V Chi PRINTER'S INK Wilt sail what th best of ulei. men fail to dispose of. Advertise ia TEE ENTERPRISE AND GET RESULTS. si , Weather Sain tonight; Thursday fair and colder. VOL 25. No. SS. HIGH POINT, NORTH CARP UNA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 30, 1918. Member Associated Press. 114 I I I I I I II II II X ! I I I I I -:K-3--v-r' .atF- i 00,600 DISSATISFIED METJ GO Electric Works and Airplane Fac tories Around Capital Badly Hampered by Strike, and Steel Making Industry at Essen Also Affected Kiel Men Idle. THJJS HUNS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY OF EMPEROR Revolutionists Set Up Govern ment of Own in Finland Swedish Troops Enter Country to Aid Government Two British Boats Lost. Dissatisfaction with the prog ress of peace negotiations and Prussian electoral reform, German workmen have brought about se rious strikes in Berlin and other parts of the empire. The German government has begun repression measures and has ordered the ar rest of six leaders of the inde pendent socialist party, while at Kiel the leaders of the workmen have been sent into the army. In Berliu and its suburbs 90,000 work ers were not at their tasks Monday, se riously hampering the electric works aud airplane factories about the capi tal. Strikes in the great manufacturing districts along the Rhine and in West phalia are reported. The steel making district of Essen has been affected and at Kiel workers in torpedo factories and in dock yards have been out since Fri day. Meetings in the industrial centers have been prohibited. The strike agitation has been fostered by (He Independent so cialists and not by trade unions. In ad dition to ordering the arrest of the in dependent socialist leaders, the authori ties are said to have imprisoned Adolph Hoffman, editor of the V'orwaerth, the socialist organ and independent socialist leader in the Prussian diet. The strike movement is said to be di. M 1 reeled against the delay in passing the Prussian reform bill and the annexa tionist propaganda conducted by the Fatherland party, which has assailed bit terly the conduct of the Genuaii emissa ries at Brest-Lito.sk. (icncrally, the strikes broke out Monday, the day alter the emperor's birthday. In Finland the revolutionists have set up a government' f their own. Lute re ports are to the effect that the righting has lessened in intensity with the revo lutionists in control in the south and the government forces victorious in the north. Swedish subjects in Finland are endangered by the revolt and one report is to the effect that Swedish troops al ready have entered Finland to aid the government and the senate. On the western front the British have repulsed an attempted raid near Arras and the French checked a Herman raiding party in Alsace taking prisoners. The artillery and aerial activity is most marked in Flanders. The British naval vessel Mechanician and the British gunboat Hazard have been Jost in the' JJngliab ehanuel. The first was torpedoed and stranded on Jan uary 20 with a loss of 13 men. A col. lision caused the sinking of the Hazard on Monday. Three lives were lost. PAPER WARNS AGAINST EXAGGERATING STRIKE London, June 30. While some morn ing newspapers print with much promi nence dispatches from Holland and Swtizerland representing the strike in Germany as being on a great scale, and very aepous, the Rotterdam correspond ent of the Daily News' warns against an exaggerated Idea of the size and import ance of the industrial upheaval. Other newspapers report that work .men in 40 war material factories in Berlin slone have struck and that many strikes elsewhore have been accompanied by grave disturbances. , The t)aily News correspondent says that the cessation of work in Berlin ap parently was not general In character. To raise ' Judges' Salaries. Richmond, Va., -Jan. .KWThe lower house of the stale legislature1 yesler day passed the bill raising the salaries of riran't judge $.00 per annum. Thhi . V ? JU,'ST J . J va neoJro!n$ 2on to 3,HK). The bill had previously pus d the senate but tho .house made sev era! changes which noceasitHtrg its return. SOUTH CAROLINA T Clio Oil and Fertilizer Company Has License Revoked for Hoarding Cotton Seed. Washington, .Ian. HO. License of the Clio Oil and Fertilizer company, of C lio. S. C, has been revoked ad the concern ordered to close up its business not later than February , the food administration .announced today. "Speculation in and hoarding cotton seed" is the reason given for the ordei and it was aimou-med that as all of the company's p"oduct arc manufactured from cotton heed, which is under license, it will be unable to operate even as a fertilizer factor. The company had on hand :i,0!)2,000 pounds of cotton seed and has been operating only two and a half days in the past year, accord in); to statistics brought out at .1 hearing before the federal food administration for South Carolina. This, it was announced, was an amount above reasonable needs for a reasonable length of time and was tuVen as clear proof that the seed was bing hoarded fo" speculative purposes Total Tonnage of Former German Ships Now Serving Allies is Half Million. With the American Army in Prance, Tuesday, Jan. !t. (l!y Associated Press.) Announcement was made here today that the total totuutge of former Ser- inan steamships ready for the high seas j service, most of which are now bringing men and material to Fiance, is appro- j itnately "MMUtOO. Anions the consider- j ible number already arrived safely in ! entente allied ports is the l.evinthian. : formerly the Vaterland and 1 " others' Ihe largest Herman ships. j These figures demonstrate the falsity of recent (ierman claims and the publi- j ! cation of this information is permitted ' for that reason. 1 The figures are authoritatively de clared to prove that (.ermaiiy has been deliberately circulating false reports to ! belittle to her own people the assistance 1 given to the entente allied cause by this shipping and thus to creat much unjus- j titled confidence in the Herman subma- j rines. " 1 REINFORCEMENTS GOING TO AID ITALIAN ARMY j Despite Heroic Defense Austrian Troops , Were Forced to Give Up Col del Rosso ! and Monte de Daval Bella. j Vienna via London. .Ian. :,0.-TI,e ! Italians who are attackinv on the north- J orn front after being reinforced con-1 stantly by large numbers of troops says today's olTiiiinl HnnouneemVnl. After t stuborn struggle in which the Aus trian troops are said to have made a heroic defense they nre said to have been forced -to give tip Monte de Daval and Col del Kosso. Italians Retain Possession. Berlin via London, adn 30. The Ital ians retained possession of Vol del Rosso and Monte de Dalval Bella on tho moun tain fiont after a renewal of their at tacks with strong forces, army head quarter announced today. LARGE POCKET VICTIM OF PERILOUS ICE GORGE City of Louisville, in Cincinnati Harbor, Sinks After Being Torn From Her Moorings by Moving Gorge. Cincinnati, Jan. 30.- The tee gorge st this point broke at 10.30- Vc'oik this mnming and began slowly mvin down stream. The first lam to bw taken with It was the la'ge pa'ket City of lxmis- .Xiilc.,.It SV Ullg hwtii. Jj I'jlt, U HUXtfiug-ii ant: (tti-hed into th? government bunt Ot'avva. ' The Ot'itwa, however, did not break loose. ,The City of Lnuisvill sin.n sunk." - ' FlflMMUSTSUSPtND MUCH ASSISTANCE FROM GERMAN SHIPS I 1 . 1 n 1 i 1 t 1 Lovers re round ueao uo Campus of Georgia College Athens, ;., Jun :I0. The bod ies of Miss Belle Hill, of .lackson county and Jamie dohhlison, who came here yesterday as the guests of a student ofithe Cniveisity of ieoi'gia were found in the college campus today both having died of pistol wounds. Indications were the tint liorit declared that .lolinsun bad shot Miss Hill and then killed himself. The shooting it is said, took place between 'A and 4 o'clock this mom ng. Athens. bi .Tan. .10, W hile three students wer easleep in their dormi tories at the Cuiversily of (ieorgia early this morning, .lainie Johnson, a boy friend and his lS-y ear-old sweet heart Belle Hill, whom they had taken in for the night were shot to death in the same room. Johnson left a note to his mother saying he was disgusted with life aud had de cided to end it all. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict of murder and suicide. Johnson lived at Jefferson, about 111 miles from Athens, and the girl lived in the same count v. i 15 Enemy Airplanes Bombed Sections of London Last Night lioudun, dan. .'10. In last night's air raid bombs were dropped at va rious places in Kent and Essex, it is announced officially. There wer ' several aereal engagements. All the llritish machines returned safely. About 13 airplanes took part in last night's raid. One of them drop ped bombs in tho southwestern out skirts of ijondun and another in the outlying northeastern districts. There were 11 few casualties in southwestern London. London. .Ian. .'JO In last night's air raid three persons were killed and 10 injured it was announced officially. It is feared the bodies of six other per sons were buried in the ruins of a house. meet mmm Men Who Have Been Canvassing City to Raise $1,000 Fund to Meet at Commercial Club. A meeting of the men of the city who have been assisting in the work of raising the $1,000 fund needed by the ' local lied Cross chapter so that the i work of making supplies may be con tinued will be held this evening at I the Commercial club. The women can-" ! vassers met this afternoon at the home j of Mrs. t luu les M. lluuser, 011 North Main street. ! The fund is being raised by having j citizens subscribe, or pledge, different j amounts, ranging from 2." cents to $1 per mouth for a period of four months. The canvass will continue throughout 1 he remainder of the week, unless the total is secured prior to that time. ,,winK the meeting this evening it tt iU - be mad" kl,own i,,st ,,,AV ,1UK'11 nlo".v 'ms ,,ccn ecured. ANOTHER COLD WAVE IS HEADED THIS WAY Further Hardships From Lack of Coal and Anothe Tie-Up in Badly Congest ed Railway System in Prospect. Washington, dsn. 0. Further hard ships from lack of coal, another tie-up of the badly congested railway systems and a slowing, down of industry are in prospect with the appearance in tho northwest of another severe cold wave, which today covers the northwest and central west. It will cause cold weather over the eastern half of the country for several days, reaching the Atlantic coast Friday. It is accompanied by gen eral light snow. Throughout' the north, eru districts east of the Mississippi river there will be snow tonight andThurs day while in the southeastern section of the country there will be rain. Heavily Oversubscribed. " " " , . 0 Washington, .Ian. '30.-sThe amount of 4(IO,00.(HN by certificates of in- deptedness which closed hist .night was hay-4WWwlillM.H0i.tr flounced today, Allotments will be made uh soon as all subscriptions arc reported. The certificates are payable April 22 REDCROSSWORKERS II KILLEDJ HAL! Baltimore and Cambridge, Mass., Men Attached to Red Cross, Fall Victim to German Bombs. Italian Army Norther ti Italy . Associated I 'less attached to the lleadipia iters in Jan. !. - (By the 1 - Two Americans fled Cross were killed at Mestre Sunday night by bombs dropped by Herman raider. They were William Clapp and llich aid C. Fairlield, aud were the first Americans to be killed on the Ital ian front. Clapp From Baltimore. Ualtimore. Ian. .'JO. William Clapp was the son of the late William I). Clapp, of Ualtimore. He was 20 years old. Fairfield Harrard Man. Cambridge. Mass.. Kichard C. Fair field, a son of Mrs. James C. lSarr. of New York, joined an Knglis.li organiza tion connected with the lied ('rots shortly after he had entered Harvard university last fall. He was IS years old. HOME TO RFGISTER Agreement Gives Citizens of Each Country Option of Returning Home to Join Colors. Washington, .Ian. :!(). tween the United State anil Canada on the term conscript ion coin enl ion await the signatures of grecnient be- j Hreat liritain of a separate which onh I ' 1 the represen- j tatives of the governments concerned, was announced today by Secretary Um sing in a letter to Chairman Dent of the house military committee The conventions give the citizens of each county the option of returning to their own country for military service within a tixed period after whie hthev would be subject to military dutv un der the laws ami legislation of the country in which they reside. Thev woujd also permit each country to ex cmpt nationals from military deemed necessary. service it PHYSICAL TESTS OF 1 E! AH Men of High Point Placed in Class One to Undergo Re quired Examinations Shortly I " . .lU ve-e hi,-y . 01 ma I c.i I ,t.i! f t lie loci I .'xein I tiii 111 boa 1 1 ; 1 ula y pre) 1 m i 1 i, ate a ! lit p'l v ica I es;i 111 .11.1 1 10 Ml , lti".: 1 a ut s : I i i ;h I'oin; 1 w ho ha ve been placed in j The l egist rant - will b: ; . ovv 11-liip l 'Ins, out ,: "li ll ,11 ci i-dillg t 'he f.xiiii'liiaiioiis order inim-i .' and j will likelv i 11 1 s. u in .-1 ihe better part of a week. Mr. li W.i McCain, physician member of the board, j will liave charge ut the examinations 1 which will likely be conducted in the) ivi service room at the government building. i dust when the men in class one! may expect to be inducted into serv ice I is something that the future will have to disclose. It is thought very likely by I examining men now the government officials will know- exactly how manv TWO AMERICANS ENGLiSHMENCAN GO MEN WILL BP MAD they can have available for service that advance of one to nine points active are phvsieially fit. Guilford count v, it months sold about six to IS points net is stated, does not expect tofumish less higher on trade buyings and coverings, than 1,000 men to this class, and High j Bullish overnight spot adv ices and re I'oint according to the estimations of j port tlmt spinners still had a grea' board mem tiers will probably furnish deal of cotton to cull almve the local one-third that number. Iring were tailors in the advance. THREE OF FOUR MEMBERS OF COMMISSION NAMED Buffalo, Kansas City and New York Men Will Hear Minor Wage Com- piauus ior xauroaa commission. i Washintgon, Jan. 30. The railroad commission today announced appoint ments three of four members of its board of examiner to bear minor wage complaints. They-'are Kd .. llarciilo. Buffalo .manufacturer and lender .of. the lnbor legislative, movement inNew orktorilv. -Kinee its incention in the mid- I ness man ; and f jithrop : Brown New Yurk. former member of congress and now it special assistant to the seeretarv of the interior. MOST OF NEW HEN WILL GO IN CLASS ONE Legislation for the Registration of ! All M T..-! 1 C! I. I - .1! mi iticu iui ning i oince iasi June is Ready for Introduction j 'hat the eiiwt.s ,f the school chlidren, in Senate I''"' '"r1'1' brooked no such interfer- j encc. The neat tags carrying words of " j information aud warning were attached Crowder Thinks Most of Newjt,, all shovels used to convey the rather Men Will Be Put Into Class j M':u" ' ul'p'ics of the fuel from the One, Making Total for This j Year 2,000,000 Men. I Washington. .Ian. :!(). War de partment legislation tentatively agreed upon by the senate mili tary committee anil designed to provide additional dratl machinery wa-- ready today tor introduction in the senate. The bill pi ov ides lor the regis trillion of youth-, attaining the age of 1 years sinee .lime last; au thorizing the li.viug of ipiotas on the basis of class one and the new classification and empowers the president to call men needed for special industrial work. Provost Marshal Ccneial Crowder in an explanation to the commit tee said it was proposed to hold a new- drawing1 to establish the ordei of liability for the new regis trants. It is assumed, he asserted, that most of the new registrants will fall in e'ass one giving the class this year a total of 2.IMI.000. men. From this class it is expected to take the next future draft. Secretary linker's plan to exempt men who has attained the age of 'II disapproved hy (icneral Crow der. in not included in the legists -t ion. ;e will NO! BE HELD HERE Meeting Place of Social Service Workers Changed to Raleigh Mrs. Booth Will Be Present. 1 The North Ciiiolii'i ( on 1 1 rciice for Soc;il Service, which had accepted an invitation 10 meet in High Point this year, will meet in Itnleigh. This informal ion coiups through the pres ident. Mr. M. I.. Keslei. of Thonuis v i I It-, in a statement that the com mit tec had decided to change Ihe place ol meeting to lialcigh because Mis Maude Itallinglon I tooth could be secured in connection with the Woman's club, which meets at the apital city this year. This confer ence, which draw - t oget hci 11 1 it 11 of t lmTedvuyvviiiJlvi'l's of the state. w ill meet on I 'cbi nary l.i. High Point'- invitation had been extended by the Woman's chili. Ihe Ministers' association. Ihe Commer cial (hib and other organizations of the city, and Mr. Ixcsier is anxious for nil to understand that the invi tation is no less appreciated been line it seemed bet to change the place of meeting to Italeigh. SLOWER TONE SHOWN IN EARLY TRADING Spot Advices and Reports That Great Deal of Cotton is Held by Sppiners Are Factors in Advance. New York .Ian. :in. The cotton mat ket show ed a owcr tone during today's! early trading and after opening at an conic j Cotton futures opened steady: March. j st cpli tn m . vice chairman of the lup :0..'lll; May, 2II.S2; .Inly. 20.42: October.; j ,J().m ,, ,;,,,,, Kublee th. 2s 04 : December. 2U,S;. I BRITAIN'S OCEAN C0NVOV j SYSTEM IS SATISFACTORY .London, dart. .'10.- lieplving to a epics thin in the house of commons yester day, Sir. Leo (!. Chio.za Money, parlia- meutary private serreHry for the n,'n" islrv of munitions, on behalf of the shipping controller, said the ocean con ci v .'system continual to work s-ttisfae shipping had ben convoyed with a hiss of only 1.45 per cent., iiuluding ships sunk through the dispersal of convoy i lid through bad weather, CHILDREN OF CITY LOCftTEDJHDVELS Work of Tagging Coal Heaving Implements Was Completed Today. Lc in may have intei l'erred with the observance of "Tay-vour-sho el-da v" in i"h Point todav. but the chances me pile to 1 nt s, utile, or carrier, anil no -iule resilient, -u far as can be learned. 'as given an opportunity to overlook I ihe fact hat a shovel full of coal should j be saved for I 'licle Sam today as one's j "ifl to the cause. ruth to tell, tiie students of the local schi os. working under the direction of Superintendent V. M. Marr, did a j 1: real part of the work of tagging the I -hovels yesterday aud Monday, so that j today there were but a lew sections of j the city to lie visited. The plan was j adopted because of the fact that all I -hovels could be tagged without the j children losing time from their studies, i The children did not visit the homes I of the owners of the small coal piles after affixing the tags to the shovels; such a course would have been very em barrassing to the owners of the afore mentioned piles of "li. (. M." or what- 1 i ever it is fuel men call the sort of coal that the people of the city have been forced to worry considerably to get. But the fact that tags were fastened to the shovels shows that the school children have keen eyes; it requires 'em to see the dinky litle piles of black earth that most persons have to confess is the bar rier bet wen them and discomfort. The observance today of "Tag-your-shovel day" throughout the nation is expected to result in the saving of thou sands of tons of coal. If every consu mer would save one shovel full of the rare commodity known as coal, one can easily realize just what that woiidd mean tothe nation's pile of anthracite and bituminous, or rVSri'of mine. Today Sti perinteudent Marr. director of the local campaign, was preparing a detailed statement of what was done in High I Point to he submitted to the state fuel I administrator. A. W. McAlister. DELIVERY EVIL IS TO BE CONSIDERED Merchants to Meet Next Tuesday Evening for Purpose of Con sidering Innovation. j The meeting ut the High Point Mer i liaiit- a-soi ial inn which was to have ! been held toiiiorfow evening for the j inn-pose Hi taking -s icps to ui 1 nc i it a method "f centralizing and curtail j ing the delivery system has been post- polled until next Tuesday evening.! ! February ". t was announced today. ; I The sllbjecl is one of importance in the j I people of the city as well as to the met j I chants and has been adopted by thej I .reeiislinro merchants' It is planned to I I make but one delivery to each seel ion i of the city daily and this will result in I ! !e-sencd operating expenses tor the mcr 'chants and correspondingly lower price ! to the consumers, the advocates id th ! idea claim. The primary tject behind the cur tailmeut nl deliveries is to release men for war dutv i- well its to lower slic.hr Iv the high est of livinv. The meas ure has been tested in other cities, it is .stated, and has proved a Mvess. Tlicre several different plans con sidered by the local merchants, all, how. ver, calling for a curtailment and one or two for liverv. the abolition of free ' SHIPPING BOARD WILL BE REPRESENTED IN LONDON iisliinetoii, Ian. :iu. Kaviniuid li. j boards' legal stall' arc to lie sent to boiKlnii a permanent rcpresentut ives i there of the shipping In ard. General Tyson Returns. ( .imp Sevier, (ireenville, S. l. .Ian. :ui lli-lir .Ci.n I. I) Tvsini lemoorai'. ilv in command of the o'.lth iiifantrv Lrimlt' during' the absence of Brig.-tien. V. S. Scott, has returned from a sev- eral days" leave. sH-ut in Knoxvitle, his (()Hie ' t -Senator-Hnghftr Dead. j Washintrnn. .Ian. :). -Senator lluuhes.' of New .lersey died today alter a long illness, Word of his death was received at 111" White House. RELATES ill' IT FEELS TO BE "GASSED" Wallace Weedon, High Point Boy, Gassed at Messines on July 17, 1916, Relates His Experience. Young Man Who Saw Service Overseas With Canadian Forces Comes Home to Recover From Effect of Fall of 1,500 Feet. What it means to be "gassed" is In formation in the possession of L. Wal lace W eedon, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Weedon, of .117 Hamilton street, this city. The young man, now a member . of the aviation section of the signal orps. t inted States army, arrived in the city early today from Kantoul, HL, where he has been attending the flying school for the past several months and where, on September 5, 1317, he fell distance of 1..VM) feet when the con troller on his plane 'went wrong. It is to recuperate from the effects of his mjn lies in this fall that Mr. Weedon is at home. 'Hie martial experience of Wallace Weedon. however, is not confined to his period of service in the aviation sec tion. He has seen service overseas with he Canadian contingent, and one of his experiences while "over there'" was to be gassed. Strangely enough. he didn't, to use his own words, "get while up," but after he had left it post as an observer in the R, F. C. and was calmly walking along. His lungs were affected and he has a hole in his cheek, in addition to memories' of days spent in the hospital and final dis charge from the Canadian army, to cause him to remember his contact with the deadly gas of the'lluns. He enlisted at St. Johns, X. B in Tnty, IMS, nn a membetvof ibe Canadian contingent that went overseas In Sep. tember of the same year, "f wa over there ft year but was on the continent but little more than a month," he stated today. "I was gassed at Messines on Inly 17. 1016. at which time 1 was an .bseiver in the H. F. C. But I didn't get II while up I wns'walkiii along w hen the gas arrived and 1 can tell you I was mighty sick. I was unconscious for eight hours from the effects of, the giis and was a patient in the hospital practically all the time until a hunch of tx were invalided back home and mus tered out on ( tit ober, .". lUlti. My lungs nre flattened us a result of the gas 1 xperieiiec and there is a hole in my beck see'-" and then he blew through the hole burned in bis cheek, a slight one. making a peculiar whistling sound. Following the time he was mustered out of the Canadian army, he came tit High Point and spent a hort while with liis parents, leaving 011 the first of Feb ruary. 1017. for Xew Orleans, where he enlisted in the aviation section, signal corps, of the Cnited States army, lie lirst attended the school for flyer at Memphis. Teiin., ami was later trans ferred to Chicago. "We went- to Kan- mil on .Inly U. I tt 7 . and I don't think inv ot the fellows fell until 1 started (Continued on Page .) E Twelve Men Whose Names Were Furnished the Police Yesterday Are in Service. i'welve of the draft registrant of ! Hich Point township, whiwe name ap- ; pen red in the list furnished the chief of ! 1M,j,.,. i,v t1(. exemption hoard yes ! tenia v tor failure to answer and return their ipicstiiiiiiiKircs as required by law' line already in military w .naval scrvtetv jaecnidiiig to meiiilsMs of the' exemption. I I.. ... ... I l,,,t ,.;,(,. li, Um (mil ihyl I hi. i , , . C ' ' i-fimi ireil iiriuil ti'iiiit fitinniAiitliiiui ttfU 1 ccrs ha not been furnished the board l'1"" u' l'11 thf Wy ; truiitn where they rightfully belong, i ' class live. .',' !" young men who are known to le ! "crvice, bu h.t-e Bme. were I" ! '1"'M YAMy h-wi H'? , M-ii uiai u na oniy n msuer w j to aimwer and retnm the jtietiiiii'ir''ii tare Charles M, Nephart. J. t'lyd" Cum !hnirTTteitl'1r'nTfli-y'r'i.irt ,.r KhJu, Krnet Mt.giiu. Ib I! L.-m h Punt H, Sctrf, Karly Kihisil (.!), I', lrlv liiown ,l:twt I: fc,.n ) Crant iin.l M i. k V,t'-'. REGISTRANTS ARE NOW IN SERVIC