Michaelis Must Go Contends In Berlin Naval Plot Fallout
Copenhagen dispatch reports pressure mounting against German chancellor Michaelis amid leaks on a naval plot and losses in Flanders. Reichstag adjournment fuels talk he may resign. Haussmann hints at von Buelow candidacy while Berlin critics cite heavy German casualties and morale concerns. Germany offers potatoes to Denmark in exchange for needed goods.
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Berlin
Michaelis
National Zeitung
Haussmann
Prince von Buelow
Tageblatt
Flanders
Mars-la Tour
Gravelotte
Guard
Brandenberg
Germany
Denmark
Thompson Late Appearance At Local Exemption Board
Jess Thompson reported 11 days over due to the local exemption board this morning. He passed the physical, received a ticket, and proceeded to Camp Jackson on No. 45. His excuse for missing examinations cites being away at High A&k and mail held there. He returned home yesterday and left for High Point after arrival, with an accepted excuse though he could have been declared a deserter. Ben W. Manley also returned but no action could be taken. he had claimed exemption for dependent parents, later dropped the claim, and remains uncertified to Camp Jackson awaiting district board action. Manley continues to frequent the local board seeking enlistment.
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Jess Thompson
Camp Jackson
Thompson
High A&k
Exemption Board
High Point
Ben W. Manley
Manley
District Board
Cotton consumption in September reaches over half a million bales
Washington reports September consumption of 522 735 bales lint and 89 088 bales linters. This compares to 528 288 bales lint and 61 949 bales linters consumed in September last year, per the census bureau.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Another Accuser Tells Tale in Raleigh Case
Taleigh Oct 13 A few minutes after Mars Neville received the death sentence for attacking the wife of a street car conductor last month another accuser, O W Howard, arrived from Norfolk and identified Neville as the man who knocked him unconscious last July and then attacked a young woman he was walking with. The assault occurred near Pullen park on Raleigh outskirts.
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Norfolk
Neville
Howard
Pullen Park
Raleigh
Annual Convention of Guilford County Sunday Schools Set
The Guilford County Sunday School association will hold its annual convention at Wesley Memorial M E Church in High Point on Saturday October 27 1917. It will be an all day session and a large attendance is expected. J Allen Austin urged township superintendents to secure strong attendance and reports a threefold request: a school report a 3 cent per member contribution and a pledged delegation.
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Guilford County Sunday School Association
Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
J. Allen Austin
High Point Township Association
Tne
Guilford
Moral Logic Sermon Deepens Duty at Westty Revival
Dr Gilbert T. Rowe preached on Moral Logic at Westty Memorial revival last evening, linking mental, physical and spiritual reasoning. He urged action aligned with convictions, warned that many fail to apply God’s laws, and noted the weekend close with an announcement of services ending Sunday evening.
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Gilbert T. Rowe
Westty
God
John Wesley
Close Fighting on the Aisne vivid and brutal description
Veteran account from J H Cassels of the Black Watch depicts mud filled trenches on the Aisne, constant rain, corpses and wounded, a trench assault, and a desperate effort to clothe a comrade named Drummond. The narrator recalls siege conditions, a deadly wire attack, and calm hand with a rifle as German troops advance.
Tirpitz hails U boat war as England seeks peace
Admiral von Tirpitz argues for continued sinkings to defeat England, saying Germany must be built on might. In Reichstag debate Deputy Mueller attacks censorship and likens the regime to the late Roman empire, decrying official paper justice and the state of siege.
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Amsterdam
Admiral von Tirpitz
Imperial Navy
Brunswick Landes Zeitung
Heinrich Mueller
Meingen
Germany
Russian bases on Cesel Dago threaten Baltic approaches
Reports say German troops landed on Cesel and Dago islands at Gulf of Riga, with rail link to Reval and Petrograd. If held, these bases could hamper Russian naval scouting and enable a potential land push toward Petrograd, though season limits such moves. In Flanders heavy rains slowed Haig's British advance, while French fronts near the Aisne saw repeated crown prince assaults repulsed.
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Cesel
Gulf of
Riva
Hapsal
Dago Island
Reval
Gulf
Petrograd
Russia
Teutons
Flanders
Haig
Aisne
Crown Prince
German Troops Land on Oesel and Dago Islands
London reports a Reuters dispatch that German forces have landed on the islands of Oesel and Dago at the Gulf of Riga entrance. The positions sit near Esthonia coast, with Dago about 200 miles from Petrograd and near the Gulf of Finland mouth to Wronstadt guarding Petrograd.
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London
Oesel
Gulf of Riga
Reuter
Esthenia
Petrograd
Gulf of Finland
Wronstadt
Chile Replies Cordial Note to Uruguayans
Santiago Chile October 13 Chilean foreign minister replies to Uruguayans note announcing their break with Germany. He says Chile highly values the motives behind the decision and reiterates cordiality toward Uruguay.
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Chile
Santiago
Uruguyan
Coffin Visits Sister in City from Texas
A. H. Coffin formerly of High Point now living in Dennison Texas is visiting his sister Mrs. W. P. Ragan in the city.
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A. H. Coffin
High Point
Dennison, Texas
Mrs. W. P. Ragan
Two Negroes Charged With Stealing Corn From Field
The Statesville district exemption board met and ruled on cases from Guilford county. Thomas P Richardson sought discharge to tend the family farm but was denied. Hunter Peebles was granted discharge for dependents. Other Guilford cases exempted or disallowed cited dependents.
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Hunter Peebles
Guilford County
Henry Enoch
Henry J. Kasey
Robert Oscar Ochs
Eugene Creeson
William Crump
District Exemption Board
Guilford
Attack on Liberty Loan Bonds Sparks Loyalist Debate
Washington reports show broad support for selling Liberty Loan bonds across races classes and conditions. A German minister Rev Christina Hahn of New Arms Minnesota urged harsher measures against the fatherland in tearful terms amid disloyal gatherings.
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Washington
Thoreh
Christina Hahn
New Arms
Minn
Crew from Wrecked Steamer New Orleans Rescued at Atlantic Port
At Atlantic Port on October 13 twenty six crew members of the steamer New Orleans wrecked off the Virginia coast were brought in by a rescue vessel after the ship foundered in a heavy blow. The first officer, a German native, was drowned after being swept from the after deck.
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Atlantic
New Orleans
Virginia
Germany
Local theft case brings two locals before board
Walter Murray and Allen McCain, both described as negros, were arraigned in Municipal court before Judge J. Allen Austin for stealing corn ears from Lizzie Coggins field. Murray received six months on the county roads and McCain three months. both filed appeals with bonds of 150 and 100 dollars but failed to post and returned to jail.
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Walter Murray
Allen McCain
J. Allen Austin
Lizzie Coggins
Murray
McCoin
McCain
Bastille
Cold field as White Sox meet Giants in frostbitten game
At Comiskey Park on October 13 the White Sox faced the New York Giants in the fifth World Series game. About 30 000 spectators endured frosty winds as pitchers Sallee or Benton for the Giants and Cicotte or Russell for the Sox were anticipated to start.
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Giants
SOX
New York
Sallee
Benton
Cicotte
Russell
Germany regrets Luxburg affair over telegrams
Stockholm October article notes Germany’s reply to the inquiry about Count Luxburg during his Argentina posting. Berlin reiterates regret and promises fuller statement, confirms the Luxburg telegrams as published with one mutilated at a key point, and pledges no repeats will disturb friendly ties.
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Stockholm
Foreign Office
Count Luxburg
Argentina
Legation
Germany
Luxbury
War department outlines transfer of 73400 men to state guards
The War Department released details for moving 73 400 men from National Army cantonments to National Guard divisions. State quotas will be set based on congressional representation.
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Washington
War Department
National Army
National Guards
North Carolina Eyes Federal Birth Registration Status
Federal officials James Mitchell and Harvey Dickens from the Census Bureau inspect North Carolina birth registration with the state board of health. They seek acceptance of NC birth statistics by the Census, noting only 12 states have acceptable birth records and NC could become the thirteenth. An accurate birth certificate is crucial during war, and many inquiries about age arose before NC had a birth reporting law.
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James ©. Mitchell
Harvey Dickens
Federal Census Bureau
Washington
State Board of Health
North Carolina
United States
Vital Statistics Department
Union
Census Bureau
Enquirers
Judge Cline to retire when appointment expires
Hickory October 13 Special to The Enterprise Judge RE B Cline announced at a dinner he would not seek renomination when his current appointment expires about a year from now He is well known in the state and recently rendered important decisions in the Gaston Means case at Concord
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Hickory
RE. B. Cline
Cline
Gaston B. Means
Concord
Woman Appointed Chief of Food Conservation Board
Washington announces the appointment of Mrs Isabelle Ely Lord director of the school of home economics at Pratt Institute Brooklyn as chief of the home economics board of the food conservation section.
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Washington, Et
Mise Isabelle Ely Lord
School of Household Sciences and Arts
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
Home Economic Board
Food Sum Servation Sect
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DR. Michaelis
Pan Ger
Naval
Copenhagen
Reichstag
Vorwaerts
Cotton Report
Earl Neville
Taleigh
Mars Neville
Terday
Ber
O. W. Howard
Nor
County Sunday School Association
Wesley Church
J. H. Cassels
Black Watch Regiment
Tommy
Japan
No.Man’s Land
Drummond
Mer
England
Mueller
Deesel
Field Marshal
Ger
Dago Islands
Texas
Statesville
Thomas P. Richardson
S.C
Richardson
Luxburg
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