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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1916
Page
4
General Weaver argues coast forts can resist battleship bombardment with equal power guns ashore, noting higher accuracy from fixed positions. He cites 14 inch and 16 inch models under development at Sandy Hook and on rail cars to extend coverage, while urging stronger army navy readiness and improved coastal rails. The Randolph Progress debuts in North Carolina, pledging nonpartisan local coverage.
Rome reports a surge of renewed state interest in Vatican diplomacy after 46 years since the Pope’s temporal fall. England, Holland, and Monaco move to establish or renew ministerial relations, while Austria, Prussia, and Bavaria alter posts as Italy’s war entry reshapes Vatican ties. Sir John Howard becomes Britain’s first permanent envoy to the Holy See.
The Associated Press reports New York opened with cotton futures down 6 to 12 points on weak Liverpool cables and political jitters. March traded around 11.77, May 12.02, July 12.15 on the call, while later markets showed some weakness but buyers returning as demand steadied.
New York trading opened with widespread losses of 1 to 2 points across active issues. Industrials and specialties held up better than others while United States Steel was offered in sizable blocks, with initial sales around 5.4 and a block of 5. Shares traded moderate with few exceptions to the overall heavier trend. Later fractions recovered in part as the market moved into the day.
Chicago traders saw an upward swing in wheat as Liverpool reports flagged light shipments from Australia and Argentina, suggesting limited February movement. Opening quotes showed declines then broad gains with May and July contracts advancing to about 1.34 and 1.24 cents respectively.
President Wilson may visit North Carolina after his western speaking tour. He would stop in either Raleigh or Rocky Mount in Rep Pou's district, and Greensboro, Durham, and Wilmington are under consideration with Greensboro likely to receive a longer speech.
President Wilson pushes for a continental army as part of a national defense plan. After three weeks of hearings, opposition appears strong in both chambers. The army increase bill will likely include the continental proposal, but focus mainly on reorganizing the regular army to about 235,000 troops, with colors adding nearly 10,000 men.
German prisoners describe a "dispatch skater" corps trained to move messages across icy lakes. A Vienna organizer named Wagner, a noted skater and racer, is identified as the leader. The unit was formed to operate winter quarters along front areas, with Wagner and others captured near Volynak Volini.
A British officer reports stamp collectors in the United States were misled into accepting as genuine a German colonial stamp with an overprint G. R. £. The officer says the overprint is bogus. genuine stamps exist without the overprint, used by Germans in conquered areas and by civilians under British protection with the C. E. F. overprint.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with chances of rain. Colder tonight in western areas and Tuesday in western and central portions. Winds shift from southwest to northwest at a moderate pace.
Reverend Fred D. Hale D D of Hot Springs Ark has accepted the pastorate at the First Baptist church of Lexington. He will begin March 1 after the congregation awaited a replacement since December. Hale, born in Fayetteville, formerly led Wilmington First Baptist and Joplin Missouri church before health issues sent him to Hot Springs.
London January 31 The Woly Des dispatch reports the upcoming budget will tax theaters music halls motion picture theatres and other amusements. Railway tickets will be taxed and a 33 percent duty is expected on imported automobiles and planes with other imports to be taxed while considering colonies and neutral countries.
The West Hickman levee broke early this afternoon flooding a large area including the manufacturing district. Water backs up in the business section as eight hundred residents are rendered homeless by the Mississippi flood.
The text notes copper up from 14 to 24 cents and vanadium steel from 1.85 to 8.50 per pound, leather from 20 to 33 cents per foot, arguing higher prices are unavoidable to maintain quality. It predicts other automakers will also raise prices or cut material quality to cope.
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