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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1917
Page
1
Goldsboro endures three feet of flood water after heavy rains from yesterday. A train on the Coast Line was wrecked 45 miles from Wilmington due to a washed out track. Two bridges, including a concrete one, collapsed as floodwaters rose. No deaths reported though many residents fled, some in night clothes, as property and crops suffer thousands in damage.
Brakeman H T Moore is believed killed when an Atlantic Coast Line freight derailed 45 miles from Wilmington due to a washout. The engineer and fireman were slightly injured as nine cars and the engine left the rails and track was torn up. The storm last night dumped over four inches of rain causing major damage to roads bridges and beach property with winds up to 40 miles an hour.
The disturbance in the south Atlantic moved toward the North Carolina coast with rains. The central rain area spanned the middle and south Atlantic states, and storm warnings were posted from Nantucket to Charleston.
Washington Sept 15 Senate and House conferees continued deliberations on the war tax bill after disposing of most major points of dispute. They tackled undisputed sections beginning with the manufacturing tax and opened with the automobile clause.
Washington on September 15 issued license rules for wheat wheat flour butter and sugar shipments to Canada and Newfoundland. The measure tightens export controls under the export board license system but officials say it is not intended to restrain exports to Canada. Small lot shipments under certain conditions are anticipated.
Washington reports President Wilson has urged quick passage of the soldiers and sailors insurance bill before adjournment. Without agreement to shorten debate, adjournment around October 1 would be seriously disrupted.
Washington sept 15 debate on an eleven billion dollar war credit bill resumed with near certainty of passage by night though a quorum issue could block action. Attendance yesterday averaged fewer than a dozen.
General Korniloff’s former adviser and General Lokomsky, who resisted taking command after Korniloff’s deposition, have been arrested in Petrograd on September 15. The report notes their roles in the recent rebellion and their removal from command.
By presidential proclamation the entire sugar industry in the United States was placed under the food administration. The control extends to manufacture distribution and importation under a license system.
In Statesville the district exemption board approved cases from High Point township. Thirty six men are certified for military duty with twenty of them listed as negro. White men in the list are set to be forwarded to Camp Jackson next Tuesday. black men will be excluded from the increment. The names and serial numbers of those certified are enumerated.
News from Petrograd says General Korniloff and Lokomsky were arrested at 10 p.m. last night, ending the rebellion led by Korniloff. General Whaymon is dead from wounds, while the Russian Riga front reports fresh advances and three towns occupied. In Champagne and northern France the Germans were repulsed by French and British forces, with two crown prince attacks in Champagne repulsed and the British advancing east of Westhoek on the Flanders front.
Charlotte reporters note the third Wyoming regiment on guard duty at Camp Greene faced an unexpected cold spell. Lieutenant Welsh becomes provost marshal for the city. The city exemption board must send another 40 percent of the 198 men to Camp Jackson next Wednesday. S.L. Griffin, driver of a government auto at Camp Keene, linked to a fatal collision, is turned over to military authorities for court martial.
Havana announces a three member committee to confer in Washington with Herbert Hoover on fixing Cuban sugar prices. The commission includes Dr Carlos Manuel de Cespe des, the Cuban minister to the United States, Senor Tarafa, and Senor Lexama.
Dr. Wil lim T. Von Knappe pleaded not guilty to libel libeling Abraham Lincoln and was released on a 250 dollar bond. A grand jury indictment followed an investigation of his book History of the Wabash Valley printed in St Louis. The doctor claims he can prove his statements.
Hickory Sept 15 Miss Zulie Wilkie two years old was seriously injured when Southern passenger train No 22 hit the buggy she rode in at the Longview crossing. Her mother Mrs Alphonse Wilkie escaped injury. The child was taken to a local hospital. The parents live in Bandys own ship 12 miles from Hickory.
Wilmington dispatch reports two final Wilmington units depart today. Maj Claude L Pridgen’s Field Sanitary Unit moves to Camp Sevier Greenville South Carolina. Lieu H B Pesehau’s National Naval Volunteers likely head to Norfolk with Wrightsville Beach base.
Montreal on September 15 reports Judge St Cyr admitted two confessions by Joseph Trembly. He allegedly admitted a plot to dynamite the summer home of Lord Athelstan and to blow up the home of Sir Robert Borden and other prominent men. Trembly refused to answer questions and was returned to jail.
Cotton futures opened steady with contracts for October at 20.30 and December at 20.10. January 2002 was set at 20.20, with March and May futures at 20.30 and 20.40 respectively.
The article outlines the Jewish year starting September 12 marking Rosh Hashanah on September 17-18 with Yom Kippur on September 21 and the Feast of Tabernacles beginning September 26. It notes the 1917 Jewish calendar as 5,678 years and lists Hebrew months from Tishri to Adar with future feasts including Purim on March 23 and Passover on April 22 followed by Pentecost on June 11.
In Salisbury on September 15, a Durham man W. M. Smith and a woman companion were fined after attempting to run the Piedmont Toll bridge. Smith claimed he was robbed when the toll keeper demanded a quarter, and paid 3 1 cents in costs. Rowan's exemption board called 98 men for the national army, excluding African Americans.
German forces pierced the French advance line on a 500 meter front north of Courieres wood near Verdun today. The war office reported heavy fighting for trench possession continuing this evening.
Washington reports that the government will not requisition wheat on farms to keep flour mills running. Food administrator Herbert Hoover said mills are operating at full capacity, though some are hindered by wheat shortages.
A veteran recounts the first months of World War I describing a retreat before the Marne, a French town La Grange encounter, and brutal Prussian actions. He recalls a drunken slaughter of a woman and a baby found on a barn nail, fueling rage against the enemy.
Baxter Cain was convicted of first degree murder for killing Abel Harris at the car barn of the North Carolina Public Service Company. He was sentenced to be electrocuted on November 24. The crime occurred while Harris was substituting as watchman at the barn.
Chicago reports weekly leaders in major leagues with Cobb and Roach atop batting, Carey and Roth lead steals, Bush and Burns pace runs, Veach and Cravath top home runs, Cycotte and Anderson win totals among 25 plus games, Detroit leads American club batting at .259 and Cincinnati tops the National at .265.
In Paris on September 14 the provost marshal department announces its core duties will continue: traffic control maintenance of discipline and care of prisoners of war despite a larger American army and changes in its rules.
Swedish minister Count Wrangel and the Countess Wrangel departed London for the continent on a several weeks’ leave. He held a long discussion with the British under secretary of foreign affairs likely about the Swedish Argentine disclosures.
A steamship from New York docked in Bordeaux on September 15 bringing 15 American Red Cross workers to staff canteen stations. Among the volunteers are three sisters of Robert Lansing, secretary of state.
Cotton futures in Cotton New York opened nervously with selling thought to be incomplete and fell 3 to 15 points. The market soon recovered with October up to 20.42 and January to 20.15 in early trading. Active months gained 2 to 6 points. October 20.28, December 20.15, January 20.00, March 20.0, May 20.40.
A British steamer reports a wireless SOS indicating a ship being shelled by a submarine about 65 miles east of Nantucket lightship. The event echoes the U-53’s 1916 actions near Newport harbor under Lt. Hans Rose, which sank five steamers during its October visit.
Heinrich von Eckhardt the German minister in Mexico City denied all claims linked to Washington disclosures. He said he never sent any communication through Folke Cronholm and never recommended Cronholm for a decoration. He asserted he does not know Cronholm personally and dismissed the accusations as American intrigue against Germany.
Clerk M W Gant says High Point criminal cases will not be tried Monday and will be taken up Tuesday. All witnesses bound over before the grand jury should meet the solicitor Tuesday at 8 in the clerk's office.
C W L F C Van Rappard Netherlands minister is returning to The Hague after recall by his government. He is expected to receive a European post, possibly a diplomatic position in the Netherlands.
A German press piece argues the sole basis for compensation for the Argentine steamer Yoro is that it was sunk outside the barred zone. The report places the incident on September 15 in Amsterdam and notes the maritime dispute surrounding the grounding.
A British steamer bound from North America to South America diverted to a South American Atlantic port today due to fire in the coal bunkers. Among the first cabin passengers are many Americans.
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