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:Un yea fcave faLt.eJ. resJif The Enterprise, place a i cent stamp here, hand to a postal em ploye and it will be placed in the hands of U. S. soldiers and sailors. No wrapping no address. r Tim v. -.at..-! Fair and continued coul t'; . ,' '; Wednesday (air and s' V.'.y warmer; north to northeast win ,1s on coast. 4 V : IN - U i iH M li 1! 1 i ' I i I ' ! i M J i IN! VOL 24. No. 252. HIGH POINT, NORTH CARO UNA, TUESDAY AFTERNOO N, SEPTEMBER 11, 1917. Member Auorl&tcd Press. 1 : M J It I . I I ' . I J 1 1 1 JK K J VJ : '( Z? TV till! IS r I If! i . J' 1 . li r -s 81 , M..-- YOLFTI0I IS GROWII 4 0 Later Dispatch Announces That One Submarine "Probably Was Destroyed" A Typographical Error Caused First Statement If Reports Bear , Out First Dis patches it Will Mark a Notable Achievement for American Naval Forces. Washington, Sept. II Secretary Dan lels amiounced late today thaFtypo graphical error in cablegram describing encounter between steamer and subma. rinea had made it appear six submarines had been sunk and that in fact reports say that one of the submarines had probably been destroyed. M'asihngton, Sept 11. American de stroyers are Lc!:Vved to bae sunk six h-nt,ie nubmaritita off the coast t-f France fkiteuibcr 6 whilo atiuvoying a fleet of ineichanlDien. Two of the mer chiuit ships wire lost but it is reports I witli.'ut ,'o of J;fe Meager reports ' the navy dej-a'-tmont give a brief ac count of the flaht, transmitted from th" 1 tank utearaer VVttwego, one cf the ship which survived the fight. Following is navy department ' taU'UK'itl: ' -si "''Tlie.navy .d'jartment ha rcppjvei' a report from t-ria which states 1 that the steamer Westwego reports that on September S, f 'hM cruising with sevem oilier fiips f attacked by a roassei force cf six bu'arariues 'off. tba coast ' France on Pcplenber 5. Hie result of the Rttsckj U'iig .that two of . tha stenruer were tunk and probably a'.i the submnrinea Here lost" The navy department's only informa tion was made public in a statement issued today. . . While , the statement does not state that American destroyers were convoy. Ing the ships that ia believed to be the fact. ' t was announced recently that " a policy , of convoying ships had been adopted and since the West weo and the others were bound for Europe it is , regarded more than likely that Amer ican warships guarded them on the way across. ti . ( American warships . have . all been ,' equipped with depth, bombs for fighting submarines. .. This weapon : has been highly perfected by American experts and proved deadly. If detailed reports bear out the first dispatch thoy will algnah'ze the most notable action agains submarines since the war began In no other case has such a wholesale destruction been reported. It lso will mark a striking victory for the American forces. j 1 , MINISTER NOT TO GET PASSPORTS AT PRESENT , Buenog Aires, Sept. 11. News dis patches to the effect that passports may be landed to the Oerman and Swedish ministers are' deelared to he premature as the government Is tillable o consider such until it receives official details. . The foreign minster j announces that th steamers referred to n one of the, messages sent by the count arrived in " French ports in .June after Luxburg had Sent his dispatch. ' ," ) '' . -VpU on S'i'.'rjf.e, , , Pot!and Me.t Sept. 10. The roter if M'liy. went to tie polls at a spe cial 1 lection today (O cast their ballot on the question of rntifying tho jtvirnd mei.' for : woman si'Trage snhmi'ta to tV ptople by tho last legislature " s Flag Over Verdun. Paris, Sept; 11. The American colors now fly o'er Verdun. The flag, which was a gift of American Red Croa work ers, was hoisted over the ruins of the city after a ceremony attended by the tub prefect Jean Grillon. rr. . , ; May Havp Prayer Day, ; 'Washington)' fVpt.- ' ll.-Proelamation ,ly,tlie president. of..a.fly pf. natinnnl prayer for American siieeess in the war was proposed in a bill of Senator Meyer, passed today by the senate. , ; headquarters of red cross Moved Local Chapter Moves From North Main Street to Second Floor of the. Postof fice Building. 'Through the efforts of Postmaster J. J. Farriss .the High - Point Red Cross chapter, has been tendered. Jhe use of the rooms on the '' second floor of . the postoffice. building for tbe. work of mak ing collecting and forwarding .all sup plies. For the past few months the chapter has been using tbe stpre room on North Main street owned by S. Stern, bergcr, of Greensboro gave. the, ue of the. room free' of charge. , Mr, Stem berger has now leased the room and this resulted in the Bed Cross chapter look ing for other quarters. Thq second floor of the potof fice was offered by Postmas ter Farriss and the tender of several rooms was immediately accepted' by the Red Cross workers. The new location will be put in use as soon as possible and the work already undertaken at 'the North Main street site completed there, Th women mem bers have bcen7 Very buoy recently in making and forwarding supplies and all women of the city who have a little leiaure tim art' asked to contribute some little labor at the new work rooms. SOLDIERS INSURANCE BILL 1 ' MAT PASS THE BOUSE TODAY Washington, ISept . 11. The soldieii and sailors' insurance bill probably- wiH pass in the house today under a ape; cial rule, .Debate dragged in thp houe yesterday, to u?h an extent that not an' amendment , was reached, v; and ' . I faiHt nfehtwfiwwrtative Maddei.rf' of Illinois, Republiian, objected ta meet ing earty todaythe Democrats planned to invoke a special rule and close all debate. Only onemajor administration amend ment will bo offered before final vote. Representative Adamson, of Georgia, will seek, at 'the 'request of President WiUon, to substitute a limit of $10,000 on optional insurance' policies for 'the J.I.IHK) limit now in the bill. CREW OF SAILING VESSES TELL OF U-BOAT SINKING An Atlantic PorU Sept .11 Ifow. a (ienuan submarine ' hid behind' his schooner until itrgot within, range to attack an American tank srVamer and later was sunk by the tanWa gutt crew, ' was told by the captain of a sailing vessel iere. When about 1,500 miles from (i'ibraltar, he said, the U-boat ordered him to stop. Hie submarine then kept behind tiie schooner until Ihe approaching tank shijt was wtihin rnge. When it began the attack the naval guard returned the fire, the eigth shot striking the German boat and sinking it within sight of the schooner's crew. Both steamer and schooner escaped in. Jury- CHATTANOOGA MOB f ORMS TO ATTACK STRIKE BREAKERS Chattanogaa, Tenn., Sept. 10. A mob is forming to attack the car barns,; where strikebreakers are reported to be armed with machine guns.- ' , -.; " The mob, which left Central labor ahlrcrying " "On . to the car barns'," halted at the courthouse, and . is now being- appeahed to - by Police Commis. aloner Tr.O. Bctterton. New Russian Offensive.' Berlin Sept. 11. -Russian forces have begun an ' offensive against Austrian forces southeast of Bukowina. The Ger man general; staff reports the' Russians obtained only local success near Solka. ;v . Americans Buy Huts.' heme, Sept ll.--The American mili tary authorities. In France have placed an order for a million francs worth of woolen' huts to house troopfts ? - New. Judge for North Carolina. ' Washington,,' ept. 11. Appointment of one additional federal circuit judge lit North Carolina Is authorized in a bill passed today by the senate. - " ,.' k ' Oj E.-S. Meeting. ' t The Order of the Eastern Star will hold its regular meeting this evening at 7:30 o'clock. The attendance of all f - '.- . members is desired. ' -' Secretary Wilson III .!. ' . Vashinglotij Sppt, U,. Sccreetary llso recoverin from a aeveer attack of ptomainpolson has kkept him from his dek 'Tor a week. ' S'MIS A STATEMENT Foreign Office Says That It Has No Official Information of the Messages Sent by Legation at Buenos Aires Says American Diplomats Have Sent Messages Throught Its Foreign OfficeWill Be No Occurrence After This. London, Sept .11. The Swedish for eign office, says a dispatch, has isued a-statement regarding the Swedish Ar gentinian relations, which in part fol. lows: Swedish foreign office has not yet received any account regarding any account regarding the transmission of the telegrams mentioned in the United States government state ment and therefore is unable to deter mine' what .its position should be on the question opened by. the statement. ' "As regards the United States in par. ticular, the minister here this year has demanded and obtained permission to transmit letters to and from Turkey and at a time when Turkey was not in a state of war with America when Sweden bad not yet taken oyer protee. tion'of American interests. , '.'Iri he-snmmer ofj 1015 the wish was expressed from the British side that the rHnsminiim nf ' tploorramn hotttron Jon: - . - . a v-ollrtlil. ,noaa Kn cease formal demand, was made but the for eign minister acceded to the wish. "Th.ev telegram mentioned in the American statement was written in code and the Swedish minister was unable to decipher it. Whether its contents were as represented is a point which the first duty must bc to confirm and its next action must be to get an explana tion from Germany if it be found that any misuse has taken place. Sweden will also,, without regard to any refer, ence made to her, take measures to prevent the repetition of the incident." STATE UNIVERSITY OPENS , FOR FALL TERM THURSDAY Chapel INI, Sepu 11. With the re turn of "hundreds of student the Uni versity of North Carolina campus begins to take on its accustomed air. Regiit tration; for the new term will begin to day and continue through Wednesday. The session opens on Thursday Septem ber 13,- when class work begins, and the formal opening exercises will be held. Dean Marvin II,. n Stacy and President Edward K. Graham will address the stu. dent body at theae exercises, i Ap many as 300 students have already arrived ori the hill and many more will come; In today and tomorrow. Though it is inevitable that there shall be some falling off in attendance, there remains I no doubt that the nnversity wll have a satisfactory attendance lor the year. The freshman class will perhaps be just as large as last years, the number of certificates being Only a small number behind at this time. GERMAN ANSWER TO PflPTI ' IS NOT YET FORMED Berlin, Sept. 10. Via London, Kept. The social . commission of seven deputies selected to confer " with the chancellor In connection with . members of the federal council met today for final conference on the German reply to Pope Benedict s peace proposals, . As the seasious have been of a con suiting nature it is not supposed that a vote on the final draft of the answer was taken. , , ' Mrs. Daniel Lan Hurt ; Spencer, Sept. 11. Mrs. Daniel Lane of New Bern, was severely hurt by fall ing on a railroad track as she was alight ing from a passenger train at the Spen cer station Saturday night. She stum bled over an obstruction and fell on a tail, her hip being painfully, hurt n the faH. iShe has since been eonlned to her bed; ' Mr. Lane came to ; Spencer with Mrs, Land and he has also been confined to hja bed with grip since reaching here. To Hold Meeting. ' Heneva Septal nn;Tn?.or,"l .?J'.n says that the postponed socialist con ference eventually will be held in Switzerland. OMGRMo t,-:Ji',: --;-P I """"""" '1 ij vA PETRQCRADIS ..- . .' '! i. " ' " ""' ' i i i, I Ma jor-General John . I. Pershing in is the only photograph thus far made visit to the frost.' REVIVAL STARTED Rev. S. W. Taylor, of Hender son, Delivered Strong Sermon at North Main Street Church A large congregation heard Rev. S. W. Taylor, of Henderson 4 preach hia first sermon of the reyivat, last evening- at the, North Main Street .Methodist Prot; estant church. n broftght a string mes. sage 'and considerable Interest was man. ifested at the first 'rvlcetj.by,,tlie pec pie of thV city, as Ttif)'as the members of the chureh congregation. Particular intemit is aroused in the revival through the fact that the new pastor, Rey. Mr. .Brown, toofe charge of the church on Sunday as well a the fact that the minister from Ibwderson, one of , the most eloquent in the state, is doing the preaching. G. P. PALMER OF NEW LONDON MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT Vv' Newtun, Sept. 11. George V. Palmer, of New London, at gttident af Catawba college for the past, two years while en route to this place Saturday-night to attend the annual reception given by the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A met with a se rious accident just below Lincoliiton. The' hard rains of latet Tuesday wnsfhd away th bridge ovet Mutjt creek, and young Palmer, not knowitg:he bridge was gone and it being ftfter ;dark, ran into the washout ', tie ear. he was driv ing falling 12 fee't, turning- a' coniplete somersault in doing so. People living near heard the nols and. went 'to the rescue, of Mr;' Palmer, rindug him pin ned under his car. He wa' taken to the Linrolntou hospital, wherf Dr. .Klligisf; dresaed his wounds, consisting" f a two inch gash in his right leg reqnring a half dofcen 8tltche to sew It" up, a bad bruise over his right eye, and " badly bruising his left log. The approach to the brdge a very sharp curve and h was unable to stop) the car before t top pled over the embankment:,'' The car was completely demolished. " Mr, Palmer is a son ot Mr. and Mrs. h. W, raimer, and lives about four miles west of New London. ... MEMBERS OF BAR ' ' . AND WIVES INVITED . Members of the High. Point bar and their wives are invited to attend the re caption gven n Greensboro by the Klk tomorrow light to Judge and Mrs. Jame E.Boyd, , , This Invitation '. is extended . through Dr. Dred Peacock who received it today from Judge Boyd. " ' ,.; Sy'yV-'i'';.'! I i ili'i iiiiivV'; ,.: , Trying to Avoid Money Stringency. !New York ' Si)t.U.-Plans-for mak ing a close study of banking conditions for the purpose of working out methods in collecting th next liberty loan i or der to prevent wide fluctuations In the money market each tme an installment falls due, were announced today by the federal reserve bank... The experience of the first liberty loan showed that ' a sharp stringency lit money was caused by every Installment, - - ' , .- New Revelations. ,,,- -.Washington, Sept 11. Progress v of the grand jury, investigation at Chicago into the Industrial ' Workers of the World ndicatea that revelations, of a nature, not previously diatlosed are being brought to l'ght. , ; ' ' , MONDAY EVENING GENERAL PERSHING OBSERVING THE GERMAN TRENCHES. F rench trenchesj ' from whence he is 'observing the lines of the Teutons. This of General Perishing in the first line trenches, although he has paid several - L Believed French Minister of War Wal Be Successful in His Ef forts to Form Cabinet Paris, Sept, 11. Paul lVm'.icve, min ister of war, who accepted the task of forming a new ministry, 'immediately began holding conferences with party representatives ind the impression is that "be will succeed in forming a cabi net.'' ' '"' ' " v' "" '''. :; ' Delegates to the socialist party were to meet with liim today and it is pos sible the socialists will have several rej)resenatives. ' STRUCK BY BICYCLE AND WAS PAINFULLY INJURED tawton Meelliehampe was painfully injured Monday afternoon when he was struck and knocked to the pavement by a bicycle ridden by Wyatt Pickens. Young Mellichampe had his leg badly hurt and was helped to his home by a passing friend. ' Men Takpndtm Stranded Boaf, J An Atlantic Purl, Sept. lO.-Cspl. Ralph .Bradley, hi mute and two sea men, comprising the crew of the British schooner .1. A. Holmes, reported yeMter- day as ashore, otl Unmeant X J were brought here today hy an American steamer, which took them off their water-logged vessel in heavy weather. The men will be sent to their homes by the British consul here. Disturbance in Carribean. WashiiiL'ton. Kpnt. II. I iid ic:i Moiih of a disturbance in the western Carri- bean between latitude 70 and 7. and a second disturbance near longitude (14, latitude 14. were reported by the weath er bureau. No reports have been re ceived as to'the intensity of either dis turbance. Warmer by Wednesday. Washington Kept. II. Present cold snap extending from the Mississippi to the Atlantic coast is expected to moder. ate by Wednesday when it is predicted a general rise will he felt. 7- There were general frost today from the upper valley eastward to New Kng (and aud as far spilth as. the district of Columbia and northern Virginia. - Cotton, New York, Sept.' 11. There was ac tive" ' covering in cotton talny. First prices werg Hi to point higher with the market ellng ."IS 'to 40 points above last night's close.1: " , ; '.. , Cotton futures opened steady. IK'to ber 20.44 ji Decemlier, !J0.:J8; January, 20.v0; March 20.42; May 2,50. Bandit Invasion. : Ijiredo, Tex.; Sept, 11. In response to h call for help against a bandit inva sion in Dolores' creek, 28 miles south of here just before4nildnight wveral truck, loada'of 'soldiers left for that. place,; No report of a clash had lwu,' receivod to day. - - . - ' I First "step. .Washington, Sept. 11, The raid on the , Philadelphiiv , Tageblatt by federal agents regarded here today as the first step in the ranipaign to summarily I throttle the seditious pres47T!iriTnot yet disclosed whether the action will take th. form of raids or arrests or not FOR SUCCESS IS E Mayor Ragan to Quit Proffering Petition for Repairing Main Street .This Afternoon. With the soles of lils shoes worn as thin as the' ham going into a sandw ich named 'in its . honor' is slice!, Mayor W. 1. Kalian will late this afternoon cease to offer th petition asking for the re surfacing and repairing of Main street, Or at least that flection of the main stem between Knglish 'and (iimineree streets, to thosg 'citizens owning properly front; ing on the above outlined section of the business street. For the past several days the mayor has been circulating the petition and it will be creating no new Hans; Anderson to chronicle that KM) per cent of th land owners havenot signed. In fact the majority is yet iu doubt, just aB much as it was last November when President Wilson and soom lawyer who has evidently retired to private and far removed practice were contesting fur the higliest office available at the hands of any people. To brill!; alnMil a conversion of (In present rough and holey thoroughfare, the city will have to spend just ftiUO.'K) and lend the contractor fire hiiso to wash the street before the work is start ed. It is the plan of the officials to tax the property holders for the amount of work done because the street was or nally put down at the expense of every taxpayer of the city. It is necessary, however for a majority of the. lineal frontage on .Main street to be represent ed on the petition when the cotineilmen P AVI MATTER EN THE ATMOSPHER consider it this evening, else, t a doorneu : v.rtF from Pctrograd. to being put in a remote corner of some; Alexander J. Uuchkoff, the October's1; desk and labelled "what might have been j ;oaf;pr wm, formerly held the posHi-ui done." Should the petition fail to bear; of p, SOulnt of the Dum, has gon sufficient signatures, then the project ; v,,r (o aeimh fc, nijorr. He left hero will be shelved and Main street allowed I turday for the held headquarters, to go to ruin, making it necessary f or j conversation with the Associated the property owners ,o pay at least )TrPK tod-y ,,,,tif.l. o( the wuncil (,( three time- uh much to have a new , , )UtiM lpl.lal t)ie , rovisional gov street put down sonic time during the! P1.nme,ir tninip ,.1 WM' that the rail, next few months. , w,r, emHWVni arc on its ,d the.t . Such being the case there is little j ())(j,ira(.T j,v ( ,',-nt ra I Korniloff would r . i it .. n. ........ j .i 1 1 f womier mat Mayor i.agmi rel-Mei an;., . . .(rik. AMrMna hlm Main street property owners not afflict ed with paralysis to sign up and save money during yentorrfay and today. MAY SEGREGATE THE RACES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington Sept. 11. A law for seg regation of races on, street railways :i n:. ..t i '..I,. ...i.;.. : ,....,....,... ;,. I lilt ( n tiiiiiiiiiin ir, pi ,,i,rr-i t, ill a bill which was introduced in the hmi-e by Coi'igreasnian Harrison, of Missis sippi. ' The bill is Identical with one which Mr. Harrison introduced n tho lint com- gress ; It is provided that within tw-)i month after the parage of the bill each street railway cohiiiimy shall pro vide e'thcr'two or nio.-j ars or divide ea-s stall be utilized for carrying pas- . Consider War. Bill. "Washington Sept. 1 1 Secretary Mc, Adoo will appear today before the sen. lite finance- comniitten . to. explain the ll,.10n,lliMi,0tKI war credits bill. Uh consideration was begun, today, :'1 ', i '':,' :.-'- : ' ' ' ' ',.1",''., ' m 'l ,IM j',' ':' '''.-:''''' .'''--'1' ''!: " - , Drys Win, ... . w Dallas Sept. 11. -Complete figures in vesterdav's election in this county show ttiat- tlie proh1(nt'ouists.V'nT',5IiJ votes and the antis 8,3(14, making a "dry" 1 majority of. W-. " ' " ; ' ' ? - niTIIRTIAll III All Ambassadors Hold Meeting But Nothing Has Been Given ' Out Korniloff's Forces Are Advancing' On City. Former President of the .Duma Has Gone Over to the Side of KornilofT The Railroad Men Are Loyal. , ' . - ., :. , London, Sept. 11. The Swedish, Af stohbladet, says the correspondent - at Copenhagen, publishes a rumor emanat. ing from .persons who arrived at the Danish capital from Pctrograd, thai Premier Kerensky has been killed by member of the Bolshivki The rumor could not be confirmed. Fleet LoyaL London, Sept. 11. (British admiral, ty per wireless v. press.)-r-A V Russian message received here states that the entire Baltic fleet with Hs staff officers has placed itself on the side', of the provisional government. ' ' v :- - - Petrograd, , Monday, "Sept ,10. (De- ' lay ikI,) A council of all ambassadors, including the 'neutrals, was held today, at which a -situation! was discussed' about which all '.''.information was re- .'' f used. Following tli ..meeting- theism- bassadors Of the'"entehti,'he'ld, aepai ' ' rati; conference,' No reHrt has : been , received oi . a , received - collision between the government troops and forces' -of General Korniloff which are coming toward the fity. It is offi cially stated that a part of the ' rival forces net near Luga and' communi cated with each other without hostility. One of General Korniloff's detachment is said to be advancing from ths Narva. Both sides are still organising' and ap peal, iig for support. " .. 1 ' fV Premier Kerensky has sent ' instruc tions' to all railToad organizations . rew quiriii" the officials to refuse, to obey any orders from Kom doff. . The premier nas meived a telegram from the conif, mander of the Hct promising suppct. It is stated -that eneral lvaledines hio telegraphed to Kerensky threaten ing that if he does not acceda to Ueu-e-;i! Korniloff demands the Cossacks will cut the Moscow railway, thus iso lating l'ertograd. i r. ,' General Korniloff's "sikaya" division i- iiM)rted to hae taken Writ ra, 51 genera. of Mtpplics anl means of imposing nu will on Kussia . ' " . ..-,-. 1 General Korniloff has ordered n his I troops to detrain at Deno and to march 1 on and besiege Tetrograd. Government infantry still Is moving out to oppose the forces. - ,' (ieneral Denikine, com mander of the Kussian armies on the . aouthweslern front, ha telegraphed that he Intends to support General Korniloff. , v According to report from the winter palace where the government couwil was in sssion today a force of sup porters of Korniloff have passed Luga, The government refuses to make ft statement, but the foreign minister In forms the Associated Press that tie be lieves KorniloffV force eonsist ot only , a few hundred men. ; The town and station at Lng art la hia hands. . , i , ' . Hospital Ships U Pan. ' Paris, Sept 1 1. -A dis(ti'h Jo ih Ifavas news agency from Madrid the Spanish minister announces tl't th king has obtained from the hclliirerntt powers an agreement permktW'Jl the fr movement of French -and Brnh bf'i T1sfiiisVTars t!ieT'1i(itii,T ' T. t; I'. ; is now seeking to have, the nnt, ! ' tages extended to Italian. r
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