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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
1
Washington awaits a cabinet briefing and a possible US break with Germany over unrestricted submarine warfare. Officials expect a decisive move soon, with pressure mounting as ambassadors await a state department statement and the White House weighs diplomatic steps.
Earleston South Carolina February 2 Collector of the port Peters formally assumed control of the German freighter Liebenfels sunk in the harbor yesterday under conditions suggesting scuttling. The vessel lies in 30 feet of water.
Salem Oregon February 2 Oregon's alien land bill was withdrawn from the legislature by Senator George R Wilbur a Democrat who said he did not want to handicap the President with possible Japanese complications during the present crisis
Weather forecast notes a severe cold wave tonight except for the west, with fair conditions Saturday and continued cold. Northwest gales along the coast diminish by Saturday.
New York February 2 Stocks opened heavy and feverish on a lack of new developments. Losses of 1 to 4 points appeared in Atlantic Gulf and East Indies Texas Company and industrial alcohol while Erie and Crucible steel stayed below yesterday. United States Steel was flat then slipped nearly a point with a few gains seen in Reading American Locomotive and bet Sugar.
New York February 2 The New York Cotton Exchange board of managers met in a special session and decided it was in the best interests of the trade not to close the exchange despite the international situation. The meeting followed Augusta Georgia’s exchange action urging universal closure.
Washington February 2 The senate passed a resolution by Senator Smith directing the attorney general to investigate buying and selling operations of the New York cotton exchange to determine if the methods used restrained trade. There was no debate.
Citizens of High Point and nearby areas are invited to Greensboro Saturday at 2 p.m. for a mass meeting to gauge popular sentiment on the location of the new Guilford County courthouse. Attendance is urged to show regional interest in the site decision.
Announcements sent to city furniture manufacturers for a dinner at Elwood Hotel next Thursday at 6 pm to discuss a proposed exposition building costing about 50 000 dollars with 200 000 square feet of floor space. Attend by Commercial club officials to outline lease terms and private offers to erect the facility.
In Chicago on Feb 2 the wheat market opened with mixed moves from a 1 percent decline to a 2 cent gain with May at 1.63 and July around 1.42 to 1.43. After initial slips prices firmed slightly before retreating and then hardening across contracts.
The article notes limited military operations amid a new U boat campaign. It reports growing artillery and reconnaissance activity along the front, especially on the British front in France and in the Somme region. Fronts in Russia Romania and Macedonia show few notable events. German reports indicate no changes.
Berlin reports show major firms expanding female labor with fourfold increases in some plants. Women fill half the Berlin street railway payroll and many office roles, though heavy labor remains limited. Officials say some will stay after the war while others are temporary. Washington disclaims any Germany communication and delays on U S statement.
Weather forecast indicates unusually cold conditions across the eastern states with freezing temperatures reaching toward Florida. Storm warnings are to be displayed from Nantucket to Key West as temperatures are expected to remain low with only slight moderations along the lower Ohio valley to the middle Gulf coast.
London February 2 Lloyds announces the Norwegian steamship Portia has been sunk. The crew was landed and saved.
John F. Hummell a telegraph operator testified he did not receive the Connolly forecast of the Presidents message. He said his wife and Joseph M Becker’s wife were the only two between the Hutton and Connolly houses and he never handled the flash from New York aiding Connolly in composing the note. Becker had testified similarly.
Funeral services for Mrs C C Walker were conducted at the First Baptist church this afternoon at 2 30. Rev James A Clark officiated. The deceased had resided in the city for years while her husband headed Tate Furniture. She is survived by Mr Walker and two daughters. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
New York trading opened with nerves evident in the cotton market but activity limited. March jumps 15 points at the start, May rallies from 14.60 to 14.94 in the first hour, while other months fluctuate. March 15.17 to 15.06, May 15.26 to 15.07, July 15.10 to 15.07, Oct 14.52 to 14.65, Dec 14.65.
New York Feb 2 hearings by the leak investigating committee will resume in Washington at 10 am Chairman Henry announced. George A Ellis of E F Hutton and Co who wrote the warning message to brokers about the coming peace note will likely be the first witness.
An estimated forty people died in a Chicago west side gas explosion and blaze. Firemen and workers freed three unconscious survivors hours after wreckage removal began. Two women and two girls, unconscious but alive, were rescued and hospitalized. A tenant reported seeing a neighbor with a match before the blast. Seven investigations started.
A gas explosion and fire in a West Fourteenth Place tenement leaves about forty dead and as many injured. Firemen face freezing conditions as rescuers recover two bodies by daybreak and save scattered children dropped from upper floors. Railway switchmen help rescue fifteen children. The blast is blamed on a main in the basement.
Speaker Murphy introduces a constitutional amendment to limit terms for state officials to non successive terms, with judicial education legislative and health posts exempt. The measure proceeds as next election submission. Senate debates yield little, while warehouse receipt and Cape Fear navigation acts pass. Adjournment set for noon Monday.
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