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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1918
Page
1
Vorwaerts denounces Lloyd George as disguising his aims but calls the abandonment of interfering in Germany's internal affairs gratifying. It says restoring Alsace Lorraine to independence will not meet resistance, and notes that inhabitants are not foreign enemies but German neighbors.
The Home Banking Company reported its most prosperous year in history with a 6 percent dividend declared at the annual stockholders meeting. Cashier M. Crowson presented a positive report noting record profits, deposits of 246000, and growth across all departments. Charles Hayworth and M Crowson were elected to the board, with existing directors and officers retained.
Baroness Zollner held in Chattanooga on espionage charges will receive a Federal court hearing next Monday in Knoxville. Judge Sanford granted the bail petition, filed by her counsel, arguing continued confinement harms the countess health.
Washington January 1 The rules committee assigned control of the woman s suffrage constitutional amendment to the new suffrage and judiciary committees for tomorrow s vote. The resolution states the amendment makes no limitations.
Census Bureau reports cotton ginned before January totaled 10 450 401 running bales with round bales counted as half and linters excluded. Last year by January ginnings were LS089 491 bales including IS 8052 round bales and 115 945 bales of sea island. State ginnings this year list North Carolina 543 525 South Carolina 1 146 226 and Virginia 16 275.
A Greensboro based paving firm Central Engineering and Construction faced a creditor meeting this morning at Roberson Bernhart and Smith. C C Cox was elected trustee as creditors filed several claims. The session reconvenes January 17 in Greensboro to determine assets and liabilities as the firm had delayed work on Centennial avenue and moved most equipment, with city funds to finish the job remaining.
Chief Moran of Government Sleuths hunts for a man in Washington after an anonymous letter offered 108 dollars in counterfeit bills to the Treasury as a supposed conscience fund. The bills were identified as fake, prompting a capital-wide search for the offender.
The hospital ship Rewa was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel on January 4 while en route from Gibraltar. All wounded were saved, three crew members were casualties. It complied with Hague markings, and was not within the barred zone per a German statement.
Four firemen were killed and four injured when the walls of a moving picture theater at Chicago avenue and Levent street collapsed during firefighting efforts. Several hundred spectators in the street narrowly escaped injury as debris fell.
The local exemption board completed mailing questionnaires to registrants in High Point town ship. Since December 15 mailings have reached 5 percent daily, covering order numbers OGL through 1737. Classification will begin, with waivers of deferred classification first, followed by local and district board reviews.
Washington reports that the government operation of railroads will bring broad rate readjustments. Officials indicate the noncompetitive market will drive increases as abnormally low fares due to past rivalry disappear. The Interstate Commerce Commission has been alerted to these changes and the shift is expected to prompt public debate on higher rates.
The navy department announced that nine crewmen from the steamer Harry Luckenbach, torpedoed and sunk January 6, remain missing. Vice Admiral Simms reported 22 crew members were rescued.
Two steamers bringing 13,000,000 pounds of Cuban sugar arrived in Philadelphia today. The sugar will be refined promptly to relieve the existing shortage and aid consumers.
Georgia Senator Hardwick denounces a senate measure to place newsprint control under the war trade commission. He says regulating the newspaper industry won’t help win the war and jokes about sending reporters to the front. Senator Smith defends the plan, calling the industry trust controlled and urging government intervention if desired by the president.
Reports describe another outbreak in Portugal with mutinous crews aboard Portuguese warships bombarding Lisbon forts. The text claims the government of Dr Lodinio Paes remains supported and order is restored.
Routine council actions dominated last evenings session with no new district assessments ordered. The local fuel committee is out of business for now after selling all coal received from the state. coal trains run both directions and churches cancel Wednesday services due to scarcity. News notes pilots enter aviation service with Russell Williamson to report in Atlanta and Earle Nabors assigned to Fort McArthur Texas.
London papers place President Wilson's wartime remarks at the forefront along with Lloyd George's labor conference address. Editors compare the approaches of the American and British leaders, noting no essential disagreements despite stylistic differences.
The 22nd annual stockholders meeting of High Point Savings and Trust was held with nearly all stock represented. The president reported strong gains in both the insurance and banking departments, a 20 percent profit on capital stock, and two dividends of 4 percent each. The old board and officers were re-elected.
The cotton market opened with an advance of 6 to 18 points on overnight buying. Deliv eries for new crop sold about 12 to 18 points higher after the call, marking new high records. January traded at 32.25 with March, May, and other months shown at 31.70 to 30.99.
Two men enlist at Camp Sevier Greenville South Carolina. Ernest Welly of Union South Carolina joins the 10th infantry and Leon Hunt of Memphis Tennessee is assigned to the 115th field artillery.
Two crew members from the destroyer Jacob Jones submarined December 6 are now prisoners in Germany. Albert de Mello seaman from New Bedford Massachusetts and John Francis Murphy cook living in Newport Rhode Island are named in the Red Cross notice.
Three cars of coal sent to the city by state fuel administrator A. W. McAlister were distributed by C. D. Smith, with two cars yesterday and one on Saturday. The lump coal went to needy residents while the dirt supplied the hospital, gas plant, hotel, several plants with government contracts, and city schools.
Bank of Commerce cashier H A Millis says the Christmas savings club will grow beyond last year. Members join with small weekly deposits across several classes, designed for all budgets, with flexible dues kept up with the calendar.
Exemption boards report trouble from parents and relatives failing to supply full information when men return questionnaires. Every drafted soldier must fill out a form even if sent to army or currently in France. A note clarifies that mere enlistment or a declaration of service does not satisfy the requirement.
Kovius Kruttschmitt of the Southern Pacific endorsed President Wilson's railroads seizure before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. The action underscores support from major railroad interests for government takeover during the period.
French troops penetrated German positions east of Mikiel and captured 150 prisoners and machine guns before returning to their lines. An assault near Ammerzweiler in Alsace was claimed repulsed. Artillery duels continued near Verdun and in upper Alsace as Field Marshal Haig warned Germany’s defeat nears and Allied offensives gained several disputed front successes. The report notes a shift in submarine patrol zones affecting Atlantic routes and neutral Spain.
Paris Jan The Reme correspondent of the Matin says by order of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg 130 villages behind the western front mostly near St Quentin have been razed to improve German defensive lines. Deportations of Belgians to Germany are said to have resumed, with only a fraction allowed to return.
An important meeting of the Point Merchants Association directors will be held at the secretary and president office tomorrow evening. Plans will be formulated for an event believed to be the heat in the history of old or new otter aviation.
President's address to Congress detailing America's programs for war and peace was heard in Washington today. The speech is seen as signaling unity in support of the president's agenda and potential peace propaganda amid debate.
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