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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
1
Officials in Washington say the internal situation in Russia is more hopeful today. A new official statement notes progress and a possible shift in the war's course amid Kremlin developments and Allied assessments.
Petrograd dispatch reports General Sor niloff once commander of the Russian armies and now leader of the revolutionary movement may surrender on certain terms. The provisional government demands unconditional surrender.
Washington reports two changes lightening mood in Moscow and Petrograd. Moslem troops under General Vhorni loff abandon advance near Tsarskoe Selo, with promise to be sent home not to fight Turks. General Alexieff named Kerensky chief of staff, signaling stronger leadership and potential command influence.
General Korniloff's bid to topple the Kerensky government advances with forces near Petrograd. Kerensky takes command of the armies while Alexieff becomes chief of staff. No fighting has begun, but reports say troops desert or fraternize, martial law is in Moscow, and German forces wait for a Korniloff success.
Washington reports the department of agriculture and the food administration deny any plan to requisition household food stocks. Rumors claimed housewives nationwide feared seizure of canned goods for the army.
Havre dispatches report continued Belgian civilian removal as Roulers is evacuated behind the front. Ostend and Courtrai are being emptied with about 2 000 sent from Courtraie. Berlier residents head to Turcoing to aid defenses and all inhabitants of Slevs Dinge are sent to road work.
Four automobile bandits cut wires at Sullivan Missouri then forced two town marshals and a telegraph operator into a box car. They rode into the town firing to keep residents indoors, blasted the People's Bank vault, took 2400 dollars, robbed the post office, and escaped.
Washington reports renewed assurance that national guard units will be broken up as little as possible. It explains changing unit status requires War Department decisions. Senators protested dividing the Richmond Blues cavalry squadron. Major General Duval will be instructed to retain the unit if possible. Similar protests have come from other regions.
Albemarle Sept 18 The Albemarle Normal and Industrial Institute opened the fall term at 9 50 this morning with full attendance. The exercises featured addresses by Rev. L A Peeler pastor of the Reform Church Rev R P Walker pastor of the First Baptist Church Rev V C Ridenhour pastor of the First Lutheran Church and Rev J F E Hughes pastor of the First Methodist Church.
Rioting continued all night in Buenos Aires with German business houses wrecked and fires set on German clubs and offices. Seven rioters were seriously wounded by police fire, and three may die as authorities deploy troops and seal streets to protect facilities tied to German companies and the arriving German minister Luxburg.
Gaston B Means of Concord, business manager for Mrs. Maude A Wing, visited Charlotte for two hours with his father W. G. Mook amid a death investigation from August 29. Rumors say a hingers' office was visited, but unverified. A foreign automobile tied to Mrs Ning remains unclaimed and was discussed with Means.
Washington reports Senator Saulsbury has introduced a joint resolution to amend the Constitution preventing riders. The proposal requires that no bill or joint resolution, except money bills, may embrace more than one subject and that the subject be stated in the title.
R Nance aged about 40 died last night at 9 30 o clock from injuries after being struck in the stomach by a machine part while repairing equipment at the Myrtle Desk company plant. He was a Mechanicsville resident and long time employee. Surviving are his wife and five children. Funeral services will be held from his home tomorrow at 2 pm with Odd Fellows and Maccabees in charge. interment at Oakwood cemetery.
Nine other Americans were wounded when German air raid bombs killed Lieut. Fitzsimmons and three medical corps privates in a hospital behind the lines in France last week. Eva Parmalee, an army nurse, escaped with slight injuries. all wounded are medical corps members.
President Dunn of the Cleveland Americans protests Umpire Owens forfeiting a Chicago game amid a tied score in the sixth inning. Dunn says players were not conspiring to delay the game and Owens should have expelled offenders instead. American League official Johnson expects a decision in three to four days.
Boston report estimates that eighty percent of the bumper New England corn crop was ruined by two frosty nights this week. Squash beans and tomatoes also suffered a heavy loss according to Wilfrid Wheeler, secretary of the state board of agriculture.
A hatchet-fin shark eight and a half feet long was captured and killed today in Tangier Sound by Captain Fletcher Thomas. The nets suffered damage in the catch. The shark had slate color and three rows of teeth.
Paris reports M Painiere failed to assemble a new ministry to replace the Ribot cabinet by late night. He repeatedly chose ministers only to face fresh difficulties, forcing him to abandon his selections.
Folkestone, the English pleasure resort, has suffered several Zeppelin raids. It is property of the Earl of Radner.
Washington observers say Argentina's war course hinges on Germany's reply to Buenos Aires demanding disavowal of a German minister's actions. Officials doubt Berlin will ignore the opening to press Argentina into alignment with its enemies, shaping the South American nation's next moves.
In windy conditions at Westmoreland Country Club the Western Golf Association open championship preliminary rounds produced three 72s by Leo Diegel Detroit Walter Hagen Rochester and Jack Hutchison Chicago. Peter Hara Pittsburgh Peter Walsh Butler Otto Haenbarth Cincinnati and Jack Burgess Washington finished 77 while W C Sherwood Memphis and Alex Cunningham posted 78.
A village notice in a nine person hamlet in Kent warns that in case of an air raid people should not collect in crowds. The simple alert emphasizes orderly behavior for safety during such events.
Dispatches from Petrograd say the Korniloff rebellion is near collapse with no clashes reported between Korniloff forces and the government by late last night. The Associated Press notes reports indicate a better outlook for the Russian situation and ongoing government control.
New York reports a large set of papers connected to Mrs. Maude A. King's death and the Concord North Carolina inquiry. District Attorney Swann possesses documents from Gaston Means' former apartment indicating looting of Mrs. King's estate, alleged forgery of a second will, and Means' financial distress. Afton Means testified before the grand jury, and Salisbury officials seek any information on Means and Mrs. King’s insolvency.
Financiers of the southern states urge rescission of a British order requiring payment of about 110 million dollars loaned by British corporations for cotton and farm lands. They confer with senators and representatives and plan to meet Secretary McAdoo tomorrow. The order, issued before U S entry into the war, takes effect November 1 and could cause serious hardship for southern farmers.
Washington observers grow confident that Congress could adjourn around October 1 after enacting most major legislation. Some consider September 22 as a target. Driving factors include swift Senate passage of the enemy trading bill and rapid reporting of the $11 billion war credits bill with finance committee approval.
Petrograd reports the provisional government decreed rebels General Korniloff former commander in chief General Denikine commander on the southwest front General Lokomsky chief of the general staff General Markoff head of headquarters on the southwest front and M Whirliakoff assistant to minister of roads and communications will be tried by the courts of justice.
The United States in the war is to be explained in High Point with four minute talks. Thomas J. Gold speaks at the Rose theater and L. B. Williams at the Broadway tomorrow night around 8:30. The brief talks, part of a nationwide effort, outline why the US fights Prussian autocracy and will be followed by other local speakers between shows.
Sweden's foreign office explains its stance on dispatch transmissions via the legation in Buenos Aires. The explanation, presented to Secretary Lansing in Washington, is expected to mirror the earlier statement that the intrigue remains unknown.
New York September 13. Renewed selling at the open of cotton today drove prices to season low marks. First prices were 4 to 9 points lower. Futures opened steady with October at 20.05 December 19.80 January 19.70 March 19.90 May 20.02.
Vienna September 13 official British wireless report states that Italian losses in the eleventh Isonzo battle have reached almost a quarter of a million, including 20,000 prisoners.
Washington September 15 the Susan B Anthony resolution for nationwide suffrage by constitutional amendment was favorably reported by the senate suffrage committee and will be placed on the calendar for the next session.
Petrograd reports Labor Minister announces that General Romnilotfs adventure has collapsed and that the army and his headquarters have surrendered, marking a significant defeat.
The local exemption board selected 36 white men to be forwarded to Camp Jackson in Columbia South Carolina next Wednesday. Five alternates were named with good chances of joining and a roll call set for Tuesday at 1 50 PM. The contingent represents about 40 percent of High Point township’s quota of 89 men.
H U Oakes learned by telegram of the Spencer death of his aunt Mrs. Sadie Dulin last evening at 6.30 after a lengthy illness. He had just returned from Mocksville where he attended the funeral of Mrs. L Thompson, his sister-in-law. Oakes planned to travel to Spencer to arrange funeral details, no arrangements yet provided.
Madrid reports Portugal is in a state of siege after a Lisbon telegram citing a strike. In Lisbon all establishments are closed and several people including soldiers have been wounded.
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