Administration Turns to Senate for First Vote on Resolution
Washington March 2 Administration forces sought to defeat Senator Gore’s anti intervention resolution in the Senate after a House delay. Senate leaders plan to push a substitute and likely vote soon while news from Verdun notes renewed German pressure in the Woevre region and reports varying casualty estimates.
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Ashington
House
Wilson
Stone
Foreign Relating Committee
Gore
Congress
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Stone
James
Sam
United States
Germany
Flood
House Foreign Relations Committee
Mann
Paris
Berlin
Woevre
Bury
Fort Vaux
Entente
Alexandria Wentzell
London
High Point Republicans dispute Duncan and Butler clash
High Point Republicans at the state convention deny Butler and Duncan won and back Morehead as a neutral compromise. They report Raleigh’s chamber of commerce has boosted Raleigh with data, articles, and events, and see Morehead as likely NC governor nominee. A telegram to Senator Overman supports McLemore resolution against infallible presidential authority.
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High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Raltiga
Citizen
Raleigh
Assembly
Butler
Duncan
J. Motley Morehead
Charlotte
Tory
Kineood Cas
Cox
Greer Parsons
Ashe
Frank Linney
Linney
John Motley Morehead
Mr. Morehead
Charlottean
Ashelmen
McLemore
Senator Overman
Jim
Rose to Address Local Manufacturers Friday Afternoon
Stanley H. Rose of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce arrives from Charlotte to speak to High Point manufacturers Friday at 4 pm. He tours the country sharing what the government does for American business and how foreign trade information is gathered.
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Stanley H. Rose
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commercce
Charlotte
Mr. Rose
Manufacturers’ Club
Atlanta
New Orleans
Mobile
Rome
Aivaphite
Nashville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Department of Commerce
Rose
High Point
Wey
Mr. Ross
Southern Railway appoints welfare agent for employees
The Southern Railway company named Rev. Charles L. Bass a welfare agent at 8060 annually to uplift employees morally socially and industrially. Bass a Methodist preacher and former attorney and Georgia legislator joined the ministry after leading a church near Immanuel Yard in Georgia. He left on a tour of inspection with VP Copeman.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway Company
Charles L. Bass
Vr. Bass
Georgia
Imman Yerds
Southern
Bass
Copeman
D Mood Welborn Dies At 39 In Trinity Area
D Mood Welborn a prominent young farmer died at his home near Trinity from pneumonia aged 39 He left a widow seven children his mother three brothers and two sisters He was active in Hopewell Methodist church and Guilford council No 2 Junior Order Funeral services will be held at Hopewell church Friday morning with the Junior Order in charge.
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D. Mood Welborn
Trinity
Mr. Welborn
Roxie Welborn
J. S. Welborn
East Washington Street
Royals
Welborn
Hopewell
Hopewell Church
E. N. Crowder
Roosevelt Withdraws Name From Illinois Primary Again
New York March 2 Theodore Roosevelt’s decision to not allow his name for the presidential nomination was reinforced as his secretary John W. McGrath ordered the withdrawal of Roosevelt’s name from the Illinois primaries. This marks the fourth state where he refused. the others are Nebraska Minnesota and Michigan.
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New York
Roosevelt
John W. McGrath
Mr. Roosevelt
Submarines Torpedo Four Vessels Reported
London reports four more vessels sunk in the North Sea. British smacks crews landed at Lowestoft confirming the loss.
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London
Lowestoft
North Sea
The Weather Overcast Tonight and Friday Rain Likely
Overcast conditions persist tonight and Friday with a good chance of rain. Winds are moderate and variable as the forecast calls for unsettled weather.
Pitt County Posse Hunts Escaped Convict and Murderer
By the Associated Press march reports an escaped convict and murderer, Evans, shot supervisor Reddie A. Smith near Ayden as Smith led a posse with hounds. Smith died or likely fatally wounded as Evans fled behind a tree. Evans had escaped two weeks earlier after fatally wounding guard Joseph MacLawhorn with a pickaxe. Authorities say the suspect is demented and unlikely to be captured alive.
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Associated Press
Reddie A. Smith
Pitt County
Ayden
Smith
Evans
Conviet
Joseph MacLawhorn
Moewe Captured by British Cruiser Report Hints Doubt
Press dispatches from Montevideo claim a British cruiser intercepted a German auxiliary Moewe near Brazil and towed it to Trinidad. Uncertainty remains whether the captured vessel is Moewe or the German cruiser Roon.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Europe
Brazil
Triniad
Theer
Roon
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