HIGH POINT, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 22, 1917.
Member of the Aisocuted Preis.
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' RAIDER IS.SUIJK III
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PORT OF PAHA
No Details Are Given of the Sink
mg in Brief Bulletin From
Buenos Aire Glasgow
Sank the German.
I (By tie Associated Press.)
Buenos Ajre, Jan. 22. A local news
jper publisher a dispatch from Rio Ja
Beiro saying that, according to a cable
gram received at Pernnmbuco the Brit
ish cruiser Glasgow has sungk a. German
commerce raider 130 miles off Para. No
details were given.
' ' Hudson Mar May Proceed.
fc The' Royal Mail liner . Drina, 11.483
tons gross, which had ben in the cone
of the operations of the German com
merce raider, and which, In some quar
ters, had been reported sunk, entered
the habor of Rio Janeiro this morning.
The Japanese steamship Hudson Mara,
on arriving at Pernambuco January 13
with the crews of some of the victims of
the German raider, had no Germans on
board, according to an oficial statement
made here today, and consequently;,' it is
.stated, the vessel is free to leave port
Earlier information from Pernam
buco had said that the "Hudson Maru
would remainfbt that Braiilian port as
a way prize under the jurisdiction ol the
German minister and that the Braril
. Ian naval authorities considered the liner
a German vessel. v ,
It was reported here that a strange
; steamship with four smokestacks painted
black, had been sighted off Ceara, Brazil,
x running at high speed. This news,
was brought by the crew of a steamship
driving yesterday at Bahaia, Brazil, who
r say they saw the steamer. This descrip
tion does not coincide with. that of the
survivors landed at Pernambuco. How
ever, the wider is reported to be equip
ped with collapsible funnels, the num
. oer visible being changed at intervals
to disguise the identity of tie vessel
EXTEND POSTAL SERVICE AT
HIGH POINT TO MACEDONIA
(Special Telegram.)
Washington,' Jan." 22. Postmaster J.
' J. Farrisa and Major Stedman today had
the postof flee department extend the
mail delivery service at High Point so
as tr mefasde the Macedonia factory dis
trict. - -P. R. A. ,
The extension of the delivery service
into the residential district known at
Macedonia means that the local postof
fice .willMerving every thickly pop-
ulated section of the city and that reg
ular service will be maintained. The
extension oi ths delivery is one of the
steps contemplated to improve the local
service. '--"': -".
I fg, Postmaster J. Farriss appeared be.
df' fie the department today and practi
cally secured extension of city carrier ser
. vies, which will include Macedonia, it is
learned. - ' , -
ONE FJLLED'AND ONE IS
INJURED IN NATIVE FIGHT.
(By the Associated Press.) rf
' Washington, Jan. 2& A fight between
native bandits and American marines in
the Dominican republic resulting in the
death of one and the severe injury of an
. other was reported today by the navy
, department. '::,;;.'';;",;.
, Captain Katt, commanding the Amer
Sean cruiser forces reported the fight oc
curred Saturday. Americans here assume
' that the marines were-engaged in dis
arming the nationves and estabHshing
the new government under the American
military authorities.
Weather.
Overcast and :. much ' colder
weather tonight and. Tuesday;
probably with rain. turning to
; snowfcold wave,,, cold west shlft-
ing to north winds.
14EAR OLD GIRL
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Brother, Fearing His Sister. Will
Be Injured, Lends Hand
in Holding the Mob
At Bay.
(By the Associated Press.)
Cofumbia, S. C, Jan. 22. The story of
how ale-year-old girl, the daughter of
J. P. Bowers, a jailer at Hampton, S. C,
held a mob at bay at the point of a pis
tol and was responsible for the saving
of the life of David Richards, a negro,
was brought here today.
The mob had followed Richards from
Estill, where he was captured, to Hamp
ton Saturday : night. When the crowd
appeared at the jail the girl forbid en
trance and backed her statement with
the pistol. Fearing she might be in
jured the brother took the weapon from
her.- : : , - .- : " '
The mob immediately got the negro,
but Jailer Bowers arrived on the scene
and pleaded for the prisoner's life. The
negro was taken to a forest and se
verely beaten but will recover. He is
charged with assaulting a white man.
LEAK INQUIRY
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. I 22. Sherman L.
Whipple, counsel for the rules commit
tee in its inquiry to determine whether
anyone profited by a leak when Presi
dent Wilson's peace note was sent was
busy today getting ready for the open
ing here tomorrow.
.The understanding is that the inquiry
probably will not be extended to a com
plete investigation of the ' New York
stock exchange. The present plan is to
call officers among the first witnesses
and question them about the exact pro
cedure in the selling and buying.
This " information,' it is said will be
used by the committee to guide their
examinations which will be made into all
stock sales on the three days preceding
the publication of the note.
STOCK MARKET BREAKS ON
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
Reactions of Several Points in the More
Favorite Stocks Xmemdiately on the
Publication of the Decision to Address
. the Senate
New York, Jan. 22. The stock market
opened today with a firm undertone but
reacted sharply during the first hour on
the news of the President's intention to
address the senate on, foreign relations.
Gains of 2 or 3 points in United States
steel and leading equipments, munitions
and specialties were charged to losses of
2 to 3 points in steel, Central leather,
marines, American smelting, industrial
alcohol, American locomotives and Stude
bakers while Bethlehem steel reacted 8
points. ' r
' Rails and the more standard issues
also shaded 1 o 2 points. ,
GERMANY ASXXD IF THERE
WERE AMERICANS ON PRIZE
Washington, Jan. 22.-Inqulry has been
made of Germany as .to whether there
were Americans .Among the 103 neutral
sailors brought in as prisoners of war
on the German prize Yarrowdale for hav
ing taken pay on armed merchantmen.
The Inquiry was made entirely on press
reports and not on any official Informa
tion wtlch tit come to the stale depart
ment, i' '.. "i1' ' . ':' ; ,
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lIPPLtIS REAOT TO
BEGIN PROBE 1HT0
EXTRA SESSION HOW
FORECASTIFWILII
PROGRAM IS KOT
COMPLETED
President Goes to Capitol and
Confers With Leaders On
Program He Desires
Completed.
Washington, Jan. 22. Longer and pos
sible night session of the senate and a
legislative program for the remainder
of the session wers considered today by
the senate steering committee. The com
mittee meet in reepones to President
Wilson's personal appeal to its members
to speed up action on the legislative pro
gram including the railway strike re-j
striction bill. r '
Congress may be called in extra ses
sion in the event of failure to puti
through the administration legislative
measures before adjournment on March
3 and such a session senate and house
leaders are anxious to avoid.
Further emphasizing his intention of
working in close co-operation to secure
the completion of his program before
March 5th, President Wilson went to the
capitol today, for the tjiird time within
a weeki to confer with the members of
the senate and house,
The President had engagements to see
several members of Congress, at tht
white house but word was sent to them
that he would see them in his room at
the capitol instead. "
Mr. Wilson is very anxious to avoid an
extra session and with that end in view
wishes to hurry consideration of his pro
gram. He expects to devote much of his
time during the next few weeks toward
this end.
NEVER AGAIN WILL THE
SENATE INVITE SPEAKERS
Refuses te Invite Miss Rate Bernard to
Address, Probably Remembedsg-That
Bryan and Daniels Refused a Like
Honor Several Days Ago.
(Special Legislative Service.)
Raleigh, Jan. 22. "Never again," said
the senate today tabling a resolution to
invite Miss Kate Bernard, of Oklahoma,
who is here for the North Carqgba con
ference for social service, to address the
general assembly. ' The senate probably
remembered that mostly out of sheer
courtesy with intent to do honor it in
vited Bryan and Daniels to do a simi-
iar twng ana tney were propeny re-.where he ,ived for a number of years
gretting the press oi other affairs didDrior to movinr to Hieh VolnL j.
not. Nobody appeared anxious to invite
anyone.
A petition appeared from Miss Lidar C.
Rodman, state regent of the D. A. R.,
asking on behalf of state patriotic bod
ies that the statewide cemetery bill be
held up. She says that the bill wotld
destroy sacred historic spots and undo
the work of the bodies. '"
There was introduced for the establish
ment of reformatories for fallen wonfen
and other workman's compensation act
and a bill for the appointment of a com
mission to consider and report 'on the es
tablishment of a state pritning plant to
print public school text books and state
documents. It was ordered that 300
copies of a , substitute bill prepared on
election laws in regard to absentee vot
ing be printed. Much work will have
to be done as the substitute was for two
measures and there are two others being
prepared. '
The house was not scheduled to meet
until 3 p. m.
Wheat " '
Chicago, Jan. 22 Reports that a Ger
man raider had been sunk , gave an ad
vantage to the bulls in wheat today.
Opening prices which ranged from the
same as Saturday's finish to 1 cent high
er jrith May at $1.85 to $1.87, and
July at $1.51 to $1.52 were followed by
a"moderalgeneraradvaiice and lien
something of a reaction. ,
HOLDS MOB AT BAY
J. HARPER JOHNSTON, Oldest Citizen of High Point, Who
, Died Early Yesterday Morning, As He Looked
Two Weeks Before His Death-
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J. HARPER JOHNSTON, OLDEST
RESIDENT, DIED YESTERDAY
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Oldest and One of the Best Known Citizens of High Point Dies With
A Smile On His Face Funeral Was Held This Afternoon,
Conducted by the Masons.
WITH a smile on his face denoting
entire peace at heart, J. Harper
Johnston; High Point's pioneer citizen
and one of the best known and most be
loved men of the section, died of old age
at his home on Broad street Sunday
morning at 12-30 o'clock. He was 90
years old on November 25, having been
born on November 25, 1826, at a point
in Guilford county near Jamestown,
cember 25, 1855,' he was wedded to Miss
Mary Martitia Jackson, of Alamance
county, and of this union six children
were born, four of whom survive, they
being Mrs. O. E. Reams', Mrs. W. G.
Bradshaw and Miss Alice Johnston, of
this city and Mrs. C. C Wilson, of Flor
ida. .All except Mrs. Wilson were pres
ent when the venerable citizen breathed
his last. :
Mr. Johnston was for more than 70
years a conscientious and faithful mem
ber of the M. E. Church, South. For 50
years of thin time he was "a member of
the Methodist congregation at James
town and his contributions materially
aided that church to grow and, prosper
and do its work. Since removing his
membership : io the , WeBley Memorial
church, 18 years ago, he continued his
support and was chosen as a member of
the board of trustees of . this strong
church. . ; ,.
Until yesterday afternoon no one was
aware of the number of years Mr. John
eton had been a member of the Masons.
Late yesterday members of the ' local
lodge visited the home of the deceased
and while searching through his effects
discovered that he had been a member
continuously in good standing for , the
past 56 years and was perhaps the oldest
member of the Masonio order in this sec-tkmr-He
-was initiated into the old Lo
gan, Lodge, at Jamestown, in I860.
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The members of this order had charge
oi the services "at the grave this
afternoon at 2 o'clock when the remains
were interred in the family plot at Oak
wood cemetery beside those of his wife,
who died five years ago.
When he arrived at the advanced age
of 75 years, Mr. Johnston was chosen as
a member of the Guliford Highway com.
mission which was formed immediately
after the passage of bonds for tli pur
pose of constructing good roads. This
appointment was occasioned by the in
terest and work done in behalf of the
progressive step by Mr. Johnston. He
was an active member of this commis
sion until his retirement.
When Mr. Johnston died, much of vie
history of High Point, events that may
seem small and inconsequential, died with
him. 'Years ago Mr. Johnston conducted
a store at Jamestown, when High Point
of today was merely a dream. He re
called, just a short while before his death,
of how the city was given its name
workmen engaged in grading for the Car
olina railroad, now a part of the main
line of the Southern, often referred to
the place where the city is now situated
as the "high point" between Goldsboro
and Charlotte, the two terminals of the
state constructed railway. During all
these days Mr. Johnston was residing at
Jamestown but was a frequent visitor
to the little settlement that had grown
up where the plank road crossed the lum
berroad, that little settlement being the
High Point of before the war days. And
he saw the railroad constructed. , . '
For 13 years he was one of the two
deputy sheriffs petroling the county, he
having been assigned to the western sec
tion of Guilford for duty. During all this
time it was his fondest boast that he
never needed a pistol and never car
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PBESIDEIITTELLSTHE
SUBJECT OF RECENT
riOTES HE SENT TO
TS
Attitude of This Government to
An International League to
Enforce Peace is Given
By Wilson.
(Byv the Associated Press.)
Washington, , Jan. 22. Presi
dent Wilson, in a personal ad
dress to the senate, today laid
down the question of whether the
United States shall depart from
its traditional policy of isolation
and no intringling alliance and
take part in a world league to pre
serve peace after the war.
The President in his address
reviewed the sending of his notes
of December 1 8 to all belligerents
asking them to state more defi
nitely than they had the terms
they would deem it possible to
make peace and told of the re
plies he had received.
"In every discussion of peace that
must end the war." he said, "it is taken
for,' granted that the peace mu& be f ol-,'
lowea oy some aenmte concert oi pow
er which wiH make it virtually impos
sible that-any such catastrophe should
overwhelm us again. - '
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"ii is inconceivaDie, ne saia, inai me
people of the United States should play
no part in the enterprise and add their
authority and their power to the author
ity and force oi other to guarantee
peace and justice throughout the world.
"Such a settlement cannot now be long
postponed," he said, "it is right that be
fore it comes this government should
frankly formulate the conditions upon
which it feels justified in asking our peo
ple to approve its formal and solemn
adherence to a league for peace."
"The terms of the immediate peace
agreed upon," he said, "were to deter
mine whether it is a peace for which
Isuch a guarantee can be secured. The
question upon which the future peace and
policy of the world depend is this: Is
the present war a struggle for a just and
secure peace or only for a new balance
of power? If it be only a struggle for
a new balance of power, who will guar
antee, who can, the stable equilibrium of
the new arrangement? Only a tranquil
Europe can be a stable Europe."
President Wilson arranged to address
the senate at 1 o'clock this afternoon
on the question of the part Jthe United
States shall take in the proposed inter
national league for the preservation of
peace.
So many reports regarding the Pres.
idents' purpose were prevalent that Sen
ator Stone finally announced that Pres
ident Wilson proposed to give the sen
ate an elaboration of subiectB contained'
In his recent note asking for a statement
of terms of peace.
It was announced also that the Presi
dent would discuss an outline of the at
titude of the United States toward fu
ture arrangements for peace. It was
said nnMi'tivplv that tin Tmnriincr ntioattnna
between the United States and others
would be taken up. ,
The announcement was made by Secre
tary Tumulty following a conference-
with the President He stated that the
address would have to do with broad'
mipntinna affot!nr fha TtAnifinn nt tfin
American government.
The contents of the President's address
has been placed in the hands of all for
eign governments.
President Wilson sent word to Vice
President Marshall that he wished to ad
dress the senate on the subject of for
eign relations. Arrangements for his
appearance were taken up. It is said no
other President since George Washing
ton has made such an appearance.
- The President divulged tha immnu tit
his appearance to no one, not even to
his secretary..
: it was generally suppoeea mat wy
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