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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1917
Page
1
Germany protests Sweden for relaying telegrams and warns against revealing code contents. A Liberal meeting in Stockholm supported strict neutrality and demanded government action to assure Swedes that belligerents will be kept at arm's length.
About 25 000 iron workers and metal tradesmen in war plants across San Francisco and bay cities walked out at noon after rejecting a 50 cent raise. The strike stalled more than 150 million dollars of government shipbuilding and engine work and halted other construction. Management said the settlement rests entirely with the government.
J Elwood Cox president of Commercial National Bank left for Richmond Washington and Atlantic City to attend the American Bankers Association annual meeting. He serves as vice president of the national bank section and a member of the association's executive board. He plans to be away about ten days.
The naval council of American cotton men calls a Washington conference for October 5 to discuss faster cheaper transport of cotton from the South to mills in New England. Acting secretary Rufus Wilson says the meeting has Commerce Department and railroad war cards approval.
British naval seaplanes dropped bombs on German destroyers and trawlers along the Belgian coast between Ostend and Blankenberghe near Zeebrugge. They hit one destroyer and sank at least one trawler.
Desperate Austrian resistance continues as they launch four attempts to retake ground won last week by General Cadorna on the Bainsizza plateau. Each assault is repulsed. British front reports only raids in Arras and Somme with prisoners taken.
The Navy League comfort committee, led by Secretary Daniels' bid to curb its work, will continue sending comfort garments to sailors under Mrs. George Dewey's honorary chairmanship. The group notes over 23,000 sets have gone to sailors and pledges ongoing support despite Daniels actions and Red Cross concerns.
A black shepherd dog belonging to Jack Smith of Asheville traveled over 400 miles from Tarboro Georgia to return to his owner. The dog had been sold to EK A MacCarthy of Tarboro GA and shipped by express. The dog scratched at Smith’s door and wagged upon arrival. The sale was later called off.
Chattanooga reports three German prisoners Karl Henteerrell Gustav Hartwig and Paul Niebann escaped Fort Oglethorpe during a heavy rainstorm. Hartwig has escaped before with two companions and reached Trenton where a Chattanooga woman lawyer identified them and they were arrested.
Southern Power Company shut off electricity in the city yesterday to allow transmission line repairs. The outage lasted until 2 30 o'clock and caused very little inconvenience to residents as workers described it as an outing.
Publication of Tages Zeitung Boersen Zeitung and Friesinnige Zeitung in Berlin has been stopped by military censorship, as reported from Copenhagen dated September 17. The move affects press coverage and distribution of the three papers.
Seven Iowa stock men were killed and ten or more were injured in a rear end collision on the Burlington railroad near Warville Illinois. The victims and several injured were in two sleeping cars and a way car attached to the rear of the merchandise train which plowed into them.
A Marion county court judge ruled the Indiana woman suffrage law unconstitutional and void. An appeal to the Supreme Court is planned to seek a final decision before the municipal elections, and the court declined to issue a restraining order blocking women from registering.
Greensboro faces a crisis as the gas plant risks closure unless coal supplies resume. The decision does not impact High Point, with officials emphasizing a temporary halt to operations pending fuel resumption.
North Carolina Public Service Co of Greensboro warns it may shut its gas plant if coal is not furnished. Over 2000 homes could lose gas as Southern Railway reportedly confiscates coal consignments. Senators Overman and Stedman plan to appeal to Coal Commissioner Garfield for relief. High Point expects no local impact beyond a month.
Two seamen from the coal barge Nathan Lawrence were rescued in breeches buoy after hours in a gale off Cape Henry. Lifeboat launches were thwarted by heavy seas, and weather today showed moderation.
Washington September 17 The Navy Department after completing its investigation is satisfied there is no foundation for reports of a hostile submarine off the New England coast.
A naval aid organization states its pledge to serve sailors and defends continuing distribution of articles worn by American women to Navy personnel. It cites Secretary Daniels approval as not essential to the act and announces it will persist in this field.
Wayne county slowly recovers from severe floods with standing water dropping. Two lives, an aged Black man and his wife, drowned near Wayne. Bridges washed away, highways impassable but to be repaired soon. Wilmington reports disruption and crop losses after the storm. the body of brakeman H T Moore remains unrecovered. wrecking crews hindered by washouts as water recedes.
Washington reports Assistant Secretary Sweet of the Department of Commerce will propose an amendment to the soldiers and sailors insurance bill. It would authorize the government to cover the difference between peace time premiums and war rates so private companies can insure at peace time premiums without war hazard.
Washington reports over 4,000 farm loan associations are being organized to borrow under the federal farm loan act. Farmers may borrow up to 150 million dollars from 12 federal land banks within a year, with August applications totaling nearly 24 million dollars.
Norfolk Sept 7 Seaboard railway officials report no request for a conference from clerks and no intimation of such. Clerks of all companies entering the city have formed an association but have made no demands.
Strikes spread across Argentina with a 50 yard long bridge wreck disrupting two lines. Heavy troops deployed to Rosario as railway disorders intensify.
Salisbury Sept 17 Solicitor Hayden Clement begins an active investigation into the death near Concord of Mrs Maude A Ning of Chicago He will establish headquarters at Concord tomorrow Subpoenas have been served on Gaston B Means Aston Means WS Bingham and Earnest Fury and Mazie Melvin and Charles S Dry and wife who witnessed the shot near Blackwelder spring
Washington on September 17 clarifies that the government does not intend to take canned or dried foods from homes. Officials say the rumor may be propaganda to hinder food conservation and keep prices high, and have distributed a formal denial through county agents.
A third attempt to position the central span of the Quebec cantilever bridge was underway. The span, resting on pontoons, was towed into place with hoisting chains attached to eight six ton jacks ready to lift 150 feet.
A public hearing before the New Jersey state public utilities committee began in Trenton to weigh the merits and demerits of the railway full crew train law. Similar laws setting crew sizes are in effect in more than 20 states.
Washington reports General Alex ios appointment to supreme command begins a Russian army reorganization with old generals replaced by new ones. Troop confidence rises after reforms. Vorniloff uprising quelled. discipline improves. forces hold seven more miles against Germans on the eastern front.
George Allen white man starred in municipal court session charged with riding trains without tickets or permission in two cases and drunk and disorderly in a third. He fined $5 with costs in the latter case and costs in the others. City manager T J Murphy faced speed law violation with costs. Ben Morton white taxed with costs for riding, Wade Phillips white paid $5 and costs for drunk and disorderly. Jerry Caviness negro taxed with costs for leaving a horse unblocked. Jake Snow negro found not guilty on that offense. A L Hood drunk and disorderly paid $3 and costs.
Nearly 10 000 Odd Fellows from across the country gather in Louisville for the 98th session. A proposal seeks authorization for Canada and U S grand lodges to levy a yearly $1 assessment during the war, with proceeds to aid the Red Cross and Odd Fellows relief.
New York on September 17 reports irregular cotton trading with less rainfall than expected and heavy moisture confined to the coast. Prices opened up, with October at 20.43 and January at 20.21 as futures showed steady early activity across contracts including December 20.17 January 20.10 March 20.23 and May 20.42.
Secretary Mc Adoo told a delegation of southern congressmen there was no need to alarm over Britain's plan to withdraw 110 million dollars invested in cotton and farm lands. The government will likely ask Britain to refrain from calls on the money.
Washington reports indications that the storm off the coast for days is moving north and northeast. Weather bureau ordered warnings displayed from Black to land to Boston, signaling extended alerts for the region.
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