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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1918
Page
1
General observers reported the first heatless Monday nationwide with coal and freight restrictions. In Georgia and the Carolinas activity paused. Florida enjoyed warm weather easing restrictions while cotton mills operated with hydro power if possible.
Washington Ada May 2 1918 Government appeal agents have been ordered to appeal all deferment classifications granted for marriage since May 1 1917 to ensure uniform action. Provost Marshal General Crowder told state governors the review aims to standardize local boards reviews of marriage cases. No general policy on men marrying after the law but cases will be considered on their merits.
Frederick L. Woolworth a private in the army quartermaster corps confessed today that he started the fire that threatened the quartermaster's storehouse and destroyed $50 000 worth of food and supplies in Washington last week He said he was a maniac and had previously fired a lodging house in Worcester Massachusetts in 1916
In a Senate address on January 21 Senator Stone called former President Roosevelt the most potent agent the Kaiser has in America and the most seditionous man of consequences in the war. He charged Republican leaders with plotting to take control of government and politicize wartime policy, naming Willcox and Penrose as witnesses and alleging partisan inquiries into war operations.
Amsterdam reports that negotiations between the central powers and the Ukrainian Peoples Republic at Brest Litovsk have produced a framework for a peace treaty. The war is to be terminated once the agreement is concluded.
Amsterdam reports the Dutch government has provisional agreement with Britain to charter all merchant steamers in American ports for one round trip. About 80 vessels will be used, avoiding war zones, with five carrying materials for Switzerland and two bound for the Netherlands Oversea Trust. Ten cargoes deliver 150000 tons of Belgian relief food and may later serve American coastwise trade or Java sugar runs.
A two column Daily Mail contribution attacks the government and staff over Cambrai front events. It claims British high command was not surprised by the German attack on November 1 and accuses officials of covering up the loss of ground and German claims of tanks prisoners and machine guns.
Guards were posted around federal buildings housing U S insular government officials after security alerts were received. Guards also kept watch on bridges and other key points in San Juan Porto Rico as of January 21.
Three year old Louis Welch son of Mr and Mrs J F E Welch of Jordan Street was badly scalded Saturday afternoon when a boiling kettle tipped over in the kitchen. Immediate care was given and recovery is expected.
Rocky Mount authorities authorize purchase of 1,000 cords and have contracts for over 300 more. With 100 cords on hand, the stock will exceed 1,200 cords once all orders are fulfilled. The wood is to be kept for emergencies amid a dire fuel outlook.
The report says sixteen German airships were brought down in France on Saturday. British forces also damaged Goeben and Breslau at the Dardanelles, with two British monitors lost. Bolshevik moves in Russia dissolved the constituent assembly, while strikes spread in Hungary against German influence. Premier Lenin rejects reassembly as guards patrol the deserted assembly hall.
About $100,000 in street assessment bills were mailed from City Manager Thomas J. Murphy’s office. The first payments cover completed asphalt work with McD Gordy from South Main Street paying $210 in full. City funds are expected to rise as more payments arrive in coming weeks.
Secretary Baker says the allies hold an expectant stance on the western front as Russia's recent events bolster the central powers' strategic freedom. The weekly war review notes continued pressure and shifting geopolitical dynamics.
Washington January 21 The Supreme Court reversed a Porto Rican decree that had made the island an incorporated territory under the federal constitution. The ruling changes the status and constitutional application for Porto Rico.
After sessions of the exemption board, 106 High Point township registrants were reviewed Saturday and today. 33 were placed in division A class one. Most of the remainder went to division A class four, with a few in classes two and three. list includes Stewart Osborne Brown Val Farlow and others.
A meeting of the War Savings Stamps committee for High Point Jamestown and Deep River townships is set for 7 20 this evening at the Commercial Club Col Westcott Roberson chairs the committee with HW Adams A Ed Tated J Elwood Cox and Weaver M Marr as members. Other residents will attend to promote government war savings and thrift stamps.
The passage notes a misstatement about Liberty bonds and explains that thrift stamps sell at 2 cents each and can be exchanged for war savings stamps after a required quantity is bought. It states no person is limited to more than 100 dollars in stamps.
President Wilson signals he will deploy all his influence to defeat the cabinet bill in the Senate. He vows to fight to the finish, as reported from Washington on January 21.
Washington January 21 The Supreme Court ordered mandates returned at once in most draft case convictions upheld by lower courts. Sentences for Goldman Bergman and Finn Golduvan will not be issued until February 21, with immediate action expected in remaining cases.
Director General McAdoo told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee he favored returning railroads to private ownership after peace but only after new laws governing operation are enacted. He denied involvement with the fuel restriction order and supported its beneficial effects, noting the public and shippers will be accustomed to government handling by war’s end.
Washington January 21. Senate military committee introduces a bill to establish a war cabinet of three distinguished citizens appointed by the cabinet with presidential consent. The cabinet lasts six months after the war or until a date set by the President. The president opposes the bill but it proceeds amid a potential executive legislative clash.
Washington reports Provost Marshall General Crowder notified draft boards that under selective service rules permits may let men aged to go abroad and enlist in armies of foreign countries. Several men have begun pursuing such permits.
Bids were opened for an Elks hospital intended to treat wounded soldiers in Boston. The project, to be funded by the fraternal order, aims to erect a facility offering shelter and training in useful trades for recoverers.
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