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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1916
Page
5
A promotional note from High Point Milling Company touts White Frost flour as the best for all baking needs. The letter claims the product uses top wheat to produce superior bread, cakes, and pastry.
The Carolina and Yadkin River Railway publishes a stations timetable effective October 14 1914 listing southbound trains No 21 and No 23 from High Point to High Point and northbound No 22 and No 24 from High Rock to High Point with arrival and departure times and a note that times are not guaranteed and subject to change without notice. W E Price agent.
Newton D. Baker former mayor of Cleveland has been chosen by President Wilson for secretary of war. He is a lawyer and longtime Ohio Democrat, a friend of Wilson since Johns Hopkins days, and had twice declined the interior post in 1913. Baker, 44, is expected to quicken confirmation and lead army expansion and reorganization plans.
Senate proposal by Senator Chamberlain adds a federal volunteer force an enlisted reserve federalization of the National Guard and an officers reserve plus a reserve officers training corps to quickly build up the nation’s defense with broader recruitment and training across professions.
North Carolina congressman Robert N. Page announces he will not seek renomination after President Wilson pressures Congress to vote on a warning resolution to Americans. Page says he will follow conscience, not presidential dictates, and cites concerns over loans to England and munitions profits harming neutrality. He asserts no pro German sentiment, only pro American and constitutional responsibility.
A blaze in a city jail in El Paso Texas killed six prisoners and left about 40 others seriously injured. The fire started from a tub of gasoline and kerosene solution used to exterminate vermin, with many inmates saturated by the flammable liquid as the flames broke out. About 50 prisoners were rescued unharmed as onlookers heard cries.
The German cruiser Moewe, returning to a German port, reports aboard British prisoners and 1,000,000 marks in gold. It sank fifteen enemy ships during its cruise, including Corbridge and Trader, with some prizes sent to neutral ports and mines laid near the coast injuring the King Edward VII. Colonel House returns to Washington after confidential European mission. the United States plans to demand an apology from Austria-Hungary for submarine attack on the Petrolite.
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