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f.-. V ' " rt r . i 4 t . . . ... J i Ailc my rc;-lr a.lvener who patronkes The Enterprise lit. ShieUs, of Allen's, or Mr. Oliver, of Gilmer' they posses, the in formation. ' 0 c 1 Partly Clou7 ton t Thursday; morate east , 9 A A .- 1 (I I , i 1 . Member Associated Freii. ALLli CE COMTI S TO raw 1 SI 1 ILVl ' Iw' V'- x"i .- : u 'IT Z5- Wo-'7, H1G" POINT. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY : AFTERNOON. MARCH 27 ,9I8. SUPREME GERMAN EFFORT ACCOMPLISHED THAN FOR DRIVE IN ROVE REGION Futile Efforts of the Past Week Have Cost Teu tonic Forces 400,000 Men Rolling Up Pro cess to Follow. British, French and Americans, Standing Together, Present An Unbroken Front in the Battle Area. uermany s supreme eltort to break the allied front in the west appar entl V is no nearer arrom. plishmerit today than it was, on the day the great drive started and she is estimated to have lost 400,000 men in the futile effort during less than a week's fighting. ". She hadnot given up the attempt, however, the advices from the front indicating that her forces are rnassed for a drive in the region of Roye and Noyon in an effort to break through there as preliminary of a rolling process either to the north or south. v , As against the chances of her accomplishment of' this purpose may be accounted the factor of forewarning for the allies. There seems no doubt now as where the heaviest stroke, is to fall and the opportunity is offered for dispos-' ... ns of the vast allied reserve forces to meet it an opportunity lacking in the earlier stages 0$ the drive, j . ' The entente line as it now runs with the British French and Americans stand. Ing together presents m unbroken front throughout he bottle area. There has . been a slowing down , . in the German pressure north of the Somnie except jmssibly in the Vicinity of Albert where the British are holding dogged'y. In the Xoycn region and alonir the line of , the Pise to the east the French by their valiant defense, have likewise compelled the Teutons, weakened by their ceaseless efforts and heavy , losses to relax the ... force of , their pressure. " : ' , -"T Meanwhile' if Is "clear "that "tha" fien- man themselves are being compelled to admit that the .success in driving back nhe entente .line for such jgreat distance 1 in so wide a front is W no means a de. tivc erne. v s ' "No one can .foretel"' the result," said enptal von Ludendorff Jn an interview ' ndinr to the victory he claims. , Having regainect nearly all the devast ated Somme region in their offensive the German arimes now find themselves be forc an a'lied . defense P which grows ' stronger each hour. In, the north the energy has been definitely checked and In the south -where' iiia largest and mont important gains have been made he has been unable to punh vest of Roye and Noyan -. - .The British line west of . the Scarpe river southewest through Albert to the Somme have held fast for 24 hours and Hie Germans have been repulsed in local attacks along this gector. The front here is now west of the old Somme bat tlefield and west of the Ancre river, ...just north of Albert which is -1ft miles north of Amiens. ' "WILL FIGHT TILL FREEDOM OF MANKIND IS SAFE" Washington, March 27. Field Marshal Haig't reply to President Wilson's cablegram was received today at the White House. "Your message of general ajK preciation of steadfaitnessness . and valor of our soldiers in the great battle now raging has great ly touched us all," the field mar hal cabled. "Please, accept our j heartfelt hanks. One and a3 be lieve in the justice of our cause and are determined to fight on without counting the cost until the freedom of mankind it safe." ECTED THE OFFICERSjOF LODGE Interesting Session Held Last Evening Membership Com- mittee Want 1,000 Moose. A membership campaign committee composed of 125 citizens started out this mm 1111, k u Mt'Ui'r ! (Kill im ml-ers for the ill huljx Lnuil Uliln ..I .1m-. WilU ihi.- number of members, High Point can operate and maintain a c ub sewnd to none, it is stated, and with the ambi. tion of the memUerKhip committee is to attain his end within a short time and done the charter. A Tstatement of the menibershin will be published ftch day ia Th Enterprise. it was (leciueil and this1 will show the actual, number , oi tmomlier 4-ewivcd. oi the Moose office up to and ' including noon n the date of Uuc. Tt is found today on page 5. What is perhaps the most inf creatine seHsion of the members of the. local lodge of Moose was hnTil Inet ...... ...uui.nurH the oflk-ers were c ccicd. The results were as follows: Dictator, Ottis E. Mendenhnll; past dictator, K. W. Freeze; vice dictator, lj li. Williams; chaplain. A. l XtnW secretary, W, V,, Hermloh: treasures, Charles L. Amos; ael-gcttiit-at iirms, W, J. Praier inner guard, Hubert ( !ui Icy outer, guard, M. 11. Tliumtin; trustee, A. T.;,WiKhart, chairman': 0. Arthur kirk man and ,. C. Crowsen: house commit tee, B. H. Bardner, chairman, W. L. Stamey, David Harris; application com. mittee, J. E. Wagner, chairman, J. f Neusrhafcr, H. R. Williamson; doctor, H. W. McCain. Houston B. Hiatt, I. Thurman Mann, W. J. McAna'ly and W. L. Jackson. Admits He Started Disastroue Fire in Jersey City Tuesday New York, March 27. Police head quarters announced that Jacob E. Alt- man . had confessed that he- u r. sponsible for the fire which caused the explosion in the Jarvis warehouse in Jersey City yesterday. He said, ac cording to police, that he started it ac cidentally. v v , Altman,. who is 53 years ' old, was employed at the warehouse. ' He said, the police asserted, , that he accident ally dropped a cigarette on .inflamma ble materials. - . ' r EXECUTIVES CALLED TO WHITE HOUSE CONFAB Washington, . March 27.President Wilson summoned most of the ewcum o offcials who are members of the war I'ouncil to the White House for a con fvnnce at 2.30 today. ., , Among those -called were . Secretary McAdoo, Food Administrator ' Hoover, Fuel Administrator Oarfield Cliairmmi Hurley,, Secretary Daniels, Chairman Herooch, of the war industry Iward, and Cliairman ilcCormick, of the war trade board. , - . ENCOURAGED TO ACT IF WHEAT IS HOARDED Washington, March 27. State food administrators will be encouraged by tlie food administration to requisition summarily any stocks of wheat actually being hoarded. A general order to this effe. has not yet been promulgated but sta t r - a dm in 1st tn rir li v- wvm uutjnuu that they have authority to aj. I NO NEARER ON FIRST DAY Everywhere British and French Hold Up Ad vance Weakened Foe Obliged to Slow Up in Drive. After Severe Fighting British Repulse Heavy Attack on New Brit ish Front South of the Somme River. Paris. March 27.- Last night the German advance was held up everywhere, according rn the official statement of the war office today. The enemy, weakened by i i -. ... . j neavy losses, it adds, has been obliged to slow up nis ettorts. Germans Lose Heavily. - London, March 27. A heavy attack was made early . in the night against the new British line south of the Somme. It was re pulsed after severe fighting, the war office announces. In consequence of attacks yes terday afternoon and evening astride the Somme the British troops on both banks were forced back a short distance in the neigh borhood of Bray. British Hold Gateway. Britwh Headquarters in Northern France, March 27. (By Associated PrcsB.)-The !ermaiis last night con tinned their furious onslaught south ward of Ham against the allied defense In the region of Koye and Noyon, hav ing slowed, -down in their patent at tempt to cut through )e British line further north where desperate resist ance was offered. Hard fighting occurred last night about the town of Albert. Large forces of the enemy pushed forwards toward the town but at last accounts the Brit ish were holding back this possible gate way to Amiens. . The conflict in the sector around Roye and 'Noyon appears to be of great im portance, from the many intimations that the German higher command was attempting to split the allied front there and start a rolling up procesi either fltay. ; From the average casualties in the various German units, as given by pris oners, one arrived at the conclusion that the - German emperor has lost 50 pet cent of these men since he gave' the signal for the advance. - "Nothing to Report-" Washington, ,' March 27.Oeneral Pershing 'cabled the war department to day that ho had "nothing to report" so far as the American troops were con cerned Sn the progress of the battle on the western front. . Tribute to Americans. - " Paris, March 27 A-A- French military commentator writing in reference to the situation as concerns the Americans, wrote: '.'. t : . - 'At'vhrioim points on the front our allies are brjngirig to the British their Valiant support. ' . DR. S. S. COE CHOSEN ' NEW CITY PHYSICIAN During the meeting of the city coun cil last evening Dr, ,S. R. Coe was chosen as city physician, vice Dr. T. M. Stan ton, resigned, who is now in the sor y!T. .of.,,,.,,.2..it,!..Rtntes.Pr,roe ia a well known practicing physician and little time was required in electing him. EFFORTS ARE CHECKED ALL ALONG FRONT 150,000 Tons Of Japanese To Be Transferred To The United States . Washington, March 2". Negotia tions for the transfer of 150,000 tons .of Japanese shipping to the tTnitnl tstea has been1 completed on the basis of two tons of steel plates ' for one ton ,i dead weight ship ca pacity, ; f Tlie agreement is understood to lie in the nature of a preliminary one intended to bridge over the pe rhds of negotiations - now Ix-ing conducted by American Amliassa- i.dor Morris, atTokio, for a wider and more permanent understand-K- Signing of the agreement is all that remains. Prices which the United States and Japan will pay for the ships and sfeel respectively have not been made public. DRAFTED MFGROES Another Change in Date of En- trainmentLocal Negroes to Leave at 6:15 A. M. There has been another change in. the date for the entrapment of negrc selectmen lor Camp Grant. Rockford, 111. Members of the local exemption board Htated this morn ing. Instead of heaving the city Sunday morning, the negroes will be entrained Saturduy morning at rf.15 on the special train operated from (iastonia directly to the cantonment. This means that the negro selectmen will have to rise early as they are required to lie present at the sta tion 30 Mantes, i&.re the' schedule, ed departure of the train. Friends of the negroes chosen for the honor of being the first of their race to enter the national army are aRked the members of tho local board to acquaint the selectmen with the latest change so a to prevent any confusion. 5 TO LEAVE MONDAY First Increment of White Regis trants of Second Draft Called to Colors. .The increment of-white draft regis trants, the sixth, who are to be forward ed to camp Jacknon, S." C next Monday afternoon, April 1, were today summoned to appear at the office of the local ex emption board Saturday afternoon for induction into the military service of the United States. The men air the first of the second draft and for this reason particular significance, attaches to their departure. The registrants chosen for duty as the first increment of the see ond draft, together with; the order and serial numbers, are: . Y Order No. Na me., " Serial No. mi Kill 1130 1143 1415 857 1770 357 37 Thos S. Goldaton 3 349 Arthur Kennington, 3C2 Franklin R. Thil 372 Roy It. Wayniclt, 384 Jule Rook t , , 31 . Clyde II. Gentry ; 400 ' Henry F. McGhee 401 John S. Picks ' 432 Robert G. Vlfeant 435 Jesse J. McDowell njn ikm 1688 444 . James E. Mitchell No One Can Forsee What Will Result C . f jay a auii vscncrai Amsterdam, March 27.-"A' great bat- ; tie has been fought and victory hns been won but no one can foresee what' wUl result from . It," CenernT von. r Ludcn- UorlT, chief aide to Field . Mnmf-ial von DEPAR SATURDAY iimiLiiuuiif tuna in an lnifrview with ... . y . v ln irnimral nn kul IU , D.ltL.1. (. , ..li their tenacious resistance And then continued! "The British believed they could re- j lyon the strength of machinery. The j r 9 v , Buleg, bum, etc wnich Is vsnmiaiy wea renewed steadiness ear- 'd rmlav i the day of chief Inter a correspondent at the front of a Ber- Interpreted, but may be accepted as today. After opening steady st a to jirofeing Eimh.IIu,,. j Jut newspaper. stft,lin( fr t .im decline of th.. !. 1 i i. a' ,u. .. 1 . v-,,u.ufc..i, ..iu gieav-Bmatthe-anr-cl-of death -rmed through thF'uwnrt-atPfldy.'rayW't ifaryVrhnMi In a I bcrs of machine gims Is typical of their land, cutting down the first-born In 32- 0.-tobcr. 30.12: DecemU-r. 1 People of tlie city arn ,;,.. methods of warfare." The Engineers Come Into Their Own i i Photo shows Ceneral Petain. commnder of tho v.. . t . banner ofa company of engineers with JEWISH FAMILIES OF HIGH POINT LIN I LKTAIN HEBREWS IN THE ARMY DURING OBSERVANCE OF PASSOVER Thirty-Five Jewish Soldiers Sta tioned at Camp Greene Are Guests in Jewish Homes of City During First 36 Hours of the Feast of Passover. SIGNIFICANCE OF HOLIDAY Thirty-five Jewish soldiers, stationed at Camp Greene, arrived in the city this afternon to spend the Jewish festival j of Passover, which starts this evening, i guests of Hebrew families of the, city. There are between 1,200 and 2,000 Jewish men in service and stationed St the Charlotte camp, it is stated, and the officers in command of ; Camp Greene, as well as those in charge 6f other camps and cantonments, have given each Jewish soldier leave of ab sense for a period of , 30 hours so that they may spend the time with .their peo ple. Practically every city in Korth Caro lina will have a number of Jewish sol diers from Camp Greene as visitors dur. ing the first 38 hours of the passover. Kvery Jewish family is copoerating in the movement to, entertain the soldier members of their faith, and no family in High Point has less than three of the fighters. Reliinous services attend- i U t . . ant nnnn tha initial 'in ,.f tl.o 1 pasHover will be held this evening and 1 tomorrow" in" fl, IWki. 1....1 i floor of the Home Banking company's building. I This evenins Jews ihrmiirhniit the world will begin the celebration of ; Provi,'le in the first will for the Jame their annual festival of passover pe-,,wne for old men and a torn sach), which commemorates the won-j""! wafi bequeatlutl to Mrs. Maude A drous deliverance of the, Jews .from; Kin?- tlK' w'do w.whose death near Kgyptian bonda?e accordinur to tho ; Concord .led t o the Iriiil nf Manila for story told in 12th chapter of the book j of Kxodus, r v , , , , T . Beninninff ' at sundown nn tlin 14th day of the Hebrew month of XissBii, and conimuing, among the Keform Jews lr.r 1 a period of seven duvs ami liiiiiinir ! their orthodox brethren for eight days, passover is celebrated as a festival of ' - " i L J I freedom, all the ceremonial observances incident to the feast beine symbolic of theidea of liliertv. i The festival is usere4 in on the opening evening of the feast with tlx socalled seder, at which the head of the family recounts to the members of bis household and their guests seated j about the table, the wondrous events that led up to the Jews' . deliverance , irom ine nanus or tlielr Kgyptian mas- - ters. This account ia known the - -.. . naggauair (story); Kspeeially symbolic f the festival i!,:the unleavened bread or mataoth, leavened food being (irohib- ited to the Jew during the festival week. .The matzoh symbolizes the fact that when, finally, the Jews were per- minea 10 leave f.gypt, they were driven out in such haste that they did not (have time to leaven their, bread. ' ' . Alt-' L . ' , . . ,; Other symbols of the feast to lw found 0f gladness, which is a part of the free' tnn n hU kpm nf alnvv on,i - ! aniiAa ....:i. t. i.. 1 .... . . t b - , vi , . iioiwmi, iail. t..i ... . .. . 111B mmD-onne wnu.n w on tll tflDle remind, the Jews of the paschal lamb wnkh wag Mcrifl(,pd hy tu fa!ti,fui Israelites In Egypt its blood being sprinkled upon their door posts. When j every Egyptian household, so1 runs the ,.,. WJ : -. iun lon-es, aeeorating me the cross f war for bravery under Are. " "-.sparea ttie flrst-horn in every home on whose lintels the lamb's Dioott nad been sprinkled. It is likely' that thk vr tlu n over will take on an added significance to the Jew since in common with his leuow-Americans and their allies, -he is fighting, in .11 the armies of the world, the battle for freedom. The RuRian reVoiutioni too with iu promised freedom to th .W mt the passover this year more potent In us mqieai than at nth im fnr Hi... ma nas ieir to the Jew Egypt. a modern TS TE Sister of Dead Mmkmaire's Mur dered Wife, FUes Petition in Chicago Court Chicago, March 27. A petition to set aside the first will of the late James C.j Ivmg has been filed in probate court, it became known today wherein Mnic ('. Melvin seeks to gain probate of a sec- " " "1 V inl will wIir-Ii Gaston 15. Means claims ... 1(M.. , llu "r8t w" Wa ' and the later document in , ," , ,n" (,pfere,, ,,ntil M. rinr of flm m.fltiiiiw linlu-en V Hi. An endowment of 4-2.000.000 was murder. He was acquitted. The second 1w,l' lvcs the bulk of tiie $Jt.HH,(MM e. tate to Mr KU . ' i..-. 'a.- :.-u't Uion fo rthe old men's home. The peti- turn to estah i, he validity of ihe fin-! will wun lii.wi . . -" it-iTiiiiv nv Ai.Kirnev lien- .... . . ' rlu r,ale Brumlage and is awaiting hearing. t r " Special Holy Week Services Tonight at Lutheran Church seooml of a series of speclnl Holy WM 'services wi 1 be "held at the Lii- theran church this eveniii" at which time I ' . AJoose, of 1'homasville will aenin deliver n o.l-w... i i .mi iiiijii, ijihi even m;.; i me yistting minister preached a sp'cn- did sermon on "Christ Mmmred but not Deceived." which wan heard by a ni-'e congregation. T1, ,,,,1,1!,. is cordially in vited to attend these services which will be continued through Friday . More Steady Tone : In Evidence on the Cotton Market Today Nw York rfai. of m,' onifnn 1 " . Imr m.ivL.iif ..1. . ' i'uiiiis uf an MUVHUl-V - nt .. ... r..iH, active months sold about flve 1 luiints net higher. May ad- vanced to 33.00 and October' to 31.1S, to 03 point, rfom the low level of Monday. . 30 - 8," - DEQUES RIGHT TO PROBA KING WILL ODESSA Oi!C . AGAIN Tffll BY RUSSIANS Black Sea Port on Which Germany Relied to In- sure Shipments of Sorely Needed Sup plies Recaptured. Odessa Vfzt Also -Relied On as Key Point in German Scheme of Penetrating the Orient Austrian Bunglers. London, March 27. Odessa hai recaptured by the Soviet and t'krainf troops after a bloody battle in wki,.u naval forces took part, according to a cow nmpaicn uom the semi-official nussian news agency. ' , ' TeutonTlfoTsecure. (European Cable to Associated! Pren.l ' New York, March 27.-ConcurrentIy the Cermana are apparently finding tu.ir position in the east, where they were supposed to have Insured peace with Russia and the Ukrain, none too secure, Odessa, the Black sea nort m. .u.. they relied to insure them tU .hinmnt of sorely needed grain from the tTcr.,in ' by way of the Danube' has been recap. , 1Um Dy aoisnevic and Ukrainian troops,' the Russian semi-official news aeenev reports. ; t This follows shortlv nnnn tha the recent capture of,' two other Black ea ports, Kherson anr Nikotavev, by the Bolsheviki. ' ' . It was upon Odessa thafGrm- alBr was reported as relying as the kev point on the direct route to' the east she boasted of having secured' fn her scheme, of per,tration : into th. rwiAf ' Germany is reported to l,aV. lft' trol of affairs, in tin Ukrain largely IB the hnnds of the Austrians while she " was engaged in her great effort on 'the ' western front and apparently they are " mHkiiig none too good a job of it. ; , ....,:...'i.'',. . Zone of Open Fighting Continues to Enlarge as Entente" Forces Fall Back. ; " - London. March i7.Tlie gone of open warfare is continuing t0 enlarge as .the entente forces fall hack fightMg tinier the enormous weight of the Germans, ays-' Reuters correipondcni' nt British headquarter in -his dispatch t slaj;' : li is now clearly established thafiii present offensive is the greatest main eflorts of the Germans and that it has not been as successful as they anticipate cd. the enemy being a long way behind his time table, and uavinir MnJ. 4J lireak through and begin rolling uri ics. J lie Germans are now nuahln against the Bri;L,h 'n wi.h i u . sure of their masses. They haw drawn ' mro ineir reserves mere rapidly than' they intended and they are tbereiur wearing themselves down.' The general feeling that the day f, trench war are rtfl.ii..i.. ... -. "imvijr l"". Knights Templar . to Attend Easter , Services in Body Good congregations- are attending the special Holy Week services at f?t. -Mary's Kpieoit church nhich, with the exceptions of; Thursday and Satur day, are being held each evening. To- 5 morrow morning at II ,o'clM-k 4her , will be ervit and, in the evening the reifiilnr choir nnH U u.?n 1 ... l 1 1 ... v CI .. - -T- -- . - nil! IW II I' II I " .T iim I n iiir, nev. 1 IIOWMS lj ... . , iroit, will ci.mUct two Hcrvhe. II a m. and 8 p. m. Th. ir tie observed. 0 Numlay morning, r,,.,.., , . 'Knhjhfs Ten.phir of the .iiv '; 1 ( present. I
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