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4 ' THE WEATHER Showers east, fair west portion tonijhL Wednesday tenerally fair; moderate shifting winds. COVJPARE TKIj I . .. . Daily with say ettet sr ; t;.r. See if it isnt m bouti '..t-l ca all important news cvtats. A r-' -a VOL. 24. No. 195. HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 4, 1917. Member Associated Pre is. CHICAGO NEGROES URGED -TO, RESIST WHO TOLD TO PREPARE TO. MAKE' A STAND r i i i i ARE SOLDIERS IN EAST ST. LOUIS GUARD CITY Labor Leader in Chicago Issue a Warning That Employment of Negroes Will Cause Trouble If Continued. East St Louis Was Quiet During , the Night Except for Small Fires Here and There Slight Damage. . East St. Louis. 111 . July 4. With approximately 1.400 Illi nois national guardsmen here to today and details patrolling the streets with ordefs to use all force necessary to enforce order if riot ing is resumed, all danger of trouble seemed to have passed. Aside from small fires involving but slight loss there were no disor ders last night and the death list remained at 30. The number of whites killed was increased to four by the death last night of De tective Wogley who was ' shot Sunday. Governor Low-den, who arrived lure hut night, said after a conference with the chamber of commerce that the nit uation was weU in baud. The gover nor" fleelawid a lag nirrcWr of soldiers would remain here until they were no longer needed, and that if further riot iiij? started eveiy guardsman in the state would come herc Street car ser vice was resumed today. Saloons were closed. Warning Chicago Negroes. Chicago, July 4. Victor A. Olander, secretary of the Illinois federation of labor mid a member of the state coun ril of defense has issued a warning to places ' t here the m condition whUi brought about such frightful results m East St. Louis exists." He calls atten tion to protests by labor against what lie terms the unnecessary importation of negroes and iye: "I d.-it vure to say anything about it hen 11 '.h'cago, but thers should be an investigation. Unemployment is in creasing. Certain classes are seeking cheaper labor-negroes and women on the pretext that additional moor is needed on account of the war. As a re sult thousands of whites are thrown out ofwork." . . "., At a mass meeting of negroes last night, F. L. Birnett, s negro, former assistant state's attorney, urged . his hearers to be ready to protect them ' selves against any mistreatment. He said t short time might see scenes here like tohse in East St' Louis and that Chicago negroes should be prepared to make a stand for their safety. The killing of Charles A. Maronde, an aged saloonkeeper, by negroes in the j "black belt" on the southside early to day brought out poKce reserves who took eight negro suspects into custody. Later the police fired at a crowd of ne- groes in an attempt to Btop a fight. One negro was wounded,' I , The chief of police has ordered a force of reserves held at the 60th street sta tion in the negro section to prevent dis- - order today. SIXTEEN CARS' GET OFF ; IN BIG SPEED RACE ." Omaha, July 4. The third ' annual speedway auto race will be held here to day with 16 of. the fastest automobile racers entered to compete for tll2"0. The feature will be the race for a dis tance of 150 miles followed by a 60-mile consolation event. Nearly ever car en tered ha made over 100 miles an hour during 'the test." The 'track, a mile and a miarter In length, has been declared one of the fastest in the country; - . PRESIDENT GOES TO SEA C y v TO GET NEEDED REST Washington,. July 4. President Wil son, taking advantage of the day, to get a needed jest today boarded the naval - yiht Mayflower -for.a trip,dowrLjhe Pofflmsc river, possibl. fat down as Chesapeake bay. ITe was accompanied j HOLLWEC PREPARISG Alt IMPORTANT UTTERANCE - London, July 4. Dr. Ton Beth-manu-Hollweg, tire German chan cellort will deliver important sech in the reichetag Thursday, according to a report received at Coenhagen from Berlin by the correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company. WOMEN " ATTEMPT TO PICKET TODAY Thirteen Are Arrested After Making An Attempt at Picket ing. Washington, July 4. Suffragists of the woman's pafry attempted to carry out their threats to defy the police and picket the White House in force at noon as an Independence day demonstration. Large forces of police were at hand and drove them away. s Thirteen of the women were arrested on the charge of obstructing traffic after they made two attempts to picket. IS Day in Washington Was Given Over to Patriotic Demonstra tions. 1 Washington, July 4. Not in 1! years has Independence day brought a greater thrill than today.' On July 4, inns, the j United States, at war with Spain, hoard I that an American fleet had destroyed I ( evera's fleet at Santiago. Today, America again at war, was "i .1 ... destroyers had successfully landed an I army in Europe. Not only did the United States safely land a force of fighting men but on the 1 !iu voyage through the submarine waters the Ger man U-boats were foiled in their at tempts to prevent safe passage of the transports. The day was featured by a Joint public- celebration of patriotic societies at the base of the Washington monument with Speaker Clark the orator of the oe- icasiou. Most all officials accepted invi- uiollg to attend EIGHT ARE KILLED From 12 to 14 Airplanes Early Today Attack Harwich, b Es sex County. London, July 4. From 12 to 14 Ger man airplane raiders today dropped bombs on Harwich, a seaport town in Essex, it was officially stated today.) Eight persons were killed and 22 others injured. The text of the official statement fol lows : "A squadron of some 12 to 14 enemy airplanes attacked Harwich from a northeasterly direction about 7:0 o'clock this morning A number of bombs were dropped and reports state 8 persons were killed and 22 others injured. Only light damage was caused. "Fire was opened from the anti air' craft defenses and the enemy's forma tion was broken although the clouds rendered the visibility bad. The raiders also were engaged by our own aircraft from a neighboring station. "After dropping ' bombs the enemy turned seaward, without attempting to go inland. The whole raid orrly lasted a few minutes. REGULARS ARE SENT1 TO - W GLOBE TO HALT RIOT Globe, Aria., uly 4. United States troops arrived here . early ,today on a special 'train for ihe announced pur-' pose, pfopening the picket line at the old Dominion mine whiehls guardedTny more than 300 strikers. Governor Thais- las'E. Campbell is here to take charge. AMERICA AGAIN CELEBRATING FOURTH GERMAN GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BELGIUM WHO DIED RECENTLY. til GCK-VOM BISSIKG. General von Biasing, who succeeded General von der GoHk a Governor Gen-, eral of Belgium, is dead. General von Rissing was appointed (iovernor-Gencral of Belgium in 1014. He was born in 1844. During his rule in llelgium Gen eral von Biasing came into prominence many times, notably in connection with the execution of Miss Kdith Cavcll, the English nurse; Jrequent clashes with Cardinal MercierVprimate of Belgium, and the deportation of Belgians. It was reported in 1!M5 that he had ordere the round-up of spies and persons suspected of working against the Germans in Bel gium and that scores of executions fol gium and that m L NOT ATTEMPT TO INCREASE RATES Uroads Said to Have With . , Railroads Said to drawn Petition Asking (or In creased Intrastate Tariffs. Representatives of the furniture man ufacturers and the shippers of the city were notified yesterday by the corpora tion commission that the railroads had v.'t'iid.-nwu their pet Hum nsl'ing foi an increase of approximately IS per cent in intrastate freight r.Us. Ihis calling off the hearing on the htihject which was sihcduled for July 3'- The action of the railroads in withdrawing the peti tion means that the organizations of manufacturers can cease their campaign to educate the shippers and consumers in all parts of the state as to just what the increase in intrastate rates would mean and gives the manufacturers and shippers a chance to think of something else. Although if is not specifically stated that he action of the interstate com merce commission in refusing to grant increases in freight rates on interstate shipments was instrumental in causing the railroads to withdraw their Intra state petition, still it is considered as very likely by frcght tariff experts that the action of the national commission caused the end of the attempt in North Carolina! OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS. French. Paris, July 4. Extremely violent fighting was iii progress in the night on the Aisne, resulting in the rout of the Germans with heavy- losses, says the war office. British. London, JuJy 4. The Britum official statement issued today concerning oper ations in Franee says: 4 "There is nothing to report except ar tillery activity on both sides at numer ous points of the front." ::' ;.' - : i German. -. .' Berlin, July 4. The Russians made 11 - a 1 t . : ! t iuriner auacks 111 1110 regiou 01 ny in eastern Galicia yesterday but were unable to advance, the war office says. ' . ; n Favor Republicans. ' Shanghai, China, July 4.-rIt is gener ally believed the navy will support the tepu1iIuanChnf7TTi01rnatttrroTitlrt are also proclaiming the republic arid opposing the monarchy. r. . , 4m - ; 1 . v x s U . i 1 r-y 'I t'" V'-'l if - ili I I A II I - sv 1 I v I 9. Sim 11 in imttm 1 TO GARNISHEE PERSOr That Was Decision of the City Council During the Meeting Last Evening Recommended By Audit Company. City Budget Was Presented and Was the Feature of the Meet ing Details of Gty's Expenses for Coming Year. J Garnishment proceedings are to be started immediately against all persons owing the city poll and personal taxes, according to a de cision of the city council made during the meeting last night. The decision of the councilmen was made only after such a proceed ing had been recommended by the auditors, the Scales Audit company, of Greensboro. More than !f200O0 in such taxes are to be collected in this manner. Fur ther, the chief of police was Instructed to garnishee any and all persons owing back costs and fines and the garnish ment papers for taxes, cost and fines will be prepared and served as soon as possible. Last night's session of the council was a long and interesting one but by far the most interesting businfssbf the meeting was the adoption of the budget and the hearing of the report of the auditor. The audit of the books and accounts of the city covered a period of two years ending with the close of business on April .'Ml. Recommendations of resorting to garnishment proceedings to collect taxes from delinquents and some few changes in the system of keep ing the Isioks ami records of the clerk and' Imokkeeper were made. The audit, which will he published tomorrow, show ed the affairs of the city to lie in good shape and the councilmen stated that they were satisfied with the showing made. One of the most interesting itcmis contained in the budget which wa adopted as required by the finance act under which the city is operating re lated to the amount expended for per manetn improvements in the past and the amount to he spent during the next year. 'The budget shows that $140,472 was expended for streets, sewer outfall and Imlioir tanks in lltll and 1016 while in 1!H", unless something at present un forseen happens, $214,300 will be spent, the divisions being as follows: Str6ets $202,000 as against $121,072 in lOl.Vlri': sewer outfall, $6,000 as against $18,300 in 1013-16; Imhoff tanks, 1(1,300 as igainst $0,200 in 1015-16. The appropriation to each department as shown in the budget .follows: Police, $8,295; health $630; fire, $5,002; street, $(1,212; water, $37,135; , light, $20,032; cemetery maintenance, $500; general ex pense, $43,180; total, $121,456. The appropriation for the mainten ance of Oakwood cemetery was increased from $200 to $300 to permit some badly needed work being done. The cemetery is at present in an unsightly condition and the council stated that it should immediately be remedied and the ap propriation was increased. The health department's appropriation will probably be raised when the budget is final) crafted, as the city manager was in strucfed to ruuhase a horse bo as to nrevent the hiring of one as is now bt- ing done. A p over flushet for the streets will also be purchased, this costing in the neigh borbood of $1,000 and City Manager Murphy was instructed to see about purchasing fa horse drawn power flusher so that the asphalt streets might, be cleaned. Mr. Murphy stated that suck a machine could be used both as a flu she and as a sprinkler,. These items, horse and flusher, wiH be charged against the health department and will increase the appropriation by about $100 or $1,100, 'jle revenues exjcTtcd from each de partracnt as given in the budget are as follows: Taxes, $53,033; license taxes, $4,250; court costs, $3,000; water te ceipt( $2SA5fl; meter installments, $5,000; light receipts, $28,000; ttoal, ritnoTTril PXewdrngthtiTnate1 ei V (Contnued on Fage I.) ISIO LUXURIES TO HELP PHY THE 81G WAR TAX Drinks and Smokes Come in For Their Share of Taxation Under the New Plan of Senate Fi nance Committee. Coffee, Tea and Sugar to Hit Small Householder the Hard est Incomes to Help Pay the Expenses of War. Washinton, July 4. War wealth, in comes, drinks and "smokes'" wiH pay the bulk of ;the first great war tax. Of the $1,670,000,000 to be raised un der the revemie bill dfawn by the sen ate finance committee and reported yes terday it became known today that $1, 277,800,000 will be derived from luxu ries. The program .follows: From income taxes( incomes as low as $1,000 ior single persons and $2,000 for married are hit)), $332 ,7 00 ,000; from excess profits, $23,000,000; from distilled and rectified spirits, $111,000,000; from fermented liquors and wines, $44,500,000; from soft drinks, $10,000,000; and .from tobacco, excepting the poor man's sto gie, $50,000,000. This schedule of taxes represents, au thors of the bill insist,, a heavier bur den on the rich and a lesser weight upon the poor than the committee originally Contemplated. However, some senators insist that the rich and the biir incomes are tapped too Ik'htlv and the purse of the poor man and the man of average means is tapped too heavily in proportion. These senators hold this belief on the prom ise that so long as the poor man and the man of average means are in the great majority when it comes to filit ing and dodging bullets, the very wealthv should be more beavilv resoon- le fo rthe financial part of the war. Senator biKollette, Wisconsin, lias a minority report signed liv Ihomas, Col- iiiuli), ami (.ore ( Ik la li dim 11 . whieh would aise the, entire $1.00(1,000.000 asked by the administration by bitting excess profits to the extent of more than $1,- 00,000.000; swollen incomes more than ")00.000,000 and the buhince derived from internal revenue taxes. Kvery class of people, however will te affected under the tax bill reported bv he majority-from the man who will have to pay a one per cent penalty for wiring an automobile to those who will have to pay five cents on every telephone r telegraph message costing more than ) cents, five per cent on amounts paid for Pullman seats cost ins more than 35 ents and everybody will alive to pin one cent more to mail a letter. It will cost more to buy sporting oods; more to own achts; the girl will suffer from a tax on cosmetic and per fumes,; patent medicines will' cost more:. and cameras, too. But the tax that will hit the average usebold will 1h that of tea, coffee and sugar, home ot these levies are: Coffee two cents per pound; tea five cents per pound; crude cocoa, three cent per pound; sugar, half cent per pound; saccharine, $2.50 per poimd; gluecose, quarter cent a pound; grape sugar, mo lasses and cane syrup from one to two cents a gallon. The average man ana bis witc may seek respite from the woes of high prices at home by going to the theater, but even there extra tRxes amounting to . (Continued on Page Six.) Offices of city close-to observe FOURTH AS HOLIDAY The offices of the city manager and city tax collector Were closed today noon for half dav observance of the Fourth of .July. The offices will open tomorrow morning as usual. HERBERT HOOVER HONORED BY THE FRENCH PRESIDENT Paris, Jnly 4. Herbert. C. Hoover, the American food controller? ' was ac corded on the occasion of Americau In dependence day the cross of commander otth(LlionjLnftfJthLrres!1,pnt of France in recognition of his services in Belgium and Franco. . N SPAIN REPORTED TO HAVE EXPELLED BRITISH ENVOY SIR A:H. WAXSDIKGE.. - Sir A. II. Hardinge, British ambassa- lor to Spain, who, according to reports rom Buenos Ay res, has been sent to the Spanish frontier on a special train because of a belief on the part of the pnirish government that he was fo menting plots a "a i list the monarchy. If he report proves to be true it would in- dieate a serious crisis betweeu Britain and Spain. Creat L CONCERN 10 FILL LARGE ORDER Snow Lumber Company to Fur nish Material for Erection of Cantonment at Columbia. The hi ceil I'nited States government has a larire order for lumber to be xi'd ill the construction ot the army antoiiment at Columbia, S. ('., with the Snow Lumber company, of this city, it was stated yesterday by an official o.f company. The order is for delivery within the next 00 days ami already work ot ''etini"; t ne iiimoer nnu oimm- "g Mipplies ready for shipment has been tarted. The order calls for 2,000,000 feet of uiber: :!S 7oo windows, ami 0,000 'doors, is slated. 'Hie Snow Lumber company ha s one f the best equipped plants ill the state lor handling a large contract uf the sort at once and the rapid delivery of the umber is one of the essentials of the leal as the canitonmeiit must be prepared for the soldiers of Ck draft army which il! probably be concentrated about Sep- limber I. o TO FEDERAL COURT Three Men Charged With Evad- ing Registration One is Held Without Bail. Three young men of High Point town hip, Charles Spencer, L-e Wright and f. C. Ijowrv, were uiven a hearing before L'nited States Commissioner Warren (I Brown this morning charged with the evasion of registration for selective mil itary service on Tuesday, June 5. The warrants were issued and the cases worked ui) by Deputy I'nited States Marshal (!. Y. Poplin. Spencer was held under a bond of $1,000 to appear 111 federal court at (Jreenshoro for trial while the case ajiainst Wright was dismissed, it being proved that he had registered. Lowry was also discharged, he proving that he was over age. Commissioner Brown stated this morn ing that it was the duty of every eiti t.Mna'tn.r a nftrttitii ulifi p vat toil rp-fia- - ; -; t ration to renort the name to an official so that action might be taken against the slacker. ' AMERICAN TROOPS TO GO A TRAINING CAMP THIS WEEK Paris. July 4. The American troops now at a French port will begin going! to training camps for instructions be- hind the lines by the end of this week,! it is announced. The first contingent niiiv startTflienee afferTleToarth "MT July celebration today. - I iiiisiiii 111 - V-' - -,-, SLACKER BOUND OVER Ml RESULT OFTVOYEARS OF INSULTS Germany Heaped Insult After In suit On the American People Declares Roosevelt la Fourth of July Speech Today There Must Be No Half and Half Attitude to This War It Mutt Be a War Won For America, By Americans. Forest Hills, Long Island, N, Y, Jury 4. (By Associated Press.) Declaring that those in America who champion Ccrmany's cause against the causa ot America are guilty of moral treason, and are in fact, although -not in law moral traitors, Colonel Theodore Roose velt, in a Fourth of July address here Unlay, pleaded for a single standard ot patriotism and loyalty. ' We are now at war with Germany,1 said Colonel Roosevelt. "For over two years fiermany has heaped Insult upon insult, injury upon injury, on our peo ple. We did not even dare to prepare so as to be able effectively to resent wrong in the future. Our supine inac tion was partly due to the lolly engen dered in our people by professional paci fists. But an even more important fac- tor was the dread many of our politi cians felt, not merely of the German army abroad, but of German votes at home. The selfishness and shortsighted nes of the American politicians were iw lefensible, and they were due to the fact that the men who took the lead in the 1 o'rnian-American movement sought ntirely (o subordinate the actions of the country of which they were nomi nally citizens, the United States, to the needs of the country for which they en red, (.ermnnv. Now we are at war with Germany, yet many of these persons supported, f course, by professional pacifists, con tinue to champion Germany's cause as ii;ain-t the cause for which we are fight ing, litis is a moral treason to the re public, and all who engage in it are in fact, alt hough not in law, traitors wbd have mi right longer to be treated as American citizens. The time has come I to insist that they drop their dual sue' I ''lance, ami in "ood faith become out- ri'-ht (.ernmns or outricht Americans. I'hev cannot he both, and those who retent to be both are merely Germans who hypocritically pretend to be Amer icans in order to serve Germany and , Inmngc America. At this moment the vital thing to remember about these half hidden traitors is that to attack America's allies, while we are at death rips with a peculiarly ruthless and brutal foe, or to champion that foe as against our allies, or to apologize for that .foe's infaoious wrong-doing, is to be false to the cause of liberty and to Ua I'nited States. 1 . There can be no half and half atti tude in this war, and no honorable man can afford to take such an attitude. Wo are hound by every consideration of ky alt y and good faith to our allies, and" any opposition to them, or any aid giren to their and our enemy, is basely' dis- . honorable as regards our allies, and tree sonable as regard our own Country. Colonel Roosevelt said that the claim that it was natural for American citi zens of German origin to favor Ger many was "nonsense, and criminal non sense to boot," and added, "either a man is an American and nothing else. or he is not an American at all. , We sre akin bv blood and descent to most of the nations of Europe, but we art MP a rate from all of them.' We are a new and distinct nation, and we are bound always to give our whole hearted and undivided loyalty to our Bag, and in any international crisis to treat every foreign nation purely according to' Us ' (Continued on Paga I ) Support et Strike Offered, j Bisbee, Am., July 4.Mine striks leaders at the headquarters of the In trial Workers of the World here t! Si" l 1 to have received telerame fn - t t" agricultural division of t!n 1 j Woe kere of the WorU, i..- to the strike. They !' I 1 laborers throughout t! whcr ar bernr 1-mn ,-' ? "t in the nhest hnnr t p
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