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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
1
The Food Administration plans to propose measures to lower bread costs to bakers retailers and consumers within days after the Federal Trade Commission finishes its bread cost study. The FTC will complete its inquiry this week and the FDA will then set standard bread shapes and compositions and publish price reduction recommendations.
New Orleans reports indicate the center of the tropical hurricane may pass inland from the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans tonight or early tomorrow. The weather bureau issued urgent warnings and ordered boats out to lowland sections southeast of the city to move residents to safety.
New York September 27 William Bennett gains 65 votes and Mayor Mitchell loses 1 as 17 assembly districts tally concludes. Bennett leads by 4 votes, with three districts adding 620 votes for Bennett bringing his majority to 414. In one district miscount shows both figures receiving ballots.
Rome reporting week’s Italian admiralty bulletin says a steamship of about 1000 tons sank after mining or submarine attack, outside Italian waters. Six sailing ships under 100 tons each also sank, with a damaged steamship and sailing vessel reaching port.
Washington announces the government shipbuilding labor adjustment board will depart next Wednesday to Seattle to study the Pacific coast strike situation. The board will also visit Portland and San Francisco to assess conditions firsthand.
New York police say plans to wreck machinery in American munition plants were defeated by raids that netted about 100 German and German sympathizers. Those arrested were moved to Ellis Island for possible internment during the war. most are mechanicians tied to munition or Navy contracts. In Mexico City officials reveal a long running code message link between Berlin and the German legation via the Swedish legation and Stockholm, extending to earlier in 1916.
About 200 alien enemies were rounded up in New York for violating President Wilson's proclamation restricting access to restricted areas. They are expected to be turned over to the War Department.
Washington reports 25 entomologists from the department of agriculture and Texas institutions concluded after a week that the pink boll worm is not likely to establish near Hearne Texas. They burned cotton on 105 acres within a half mile of the Hearne oil mill and uprooted cotton seed from Mexico implicated in the outbreak.
W. Idol of Wachovia Bank and Trust announces a business change with Julius C. Smith joining Roberson Earnhardt and Smith to manage the High Point branch insurance department. Smith will split time between banking office work on the Bank of Commerce building third floor and his law practice. He has taken charge of a growing local insurance agency and will focus mainly on insurance while retaining his partnership.
Women from the 12 Federal Reserve districts met in Washington to discuss plans for the forthcoming second liberty bond issue. The conference is chaired by Mrs William McAdoo, wife of the treasury secretary, and will run through today.
Gastonia September 27 Solicitor Hayden Clement of Salisbury and John Dooling of New York could not appear before Superior Court Judge Webb due to disrupted railway schedules. They were summoned to show cause why they and associates should not be held in contempt for failing to surrender documents seized in the New York apartments of Gaston Means, charged with murder.
Wendell Sept 27 Will McLean a black man was shot and killed early this morning as he tried to enter the home of a prominent resident. He had allegedly threatened to go to the residence and attack the occupant's wife. The husband hid in the rear and fired when McLean tried to gain entry at a window.
About 300 switchmen walked out at the Elgin Joliet and Eastern railway yard in Gary Indiana after reporting delays. The strike affected freight handling for the United States Steel plant, with 200 to 500 workers involved in the switching yards.
A L Brooks address in Greensboro was postponed to this evening at 8 o'clock. He will discuss patriotism of farmers in the auditorium. The event follows a large parade and a day full of exhibits and dancing.
The six year old Evelyn Virginia Carter of Richmond died after accidental burns in Greensboro while visiting relatives. She and her mother stayed with Mrs. R. G. Stockton in Springdale court. The child wore a crepe paper dress that caught fire from a candle while playing with a cousin. She died the following morning in Greensboro.
Buenos Aires witnessed its biggest ever demonstration with 200000 marchers in line led by Uruguayan senators and deputies. All business halted as thousands lined the streets. the event formed in 24 hours to show near universal public opinion against Germany.
Rev. Thomas L Trott of Monroe will fill the pulpit at St. Marys Episcopal Church for morning and evening services next Sunday. A sermon at 1 o clock and another at 7 50 o clock are planned, with the visiting minister described as forceful and eloquent. The church invites the public to attend and greet the visiting representative congregations.
Educational Day of Kirmess week includes an 11 o'clock parade along last night's route. Prof Brooks head of Trinity College education department will speak in the Washington street grove. W M Marr chairs the program. an old fashioned cakewalk opens the event with a ragtime orchestra providing music.
Washington reports that a congressional probe of Representative Heflin over the $50,000 Bernsteiff slush fund appears certain after Heflin testified to the House Rules Committee. Democratic leaders warn action could move to the House floor if the panel delays, as pressure mounts for immediate action. Heflin urged a focus on fund allocation rather than his remarks accusing 13 or 14 members of acting suspicious.
Frank Armfield of Concord and T. B. Maness have formed a law partnership. They will locate offices in Concord and begin practicing locally.
Allied forces retain possession of roughly half to two thirds of a mile of newly won front along a six mile sector from Power hamlet to St Julien. British lines repelled repeated German counterattacks as Haig reports heavy German losses and continued pressure near Polygon wood and Zonnebeke. French forces on the Aisne front repelled a German assault by the Crown Prince’s troops with heavy losses.
The West Indian hurricane crawled 150 miles southeast of the Mississippi mouth and moved northwest toward the Gulf coast. It is forecast to reach the American mainland between Pensacola and eastern Louisiana near New Orleans, with warnings not yet issued.
Mrs. John D. Raker of Sergeant's Alley near Greensboro shot herself late last night after learning her husband had an affair. The wound to her side did not reach the stomach. she is expected to recover. Earlier a quarrel followed a discovered letter. she had assaulted him with a broom and umbrella and was fined, while he testified. He left for a boarding house and refused to return.
London reports Lieutenant Bridges who accompanied the sallour mission to the United States last summer has lost a leg below the knee due to a wound received in action, as stated by the Times.
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