f
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ShOWeTj fr-i,M "i Vc'
day, except fair tuniht on i
coast; colder in west portion m.
night; In east portion IgH, Yrl.
able winds. ' .
WANT, ADS.
Read them all. They
are cn psjje 4.
VOL. 25. No. 124.
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY AFTERNOO N, APRIL 16, 1918.
-Member Associated Press.
1 MM ! i ? I I I
HE 11!
CfflfflElil
armies
, ' " ';" "t 1 .;" ? .-
Achievements of U. S.
Soldiers Justifies Sev
eral Trips Across Wa
ter, Mr. Baker Says.
Secretary Was Away Six
Weeks on Unprece
dented Mission to Eng
land, France and Italy.
An Atlantic Port, . April 16. Secre
tary Baker returned to America today
after a journey to Europe impelled by
his desire to confer with British, French
and Italian miltiary and political lead
er - regarding his own country's co
operation in the war against Germany
and by his wish also to become inti
mately acquainted with the American
troops under arms in France.
On this unprecedented mission the
secretary was out of the country about
six weeks.'
"I return with a sense of pride and
confident at the achievement of the
United States and allied troops abroad
that would justify many trips across
the water," the secretary said as he
stepped aboard a train which will take
him to Washington,
flECOliiiOHOF
FRANCE IS SUBJECT
, ..... , f,S
J. Henry Scattergood, Just Re
tariud from prance, to Lecture
Here Thursday Night
J. Henry Scattergood, of Philadel
phia, Pa., will give a atereoptieon lec
ture lit the Friends' church Thursday
night, April 18, at 8 o'clock on the sub
ject, "Reconstruction of Devastated
France.". Mr. Scattergood liaa just re
turned from a Ave months tour of
France, where he has made a special
study of conditions. He was commis
sioner. of the American Friends' service
committee to France and member of the
Red Cross commission and in this ca
pacity had unlimited, opportunity of see
ing conditions first hand. There will be
- no charge for admission to this lecture
and no collection will be taken.
Members of the local Red Cross are
especially invited to this lecture as it
will show something of the work which
the Red Cross is doing for the soldiers.
T. J. Gold, who is chairman of the
local Red Crows will introduce the speak
er. Friends in the city who have con
tributed to the,-support of the Friends'
reconstruction "unit should be interest
ed in this lecture. The public is cor
dially invited.
..... ....
With Monday's Report
Third Liberty Loan
Totals $806 465,250
Washington, April lo Liberty Loan
subscriptions amounting to $800,463,
250 were reported , ioday to the treas
ury from 11 of the 12 federal reserve
,,4ditrtcts, t k
. This is $114,853,450 more than was
reported last.' night and includes most
of Monday's ' subscriptions.
No report has ome from the Minne
apolis where the selling - campaign was
started yesterday. J
Reports from, local committees con
tinue to tell of the receipt of large
numbers of subscriptions from persons
small means and "of the withholding of
.' the bigger subscriptions by banks un
til later in the campaign.
25 TRAINS OF GERMAN
WOUNDED EVERY NIGHT
Washington, April , 16. The heavy
price the Germans are paying for their
advance on the western front was told
in dispatches to the state department to.
day, saying that 25 trains loaded with
wounded Tire passing through Alx-la-
' Chepellft every night. , ' 1
The hospitals at Alx, the dispatch
Miys; have been crowded beyond their
cpaacity and the wounded were lodged
in schools, public; buildings and even
private jiousos." There was a great lick
of nierfiiul supplies and no morphine.
It v i D1 1 T'''-tt 'I tf'flt ti'? morale
f J' ' m I f. (
'Acsrican Position Taken
By Stem In Face of
Brave Resistance
v Amsterdam, April 16.-(By the
Associated Press. )-Nbrth of $t. Mi
ll il on Sunday night, aays a Wolff
bureau dispatch from Berlin dated
Monday, the main parts of the
American position situated to the
eastward and southward of Maizey,
on the right bank of the Meuse
river was taken by storm.
A large section of the main eue
; my lines of defense on the high
roads from' St Mihiel to Kouvrois,
a distance of 3 miles, the dis
patch adds, was rolled up, despite
the brave resistance of the enemy,
who suffered the severest casual
ties in addition to the loss of pris
oners. British Fall Back.
London, April 16.- The Germans
have captured Biftlleul, on the north
ern battle front.
The British have fallen back to
new positions north bf Bailleul and
Wulvergham.
Fresh German attacks have devel
oped in the neighborkod of Wyps
cheate. A German attack southwest of
Vleux Berquin was repulsed.
French Take Prisoners.
Paris, April 16. Heavy artillery
fighting occurred last night on the
main battle front in the neigh
borhood of Montdidier The French
captured a machine gun and pris
oners near the Oise canal.
i ELECT
I
Annual Meeting to Be Held at 8
O'clock at Office of Secretary,
A. M. Idol
The annual, meeting., of the members
of tli Retail Merchants' association of
High .Point will be held this evening at
D o'clock at the officei in the Htipp build
ing on North. Main street. This is easily
the most important session the mer
chants wil have for several months as
officers and directors pre to he chosen.
The association is without doubt en
joying the most successful period in its
history at present. It financial aflairs
are in splendid shape and its member.
ship the .largest it has ever been. A
spirit of unity simmg the merchants to
accomplish any end that means mutual
good Kan been develojied unit 1 lit asso
ciation has amply lived up to the expev.
tation of the men responsible for its re
organization one year afro.
Members assert that the benefit de
rived from joining the association are
to be felt "in the pocketbook" each
month, notab'y at the cud of March
Collections have been greatly improved
as a result of the campaign to inform the
credit custonierg as to the condition
confronting the retailers, the" consumers
having shown nothing but a desire to
co-operate in every way possible. In am.
other way have the people of the city
assitel the merchants, this in the mat
er of dulievires. which have now been
systematized, regulated and curtailed.
A full attendance of all members at
the big meeting this evening is de.
sired.
$2,000,000 STOCK YARD
FIRE RAGING IN CANADA
Two-Thirds of Big Abattoir plant ia
" Ruins With Flames Spreading to the
Vats in Coaling Department.
Toronto, April 18. The fire which
started last night on a platform of the
Harris abattoir p'ant at he union sock
yards was still burning early today
Fully three quarters of the big plant had
been destroyed and the flames and the
flames have reached the large vats in the
coo!ing department. There is little hope
of saving any of the plant. The )oss
probab'y will exceed $2,000,000.
TARRED AND FEATHERED
, FOR INVADING A HOME
Tulsa, Okla., April 10 John Kukecka,
aged 26 years, - who is said , to have
made disloyal remarks and invaded tlit
home of a soldier railed in the draft,
was tarred and feathered by the
"Knights of Liberty'! here last night,
He wast old to leave Tulsa after he had
been 'made to promise to never again
see the soldier's wife. ,
Promotions Recommended.
-Vshington, April l(J--TerM)rigadier
funerals ot tlie JSatKit'iil army - wer.'(
nominated today by President Wilson
o In) inn jor-genrrah and "27 -colonels
vo'-e iK.iiiinnted to be brigadier-gen
MERCHANTS
OFFICERS
T0N1GH
President's Daughter ' is Going
"'to France
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7 i
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1 ,Mt i m 4,. li
m ft,.
1 Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of
the President, announced at Wissahkkon
Barracks, Cape May, "naval reserve
forces, that she is going to France. Miss
Wilson is on a tour of the cantonments
throughout the country singing for the
soldiers.
TEXAS TAKES STEP
II
Every Town in Texas of Any
Sue is Made Dry by the "Ten
Mile Zone" Regulation.
Austin, Texas, April 12. Teras today
took its first stride toward the prohibL
tion column when (ioV. W. P. Hobby's
ten-mile Zone Hill, which banishes sa
loons within a radius of ten mi'es of
every camp of military instruction in
the state and which also applies to cities
having ship building plants working on
Stovefninent cotracts, becomes a law.
The act is effective for the duration of
Ihe jiar.' , .... - .
Fair the purpose pf minting this law,
Governor Hobby called the Texas leg
islature into' special session February
20 and a bill embodying provisions rec
ommended by him and approved by Sec.
retary lisker of the war department,
was enacted without delay.
The law aflects practically every town
in Texas having a popplation of 5.0(H)
or more and it is estimated that up
wards of 1.000 saloons have been put
out of business-.
The principal .cities of the state that
entered the "dry'" column last midnight
(referring to 12 oVock midnight, April
14) are: Fort. Worth, Galvestion, San
Antonio Houston El Paso, Witehta Falls.
BeaumoR, Orange.
These citiea today not only are with.
without saloons but under provisions
of the law, residents within the ten.
mile cone are prohibited from importing
liquor into their homes or places of
busness for any purpose execpt for saei
ramental, scientific, mpdical or mechani
cs! purposes.
Attorney f.'eneral B. F. Loonev ban
construed the one bill to apply to land
ing fields of aviators. If his contention
is not over reulcd by the courts, it is
pointed out that saloons in at least a
half dozen smaller towns must quit busi
ness, v. .
When, the statutory prohibition bi!I
becomes a law, about June 27. all of
Texas will he "dry and both interstate
Riid (intrastate shipments of liquor will
GERMAN PRISONERS OF
l: WAR MUST EARN KEEP
Washington, ;April 16. Tlie war de
partment has decided to make the Ger
man . prisoners of war now held in this
country earn their keep. Orders were
sent today; to army officers command
ing the enemy, prison camps at Fort
McPierson 'and Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.,
authorising them to use the labor of
the 1,370 inmates in completing a new
system of roads about the posts. ..
CITY OF WILMINGTON BURNS
QFP COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA
. Ne.w. York,, ' April 16. The 'American
steamship wliich was ' burned , off the
coas of Nova Scotia Saturday, night
has been identified her as the City of
Wilmington, formerly the Barber line's
freighter-Cominoi She was a vessel ot
2,30!l tons gross -and was on a voyage
from' a southern port for France with
a cargo of cotton and flour.
The City of Wilmington's agent is
Alexander Spmnt, who said hls adviees
gate ; no deta ils regarding JtheyesseVs
fate beyond those contained in a news
" tn-) received from Sydney, N. S,
The dispatch said the crew was trans
ferred to a United States warship
.'',11. . f ,
PRQHIBITIONVVARD
SLIGHT. RETIREMENT BY BRITISH
CAUSED BY TREMENDOUS PRESSURE
; FROM FRESH PICKED ENEMY TROOPS
German Push Towards Wypscheate, the Highest;
Point of Ridge System, Started This Morning i
British Possess Vantage Points From Which
They Can Pour Devastating Fire.
Tremendous, pressure exerted by pick
ed fresh troops in the desperate tier man
tirort to drive the British forces from
.Messine ridge lias compelled a slight re
tirement of the British line on the
northern side of th .y lmttle front.
The town Baillciil hits been evaciinled
and the British front withdrawn to the
notth of that town to tlv north of
Wulvergheni and tjience to Wypschcate.
Wyscheate wicupies the highest point
of the easterly ridge system and the
British have been Rrmlv established here
-
since the o-jrly dajr' of. the enemy cf
ftnsive. The tiermaus, through their
push in the southwest, are now aipitr
entl ins more advantageous jiosition 10
ittaik it and their tx pet-ted drive upuu
it was reporter! tif morning. As it
forms the pivot of fhe British line which
bends here to the north an extremely de
termined defense of it is looked for from
tied Marshal Haig's troops.
Although the loss of Bailleul, and
some of the comparatively high ground J ing movements show no signs of mak
around it such as Mount de Lille and ing progress as the report of the Vieux
llevetburg reiircse'nt a decided setback 1
for the defense, the British line as it
has been withdrawn is still on ground
much higher than that the (iermaus oc
cupy. The British artillery thus pos
sesses numerous vintage points from
which it can continue to put' in a de
vastating fire upon the attacking col
umn. Chief among- these high spots is
Mont Kemmel, ' whkh towers up more
than 400 feet from the low ground
around Wypscheate, two miles to the
southeast. Apparently Field Marshal
QFficraip
T
Dalton Names Reporters to Col
lect and Forward Data to Food
Administration
Acting ou , instructions from the na
tional food administration at Washing
ton, Carter Ualum, administrator for
High I'oiut, Tuesday morning named
.Mrs. C. F. Long and Mrs. . B. Brooks
as price reporters lor High Point. Both
appointees have agreed to serve and will
begin, their new duties at once.
This action is in line wiih a national
movement to not only' Hlandiirdixe prices
on foodstuffs, but iilso to see that con
sumers are not overcharged by unpatri
otic merchants. The duties of the price
fixers in the main will be to gather data
tnd information from merchants and
other dealers each week and once every
week forward it to the food administra-i
lion at Washing! White the course
oj procedure was not definitely announc.
ed by Mr. Dalton Tuesd'iv, it was regard
ed probable that the price fixers would i
HIGH PDlM
S
make their reports to Washington : this morning Is as follows:
through Mr. Dalton. ' j '"These representative men have .been
"My instruction trom Mr. Hoover were! selected by our special committee ap
to select two of the. best housekeepers pointed by the High Point, patriotic
in the city to act as price reporters,"
said Sir, Dalton to Tlie Jinterjirise T -esday.
"and I am coiifldeni. that niy se
lections could not bt improved on. Boli
Mrs. Long and Mrs Brooks readily
agreed to serve the '.government' lii thl
capacity and will .be ready .to begin
work just as soon as the tieccssary
blanks have been rswived..., , .
Continuing Mr. Daton said that while
he was confident no merchant in High
Point was' charging excessive prices for
necessary articles of .foodstuffs, and filial
uo unfavorable reports would . be made
from this city, tho step had to be taken
a it is part of a nation-wide government
measure. , ,
In the performance of their new worle
Mrs. Long and Mr.'J8woks wil each ac.
quaint themselves with the prices being
received for butter, eggs And other- ar
tides from a majority of the dea erg in
High Point ..The price charged by each
dealer will be listed eeTiarately 'aiid for
warded to the food administration: where
they will be given- further attention. If
the reports show thai a merchant is
charging" what in the opoinion of admin.
istration officials is an unduly high price,
he in all probability will be notified and
requested to reduce his present prices.
Two Missions Arrive. -
A Canadian Pacific Port, April Ifl
Two British missions to the l'nitcd
Slates arrived here I ''virid will pro-
.-. ? - . j , JI .
llaiu's fon.es still have a firm hold on
ll is valuable
hill region.
What may be called the frontal at
lai-k of the (iernutus nn the rid'e sys
tem hack of Alcssines-Wypschcate . and
J llollebeke furnish the apcclaciilar fen-,
i t tire of the operiiltoiH as reHected in
j today's news. I hie brief paragraph in
Held Mursiiai tlaig s rejHrt has import- ,
anee attached to it that should not he
overlooked, It records the repulse of '
heavy liermnu attacks southwest of
N'ieux Berquiu. j
The (ierman line here runs along the
easterly border of the Neippe waood and
it is by a push to the uorthwest in this ' :
region that the enemy hopes to reach t
Hawbroiick, some tlve miles distant!:
and take this highly important rail-1 !
way town. With it vital railway com- l
muuhation to Messines and Ypresll
would, be cut.
Tlie British line is being strongl held
in this region, however, and the flunk-
Berquin engagement shows.
The German e!ort at present seems
centered on the northern side of the
Lys, no important fighting being re
ported from the southern sectors.
In the 'view of the recent rumors of
possible naval activities by the Ger
mans to accompany their land offensive,
the news from London today showing
that British naval forces have been
operating in the Cattegat, the itraits
between Sweden and Denmark and have
sunk 10 German trawlers, is significant.
HAS BEENjfLECTEO
All Propositions to Solicit Money
in City to Be Investigated in
the Future.
In the future any and all campaigns
to collect money in High Point for va
rious purposes are to be investigated
by a committee of citizens appointed
by the group of men and women who
have been instrumental 'in promoting
the patriotic gatherings in High Point.
W. T. Parker was recently chosea as
chair inn n of a committee to name the
investigating body, the other members
being S. L. Davis and (i, W. Denny.
Today the following citizens were
named as members of the investigating
body; Dr. Gilbert T. Howe, represent
ing the churches; Carter Dalton, rep
resenting the attorneys; Randall 'B7 Ter
ry, Commercial club; R. A.; Wheeler,
Klks; C. M. Hauser, banks; K. W.
Freeze, merchants and 0. E. ' Kearhs,
manufacturers.
TIm statement issued by Mr. Parker
committee, to constitute a board of ap
proval. These gentlemen are requested
to meet, organize and adopt their own
plans for investigating the various prop
ositions for soliciting money that, are
constantly being presented to ihe busi
ness men of this town. When the cause
is worthy aiid has the proper backing.
they can give the solicitor a card of
approval,' thent he public can give as
they see fit, If a solicitor comes around
without his card of approval nobody is
supposed to subscribe.
"We are simply giving an idea '; of
what we want and we will request Dr.
Howe to call these gentlemen together
for organization." ' "
LANDING IN SIBERIA OF
TROOPS MEANS LITTLE
Washington,' April ,,10. In giv'uig out
today the text of a statement, made
at Vologda by Ambassador ' Frsncis.
the state department made it clear
the landing of Japanese and British
forces at Vladivostok was not in pur
suance of any international agreement,
but merely for the protection of Jap
anese and British interests.
Continue War Feeding.
New York, April 16.The City of
Ncheneberg. (s.ermanv, which adjoins
Berlin announced that it was planned". to
'continue municipal feeding of the popu.
lation after the war. This evolved num
erous protests from mercantile associa
'ti.-es.
board of .mm
Alexander Taken in Dr
I IS EVILTIIIiJG
- v I mm
f 1
I - nil.
H
?iy , T-s
Pitcher Alexander, who, with his
buttery mate, Catcher Killifcr, was
punl.ased .by the Chicago Nationals for
$."i0,MK(, has been placed in class 1. of
the selective draft, ami will be sent to
a training camp during the move
ment which begins April 2(5. When
Alexander was purchased from the
Philadelphia club it was agreed that if
either lie or Catcher Killifer was draft
ed at any time previous to 30 days be-
fore the opening of the 1918 season, the '
transaction for ,the player . taken into
tlm military wrvlce would berraiii'elled.
Alexander had previously advised Pres
ident Weeghman, of the Cubs, that he
expected to be pliced in class 3, as
his aged mother is dependent upon him.
THE TRIMITY HIUH
SCH00LT0 CLOSE
Annual Commencement Exercises
Wai Start Next Sunday Morn
ing at 11 O'clock.
The annual commencement exercises
at the Trinity high school will start
next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, at I
which time the annual sermon will be
delivered by Kev. M. I. Kesler, super- j
intemleiit of the Baptist , orphnnape at j
i
Tliomasville. The exercises will con- j
tinue through Tuesday evening, accord- j
inir to the program issued b I). C. '
Johnson, the principal, the annual lit-
crary addre to be delivered Tuesday i
morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. J. h
Abernetliy, of Monroe.
The program of tlie exercises is as fol
lows; Sunday. April 21, 11 a. in. Annual
sermon. Rev. "M. L. Kesler, of Tliom
asville. Monday. April :i'.J. H p. in.- Kxercises
by primary and intermediate depart
ments. Tuesday. April 'i.'l.-HUlll a. m.-Crad-
uatili exercises,
11 a. ni.--Annual literary address,
Rev. .1. K. Abernathy, of Monroe. i
lilili p. m.--Declamation and rccita- i
tion contests by the high sehoo
de
partment.
.::o p. in
'resentatkm of diplomas
and prizes.
8 p. hi. Dramatic exercises by the
seventh grade and intermediate depart
ment. The people of the section arc cor
dially invited to attend.
FAILURE OF BROKER
ANNOUNCED ON MARKET
New York. April lli.- Cpon the op-
ening of the New York cotton markel to.
day-at another severe dy-lino 'in' pives
the failure of day L. Sl'iiTer, one of the
best known floor brokers oh the e.
change, was announced." It was paid Instate from his swter, Mrs.'. Natter hit.
liabilities were not large. , Sbetltcr be
came . a
memher of. ihe. exchange in
.
18l,
I
nitml Til ices i, v' allowed lireL
from
m f4." to 110 points. May. opened
28.r.f;' ' July, at 2TM and (Vtober
26.30. '
WOULD BRING THE RASCALS
BEFORE A COURT-MARTIAL
' WHshitiirfoti. April 10. A bill to brill'
persons churned with
violntion ot'
e jurisdiction
the espionage act Under tb
- of the military court martial m in
- r. do-'d 'l-vl iv by Peuaii.r (Im-i'-t
'!, rf r:-""l. "
mini rv i nnnn
Arguments in Case Ap
pealed from North
Carolina Resumed To-.
day. ' ; ':; "h
Solic itor General Davis
Supports Law With a
Strong SpeechWas
Held Unconstitutional
j Washington, April Hi. Resuming ar
guiueut today belore the supreme! court
in the government's attempt to sustain
t the const ituionality of the federal child
labor act of HHti, Solicitor tieuerat l'av,
is drew a running lire of tineslion when '
he said that "under ying this statute ht '
that conviction that child labor ia al
ways and eierywcher an inherently evil
thing and all statutes are a relied ion ou
the prevailing opinion of the public :
mind." " ,
He asserted that congress had .power
under the interstate commerce clause to'
forbid transportation of 'commodities
which were not undisirable in them
selves. Congress, can 'ook to the welfare of
citizens in tlie places where products are
. to be delievei'cd as well as in the places
f nEO(uvtio(. he addtIe(i citill2 tUe
peal f of. state laVs against' child hbor
forced, he said, because other states al
lowed it. . .
Marvin J. O'Brien, of New York, op-
"lied the attack against the taw fa',
'owing the solicitor general.- '-
The stattute wat held unconstitution.
al by the federal court in the wesern dis.
rict of North Carolina and sn injunc
tioilsstrHinlny. it eforre-meut- ccMdt
and is now appealed directly to the su
preme court by the" government. 1 " ' ;
It forbids interstate shipment .' t'f
products of industrial establishments
wehre chi'dren under 14 years of age,
ire employed or where children 11, but
:nder lf are emp'oyed for more 'than '
'i,'lit hours per day. " ' '
PAPER BOX PLANT f
TO OPEN IN CITY J
Parker Paper and Twine Com-,
pany Will Engage in That Line,
It is Announced. '
At an early date the Parker Paper'"
and Twine company will begin the man-"
iii'acture of paper boxes, W. T. Parker
announced this morning. The' jobbing
j line of the company will not be " dis
! continued, the manufacture of boxes be- '
I iii'- :one into in the natuie ot ait add-
: d line. ' ' ; j j
i IVrtain clisn-'e- and an addition tOi
! the warehouse of the company on Ham-
lit on street will be made immediately
so that machinery can be installed. Mr.
Parker slates. .lust when the" factory
an start operation depends entirely up
on the arrival of the machinery "and
other equipment.
There is no bo fsctorv in the city
t,(( jj. t i1(ln,f
for the "product of such an establish
incut is excellent, a the hosiery msiui-
, faeturing industry is particularly larjts
j mid important in Hijjh Point.-' There is
jttmplc capital behind the Parker Paper'
land Twine company to pu over ths
box making busiiie. in good shape. .
Brokaw Coming to
Spend While Near
the City Shortly
Billy Brykaw. of .. York, wh'i
recently repur'-haAit tlw T!rie-
- jr riumdeipiiia,. win aiTtve rrmay r
J. superintendent mie unprovemots thst
! will be made 5n the graf estate.- Wr
nfi BrokaW built. "irviW ' tteBWd SM't
tf"'" umber of yrar." bifo-.e go'ti
'tig li
at,P"s to live, sp-iit hi wmter there.
tirge numWrs of hi f;i"ti. fr'.m Jli
cast Were iiU gueU dm in-, tlne n.
! N0 mOBEOPySiC:: I i "
, ( 0R PATENTS TO E'
H ahinv;t.Hi. Ai-nl !' '
win todiiy ."pp'-i
pstentu and nipvr
r'iik"l T 1
f a: p'v i
t