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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1917
Page
6
Guilford County Farm Bureau will hold its next regular meeting at the Greensboro chamber of commerce on Saturday at 11 a.m. Members will elect officers and hear reports on county, state, and federal funded activities. Attendance is urged for counsel on future bureau work.
A detailed list of inter league spring games featuring the Boston Nationals, Philadelphia Americans, New York Americans, Detroit Americans, Cincinnati Nationals, Brooklyn Nationals, Washington Americans, Cleveland Americans, and other teams. Games are set across dates in March and early April in cities such as Miami, Palm Beach, Macon, Dublin, Memphis, Rome, Little Rock, Dallas, Cincinnati, and more.
The Duke of Atholl has died leaving 202000 acres of Highland estates in Perthshire. The acreage compares with several European holdings and reflects the era of large hereditary landowners. Also noted is the broader scale of UK land to population and the wealth tied to aristocratic holdings.
A navy commission report headed by Rear Admiral Helm recommends a submarine training base in Los Angeles and a submarine war operating base in San Diego. The document publicized yesterday by the Navy Department notes this is the commission's third recommendation and that further reports will cover the Pacific, Atlantic, Gulf coasts and insular possessions.
T. E. Wagner states he has disposed of his interest in the Brown and Wagner case to L. A. Brown and will not be liable for any debts contracted after February 1.
Reports from Honolulu describe unprecedented activity at Kilauea on the island of Hawaii. The lava lake fills the Halemaumau crater, spouts fountains hundreds of feet high, and glows visible across the island and at sea. Professor Jaggar and assistants tested lava temperatures near the rim, and MIT’s Jaggar emphasizes ongoing monitoring to predict eruptions.
A nationwide drive begins in negro churches and organizations to liquidate the mortgage on Frederick Douglass’s Anacostia home. If successful the site will become a museum preserving his books, relief, and records for the colored people of the country.
Stockholm reports Germans voice mixed reactions to Poland’s proclaimed kingdom. Ultra annexationists oppose any change, while others fear Polish strength in Prussia and Germany. Concerns include Russian influence, Austrian non German influence, and Poles’ apparent indifference. Some expect 80 000 to 100 000 Polish volunteers if a king is named.
John Tebbutt, 82, Australia’s leading astronomer, died in Windsor New South Wales where he built an observatory. He gained world fame for his precise observations of comets in 1858 1860 and 1865 and devoted his life to comet discovery and study. In 1862 he declined the government astronomer post for New South Wales.
Frankfort Kentucky February 14 in an extraordinary session the Kentucky general assembly convened under Governor Stanley to consider tax reform legislation gathering state lawmakers for urgent fiscal debate.
Pensacola Florida February 14 Captain Francis T Evans of the navy flying school completed a successful loop in a hydroairplane at several hundred feet. Report states it was the first somersault in a hydroairplane in the United States.
In Madrid during a debate on the economic situation Count Alvaro de Romanones said the cabinet was ready to resign if critics believed another could do better. Antonio Maura claimed King Alfonso lacked full liberty of action. Romanones replied the king had liberty to act and ministers would resign if advisable.
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