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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
2
Paris announces severed relations after Austria allegedly deployed troops inside Germany. French ambassador exits Vienna as Austro Hungarian envoy leaves Paris, citing Austrian assurances and actions against France.
London reports no major land or sea battle yet in the seven Nations war. Both sides claim victory at Liege though Belgian forts hold and Germans occupy the city. Ambassadors have left capitals as France and Austria declare war and diplomacy collapses while England's economy stabilizes with modest food price increases.
France expresses great enthusiasm after French troops under Gen. Joseph Joffre occupy Alt Kirch and Muelhausen and push beyond the German frontier. Authorities say the occupation has limited strategic value but will boost morale and public spirit nationwide.
London residents set up a relief effort for travelers with $10,000 paid to tourists on cable orders from home banks. Hotel bills covered in needy cases. Committees formed to curb imposters and a joint investigation HQ was established. A society of college women led by Mrs. Walter H. Page and Mrs. David Starr Jordan guards stranded American teachers.
President Wilson urged Americans to stay calm amid the European war crisis. He said the United States must help mankind and not spread rumors or excitement, while noting temporary market and crop handling inconveniences and pledging readiness to meet financial challenges. He asked Congress for $250,000 to aid Americans in Europe and Congress approved moves to issue up to 500 million in reserve currency. In Missouri, a train collision near Tipton Ford killed 44 and injured 25 as an interurban car exploded, flames spreading to the passenger train. survivors aided by bystanders and rescuers.
Provisional President Carbajal and Gen Venustiano Carranza reach agreement to hand over government to Constitutionists. A general amnesty will be proclaimed and hostilities suspended. Conference with Velasco confirms Carranza will grant guarantees. proclamation by Carranza envoys Robles and Dominguez published nationwide.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson, wife of the President, died at 5 p m in the White House after Brights disease intensified by a nervous breakdown and a fall on the marble floor. She was in her fifties, surrounded by the President and their three daughters. The Senate had just passed the Johnson anti slum bill, which she had supported, and the President hastened to relay the news to her bedside.
North Carolina statistics show 13 percent of fires from preventable causes and 18 percent from largely preventable conditions. The campaign led by Insurance Commissioner J R Young aims to educate the public while Sherwood Brockwell leads the Bureau of Fire Prevention to cut hazards. The report notes 738 fires, 96 from preventable causes, 135 from chimney sparks, and totals of property value at risk and saved, with 936 volunteer and 136 paid firefighters and thirteen auto trucks in service.
In Bull City Durham four new banks advance as builders lay concrete foundations and erect eight story work for First National Bank Fidel ity Bank and Citizens National Bank. Norman Underwood lands the Merchants Bank contract as plans adjusted to add eight feet space behind the initial site. All structures will be fire proof with marble facings and modern design at Main and Mangum streets and other sites.
Raleigh city commission sold $75,000 bonds to Security Trust Company of Spartanburg South Carolina for a water plant extension. The bid was 19 above par.
The cruiser Tennessee with about 5,500,000 for American relief left Tompkinsville under Lt Cmdr FR P Jessop. Officials estimate a ten to eleven day voyage across at about twelve and a half knots. The vessel carries funds to aid stranded Americans.
A delegation including A M Dunny F B Worthy J Berry B G Moss and others from North Carolina towns met Secretary McAdoo to press for funds to move the crop. Senator Simmons and Representatives Small and Page accompanied the group in the capital to push for relief.
Raleigh. A. A. Thompson, member of the commission on intrastate freight rates, says the forthcoming report will be voluminous and cover the entire rate range. The commission aims for a fair basis for the public and railroads, with new rates to replace Justice act rates after a 60 day promulgation period.
The first tobacco sold at the new Fayetteville market came from L. A. Smith of Carver's Creek Cumberland County and grossed 29 dollars. Buyers Spencer Webster and Umstead of Planters' Warehouse reported no charges as the season had not formally opened. Smith, a Samp son migrant, is among Cumberland County farmers new to tobacco with about 5000 pounds still to bring in. The season opens formally August 20 with the first break.
Wilmington Chamber letters to over 200 commerce groups outline Hugh MacRae's plan to trim the present cotton crop by one hat to ease market demoralization caused by the European war. The idea aims to prevent burdens on farmers and keep 1915 production low so half of this year's crop can be sold at a higher value than its collateral.
The remark notes how fixation on a single object can limit perspective, arguing that constant attention to one idea narrows viewpoint and blocks broader understanding. The aphorism, attributed to Foote, invites reflection on intellectual flexibility and balance.
An Asheville movement seeks to place Buncombe county reformatory on a self supporting basis. An Eastern Carolina hosiery man may propose to lease the water power at the reform school with children working eight hours daily to run the institution self sufficiently.
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