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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1917
Page
2
A Sunday fire partly wrecked the Friends church at Commerce and South Main, valued at about 25000 with some insurance coverage. Firemen fought a windy blaze for nearly an hour. roof damage forced water access and interior destruction while the frame granite veneer building suffered interior losses and planned rebuilds.
The article traces rowing regatta history from 1896 to 1901, noting the Varsity race length reduction to three miles and earlier shifts between four and two mile formats. It also reports the United States National Lawn Tennis Association executive committee meeting February 8 9 in New York to discuss a stringent amateur rule and other changes to doubles championships qualification and national events.
Berlin reports via Sayville dispatches that diplomatic relations between Germany and the United States have been broken. The Overseas News Agency cautions that no official confirmation has been received and notes Germany regrets the interpretation of its note by the American president.
New York Feb 2 government authorities had not decided whether to convoy the American Line steamship St. Louis to Liverpool. The case was still under review in Washington as the noon sailing time approached. President Franklin of the International Mercantile Marine said the steamship Philadelphia was expected to reach Liverpool today and he would be notified immediately if disaster occurred.
London Feb 5 The American Embassy received formal notification from Washington to discontinue representing German interests in Great Britain. The British government was advised that due to severed diplomatic relations the United States had ceased to represent British interests in Germany. The State Department said it had not yet decided if a neutral would be entrusted with German interests in England.
Omaha reports Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train No. 12 derailed after striking an open switch near Cromwell Ta late last night. Injuries are reported among several passengers, with no confirmed fatalities at this time.
Covington Virginia burns as fire razes the business district reported by the News-Leader. Hot Springs and Clifton Forge fire departments assist Covington’s crews in stopping the flames.
Federal authorities confined the crews of five German steamers and one Austrian vessel in Boston. Local customs officials received the orders from the treasury department in Washington yesterday. Many crew members had already left their ships with belongings or parts of the ships’ equipment.
Berlin reports Germany today acceded to American demands for the release of 72 Americans taken from ships sunk by a raid in the Atlantic and brought to a German port aboard the steamer Yarrodale via London on February 4 in a Berlin dispatch dated February 5.
Honolulu authorities report the interned German gunboat Geier, a 1,604 ton vessel built at Wilhelmshaven in 1894, was set on fire by its crew today after internment following the outbreak of war.
Jackson Mississippi February 2 record low temperatures swept the state with the thermometer climbing as low as 16 degrees above zero at the local station. Strong cold wave warnings were issued as residents faced freezing conditions and icy roads.
The Wesley Memorial church board of stewards met yesterday morning and, with no dissension, endorsed the Commercial Club movement to invite the Methodist hospital to High Point. They offered their assistance to the club committee to meet the required conditions, believing the hospital would benefit the city and showing willingness to cooperate in securing it.
Washington reports the Belgian relief commission suspended all transportation facilities while negotiations with the Spanish ambassador in Berlin seek a safe lane for supply ships to Belgium. Fifteen ships near the war zone are unreachable, raising fears for their safety amid submarine hazards. Hoover, chairman, says staff will stay on duty and not fear internment.
Capt. John Wesley Bradford a longtime Winston-Salem resident and former chief of police of Winston and Forsyth County deputy sheriff died at City hospital after months of illness. His body lies in the Huntley Hill Stockton parlors as funeral arrangements are pending.
In Whiteville the court named W. P. Manugum Turner of Wilmington as temporary receiver for Cape Fear Oil Company. Liabilities total 510,000 while assets, including book accounts, amount to 540,000. The order returns February 12. Cape Fear Oil, an independent firm eight years old, is led by President J. W. Brooks and Secretary-Treasurer J. W. Yates.
Salisbury report states Lee Honeycutt who shot himself after killing Lindy Casper was dying with doctors holding out little hope for recovery. His condition had worsened multiple times since the self inflicted injury and was described as desperate.
Washington instructed, W. H. Berry ordered officers and crews of the Prinz Oskar Rhaetia and Franconia confined to their ships. A strengthened guard was set, with about 50 men in total under tighter surveillance.
Public notice advertises a Broadway showing featuring Marguerite Clark in Snow White. It also includes a mail-in offer for Foley products and a trial package from Mann Drug Co with instructions to mail a slip to Foley & Co in Chicago.
The 1917 spring style review opens at the Strand theater under the Chicago Garment Manufacturers Association. Brillant chev rots Jersey cloths Rajah silks in plaids and stripes will appear in new suit and gown cuts. Shows run at six and two with tableaux featuring up-to-date women’s apparel.
An elderly couple from Harrisburg Pennsylvania report kidney pill relief for kidney trouble. Mr and Mrs T B Carpenter both in their seventies claim renewed vigor after using Foley Kidney Pills. Bates bladder weakness backache rheumatism noted. Mann Drug Co.
A noted authority warns daily meat intake forms uric acid that paralyzes kidney efforts to expel waste. Symptoms include dull kidney pain, backache, headaches, dizziness, sour stomach, coated tongue, and cloudy, irritable urine. Recommend Jad Salts to flush kidneys.
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