'
edilor oX the French Broad Hustler, atj
Hendersonville, when the weekly , boys ;
will be shown what there, bj to see- in the
capital of Henderson with the idea
view to go back homo and write it up
lorJthenefiLot thos baoM
foy the hoppitaHty of the nendersonville
editor.
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brutality at his hands, in order to san
court today. It is expected that aer.ral
jura, ueutuiger rweivea iruiu art aunuanu.
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meet them in the warden- office having
children. , Mrs. Beutinger had a revolver
Mrs. Beutinger 'says,' she s'eued the pistol
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FIVE
CHILDREN LOST THEIR
LIVES IN EIRE T0UA1
(I'.y lite Associated j'ress )
Kinnhain, (Quebec, Kt. 2ii. Six adults
SIX ADULTS
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j and five children, at least, lost then j Surry county is to give 1,500 Repub
! lives in a lire which destroyed St. Kliz- lienn, .Vlokes t00, Alamance 100, For
j alu-th hospital her,' early tod My. This syth 400, Oruiigc 2W), Person 15fJ, Rock-
forenoon the ruins were still Ma.iie iiiliain 00-
1 and it was iinpossii)le to approach il.i Th- f k'nitn-rats will likely c.nry GuLl
I Some to aie nirsisng. I ford for Stedman by 000, Ca uvell 250,
J I'p to noon no Indies l ad been fo.iatl. j Dorluici .'00. (.'ranxille ;;oo.
i Tin M.rvi .is v civ csKcii to many of. -Hut I am going to carry Guilford
their hollies. Ihc missing were iwra-
1 lyties.
I Mary c'lildri'ti w "c ii)nred by .jnn'p
ing t'roi.i windows mid f.iur may die.
: The proiH'rty los i estimated u
I P3."),fltlO.
The in-titiitiou
m.i I'liiiiaucd hv tic
(Jny nun? and was composted 01 two
buildings, one lor a lionpitul H.r pa-
tie nt
dren.
and the ether u school for chil-
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VILLA FORCES DEMAND THE
SHORTENING OF U. S. 0UTFOSTS
I Major Stedman has been incapacitat
(Ky the A-sociat- d Pre-s.) j in this campaign and he lias left the
f Viliimlnw V M. (let 'ill.--America iim :.. .1 1.1 1 ,
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coining from Mexico report that V ilia
forces operating near Xamiqiiipii along
a 2"i-mi!c trfint south of the American
(xpedit ion's southern out posts, have de-
manded shortening of the American . M. f..,,
troopt' lines and a jniio.(l evacuation oi ,
Mexican territory l.y tin- I nited St:it
arniv.
PRESSURE ABNORMALLY
LOW IN GULF SECTION
By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 26.- Pressure was
still abnormally low today over the Car-
lloean " ttnu u" " f rv
. ! I il... r...ll... n.i.l nv
', tremely so into tlieiui,t oi luexico.
! Then, was definite evidence of an in-
! dependent disturhancc ciT the east Flor-
! ida coast and the wither bureau or-
' dere'd caution.
j MINE SWEEPING VESSEL
, IS TORPEDOED AND SUNK
(By the AsoMHtd Prss i
, London, Oct. 23. The British mine -
' Iwceping vessel Denista has been tor -
injpedoed and sunk according to a an -
nouncement by the British admiralty.
! of the mine-sweeping crew were ; lost.
The survivors number 12.
"GRISSOM WILL WIN OUT
After Chairman Hum Had Made
His Forecast of Retult, Mr.
Ragan Speaks Rijht Out
Whil' t.ris t,ni. Ripublicai
caodicLite for t'ongress, bat bom dart-
'uig hitli r aud j on in his Ford runabout.
Major Char! M. iStedman has been, sick
at Washington, and the Republicans are
strong in their blie.f that Grissom'a
work will reap iu reward at th polla
I and the DfUtocratrt are as certain that
Stedman will nwivo an even larger ma
jority than ever.
County Ctairuiun Charlie Himea has
given out figure claiming the fifth dis
trict for Stedman by a majority of
3,450, while W." P. Ragan, of High Point,
thinks that Grisom will get 1,700 ma
jority in the district. And there yoi are.
Mr. Hine4i-Bot certain but that Sted
man's majority will run as high as 4,500.
There are 11 rounties in this district
and Hines admit that two of then will
go Republican. He gives Surry to the
opposition by 5U0 and Stokes by 250. All
the other nine will go Democratic as
follows: Ahmance 300; Caswell 550;
Durham 800; Granville 1,100; Guilford
W00; Forsyth 150; Orange 100) Per
son 5Q; Rockingham 200, according to
Mr. lline. Carrying nine counties in
the district 1iy,Jhia fashion would give
Stedman a majority of
"hy, 1 . am surprised at Charlie,"
said Col. BUI Ragan. this morning when
(evaa shown bjj figure albeit he hd ,t x
Wt Jtw.tyiwv 'i'read U10, mominV na- f
energfitic but a bit-itvor-cnthueiustio, I .
Iiave Ix'n lii u)litic ftfcout 25 years and
am in homo dgre' familiar with eondi
tioMs in the fifth lif;tru:t. Giilium Gris
soin will be rl.'itid." And these were
tlx" titfurck and tlie dope that Colonel
I',!! !.:u:ded out:
'nie R'mMii'a will curry wen of
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11 r.n--Af- ,1:1.1 the ciajvirity will bo
1
1.700.
, connlv, ' Haid t Is- lt-mibliean nominen
.for
t he houso remi mher that." Mr.
I'll-..-:!?' ',;..".il Ipv majority hetween 250
i:: i ;:.".o l thought that several of the
otln r 1 o.n.ty . ai'diiliif. s wou'd bo elect-
d including tin- ci;in:nissiom ra.
There is -u. d.nihtiiig the fact that
(;iHi:Mii (Jrbsom has been doing some
, worL , thi cuililia.ie'n. StennOTaroWi.
are
Hiding ..it literature and he is rid-
11. g over the flistiict ninking speeches
and 1 ttint' a word drop hero and there.
The Democrats d i not now what he is
doiii'.' or -ia v ing.
mira" 01 1118 m
i ti. II. n,..nrii;,. ,uM ,..:n
: it has been learned, devote more of their
jtime in tii" district to the record of
eoiiirr s.-ii n ...n,l ail appeal in his
TEDDY MEETING WITH
WARM WELCOME WHILE
ON MIS WEST ERN TOUR
(J!y tie A-sim ait ;d Press.)
( hicavo, O' t. A so nn dron of cow
leys recruited from tin- slock yurd9 will
' s -ort (il. Thci dorc Ko'isevelt from his
I. i I i . 'II' 11 . l l .1
",)U1 u im Pv""n ock yarns
where he will deliver an address tonight
I'hiim r?rt hcini' mndp for mv'intr thm
Lionel u warm welcome on his arrival
here from the west.
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Btrieve in "Kncck-Out Blow.
Clinton, Iow a, Oct, 20. Col. Roosevelt
""waking from his train here today, com
jil'meiited Iowa for its "intense Ameri-
canism," where men and wm- -.
j v. Hing to encounter work and make am
. effort for America."
J 1 don't want a fight," he continued.
j "I will do everything '?
; softly. When 'yon'v fft to b?t a
knock him out."