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Chf THE WEATHER Probably thunder ahowers to niht and. Saturday ; gratia to moderate south tad southeast winds. ' VOL. 24. No. 197. en m is 1 BY CHINESE - - Troopt of Restored Dynasty and Republican Forces Gash in Battle 35 Miles South of Pe king, the CapitaL Republicans Have 50,000 Troops, 20,000 Composing Advance Guard, Marching on Troops of Monarchy. Peking, July (.Fighting begau yes terday at Lang Fang, about 35 mile southeast of Peking, between the troop of General Chang Hsun, supporter of the monarchy, and the forces of the Republicans The situation in the capital is becom ing serious Trains are tilled with flee ing Chinese going to . Tien-Tsin The hotels are full of foreigners Small American and Japanese forces are en deavoring to come from Tien-Tain, but their arrival may be delayed by the fighting at Lang-Fang, where 5,000 of the troops of General Chang lisim are opposing an advance guard of 20,000 re publicans 50,000 Soldiers Engaged. Tien-Tsin, July 0 Fifty thousand sol diers of the republican forced are con verging on Peking and the attempt to restore the Manchu dynasty apcars to be at the point of failure. By midnight Tuan Chi Jui, wlio ha been appointed commander of the puni tive expedition, is expected to have 2n. 000 troops between Tien-Tsin and re king Large forces are coming from the south. Along the Hankow railway 1,000 soldiers are advancing. General Chang Hsun, the dictator, who attempted to restore the monarchy, has only 3,000 men. Tuan Chi Jui today addressed an ulti matum to Chang Hsnn's troops, promis ing them snore favorable treatment If they would lay dowr arms. The north ern military leaders do not expect fight ing. They believe Chang Hsun will be deserted when the strength of the re publicans is known. It is rumored that part of Chang Hsun's forces have de serted. Fifteen provinces are support ing Tuan Chi Jul. EASTST. LOUIS Refuse to Return There to Work and Will Probably Return to Their Homes. East St. Louis, July 6. Efforts of large corporations to induce negroes who fled from here after the riots of Mon day to return have not been successful. An agent for a large factory f.oday went to the municipal lodging house in St. Louis where 400 men refugees are shel tered and said he had work for 20 men. Only five negroes came back with hwn. Take Them Home. St. Louis, July 6. An offer by three Mississippi business men and plantation owners to charter a steamer to take 500 to 1,000 negroes back to that state has been made to the St. Louis Red , Cross, which is helping to provide for the refugees from East St. Louis, who came here. - Trsininj for Signal Corps. " Washington, July . iVrtually the entire strength of the signal officers re serve corps has been ordered out for bout 13 weeks of training at posts where battalions of the'regular army aignal corps are now being organized. Of the 485 reserve officers called out, 250 Will go to Monmouth Park, N. J., 125 to Fort Leavenworth, Kas., 80 to Leon Springs, Texas, and 00 to Monterey, California. ; ' ' Many Thousand Prisoners Taken. Paris, July 4. (Delayed) From April 15 to June 30 the Franco-British troops on the western front captured 63,222 prisoners, Including 1,278 officers, says an official summary of the operations issued yesterday. The war material ta ken in tha same period included 500 guns, 503 trench mortars and 1,318 ma chine guns. .-: , Vote For Conscription. . ' Ottawa, July ). The Canadian house of commons today adopted the resolu tion offered by Premier Borden passing - U second leading the, bill , focxompul: sory military service. Exciting scenes marked the takinjr of the vote, which stood 188 for and 55 against. TODAY NEGROES DOWN ON 6 C H ; M I ! " SAY SELVAGE CITY WATER Citizens Assert That Impure Wa ter Enters Deep River Above City Intake and ' Recommend Water From Another Source. Water From North Fork of River Would Be Pure and Would, In directly, Permit Extension of Sewer Facilities, They Say. Plans whereby the polluted waters of Bouldin creek may be kept out of the water supply of the city are being dis cussed today by a number of citizens who are vitally interested in the prob leni. The consideration of the danger involved by permitting the waters of Bouldin creek to be pumed into the settling basin at the Deep River pump ing station and then being punied back into the city to be used was caused by me apjtearance 01 a citizen bearing a long and emphatic petition before the city council Tuesday night which asked that some measure be taken to prevent the overflow of the sewer pumps, located on Centennial avenue, from entering Bouldin creek and then going into Deep river some little distance above the point where the water from the river is pumped into the settling basin. The plan seemingly favored by a ma jority of the citizens is one which will give an um-ontaminnted supply without the necessity of pumping it up from the river, and will permit the second ward, or a greater portion of it, to be sewer-j aged at a much lower cost than is possi ble at present, unless the scheme favor ed is adopted. The favorite proposition is to go to the north fork of Deep river, just a few hundred feet above where the county bridge crosses north of Old Jamestown, and build a small da in there so that the water may flow into the set tling basin by gravity. Kngineers have stated that the proposition is not only feasible but could lie put through at a small cost. Bouldin creek enters Deep river be low the north fork ami as it i the imi tated stream which is causing much un easiness, the pipe line, operated by grav ity, would solve the problem of pure water, citizens feel. The supply is am ple for the needs of High Point in the north fork but in the event 11 greater supply was needed, the south furk of the river may be piped from u po,it higher up and this water run into the sum II pond that is favored on the north fork. Still more water could be provided by throwing a dam across Hull Ruu, the small creek, north of Jamestown, but it probably would not be necessary to re sort to the use of the water from Bull Run for many years to come. Three small branches that merge and form Bouldin creek run through the northeastern section of the city, from Moontown across to the city ihnits and through 0. A. Kirkman's farm, accord ing to the way it was explained by a citizen this morning. The sections of the city through which these three branches run have very limited, if any sewerage facilities. The course of these branches could be followed by sewer lines and very little grading and deep ditching required until a point was reached where the city desired to empty lie lines, the cost would not he so great and the thickly populated section would be served with sewer lines and the water supply not contaminated and the health of the residents not imperiled as at present. The point was brought out this morn ing that the overflow from the -pumps located on Centennial avenue often con tinued for hours at a time and 0iat this overflow went into one of the three trib utaries of Bouldin creek, thensc into Deep river, leaving the remainder of its travels to be a matter for conjecture. The erection of a dam across the north, fork and the flowing of water into the settling basin at the pumping station by gravity could be accomplished at little expense and leave the Held for the exten sion, or rather creation, of sewer facili ties in the second ward in excellent shape. The length of the pipe line would not be over 1500 feet, it is stated, and would insure a. pure water supply, inas much as there is no settlement located along the fork of the river from which water would be taken. WANTS GUARDSMEN TO WORK ; AT BUILDING CANTONMENTS Raleigh, July 8. Governor Bickett to day telegraphed Secretary Baker and urged that 'national guardsmen not In fedcraUmiindjuljijL an opportunity to he employed in build ing cantonments, tie stated many North Carolina guardsmen were out of work POISOIS THE U HIGH POINT, RESTORE ORDER Labor Troubles in the Middle West Call for Troops to Protect Citfzena Blooomington Quiet Today. ? Troops to Globe, Arizona, Have a Quieting Effect on the 7,000 Miners On a Strike At That Place. Blooming ton, 111., July C Nino com panies of Illinois national guardsmen were ordered here early today to restore order following a night of rioting caused by the strike of the employes of the Bloomingtou and Normal Railway and Light company. The strike had lieen conducted in an ordinary manner until list night when a crowd attacked street cars and the crews, several motormen and conductors being beaten. One man in the crowd of rioters was shot and ta ken to a hospital. The city was quiet today. Troops Quiet Strikers. Globe, Am., July 6. The presence here today of four troops of U. S. cav alry and a machine gun company was expected to have a quieting effect on the Globe Miami copper district which has been in a state of nervousness since 7,000 copjMT miners were called out on strike Sunday. The soldiers were given an enthusiastic reception by citizens and there was no evidence of hostility on the part of ttie strikers, who dispersed promptly at the suggestion of the commander. MUCH IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO THE VISIT OF FLETCHER Washington, July (i.-(Hy Asociated Press.) Knough importance was at tached to the mission of Tlenry P. Fletcher, ambassador to Mexico, who left there to arrange for a conference today with Secretary Lansing on the train which is carrying him to Henderson Har bor, N. Y., for a three week's vacation. liy some officials it was assumed the ambassador wished to explain to the secretary the extent to which (Jerman activities have lcen carried on Mexico and the influence German agents have ind there. Reports that Mexico would filter the war as an all v of the entente Is not regarded by officials here as probable. CONTINUE SEARCH FOR THE SUBMARINE SAID TO HAVE BEEN SIGHTED Fortress Monroe, July 0. (By Asso ciated Press.) Naval patrol .boats to day continued searching for an enemy Submarine reported to have been seen in these waters late yesterday but no trace of the era ft has been found. Marine observers did not believe it posible for a submarine to submerge in the road or bay because of insufficient water and in this connection they point ed to the fact that the German underwa ter boat Deutchland could no go under until she passed the capes last summer, NO RENEWAL OF RACE RIOTS AND EAST ST. LOUIS IS QUIET East St. Louis, July 6. Resumption of work after the holiday was accom plished without any indication of a re newal of the race riots in which more than a score of negroes and sevenl white persons were killed earlier in the week. A diminished numlier of negroes wer returning to work, but hundreds have left town and some of the big plants admitted that output would be curtailed to some extent. Militiamen appeared to have the city adequately patrolled. NEGRO IS THROWN UPON SAW AND DEATH SOON FOLLOWS Wilmington, July . Willie Brown, negro, aged 15, while employed at Bell's wood yard yesterday became entangled in a belt, was lifted clear off the ground, hurled through the air and dropped astride a high-power saw, used for cut' ting wood. He was literally ?wed open bi.t lived two hours, dying on the oper aling table at a hsopital, where he was hurried for treatment. Ship Yards Strike Spreads."" New York, July 6. Leaders of strik ing machinists in six New York and New Jersey ship yards claimed last night that nearly 6,000 men were, already out and. if the employers did "hot meet the demand of the, men for a mimimum wage of $4.50 a day the number would be increased to 10,000 today. Kmplov ers, on ' the other hand, minimized the exten of the strike and said they could - llget more men if they needed them. (Ill GUARD COHESTO NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY i .: ... ' ' '' ' r "J : A: :.; : m r X; ?- y I ' -V"' '?r & "l No more bitter denouncements of who is ready and anxious to lead a foree of Americans to tight the kaiser's armies in France. Time was when the kai ser and Roosevelt were firm friends. For instance, when fciiis picture was taken, ii 1!10. It shows tk kaiser and the colonel reviewing a large body of German troops after a sham battle which was staged for the especial benefit of the ex-President of the United States. GERMANS ATTACK IN VERDUN SECTION Fail to Gain a Foothold and Lose Part of Their Earlier Gains As a Result. ' Having failed disastrously in their ef- forts to drive the French from their po-1 sitions on the Chemiu des Dames on the; Aisne front Hie Germans are now turn ing to the Champagne apparently witli a similar purpose. Attacks were made by the crown prime last night on the French lines west of Mont Carnillet and southeast of Tahure. The drive evidently was not of as much intensity.! those earlier in the week along the Am and the Paris reMrts says it was repulsed. The artillery lighting is proceeding ni;jlnir employe these and other sectors. In the eriliin region also the French guns are active. With trie effort of making the German trenches west of hill 1104 untenable Gen eral Petain's artillery is pouring a de structive fire. Apparently the crown prince lias none too secure n hold here as his troops were able to seize in their rush. London is reticent as to what is go ing on along the Hiitish front, where there has been indications that some movement was in prospepet. The only activity reported was a raid on the Brit ish post near Bullecourt which was re pulsed. In Macedonia there i.- some revival of activity but no on a huge scale. Kncmy troops, probaly Bulbars, launched an ult west of Dolieli southwest ot Lake Doirau but were cumpuUcd by the) British to relinquish the footing they gained. Artillejry Very Active. Berlin, July 0 An artillery battle leveloped yesterday lietween lairow and Brwaiiv, in eastern Gahcia, says the official statement issued today. The battle diminished during the night, but increased again at daybreak. The artil lery activity was also very lively at intervals further north. Answer Fraternity Offer. l'etrograd, Jury ft. -German soldiers near Baliestchi, on the Rumanian front, yesterday held up white flags and called upon the Russians to fraternize, sny an official statement. The Russian ar tillery fired on the flat's. Italians Advanced. Rome, July 6. The Italians made a surprise attack northwest of Selo on the farso on Wednesday and advanced, the war office says. Outposts were taken with prisoners. The gains were held against counter attacks., , Gunfire Increased a Petrograd, duly tl.The heavy gunfire of the Russians and Teutons in the re gion of ZlwhofT, on the eastern Gali- cian front, was increased yesterday, says today's statement. Hold Irish Convention. London, July 6. Premier Lloyd George announced today that the Irish convention would meet 6uly 2. to deal with preliminary business including the appointment of a chairman. He the government had suggested that Henry K. Duke, shief' secretary for fre land, act as provisional chairman. Russians Battle Turks." . 1 . . Petrograd, July . Russian troops and newly reinforced Turkish detach ments are engagedinDatlfe' In" the" Bis tan region 0 the Persian Mespotmainan front, says the official statement today. AFTERNOON, JULY 6, 1917. ONCE FRIENDS, NOW FOES jpgiaWsWflig the (Jerman kaiser hsve U'en uttered than E SPEECHES TODAY 1 Manufacturer to Urge Employes I to Enroll as Members of the 1 Local Red Cross Chapter. The manufacturers of the city will ud- dress their employes at the plants this Afternoon t 5:3(1 o'clock on the inmor- tance of the work the national Red Cross i -doing ami each ml every employe ol the many manufacturing plants will lie urged to enroll a a member of the local l!el Cross chapter. There are thousands nl men and women cmpolycd at the ferent plants anil the officials of the lo cal chapter feel that the membership will be greatly increased as a result of She efforts of the owners to convince that the correct thing to 1 i to join. The local chapter is making an ef fort to become one of the largest and strongest in the state and the lnemlier ship now is well up into the hundreds. At headquarters on North Main street sewing is being done every day, the wo men making supplies for Red ( loss hos pitals. Men, women and children are eligible to membership and the fee is but a nominal one. POLICEMEN WEARING THEIR NEW UNIFORMS Members of High Point's "Finest'' At tired in Their New Fixings. Chief McGhee All Dressed Up. 'Hie members of the lliyh Point police tone blos-omeil forth this niornin at tired in brand new uniforms, all uniform instead of one being one variety and an-J other another as has been customary during the past few months. The coats are cut with a close till ing military col lar. The suits are made of blue serge and are embellished here and the re with brass buttons. The uniform of Chief McGhee is ,1 real slicker, it liming shoulder straps and other decorations not going with the uniforms of the pa trolmen. The chief also wears a cap that looks like those worn by generals and warship captains in the picture". The hats for the patrolmen have not ar rived and hats of Heinz varieties are not "setting oil"' the uniforms to the best advantage, according to the opinion of the, sartorial expert of (hi newspaper. W. BROWN ROSE IS DEAD AT HOSPITAL IN ROCKY MOUNT Rocky Mount, duly fi W. Brown Rose, superintendent of the Rocky Mount road district for a number of years and a highly respected citien of Itocky Mount, died here suddenly at a local hospital, and was buried yesterchiy al Micldlchur. Death was attributed t" dpolexy. Mr. Rose was about -14 yeais of age. Me was attending a meeting of the county road commissioners in the sheriff's office whei he lMcame seriously ill. Medical aid was summoned and the stricken man was rushed to a local bos - pital for treatment, but all efforts to save his life proved futile, Cotton. New York, July 6. There was 'a ... 1 f i:....:.i...:.. '.1 11 re of .1 rwcci ui iniciiifaiiuu at me i,jn-iiuig cotton today and first prices showed a decline of t to 10 points. The market turned firm, however. October quickly rallied to 24.T2 while December sold up to 24.88 with the active months selling soma 19 to 20 points above last night's Ylose. . . CWonTuTSfeTjneO 24.00; October, 24.43; December, 24.61 ; January, 24.73; March, 24,83, ' - V MAK 1r1rWfe(l those spoken by Colonel Roosevelt, SOLDIERS GUARD A 195 Picked Men Bring Negro to Court For His Trial This Morn ing. Uradingtown, Fla., duly 6. Will Miles, negro, charged with the murder of a mother and baby and a fatal criminal assault April 2tl was brought here this morning on a special train from Jack sonville with 1'.).') soldiers, picked men' of three national guard companies, ,to pro tect him. The arrival of the train was secret ami there was no disorder. ludge Reaves appointed the entire liradingtoii bar 11s counsel lor the de fendant, who had no attorney, and con sultation was called with nine attend ing. Two o'clock was set for the trial. Soldiers were posted in the courtroom. SOUTH MAIN STREET OPENED TO TRAFFIC EARLY THIS MORNING The eastern side of South Main sheet, from Kast CoiiMiicrcc to Kast Green streets, was thrown open lo traffic this morning and this marked the opening of the thoroughfare from the postoftice to 1 he city limits. Three blocks of paving 011 the west side of the street remain to lie put clown Icefcue (he entire street is completed. Rapid progress is being made on North Main street ami it is probable that (he entire main thorough-, fare, both section", will be completed by August 1. NUMBERS BE USED TO DRAW NEW SOLDIERS Washington, duly fi. -Secretary Ba ker and Provost Marshall General Crow- der today were completing the final de-1 tails of the method lo be Used ill. select ing men for the army but no date of the drawing lias been announced. Or ganization of local ami district boards is necessary before the draft can begin. Th" f.7nw ing will be here ami indications ! point to the use of numbers instead of names in making selections. A- (here will be exemption among the I draff ed before (lie first increment of I II2.1.IMH) men can actually be assembled necessarily more tliali Ileal number will fje drawn on the first operation. It is probable that as many as a million or two million may le drawn and from them exemptions e made. Then the first army of (i'i.fMM) men will be formed. INVESTIGATE THE REPORTED U-BOAT OFF CAPES Washington, iiilv The reported sighting of n periscope of .1 -nliiiui me at Hampton I.'.mcU c-m-ecl the navy de- parlincnt IcnI.iv ( -,-iid in-triK-t 1011s to the commandant to make an investiga tion. According to the reports sent here today officers on one of (he warships sighted an object which he believed a 1 periscope within the waters of the Roads ; although the exact location la withheld. Dispose of Dry Issue. Washington, duly (i. Final disposi tion today of the prohibition issue1 was forecast when the food bill was taken up in the senate today although a strug gle was promised. The bill was tsken up under an agreement to begin consid eration, of the section at 2 o'clock this afternoon with debate limited. ' , Wheat -Chicago, July 6. Wheat ascended to day with corn. After opening.! to 2Vi at 1.01 to 2.02 further gains were made Ahit carried July to 2.19. NEGRO ASSAULTER COMPARE THIS PAT EH Daily with say other rtjapfr. S if it iaa't M sours t-tl ta all importaat news tmti. Member Associated Press. Mrs. Pennybacker Calls Upon th Women of America to Con serve All Available Food Sup ply to Help Win War. 'It Becomes the Solemn Duty of Every Woman to Keep Befora Her the Fact That Food Con serration is Important" Chsutaucua. N. Y., Jnly 8 (By Aaso jciated Press.) Women wera urged by l.Mrs. Percy V. Pennypacker of Auatia, Texas, formerly president of the Aaeri tan Federation of Women's clubs, la aa address she delivered today at tha Speakers' Training Camp for Education in Patriotic Service, to aid ia the war by conserving food. "If we do our duty by our allies aad the neutral countries over the seas, there will be this fall a serious lack of meat, potatoes and white flour' said Mrs. Pennybacker. "In this dilemma he government makes a direct appeal to women." . . "First, it asks that we help the men to produce more." "Second, that we eliminate waste." "Third, the government asks that wo men substitute the cheaper foods (or those that have grown costly," "Fourth, we are asked to conserve all fruits, and vegetables that are produced this summer for we shall not feel the full brunt of war prices until cold weath er conies." ' "There is a concrete contribution that earli of us can make, beginning today toward the elimination of waste. A 'war portion' shoukl be our watchword at vach meal. This does not mean hunger, it means taking on the plate only what w e will consume, wasting nothing.. . "It becomes the solemn duty of every woman to keep before her the fact that this food campaign Is not one of short duration. As lung as the war lasts, wa must 'stand by our guns'; we must re-' member that for every man who goes to the front live people at home ars needed (o sustain him. Above all things, we must let it be known that no woman has the right to buy in large quantities and hoard food for her family. Some Jme lens well said that 'such a woman is at heart a traitor.' "There was never greater need for Women to be sane than at this hour. There is no excuse for excitement or for hysteria. U't there be po weeping, no complaining, no lamentation, when out loved ones answer the call to duty." State Gathering of Veterans Will Be Held at 21-23. Durham August Durham, July tk (By Associated I ress.l -Members of the North Carolina division United Confederate Veterans, will hold their annual reunion here Au gust 21 to 2:1, inclusive, it was stated today by officials of the Durham cham ber of commerce. Until recently many veterans were in favor of dispensing with the reunion. The reunion w ill be held here in honor of General luliiin S. Carr, it was said. General James S. Metts, of Wilmington, find Adjutant General H. A. London, of I'iltsboro, are in charge. ENDEAVORERS WILL NOT GIVE SOLDIERS CARDS AND SMOKES Winona Lake, Ind., July 6.The two greatest comforts which a soldier knows,' Wgurytte and cards, will be notable hv their absence from the comfort bags 14 be prepared by Christian Kndeavor sa s'ieties. ( Trustees of the United Society of Christian Kndcavor, which plans to en list a million people In some form of service, so ordained today, it was so nounced here. M0VD2 FILMS BURN AND ; BADLY DAhCACJ BIG SKIP Bordeaux, France, July .lA flx Woke out today among moving picture Ulias in the forward part of a steam ship in dock here. .The flame fdty damaged the upper structure and spres t t the ammhanJi 4 ha karL.- Tfea firs waa put out after lost.. All of L! inquiry hsi been started, - WOHOI TOLD THEY 1ST DO - THEIR SHARE REUNION AT DURHAM III HONOR OF CARR
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