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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1917
Page
1
Fragmentary report discusses German peace proposals and the stance of entente powers. The text references President Wilson, prospects for negotiations, and expectations that German attitudes might shift, but details are incomplete.
Fragmentary note indicates an aide memoire from the entente allies was forwarded today and copies sent for timely reply. It mentions urgency before tomorrow and bond timing to ensure accurate receipt. Confused letters and garbled phrases reflect damaged OCR.
Washington reports the United States sent no second note to neutrals after dispatching its peace note. Diplomats in neutral capitals were told to hint that neutrals could act on peace if deemed wise, while the U.S. acted on its own initiative and did not seek approval from other nations. The note aims to press neutrals while highlighting their intolerable position.
Tuskegee Institute releases 1916 lynching figures for the United States. Fifty four persons were lynched that year, including 50 Black victims and four whites, with 42 of the Black victims charged with offenses other than assault. Georgia accounts for more than one quarter of all lynchings. States listed include Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas with multiple offenses cited.
London reports the first hours of 1917 as Britain and France greet the new year amid artillery salvos and flare signals. Soldiers and civilians observe the moment across trenches and cities while officials prepare announcements from Allied leadership regarding the war’s next phase.
In Phoenix crowds gathered to witness the inauguration of Arizona governors as two men claim the office. Incumbent G W P Hunt and Republican Nelson E Campbell each asserted their claim while official certification awaited court review of alleged irregularities in the election. The state decisive step depended on certificates and court rulings before Hunt would officially enter the state house.
Paris reports from the war office say German assaults on the Champagne front were launched yesterday but were repulsed. On the Meuse right bank artillery was active with no other notable front action reported.
On the Moldovan front yesterday Austro German forces continued heavy attacks in the Zabala valley with repulsed Russian and Romanian counterattacks. In Dobrudja Teutons captured about one thousand men four cannon and eight machine guns. No reports from Franco Belgian or Macedonian fronts.
The crew of the Alondra, engaged in the Canaries fruit trade, arrived at Queenstown via London. They report the vessel was wrecked on rocks off Baltimore on the southwest coast of County Cork, with nine drowned and four dying from exposure.
London reports December 1 to 23 casualty figures: 815 officers and 36,350 men. Weather halted Somme fighting. daily average 1,548. November average 2,488 and October 3,452. Total Somme losses reach 520,017 since the campaign began.
A new South Carolina law banning employment of children under 14 in textile mills takes effect today. About 2400 children cease mill work. the old limit was 12. Enforcement lies with the state Department of Agriculture factory inspectors.
Watch night observed at Wesley Memorial Methodist church with 9:30 services spanning old and new years. Congregations from South Main Street M E East M E North Main Street M P and Wesley Memorial joined in programs led by Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe and other pastors with sermons on unification and looking forward. Special music and social intermissions accompanied addresses by Rev Towns end Robbins Dixon Barber and others.
Captain Victor Brown of the American schooner George W. Truitt Jr. was washed overboard and drowned during a heavy gale off Cape Hatteras. The vessel arrived in Charleston from New York under the charge of the first mate.
United Confederate Veterans members and their wives gathered at The Enterprise hall for the annual smoker hosted by High Point business leaders and Miss I Irvin Paylor. Veterans enjoyed candy canes carved with pipes, tobacco and food while exchanging memories of sixteenth decade battles and current European warfare comparisons. The event drew many locals and demonstrated communities’ respect for the Confederate veterans as their numbers dwindle.
Greensboro news reports measles epidemic in the city with one death attributed to the outbreak. City physician Dr. F C Hyatt says schools remain closed for an additional week and may extend further if the epidemic is not cleared.
Imports of boots and shoes from abroad topped the pre-war record for 1895 to 1897 by value. British-made shoe exports exceeded the previous wartime peak by over five million dollars.
Raleigh scene as Buncombe representative Galastin Roberts arrives with supporters and assurances of backing for the speakership. Roberts and allies express full confidence and promise a hard fought race to become the next speaker of the North Carolina House.
Light rain this afternoon with overcast skies. Warmer tonight. Tuesday looks fair with continued mild conditions.
Washington observers note a subdued New Year with President Wilson skipping a New Year reception and Secretary Lansing following suit at the diplomatic breakfast. Secretaries Baker and Daniels hosted navy receptions while cabs from rulers and leaders worldwide sent greetings as departments closed for the day.
The St. Ferdinand de Halifax asylum in a remote area catches fire late Saturday. Sisters of Charity rescue 135 inmates and 30 schoolgirls, but 46 women perish, including one sister, with no outside aid available.
Elsse May Sink, three weeks old of Highland Avenue High Point, has two grandmothers three great grandmothers and one great great grandmother all living and in good health. The five generations are believed to be a regional record in this section.
In Montgomery a Negro Emancipation Day event adopted resolutions endorsing moving of African Americans from the south to the east and middle west. Hunger and necessity drove emigration, and greater personal liberty and broader franchise were noted as incentives.
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