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V- v X ! I ' 4k A . .... . . . .1. -7 i jr " ' . V V -V' ' ' .'' ' J r y III J 'II li Mi I v VOL 24. No. 72. HIGH POINT, N. G, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 12, 1917. Member of the Associated Press. "F-T M. Y vT A mencans Mvices OFFICIALS ADMIT NOTE CAME FROM GERMANY ; ' . (By the Associated Press.) TTASHINGTON. FEB. 12. Sharp refusal to consider hints for 4 discussion of the submarine situation with Germany unless it be preceded by abandonment of the campaign of ruthlessness and resto tau'e of the Sussex pledges was forecast today. Cfioial opinion has solidified thst Ger aar's suggestion (or negotiations tan $bi he considered while, skips are being Sank (a a campaign which has brought J&rta the moral condemaatioa ef moat of le aea trail of the world. Officials, admitting today for the lrst she receipt of such an offer through (le Swiss minister, regard the sugges ts ss am' attempt to becloud the few end weaken the government's position. Vty gave intimation that it nut be set hf compaction. They regard it as somewhat strange Sat Germany should now show a willing flnes te negotiate on a subject which she fas into effect without discussion with his stun try or any attempt to give the in Tiewpoint consideration. American sHeld in Germany. .Berlin, Feb. It (Via Wiratas to the Isscclatcd Press via Sayville.) Foreign Osretary Zimmerman today informed C Associated Press that he had re e!tsted ,th.e Swiss government io soaks alfnjry Jn , Washington, , regarding the siatna ef the crews of interned tJeraaa elpe'ia' American ports. kSniing' an answer the 71 American 10kea by the German raider and brought H ea tteYarrowdale, whoa release had . s)m Agreed upon, are being held ha Cer Msjny , the secretary stated. Ask For Gobs. jftTsahington, Feb. lt.-P. A. I. Frank sss, president of, the International ller sntlu marine, today made formal appH a&tea to the navy department for gum tl am the passenger finer of the Anter tan liae. the request states that the company ss bee unable to find guns elsewhere. The department, it was stated effie isVuy, haa a considerable number of eld msdel f inch to 6-inch rifles available for arming ships, but not enough for the eon tftralea of all ship it would require in tae ef wsr, and alno to fursieh anna stent for all merchantmen. '' The question of Nrupplymg trained gun ersws Is more difficult from a depart mental point of view. There ie objection H withdrawing men from the navy at sis time and there is also some question ad to what effect such a step would have ea the status of a ship. French ship piers furnished guns by the navy were required to make oath that they were to S4 haadled by civilian crews. S PLACED OH TRIAL AGAIN r (Br the Associated Press.) . Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 12. Mrs. Tlctor X. Bkaee was placed on trial here today on sarges of larceny after trust. Two years sd she and her husband were aequitted a Sea Antonio, Texas, oi the charges of IDlisf Beatrice snd Eloise Nelms, f At asta, whose disappearance asver ass Isea cleared. ;.ff, '''' "'-. ' They : were returned her to 1 faee marge of converting to their owa mse 'Something over $3,000 of cash belonging dy the Nelms sisters. ' Victor lines wss sjusvkted and sentenced to leven' years ft prison and the' verdict tecen tfy was affirmed by, the state Supreme court, firs. Innes suffers from tuberculosis, it U stated, and appeared ill when the trial Vtgaa today. - .; y . 1 a H'x Netheflee Sunk. (By the Auociatfd Press.) London Feb. 2. The sinking of the British steamship Netherlee is reported S Held From CHARGES BAKERS ARE E (By the Associated Press.) . Washington, Feb. 12. Charging that a concerted effort to put up. the price of bread Representative Rainey, of Illinois, in a letter today to the Federal Trade commission and the department of agri culture which has been directed by the Presidnt to investigate the high cost of food, suggests that certain men be called to testify. The men include the presi dent nd secretary of the National Mas ter Bakers' association. Mr. Rainey charged the bakers with maintaining a lobby here to prevent a favorable action on the pending bill to; real the tax on flour which he says would open the market to about 10,000,000 bushel of corn every year. ' NEW " LAW INTRODUCED (Special Legislative Service.) Raleigh, Feb. 12. A "bone dry" bill, which he was careful to declare was di vorced from either the Anti-Saloon league or Rev. R. L. Davis, was intro duced in the senate today by Jonas, of Lincoln. ' It would utterly outlaw the .stuff as commerce, preventing even the ship ment for sacramental purposea but wouW allow it personally made for that use and would permit physicians to have two quarts monthly, as the individual now does. Senator Jonas says ae is not offering it as a party affair though four Republi cans have joined him. "I want to know whether this legislature is for prohibi tion or not," he said. The senate alone worked today. It killed the bill designed to do away with the private examination of married wo men. This was one of Chief Justice Clark's many dissents snd Senator Jones declared as his measure died, "the sen ate would not pass the Ten Command ments if Judge Clark favored them." MAN WHO REBUKED FLAG . INSULT TO GET MEDAL. Washington, Feb. 12. A gold medal is to be presented by the Sons of the Rev- olutibn, to Signal Quartermaster Leo H. Liksich, United States Coast Guard, who recently in New York, felled a man who wipea nis hands upon the Nstional flag. The medal was offered to the District of Columbia organization by Robert R. Ben nett," registrar in memory of his son, Tracy William Benaet, and accepted by the board of managers. ' Today it , reached James Mortimer Montgomery, of New York, general pres ident of the Nstional 'Society, who will make arrangements for 'a nubile Dresen' tation ceremony, which probably will be held in Fraunces' Tavern; New York. The society will be represented at the cere mony by a committee, headed by Major General Leonard WOod. , ,J Weather. Fair and continued cold to- nigra; T ' ' ' " JTT? f"r ' ' '.t' ' 1 t V i ucsueyr I air ., wiin rising temperature; fresh to strong northeast winds along the coast C HIS In Germany The WasM A COLD WAVE GRIPS NEW UK CITY (By the Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 12. Rivers and bays about New York are filled with heavy drifting ice today Interfering to some i for the first time in its history will cele eztent with navigation. For the first! brate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln time in five years the Hudson is solidly! frozen for the three mile stretch between Tarrytown and Nyack. Hundreds of persons have walked from shore to shore and seversl sutos haa. safely negotiated tne trip. xo Below. Cleveland, Feb. 12. The thermometer registered ten degrees' below rero here' today, tl was the coldest since February 10, 1883 when the temperature dropped to 16 below. 40 Below. Saratoga, N. Y., Feb. 12. tl was 40 de grees below today, the coldest f the winter. , ONE BIG VESSEL IS SUNK I (By the Associated Presa) During the morning and early afUr noon todays only one large Vessel was re ported a victim of the new German sub marine campaign, the British steamer Netherlee of 4,227 tons. Two small steamers brought the total tonnage sp to 4,968 for the period. In the field of military operations the British are pushing ahead oa the Somme, according to their latest reports, -jrhich recorded a gain of more than three-quarters of a mile in the Ancre region. Ber lin reports the operations to have been a series of attacks extending from Seres to the Ancre river, which were sanguinar ily repulsed, the British, however, occu pying some trenches. The French on the western front are confining themselves at present to raids, several of which are reported by Paris to have resulted successfully. Outpost encounters and surprise at tacks in comparatively small fore are the only events along the Russian front recorded in the statements. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 12. General Car ranza has sent a note to the United States, Argentina, Brszil snd Chile, ss well as all neutral nations, asking them to join an agreement to prohibit ths export from their countries to the warr ing nations of foodstuffs snd munitions of war. - v Of flcisT Reports Received. (By the Assocls ted. Presa) Wsshington, Feb. 12. Official reports on the arrival of forme Ambssiados Gerard snd his suite' St Zurich, Switz erland, reached ths state department to day from American Minister Stovall at Berne. They added nothing to that al ready published. , New York Freezing, 4 ; ;- .(By the Associated Press.) ; New York, Feb. 12-A , drop Jn the temperstureMhreejIegrees above zero st 7.30 s, m., today Drought hers ths coldest weather of the season. The. fore cast was that it would be warmer. , ODAY CARRANZA WOULD BAR MUNITIONS LINCOLH WAS T RECALLED "Any American Boy Cannot Rise to Lincoln' Height," Says General Coleman Dupont (By the Associated Press.) Louisville, Ky., Feb. 12. Kentucky today. In various ways the memory of the emancipator will be honored by resi- dents of his state. The last session of the general assem bly made Lincoln's birthday a legal holi day. In the state schools and state in stitutions will be closed. In the major ity of the churches of Louisville snd other cities preachers snd educators will deliver addressee on the life and charac ter of Lincoln. Nation-wide. (By the Associated Press.) Wanhington, Feb. Feb. 12 The na tional rapital today joined in the cele bration of Abraham Lincoln'a birthday anniversary. Exercises were held in Congress, the schools and at patriotic gatherings. i sVet- ml the dav was that, ar- kHsnged for tonight for various patriotic Societies at' which former Speaker Can non ia to a peakt on "Reminiscences of Lincoln." He is said to be the only man now in Congress who had aa intimate acquaintance with Llscola. Speaks On Lincoln. Cumberland Gap. Tenn., Feb. If The time when Lincoln lived in this rugged region was recalled by General Coleman DuPont, of Delaware, in presiding today at the celebration of the twentieth anni versary of the founding of Lincoln Me morial university, which, during the pant jthxee days, has brought many distin guished men here te pay tribute to Lin coln. "It would be toe sauca to say that any American, bor can rise to Lincoln's helirht." said he, "Let us all fervently 1 hone that no crisis shall ever come to pass that shall call for another Lincoln. But here are facta that should spur and inspire, and doubtless do epur and in snire every vounor mas of today. Lin WHEII III EE coln was not a youthful prodigy; he waseIiKib,e for the 7 flection. The may neither precocioua nor angetis.' He was not divinely gifted. He waa just a plain American boy, plainer than most, at the "beginning of his career. Born where life was hard and comforts meager he had neither luck nor circumstance in hi fa vor. He had as poor a chance as any boy ever had to become great and his success came only through the discipline of toil. He put his foot on adversity snd rose to opportunity. He did what any American boy can do and ought to do, make the most of life's chance. 'The people of these great Cumberland hills are of the stock from which Lincoln sprang and among the cabins in those rugged fastnesses are youths whose lives now parallel his early days. We should all take singular interest, yes, pride, in these young mountaineers. And we should encourage them in the effort they are making, so apparent here at Lincoln Me morial university, to scquire sn educstlon as Lincoln acquired It, by psinstaking snd persevering struggle and sacrifice." "This college' is doing a wonderful work, and an even more wonderful fu ture ia before it. The paths of commerce, I might ssy, progress, now circle about it, snd avoid it, even ss in Lincoln's day, but the - rosdbuilders who sre linking ststes snd, cities with broad highways from coast to coast will one day come upon itand the miracle will be wrought, The Southern mountains Will be reclaim ed; their pure American Mood will pulse with a new patriotic fervor snd tne na tion will find hers in thees fastnesses s treasure . of vumora 'andv, political wealth for the enriching of our civiliza tion." . ; ., . . rV'- Bending More tjovernment POLITICS IN CITY Rumor Has It Republicans Are Planning to Make a Strong "Spring Drive" On City Offices. "High Point," so a visiting journalist wth a turn of mind distinctly political once wrote, "takes its politics very se riously" snd that visitor seems to have sized up the situation in a very few words. lie was referring to county, state and national issues when he wrote tlat; citizens assert that the interest in those issues is passive, very much so, when 1 compared to municipal politics. And with the proposed amendments to the i city charter whereby there will be aj primary held in April and an election in May to be submitted to the voters dur-1 ing March, on the 13th to be exact, poli- i tics is rapidly warming up in the city,1 even though there are none of the street arguments taking place as yet the weather is too cold for the outside ora-: tory just at present. As is well known, the act to amend the present charter of the city, which was offered by Representative Carter Dalton and quickly passed by the house and senate, shortens the terms of Mayor Pickett and Councilmen Davis and Alex ander by two years, they having been the recipients of the four-year appointments when Representative Robert Brockett, Sr., put the commission or city manager form of government through in 1915. Councilmen Smith and Terry were the two-year menans their time expiree, ac cording to the original plans and specifi cations, during the coming May. The Dalton act makes the time of all five members of the council expire simulta neously but it must first be approved by the voters of the city. That's what will cause the battle of ballots during March. The Dalton enactment or amendments, makes the city election a non-partisan affair, or at lea,st that U what was in tended, so certain politicians assert. It provides that as many candidates as choose to make the race may enter the primary from each of the four wards oi the city and the two from each ward hav ing the largest number of votes will be or may be chosen frori any ward of the city, but the representatives of eaeh ward must have their residence in the ward they seek to represent. Now here is where politics enters the the scene, silent-like it is true, according to rumors gleaned from soiwees that ad mittedly are Democratic. Those per sons who cast their ballots Repulican ward when exercising the rights of suf frage outnumber those who vote the other way in the city and it is said rumored mind you that there have been several meetings held silent-like lately by the Republicans who are a-plottin' to ?et a corner on the city offices snd thereby control the city. The Republi cans have a plurality and While the amendments were drawn and are to be submitted to take the city elections .from politics as far as possible by making them non-partisan, the followers of the O. O. P. are said to be plotting to make the city elections savor more stronzly of politics and things political in the future than ever before. As stated before, all this comes from Democratic sources no Republican could be found today" who would affirm or deny the Democratic as sertion that meetings hsd been held re cently by members of the party In the majority locally for the purpose of devis ing plans. '-:- Those citizens who plsy politics ss the nstional indoor and outdoor sport, past time snd frenzy sre soon to begin poli ticing In earnest end then the worda o' the tlsitlng Journalist will be boma homo- stronger snl- mors errphstlo than er. In fact the kettle fs s'resdy slz ling but so far has fsllcd to'ooll over. GETTING WARM FOR ELECTION THIRTEEN DIE WHEII BIG HOTEL IS Guests Trapped on Fourth Floors Are Forced to Jump A Score Plunged Into the Burning Debris. (By Associated Press.) Minneapolis, Feb. 1 2. At least 1 3 persons were believed te have lost their lives in a (ire which destroyed, the .Kenwood .hotel here shortly after midnight, ao cording to the police estimates, hi addition to the known missing there are eleven others who were reported to have been away from their rooms at the time of the fire not yet reported td the police. One woman is known to be dead. The Kenwood hotel was a four-story building. A score of persons were in jured, some seriously, by leaping frees the top floors when the fire escape he came heated. One woman jumped to her death fress the third floor. Police and fire depart ment officials believe that nearly a Score were precipitated-into the basement hf ' crumDiing noon ana ounea in we SS briSf over which thick layers of ice have formed. , . , v Yfanv of the ?ft (meat wor trntlentm ., V M 1 . 1 , . . and the actual death list may never be known. When the fire started most of the down town apparatus was fighting in other fire snd it was nearly 15 minutes befoi the first company arrived. While several of the injured were is a serious condition it was said that most of them would recover. NEW AMBASSADOR (By the Associated Press.) v Washington, Feb. 12 Ignacio Bonillas, one of General Curranza's representa tives on the Mexican-American commis sion has been nam deambassador from Mexico to the United States. Mr. Bonillas is now at Palm Beach. It is expected he will come here this week, to present his credentials at almost ths time Henry P. Fletcher, American am bassador to Mexico is receievd by ths Mexican government. NEW PHARMACIST NOW WITH THE HART DRUG COMPANY J. A. Trent an xperlenced pharmacist formerly with J. P. Stowe and company Charlotte, has accepted a position with the 0. -A. Hart Drug company and en tered upon his new duties today. Mr. Trent is a registered man and comes highly recommended. The addition ef tho new phsrmaclBt gives Mr. Hart ' a registered prescription mixer alwsys ia the store. FOURTH AMERICAN SHIP PUT OUT 10 SEA FOB WAS Z0ITB New York, Feb. 12. The fourth Amer Icsn ship under the American flag te sail from here for a European port since Germsny's renews! of unrestrictedv war fare got away last night. She is ths freighter Owego bound for Genoa carry ing a general cargo of 'zV500 toil Her master and many of her crew are Ameri cans. .. llaxkcta Closed. . fBy the Asocfsted Press.) Chicago Feb. 12. The Chicago board ef trade audi grab organizations of tLc United Slates were closed today on s count of Lincoln's birthday. 1 10
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