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Tin ur. PtV.-ies tl t; 1 1 j t una riy reil it U t- til Li far tj EeTi;i;er. r'.i t,;. .t; Vdaesday losal Ur.J?r ihowtrs; moderate sects VOL? 24. No. 170. HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 5, 1917. Member Associated T;i:x, f"" JJ ST""" ".3 a;:' "' t M r r- I, A I nr UK v w s "srr ,c i V :r j : . .. Tn) T o mi a. ) n FEIV RElflUTS DISORDERS At Lansing, Mich, - the . Troops Are Called Out to Quell Dem " onstrations and Threats of the L W. W. Advocates. Convicts in Michigan Prison Re ' volt and Burn Five Prison . Buildings-Guardsmen Called - Out to Put Down Uprising. ' Washington, June 5. Registration was proceeding generally without disturbance throughout he country and the few ar rests wer conatroed not as evident of any effective organized resistance, but rather aa sporadic affair to be expectea) ia an undertaking of such magnitude. . The weather generally waa fair and in coming report indicated a healthy reg istration during the early hours and con tinuing aa the day panned on. The ex tent of evasion will not be known until return are assembled but officials confident it will be alight. are r Oppose Registration. 1 Lansing, June 8. Governor Sleeper today wired orders to the commanding officer of the company of national guardsmen at Marquette to hurry to Ne gaunee, a nearby mining town, with 25 guardsmen. Report from there to the governor said that Independent Workers oi ins worm advocator there were threatening to forcefully oppose regis t ration, '. .-, , Rioting at Prison. Joliet, k 111., June 5, Serious rioting ARE RECEIVED among convicts at the stat?, prison broke ' ' out early today, fir building were set on Ore. Companies E and F, of the first ' infantry, now in federal service, were railed to assist the, guards in q Jelling the disturbances. - The first work of the guardsmen was i) to clear the convicts away from , the f, burning buildings. This was quickly I done. At 11:14 o'clock, three hours after the fire was started, the convicts had not been subdued but the soldiers were mak ing progress in herding them toward their eells. . The infantry men were in structed not to shoot except to save their own lives. V" 4 Quiet at Concord. . Concord, N. C, June, 5. -With no out ward signs of disorders or at temps Co evade registration citizens of this place were busy this afternoon enrolling in the service Of their country. . ' No Trouble. Salisbury,, N. C, June, 6. -Registration is proceeding orderly and will be heavy in this township, t . V 1 III I Ml'.. ' Many Register. . Hickory, N. C, June 5. A total of 650 men had registered up to one oSclock. The registration beer today will be about 850. Everything is quiet. . mm a ii .1 I I CHINA'S VICE-PRESIDENT HANDS IN HIS RESIGNATION Saw Francisco, June 5--Vice-Presi dent Feng Kwock Chew banded his resig nation to President Li Yuan Hung yes terday, according to a cablegram re ceived here by the Chinese World. . 1 The same message said China's presi dent had issued a proclamation calling on all opposing faction to unite and declar ing bis own neutrality in the internal 'troubles which have apparently split the republic. , '; McAdoo Talk for Liberty Loan. ' New-York, June 6.-William G. Mc Adoo, secretary, of te, treasury, was ae- torded an enthusiastic reception - here when he addressed two mass meetings nthe Interest of the liberty loan. Char acterizing the government's war bonds as "the best investment on earth ':, he appealed to all to buy ; within , their means In order that the United States may be "supplied . with money to equip properly "our- brave men who will have to go to the field of battle" to protect the lives, liberty and property of the na tion. " Attempted t Vfntk. Train. ' Birmingham,' June 5. It w.as learned here today that an attempt was made to wreck the Alabama Great Suothern train which bore General Wood from Chattanooga to : Birmingham. Passen . r conf.rmed a report that a .log was t' 1 across the track about four miles f ;h of CI.iittanor"a, ; - CITEEtIS ARE DORIC DUTY STATE Registration in North Carolina Started This Morning With a . Rash and is Being Kept Up This Afternoon. Large Number of Negroes Doing Their Patriotic Doty is Noted Greensboro Holds Rally Hickory After Record. (By Associated Press.) . Raleigh, June, 5. Registration in the tat today wa proceeding rapidly and in an orderly manner, according to re ports from all parts of the Ute received here early this afternoon. Many point reported that indications were more men would be registered in their localities than expected. Registration generally started with a rush, crowds of men being at the places when the work began at seven this morn ing. In many instance the early crowds were so large that men who were on hand despaired of having their cards filled out immediately and left the, booths to re turn kter in the day. One of the feature of the day in the state was the presence at many places of a national guardsmen detailed to ex plain what registration meant and to stimulate recruiting. The adjutant gen eral several days ago recommended to each company of those units not in fed eral service that men be detailed for this work. . Greentibqro celebrated the day with what was declared to have been the greatest patriotic pageant in the history of the city. ' Kegrd registration also attracted atten ion,' Fayctteville and Salisbury report ing large numbers of blacks presenting themselves. Hickory apparently was out for a rec ord for the, state, more than half the number expected there having presented themselves several hours before, noon. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AT THE ODD FELLOWS' HOME Goldsboro, June 5. The closing exer cises of the Odd Fellows Orphan home began Sunday Z evening, the, baccalau reate sermon being delivered by Rev M. h. Kesler, D. D. superintendent of the, Baptist orphanage at Thomasville who was greeted by a large and cultur ed audience. ; The final examinations began this morning" and will close next Saturday. Wednesday night an interesting play will be. given by the children of the high school department. On June 11, the children of the home are going to give a magnificent con cert in celebration of the 2."tli annl versary of the establishment of their home. . CITIZENS SEARCH MOUNTAINS FOR EEET BOY KIDNAPPERS Springfield, Mo., Juae 5. Motor car loads of citizens of Springfield and the surrounding country went into the Ozark mountains yesterday in search of the missing Lloyd Keet, H months old son of J. Holland Keet, wealthy Sprlngfiejd banker.- The Keet baby was abducted Wednesday night from ; the family botnin this 'city. The Ozark mountains in years past harborede many lawbreakers in its nu merous caves and other hiding places, and citizens of Springfield met and de cided to carry out a thorough search on the theory that the bills ad again be come te rendezvous of abduction ban dits. , ' - . Get Behind the "Food Bill" ' Washington, June 5. Two thousand wholesale grocers in the southern states were urged in a lc,ter sent them yester day by J. H. McLaurin, president of the Southern Wholesale Grocer' association to get behind the administration's food legislation pending in congress. "I am satisfied," he wrote, "that the business interests of the eountry do not favor any further delay in enacting this bill into' law." 'p : - 'Z troubles. '.; ,bo ETAOIN i MCBafl ap Goes to North Carolina University. . Morgan town, W. Va., June K.--Dr. Ed ward M.ack, Jr., assistant professor chemistry iaWest -Virginia University, has resigned to accept a similar posi tion at the University of North Carolina. OVER f . m-n-nw ' - T " 1 t, F P f - ' ' it 1 ' . - - ' . s . .. I - , L s" v ' U 1 " V - 5 i ,: ' v V- .. -v v n rv j4 1 l,;''r', , :' 1 1 ; rl ' :. ""Vs v " T"" t " t; I. t';. i m1 I'll'-! -! 8l lC S " ISSSri iV 11' It ' - Li - - j S GUNS OF THE GEOtJrtt THE REGISTRATION IN CITY PROCEEDS WITH If there are any slackers between the ages of 21 and 31 years of age, in High Point township, they were not working at it today. Hince 7 o'clock this morn ing the four places of registration have been thronged with men seeking to reg ister and have the first part of their bit" over with. Men of all sizes and conditions, both white and negro, have kept the registrars busy filling out the little cards from which the government is to decide just who it wants and does not want. At some of the places of regis. tration volunteers have sat in during the rush hours, or at least when the lar gest number of eligible"' were in line waiting to register, but the failure ofrtage point near the entrances to the many of those registering to know how to answer the questions correctly has made the work a trifle slow. The work of getting the information for the gov ernment is progressing rapidly, however, and while the registrars may be kept busy until after 9 o'clock this evening, When the work is supposed to be fin ished, it will not require, much over that time. There is no way of ascertaining the number who hae registered; besides it is contrary to the wishes of the govern ment officials to do any guessing. Suffice to forecast, it appears at the. time of Writing that all will be registered who areeligible, no matter how large the number. : . " The men registering, even though it may be their first step toward foreign shores, are in very light spirits and there is little of the gloomy spirit to be felt. The negroes are seemingly happy OLICE UNEARTH VIRELESSSYSTEM Head of German Wireless Sys tem Came to America and Made His Plans. New,. York, June fl. The police an nounced today they had positive in for ma tion that the head "of i the German wireless system came to this country, made plans regarding wireless operations and other details through which Berlin was to be informed, and then left, prob ably for Mexico. BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE TO MEET IN GAST0NIA TODAY Gaatonia, June C -About 400 Baptist young people are, expected here from all over the state tomorrow to attend be annual convention of the Young Peple's Baptist union of the state, which con venes tonight. It will continue through out Thursday. Walter N, Johnson, of Raleigh, followed, by a reception at the church for the visitors. A number ; of promihent speakers are on the program. Baccalaureate Sermon at University Chapel Hill, June 5. Commencement exercises began at the, University : of North Carolina Sunday moraing when Dr. Walter William Moore of ; the Union Theological seminary, Richmond, Va., preached the baccalaureate sermon ia j&rrard balL- A- large crowd -of- visi tors was present, including many alumni who lave returned for reunions. A . GUNS THAT PROTECT OUR FLAG THE FINEST OF PRECISION and are not bashful in stating their aim-i to trim the Germans. ; At one of the polling places a sick man, one who would not trust the im portant duty of registering for selective, conscription to a frieni or relative, ap peared and had to be escorted from an automobile to where the registrar was stationed. There waa some protest over his entering by the rear door, but he announced that lie bad to register and couldn't stand the pressure of taking his place in line. And those lines are some lines, hot and sultry ones. Knowledge to be gained only on fc$tlaUfieJds ma terially assisted many, in-gaining a van- places of registration and resulted in their gaining entrance, and being regis tered without having to wait for more than an hour. The number of questions to be answered and the failure of many men to understand the proper manner in which to answer them delayed maters. A person knowing the proper manner of answering can be registered in not more than three minutes; one who does not will require 10 or more minutes that's the difference. The policemen about the places of reg istration today had little to worry them, litle save keeping the men in line. And that constituted some assignment. The men were anxious to register and have it over with and that caused some little pushing. In the first place the polls were meant to entertain not more than 500 persons at the most during a nelec- ion yesterday practically that many men were present at one time, all with TRAIN TEN THOUSAND ME FOR OFFICERS OF NEW Washington, June 5.A campaign to recruit and train 10,000 men to officer the ships of the new American merchant marine waa . announced by the,, federal shipping board and the department of commerce. Henry Howard of Boston, has been appointed director, with offices in the oBstom customs house. The first nautical training school un der government , direction waa opened yesterday near Boston. Fourteen similar schools will be established along the Atlantic, coast, and later the training system may be exteuded.to. the, Pacific coast and Great Lakes, t Applicants may be of , any age but must be in good physical, condition. 'Rally at Grensboro. (Special to The Enterprise.) Greensboro, June 5. A -mammoth pa. rade, participated in by ,the' secret or ders, military organizations,', municipal bodies, school children and citizens, at 11 o'clock this morning was a distinct fea ture of registration day. The line of march covered the, principal streets of the city. , 1 A huge mass prayer meeting was held this morning at ? o'clock, in the Municipal theater which was packed to capacity. Registration day is passing off quietly with no attempt to frustrate the registration reported.-1 ;i ' ; -, ! ; Cora Damaged in Wayne. , Goldsboro, June 5. Crops ' and es pecially corn, was seriously damaged in this "county Sunday afternoon, the re sult of a severe rain, hail and electrical storm which: pased over a large portion of the eouaty. about S -e'lock Fruit was also seriously damaged and many fences, barns snl trees being desrtyode, one idea in view, that to register. It was wejl toward noon before any lines eould be established and then they broke into crowds at times. Women were stationed at each regis- tering place and as fast as a man regis- tered, an arm band was fastened on his , vi I right sleeve, . The Mind is three inche. in width and d is made of a tan material. somewhat similar to the goods used in the manufacture of soldiers' uniforms. Every person who registered received one of the decorations, In the rotunda of the postoffice a re cruiting booth for the Red Crosa and Na tional League of Service for Women was maintained. Workera in the uniform of Red Cross nurses were present and many enlistments were made. Men, women and children joined the Red Cross and women alone joined the league. The only public gathering of the day was held at sunrise, on the lawn of the South Main street school when brief prayer services were held. Many citizen were present. The, program consisted of prayers and the singing of anthems. The banks of the citv observed a full w. ,.V..V.U0. .. holiday and the time was spent by offi cials and employee in a hunt for purchas era of Liberty Loan bonds. It was an- nounced this afternoon that a number had been sold but no authentic report as to the number could be given, Every male who has reached his 21st birthday and ha not yet reached hi 31st birthday must register and the place of registration is the place, he polls bis vote at election " time. These registration places will close at 0 o'clock tonight. 5,000 VETERANS IN THE CAPITAL CITY! Memories of Sixties and Present Conflict Are Brought Before Them. Washington, June 5. A strong note of patriotism marked the opening today of the 27 th annual reunion of the, Unite t Confederate eVterans who were welcom ed by members of the Grand army of the republic on the occasion of their first meeting in the north. The presence nearly o,uuu veterans ana o,uuu visitors gave promise, of making this one of the largest reunions ever new. The soldiers of Dixie displayed their interest in registration oay Dy me prompiu gaincrmgs in groups wnere pa- triotic airs predominated. They were up bright and early to see the men of the younger generation enrolling for service in the war strainat Germany. The talk under the big tents onthewell known contractor, who died at his capital plaza where the veterans encamp- ed is divided between the memories of more than half a century ago and the present conflict, Snd the men from the south felt again the stirring call to arms which swept them itno the battles of the sixties. Vote Thanks to United States. Rio Janeiro, June 6". The chamber of deputies voted on a motion to authorize the cabling of a message of congratula lions to-ths-Congress ef too United States on the Spproval of, an Americans squadron, : NAVAL BASES OF GERMANS ARE SHELLED Ostend Bombarded By Bril'sh Forces and Destroyer is Sunk When Germans Clash ;Wuh British m Sea Fight. All Signs of An Impending Drive on the Western Front By the British Are Indicated in To day's Statements. (By Associated Press.) London, June 6. The German naval base, at Ostend on the Beliian coast has been bombarded by British warships, the admiralty announces. The British forces were undamaged. A German destroyer has been sunk and another damaged in a running fight between 0 German destroyers and Com modore Yrwhitt's squadron, the admiral ty announces. GREAT OFFENSIVE ABOUT TO BE STARTED IN THE WEST All the familiar signs which herald a great offensive are reported from the British front. The thunder of the Brit ish gun increases while trench raids and maneuver8 r Positions multiply " numbers, itie. most interesting feature In the nVTt l the Pated announce . of n "meT7 duel in progress i kvm4. e : i j about 5 miles south of Ypres. From this point as far south as Vlmy ridge, thirty miles away, the guns are roaring day and night, apparently indicating that General Halg has chosen this sector for hit next blow. General Maurice, direc tor general of military operations, pre H?"4. """ WeekS ag Bwt BrW"h offensive would be on a vaster scale than any before, In the field of politics where events are moving rapidly the, opening of the Austnan parliament has caused tome- thing akin to consternation in the Ger man press and the pan-German , organs are filled with gloomy predictions based on the facts that the, Germany party is in minority in the Austrian chamber of , .... . .. . . 3"""B "e " oi Uount Tisza uma given renewea connaence to the Crech and other anti-German elements, In Russia the situation remains con- fU8ed by "" rePort- ents, however, have given fresh heart to well wishers of the, republic. The first is the nearing arrival in Petrograd of the American commission and the second is the appointment of General Brussiloff at commander of Russia's armies. Gen- J?1 Bru8"iloff WW reputation of being not only a brilliant field command er but a strong self erliant man. CHAPEL HILL DOCTORS ARE CALLED TO FORT OGLETHORPE Chapel Hill, June 6. Dr. Eric A. Ab- ernathy and Dr. L. n. Webb have, just been notified that they must report at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., by June 15 for special training in the medical officers' reserve, corps. They are expecting to be called out at any time. Prof. R. L. James, of the engineering school of the university, is expecting to be called out any day with the corps of engineers that will shortly 50 to France for railroad work. He will have a lieu tenant's commission, and will report to the AUanta division. - Lewis Burnett, a college sophomore, will soon sail for France with the field 0f the, American ambulance corps. Mig. Eff- T:llman. who livM near thapel na, and has for two yearg fc gtudent at the im higU hool, wag married yeterday to Jack Sparrow, 1 4 young business man of Chapel Hill, FUNERAL OF WELL-KNOWN MAN HELD THIS AFTERNOON I The funeral of B. F. Montgomery, the home on South Main tret yesterday morning at 1 o'clock after an ill nets of three weeks, was conducted from the North Main street Methodist Protestant church thU 1 f ternoon at 4 e'eiock by the pastor, Rv. A. G. Dixon A urge num ber of friends and relatives of the de ceased attended the last rites. Interment was made at Oakwood cemetery. Celebrates Anniversary. Durham, June 5. Trinity college to; I day at a part of the exsreist at the commencement celebrated the 25th an lniversary of its icmovsu to Durnam, AMERICA IS ; STEPPING OUT FORLIBERTV Ten Million Young Men Between Ages of 21 and 30, Inclusive, Art) Answering Call and Writ ing Names on Honor RolL Strong Arm of the Law is Reacln ing Out for Those Who Would Evade Their Duty Dormf the, Day of Registration. (By Associated Preet.) ' 1 America is stepping forward today to do her part in making the world safe for democracy, V . ' Id every city and town ia the most -remote valley, hamlet and at the wildest mountain cross-roads, 10,000,000 sons of liberty are inscribing their names oa the honor roH of the aget that the fret governments for which their fathers died ' may not perish from the earth. ' : White or black, married or tingle, tick or well, alieji or native bora, even sub jects of the kaiser, all men between the aget of 21 and 30, are expected to pre ' sent themselvet today btween I a. m. and 9 p. m. ' . , " It does not matter that a man tor any reason is unfit for duty, that will be established later. It doea not matter that be may claim and be exempted, that will be attended to in another way. It -does not matter that he is not a eitisea , -of the United States. -Every man be tween those aget is required to register . unless he already It in the military ser vice.' . .v ' v To'regigfer it "not to be" drafted. Tbtt it another step in the plan. As' each man registers he will be numbered and' at a late, rterm the numbers will be chosen by lot. Not until then will any man know whether he baa been draws for the first increment of 650,000 men . who will probably be callecj to the colors for training early in September before they go to the battlefields of France or the trenches of outraged Belgium. After the men have been drafted the v question of exemptions will come up to be decided by fair' and impartial boradt. They will determine whether physical or mental defects debar a man from service or whether the dependence of others upon him or the country's need of him ia civil ' life make it necessary to exempt him. ' In the meantime today's duty Is reg.' istratiun. The long arm of the law ia reaching noii to seize those who seek to evade this duty to which, all have been called and those who by counsel or influence seek to prevail oa others to shirk it. Of the approximately tea million men who are registering the census bureau estimated that 4,560,000 are married and about 5,500,000 are single. The provost marshal general's office estimates the number of men subject to register at 10fttJS96. They include North Carolina, 194,006; South Carolina, ,137,301, and Virginia 211,333. . , Registration for Hawaii and Alaska will be arranged later. While an approx ' mate report of the results of the regit' t.ation may be published in ta morn ing papers tomorrow it will be several r days before a complete return can be assembled. .. The . war department has Instructed precinct and county officials not to transmit any incomplete returns to the governors of their state. It will there, fore be 9 o'clock tonight befote the first returns in the east is complete and it will bo midnight Washington time, be fore the precincts are closed oa the Pi- cific slopes. Then more time must eltps while these returns are being transmit, ted. : The governors have been instructed . not to transmit any partial returns bus - to hold all returns for ae omplete re port. That will entail another delay. . . Receiver for V. F. and W. Fredericksburg, Va June 5. In the. Stafford county circuit court Judge AN via T. Embrey was sppointed receiver for the Virginia, . Frederickiburg and Western Railway company. Action wat taken on petition of Elizabeth Marshall, who teeks to recover a claim of tl,P .9 and to ascertain the amount of bon ! actually issued under a mortage f'fi by the company to secure V ' '.' bond Issue. The, eompry ( ! 3 years ago and purt!.l t" , way from Frel-ri, '. ' t f" Ejy.
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