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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1917
Page
1
About 20 German aircraft raided London this morning at 9 30 with heavy bombing. British artillery and air forces engaged, damage reported in central and east London while crowds watched. Official British tally listed 37 killed and 151 dead? Wait.
Washington July 7 The Senate rejected Senator Reeds amendment to the Cummins provision granting the President authority to withdraw liquor from bond when in the public interest The chamber voted 65 to 12 in favor of adding Senator Cummings amendment proposing government seizure of bonded stock and payment to distillers for distilling costs with a 10 percent profit.
The cotton market closed steady with July at 26.40 cents per pound, October 25.87, December 26.02, January 26.12, and March 26.28, reflecting a stable trading session across the futures curve.
Washington on July 7 the state department asked all Germans formerly connected with the embassy or consulates in America to leave the United States. The move signals that their presence is undesirable though they were not accused of spying. The concern is their potential to report to the Kaiser and risk sending information to Germany.
Councilman Dr D A Stanton and a city physician refute the Enterprise article on water contamination. They cite a June report from the state laboratory showing one typhoid bacillus per ten drops and admit one unsanitary spot on the watershed, to be corrected within one to two weeks.
Boston welcomes hundreds of Be nevolent and Protective Order of Elks members arriving from across the country. The reunion opens with religious services at Trinity church and receptions by Greater Boston lodges. The traditional parade is canceled with the $10,000 redirected to patriotic funds and a mammoth military procession planned. Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois chosen to give the patriotic oration.
Raleigh July 7 The coast artillery corps of the North Carolina national guards will not be called to the colors until July 25. The War Department advised the adjutant general that previous orders setting July 15 for the call have been changed.
Reports from Petrograd describe intensified fighting in the Pinsk district on the Russian front while Austro German forces focus near Galicia. A French advance east of Weshete outlets Germans from the Monthaut ridge area as fronts shift on the Belgium front.
Advices from the front report gains by the Russian army in Galicia with the ith army taking the first line trenches and also capturing the second line.
Berlin reports successful repulse of an attack on Konunchy and further northern actions in eastern GaWia. It also says Russian assaults in the Carpathians were checked with heavy losses.
Chicago reports leaders in the major leagues through games last Wednesday. Hits leaders include Cobb of Detroit at .383 in the American and Chase of St. Louis at .354 in the National. Cobb and Weaver of Chicago tie for most runs with 47. Groh of Cincinnati leads National with 48. Pipp leads American home runs with 6. Hornsby of St. Louis and Cravath of Philadelphia tied with 7 in the National. Detroit tops American team batting at .251 while Cincinnati leads the National at .266.
The Savannah Sugar Refining Company plant in Savannah, costing $2,000,000, will start operations Monday morning. It is the city’s largest new enterprise in a decade and one of six U S sugar refineries, with the New Orleans plant as the other in the South. Fully staffed, it can produce up to one million pounds of sugar daily.
Proposals for forming a national army machinery by Monday appear unlikely as only eight states have organization ready. The delay may push the first draft to mid next week. War department officials have not disclosed the selection method.
City officials in High Point support a free public library and expect funding under a new 1917 law allowing continuing appropriations. The council could contribute beyond 500 dollars, with Carnegie Foundation support and other sources aiding the library project.
Weather forecast for the southeastern states calls for normal temperatures and occasional local showers during the week starting tomorrow. Stronger activity appears in coastal areas with brief rain chances, while inland regions expect mostly dry conditions.
At a church business meeting eight men were elected to the deacon board: A A Taylor J M S Salisbury T P Burrus M R Shields T P Wrenn W C Idol A T Moffitt C H L Clinard. The ordination sermon will be preached by Rev. Dr. L M Mercer tomorrow at 11 o'clock. the public is invited.
Mrs. Nona Griffith, 51, a respected resident, dropped dead last night at 10. She had complained recently but appeared in good spirits moments before. Sister of J. W. Edmondson, the family held the body for funeral plans awaiting word from relatives in New Hampshire.
The Myrtle Desk company donated 100 dollars to the Red Cross fund, a prominent local gift. Officials note the donation was omitted from a recent Red Cross subscription list published by The Enterprise.
London reports that the German chancellor, Dr von Bethmann-Hollweg, will offer peace basis terms in a Reichstag speech. The move follows a shift abandoning any separate peace with Russia, signaling a Russian offensive must be faced.
London reports the Lloyds marine insurance committee has lost 2,600 workers during the war and now operates with older workers and youths. Last year premiums reached 35 million pounds, highlighting the impact on the industry’s labor pool.
Press reports wheat sagged on dull demand after a two cent lower open. July futures opened at 2.10 and eased to 2.09 as the market followed a weaker trend into the session.
The Merchant's Association directors voted to extend the pay up period through July 10 to help credit customers settle standing bills. The move aims to improve credit ratings now being formed with a rating bureau. A new farming page will be added to The Enterprise weekly.
Amsterdam July 7 reports a clash between government munitions plant workers at Hemburg near Amsterdam and soldiers. Workers joined by strikers were fired on by troops during food riot unrest. one man was killed and several wounded.
A petrol shortage drives London's transport to use a single deck motor bus fitted with a coal gas bag on its roof to substitute for petrol. The measure aims to keep services running despite fuel scarcities.
Plans for county councils of defense to assist soldiers, sailors and marines. Each county committee will include a banker, lawyer and business man to manage private business, insurance, taxes and mortgages during absence. They will aid employment on return, arrange training for partially disabled, prevent legal abuse, and support dependents. Raleigh announced July 17 by Associated Press.
City Manager Thomas J. Murphy head of the Elks in North Carolina and past exalted ruler of the Greensboro lodge cannot attend the national convention in Boston due to duties of his office. He had planned to be among those present but must forego the occasion.
Major L C Sinclair of the High Point lodge of Elks travels to Boston Mass for the Elks National convention in session. He leaves Friday night and will conduct lodge business at eastern points before returning home.
The German Imperial Supreme Court in Berlin ruled that war is no excuse to dismiss an employee called up in September, upholding a suit against a summary dismissal. The court said war halts dealings with warring states but firms may operate in neutral states, keeping employer obligations in force.
The New York cotton market opened nervous and irregular after a sharp advance. June remained steady after the call while October held at 26.96 and January at 26.24, with the rest of the months showing mixed gains and losses. Futures prices opened steady with July at 26.60, October 26.00, December 26.10, January 26.16, and March 26.38.
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