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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1917
Page
1
Finnish Telegraph Bureau reports provisional government in control of nearly all Russia including Petrograd with Kerensky in the city after Tsarko-Selo clashes. Cossacks reportedly destroyed red guard as three days of conflicting reports confirm Bolsheviks defeated locally.
A dispatch from the Swedish news agency correspondent on the border says the premier is backed by the majority of maximalist troops. The report notes the shift increases stability but provides few details on timing or locations.
Italian forces, aided by artillery, repelled Austro German attacks on the Asiago plateau and in the Paive valley near Zen son. Berlin claimed Mont Longra captured, Rome said held. Canove operations freed Italian prisoners. Paive crossing may threaten the Dive line. French cabinet resigns as Painleve government falls.
Tokio reports the Japanese minister of war tells journalists that dispatching troops to Europe is impossibile due to enormous costs and lack of tonnage. A former finance minister adds the army lacks sufficient ordnance and aircraft equipment.
Washington officials announced a drive to gather 2 060 000 000 in small savings within a year starting December 3 by selling thrift stamps and war savings certificates. A Birmingham business man was named general director for the fourth district covering the southern states. Directors named include North Carolina KF H Fries of Winston-Salem.
London November 14 Premier Lloyd George told the House that the inter allied conference would have no executive power. Final decisions on strategy and troop movements would rest with individual governments. The news council would survey operations from all governments and coordinate plans if needed.
City Manager Thomas J. Murphy of High Point will represent the city at the city managers convention in Detroit next week. The council unanimously approved a leave of absence for Murphy. The convention topics include forms of government and municipal administration.
Ojinaga Mexico November 14 Villa troops were driven from the town after two hours of fighting by government forces. The attack on Ojinaga began at 5 p m local time from the southeast and intensified with dusk. Reports say bullets crossed the Rio Grande into the American side as patrols guard the fort.
Food Administrator Hoover will release large quantities of alien owned food pulled from warehouses in New York and other terminals. Additional stock was found in Baltimore Philadelphia Boston and other cities. Hoover expects redistribution to ease shortages and possibly trim prices.
Martin Blake levy of Atlanta Texas shot and killed his wife and then killed himself in a hotel here this morning. Blakeley left a note saying Life is not worth living. God help our poor children. They leave three children two of whom witnessed the shooting. The couple had arrived separately and spent the night at the hotel.
American army aviators have joined British and French crews at the front in France. They took part in bombing raids on German positions and performed observation duty. No aerial combat of note and no American casualties reported.
Austrian press cites the Official News Agency saying Vienna and Berlin have not received a peace or armistice proposal from the Russian government. It notes that unless the new rulers of Russia submit offers, the central powers will refrain from action. The statement adds that if the Maximists gain the upper hand and offer peace, Austria-Hungary would align with its allies and set a common stance.
Amsterdam dispatch quotes the Frankfurter Zeitung stating Germany has lost air supremacy on the western front. The paper attributes heavy German aircraft losses to American aviators aiding the front.
Washington reports the exports administrative board issued license No 1 to Captain Raoul Amundsen of New York New York authorizing the export of 292 cases of foodstuffs to Raoul Amundsen at the North Pole.
Mrs. John J. Sullivan, wife of a police judge, denounced Rev. Paul Smith as a cowardly liar during Sunday services at Central M E church in San Francisco. The disruption lasted about thirty minutes as the congregation laughed hissed and defied removal of the speaker.
Rev J E Bushnell pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Augusta collapsed and died on a train as it pulled from Union Station while en route to a Lutheran Synod meeting in Columbia. Passengers and attendants offered aid but he died at the scene.
New York dispatch reports Mexico will switch to a gold standard soon. Gold will replace silver as the currency basis, the Mexican government's New York bureau head Dr Alfredo Cataregli says. Silver minting has ceased and gold coins are being struck, including a 20 peso coin valued at about $10.
The Fuel Administrator's order to dim street illumination, excluding government and street lights, goes into effect tomorrow evening. It bars coal use for electricity in advertising signs searchlights and exterior ornamentation on buildings with limited exceptions. Washington reports the rule aims to curb energy use while exempting public services.
A Stockholm dispatch citing National Tidens reports that royal Russian forces under Premier Kerensky are near victory in the Petrograd battles against the Bolsheviks. The telegram originated in Petrograd during heavy fighting at the capital’s gates.
Five men were burned to death and two others seriously injured when fire destroyed the Phillips House hotel in Many La. The blaze caused minor injuries to other guests and about $5000 in property loss.
Lexington Kentucky November 14 Whentuecky produced 25 292 767 tons of coal in 1916 a gain of nearly 5 000 tons compared with the previous year according to a report by C J Norwood state mine inspector The report shows 500 mines in the state employing 35 000 men
Private William Pisana of the Engineers was arrested at Camp Logan by camp authorities and held for the murder of Detective Sergeant Martin Corcoran of Chicago. He is a new recruit who had recently arrived at the camp.
Twenty four Austrian miners were found guilty of being slackers for refusing to register under the national army law. They began serving one year in the local jail after a Monday conviction and immediate sentencing by Federal Judge Landis in Pueblo.
City council met at city hall with all members present except Dr Stanton. Council approved street paving of Montlieu avenue from Centennial avenue to the city line, with A B Taplin directing engineering and Anderson and Christy supervising. Back taxes and property assessments along the paving width were authorized.
Washington November 14 official publication of the five classes for 21 to 36 year olds shows married men with dependents placed with their class. The first class is expected to include over two million men and only this group would be called in case of grave emergency or war. Congress may extend the law to register every man upon reaching age 21.
Part of the Main street resurfacing between Commerce and English was temporary to ready the thoroughfare for the Bankhead Highway association visit. The public was told the initial work was not final and that regular resurfacing would continue.
Buffalo, N Y Nov 14 The tele grams to and from President Wilson regarding the calling off of strikes at plants built for government war use were read by President Gompers to the American Federation of Labor delegates. Wilsons message praising the federation for patriotic action was greeted with cheers.
James S Townsend a Confederate veteran and longtime McIntosh county resident was run over and killed while driving across Seaboard Air Line tracks at Barington station in Darien on November 14. Townsend earlier lost his right arm in a gun accident.
Tokio dispatch reports the imperial palace at Seoul, home to the former Korean emperor, partially destroyed by fire with an estimated loss of 500000 dollars.
Washington November 14 tentative final accord between the United States and European neutrals on export questions emerged as Swedish and Norwegian commercial commissions met with state department officials to discuss terms.
Official figures from 88 counties show the wets leading by 1,723 in the state-wide prohibition election held last Tuesday, as reported by Secretary of State Fulton in Columbus Ohio.
Washington announces October cotton usage totaling 595,332 running bales and 1,001,386 linters. Spindles active reached 14,162,179, up from 13,440,370 a year earlier.
Paris correspondent reports General Cadorna declines the offer to represent Italy on the inter allied military committee on the Italian frontier. He previously served as commander-in-chief and now opts out of the joint leadership role amid war coordination.
Cotton at Cotton New York opened steady with a tentative gain before slipping. Prices moved 9 to 13 points lower from session highs with January at 27.03 and March at 26.51 as the market extended declines. December 28.00, January 27.15, March 26.60, May 26.33, July 26.00.
Chiefs of the railway brotherhoods will meet President Wilson on Monday November 26 to discuss the workers proposal for wage increases for conductors and brakemen in Washington.
Atlanta November 14 1917 John R Mott head of the international Y M C A urges a $355000000 wartime drive to aid soldiers in Europe. He notes 1500000 Americans in the army with 2500000 expected and describes Y M C A work from camps to front lines including coffee parcels and huts for officers and men across France.
President Wilson orders government action to prevent a nationwide railroad strike as 61 000 firemen consider wage demands. A conference with leaders of the four great railroad brotherhoods is set for November 22 to seek a postponement until after critical war transportation needs. Judge Chambers of the federal mediation service is already meeting leaders, but no commitment to arbitration has been reported.
A Cleveland meeting this week will decide if about 61,000 firemen will join conductors and brakemen in demanding higher wages across all U.S. rail lines, according to today’s report from New York.
Mrs S L Davis proposes a city melting pot to gather broken silverware and valuables for melting and sale to raise funds for the Y M C A war effort. The plan mirrors successful drives in North Carolina and Europe, with government paying bullion prices for metal.
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