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r I I it V If you hive anything to sell or desire to pyrchaae anything. Rate i cent per word per insertion. Minimum charge 15c Telephone them to No. u. Fair aad '. ' :'y r Thursday partly c'...',;, bly rain in west port;,.-; ate east to southeast . - 11 m f.v'i.i A ri.-v iff. ' ) " : ' ! '! 1 i I i ' - , t j i f 1 i I ! t VOL. 25. No. 83. HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 27, 1918. Member Associated Press. bolhi di;:g m EFFORT TO SAVE PEntOGRAD 0E IMPRACTICABLECHA Wading Through Mud "Somewhere in France" nUMDAIBE m n Governor's , Political ? Vision Would . Work in Some Coun ties and Fail in Others. fill til WV?.fyftW? Wllilll.. IIIIIM Ui Willi HJnwmilllMHUi nlllnw,Mmi""" :: J"" 11 1111 n 1 1 m n i u niiiini imm n iijjujj jijuiiibw.miuub ii huihiiihjh, iminnjuujuinwiniLWI.- 'i:'' l ".'' ' -?s Si f '"'. '"- '' A"': BLIt.tu VMS FALL ON DFAF BIONS FROM CAPTURE BY MM Germany Refuses to Grant Arm istice on Russian Front, After Peace Offer is Accepted, and Onward . March of Pillaging h Huns Continues. ' " MEN AND WOMEN WORK AT DIGGING TRENCHES No Official Recognition Has Been Given German Chancellor's Speech in Either Washington, London or Paris French Say Purpose Was to Divide Allies. Although Chancellor von Ilertling has declared Germany intentions in the east were not of aggression and aggran- dizement German military authorities have declined to grant an armistice on the Russian front iu view of the Bol fchevic offer to accept peace and the Gcr. ::rn.p-:.-: man troops t continue - their onward march. The Bolshevikl ore now bending every t ilort to save the revolution and Petro- . grad from the hand of the invaders. ' . It is ruWred that the Germans have reached Lnga, midway between Pskov arid Petrograd. This is unconfirmed, as is a report that the enemy has ad vanced to a point half-way between Lu ga and Pskov. Meanwhile street figkt t ing in Pskov goes on, the city chang ing hands alternatively. ' Workmen and troops from Petrograd m and troops from Moscow are being sent to check or atop the advance on ' Petrograd. ; Women and men are busily engaged in digging trenches and defen sive positions around Petrograd. The Bolshevik govMimet,ifc.i a. dekMed,' wit! retire to Moscow, if the Germans take the 'capital. This agreement, in the council of workmen and soldiers' 1 delegates Is reported, and it is added that Foreign Minister Trot.ky will quit ' the government. A provisional government- has been formed in Esthnnia with headquarters at Reval and the independence of Es- . . thonia lias been proclaimed. Chancellor von Ilertling said that Germany would feive self-government to Courland and a Lithuania, but it is reported from Switz erland that a Saxon prince is to lie made king of Lithuania, which will be , united to Saxony. Artillery bombardments on the west ern front have increased in intensity, , - , especially in the Vpres sector along the Chemin des Dames and on both banks of the Meuse near : Verdun. On the American sector northwest of Toul the ... . Cermnna v have attempted unsuccess fully to wipe out the Americans with flaming ga and gas shells. Three American soldiers were killed' and nine suffered seriously from the effects of thp ; The American artillery is shelling the enemy positions heavily. No official recognition has yet been 1 taken of " Clianeellor von Hertling's apeech. It is regarded in Washington, liondon and Paris as a war speech and not a peace statement. The chancel- " , lor s purpose, an official of the French v , . foreign office says, was to separate the entente allies, stimulate peace talk and impress Germany and the outadic wor'd . with the notion that the military caste has lout its purposes. Belgium is not expected to reply to the chancellor's hint, f - ; German submarines have not let up in their campaign against Spanish '. ship ping. The steamer Neguri, of 1,850 tons, is the latest victim. . She W the fifth Spaniard to be torpedoed within five weeks,- Renewal bf Buying Movement Noted on Cotton Market Today ) ' j ' 't ' , ' , ' , ,, . -. .. ,. , , . , ' ' New York, Feb. 27, There was. a re- ,ncwal of yesterday's buying movement at the opening the cotton market to day with first prices eteady at an ad vance 'of six to 12 points. Higher Liv erpool cables, the absence of March no tices and reports that large orders for cotton duck were pending in the goods trade for navy purposes were factors in the advance. Prices soon, reacted with ' tho more active deliveries selling nine to 10 points net lower before the end of the first hour. !TT T Cotton futures' "opened" firm fSfarcR, .11. "15; May, 31.24; July, 30.711; October, i"!).S0; December, 20.49. . '. I ',. , , . . . m .1 ' 1 " SAY SIGNALS CAME FROM FIORIZL, SUNDAY -MORNING St. Johns, X. F., Feb. 27. Ron cue steamers were ordered, today to invent igale a report received her ethat signals from the Red Cross liner Florhsel were seen Sun-' day morning neur Cape Race indi cating person were alive on the vessel. ... FOUNDED IN STORM Ten Survivors Picked Up and Landed by An Incoming Brit- ' ish Steamship. - ( Washington, Feb. 27 Thirty-two officer and enlisted men of the na haval tug Cherokee are believed to have been lost when, the vessel foundered yesterday morning in a gale off Fenwick island lightship, 22 miles from the Delaware capes." Ten aurvivors who got away on the first life raft were landed. Four other men got away on another raft but two washed overboard and drowned and the other two died probably of exposure. Four bodies were taken into Philadelphia. The ten survivors are: Boat swain E. M. Sennott, U. S. Navy R. S., Boston; L. P. Ackerman, sea man; H.'P. Poynter, fireman; R. J.' Halt, seaman; C. E. Barker, chief machinist's mate R. A. Koxeck, fire- ' Mrr Pvi'Vw -Warrnafk, fire4nant-sW:. A. Walim, oiler; 10. L. (iuclgel, firo man and B. If Itrumficld, radio clec trk'ian. Washington, Feb. 27. The navnl tug C'licrokce, formerly Iwloiiging to the Luckeuliach Sieamship cuinMiny, found ered jc-tenbiy off Fenwick ihland light ship, 22 miles south of the I Via ware capes. Survivors are being taken to Philadelphia, One report to the navy says that 10 survivors already have been landed at some port on the coast.. Xominlly th t'herokee carried about -111 men. The tug is supposed to have foundered in the heavy gale of yesterday. Later the navy department wa ad- wised that incoming ships were carrying four bodies to Philadelphia and that the ten survivors previously referred to were, the only ones known out of tin complement of five officers and .'15 en listed men. The only one of the Cherokee's five of. Beers known to be among the recovered dead is Boatswain E. N". Sennett. Survivors on Board. An Atlantic Port, Feb. 27 A British steamship wTiieh arrived here today sig nalled the quarantine station that she had.aboard 10 survivors and the bodies of l(t of the crew of the Cherokee. GERMAN RAIDER SUNK 35 ENTENTE VESSELS Berlin, Feb. 27. 'Hie German raidei Woif, which has returned to a honn port after raiding entente shipping ii the Pacific, destroyed at least 35 ves sels, it was officially announced today Some of the seamships, it ws stated were ..loaded with English troop ant' the sinkings therefore hut a correspond ing number of human lives. DURHAM POLICE FORCE CRITICISED BY MAYOR " Durham, Feb, 27. On the heels of a decision of the board of aldermen to abolish 41m pool rooms In the city at the expiration of the licenses, "for the duration of the war," Mayor ' M. E. Newson made public a statement in which be said that the necessity for abolishing the pool rooms rested very largely 011 the shoulders of the' police department, who had allowed flagrant violations- of the Taws under their very noses and had never made, any efforts to have, gambling stopped, serenes re moved, boisterous cursing stopped, and had never made an arrest because of the unsanitary conditions in the poolrooms Swansea, Wales, Feb. 27Thlrty four survivors O fthe "Glenart Castle have "bcch'landed nerl.Thd nitmbcrnf persons on board Is said to have been 200. , , , . NAVAL TUG CHEROKE (By PARKER R. ANDERSON.) Washington,- Feb, 27. .Although agreeing that the idea of (Governor 15itk tt' tn eliminate polities in, North Car olina this year 'in favor or patriotism, was a HpW'iidid theory, doulK wan ex pressed If it could lie favorab'y worked out, by Representative Donghton, of North Carolina,- who gave - partial en dorsement to the gubernatorial idea to day. ; 1 While" Mr. Donghton believes Mr. Bickett's suggestion could be carried out in counties where there is Republican or Democratic control, by the opposition party allowing the controlling jwrty to keep the control without a fight, how ever, insofar as congressional candi dates are concerned, the idea would prove a failure, Mr. Doughton believes. Here are his views: s "I read with interest Hie governor's recommendation that the present cam paign in North Carolina be conducted without . partisan politics," said Mr. Doughton. "I think it splendid, in the ory, but doubt if it is workable or prae ticab'e. The manifest disposition of both parties should He to ' subordinate everything to the successful termination of the war and the great patriotism manifested on all sides may make it pos sible to .work out the governor's plan in some localities. "For instance, take a locality '- or eounty that i safely Republican; the Democrats might consider it wise not to , run any canditates for offices ' in that county and where a county is safe ly Democratic the Republicans could pursue the. game course. "So far as candidates for Congress in lose dbticts are concerned, of course it would be unpossible to get either side to agree to this plan as undoubtedly a desperate figlitt will le waged by both parties to control both the senate and w!-Tta margin in the howw' la so lose that a single congressman may change (ha control from the Democrats o the Republican and vice versa. So far as I am peraonal'y concerned, 1 A-oiidd approve any plan that would ring the war to a successful and hon rnh!e end at the cnrliest possible rate." ERWIN MILLS RAISES WAGES OF EMPLOYES Durham. Feb. 27. Kmp'oves of the Erwin Cotton Mills company in plants ocuted in Durham, Duke, Cooleemee and Oxford were today given an in- reaso in wages, according to an nn lonncenient, by W. A. Erwin, secretary reasurer of the concern. The increase will aniount to thousands of dollar bu' 10 definite per cent for the Increase was specified an basis of efficiency be- ng used, SEVERAL INJURED IN FACTORY DISTRICT FIRE Rochester, N, V Feb. 27. A fire that hreatencd Rochester's factory district n the Mill street section today was onfined to the plant of P. Whalen and ompany, tobaro manufacturers, a five tory brick building, which -was almost festroyed. There were several miraculous paenpes if employes and several were injured. The loss is estimated at $120,000. BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIP SENT TO THE BOTTOM London, Feb.' 27. The British hospital hip (llenart Castle was sunk yesterday in the Bristol channel, it is announced officially. There were no patients on oard. Survivors were landed by an American torpedo boat. Eight boats are (till adrift. ' . , Revolutionists to Fight. London, Feb. 27. The Russian revolution-will defend - itself against Ger many says an official Russian state ment sent out by wireless and which announces that Germany has refused to grant nn armstice. London, Feb. 27. According to the Exchange Telegraph Company, 1(14 per sons are missing from the Glenaft. Cat tle. 'I ' . t: Buy fof Next Year. ' Washington, Feb. 27. -Householders are advised by Dr. nurry A. arflc'd. United States fuel administrator to lay in their next winter' supply of coal at the earliest possible day. John I Weaver, fuel administrator', for the Dis trH,ir'fltwork"(ri thins"1$ tiavr thi1! roi'ftfnmmiilntum arvtrtrl tnlrt ' nflTiv ' : in Washington. ' New War Against Defenseless Russia Robs German Statesmen of Their Ch ef Stock in Trade, ' Self Defense Plea. B.'itUh Newsp'aper.s Agree That Entire Eastern Situation Was Cleyerly Hatched and Plotted With View to Geiman Control. London, Feb. 27."4H far lls "'"itish public is coiu'crncd -4he mild 'word of Count von Ilertling conwruing t!er many'a pacilic intentions 11 ml his pnitial acceptance of President WHson'a prin ciples for a general and histing peace, full upon nhr,o.stdeaf ears. All details of the new war against helpless Russia, rob German statc-.nieii of their stock in trade the p'ea that Germany is wagina war of se'f -defense. The British press is virtually unani mous that the Whole eastern situation ha been cleverly arranged and plotted with a view to bin dim; eastern and Cen tral Europe ' under fJerman domination and for the vital 'Immediate purpose of getting food from the TJkrain. Of Although War Saving Societies Were Organized in Schools Only Thursday Results Great. A war saving society has been organ ized in every room of the city schools, Superintendent . W. m. Marr nniiounc ed to ifhe meniTi'cr of'lhe'city 'council last evening. Furthermore, more than $1,21X1 of the stamps have ntready been purchased by the school children, even though 'the clubs were just organized hist Thursday afternoon. Mr. Marr ap peared before the city council to t.'tl them of the results ofjiis trip to Rai cigh to attend the institute of the war savings stamp workers, the city defray. ing his expenses to that meeting Mr. 1 Marr was one of the leading wo keis of Hie district before attending. that meet ing and last night he stated that lie thought some of the results mrendy iH'l.ievert in the city schools wee iti" fruits of his attendance upon the Ral eigh meeting. The coiuicilnien jhimcd,;, erpressed themselves as very wvll -at-h-fied. Leaves Postoffice After Spending 14 Years in the Work Postmaster J. J. Farriss received the resignation yesterday of A. E. Futrell, clerk at the postoffice. for 14 years. Mr. Futrell, one of the most experienced and valued employes of the local ofri resigned his position in order to en gage in private limine. Mr, Farriss stated after receiving the resignation that Mr. Futrell was looked upon as one of the most competent and . trust worthy officials. Before being appoint ed to the position in the High Point postoffice he served four years in the fftee at Jamestown, where, his fath-i was for several years postmaster. " Mr. Futrell has not ojily made good in his official capacity but has so man ngod his affairs that he has made good j a business way, which enables him to enter into the larger affairs of life. His connection with the postoffice will terminate on March 1 and the en tire fone of the office express regrets at his leaving. HUNDREDS KILLED AND INJURED IN EARTHQUAKE Shanghai,' China, Feb. 27. The earthquake at Swatow caused the death of between '200 and 300 persons." More than 2(H) persona are being treated in hospiU-a there. Scarecly a house there has not been damaged, most of them seriously. ' , t Bill for Shipyard Houses. Washington, Feb, 27.-Fuial nctiot) has been taken on the bill authorizing expenditure of $r0,(X)A,0On by the ship ping board for housing facilities at ship building yards. The senate adopted the ponfcrencCTeportcd Ttpproveff tftsrtrwlt by the house. The measure now goes to President Wilson. 1 j SCHOOL CLUBS $1,1 STAMPS i i mi. 1 1 mm inaMfrrWKX1, Some of 1'iicle Sam's hoy at work around their barracks after a heavy rainstorm. By tlicir facial expressions the boys seem to be enjoying the trip throii"h the mud. . MUNICIPALLY OWNED ELECTRIC PLANT IS DISCUSSED AGAIN BY THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL Quality of Service Rendered and Ceitain Conditions Cause a Re- . newal of Municipal Ownership Animated Discussion Recently. Talk The Subject Caused COUNCILMEN FAVOR IDEA Again last evening was the talk of a municipally owned and operated electric plant revived by tho members of the city council, assembled for the regular business session of the week. That the members of the present council Hre heartily in favor of the city building M)d operating a plant and disposing of the current to the people and manufacturing plants" oT 7 lie "city "goes' wftfioifti'r1ntrfTlie'''eTty " to ' 6prtat "anVlW-tvTo po?r i the various members of the governing body stated their stand on the question months ago. It will be remembered that the municipal ownership agitation, as far as it pertained to an electric plant, assumed some proportions several months ago, 11 short while after the pres ent administration assumed office be cause of the very Unity service ren dered. Likewise will it be recalled that the service underwent an improvement at about the same time as the ugitation reached the climax, whereupon those persons who hail asserted that they fav ored the idea of having the city own its electric plant became comparatively quiet. During the past few weeks there have been several "outings" taken by the , rent is run into the homes of the city current, but the service can by no means and the additional equipment needed for be compared to the low level reached lines would not cost so much. The. cost by that of a year ago. The chief com- of generators, boilers and other mu plaint filed against the service as at chinery, while totaling several thousand present rendered is that the intervals ' dollars, would not be prohibitive, it: is where very low current prevails are all stated by men who have studied the sit too frequent. In justice to the North . uation. WEST BROAD STREET WILL BE PAVED AS RESULT OF PACT OF CITY AND RAILROAD COMPANY Following a conference between the U .,fH..:lu I ....iirnunnlnfivao of Hut I Southern Railroad company this after noon, it. was announced that West Broad street, from North .Main street to the city limits, will he paved, the railroad company, property owners and city dividing the cost of construction be tween them. For the past several months citizens owning property abut ting on the north side fof Broad street ave been anxiously nwaiting the dn.v when city and railroad officials could get together on the proposition and when, persona interested made 11 trip, to Washington to consult officials off, the company they were told that the rail road would share in the expense of lay ing a new paving it it were' permitted to retain the existing right-of-way rights iu and along the street.- While the city officials were appar ently, not. opposed to permitting the company, to retain the rights, the prop osition hung fire until a few days ago when , representatives of the railroad company 'notified citizens that a confer ence. woi;!d be held with the city coun cil and, if the terms suited the com pany, the work could start immediately. The agreement had been reached this afternoon, City Manager Murphy stated. -"Following-the- jrreement-roncernin Broad street the question of paving jHigb. street wa introduced, but the JKMUD .... ! Carolina Public Service company, it i should he stated that apparatus that is i planned to overcome this "outing" fault , has been ordered since last fall but the i congest ed condition of the shipping j routes from the factory has caused the unbooked for delay. About two years ago representatives from some of the largest electric man ufacturing companies in the world came to High Point and went over the situa tion with the city officials. The officials at that time were said to be contemplat ing the erection and operation ' of an electric plant and the city was shown just what the proposed acquisition would eu w , Those figures are all shot tit piece by the war, but it is stil thought that if jt were advisable for plant at that time, it is even more so" at present, in view of tho increased num ber of consumers. City Manager Murphy stated last night that the quality of service ren dered High Point was serving to put a large number of the residents on a gas basis, that they must have the oil and coke for fuel protection. Notably is thi. true of public places which have to keep open lute, according to the city mana ger. Then, too, the closing of , all churches of the city Sunday evening was mentioned and the councilmen ex pressed themselves as being heartily in favor of taking the initial step toward having High Point acquire a plant. The city owns the lines over which the cur- argument had not reached an advanced MBITC IU ..JU IMS aHemoull It is the intention of the city officials to pave Broad street with asphalt over a concrete bnse, the same type as used on the other streets of the eitv. Lieutenant Stanton Tenders Resignation As the City Physician Dr. T. M. Stanton.' now a, lieutenant in the medical reserve corps and in training at Fort Oglethorpe, la., ast night tendered his resigniii'mn by let ters to the city council as city physi cian. The resignation wits accepted but nn successor was appointed, the council men deferring action until Counci nicn lledrick and Lindsay could lie present. Both were, absent, Mr. Hedriek being in Salisbury for the day and Mr. lAnd sav away for a few weeks. : ' , . FALLING STAND PLAYS ! HAVOC AT CHINK RACES London, Feb, 27.- In the .relapse 'f the Chinese suind at the ITong Kong Jockey club races ' Tuesday 100 women and children were trampled to death oc efltdintf in-- Renter'. dispatch" from Hong Kon-r. Fire broke out and several hundred others were burned to death. OVNBHIALf Wealthy Atlanta Mayor Testifies Against Man and Women Charged With Attempting to Blackmail Him. A t ,,,,,1 . One of Defendants Said "How Nice," When He Saw Mayor A'one in Room With His Co Defendant, Mrs. Hirsch. - Atlanta, Giu, Feb. 27AAsa G. Can. dler, millionaire, of Atlanta, .was the principal figure iu the trial here today of J, ,V. Cook, jointly indicted with Mrs, H, If. Hirsch, on a charge of at-, tempting to blackmail Mr. Candler. Preliminaries were quickly handled by Judge lieu Hill, of the Fulton eounty Superior court, where the trial was held, and before the. end of the first hour the jury had been selected and Mr. Can dler, as the first witness, called, had launched into his testimony, Mrs. Hirsch occupied a seat-across the table from Cook. She entered the courtrom wearing a heavy black veil which ulie removed a few minutes later.. She wore a blue . tailored suit and smiled and nodded to those about ; her apparently unconcerned, Her husband , was not in the courtroom when- the irial began, N v. After reviewing his acquaintance; with Mrs. Hindi, which he declared grew out of her activities in Rd Cross work, Mayor Candler describcr her visit to bis office on February 0, when Cook sud denly appeared and said: : , ''Our honorable mayor, -this is -nice!" "I at once suspected that a trap had been laid for me," the mayor testified. On. cross examination by John ,R. Cooper,- of counsel for the defense, Mr. CanJler denied that he knew Cook be fore meeting Mrs. Hirsln. It also de nled tkKhenad;ver tafceu .lilwrtiea with Mrs. Hirsch during her various visit to his office. - - Forest Adair, a wealthy real estate' dealer, followed Mr. Candler on. the stand. He related how the' mayor had come to him on the day of Cook's and Mrs. Hirsch'a visit to their office and . how he had acted on behalf of the' mayor in subsequent dealings with the couple. Funeral Miss Brown Was Conducted From Wesley Church today Funeral services over the remains of ' -hiss roiiy Ann Brown, who died Mon day morning at the home of her niece, Mrs. L. L. Phipps, on East tee street, . , I'lituuTit'ii uimt vrniey ivtemoi ll Vlethoilist Episcopal church this after noon at 2.:i0 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. Gilbert. T. Rowe, assisted by Rev. W. A. Barber, pastor of the East End Methodist Episcopal church. The dc-. eeflKCfl Will Itfl '. nf n ..a v The following friend of the deceased acted as pallbearers: John C, Secbrest, Dr. Woodruff. Dr. W. .F. McAnally, tf. II. Allred, S. E. Willis. ;W. T. kirk man, W. H. Davis, II. L; , Lanier and ' (. T. Munlcv. liifprmeiit fnlWu,! in On k wis id cemetery. The Remains of c Robert Jackson Brought to City The remain of Robert Jackson, father f Will Jackson, of thw city, who died enrlv yesterday at Moriraiilnn. wr brought to the city last evening on No." 12 and carried to an undertaking etab Mniienf. The funeral services will be held at Mouiit Zioti church eometime tomorrow. Will Jackson was at Thorn ,(M ile when he rccevied a telegram In st met ing him to "return to High Point ind he came in on the game train a the corps. The eo,e of the death of. the elder Jaeknnn wa. not stated. CANNED GOODS ORDERED HELD FOR WAR NEEDS Washington, Feb. 27.-AH rannere were advised tday by the food admin-" titration to hold for war purpose iwitlt further advised ati canned corn, pea, tomatoes,, ssrlng bean and salmon now on hand. - , -. Reports of such holdiii" mutt , made at once separate from tho V m submitted before Manlt, 1, C,.n..j who- hfiw- sto-k are t -report liidiistii"' Hi t 1 ' tint want ' -1 u . I ! 1
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