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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
4
The Enterprise invites short letters on current topics with writer names required. It is a second class matter at High Point North Carolina and carriers deliver the paper in town. Subscribers should report late delivery to the circulation department.
A garbled column discusses wartime shortages in New York and the Southeast, army snobbery prompts inquiry, and power outages forecast for Greensboro and High Point. It notes Secretary Baker being pressed by a senate committee on arming forces, draft registration pauses, and exemption boards sending questionnaires with seven working days to respond.
The National Child Labor Committee bulletin surveys 1916 17 reforms and relaxations in state child labor and compulsory education laws. It notes four states weakened rules during war, while eleven strengthened them plus new mothers pension laws. The report analyzes worked versus unemployed children in New York Manhattan, finding working youth more linked to juvenile delinquency and urging stronger enforcement and vocational guidance.
The Interstate Commerce Commission analysis shows that railway travel ranks near home in safety concerns. Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the American Railway Association special committee on accident statistics, discusses observations from the 1916 incident report. The report covers 302 companies with 139000 miles of railroad.
Poem describes a mother's dream of her son marching in autumn uniform then sailing away. She envisions him earning laurels and returning, while band music and fairies mark his voyage. The notice closes urging full attendance at the Masons meeting on Monday December 17 at 7 30 p.m.
A radio message reported the British steamer Knight of the Thistle foundered at sea during recent north Atlantic gales. Eighty four survivors were said to land at the port today. No wreck or rescue details were given, but the loss is believed to have occurred in the severe week long storm activity.
An official German statement announced that a Russo-German treaty has been formulated and dispatched from Amsterdam on December 1, signaling a new diplomatic accord between Russia and Germany.
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