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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
1
A Swedish report via Berne states Russia and Bulgaria signed a separate peace with Bulgaria’s allies’ consent. Diplomatic ties resume, Russia recognizes Bulgaria’s right to name a Danube convention delegate. Bulgaria appoints a minister to Petrograd and a general to Odessa, resuming navigation to Odessa.
Washington reports on January 1 as the House considered the Susan B. Anthony amendment with President support. Baker predicted adoption by a two thirds margin, while Lenroot claimed certainty. Meeker blasted Congress as run by preachers and women, as anti suffragists oppose the measure.
Weather officials warn of a series of disturbances moving from the west gulf toward the east gulf and the South Atlantic states this week. Cold temperatures prevail in the north as the system reaches the South Atlantic by Saturday night and Sunday.
Ottawa January 10. Fire at Water Street General Hospital injures and destroys part of the building. Nurses evacuate 167 patients. one severely deformed child strapped to a bed with weights on an injured leg perishes in the blaze.
Washington reports through intercepted communications and material found on over a score of arrested aliens a coordinated effort to reorganize German sabotage and antiwar propaganda inside the United States.
Petrograd reports Deutoff and Kalédines defeated as revolutionary forces pursue Deutoff and retreat Kalédines. Rostov workmen and soldiers' council liberated. Cossacks oppose Kalédines as his troops move toward the Don river.
Thirty four registrants from High Point township failed to receive mail questionnaires due to address changes from registration day June 5. Local boards may place them in first class and immediate induction unless they report and justify the lapse.
The Tar Heel chapter will meet with Miss Winifred Perry at her home on Thurston Street Friday afternoon at 8 o clock.
Order No. three by Director General McAdoo raises demurrage to 38 per day after two free days, cancelling all average agreements. Effective January 21, the rule targets slow freight release to curb car delays and storage use amid labor shortages. General Manager Price urges shippers to cooperate to avoid embargoes and reduce congestion.
Three people were killed and eleven injured early today in a rear end collision between two sections of the Missouri Kansas and Texas flyer at Granger, about forty miles northeast of Austin. Initial reports claimed sixteen deaths, later denied by railroad officials after investigation.
The German delegation in Petrograd asked Swedish legation to mediate with Britain France and Italy. They would handle commerce and prisoner releases, not political talks, with negotiations to proceed via the Swedish minister in Berlin or the German minister in Stockholm.
City records show 459 births and 229 deaths in the year, with whites contributing 380 births and 182 deaths while Negroes recorded 79 births and 47 deaths. Death rate pegged at 15.25 per 1000, aided by improved sanitation and some misattributed city deaths.
Washington January 10. The food situation in Europe grows critical and the Food Administration plans to release 90 million bushels of wheat to aid allies. If consumption is not reduced a flour shortage could hit in May before June crops. Legislation for wheatless days may be pushed and war bread considered. Camp Sevier Greenville South Carolina January 10. Two deaths reported Tuesday by divisional headquarters Mont Mec 120th infantry and Tyrd Erwin 115th Field artillery.
Snow has halted Austro-Hungarian offensives on the Italian mountain front where heavy snowfall has buried trenches and hampered supply lines. Western fronts show continued fighting near Seaplane area and Verdun as reports of British and French actions surface alongside Brest-Litovsk peace talks and Russia’s debt repudiation rumors.
New York reports show renewed heavy selling in cotton as prospects of rain in the southwest and less optimistic talks on the peace outlook spread. The market opened barely steady and declined with January at 32.40, March 31.80, May 31.87, July 31.08, and October 30.05.
Fort Smith Arkansas January 10 A powder and dynamite camp at Toepperson Okla eight miles east of McAlester Okla was blown up at 12 30 today according to a message received over a railroad wire It was reported there has been loss of life
Governor Thomas W. Bickett calls on every minister in North Carolina to deliver sermons on war savings certificates. He urges a Sunday January 13 kickoff to boost the state quota, with literature available from Colonel F. P. Fries in Winston-Salem.
At Camp Sevier Greenville 8 C January 10 officials debunk rumors that officers forced soldiers to pick cotton from private fields for profit. Investigations show land leased for camp use had cotton. prisoners and soldiers labored to harvest it, saving government costs and earning funds.
Schumann-Heink John McCormack the Paulist choir and other famous artists will appear at Camp Sevier Greenville S C under Knights of Columbus auspices. No dates set yet and appearances arranged by K of C committee on war activities Washington with other members to be arranged. Admittance limited to men assembled for the event.
Paterson New Jersey January 10 Du Pont powder plants at Potatton Lake and Haskell, dedicated to war work, warned they could close within hours unless fuel deliveries arrive promptly. management stated the shutdown would stop production of war materials.
James J. Farriss, recently appointed a Senate page by Senator Overman, is praised by Colonel B B Halsey as the brightest and best boy ever employed on the Senate floor. Farriss, son of Postmaster J J Farriss, has shown remarkable ability to learn the ropes.
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