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Che f I A N ' A ' - - -J. iy;--.' - w ui.: 5 A. N A f r-l I MM til HIGH POINT, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY, 24, 1917. Member of the Associated Pre. VOL.24. No. 56.. J; 10L3DS OYER WILS0FS V J SE1IATE WILL HOT AT , THIS USUI HIE DO HUT II Resolution to Have h Debated For a Week b Placed on the Calendar After Mr. Cum mings Speaks. (By the Associated Press.) : Washington, Jan. 24-Sena-tor Cummings resolution provid ing lor exclusive consideration of President Wilson's address until all senators have had opportu nity to express their views was sent to the calendar after it had been debated for two hours. Ia this it will require an affirmative vote of the senate to get it up again. Opening debate on his resolution for a "week's discussion in the senate of President Wilson's peace address, Sena tor. Cummings said the President's su? vrgestions were the most important ever made by a chief executive of the United States, and right or wrong, the Benito owes it to the country to set aside time for s full discussion of the issues in volved. "It will be observed that the resolu tion doesnot invite nor even properly permit a discussion at this time of the soundness or unsoundness of the pur poses announced in the Presidents ad dress," said Senator Cummings. "1 will ' do all I can do to hold the debate to the point of issue. What is it? It ia this. Ought the senate on some day ia the near future do the country the jus tioe of informing the people and advis ing the President of our view concern ing V policy oi the most vital mport ance to when he has told us h? ir a' out to commit his government? "Then for the proper discussion of the resolution it . matters not whethi- Die President is right or wrong. "Ia either case his communication is Uhe most important ever made by a chief executive of the United States." PEOPLE OF MOUNT OLIVE FOR FORWARD MOVEMENTS Mt. Olive, Jan. 24. At a well attend ed' sad very enthusiastic mass meeting in the city hall here Monday night, called primarily for the purpose of taking such sctept as may benecessary to secure the establishment fo a recorders' court here, k.s well as to bring up for discussion other matters of general interest to the community, it developed that the general sentiment of the own, as represented by those present, is unanimously in favor of the following forward looking move ments: The establishment of a recorders' court The organization of chamber of, com merce, board of trade, or other similar organization, i The changing of terms of municipal of A ficers from one to two years; and the paving of Center, street from the depot southward for four blocks. French Champion Killed. Pau. France,-Jan. 24.-Georges Ber- jfird, the middleweight champion pugi- aist of France, was killed while making flight Bernard was attached to the aviation corps. A fortnight ago Bernard boxed three exhibition rounds at a Paris gymnasium with Bob Session, a negro, who enlisted in the foreign legion at the outbreak of the war. Bernard was 23 years old, began bis career in 1909, and met Badoud in-1911, tires times, win ning twice on 'points! ' Papke "defeated Bernard in 1912. Bernard won the cham pionship from Marcel Moirean to the 19th , round in June, 1914." f d K", ( J Tiinafer Money at Sea. ' Baltimore, Md., Jan. 24 It was ie- I orted in local shipping circles yesterday that three steamers which left Baltimore recently, presumably, with eoal, also took out several million dollars n gold eagles and "half eagles for Germany, to be trans f erred at sea to the raiders sweeping the - south Atlantic ' " , , , V. Mr. Idol TJL VfATXldoTrcsshier of the Commer cial National bank, is confined to bis home on North Main street with s rath er severe sttack of la frifps. SEEK RECORDS OF BROKERS' SELLING New York.Jan. 24. H. G. S. Noble, president of the New York Stock exchange, told the house rules commit tee at the leak inquiry that the firs responses from mem bers to the request for a rec ord of their transactions in December might be expect ed by tomorrow or the day after. "I think they all realize," he said, "that speed is de sired and those who are go ing to respond will respond as quickly as possible." Attorney Whipple for the committee then resumed his .examination on stock market methods, particularly about rtshort" sales. F BAPTIST HELD Funeral services over the remains of Rev. W. Charles Smith, the Baptist min ister, who wss accidentally killed while hunting Monday afternoon, weer con ducted this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Green street Baptist church by Rev. J. M. Hilliard, Rev. Thomas Carrick and other Baptist ministers of the city. The 'services were attended by a large num ber of friends of the deceased who en joyed a marked measure of popularity among his acquaintances. The pallbearers, all chosen from the membership of the Green street church, were N. G. Goodwin, M. T. Choplin, W. M. Turner, J. H. Vestal,,, D. T. Andrews, and W. S. Chappell. Interment was made in Oakwood cemetery. AUSTRIA WILL TAKE (By the Associated Press.) Paris, Jan. 24. Austria has decided on an extraordinary measure to stave off "eminent bankruptcy," according to a Paris' newspaper's Geneva correspon dent. The correspondent says that a de cree is about to be submitted to the em peror whereby a fourth part of the real and personal property of all the sub jects and inhabitants of the empire is to become the state s in exchange for a kind of mortgage bond. This bond, ac cording to the papers, the state binds it self to redeem when the financial situa tion permits. DEMONSTRATION AGENTS ARE IN CONFERENCE AT WILSON ' Wilson, Jan. 24. A conference of the county agents of farm demonstration agents of the eastern district of North Carolina assembled here yesterday in the new- Briggs hotel. Prominent among those present are: W. B. Mercier, field agent of the state relation service, Washington, D. C. j B. W. Kilgore, di rector of extension service work for North Carolina; Raleigh, a R. Hudson, state agent farm demonstration work, Raleigh; E. 8. Millsaps, t district agent for the western division, Statesville; T. D. McLean, district agent for the central division; Aberdeen, and R. W. Freeman, easteri district agent, Wilson. " ' MOBILIZATION RECALLS . SWISS OFFICERS HOME . Washington, Jan. 24. Mobilization of three divisions of the Swiss army has been called for today. ' Many commis sioned and none-commissioned officer! now on leave in this country and at tached to the three divisions must re- The Swiss legation here denies sny knowledge of the reason for the mobili zation ; ithe than it is a "matter of pre caution." . Diplomats of other neutral countries remark that with Italy mass ing troops along the northern Swiss bor der, aad Germany massing, troops along the southern .Swiss border, Switzerland evidently Intends to see her neutrality is not violated. ' ' ' ' AL OF HIKES T BILL FIX1HG THE NEXT ELECT! LAWS IS 111 THESEIIATE House Reports Favorably the Bill to Modify Capital Punishment Where Felonies Are of Capital Nature. (Special Legislative Service.) Raleigh, Jan. 24 Bills amending the state constitution and providing for 1918 elections to repeal the four adopted at the last state election were offered in the house today and will be argued by Representative Haymore, of Surry. Clayton also presented a measure of this character. It was announced by the leaders that they would substitute a constitutional convention next year to bring about the same end. The house reported favorably the bill modifying the capital punishment law by which trial judges may sentence pris oners convicted to life imprisonment or to the chair in the court's discretion. The measure applies to all capital felo nies. When the Joyner bill prohibiting the throwing of refuse in certain streams of eastern North Carolina was recommitted, members asked if the refuse affected the fish of those waters. The whole argu ment was predicated upon the fish, but it was learned during the day that pro moters of the paper will at Roanoke Rapids will attend the new hearings and protest on the ground that it will pre vent the mill's construction. The senate debated until a late hour the education bill offered by Senator Turner providing for a commission to appoint county boards rather than elect them as many counties are demanding. The Wednesday night caucus is therefore called off and action on the Bertie bill is postponed. Miss Kate Barnard, prison reformer, and for two terms state commissioner of charities in Oklahoma, addressed a crowded house on prison reform today, the senate having declined to invite or to sit jointly with the house. She urged many measures for better prisons and among them more power to the governor to keep his hand on prison control. WHITE MAN CHARGED WITH CHICKEN THEFT. (Special to The Enterprise.) Greensboro, Jan. 24. For a fortnight there has been an epidemic of chicken thievery and two weeks ago Charles Mobley made his escape from the convict force of Guilford county. The chief of police made the foregoing statements and he stated he believed there was a vital connection between the two. Mobley, he said, is one af the best known chicken thieves in this section. Mobley is a white man, and an indication of how re spected is his reputation as a chicken thief, the chief declared, is the fact that he had serving a lengthy sentence for the offense when he made his escape. He had been given a term of 14 months on the roads and began service of it April 27, 1916. Mobley was rearrested yester day. :". HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE , HALTS LEAK HEARING (By the Associated Press.) New. York, Jan. 24s The house rules committee today decided to adiourn hearings here on . the leak investigation for an indefinite period. Members of the committee' who planned to return to Washington' today, to hold a meeting there' sometime Liter in the week will decide when they shall resume the hear ings here. .. j, , '. , . ,; V v:; Announcment of this came wfflle the committee was in session with represen tatives of theyNew York stock exchange trying to; agree on a new request for submission of records to the committee. NO PRAYER SERVICES AT ; )i WESLEY CHURCH TONIGHT. ; It was announced this morning that the regular prayer services at Wesley Memorial Methodist church would not be heMJhisieTen the congregations and the people of the city :who are accustomed to attending are requested to make note of the fact. BULGARS LOSE THE HOLD ON DANUBE Fall Back To Their When Attacked. Reported On (By the Associated Press.) Apparently the Bulgarians were not able to hold the ground north of the southern esquary of the Danube, occupa tion of which was announced yesterday. Today's statement apparently indicates a withdrawal of the Bulgarians to their former positions south of the esquary. This is the only important move that has occurred in that campaign. Extreme cold weather is interfering with opera tions there, and there, have been only skirmishes and artillery engagements. Attention is again turned to the Riga region on the northern end of the Russian front where a renewal of the fighting is reported by Berlin. This was forecast by yesterday's announcement of the re sumption of artillery fire there. The Berlin account simply declares that it took a course favorable to the Germans. TO THE CAPITOL (Bv the Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 24. Further extend ing his plan of transacting business at the capitol President Wilson arranged today to spend the afternoon in his of fice outside the senate chamber receiving delegations in addition to his usual call ers. Before going to the capitol Mr Wilson si ook hands at the White Housi with 100 independent oil producers and con frred with a committee from the Churches of Christ in America. GRAND CIRCUIT DATES ARE FIXED BY THE STEWARDS Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 24 H. K. Devereux,, of Thomasville, Ga., was re-elected pres ident of the Grand Circuit for the ensu ing year at the closing session here yesterday of th eannual meeting of the circuit stewards. E. W. Swisher, of Co lumbus, 0., was elected vice-president, succeeding A. A. Schantz, of Detroit, and W. H. Kinnan, of Cleveland, was elected swretary, succeeding II. J. Kline, of Cleveland. Dates for the coming racing season were announced as follows: Cleveland, July 16-21; Detroit, July 25-August 4; Kalamazoo, August 6-11; Columbus, August 13-18; Cleveland, Au gust 20-25; Philadelphia, August 27 September 1; Ilartford, September 3-8; Syracuse, September 10-15; Columbus, September 17-29; Lexington, October 1; 13; Atlanta, October 15-20. Philadelphia was yesterday added to the list of grand circuit cities but ap plications of Jacksonville, Peoria and Louisville, were denied. ROBBERS BREAK INTO CARS ON A SIDING AT WARSAW. Warsaw, Jan. 24. Saturday night rob bers broke open three box cars on the siding here and Monday night the store of Thomas and Boyette, grocers, was broken Into and the cash register robbed of about $6 in small change. Warsaw has a night watchman who is supposed to pstrol the town at night so as to pro tect the citizens from thieves and from outbreaks of fire. But it would seem that he is either not on the job or else this is a rather slick bunch of thieves. The present watchman has' not been on the job but a few months and this is the first set of robberies that has taken place here in several years. Cotton. ' '' New York, Jan. 24. The cotton mar ket opened easy today at an advance of 4 points on January but generally nine to 1 7points lower. May sold off to 18.88 after the call or about 16 to 20 points lower with the general list tinder liquidation. May rallied to 16.99 before the end of the first hour. . . . ""Cotto"n"Tutures openedv"""'easy, "" Jan. 16.79, March .16.80, May " 16-98, July 16.90, Oct. 15.99. s III Former Positions Little Activity Other Fronts On the Franco-Belgian front the pro nronounced activity of raiding detach ments is being continued. Berlin reports numerous air engagements in which the entente lost 6ix planes. Three German machines were brought down on the French front, Paris declares. The German admiralty's report today of the torpedo craft engagement in the North sea declares only one of the Ger man craft, a torpedo boat, put in in dis tress at Ymuiden, Holland was more than sllgfhtly damaged. The sinking of one British destroyer is reported while a sec ond one of this type was observed in a sinking condition after the engagement. The British admiralty yesterday re portsd sinking of a German destroyer in encounter Monday night and the torpe doing of a British destroyer with the loss of 47 men. (By the Associated Press Berlin, Jan. 24. Via London. The newspapers are slow in expressing an opinion on President Wilson's speech, the text of which was received shortly before gding to press. The afternoon papers refrain from comment, even the headlines being non commital and the stock market, which usually is the most responsive barome ter of popular sentiment, seems to be unaffected. Nevertheless, the speech occupies a large part of the restricted columns of the press and is regarded as the news feature of the day. SOLDIERS ON FURLOUGH GET EXTENSION OF TIME. (Special to The Enterprise.) Greensboro, Jan. 24. First Lieut. Garland A. Ricks of the third regiment, North Carolina national guard, who has been at home from the Mexican border on furlough for the paht month, has re ceived word from the commander of his regiment stating that he will be al lowed another onth's furlough. Lieutenant Ricks states that all mem bers of the national guard who are in this state on furlough liave received sim ilar information and it is supposed that the reason for sending out the extension of furlough to these men is because of the likelihood of the early return to this state of all North Carolina troops who have been on duty at the border ' since last July. ; Lieutenant and Mrs. Ricks left yester day morning for Louisburg to spend a week with relatives. Newton Hopeful of Getting Depot. Newton, Jan. 24. Prospects of a new depot lias brought up again the subject of a down town express and telegraph of fice. Newton's railroad headquarters are one mile north of the business center. The distance renders express and wire facil ities less facile than those things usually are in towns of Newton's size, and their removal from the country to town would make for cnvenlence in the estimat'm make for convenience in the estimation of patrons. Bryan Canse of Big Demonstration, Springfield, HI., Jan. 24. The "dry" forces of Illinois today made the visit of William J. Bryan to the station capi tal the occasion for an enthusiastic dem onstration in behalf of their cause. . In troduction of state-wide prohibition bills in both houses of the general assembly was a part of the program. - Weatnerv , .Probably rain tonight and Thnrsday f-not- much rhangft , in temperature ; moderate, variable winds. ' BEU PAPERS SLOW Oil COMMENT BODIES VERE FROZEN TO OEMS OF-THE From Two m the Morning Until Seven German and British Torpedo Boats Fought Off Flanders. London, Jan. 24. Specal dispatches from Holland give stories of the battles between German and British destroyers in the North sea, but the details, which on some points are conflicting, are most avowedly derived from hearsay and not substantiated. It seems, however, cer tain that the main engagement began about 2 a.m. and lasted until about 7. It was fought in darkness while the se verity of the eold can be judgd from the fact that eight corpses on the V-69, the German flagship, were so frozen to the deck when the boat arrived at Ymuiden that they had to be hewn free with axes. Practically all the details of actual damage to the ships referred to the V-69 which, it is stated,' was rammed by a British ship after being seriously bat tered. The correspondents report that 7 to 10 Germans were sunk, but there is noth ing confirmatory. According to one version the Germans started from Helgoland with the inten tion of raiding the British coast but were driven back toward Flandert, where some took refuge in Zebrugge. A number of survivors of the sunken British vessel have arrived on the east Sank One British. Berlin, via London, Jan. 24. One Brit ish destroyer was sunk and another was observed to be in a sinking condition in the North sea naval engageemnt, the admiralty announces. One German tor pedo boat put in at Ymuiden, in a dam aged condition. The others returned with slight damage. BETHLEHEM STEEL SMS DECLINE New York, Jan. 24. Bethlehem steel in response at the opening of today's market to yesterday's "melon cutting" of the directors which included a 200 per cent dividend was a decline of five point) to 425 on a sale of 100 shares. The bal ance of the list wai irregular on moder ate dealings, price changes in ui .-t of the issues beiiiij i i ly fractions. GOES TO CANADA FOR A PRINT PAPER MEETING New Canadian Decree in Council is Ex pected to Both erthe Federal Trade Commission's Efforts to Relieve the. Apparent. Shortage in Print Paper, Washington, Jan. 24. Vice Chairman, Han-is and Commissioner Parry, the fed eral trade commission, announced today, have gone to Ottawa, Canada, to consult Canadian government officials about a recent order in council fixing prices of newsprint paper in Canada. The commissioners will go from Otta wa to Chicago for a meeting Friday be tween American publishers and Cana dian and American manufcturers. The., meeting was called by manufacturers, who hope to further the commission's ef-. for for print paper relief. The Canadian decree not only fixed newsprint prices at $10 a ton advance over last year but limited export to 80 per cent of a mill's capacity. The ex port prohibition, however, was annulled yesterday dispatches said, though the maximum price Is expected to go Into effect' soon. It am)lies only to sales In Canada and will have do direct effect In the United States. . Wheat ' ' ; Chicago," Jan. 24 Fresh declines la wheat took place today as a result of th continued absence of foreign buying. Opening prices which ranged from 1-8 to 7-8 lawer with May at $1.84 to U4 6-8 and July at IU1 12 to 1J1 78 were.;, followed by a material. setbackburilien( a general rally. GERMAN BOATS
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