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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
1
Premier Kerensky says the core government issue is immediate country and revolution safety at any cost. He argues reimposing the death penalty at the front is needed to deter traitors and cowards and to prevent sacrificing the army. Russian and Romanian front reports detail heavy losses and troop retrenchment amid ongoing battles.
A 13-year-old son of David Waney was struck by a car near his East Green Street home around noon. Clyde Farley drove on, leaving the scene as the boy lay injured. a Teague companion fled after the impact. Police sought Farley. initial reports warned of possible fatal injury but later said the boy’s condition was less severe. Amsterdam dispatch reports German losses and captures by destroyers near Texel.
The first field casualty among American forces in France occurred when a soldier removed a safety pin from a live French bomb during training. An explosion followed, costing him his right hand though the bomb lacked a full charge.
Deputy Wagner and Officers Fulton Hiatt found a 35 gallon copper still five gallons of sugar head whisky and an Oscar Holder suspect after a Deep River search. Two hundred gallons of beer spilled and the still and keg destroyed. Holder was captured asleep in a wagon near Hilltop and jailed in Greensboro. The key and still are kept at Deputy Wagner's office.
Two nominees for the western district exemption board declined to serve and Governor named replacements. Kh B Redwine of Monroe refused due to local board membership while W N Reynolds of Winston-Salem also declined as R J Reynolds Tobacco officer. A H Gallaway and E T Cansler were appointed to fill positions. Joseph J Mackey of Raleigh named federal disbursing officer and enrollment director to succeed A L Fletcher. The infirmary company of the first regiment field artillery at Wilmington was first sworn into federal service.
Raleigh reports a government order facilitating mobilization by authorizing subsistence for 55 to 75 cents per day when armory housing is unavailable and permitting lodging at home or with friends. National guard members with no nearby home may receive up to 75 cents for lodging. Accountability for abuse is strict.
Washington reports that parcel post packages to American Expeditionary Forces members may be sent at 12 cents a pound. No registration, insurance, or C O D is allowed. Wrappers must show sender name and address and the addressee’s unit with the wording American Expeditionary Forces.
Mrs. James C. Martin aged 87 died at her daughter Mrs J P Redding 420 Broad Street early today at 12 30 AM Born Milton Conn August 24 1829 She was married to William Martin in 1857 and moved to this place The only survivor is her daughter The funeral will be from the residence tomorrow at 4 50 PM Archdeacon Hardin of Salisbury and Rev Gilbert T Rowe will officiate Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery
Paris reports no merchant ships lost during the weekend ending July 22 according to an official statement. London reports the American sailing vessel Augustus West sunk last Saturday with the crew saved. no further details available.
Mrs. W. M. Bulla and family with Miss Annie Lee Farmer of Gainesville Florida are spending the summer in Trinity at the hotel. Miss Clyde Leach leaves for Charlotte to visit relatives and friends.
The Central Engineering and Construction Co of Greensboro says Centennial avenue and the lower East Washington street paving were delayed by necessary ditch refilling and pipe work after the avenue was turned over. City labor shifts and weather further stalled progress. the firm argues the city delayed and misinformed the public in a previous article.
Rome officials report two Italian steamers were sunk and a small sailing vessel damaged during the weekend ending midnight July 22. The statement issued yesterday confirms sailors were uninjured and notes no further losses.
Officials from Dominion Coal report the New Waterford mine explosion remains of undetermined cause with 62 dead and 46 bodies located. At the time, 260 men were underground and rescue teams work to recover the remaining victims. Many workers were married and two men died after extraction.
A bomb exploded early today in the Bismarck hotel in downtown Chicago, forcing guests from the building and nearby hotels into the street in their night clothes. Damage is estimated under $1000, mainly broken windows, with police blaming labor troubles affecting the hotel management.
Edward N Hurley of Chicago is sworn in as a member of the Shipping Board to replace William Denman who resigned at the President's request Hurley will be elected chairman at a later meeting of the board and take the helm in due course
Berlin reports German forces seized dominant positions on the Aisne front northwest of Hurte hise. French trenches about 1800 meters long and 400 meters deep south of Ailles were stormed, the war office states.
Washington reports continued attacks on the 27 million rivers and harbors bill as opponents charge a pork measure is being rushed under national defense. Conferees on the administration food bill seek to reconcile house and senate differences amid a tough fight over a war expenditure committee and a three member food control bill opposed by the President. The house instructs conferees to disagree with all senate amendments as talks proceed and prohibition questions may be resolved to aid revenue planning for the war tax bill. Night sessions are planned with public remarks withheld until the bill nears completion.
Berlin reports the British submarine C-34 has been sunk by a German submarine. One survivor captured. C-34 built in 1909 among eight identical ships, 313 tons, 12 feet draft, 14 knots surfaced, 10 submerged, two torpedo tubes, crew of 16.
Amsterdam reports provisional German birth data for 1915 and 1916 revealing a 39.2 percent drop in live births in towns of 15,000 or more compared with 1914. The fall in births dwarfs declines in infant mortality, signaling war’s lasting impact on population.
Washington observers report a new cross referenced master list will let registrants learn exactly where they stand in the draft by matching red ink numbers to drawing numbers. The plan aims to minimize paperwork and speed up selection as Goethals may head American engineers in France.
Pangkok Siam July 26 The machinery of Austro German steamers seized after Siam declared war on the central powers July 22 was found damaged All male subjects of enemy countries have been interned and enemy businesses will be wound up Nine steamers totaling 19000 tons were seized by the Siamese government They were owned by the North German Lloyd company
Cicero R. Barker, longtime manager of the Kluttz drug store in Salisbury, died yesterday at 9:30 am in Asheville where he had been for treatment. He was a Confederate veteran, survived by his widow Mamie Young, and had lived a retired life after years of ill health. The body will be brought to Salisbury for burial.
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