North Carolina Newspapers

IT cfrl 21 The Associated Preu la exchisive ly entitled to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches cred ited to it or not otherwise credited -lathis paper and also the local news published herein. mixpn Weather For rtorth CiroUna: Far tonight and Wednesday; gentle to moderate winds. VOL. 25.r No. ! 54. HIGH POINT, ' N. C, TUESDAY, AFTERNOON, MAY 2 1 ; 1918. THREE CENTS. STARK, MEDIAEVAL FAMINE J0IN! mVmnsTmn I rt ttff rmi 1VT nAI imTDH I a 1 1 17 tit wniiTPm nlAJ I IIY o 1 u uLL iiimin oi nun o PEOPLE TALK OF ONLY FOOD Manet of German and Austrian People More Than Sick of War Virnna Workers Kill Pris joner of War and Eat Hit Body BAD DAYS COMING People Shudder at Prospects of the Three Worst Months Just Ahead Food is Scarce and Last Year Typhus Became An Epidemic. , j This was the startling statement of London, May 21 "1 feel con-! A. Cloyd Gill, a correspondent of a . fident the time is at hand when Washington newspaper, from the wit famine stark mediaeval famine i Be" stand May. at th tri - H . . .i . ,. ' Hurtings court of Dr. Johnston, charged join the entente as a polit-! J ! with wife murder. ical and military ally against' ... ' . ' ' 6 ' H eoad he gave her poison htat Germany and Austria-Hungary," j would Uke her m eily the correspondent of the Daily Mail telegraphs from Annemasse in France, near the Swiss border. The correspondent says that he draws this conclusion .from oral statements by an authentic witness whose observations extended up to the end of April. ..i The greatmasses of' the' Ger man and Austrian people, this in formant declares, are more than sick of the war. They think and talk of nothing but bread and their morale is so low that their governments are fearful of Bol shevic movements. j Among the incidents given in support of the story of terrible want is the case of two prisoners of war employed at the gas works in Vienna, who were murdered by fellow workers who ate part of their bodies. The Arbiter Zei tung of Vienna demanded an investiga tion and the entire issue was confis cated in consequence. The affair was re. ferred to in parliament, but waa hush ed up in the Vienna press. The narrator said he and his family had lived for weeks almost entirely on mushroon gathered from a forest oit, aide the town in which he dwelt. , "I'eople often faint in the streets from hunger," he continued. "The health of many is such that they can hardly land, to 'say nothing of work and things are getting worse every day. Kven the soldiers do not have auffcient food. They are not only sick of war but thoroughly apathetic regarding it. It is a common sight to see soldiers begging for food. Everybody is on- vinced that the expected food relief from the Ukrain is a mirage. 'Only an other Prussian swindle,' they say. "The thre eworsi months June, July and August are yet to come. Last year there was almost nothing to eat in those , months but cucumbers and fruit. - Ty phus and: dysentery became epidemic. , The people are shuddering at the pros pects of theso three months now." ' As far as they dare, the dispatch con tinws, the people jeer at the talk of smashing the British aqd French and at the submarine campaign, the only re sult of which that they can see has been to add America to their enemies, Everyone made fun of President Wilson at first as a pedant, the correspondent 1 adds but people are now changing their tone and are afraid that America is in .. earnest. .. ,,J ". " .' 17 AIRPLANES ARE DESTROYED BY FIRE Ban Francisco, ' May 21. Seventeen airplanes in various stages of construc tion and considerable quantity of dried ' spruce and Irish linen were reported de ' stroyed here today :a a fire which swept the plant of the Fowler Airplane cor poration. , . "Soldiers Study French. Thousands of American soldiers are studying French under auspices of the NatViniiT Wsr Work council of the Y. M. p i n aimct uiimc! URGES UNION OF ALL EVANGELICAL CHURCHES 4 Columbus, Ohio, May a i. Reso lutions urgng the otga&'c union of all the evangelical churches in the United States,' ere adopted here today by the general assem b'y of the Preabltcrian church, north. This act on wan declared to be the moot mportant taken by any denominaton in years. Johnson Admits Mnrder of Wife in Interview With a Newspaper Man, Charge Richmond, Va., May at. "Dr. Lem uel J. Johnoton told me that he poi soiscned his wife." ble, because he didnt want her to suffer ny pain," continued Hil. i I tiniinnn Liuiiii.1. After a long argument between coun- (w ltheir pHrt m thfl set, Judge Richardson declined to al- j Hlreiigtheni'ng of the Flanders position, low an alleged 'confession which Gill i carried out an operation last evening wrote after interviewing Johnson ta bej'n which they cleared out a small Ger rcad to the jury. The court did rulelnm" mVPnt thot Proiected into t,,pir Ahat Gill could outline what the state mcnt conUmewdjtoa fresh his memory by referring to theUiopprA fn last' month's offensive. The statement. GOVERNOR ML TO High Official of Massachusetts to Deliver Annual Address at Trinity College Commence ment Programs Out. Invitations to the annual commence ment of Trinity College. Durham, have been received in the city. The com mecement cont'nues from June 2 to 5, and the address, the principal feature of the exercise, perhaps, will be delivered LWediiesday, June 5, by Governor Sam uei YV. MKall, L. L. D., of Massachu ?etts. The complete program is as fol lows: Sunday, June 2, 8:30 p. m. Baccalau reate address, President William P. Few. , Monday, June 3, 8:1)0 p. m. Mect'ng of alumni association. Tuesday June 4, 1 1 a .m. Baccalau reate sermon, Revi Hugh Black, D. D., N'ew York. Tuesday, June 4, 8:1)0 p. m. Gradu ating orations. Wednesday, June 5, 10,30 a. m. Com mencement 4 address. Governor Samuel Walker McOall, Massachustetts. Con f erring of degrees Wednesday. June 5, 8.30 p. m. Pat riotic exercises. HUNTINGTON REMOVED AS RAILWAY PRESIDENT Head of Virginian Road is Canned by Director-General McAdoo for Fail ing to Obey Instructions. - Washington, May 21. C. W. Hunt ington, of Kew York, has been removed by Director-General McAdoo as presi dent of the Virginian railway for dis obedience, of the railroad .- administra tion's order for the maintenance and improvement of hia road. J, II. Young, of Norfolk, Va., has been appointed federal director of the road. , ; The Virginian is a coal carrying road, running from Deepwater, W. Va., to Norfolk, Va. Huntington is the first railroad' president to. be removed :. by Director -General McAdoo. but. it was hinted today at railroad administration headquarters that a similar action might BtakeHgaiMttheT!Wtrtlwffw1io do not cooperate well with the federal management. .':;.V ',::' . , The complaint against Mr. Huntington was Hlvtt he failed to comply promptly IKE ADDRESS DELAY DOESN'T I ii UllliI HLLiLO They Exhibit Little Concern Over Failure of Enemy to Resume Hit Offensive, A They Con tinue o Improve Positions Here and There. FRENCH ARE BUSY Capture 400 Prisoners in Addi lion to Making Ground Gains in Forward Movement Along Two Mile Front Between Kemmel and Schertenber. Delay in the launching of the ex pected German offensive apparently has given the allied troops little concern aa they improve their positions here and there by strong attacks. , j Whether the tJernians are prepared I to renew the heavy fll!-f inj is not yet clear i but strangely they do not react against the Anglo-French nibbling tac ! tics, i On the Lys front, between Mount Kemmel and Schertenber, the French have greatly improved their positions in a forward movement along a front of two miles. Xot only were gains made;-but more than 400 prisoners were captured. The enemy haa yet made no counter attack, nor has he made any efforts to retake the village of Vikle- Mir-Anere, on the Nminie front, cap- J tured in a gallant attack By the Ana- I lines rormwesi oi .uerwe, iiirnr nifw I wood, where fhe (erman rush towards 1! i 1 . . f w : 11 vt . enemy evidently regarded the ground as of markde value, for this morning he de livered a sharp counter attack. It was entirely unsuccessful, however, being broken up by British artillery and ma chine gun fire. Between the Somme and Arras the British have been harassing the Ger mans by rushing their ouposts and the French have been successful in similar operations in the region of Rheims and In the Campaign. The German artillery fire is especially violent on the sector south of the Somme and north of Be Uiune, northwest of Arras. To Be thune ha come the fate of so many other towns and cities in northern part of France, and it is now a mass of ruins hs the result of the German bom bardment. There is no let up in the entente ae rial activity. In fighting in the air British avin tors have destroyed 27 German ma chines and driven three others down out of control, as well as burning three bal loons. Bombing squadrons also ar ebusy be hind the German lines and Monday a ton of bombs was dropped on Laudni, northwest of Karlsruhe, on the Rhine Several fires were started. On the Italian and Macedonian fron's there have been strong patrol actions Tn their raid on London Sunday night fn. Germans left five airplanes. Two others are reported trf donw at sea. have been brought STRONG OPPOSITION TO AUSTRO-GERMAN ALLIANCE Von Hertling and Von Kuehlman Wash Their Hands of Whole Affair Aus tria Must Support Germany. London, May 21. Strong opposition to the recently arranged alliance be tween Germany and Austria-Hungary is voiced by Chancellor iron. Hertlin? and Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann, ac cording to reports received at the Hague and forwarded by the correspondent of the Dally Mail. The chancellor and foreign secretary are reported to have said , that they washed their hands of the entire mat ter as they objected to the methods by which the military part of the conven tion was devised over their heads by the German higher command. . General Ludendorff is said to be in sisting that the agreement be; passed and signed for. . The military sections bind each party to aidhe other with all its force agnlnat any and every enemy, thus compelling , Austrijoplac disposal of Germany. ' The Haguev May 21. The Dutch gov eminent has prohibited the sailing of ail Dutch steamship' from Dutch ports German and Irish Agents Plotted in the United Slates, This Be ing One of Reasons Leading Up to Arrest of Sinn Fein ' , Leaders by English. PLANNED UPRISING Disturbances in Ireland Were! Planned for About This Time, When the Germans Hoped to Be in Possession of the Channel Ports. Washington, May 21 Kv dence of ploting between German and Irish agents in th'a country for an uprisini; in Ireland- has been uncov ered by U. S. government agents and is party responsible for the re cent arrests of Irish leaders by the Br tish government. Th's cv'denee wheih may lie made pub ic soon is understood to i how definitely .that Irish leaders mainly Sin Fein sympath'sera in the Un'ted ' State have been in touch with German agents who j ngreed to furnish money to finance j a rebellion ;n Ireland possibly to send armed men and ammunition to Ireland by submarines or blockade I runners. There was even some discussion of the chances' of sending German soldiers to take part n warfare on Irish soil. The uprising was set for about i this time when the Germans had planned to reach the channel, ports after their great ydrrf W . France L andT It was'believecl ?ngVml would 7 be thrown into confusion by the German victories. NEED FOR Y.M.C.fl. SECRETARIES TOLD Representative Gathering of Busi ness Men Heard Addresses Last Evening First Volun teer Announced. A representative gathering of High Point business and professional men heard the need for Y. M. C. A. war work era stressed at a meeting held last night at the Commercial club. The speakers were Charles Norflcct. of Winston- Salem, in charge of the work of recruit ing "Y" secretaries in North Otrolina. and Mr. Mangum, of Alabama, at pres ent secretary at Camp Greene, Char lotte. Both gentlemen made short ad dresses explaining the great need for men to continue and assist in Die work and Mr. Mangum stated that he would sail for France not: later than June 1 to work over there. Other secretaries in this country at the various camps lire to go abroad, making the need for -additional workers more imperative j PVer' da'' Mr- XorfU'pt pWncd that he was after volunteers. Following the talks by the visitors, local committee was organized which will pass upon any and all applications to do the work of secretaries that mav be forthcoming from men of the city and section. Joseph T. Weaver is chair man and Charles F. Tomlinson secre tary. The names of the remaining mem bers will be announced later. In connection with the meeting it is announced that C. H. Maynor, who has been connected with the High Point Mo tor company, has forwarded his applica tion to do Y. M. C. A. war work. A number of the business and professional men of the city have recommended him very highly and it seems certa:n that he will be the first Y" volunteer from High Point. , DAMAGED GERMAN PLANE RESCUED IN NORTH SEA London, May 21. Two German air planes of a new and large type which had been forced to land in the North Sea were, rescued by Swedish ' sailors, te'egraphs the correspondent at Copen hagen of the Exchange TelegTaph com pany. . These are presumably the ma chines mentioned In the British official air report. ' , ' Cotton futures opened steady s July, I0NE SOLICITOR UNCOVERED LOTS ' OF REAL PATRIOTISM; VISIT OF JOHNSON ONE OF GREAT INTEREST The rp rit of one of the bimine;;3 mm excc-.n of the nnti'c pa'ion of tli? work of th city and the teal patr otistn oi The campaign it xp-trd la g.ith- , , , r e 't the momentum iiMc;arv to pass the the onVal; and opera! ivim of one of a! o: llicil! ha n rc.ill t nf thi vi. ll i.f nCn- I the largent plant U shown in a com- . . , . ! t pre man Abert Johnson, of Washing- j-mun cation re. e veil by Rev. James A."lon wllo :s (o K)(1.lk ,lnjl,.r the nu-p ees i Clarke, general chairman of the drive of (he Fed Crn;s ranijni?n at 'ho high n Hij:Ii Foiii, from Frank J. Hi.emorc, I one of the eol citori ; funds. n the tanvasn for When I re-cived notlr of appointment as one of the bo iciN.r tcr the s?cond , Kcd ("ro H War fund I felt that I Wn;!-,,""",al "Iwrvattn. lie ia the first too hu.-v nml did no', have time to o:ve'8''ea,;or to v!sit High Tout during the i to the work but most of all I dreaded the job of aga n going to the people for subscriptions to anything because I hud been working on so many tbinga of th's nature I hnd a feeing that the people woud be tired of sol citors. "All of this has been changed siire my exper'once solicit ng e.t Durham Ho siery mil. be sinning with the off'ce fori'e practically every person I ap-. preached subscr Ird and subscribed pleasant'y and willingly. The ir-iicnl fc!iti(j wmi-d to have lieen there was that, they rejjretted not being abV to subser lie more and seeing the si.e of some of the Milwcr'ptions which were nice ones, their desire to subscribe more i can be more appreicated.'' . .... , , Ule iiernoHk-BH,r,j.Iohii W. IMrick.15; A.B reads and it gives one of the splendid , Park,.r( $4. j (iarnry BriRSi . A w Tlidt'u rfl.n ....... - 4 ..f .-,8 ,., wie workers ex-eet to goKrmme, $5; W. F. X over the top at a very early date. Cha r man Clarke stated this morning the response from the people of the city j has been both prompt and liberal and hat any doubt that may have existed regarding the securing of the. allotment of $3,000 has now utterly van'shed. The results to dat are splendid, in 1 c is:s Chester C, Haworth - Visiting in the City f May Be Candidate Prof. Chester C. Haorth, pwrincipal r il htm , " " "' (been notified o fthe safe arrval in city today. He was formerly pr ncipal France of cj(.ero Brown an1 Grady H. of the local school under Superintendent Burkfli the former tog a civil eng n Thornwell Haynes and his name hnm ttnd the ,fttter R blacksmith. Both been suggested as he.d of the High,wert form menhen of Compan M, Pent schoo'a to succeed Weaver M.jBrke being the son of M. L. Burke. Marr. It . m likely that an application in Letters from these soldiers state that 1.:.. :,i i .... wiian win oe presented the conn-' cilman tonight. White People Are Invited to Attend Services Tonight Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, educator and intitrunt't "si rwt . 7 "r" w ""''IU'B esday night at. the First Bafpist church . 1 flOfrrik it -u,i(r tlio ,.C 41. . . I " " annual commencement of the Hiirh Po nt r"' .Normal and Industrial institute. The white people of the city arc very cor dially invited to hear him. COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL HAVE MEETING TONIGHT Stockholders and Members to Meet for the Election of Officers and Di- rectors Attendance Desired. The annunl meeting of the stockhold er a nil members of the Commercial club wiil be held this evening at Mie clu.'. at S o'clock. In addition to the transac tion of the usual routine matters, oll'i cers and directors of the organization for the ensuing year are to be chosen. The affairs of the club are in splen did shape as a result of the regime of President R. B. Terry and associates, and splendid reports are forecasted fror.i eery department of the organization. Financially and otherwise the club is in splendid shape. President Terry requests the attend ance of every member at the meeting this evening. IMPORTANT GATHERING OF MERCHANTS TONIGHT Attendance of Every Member of Asso ciation Desired at Meeting This Evening at ,8 O'c'ock. An important meeting of the Reta ;l Merchants' association of High Point has been called by the president, Gil bert W. Clarke, for this evening at 8 o'clock. , The meeting will be held in die assembly room of the association, In the Sapp building, North Main street, RliiyixxjnemkiuiaiioLnlyuu-gsAiwt requested to be present. . The exact; nature of the business to be considered was not stated by Presi dent Clark when he issued the call for the meeting, but the assertion was made schnod auditorium tomorrow, W nines-1 w'ii ng. The cc.u-ressman whs aj m ni:.cr o' t!ie party that went toi iYu"v galh-nd real information 1 ' " war c ,llst "11. yi season who has been in the trenlie-, who is in powers on of informat n that every American is anxious to learn. Following are the subscriptions in part for the first day of Uie set-ond KcJ Cross war fund drive: Snow Lumber Co., $25; Dr. L G. Nrodruff, $5; K. A. Snow, $5; W. E . ! Iicland's unied resistit.ce' to eoiserlp Herndon. f4; Arthur Lyon. $4 ;'..!. E. ! tion and to prejudice Ireland's cj;s'in Kirkman. 02(3il; Chas. Weltwrn, $1.00; ! 'he es of friendly countries waiTW Martine Barkr 1.(K); Rhodes Metallic 1 ed by the ant -col , ipliou, eoriferi'iK:e Pa 'king Co., Al on-. K. A. Osborne. 1 00, which met at Man inn House Monday. T. J. Hiks. $1.00; V. K. Snow, $10;; An efficial stateiu 'ii. sigued :imiaig Fred P. Ingram, $10; Jno. R. Peacock, j others by John Dilhi and JosepK' l"M"-' $10; Tbos. I). Gilliam,' $10: J. L. Wei-1 liu, tee Irish nat '.mat leaders, was bom, $2.50 ; ' R. H. Shaw, 8.M; D. X.jjjsued after the meeting. It in,.-U on Welborn. $.V, J. W. Austin, $10; South-1 tne r ght of Irish men to be snagned ern FurnV,ure Journal Co., $2.0; J. H. j in tliir own country and declaies' that uooos, .); i,. i. heawell, $10; Bascom s, $5; John W. Iledrick. frit A R I - r- ivicinme, ?.; u. t. .orman, $10; John 5?'r;!H- Walkr' m Bottle -LasaiteV, I thlj; Mrs. Ktta Jarvis, $1; V. A. J. ' Idol, $10; C. M. Hauser, $5; J. F. Blair $5; W. F. Armfleld, $25; Pearl Leonard, $2; Mary Alice Spear, $2. These amounts are from only two of the more than 30 solicitors. A fuller account will be given tomorrow. Two High Pointers Are Enjoying Lire in Pretty France I Friends and rclat'ves in the city have t . vnr are fond of beaiiiful France and ftke army pfe first rate. VICTOR BROWN, PAINTER, IS BADLY HURT IN FALL Young Man Fell From Scaffold at the Home of J. C. Hill Yesterday, Sus taining Broken Arm and Injuries. Victor Brown, a well known painter, t n j wttH painfully if not seriously injured ' ' yestredav afternoon about 3 o'clock i i ' t n , . , ' when he fell from a scaffold on which ie was working at the residence of J. ; Carl Hill, on Hamilton street. He sus- tained a broken arm and possibly an j injured back. The young man was car ; ricd to the Ili'di Point bospvtal for trmtment. '. I lis condition today is described as very favorable, although it lias not : vet been possible for the ulivsicians t" correctly ascertain the exact extent of his injuries. CROWDER COUNTING ON THREE QUARTER MILLION Washington, May 21. Estimates by Major (iencral Crowder, provost mar shal general, indicate that probably three quarters of a million men will be obtained for the army by the registra- ( lio Sprvf(.e ,.otripany ! ias already en tion on June 5 of all youths who have j terfd uuo1 hh newr dutiMi jIr. attained the age of 21 since June 5 last. j win liaV(1 OTltlre. chBrge of tn emmer- Fully a million youths, according to General Crowder's estimates will be reg istered. At least one-fourth of them he thinks, will be excepted on various grounds. 16 SOLDIERS INJURED IN TROOP TRAIN WRECK Texaikana, Ark., May 21. Troop I train No. .V1 northbound was wrecked , i near unrmiiu i. ij, hi mo nr I 8'ne sn iiwr msmw wmS yvrvuinfu, The engineer and firemen are reported) to have been killed and 16 more soldiersi injuiru. ... . 3 AMERICANS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE Waslrngton, May; 21Tha" casualty troop train at Jamentown and who ws list today contains 41 names, divided asjp"acd n Hi'tb Pinf hopilsl for tr'f followsi ' ' .meat Monday,' re'nmfn shout tl Killed in action, 3; died" of wounds, ' Despite the ci iim-m i f I . I; died of accident, 7; died of , 1 ' CHARGE PLOT TO mm 1 Resolution Denouncing Deporta tion of Sinn Feiners Charges Attempts Are to Prejudice Ireland's Case As Regard Conscription DILLON IS BITTpR ... , ' , 1 . . . foqrires .Whether Present Efforts ' to Force Civil War on Ireland is Not Wicked Plot of Eng. glish Politicians to Relieve ' -Selves of Broken Pledge.' Dublin, May 21. A rerolutioa. da nouncing the Sin Fein deportathnj a an atcempt to d scredit and rupi i an ntttmn waa bi.;nir mAm tL. ik. rJ tu. r t::.k int. iiiiiiu ui lur aiiufm prcrJ Q UK1 the prisoners. The statement conclud- ed: nVhUe' standing steadfast on our good f righU we Klla never to ights we shall never cease to appeal to all friends of human freedom or to -:nqu re for ourselves whether the pres ent attempts to force civil war on the Irish people by a transparently false rretext of military expediency does not rally cover a wicked plot of Engfah pol 'ticians to relieve themselves of their broken pledges toi( Ireland." 4 ' ,; LiSOHSTO. ATTENDJXERCISE Large Delegation Expected to Go to Greensboro Tomorrows Local Members to Meet at the Masonic Halt All local members of the Masonic or der who anticipate attending the laying of the cornerstone of the new courthouse of Guilford county, especially those Ma sons who own automobiles, are urged to meet at Masonic hall, on Washing- -t.on street, promptly at 0 o'clock Wed- . nesday morning. It is planned to have a large delegation from High Point pres ent for the particularly interesting ex ercises, hence the' request that all mem bers owning motor cars.be present with their mai'hiues. The Knight Templars of the city will attend' the exercises in full uniform, a member of the order has announced. Tlie uniformed men and the Masons who will attend in ordinary civilian dress are expected to constitute a rather subwtan tinl delegation. f ROBERT E. PARKER NOW COMMERCIAL GAS AGENT WelL Known Young Man Accepts Posi tion With Public Service Company Is Making Rapid Headway.; ; : . Robert E. Parker, formerly connect ed with the Siceloff Hardware company, has accepted hte position of commer cial agent with the North Carolina Pub- cial end of the company's local ; gas business, such as the sale of ranges and other equipment and the installation of gas fixtures. AV.hmigh he has been engaged ia hi new line for but a short while the man ager of the company, Mr. Jennings, has stated that Mr. PaTker is making re markable headway, The new commer cial agent is preparing to tnak a driys for as much Imsniea a can be caiuim iu mr tii.. NO CHangC llOtCU fQJidition of Injured Soldi: ' The condition of Edgar Mnrnhatl. (he iinMieTwtl(r-feir from'lir ahiduw 'i.f a MSI OA