British Decide Reprisals For Repeated Raids
Lloyd George tells London crowd Britain will bombard Germany with compound interest and reprisals for German air raids. French reprisals continue with bombs on Baden and German targets. Artillery duels along Verdun front and east of Rheims persist as British and French forces intensify bombardment. Russia’s congress reshapes coalition stance, excluding bourgeois elements amid Korniloff revolt notes.
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Baden
Verdun
Rheians
Germany
France
Greatein
Pir von Kuelh- Mhan
Berlin
Verkhovsky
Democratic Congress
Petrograd
Russia
Great Sruxin
Haig
Flanders
Ypres
Russian Democratic Congress
Bourgoise
Korniloff
Constitutional Democratic Party
High Point Proclaims Fire Prevention Day
Mayor W. P. Ragan urges citizens to observe Fire Prevention Day on October 9, the 41st anniversary of the Great Chicago fire. He calls for cleaning premises to reduce waste and prevent property loss and loss of life, noting major fires often stem from negligence and urging schools and officials to participate.
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W. P. Ragan
High Point
Chicago
United States
Baltimore
San Francisco
Atlanta
General Assembly of
North Carolin
I. W. P. Ragan
Plot 10 Hamper War Work Found
Chicago reports a nationwide I W W conspiracy to paralyze industries and disrupt war efforts. Indicted 166 members including William Haywood and Frank Little named as leaders. 15,000 alleged offenses across 10 charges. Evidence cites plots to strike essential workers and sabotage rail traffic.
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Chicago
America
William D. Haywood
International
Frank Little
Butte
Mont
Ralph H. Chaplin
Richard Brazier
William Wieretola
James Rowan
Francis Miller
Chas. L. Lambert
Haywood
Duluth
Nelson Faces Second Trial on Triple Killing Charge
The Wilson Wilsonian report says W C Nelson is on trial for killing Tarboro officers W P Riggin and M W Gwatney and seriously wounding Mayor John P Keech when officers searched his home for whisky months ago. Jury selection finished and testimony began in Wilson County Superior Court before Judge Frank Daniels.
Navy says destroyer flotilla build pace surpasses earlier estimates
Washington reports remarkable progress in building destroyer flotillas in response to the submarine campaign. The Navy Department is now assured of earlier ship delivery than previously estimated, with expectations improving beyond the last forecast.
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Washington
Navy Department
White Youth Sentenced to Workhouse for Larceny of Watch
C. E. Murphy, white youth about 18, was sentenced to four months in the county workhouse after a municipal court conviction for larceny of a watch. Police say he has prior trouble. Other defendants: Jim Neeley acquitted of driving past a streetcar. A. P. Snider and G. Benbow paid costs for speeding and leaving a car overnight. Cornelia Young paid costs for leaving a mule. R. T. Stanley fined $5 plus costs for drunk and disorderly conduct.
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C. ER. Murphy
J. Allen Awatin
Jim Neeley
A. P. Snider
G. Benbow
Cornelia Young
R. T. Stanley
Engineer Killed at Greenville Yards
Salisbury reports engineer PD F Stallings was killed by a switch engine at the Greenville yards. He had operated in the Spencer to Greenville area for eight or ten years.
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Salisbury
PD. F. Stallings
Greenville
Tifinink
Spencer
Green Ville
Hickory Chamber Demands Impeachment of La Follette
Hickory North Carolina October 3. Directors of the chamber of commerce unanimously adopted resolutions urging the impeachment of Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin. The resolutions were forwarded to the North Carolina delegation in congress.
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Hickory Chamber of Commerce
Hickory
Chamber of Commerce
Unan
Senator LaFollette
Wisconsin
Two Local Soldiers Fail To Report For Mobilization
Jeff Thompson and Banner D Hall, two white men from High Point township, did not answer a mobilization call yesterday. Only three men, Fred Fallenstein, William Wyatt Church, and William Williams, proceeded to Camp Jackson while alternates were not set. Board officials do not know why the men did not appear and consider them deserters only if reports confirm. A $50 reward is offered for delivery of each deserter to a military post per the provost marshal general.
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High Point Township
Jeff Thompson
Banner D. Hall
Fred Fallenstein
William Wyatt Church
William Williams
Church
Camp Jackson
National Army
Speculative Trading in Cottonseed Oil Banned
New York October 3 Edward Flash Jr vice president of the New York produce exchange says speculative trading in cottonseed oil futures is forbidden. After recent activity and market fluctuations the federal food administration urged action and exchange officials met to decide that only legitimate trade filling orders may proceed.
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New York
New York Produce Exchange
Edward Flash
Exchange
United States
Federal Food Administration
Thomasville Boosters Visit for Everybody's Day
A delegation led by a brass band from Thomasville visited the city this morning to promote Everybody's Day. The event, the tenth of its kind, will be observed in the nearby town next Saturday with thousands expected to attend.
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Thomasville
Coalition Government Declared by Petrograd Congress
Petrograd on October 3 reports that a democratic congress vote of 766 to 688 endorsed forming a coalition government. The action marks a major political shift amid the ongoing national convulsions.
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Petrograd
Democratic Congress
Wisconsin Republicans appeal La Follette expulsion
Telegrams from W. B. Heneman and the Wisconsin Republican state committee urge that Senator La Follette be expelled from the senate for treasonable and seditious utterances and disloyalty. The messages, sent to the president of the senate and Senator Pomerene, say all committee members concur except two who have enlisted and whose addresses are unknown.
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Wausueau
Wis
la Follette
Senate
W. B. Henneman
Wisconsin Republican State Committee
Pomerene
Committee On
Senate Probes Exclusion Petitions and War Era Rift
Washington reports the senate privileges and elections committee began preliminary consideration of petitions seeking the exclusion of Senator LaFollette and others over war stance with no action taken. Heflin clash with Mason unfolds in the house as Mason says he now supports the war and rejects German influence while denying treason links.
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Washington
LaFollette
Senate Privileges and Election Committee
Congress
Heflin
Mason
Illinois
Emma Goldman
Gardner
Texas
New Party 10 Bt Formed in Chicago
A conference of prohibitionists progressives social democrats and single tax adherents forms a new national party in Chicago. It aims to elect six senators and 20 to 40 representatives in 1918 with a 1920 Washington seizure plan. The draft platform by John Spargo supports universal suffrage initiative referendum recall and short ballot while demanding national prohibition.
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Chicago
Tthe
Washington
John Spargo
German forces seize French trench section on hill No 304
Berlin reports that German traps yesterday captured a trench section about 1,200 yards wide on the northern slope of hill No 304 east of the Meuse in the Verdun region. Details are via the German general staff.
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Berlin
London
Meuse
Verdun
Hasmy
Mevy Neuer
Hamilton Addresses North Carolina Club On Counties
Dr. J. G. deR. Hamilton of the history department spoke at the University of North Carolina chapel Hill outlining the origin and function of counties. He traced county government from England and highlighted confusions in North Carolina's system during the first formal NC club program.
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Chapel Hill
Qet
North Carolina Club
J. G. der. Hamilton
History Department
North Carolina
Neutrality Propaganda Opened in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires on October 3 reports a large neutrality office with the national coat of arms urging Argentina to stay neutral in the war. The move comes after the foreign minister said the government would follow congress public opinion.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Congress
Cotton goods markets rise after government report
New York on October 3 saw cotton goods and yarn markets strengthen after the government cotton report. Prices advanced while wool goods remained firm and quiet and silks stayed quiet with burlaps firm.
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New York
Government
Swedish King Urges Parties to Form New Cabinet
In Stockholm on October 3, following yesterday’s cabinet resignation, King Gustaf summoned leaders of the chief parties in the riksdag to urge their best efforts to form a new government.
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Stockholm
Gustave
Riksdrag
Typhoon Leaves Thousands Homeless in Tokio Region
A Shanghai dispatch reports a deadly typhoon that struck Tokio on Monday, leaving 400,000 people homeless. At least 138 are dead and 217 are missing.
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London
Shanghai
Tokio
Major Burrus Relieved From Camp Wadsworth Duty
Major John T. Burrus medical reserve corps, long at Camp Wadsworth Spartanburg S C, is ordered to Camp Beauregard Alexandria Louisiana. The War Department released the formal order with no effective date given, implying immediate departure. German towns on the border ordered to extinguish lights at night to avoid French reprisals are reported from The Hague. Britain imposes broad wartime embargoes on shipments to Sweden Norway Denmark and the Netherlands, tightening the cordon on supplies to Germany and limiting neutrals to printed matter and anti autocracy messaging.
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John T. Burrus
Camp Wadsworth
Spartanburg
S. C
Fort Oglethorpe
Camp Beauregard
Alexandria
War Department
Washington
Burrus
Medical Reserve Corps
Britain
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Netherands
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Third Officers Camp Created for Early 194? Training
Washington reports a third officers training camp will run January 5 to April 15 to educate enlisted men of the regular army national guard and national army commissions. Two thousand four hundred ninety undergraduates from schools will be admitted. A camp will be in each regular army and national guard division.
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Washington
Regular Army
National Guard
National Army
Advisory Board to Tackle School Crowding Soon
Superintendent Marr told the city council that Miss Emma Blair’s Park Street building houses 89 pupils 50 boys and 39 girls. Council members noted Elm Street rooms are unused and urged shifting pupils to relieve crowding. The advisory board will meet and organize to assist in the plan.
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Marr
Emma Blair
Park Street
Elm Street
Elevation of Pershing Sought by Baker
Secretary Baker urged in a recommendation that Major General John J. Pershing be promoted to general the army chief of staff and lieutenant general ranks for corps commanders. He argued Pershing’s title should match his position and responsibilities as head of the troops.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Baker
Pershing
Cotton Futures Rise on Early Market Activity
New York on October 3 showed momentum in overnight crop reports with gains at the opening. Cotton futures opened steady with December at 25.02 and March at 25.23, after initial strength.
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New York
Harwell Joins Allen's Shoe Department
W. S. Harwell, formerly with H. A. Mortitt until a recent fire destroyed that store, has accepted a position with Allen's Department Store and started his duties in the shoe department today.
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W. S. Harwell
H. A. Mortitt
Allen’s Department Store
Government Advances Belgium Loans in Two Installments
Washington observers report the government moved to advance Belgium 2,000,900 in new loans, following an earlier 500,000 disbursement. The action reflects intensified economic support during the current crisis.
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Washington
Belgium
German orders dim lights in Dusseldorf and Westphalia
German authorities order all lights to be darkened at night in Dusseldorf and a large part of Westphalia as a precaution against air raids. Similar measures are being adopted in other locations, per Central Anzeiger of Essen.
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Rowan
Haywood
Seattle
Pacific
Solidarity
Czar Wilson
Amsterdam
Dusseldorf
Westphalia
Essen
French aviators bomb Baden in reprisal raids
Paris reports that continuing reprisals for German air attacks, French airmen dropped bombs on the German town of Baden last night, according to the war office.
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Paris
Baden
War Office
Tax Notices Issued In The City October 15
Citizens of High Point will receive tax notices on or about October 15 as the city clerical staff prepares for the tax collection drive. The city manager said funds should begin to flow soon after the notices are issued, discussed during a city council meeting on finances.
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Wise Street
Lindsay
High Point
City Allocates 2500 For Negro School Building Access
The city will pay the Friends Yearly meeting 2500 for the privilege of sending the negro school children to the Normal College on Washington Street. This arrangement, in place for years, avoids city building costs. Payments are 1000 on February 1, 1000 March 1 and 500 April 1.
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Friends Yearly Meeting
Normal College
Washington Street
Bryan Sees Wilson in Personal Visit at White House
William J Bryan met with President Wilson in a personal visit lasting about thirty minutes. He said he plans to participate in prohibition campaigns this fall and also spoke with Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels.
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Washington
Interstate Commission Tariffs Boosted On Rail Lines
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission orders new tariffs for railroads. The move affects the Intermounters Pap Lane, described as iconic, with the action formalized today amid regulatory action and tariff adjustments across routes.
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Washington
Oet
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Intermounters Pap
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