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lilt. V.'liea you have Eaislted reading The Enterprise, place t i cent itarr.p here, band to a postal em ploye and it will be placed in the hands of IT. S, soldiers and sailors. Ko wrapping no address. Fair tonight and Sunday; tCltt tonight with frost la interior; light northwest winds. ' 'CM r. VOL. 24. No. 274. HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 6, 1917. Member Associated Preas. 1T B . , S i I 1 1 1 J f 1 - t f till . ii . . .... . inn , i ii - co;:gb nil lion OFraoii All Attention Turned to the Sen ate Where LaFollette Began ' Three-Hour Speech in Defense . of HU War Policy. Resolution for Adjournment at 3 O'clock U Prepared and Intro ducd Two Hours for Sena ' tors to Answer LaFollette. . Washington, Oct. ' 0. Congress en tered the last hours of the session with all attention turned to the senate, where Senator LaFollette took the floor at 10 o'clock to make a three-hour speech in answer to the critics who have petitioned for his expulsion because of hi course and public utterances toward the war. - By pre-arrangement two hours . were reserved for replies and unless some un foreseen development took, places ad journment was expected . at 3 o'clock 'this afternoon. , , Members of the house, which only was marking time awaiting for the senate, flocked to the senate where galleries and floor were Jammed in expectation of a spectacular finale, to the session whirh has appropriated hitherto unheard of billions for America's part incite world war, and has passed a score of war measures in an incredibly short time. The-senate at 12:25 adopted, a res olution providing for ' adjournment at 3 p. m. today.,- , t .. The work of the congressional session adjourning today was praised by Presi dent Wilson in a statement saying: "The needs of the .army and navy have been met in a way that assures the effectiveness of American arms and the war making branch has been quip ped with the powers necessary to make the action of the nation effective.'1" i C ' .a NEW LIGHT SHED: OIIDUPOMT DEATH . r Young Ashevflle Man Was Mixed Up With the IneviUble ' Wo man. Ogden, UUh, Oct. 6. A search of the effects of Gerald DuPont, son of Mor ris DuPont, . of Asheville, N. C,' who killed himself here Thursday, while au tomobiling with Mrs. Marion Browning, of this city, she new light today, on the cause of the act when a note JjjMiss Blanche Reardon, of Flagstaff. Ariz., was found ending with the Latin plmso "Vnc' vlctis," (woe to the vanquished.) It was also brought out that he had sent her message last Saturday.- Before the tragedy Miss Browning had written to the young lady concerning DuPont'e health, and the day he killed himself received a reply thanking her for the interest her family had taken in the young man. ; A coroner's jury found that he died from a gunshot wound in flicted by his own hand.. y INSURANCE MEN TO ADDRESS CHILDREN ' TUESDAY MORNING "W.-C Jones, Thomas H. Tate and W; F. Armflcld will address the pupils of the Sotith Main street school .Tlx 'day morning during the observance of a 'special fire prevention day program. The three gentlemen are representatives - of tire insurance companies and their re marks will doubtless concern the great loss from fires, that (could have easily ' been prevented; '"'l'',';"" ' '' ;-; Other insurance, inen of the city are , invited to address the children on ' the subject of the prevention of fire. " ITALIANS REPULSE ATTACKS . ; ON GABRIELE BY AUSTRIANS Rome, via: London, Oet 6. (British Admiralty per Wireless, Press.)-7-Repeat-ed attacks fey the Austrians on Monte . San Gabriele have been repulsed by the Italians, according to the official com munication 'issued today. -The Austrian ' naval base at Cattaro has been bom . bnrded by an Italian aerial squadron. Hits were observed on torpedo boats an ' submarines. " "Subject to Criticism." Washington, Oct. fl. The conduct .of IleprcRentatirc Hcflin - ttTrtaking I'lifm'ea against other members in con nection w ith report of tlie use of Ger i i i :jv i-i ' ' I t i critici: !," lie PATROL SHIP LOST OFF fiOITISH WATERS American Ship is Lost But No Details' Are Given m Navy De : partment Report. Washington, Oct. 0. An American pa trol ship foundered in European waters j on the morning of October 4 while on j duty. 1 the navy department has no informs.-1 tion of the cause of the loss of the ship. There was no loss of life. Further information which was re ported by Admiral Simms ' is being asked for. There' is nothing in the re-, port to indicate the class of the ship. Most of the patrols are destroyers. BRITISH HELD TO GAIIISJjy MADE German Counter Attacks Failed to Dislodge Tommies From Their New Positions With the British Armies in the Field, Oct'. 6. The British bulldog held fast today to the great bite on which his vise-like jaws closed Thursday morning dose to the vital center of Germany's positions in Belgium. German counter attacks failed. ; ' HoV fighting was still in progress to day as the Tommies consolidated their victories on the main Passichlndaele. ridge. . Every man in the unending stream of German prisoners which flowed back to Cages yesterday touched for the tremendous- losses suffered by the enemy in Haig's latest and master-stroke. , Jo such barrage as that which British guns wove in front of the attacking Tom wise' has evtr been seen in tlx: wr. H was a vetitable cloudburst of stecJ,,raiitJ.Injelt,d enemj;Vrniq)i ftmm away; it cleft woott lines of German t loops. . It was this unprecedented curtain of fire which made the work of the troops in reaching first objectives com paratively easy. One position thus car ried contained a 'dismal remnant of a company which had lost practically its whole bayonet strength. Over all the eight mile front of the attack commanders reported that groups of German arid Bavarians came in, hands aloft and shouting "Kamerad' the first minute after the rain of British steel dropped near their lines'. Polderhoek wood was particularly a trouble spot . The German machine gun nests literally studded tho VTound, but a concerted assault finally .silenced them. ,No sooner had the British achieved their brilliant succe'sa than the enemy flung his reserves it no counter attack'. The strongest of these early blows came from above Brodoseinde, but it waa broken up quickly, i As this dispatch is written headquar ters reports show British attackers near Gravenstafel and further north are hav ing trouble in dislodging the enemy and in crossing the Stroombeek, but are slowly pressing on. Troops a little below are reported briskly advanced on both i iv' i s a. i i Biues oi i lie siream. une great lumoer ing "tank" was observed advanced near Poeleappelle. : 1 . - . ,. -.;" Every company commander's report as it came to headquarters showed that the Crown Prince Rupprecht has received an other and staggering blow, v ' WORLD SERIES GAMES BEING POSTED AT THE : HART DRUG STORE , High Pointers interested in the games of the world's series, the first of which is now on at Chicago, can get inning by inning reports at the store of the Hart Drug company, so Mr. Hart announced this afternoon. .This is the only place in the city where returns are being , re ceived and Mr. Hart invites every s one interested to follow the fortunes of the two teams battling for the baseball su premacy of the world by watching his windows. ' , .' Tug and Steamer Collide. V A Pacific , Port, Oct. 6. The steamer Tolo and tug Magic collided in a dense fog late today near here, the Tola be ing sunk, ' The steamer H. B. Kennedy picked, up the Tola's "passengers and crew. An unidentified man Jost his life and two women are reported missing, The Kennedy narrowly escaped going ashore. ; King Congratulates Haig. -"London," Oct.- The-king haa - tele' graphed coii"ratulations to Field Mar slial Sir llou'liis Iluig, connmander-in cliirf of t' i I'l iti.-ih forces in France an ' ' ' ' ' ,! . ' ' , r..l 1' THREE WHITES KILLED . US BATTLE OVER HEGRO Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 6. In a battle over a .negro three white men are dead and three wounded at LaPine, Ala., 33 miles south of here. ,. -The dead men are: - Oliver Enzer, aged 60; Hub Can non, 35 i W. L. Griffith, 33. Accompanied by Kirk Brown, Cannon, Griffith and Hudson went to the borne of Oliver Enzer to look for a negro who three days ago is alleged to have held up a white man and who. was said to be on the Enzer place. . The re quest for delivery of the negro waa greeted, with a bail of shot. The coaualtv list resulted. IEGR0ES HOT YET CALLED TO ARMY ; ii Local Exemption Boards Hears Nothing Concerning the Ne groesWhite Man Reports. The local exemption board has received no information yet as to the date of mobilization of the negroes who are to be sent to Camp Jackson, S. C, to be come members of the national army. There are 39 negroes to be forwarded from High Point. Another wrinkle in the rule of pro cedure was straightened out this morn ing.,, Two negroes had registered on June 5 who were not then 21 years of age and who have not attained their majority as yet. The two negroes, it is. stated, had signed for whisky at thf express office and when they approached the places of registration and saw .police men, the idea was rampant in their heads that the policemen had , been keeping tab. The adjutant general has intrcteU 4h if the negroes are not of age and if they find that the men are under 21, to rec ommend the withdrawal of their names from the draft. Denton W, Manley, white, appeared before the members of the board yester day' and stated. that he wanted to be sent to Columbia next Friday. His ap pearance and request surprised the board, inasmuch as air trace of Manley had been lost On Auguet 8 he was certified to the district board and that body had never reported. Mr. Manley will get to leave on the date requested. FUNERAL OF AGED NEGRESS WILL BE HELD TOMORROW Tlie funeral of Aunt Annie Pitts, the ged negro servant of Mr. and Mrs. J. Elwood Cox, will be conducted from Morris Chapel tomorrow, Sunday, after noon at 2.30 oclock. If was announced yesterday that the funeral would be held today. Quite a large number of the friends of the beloved old mammy will attend the services. Interment will be made in he church buryhjg ground. HEFTY CROWD OF FELLOWS LEAVE ALBEMARLE FOR CAMP Albemarle, Oct 6. A crowd estimat ed anywhere from 3,000 to 8,000 people witnessed ' another squad of Stanly county boys leave the . Southern sta tion here for Camp Jackson. This is the third squad sent by Stanly county and the local board estimates that only about 50 or 00 more white boya ; will be necessary to fill the county's quota.The boys who left are a hefty crowd of fel lows as are the boys who have gone be fore and very few will be returned, it H thought by the army surgeon, on ac count of physical defect. RemWt A. Rogers had charge of the squad. Mr. Rogers has seen service be' fore, having been a member of the na tional guard. - PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTES - ; ' MILLIONS TO LIBERTY LOAN Philadelphia, Oct. 8. Nin subscrlp tiona aggregating $10,710,000 marked the four day; of the second liberty, loan campaign in Philadelphia. . The lar gest subscriber was the Nprfolk and Western Railway company, which an nounced a 'subscription of $5,000,000, of which $2,220,000 is to be credited to this district and the remainder to New York. . Cotton. New York, Oct 6. Prospect of frost in the east caused an advance in cotton today.' The opening was firm at an ad vance of. 11 to 23 points. tV The close was barely n.teady.- Octo ber, 20.07; December, 23.52; January, 25.33; 'March, ' 23.42 ; May, 25.W). n'otton futures opened steady. Octo- i - , " -i, ! ft .-.. I.,-...n!.r, f. !-; .' msm BRiS All Night Men Stood in Lint to Get a Chance at the Seats Which Were Pot on Sale at 10 A. M. TodayVv Probable Lineup of the Chicago and New York Teams Given Weather Conditions Ideal Early Today. . r v Comisky Park, Chicago, Oct. 6. The Chicago White Sox, pennant winners ot the American league,', and the Kew York Giants, champions of the National league, did battle today in the first fray of the blue rihlwn event of the national pastime the world's baseball series. Some 30,000 persona saw the Giants as sail the pale hose warriors of the Amer ican leage upon their own home lot on the southside. t The White Sox depended upon Eddie Cicotte, with his shine ball, to oppose the Giants while Manager McGraw tried out Schuppe, Bailee and Perritt in the battery warm up. - It was a perfect: October day and made to order for baseball. An Indian summer suit helped bake out the base paths made sodden by Friday's down pour while a . drowsy southerly breeze blew across the fietd. ' Chicago, Oct. 0,-foday is the great day of all tho baseball world. This aft ernoon at 2 o'clock . the 1 New Yorl team, champions of the National league and the Chicago.!' Americans, champions of the American league, meet for tl world championship. ; All night a Una of two or three hun dred persons stood in line at the win dows, where at 10 a. ta. today the 15,000 remaining seatjwere to be sold, . ' . It appear8.ihat the 1Ineupf6Rrth game wH be as folliwit ' ' !--New York" Nationals Burns, If; Her- to, 2b; Kauff, cf; "Zimmerman, 3b; Fletcher, ss.; Robertson, rf; Holke, lb; McCarty, c; Schuppe, p. ' , Chicago Americans Jf Collins, rf ; Mc- Mullen, 3bj E. Collins, 2b; Jackson If; Felsch, cfj Gandil, lb , Weaver, ss; Schalk, c; Cicotte, p. Umpires Evans and O'Loughlin, of the American leagij; Klem and Rigler of the National league. " Weather conditions are good. Ty 'Cobb of Detroit with an average of .380 and Eddie Roush of Cincinnati with 43 are the mil batting- cham pions of the American and National league. Cobb finished! 22 points over Tris Speaker. ,.. , Wt.,i.,. The other averages follow: Base stealing, American league, Chap man, l leveianu, 04; Rational league, Carey, Pittsburg, CO. Runs -scored, American' league, Buslf, Detroit, 112; Rational league, Burns, New York, 103. I v, Leading pitchers, Cicotte, Chicago, American, won 28 and lost 12; Alexan der, Philadelphia, Nationals, won 30 and lost 13. f I!'- CITY BOUGHT BIG FIRE TRUCK TODAY r- -' , ,i '- :K,' - .V " American La France Truck With a Triple 750-Gallon Pump, Pur chased This Afternoon. . The city council this afternoon pur chased an Amerlfan La France triple 750 gallon pump truck to replace the Sea- graves truck which until two weeks ago waa in service at the 'southside fetation. The price' paid for the new apparatus was $0,750, less an allowance for the broken' truck.' The new truck is a very modern piece of apparatus and the pur chase of- it marks the passing, of the high pressure system of fighting fires. LiUcwisu' it marks the endv of the blowing out of stock and range backs. Tile hundred feet fv three ply Are hose waa also purchased, the council stating that additional footage might be bought later. There were a; number of bidders for hose and k number Jor the trucks, the J Sagravs and Amrican La France companies being the most prom- inenttslt wa JMught ut Jtliat practi Cally every pumping truck in ' "North Carolina is a La' France. The hew truck will be delivered in 60 days. .;,.,:.RakerjgCh3TlotteJ Charlotte. Oct. 6. Becretary of War Baker is" a euest here today . At o'clock he addressed tho cid.oiis at tlie omilfoiiiim and later 'l yi 't Camp THE GERMANS RETREAT BEFORE HEAVY FIRE OF THE BLAffi WATCH By J. H. CASSELS Of the Famous Black Watch Regiment (Copyright,' 1917, by the Bell Syndicate.) We had very little rest after the fight J l aescrioea last week, in which we drove the Germans out of their trenches with our, steel, hands and teeth. We were getting down to the real business of war, but it was fighting and not. the incessant retreating, which had been1 sapping the life out of us for the last weeks. In shallow, narrow trenches, we began to bury our dead, but, before the work was -finished, a detachment of Uhlans fired on us, and we drove them across a bridge and over the crest of the next ridge. One of the men in our company Mc Leod was his name had lost his chum in the fight. McLeod was a sentimental sort of chap, and I really believe he always hated to kill. He was sitting On the ground fasten ing together a couple of strips of wood to make a little cross for his chum's grave or rather bis chum's share of the one long grave. The tears were trick ling down his grimy, bloody cheeks, and he wasn't ashamed of them nor of the furrows they cut in the caked dirt It was just before he finished his work that the Uhlans opened fire. Mc Leod threw the loose pieces of the cross to the ground, and sprang to his place in the firing line. I had never seen the passion of hate in his eyes before. All that the Germans had made him suffer had never roused him, but now that they interrupted him in the work of making a homely mark for his friend's grave, he was fired by the will to kill. McLeod'i Revenge. I was only a couple of paces from him in the firing line, and, with the tears still streaming down his Jace, I oould hear him mutter every time his lir tie crashed: . , ,; ,4 "Damn youl You will, will youl" It was giving him positive Joy every time he let drive a bullet at the men who had spoiled the cross which would have marked his friend's grave. As the Uhlans retreated, we took the road. All that day we marched under occasional shell fire. Along the sides in Crown Prince- is Renewing His Attack About Verdun Sub marine is Sunk. Continuing effects are observable of j the hard blow struck by the British at BRITISH CHECKTHE GERMANS the ( ierman lines Thursday. At some j Kuropean waters and a uennan subma points the Germans have been forced toirine in which the submarine was de retire atill further than they were car- ried at first. The positions they occu- pied were found too greatly exposed to; the rain of fire. British patrols discovered this condi tion when they were sent forward. All along one sector the forward shell hole defenses were abandoned. The British ,are firmly holding their new line. By last night they were well dug in along the front and ready for any further counter attacks. On -the French front north of Verdun the crowrt prince is continuing his ef fort to win back lost ground. , An at tack north of Hill 344 last night re sulted in the Hermans gaining a foot ing in the French line from which they weer driven and the line completely re established. ' , ' 1 The navy department at Washington gave out a statement detailing an en counter between an American destroyer and a German submarine in which the U-boat was destroyed by depth bombs. Side of Face Shot Away. 1 Asheville, Oct. 6.-Willie Hoxit, the young Bon of II. J. Hoxit, of Jackson county, is in a' local hospital , with the whole lef tside of his face shot away a tithe result of an accident while out hunting yesterday.: The boy, hunting rabbits,- wawled through a wire fence and as he drew the shotgun after him, the trigger caught in a wire and the entire load was discharged Into h in face. His recovery is doubtful. President Signs Bill Washington, Oct. 6. President Wilson today signed the bill repatriating Amer leans woh enlisted in allied armies be fortthrUnrtcd' tftatew entered- the war. : Australian Force Numbere 306,000. ! London, Oct. 6. It is announced tlm the total enlistment f 1' A-;tvuV of the roads, we passed the wrecks of German combat wagons and - supply trains. Sometimes there was a field piece amongst the debris, Toward evening we heard terrific fir ing on our right, but we did not en ter the engagement Later we learned that a French division had been pretty badly cut up in running the Bodies out of a strong position. Their wounded passed us on the' road. You can not imagine a more pitiful or a more noble sight. Limping along, supported by their comrades, came scores of men, whose every step was costing them agony but who smiled at all of us who cheered them. The limping men were not walking more unsteadily than those who sup ported them, and, when they came closer, we saw that they were leading the comrades on whose shoulders they leaned. Tlie comrades were blinded. Straggling down the road, as we swung along, came couple after couple the lame leading the blind, the blind sup porting the lame. There was no oppor tunity to send sound men to guide these poor "blesses," for the sound men were needed on the firing line. If there had ever been doubt in our minds as to the calibre' of our allies, it was dispelled now as the lame and the blind, hour after Jiour, filed past us. I have forgotten the name of the village, in which we billeted that night, but I remember a detachment of French were there before us, and a peasant pointed out to tne a row of trees where they had hung 15 Germans captured there, because, when the Uhlans had taken the town 15 of them had brutally assaulted and outraged a farmer's wife. The ropes were still dangling from the trees. , The next few days were uneventful, but toward evening on the 13th of Sep tember, I was scouting on our left flank. Tlie German heavy guns had been keep ing upJ a pretty steady searching fire all day, but little damage had been done.. Stunned by Shell I had gotten so accustomed to the roar of the explosions that they did not bother me very much. After a while a (Continued on Page Two.) U-BOAT BY THE AMERICANS Destroyer Sinks Underwater Boat By the Use of Depth Bombs It it Announced. Washington, Oct. 6. Details of fight between an American destroyer in stroyed by depth bombs was announced by the navy department today. The name of the destroyer and the time and place are witheld in the an nouncement DRUG STORES WILL CLOSE DURING THE HOURS OF SERVICE In order, that their mployes may at tend preaching services in the churches of their choice, the druggists of the city have signed an agreement to close their doors each Sunday from 10.45 to 12.15 o'clock. "The stores that will observe these hours are Ring's, Matton's, Hart'a and Manna. The High Point Candy Kitchen will also be closed during th hours mentioned. The action of the druggists was taken following a sugge tion by members of the ministerial as sociation of the city. HUNDREDS PRESENT AT THE OPENING OF SILVER'S NEW STORE Hundreds of residents graspde the op portunity offered by Manager Miltori Silver last evening' and were present When the handsome new store of the N.' H. Silver company was thrown open for inspection. Many of the 1 visitors were not prepared for the sight pre sented by the exceptionally.. well : ar ranged store, J T each man an attrac tive aiid useful souvenir, a'pocket hat and clothea brush,' was presented. ' : $teamer Goes Agrohnd; is Floated. An Atlantic Port, Oct. 6,-The inland passenger -steamer ' Northland ran aground off here when her engine failed and she struck before anchors could be gotten out, She was floated an hour ' . r end jinweited n ''piireiify ti.! ' "i DESTROYED CAHif VS. That is What LaFollette Terms Charges Made Against Him Replies to His Critics on the . Floor of the Senate. Senator Says He Takes Up De fense Not For Own Sake Quotes Speeches of Lincoln and Webster. Washington, Oct ' CSenator LaFol lette, whose expulsion from the senate has been urged, replied .to critics of bis course in the war today in a long and carefully prepared speech, He asserted "The war party," besides carrying on campaign of "libel and character assasi nation" ; against , members of congress 1 who voted 4 against the war, waa at tempting to suppress discussion of war issues and intimidate the people them- lawfully throwing them into JaiL . . The senator quoted at length from Mexican war speeches of Lincoln, Clay, ' Webster and Sumner in his defense of the right of the members of congresa V to assail the policy of the government, J and dwelt upon the constitutional duty of congress rather than the president to " proclaim the nation's purpose. H made no reference to the inquiry ordered yes t terday into his) speech before the noa- '' partisan league at St. Paul and dealt with criticisms of himself only gen erally. . . , "Six members of the senate, and s J recall, about 50 members of the house, voted against the declaration of war," he - said. 1 "Immediatel v there waa let loose upon them flood of invective and abuse from newspapers' and individ uals who had been clamoring for war LIBERAL PEACE LOVEEtS unequalled, I believe, in the history of Civilized society.,; 1 - V - Prior U the de!,.. ,ti.u of war "ev- , ery man who had ventured to oonose our entrance into it had been condemned1 " aa a coward, and' even the president had Dy, no means ueen immune.' since, uie declaration of war the triumphant war party has pursued those" senators and" representatives who voted against war ' with malicious falsehood and reckless 1 libelous attacks, going to the extreme limit of charging them with treason." . Senator LaFollette declared thai it he alone had been made the victim of the attack he would not take time for their consideration. 1 ' ' - V "It appears to be the purpose of those conducting this campaign to throwthe" ' country into a safe terror, to . coerce public opinion, to stifle criticism and suppress discussion of the. great issues involved in this war." In support of his asertion that eon- sjress should speak for the country the ' senator cited precedents at great length., " "It is unfortunate for the country and the senator from Wisconsin, laid Sena- -tor Robinson of Arkansas, replying to Senator LaFollette, "that he baa lent ' himself and his service to the promotion of ideas of the kftiser." ' E DANGER OF BEIIIGJABELESS Fire Prevention Day Will Be Ob served in the Schools . of City Next Tuesday . the Next Tuesday will be observed in-the " schools of the city as "Fire Prevention ; Day," officially proclaimed by the gov-1", ernor of North' Carolina and Mayor : Ragan,, of High Point. Short talk in each of , the 'schools' will, impress Upon . the minds of the children the necessity of being extremely careful in the hand- ling of fire.' . y .' f f , During , the .week it is urgently re quested that the people of the city pay attention to tlie desires of the state and city, and' see that their, premiss, are cleared of all materia) which ' might serve to start n fire.- ., '.. : . The fire loss of North Carolina U conservatively ' estimated at $.1,OOH,Ot.'0 ' yearly. It is argued that two-third of it is preventable, v -: 1 ' Largest War Appropriation. Washington, Oct. 6.T!i Iarj;e-t propriatlon measure in bintory be law today when President ilxun ed the urgent deficiency lull -my $7,758,124,000 prim-ipally lt l v.r. t3 r ( 1 t. Lima, l'ertl, ill!'l'i" li . i'
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