Bolsheviks Strike Back as Germans Press Peace Terms
Russian revolutionary troops strike at invading Germans who refused to halt their advance after peace was agreed. Jamburg, 68 miles from Petrograd, falls to Bolshevik forces as Kiev remains contested. Berlin claims Kiev capture. Petrograd denies. France and Britain report ongoing artillery duels from the North Sea to the Adriatic as Entente forces resist German raids.
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Petrograd
Berlin
Kiev
Russia
Germany
North Sea
Adriatic
Teuton Line
Important meeting of veterans urged for tomorrow
Confederate veterans are urged to attend at headquarters tomorrow at 2 30 in the afternoon for business of importance. Adjutant C D Dowd issues the call and asks lapsed members to come. The ladies of Roland Park will serve lunch to the veterans.
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C. D. Dowd
Roland Park
Finns Seek Prince Oscar as King of Finland
The Finnish government asks the German emperor to appoint Prince Oscar, sixth son of the emperor, king of Finland, a Stockholm newspaper reports via an Exchange Telegraph dispatch.
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Prince Oscar
Finland
Stockholm
War end seen in Mississippi valley says Presbyterian preacher
Washington dispatch reports R O Alexander of Charlotte North Carolina predicts the war ends in the Mississippi valley. He says he will speak at Poli’s theater about his Bible based prophecy including high living costs wheat prices and a future sweep of American forces in Europe to make the world safe for democracy.
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Mississippi
Washington
Mississippi Valley
R. O. Alexander
Charlotte, N. C
Poli
Alexander
France
Europe
Peterson faces embezzlement charge amid shortage claim
Major George L. Peterson of Camp Jackson quartermaster staff, Raleigh reports, seeks to avoid extradition by claiming a technical shortage of funds. Pierson denies wrongdoing, cites failed leave, while North Carolina authorities await word from Adjutant McCain and General McIver before transfer.
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George L. Peterson
Camp Jackson
North Carolina National Guard
Pierson
McCain
Washington
General McIver
North Carolina
Peterson
Norris
Major Peterson
Furloughs for Farmers Approved by House Today
Washington reports furloughs for farmers and other workers needed in non military war industries were authorized in a senate bill passed by the House today with war department approval.
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Senate
House
War Department
London Air Raid Kills Eleven and Wounds Forty Six
London officials report eleven killed and 46 injured in last night's air raid. Authorities fear six more bodies may be buried in wrecked houses after seven or eight German planes attacked the city.
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London
Auto Owners to Form State Association
A meeting of leading automobile owners is called for next Thursday March 11 at the chamber of commerce offices to organize the North Carolina Automobile Association. It aims to concentrate auto forces for better road building and maintenance, enforce auto laws including safety, mobilize power for war service if needed, enact fair legislation governing relations with government and the public, and hold an annual state convention. W S Wilson is coordinating, Raleigh show attendance is expected, with local owners likely to join.
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Ateigh
Tee
North Carolina Automobile Association
Associa
W.S Wilson
Raleigh
C Iy
Palmer proposes sale of German assets in U S
Alien Property Custodian A Mitchell Palmer testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee proposing legislation to sell major enemy property in the United States. He aims to break German cultural and commercial influence by liquidating assets tied to the government and Junker capitalists, while protecting minor individual holdings. He cites Hamburg American and North German Lloyd wharves at Hoboken as examples of what could be sold.
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United States
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Junkers
A. Mitchell Palmer
Palmer
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Hoboken
Fort McPherson
Germany
German Republic
Elks Elect All New Officers in High Point Lodge
High Point lodge No. 1156 of the Elks elected new officers last evening with H. A. Millis chosen as exalted ruler. Other officers include W. P Ragan as leading knight, B. W Kirkman loyal knight, John I. Welborn lecturing knight, J. W. Garrett secretary, B. E. Freeze treasurer, Charles R. Godkin trustee for three years, George A. Matton grand lodge trustee, and S. Schaub representative to the grand lodge. A planned joint session with Greensboro lodge to discuss the state convention in Greensboro in early June was delayed as Greensboro members could not attend. next Thursday night’s meeting will continue the plans.
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High Point Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
H. A. Millis Beine
W. P Ragan
B. W Kirkman
John I. Welborn
J. W. Garrett
BE. W. Freeze
Charles R. Godkin
Uler
George
Bolsheviki Orders Mobilize All Serbians and Siberian Workers
Harbin dispatch reports Bolshevik orders to mobilize all Siberian workers for front service. Burgeois to build defenses or support mobilized workers in towns. In Washington, March 8, the Agriculture Department announced March 1 grain stocks. Corn stood at 1,292,905,000 bushels, 40.9 percent of the 1917 crop.
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Irkutsk
Vladivostok
Valdivostok
Siberia
Squad Heads to Camp Jackson From High Point
Six of eight men bound for Camp Jackson reported for roll call and induction. Don R. Kirkman led the squad as temporary corporal. Absentees Fred Turner and Charles Shaver were in South Carolina and Virginia and expected to report directly once orders arrive. Friends witnessed the departure of Randall Mann, R. T. Hood, Joseph Worth Ivey, Marvin Floyd, and Benton W. Mantley.
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Camp Jackson
Don R. Kirkman
Fred Turner
Charles
High Point
National Army
Randall N. Mann
R. T. Hood
Joseph Worth Ivey
Marvin Floyd
Benton W. Mantley
Students At Agricultural Colleges Placed In Reserve Corps
Washington March 8 Governors were notified by Provost Marshal General Crowder that land grant agricultural college students in the upper third of the senior class may enlist in the quartermaster enlisted reserve corps and be placed in class 5 by local boards as military service. The move aims to exempt registrants who can work on farms and aligns with efforts to boost national production.
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Washington
Crowder
Land Grant Agricultural Colleges
Quartermaster’s
Emperor William Telegram on Protection and Peace
Amsterdam March 8 In reply to congratulations from Philip Heineken director of the North German Lloyd Steamship Line Emperor William has sent a telegram stating The German sword is our best protection. With trad s help it will also bring us peace in the west and indeed the peace which after much distress and many troubles the German people need for a happy future.
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Amsterdam
Philip Heineken
Lloyd Steamship Line
Emperor William
Trad
Engineers of 22nd New York pass through city en route to Washington
A detachment of the 22nd Engineers from New York City totaling 20 men traveled in a convoy last evening to Washington from Camp Wadsworth Spartanburg D C. Captain Roberson led the unit which spent the night in Greensboro. They aim to relieve traffic congestion in Washington by building railroad branches. The group moved mostly by rail but some men remained unboarded due to full trains. Last night marked the third day away from Wadsworth amid delays from raids.
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Washington
Wadsworth
Montenegro Dons Peace Not Favored by Central Powers
London March 8 The Montenegrin minister of war and interior not in London writes to the Daily Chronicle denying Montenegro seeks a separate peace with the central powers. The letter says such a move would require a prior in hand approval and notes an offer reaching King Nicholas in France was refused with contempt and indignation.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Montenegro
Nicholas
France
Prominent Durham Man Fined for Assault on Stepmother
Dr George A ar, a well known Durham figure, was fined 25 and costs in police court for assaulting his step mother Mrs N Carr at the Carr home on Liberty street. Dr A N Carr, his father, was fined 2 50 and costs for disorderly conduct. Mrs Carr suffered no serious injuries.
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George Aar
N Carr
Carr
Liberty Street
A. N. Carr
Finishing Touches to Railroad Bill
Washington reports the conference on the administration railroad bill completed tentative agreement. Senate and House conferees prepared the report for submission. Railroad representatives failed to win minor changes.
Elements Behaving Queerly Stuns Downtown Witnesses
A group of high pointers and other locals observed strange celestial lights flooding the northern sky Thursday night. Witnesses described a dull red glow like a city in flames, though no fire reports appeared in Friday morning papers.
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New York
Broadway
South Main Street
Wisconsin Man Shoots Farm Manager in Goochland
Richmond Va March 8 Drexel P Shelly son of a Milwaukee merchant shot and killed the negro manager of his Goochland county farm with a shotgun. Shelly, aged about 27, is in Goochland jail awaiting his father to arrive for bail. He lived on the large Irwin area farm over five years after his health failed. He had been in a western sanitarium for nervous trouble.
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Richmond
Drexel P. Shelly
Milwaukee
Wis
Goochland County
Shelly
Goochland
Irwin
Gochhland County
Ten thousand men strike in Porto Rico
Ten thousand can field laborers in the eastern end of the island strike, forcing the closure of three shopkeepers' centrals. They demand wartime action by labor officials in Washington to decide if a general strike will be called.
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Porto Rico
Centrals
Washington
Chaplin to Tour South for Third Liberty Loan
Washington March 8 Charlie Chaplin the movie actor will spend two weeks starting April 15 touring the south to speak for the third Liberty Loan. William S Hart will conduct a parallel tour through the west promoting the same bond drive.
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Charlie Chaplin
South
Liberty Loan
William
Hart
Japan Hints Onward Aid From China Over Siberia
A Daily Mail dispatch from Tien-Psin reports Japan would welcome Chinese cooperation if Siberia demands harsh action. China reportedly has documentary proof that Germany offered revolutionary leaders help to incite trouble, including use of German POWs in Siberia against China. China seeks Japanese and American funds for northern expeditionary costs.
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Tien ‘Psin
The
Daily Mail
Ion
Germany
Siberia
China
Governor Bickett to Speak in High Point to Promote War Efforts
Governor Thomas W. Bickett is slated to visit High Point this March to deliver a patriotic address at Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church. The talk will focus on food administration, war savings and thrift stamps, with the exact date announced soon. The governor, a noted speaker, may address the politicless year aim and offer his view on the current national stance.
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Thomas W. Bickett
High Point
Food Administration
Bickett
Wesley Memorial Methodist Hepiscopal Church
War on vagrants starts as three men punished
In municipal court three young white men were sentenced to 30 days suspended on payment of costs and a choice to work, leave the city, or join the army within 10 days. Guilford County tightens action as officials push vagrant labor.
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Cuilford County
Senate panel backs favorable report on alien draft treaties
The Senate military committee, by a unanimous vote, ordered a favorable report on the administration bill to implement alien draft treaties to be negotiated, including treaties with Great Britain and Canada. It also authorizes the president to order registration of such aliens.
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Washington
Marck S—Byneanimaelly
Great Britain
Canada
Senate Military Committee
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