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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
1
A German submarine attacked the American steamer Healdton on Wednesday evening, causing a fatal explosion in her cargo of refined petroleum. Seventy four crew members attempted escape in boats. two boats reached safety, a third capsized with most hands lost. A Dutch trawler misinterpreted the glow as aurora borealis and failed to aid.
Paris reports Sergeant J. R. Mc Connell an American aviator with the aviation corps is missing four days after engaging two German aircraft over the lines. He was scouting with Aviator Jenny who protected him. Jenny was wounded and escaped. No word on McConnell's fate.
McConnell's residence is located in Carthage a town in Moore County North Carolina.
Washington reports of March 23 say speculation swirled at the capitol over Representative Mann the Republican floor leader’s whereabouts. His secretary and Republican staff voiced confidence he would be at his post when Congress reconvenes after Wilson moved up the extra session.
Washington March 23. Leading manufacturers met with the executive committee of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to speed up airplane construction. The conference named four NACA members and three Aircraft Manufacturers Association reps to consult on merging construction and standardizing types.
Three property transfers filed yesterday in Greensboro record office show J. Ed. Kirkman selling seven Bell property lots 50 by 100 feet each for 685 to C. C. Muse. W. J. Armfield and wife sold a 50 by 175 foot lot on Fair view street for 250 to W. R. Robbins. J. R. Roach and wife sold a 58.7 by 200 foot lot on East reen street near Embler lands for 10 and other valuable considerations.
Washington March 23 The bureau of mines opens first aid training to wives and daughters of miners to support national defense. Eight first aid cars are kept for mine accident emergencies and the course is extended to the miners families. Women connected with the bureau enlisted and took their first lesson yesterday.
Danville Virginia March 23 state inspector F E Brazeal testified in five cases charging citizens with pure food law violations. Four defendants run eating houses failed to display a sign that oleomargarine was used instead of butter as required by state law.
London reports private messages from The Hague stating Emperor William is afflicted with a severe nervous breakdown as per an Exchange Telegraph dispatch.
The victims were identified as Margaret Spalding of Newton Mass and Ethel Stanton of Los Angeles daughter of J L Stanton Rock Island city passenger agent. A note signed Peggy and Ethel indicated they planned to die by their own actions. Dr H L Taylor said each shot herself in the right temple and they were in normal condition. An inquiry was deemed unnecessary.
Private John Poor of the Third Company Coast Artillery at Fort Williams was shot while trying to stop two men who breached the reservation. The assailants escaped as guard strength was increased after a prior nighttime shot at a soldier. Poor was wounded in the groin by a large caliber revolver.
It was announced that the division headquarters of the Seaboard Air Line railway will be moved from Richmond to Raleigh on May 1. The division runs between Raleigh and Richmond and between Norlina and Norfolk.
A Tuscaloosa Alabama special reports Colonel A. F. Prince, on the staff of the United Confederate Veterans commander, was found dead in his Nashville office last night. Heart trouble is given as the cause.
Postmaster J. J. Farriss urged the post office and the war department to supply a real cannon to be used as an ornament for the local government building. He believes a cannon would boost patriotism and improve the post office’s appearance.
London reports that the British French and Italian ambassadors delivered to the Russian foreign minister an official recognition of the provisional government. The dispatch is dated Thursday.
Rain and warmer tonight then a weekend where Saturday is partly cloudy and cooler in the west. Sunday likely fair with fresh to moderate strong south winds along the coast.
Mrs W L Underwood 21 of High Point died at 9 20 this morning after an appendectomy Wednesday at the local hospital. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs J G Leonard of 800 Willowbrook street and is survived by three sisters and two brothers. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 from the family home with Rev L A Peeler officiating and burial in Oakwood cemetery under Daughters of Liberty lodge rites.
Thirteen Americans were aboard the American steamer Healden sunk by a submarine off Holland with about 20 or more lives lost. The chief engineer and three assistants were American. most others were Spaniards, Norwegians or Portuguese. The unarmed tanker had left Philadelphia before Wilson authorized naval guns for merchant ships.
Reuters dispatch from the Hague reports Captain Christopher of the American steam ship Healdon among survivors. A life boat from the Healdon with seven men was picked up by a destroyer.
Amsterdam reports via London that the Handelsblad lists only six Americans among the survivors of the Healdon. The terse note emphasizes scarce American presence among rescued passengers.
Kernersville March 23 The robbery at the railroad station Monday night remains unsolved with no clue found. Sheriff and agent Carl Kerner suspect local parties, noting 16 quarts of whisky were newly received and a suit of clothes consigned to T Pegram of Kernersville were taken.
Barom Rhondda president of the local government board defended Belgian refugees against U S reports describing them as lazy and vicious stating they behaved wonderfully under abnormal circumstances and spoke to the Associated Press in London on March 23.
Hempstead Plains in New York hosted twenty five airplanes yesterday in the largest single gathering for U S war maneuvers. The flights aimed to test defense strategies and cooperative air operations across multiple units.
The Associated Press reports Chicago opening prices for wheat showed May at 1.87 to 1.875 and July at 1.57 to 1.58, with initial gains, a slight pullback, then an overall upturn as winter-belt data encouraged buyers.
Washington March 23 President Wilson's message to Congress was reviewed at a cabinet meeting with secretaries asked to bring material. The exact content will depend on the next ten days and is expected to outline steps for war-lie submarine actions. Officials note Germany's push to place war responsibility on the U S and discuss possible Allied financial credit.
A Springfield school meeting at 11 a m under the industrial department of the Commercial club led to forming a local poultry club. Miss Ola Stephenson and A G Oliver spoke, eggs to be supplied by city banks, with broad club enrollment ongoing in Guilford county.
Byron Strayhorn of the Southern Railway freight office was burned when a celluloid eye shade he wore while lighting a pipe caught fire. The blaze caused painful burns to his head but did not require hospital treatment and his vision remained intact.
Cambridge March 23 a semi official statement said that if war breaks out the Harvard college year would likely be ended quickly and the campus converted into a military training camp for the duration.
Speaker Clark returning from New Orleans forecasts his reelection by a large margin within the first hour after Congress opens the extra session at noon on April 2. He spoke from Washington and noted strong support likely from his home district and party.
Federal officers in Atlanta arrest Mrs A T Enden a German woman traveling with V J Pinczynsky and H Coutandin amid hints the hikers may be spies. The trio is held on suspicion with other hikers nabbed in various states. police ordered to detain A P Enden claimed as Enden’s California spouse.
Bishop John C Kilge wrapped a soul winning revival at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church drawing a larger crowd and stirring earnestness among non members. He preached old time religion without sensationalism praising confession and faith while denouncing church advertising as news driven.
Atlanta March 23 Senator Hoke Smith urged immediate action if the United States enters war with Germany. He favored loaning the allies one billion dollars sending American submarine chasers into the war zone and using the navy to aid Entente ships and, if needed, transport an effective fighting force to the French front.
In Cotton New York on March 23 the market opened steady gaining 1 to 14 points and after irregular trading sold 9 to 14 points higher than last night. May price reached 19.75 and October 18.15 as trades progressed.
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