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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
4
W N Keener and P Rawley are identified as the managing editor and business manager respectively, with Bis as part of the masthead in the historical paper. This brief item notes editorial leadership roles.
June 21 1916 editorial highlights American resolve amid crisis. praises mobilization of National Guard recruitment surge, business support for guardsmen, and promises to protect jobs while serving in Mexico. also lauds Carolina and Yadkin River Railroad electric service between High Point and Thomasville and urges reciprocal friendship.
The Bureau of Tuberculosis of the North Carolina State Board of Health issues notice to all delinquent physicians and institutions to report all tuberculosis cases within seven days of recognition. Sanatorium officials report only one third of cases are being reported. no prosecutions yet, but enforcement will continue. April tuberculosis deaths statewide reach 505, with yearly deaths around 8,600.
Right petitions circulate to gauge sentiment on calling an election to authorize issuing bonds totaling forty thousand or more. The effort aims to secure public opinion on the bond plan and its potential adoption.
The High Point council leaves election timing to voters. Some residents urge immediate street lands bonds voting while others deem the moment inopportune. Officials say a vote will be ordered if petitions show demand. otherwise no action now. Voters’ signatures will determine future council steps.
The cotton market opened steady with an advance of 4 to 9 points on June 22 in New York. July futures traded at 13.05 and October at 13.22 on the call, with December rising to 13.38 before scattered realizing and local selling checked gains. Early trading showed 4 to 5 point reversals, as July 13.05 October 13.20 December 13.38 January 13.44 and March 13.57 futures were noted.
Heavy selling hit the market at the open as Mexican developments sparked declines in major issues. United States Steel, Reading, Rock Island, and Kennecott Copper led the offers with large blocks. Mexican Petroleum, Marias preferred, and other active munities saw lighter losses while some orders relieved pressure before the first hour.
Constantinople June 22 Turkey begins its first tariff law free from foreign interference. Previous limits bound by great power obligations. duties historically 8 percent ad valorem, with gradual increases allowed by consent of Britain France and Germany. New bill sets most duties between 10 and 15 percent, many 20 to 50 percent, some up to 100 percent to protect agriculture and industry. A small free list includes school books and agricultural machinery.
Paris June 13 The Greek spy Condovannis formerly an actor was shot at Vincennes on May 26 after a March 16 conviction for passing troop details to the Germans. He faced a final appeal and protested as guards prepared for the firing squad, ultimately falling after a dozen bullets.
Chicago on June 22 saw better weather and weak cables ease the wheat market. Opening prices fell from 2 to percent lower, with July near 1.0274, September around 1.0514, then declined before a partial rally that failed to hold.
Southern Railway operates first excursion of the season to Atlantic City New Jersey on Thursday June 22 1916 with return valid on regular trains within fifteen days. Stops include Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington return. Pullman reservations required. air coaches and sleeping cars available. EH DeBUTTS D P A.
Emmett E. Walker former lieutenant colonel and George J. Head former captain of militia were sentenced to three years and one day in Leavenworth penitentiary by Judge Russell. They were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the government and embezzlement of government property linked to War Department equipment sold to Mexican constitutionalists.
Mrs Juz Torres Villa wife of Francisco Villa was arrested by El Paso police last night. Her sister and her sister's five-year-old child and a German nurse Maria Hagader accompanied them. They were deported to Juarez on Mayor Lea orders with no stated reason. Villa had arrived from New Orleans but police suspect Los Angeles. She planned to go to Chihuahua to search for her husband.
Notice states special license taxes were due June 1 and that each day of operation without a license incurs a separate time penalty. Readers are directed to contact the City Collector for details.
Berlin reports a young woman has become a forester on a count's Silesian estate. She fulfills all duties of a forester and oversees sprizn planting on the estate.
A Swiss women’s committee arranges free entertainment at Swiss resorts for 2000 Red Cross nurses of all nations. The program lets nurses spend two to three weeks in the Swiss mountains at no cost, enabling rest and recreation.
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