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1 i i No. 24. No. 53. HIGH POINT, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 20, 1917. Member of the Associated Pre. SI SUP CAPTUS Mil BY f ME PEIZE : CWW IITQ GERlfiAI 3AKB0R B 4Wo THREE AMERICANS IN CREW; CRISIS IS FORECAST (By the Associated Press.) Berlin. Jan. 19. (Via London. Jan 20.) News of the safe ar rival of the Yarrowdale in a German port has added to the gratiffica . tion expressed in the German press German commerce raider as reported from British sources. The name of the cruiaer and its .com- Blunder, its size and speed, and all de tails regarding it, are withheld by the naval authorities and nothing was known until today about the arrival of the Yarrowdale, although she has been in port more than a fortnight. The prize commander, Petty Officer Badewitx, was a member of the erew of the raider Moewe, and was in command of the British ship Westbourne, which brought the crewa of a number of ships sunk to Tennyriffe. He afterwards de strqyed the Westbourne to prevent her falling into the hands of the English. Badewitz was held in Spain after that . exploit but escaped. Two Raiders Are At Large. (By the Associated Press.) New' York, Jan. 20. The warning sent out by wireless to vessels by the British authorities that the captured British merchantman St. Theodore had been con verted into a raider was pointed today by local shipping men to prove that at least two German raiders are at large. It was recalled that s ship was sunk south of the' equator within eight days after the Samland had sighted the raider December 4, about 600 miles west of Fastnte. For any vessel to have covered the distance in that" time, It was said, would have been impossible. So far no change has been made in the arrangements for the safety of al lied vessels leaving this port for Eng- ' land or France. "When the vessels finish loading here the captains, it is said, go to theri respective cpnsuls and receive a code message which they send out on preaching ac certain position some 300 or ' 400 miles from their port of destination and waits until the escort mees them. Fear Complicated Situation. (By the Associated Press j Washington, Jan. 20 German admir ty statements that neutral subjects in jp crews of vessels captured by the Ger 1 man raider in the south Atlantic have Ven "removed as prisoners of war" will Jse a complicated question if any Americans are among them. ' The whole question turns on whether an armed merchant ship is a war vessel ; and the gulf between this country and Germany on that question is still un bridged. Of course, Americans on such ships could be considered as prisoners of war only if the vessels were considered as war vessels No indication has been received that any of the vessels sunk by the German raider were other than de fensively armed. The state department has held throughout that a vessel can not be classed as a warship unless it is under naval orders and the naval flag and manned by naval crews. The German admiralty statement made Anat time when the armed ship issue i4 becoming more complicated was taken it foreshadow a mors pronooneet aioV - tude as to the question on Germany's part. Three Americans on Yarrowdale. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 20. Three Americans were members of the crew of the British steamer Yarrowdale, captured by the German raider and taken into a German port by a prize crew, according to the records of the British consul here. '": ; Dispatches from Berlin last night said 'that the Yarrowdale had brought in 469 prisoners, crews from other ships, among . -them 103 subjects of neutral nations, but no mention was made of there being any Americans among them. The Yarrowdale's crew numbered 37. Her cargo was worth approximately. $2, 000,000. Raia Next Week. ' -Washington, Jan. 20 Rails for the . first part of tV week were foercast to by for the south Atlantic states except i'loru JUtwyr tempera! lit t. will -ooun with clear weftthc Tuesday or Wedri-tfay. over the exploit of the mysterious COTTON MARKET BREAKS IN SENSATIONAL MANNER Imediately After the Opening Today May Declined 35 Points From the Clos ing Price Last Wight But Later It and Other Months Sallied Under Covering. New York, Jan. 20. There was a sen- national break in the cotton market shortly after the opening today. First prices wer steady at an advanec of points to a decline of 7, but the tone immediately weakened under heavy gen eral liquidation and for a time the mar ket seemed verging on demoralization, Inside of ten minutes May broke to 16.90 or 53 points from last night's clos ing. There was more support when prices broke below the 17 cent level and after the decline of about half a cent prices rallied 15 or 20 points. Cotton futures opened steady. Jan. 17.14, March 17.29, May 17.49, July 17.39, Oct. 18.30. Cotton closed steady, Jan. 16.85, March 16.98, May 17.14; July 17.12; Oct 16.01 REGULATIONS TO AID IN GETTING CARS PRESCRIBED Interstate '" Commerce Commission Tikes Drastic Action In An Attempt to Lower the High Prices Demanded At This Times for CoaL (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 2. Drastic regular tions designed to relieve the shortage in coal cars and help bring about a lower, ing of high prices of coal were prescribed today by the Interstate Commerce com mission. The regulations require return of all coal cars as fast as unloaded and gives the roads ten days to devise methods for relieving the shortage in other types of cars. The commisalon'i order f?so reqa'r-s thi railways to apply thf same r?spia- t'r' to refii-s'M'.or, 'i3ktr, ventilated :ft.l insulated curs. The new orders bf-ome i-iActive F;! r.y 21. The, ii.ni'tte he railiyj are called on to appoint should be vested the order states, with powers and should co-operate in seeking relief for the short age of other types. Unless such a com noittee is appointed in 10 days, the com- missio nsays, it will act independently and consider the issuance of such orders as it deems necessary to relieve the esit uation. GETS SIXTY DAYS ON ROADS FOR BRINGING IN LIQUOR Wilson. Jan. 20. Admitting on the stand that he had gone to Baltimore and transported back to Lucama 20 gallons of whisky for eight other negroes. the trial was brought to an end and the "transporter," Rosooe Horton, was sen tenced to the roads for 60 days. Judge Whedbee ordered the' eight negro wit nesees to appear before him. Five re sponded and thre escaped.' Judgment was suspended against the five and the liquor ordered destroyed. Wheat Sells for $2 a BusheL Newton, Jan. 20. 'Yesterday D. Q. Smyre, Catawba county farmer, drove in to town with 50 bushels of wheat, and when he left the flouring mill where he sold it, he carried away a check for $100. It was a high water mark, like 20-cent cotton last fall, in Catawba agriculture, while car load shipments of corn, on ac county of July floods, high water mark stuff in one sense, marks also, the lowest point tvefi, touched by the Dutchmen'.' Belligerent Ships Stay in Port. -. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 20. Since eon- finned news of the operations of the Ger man commerce raider was received three days ago- net a- ship-of the- belligerent nations has passed , out of the Virginia capes from this port for Europe. LEGALIZES ACTION QF LATE GOVE Governor Craig Will Not Be Call--' ed Upon to Reimburse the) State With $4,000. 86 VOTED IN FAVOR OF IT Number of Bills Up Today While Page Is Worried Over Se cret Caucus Held. Raleigh, Jan. 20. The house today validated the $4,070 issued to convicts Christmas, 86 representatives voting for the resolution of Senator Jones and 11 against it. After the roll rail was demanded Rep resentative Pharr offered an amendment declaring the house was making no prece dent in legalizing the governor's recom mendation to the prison board. He wifh drew it upon entreaty of Roberts, but in voting for it declared he withdrew his amendment solely because he did not wish to hold up the action by a senate concurrence. More than half of the Re publicans were with the governor. McLendon offered a statewide bill for eliminating adult illiteracy. It provides a fund of $50,000 to be used in schools and duplicates the amount that each school raises. The minimum will be 10 pupils. Page, of Moore, protested againdt what he called a semi-secret caucus alleged to have been held Friday for the purpose of opposing his school board bill. He de clared that he and those who thought with him had not been treated with the proper courtesy. In the senata it developed that the ed ucational caucus will be held Wednes day night. In that body today Senator Person introduced an amendment re stricting all state officers, to t wo terms, a measure recommended by the gover. nor.. The Bertie county bill providing popu lar elections of school boards would have passed today but for a change in procedure that makes it follow the cau cus. NEW BERN BACHELOR CLUB CALLS LOUDLY FOR HELP New Bern, Jan. 20". A year or so ago, one of the leading pastors in New Bern, who at that time was unmarried, organ ized the Bachelor's club and took into the fold a half dozen or more young men who declared that never would they for sake single blessedness but would re main treu to the club and its creeds. However, woe has befallen this club and the members now are calling for help. First the organizer hied himself snd took a wife. A week or so ago an other member kicked over the traces and now a third has announced that he is soon to take a bride and indications are that unless osmething can be done to kill the love germ that seems to be in evidence in the club, that it will soon be a thing of the past. DEUTSCHLAND IS EXPECTED AT NEW LONDON, CONN., SOON New London, Conn., Jan. 20. James L. McGovern, state collector of customs, had a lengthy conference with officials of the Eastern Forwarding company here yesterdya and it is understood that ar rangements were completed for the arri val at this port of the German commer cial submarine Deutschland. Nt also was learned from unofficial sources that another submersible, said to be larger than the Deutschland, is expected here soon. TENNSSEE HOUSE PASSES WOMAN SUFFRAGE MEASURE Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 20. The house of representatives yesterday passed the bill allowing women to vote in city and presidential elections. The vote was 59 to 2a. Women suffratriets in the hall of the house made a demonstration when the vote was announced. The bill now goes to the senate. ; .. Resum Leak Inquiry. , Washington, Jan. 20.--The house rules committee' today formally retained Sherman Whipple of Boston, as eoun sel"lntleleak"" inquiry" wdecided to resume hearings at the New York cus tom house at 10 a. m. Tuesday. ARE KILLED BY lllll BUST Munition Factory in England Blows Up Demolishing Many Houses. WAR NEWS IS LACKING Rumanian Theater the Only Sec tor Where There Are Any Engagements Reported. (By the Associated Press.) London, Jan. 20 The explosion in a munition factory near here last night in volves practically all the 'explosives in the factory which was destroyed. The effects were felt at a great aiatance and three rows of small houses in the neigh borhood were almost demolished. Between SO and 40 bodies have been re covered thus far and about 100 are re ported injured seriously. Bad weather continues on the Ruma. nian front, but nevertheless the Teuton ic and Russian forces on both western Moldavian .front and along the Sereth hav ebeen heavily engaged, at some points. On the Sereth the Germans won the only success reported, capturing the town of Nanesti. The Rumanians have kept up their attack in the Shuttiza val ley region in. Moldavia, but failed to advance, suffering heavy losses, including 400 men inprisoners. Only reconnoitering and artillery ac tivities are reported from the other areas .today. Reports from Brazil say the German raider which has sunk or captured many entente vessels in the Atlantic, has with her three small submarines of a new type, apparently employed in scouting work. A posisble clue tot he recent whereabouts of the raider comes in a Rio Janeiro report of a strange craft recently sighted steaming rapidly off the northern Brazilian coast. WASHINGTON PACKAGE WAS NOT DELIVERED Trunk From Capital of the Country Ar rived in High Point But the Owner Called Not Policemen Beat Him To It. When southbound passenger train No. 31 rolled into the local yard and came to a period a full and complete stop early Friday morning, Patrolmen Welch and Evans, of the local portion of the finest, were right on hand to see that nothing happened. Nothing did, except that a trunk was unloaded which made a most suspicious noise as it landed on the waiting baggage truck. The patrolmen had an idea; they figured that trunk must be filled with kegs of whisky and right away one went to headquarters and got himself a search warrant while the other remained there to see that no rude man came along and got that trunk unbeknowingst to them. . The copper with the warrant soon re turned and the trunk was searched and, lo and behold! no kegs were discovered, but 48 perfectly good pints of some kind of booze were. The liquor was of the variety known in some circles as bot tled in bond and it now reposeth where no thirsty person may see or taste it. A quiet search was made yesterday in an effort to locate the consignee but without any degree of success whatso ever. I he trunk: was shipped irom wasn- ington. Message for Pershing. 1 Paso, Jan. 20. A message passed throuah here today for General Persh- ing in Mexico asking him when he woul be ready to begin marching to the,! der, according to a relable report formal order has ben issued for the drawal, it was said but GieraV...$30,7?i4 ings' reply was expected to fix P. 18.607.45 British Ship Sunjr. .....,. , ; New York, Jan. 20 - steamship Toftwood j partly matured worth $750,000 was sv , ; on her voyage,. Christmas daT ceived here )' ' y J and S hire;; MILK AND TOBACCO mmm Excellent Meeting Held at Welch School On Route One Last Night i INFORMATION OF INTEREST Government Experts Use Facts to Arouse Interest in Tobacco and Dairying. The first of a series of meetings to be held under the auspices of the industrial committee of the Commercial club for the purpose of arousing interest in the proposed milk depot and routes and a tobacco market so that the farmers of the sections adjacent to High Point might profit thereby was held last night at 7:30 o'clock at the Welch school, on rural route one. There was very god attendance, 30 farmers in addition to many pupils of the school being present to hear the advice by government and state experts on the subject. A. E. Tate, chairman of the industrial committee, presided, and briefly outlined the posi tion of the Commercial club, stating that the organization was seeking to bring about co-operation between the people of the county and the residents of the city for the mutual good of both. He declared that the club had no selfish motive in seeking to 'establish the milk routes and depot and the tobacco ware house. The farm demonstration agent for Guilford county, E. H. Anderson, was the first speaker Introduced and he stated thajh.ejpeeting was one of the best, in point of numbers and the number of farms represented, that he had attended recently. He declared his intention of spending as muc htime as posisble in this section of the county during 1918 and stated that he would like to encourage people to have more and better cattle. Mr. Mcintosh of the Carolina Cream ery company, stated that his company was ready and willing to start the milk routes and establish the milk depot just as soon as the farmers felt that they wanted it. The creamery company is paying 38 cents per pound for butter fat which is but one cent less than it is disposing of butter at wholesale. It re uires no expense to get this butter fat from milk other than that necessitated by the purchase of a spearator, he de clared. The cost Recounting expert of the United tSates department of agricul ture, J. M. Johnson, of Washington and Raleigh, who was the next speaker, made the principal address of the even ing. He went into detail, giving the facts gathered from 172 farmers of Ca tawba county while making an investiga tion for the government. He stated that no farm ever inspwted by the govern ment had made an amount over and above actual running expennes, unless the owner had raised ono of the two crops which are recognizpd as money makers; tobacco and cotton. He quoted statistics showing that the wealthiest farm sections and the highest producing acreage are in those counties where TO bacco and cotton are frown. 4Ullb, - - ... "The government has ascertained or referred to are a full and correct exhibit actual test that it takes nfa5ilities, income, and disbursements, and of the days to plant, tend, cugy affa;r8 f the said Association on the said 31st day acre of tobacco, thj jastf anj for the year ending on that date, according to of days one man c their information, knowledge, and belief, respectively. L,th?' E. A. SNOW. President. 1 V. A. J. IDOL. Secretary, in this se Swom to ana subscribed before me. this 12th day of January, A. which wiS 1017 $90, sho. ED. L. KAUAIN, Notary ruouc My commission expires August 7, 1917. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA , Insurance Department . 7020 141-50 1 fames R. Young, Insurance Commissioner, do hereby certifythat I, james . nc a- .tatement of the High 12-70 the above is a true u - 7 u , D . j .1 Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association of High .Point, NorUj .nArf filTJk this denartment. showing the condition of said 22-JO A neiation on the i I t day or Lecemoej, 1 1 v . rrTy hand and of ficial seal, the day and date above written JAMES ADMIRAL LAID AWAY WITH 111 II Eft HEROES Funeral of Admiral Dewey To day With All Honors a Grate ful Nation Can Bestow. THE PRESIDENT ATTENDS AD Government Business Sus pended for Day and Private Business Stopped An Hour. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 20. Admiral Dewey was laid to rest today with all the hon ors a grateful nation can bestow. After funeral services conducted under the dome ef the capitol and attended by President Wilson, the cabinet, the Su preme court, the diplomatic corps and a notable company, the admiral's body was taken to Arlington National ceme. tery to rest with those of naval heroes gone before. Two of Dewey's command ers at the battle of Manila bay, Benja min P. Lamberton, the fleet captain, and Captain Joseph P. Coghlan, of the crui ser Raleigh, lie nearby. Not far away, on the wooded slopes rest Schley and Sampson. Private funeral services at the home were attended by the President, Secre tary Daniels and a limited company. The funeral party then moved to the capitol. All business of the government was sus pended for the day and all private busi ness in Washington stopped for an hour. On every American naval vessel on the seven seas a flag fluttered at half mast and an admiral's salute of 19 guns was fired. The ..entire corps of midshipmen from Annapolis, "who came not under or-' ders but as the admiral's friends, as he had wished, escorted the body to the ro tunda of the capitol.. Here J. B. Frazier, chaplain of the Olympia at Manila bay, conducted brief, simple funeral service. Mrs. Dewey did not accompany the party to the capitol, but joined it on the way to Arlington. ARMY AVIATORS LOST IN WILDS OF SONORA FOUND One ef Them Reaches Wellton, Arizona, and Proceeds to San Diego, While the Other is Expected to Be Brought In Late Today by Army Ambulance. (By the Associated Press.) Wellton, Ariz., Jan. 20. Residents.rf Wellton are watching today fo turn of the army ambulancr ed the border last night Lieutenant Colonel Har army aviator, who v on the Sonora dew ty brought back " ertson, his fello flight, to Wellt Bishop's w exposure an'' four days found afteol. secretary, of the High Point miles frociation of High Point, State of fomia ach for himself, deposes and saya a sourd officers of the said Association. Rcember last, all the above described inerty of the said Association, free and thereon, except as above statea; ana. urit-k th schedule and explanation NIC. January 18. 1917. - O - - w - R. .YOUNG Insurance Commissioner.
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