c i j r::.,:, i tj t citl,,a cf t'J it i itei t) it or t.t t la tlii j-fjer i . I ' A. 4 A a j ' a ' A. A J I viuTiii;;t 1 t - 3- COLDER . ' r .'Li : m. I i 11 VOL. 26, NO. 32. - HIGH POINT, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 3. 1919. FIVE CENTS. .".CAD 00 TELLS VHY HE WAIJTS RAILROADS GOVERNMENT HELD FOR FIVE YEARS TO SENATORS LET PEOPLE K1J0W 1' It Will Not Be Possible to Review Results of One Year Peace . Tone Operations Until Too Late to Extend Limit, ' ' "" He Says. ' GIVES REASONS WHY THE LINES SHOULD BE HELD Director General of Raflwayi Makes What May Be His Last ' . Public! Statement of Stew- : - ardship Says Public Should Decide, v - Washington,. Jan. S. Accomplish ' ments of the. railroads under federal . control In the last IS months and v arguments for 'a fire-year ' continu ance of government "operation twere recited today . by Director-Genera) McAdoo testifying before the senate M frV8V8W . ... VWUI1MVI Itf V : VVUIUIIOIflVU which took up 'consideration of ,hls recommendations for , extension o; ' control to 1834, ' " f t Mr. McAdoo read a prepared state .ment mors than 18,000 words in length. He planned to take most at ; lnrarniira fnmmoria '. Anmm sbian : the day in presenting the testimony, ' probably the last public statement of his stewardship fit railroad matters I A BE E ;" before retiring as director general. 'After citing reforms effected un der unified control, the dlrector-gen . eral said: ,.... ' . believe: that, even tinder; the handicap of war conditions "a suffl ' cient showing has been made to In dicatethat' sit reforms 1 have men tioned ' are j desired v as - permanent - peace measures. Thus it is clear that the general ' public 'has not' had an ; opportunity to appreciate this and v , to weigh the real value of what has ooen accomuiiBDea. in. view 01 me far reaching. importance of any so lution of the railway question, the public is entitled to have, before the . present federal control can be ter minated, a reasonably fair test un der peace conditions of the advan tages to e derived from theses re - forms, - - ' - ' "It -will be impossible to review the results of even one year of fed eral control under peace conditions 1 until the spring of 1920 and it will then be too late for Congress to le gislate before the, end of the ,21 months period after the declaration : of tiftacA nrovlded for In the nresent y law. Operations under peace .con ditions with a tenure so short as 21 months cannot.' possible constitute a ' fair test." ' The reasons' for this he explained, would be the inevitable disturbance Nof the employes' morale, the dlfllcul i - ties of carrylnrout an expensive pro gram of improvements and of forc ing on the railroad companies the . necessary : expenditures. " FRENCH HOLD SACRED .UKAVL5 W ATV1&K11AN3 - 8tto Departroent . Today Slakes - Public Message Received From the French Government; ; Washington, Jan. 3". -pt The state . department made public" today the " following message under date of January 1 received from the French government! - , . "The .French government wishes to express its profound 'sympathy and gratitude to the American faml- s. ' lies whose sons have met a glorlou : death- on French soil during the war. 11 wisnea 10 susro iu iuir wvuiuiug. y Their graves are as sacred in Us V eyes as those of the French comrades and iVwlll take the neeessray meas ures to provide that they shall be respected.1' Grw k Sliip Hottted.- Norfolk, Jan. 8. The Greek steamer Ellin htch went ashore De cember H off Currituck on the North Carolina coast was floated this morn ing by the government wrecking tug Rescue. The Ellin is en route to ".Newport" News 'where she will ro into dry dock -for survey and re-ralrs. Congested Shipments Of Feed Fcr Europe the r Cause of Echrgo . New York.' Jan. 3 The ship ment jt all classes of freight and particularly foodstuffs In tended for "T American troops abroad and Europe's starving' - people was - embargoed from t other parts of the country to " the ports of Boston, Philadel phia and New York. foV export by. order of the federal food ' administration today. ' Food and supplies are accu- , . mulateh on the : piers of--" New York to sith an extent that it TOm possible for it to be han- died " or for , cargo space to ' be provided for its transportation -abroad." Similar. conditions are declared to exist in Boston and -Philadelphia' with the situation, becoming serious - - ' Regarding the shipping sltu ation it was declared those slated for use by the food ad- ' ministration had - not become evailable In tonnage expected and that other vessels expected ' to arrive In New fork, Boston . ' and Philadelphia to carry ship ping across the Atlantic were . layed by storms. ', LocaJ Institution Aligned With the Regional System of the Govern ment on January 1, Cashier , - Millis States.. . In order to increase its efficiency to the community at large and to be of more service, if possible, to , the government, tne nana ce commerce entered the federal reserve system on Januaryvi, Cashier H. A. Mlllli announced, today. ;v The r-.step.':; was lakeu.by-the officials of the bank after, due-consideration of the du ties and responsibilities of the. In stitution. - . . The federal reserve, It should 1e stated, ' is the regional banking sys tem which is nothing more or less, when the brass tacks are reached, than a part of the treasury depart ment of the United States govern ment. The nation ,is divided into 12 districts ot regions tor conveni ence sake and the headquarters of the banks in this section " aligned with the system is at Richmond, where the federal reserve bank ; of the fifth district is located. VThe federal reserve system was founded some time ago and proved of great assistance to the nation in financing lis war, program. The system was founded tor , tne - para mount purpose of lending financial assistance ! to the-govern'ment In time of need, therefore the govern ment eternally stands behind it. The safety of a bank is thus Insured by membership. . 1 ' ,T The Bank of Commerce enjoyed a marked growth during - the . past year in every respect. 'While, com plcte figures. will not be available until January 15 when the directors ot the institution 'liave their annual mnaHn.' Cashier Millis stated ' this morning that deposits during 1918 had increased 1226,000, raising the total to 3T51.217. The resources at the close of business on the last day of the old year totalled $$83,- Despite, the fact ' that $800,000 worth ' of government securities were disposed ot ounng tne year io patfons of the bank, there was no decreased in the amounts on deposit as .savings accounts, There wa8N.a stetfdy drain from the coffers of the savings department to purchase waf savin es stamDS and Liberty bonds, Mr. Millis stetedi but somehow or other the people ot the city .found way to replace these sums and add a little bit more, ,J , 'We have an Increasing number of splendid accounts small c and large,'1 stated Mr. Millis. "By small accounts I mean those ranging up ward to $100. Jt is better for. us to have 10 ot these than one tor $1,000 because of the patrons and rricnas it gives us.v Mr. Millis ' essenea that he believed the Bank ot Com- mnrKwnnM rot t a h "million dollar", bank during the - present yenr, - ' : .: .j-- j4 BAfJK OF COMMERCE III FEDERAL SYSTEM SOLDIERS TAKEII. ON SHORE FROM VESSEL Men Who Have Been Held Pris oner on Stranded Transport v Since Early Wednesday Are Being Removed by the Navy Very Rapidly. ONE BOAT LOAD. OF MEN , WENT TO PORT ATt NOON Tr Heel Chaplain of ' Northern Pacific Well Known Episcopal Minister,' Formerly of New -; BernHow Relief Work - 1 :.v k Being Done. Fire Islaed, N. Y., Jan. 3. -The navy set itself today to the task of bringing ' ashore the soldiers who had been hold prisoner since "Wed- nesday morning on the - stranded transport Northern Pacific. Sub- marine chaers, power launches adetablUhment could be presented to whale4 boats in a tumbling, surf came alongside the helpless liner and transporter, at the rate of 300 or 4QQ an , hour the men to waiting cruisers and destroyers. - ; At noon S00 men had been trans shipped and one destroyer had start ed to New York with a load of the rescued. Vour ' submarine chasers took turns at' the sides of the 'big vessel and received ISO men at a load, while '2Q motdr launches, carried from 10 o 20. The ,. Northern Pacific remains fast in the. sand with a slight list seaward which held the rope ladders snugly against her .camouflaged sidesand made comparatively easy descent Into the boats. . Tar Hc'l Aboard. . (few Bern, Jan. 3. B. F. Husk, formerly rector of Christ's Episcopal church of this city," la chaplain -?t the - transport Northern .; Pacific, aground oft Fire island, New York, ftis mother lives , at Fayetteville. ' ': , : Relief Work Good. ; Nevr York, Jan. 3. Information that approximately 1,000 troops, In cluding some of the wounded, had been' removed from the - American transporrt- Northern Pacific, - which is aground at -Fire island, was re ceived by navy , department officials hete at 10.80 a. m. today..; This in dicate that fewer than 1,500 sol diers raealned on board : and the work ot removing these in small boats and with the breecfies 'buoy was progressing favorably, it was stated. ,., . V FURTHER DECLINE IS' NOTED ON MART TODAY Cotton Slumps Few More Points l Because; pf Weak and Disappoint lng Showing of Liverpool. - New York, Jan. 3 There was re newed liquidation and a further de cline ,1n the cotton market during today's.; early trading. . Liverpool made-a rather weak showing which, was a disappointment to the traders who had bought here on yesterday's decline, and after opening barely steady at a decline of 18 to 40 iolnts the' active months soon sold SO to 55 points net lower ' with January touching 28.85 and March 27.40. The market turned steady toward the mjddle ot the morning, J Cotton . futures- opened; steady. January, 28.00; March, 27.75; May, 26.68; July, 2. 80; October, 13.18. ADMIRAL RODMAN 9 A if 8 TO ' i Sf'K SHIPS 19 THE BUST .Washington, Jan. S.--Dostructlon of air capital ' ships of the German navy n(.rrndered to the allies was recommended 3t the houae naval af fairs committee todajf by Rear Ad miral Redman, who cnnnanded the American aeet In the North sea ' A Admiral -; Rodman declared tho ships wcild not be needeJ; that they are of' different types than those of the alliesi and that . t wonld be a waste of money to pay to maintain mem. -. . ,. - ' . WHITE HOUSE IS AGAIN " . THROWN OPEX TO PUBLIC " Washington, Jan. 3. After being closed to the public for nearly two years because of the war the white house was reopened to visitors today tn nllnw war workers and nnldlers n chance i9e the historic mansion . j ; Oen Whitesell, of Washington, h(v. has been- vlaltlnr his sister. Mrs. Arthur Ellison, on-North Main I street has returned home," ; ;1 Mil TELLS PLAM FOR REGULAR ARMY Force . Under .Consideration is 500,000 Men,' He Tells House Military Committer -No Decision . Ton ' ; Universal - , Military Service, NOT PLANNING TO KEEP . MEN IN EUROPE LONGER Gives As His Judgment Decision to Purchase National ' Army ' Cantonment Sites and Re-. tain Them for .Training ' Purposes. Washington,. Jan. 3. No decision bas been reached, by jthe war depart ment on the . questionof universal military service Secretary Baker told the house military' committee today and '.be' indicated., that no definite project wor a permanent . military Congress until the peace, Conference had co&cluded Its work, ". , When asked -whether it would be necessary tojjceep a large; force in Europe for two- years, the secretary saidi-' ..' . . : " We. hope that it is not true; we are not planning' for it." V He said that 700,000 men had been discharged from the army since the armistice was . signed ''and that another ; million ' men would be dis charged . within; the next five weeks. Mr. Baker' gave notice that a bill authorizing a regular array of ,500,- 000 men to be, raised by. voluntary enlistment vould; shortly be submit- ted to Congress together wttb est! mates for appropriations. This, army he said, was in the nature ot a temj porary military , establishment- de scribed aB "a stop gap array," which would tide over ithe period until peace is reestabllsb t f The secretary's etatemea:, made during a confreeace he sought;, with the committee in order t lay before It the question of .the disposition to be made of the artillery training camps at Fayetteville, N, C Colum bus, Oa., and West Point, Ky. He said that It was. necessary that a de cision be reached as to whether, the sites be purchased for' permanent camps and was unwilling to proceed without advice from Congress.' In regard to keeping the-18 na tional army cantonments and some of the national guard camp sites, Mr. Baker Bald It was his personal Judg ment the cantonment" sites should all be purchased to be 'held tor di visional 'training , centers for what ever army the nation .m&y decide to maintain SAY THIRTIETH IS II Passing Soldiers, Members of Ma chine Gun Corps of 30th Dip ' vision, Report Belief That A Men Wai Arrive Shortly. . Late Thursday a number ot the members of the .machine gun corps of the 30th division, "Old Hickory," passed through High Point en route to South Carolina camps for demobilization. These - men, during th brief stop of the train here, stated that-lt was, expected all men in the 30th division who did such ( gallant ! fighting yith the British and vwho'smashed; the famed' Hln ! denburg line would soon be across the Atlantic. ; This information should prove sof deep Interest to a large num-; ber of residents of the. city since HlghYoint furnished an organ ized company to theSOth, which was disbanded and the members scattered throughout the' divis ion. There has been" no official -news from . General Pershing, however,, stating that the, 30th ' had been designated for "early convoy homey Greensboro peo- , pie have -had letters ' ."recently I from members' of the l65th en- glneers, organized ;- in Greens boro, stating that' they t were ' near a French port.' ': It may be that the 80th, re ' ported to Jia'Ve been moved fur- ; ther back - from t he old-fl ghtin g front, will come home sooner, than expected, ' ' :.i STILL COLDER WEATHER TO BE PORTION OF CAROLINIANS FOR ' : , NEXT TWO DAYS IS FORECAST Atlanta, Jan. 3.-The whole south which has exfarionc-'l an unusually warm winter iv;s in the "grip of cold wave today whlch reached its extreme in Jackson, MUs., where tho tt-m-perature dropped tp eight above sero this morning. i . A The area of Ugh pressure, haa not yet left the Rocky Mountain section and prospects are, accord ing to the local weather forecast er, tomorrow will be another cold doy with the Atlantic roast sec tion getting lower temperatures than today, especially in the FIGHT LIKE HADES READ LAST ORDER TO, ."WILD CATS" AND IT WAS FOLLOWED TO THE LETTER . "Fight like hell until 11 o'clock and then cease firing," was the way the final order of actual hostilities received in the company ofNLteuten ant Hal Ingram, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Ingram, of this 'city, was word ed. Lieutenant Ingram is attached to the 321st Infantry of the 81st "Wild Cat" dlylslQh and according to the letter just received by hlr parents, everyone concerned fought according to orders. ; The letter of the . local officer throws some additional light on the tact that the 81st was . in the thick of the fray up unlil the very last minute, or 11 o'clock on the morning Of November . 11. The Germans hcpt the Americans undpr a show- eV of gas during the final hour and the lieutenant thinks he is very for tunate to have emerged . none , the, worse for the final 60 minutes ot the greatest war in the history of .the world. t . , , , ; Lieutenant Ingrairj says tlie Ger mans will fight and that .any report to the contrary Is more or less a mistake. He admits that hl divi sion was faced by the crack troops of the German army the fifth Prus sian guards, and , states tbit the "Wild. Cats"' made progress never theless, the letter, one . part writ ten November 24 and the other De cember 4, follows: : 7VJust got a letter from you, and yeu cannot Imagine what a life saver it was after pushing back 27 kilo meters with my feet, today. "I have nothing much of interest to write, only that which concerns me and very close surrounds. I have no heroic tales ot tell about going over the top, because both times I have been over the top, I had so many knives and guns I was about the last one over and you need not believe rhat you read in books about going over the top, because I don't care how they descrlbb it, its bound to be' wrong, and never embarrass a soldier by asking him if he was scared when he went over, anyway, you should not encourage fa lse- hoods. People smoke cigarettes at that time who never smoked before, and you speak to the fellow next to you with a 'Hello' like you had forget, but I have Just Tour Hours to Christmas of the High Point home not seen him in years, and he gives, sleep before wo start on a 25 kllo-;guar4L wm be held this evening at you a slckly'dry grin and says some-j meter march. 7:30 o'clock at the armory on East thing about as silly as you can Imag- "Hope the 'flu' is over and you aro n(gh street, according to a call is lne.( but still too deep for you to all feeling good as I am. I am get- ,ued today by CapTaln H. A. Millis, completely absorb. ' ting plenty to eat, and have plenty : guns for the members of the corn- There are several mistakes I would like to correct, the man who CHURCHMAN ACCUSED BY SUICIDE LIKELY TO BE EXPELLED FROM FLOCK; CHURCH LAUNCHES PROBE Los Angeles, Jan. 3. As a result of k the suicide of Miss Mildred L. Turner, pretty Burlington, ,N. C, girl, Wednesday, and the, finding of a death note in which she accused George Tinchenor, rich churchman of Los Angeles, of having betrayed her and driven her to suicide, the church In which Tinchenor was prominent yesterday began an inves tigation of the girl's charges. If found guilty he will be , ex pelled' frbm' the church, the pastor decided. - " ' Tinchenor denied knowing the girl except as a waitress who served him every day in a down-town cafe, and declares he did not know her name until he read the story tf her death In the newspapers, ' , ," .. He, however, is at loss to account for-the presence-amon - her -effects of his photograph, across tfie back of 'the picture is written the accusation, Carolina end Yiitfnia. Tlie wenthor to rrv tlien reudt ."flne arl ri-i" lid inpy lie rx rrcted itf iudtrr to by Komlay. Ktorm Area Deilned Today M'ashington, Jan. 3North west stoini warnings wcr indcr ed displcyrd at a. m today from Jacksonville to WlbningU.11, The storm is of 'considerable in tensity and is moving northeast ward. lncrcasini nortliwext winds probably reaching a gale is fore casted for this afternoon and to night and- unsettled and much colder weather is indicated. says the Hun won't flght'is simply and mephatically a liar. 'Jerry' will fight, fight hard and fight to a fin ish. When he says 'karaerad' lie means for you to look out, you are probably standing on a mine, the fuse to which he has in his hand, or probably he Is stalling you a minute so that one or 25 machine guns can get better lam at you. f "When you go over the top, you may live but five minutes, but you live more in that five minutse than you have In all your previous life, I asked one North Carolina negro what he thought about 'ofng over the top.' He said, 'Boss, its just like saying goodbye negro, hello Jesus.' Bu honest it is no fun, and I havo yet to see an American who Is not willing to take his chances with the rest. , Speaking of luck, I cansldor mysalL-the luckiest man in the world except one,' and he is the captain. , He had, his helmet shot oft his head, three bullets went through' his pack,"and" another" went through his shoe, and' cut the corn on hia little toe. That 'Is a fact, and I will swear to it,, and he had the nerve to tunrto me and say, 'By damn, Ingram, I believe they see me' and of course, I acquiesced, at the same time burrowing in the ground like a rabbit. But with the rain, rog, marsnes and a creek that the Boche naa damned up, ,and against the artll lery In 'Jerry's' front line, sniping at us and mines set for us and very sold, its sales totalling 8550.' 4 ' tittle artillery support, the 321st in- j The showing of the merchants of fantry of 'Wild cats' advanced nine jthe city In respect, to the sales of -kilometers on the 10 and 11 of No-jthe government's, baby securities , vember, against the best soldiers in was beyond the expectation of lead- the world, the 5th Prussian guards, jers o? the movement, - inasmuch as . on the 11, with our right flank ex- j posed. Had 'Jerry' known this, he ; would have played the dickens, but the order came that the war would ! end at 11 a. m. and it read likes this: j 'Fight.Hke hell until 11 o'clock and 1 cease firing.' During the last hourj ihM-.Hnii.8hot' us with Kas. and ' it 1 rained gas for 60 minutes .This was tire worst thing he could do, ana, so j he did It. Wish I had time to tell! ( you -some details that I shall never I t . . . . of clothes, got a feather bed to sleep : ' , (Continued on page 8.) the business of the evening and it is "this is the man." Tho authorities! I,kel that 80me of .the .returning sol declare that despite Tlnchenor's high diers " b Pre8(nt i( Msl8t business and spiritual connectlpns whipping the -company into "front he has a'police reca'rd. having been line" CaPtaIn Millis requests girl's sister, Mrs. Hattle G. Easiey, Box 311, Burlington, N. C, was no tified of the tragedy. The body will foot be disposed4' of until she is heard from. . IUKKK'S SUGGESTION, IS . , . . KEJECTEH BY TUE SENATE Washington, Jan. 3. By unani mous vots the senate military com mittee today rejected Secretaty Ba ker's recommendation for legislation i to validate Informal war contracts and authorize their adjustment by the war department and ordered favorably reported Senator Hitch cock's bill introduced yesterday leg- ajising-uch--eentract but placing Buch adjustments In the hands vt a non-interested commission. rat WELCH IS era PRESIDENT King and Queen and Other High Officials Greet the Ptesident and Party at Station This Mornng Program Will ; Keep Him Busy. ! ! . , J5 TO BEJiUSY DURING ENTIRE STAY IN ITALY, Dines and Talks Today and Sat urday and Visits, Dines and Talks on Sunday and Mon day Is to Return to Paris 4 Monday . Night. . - Rome, Jan. .. 3.- (By Associated Press.) President Wilson arrlyed in Rome at 10.25 o'clock this morning. He was received at the station by King Victor Emanuel, the queen,, , members of the i government and representatives of local authorities. An immense crowd welcomed tho President with the greatest enthu siasm. . ', ti ) The program arranged for . Presi dent Wilson's entertainment today : includes a luncheon with Queen's Mother Margareita, a reception by -the parliament and a state , dinner , with King Victor Emknuol following a visit to the President-of a deputa tion from the quirinal. - - In the evening the citizenship ot , Rome will be conferred upon the -American executive. Oa .Saturday ' ftiere will be. a luncheon at . the ' American embassy in honor t$- the ; President. This also is the date set' for his visit to Pope .Benedict , and his reception to the people. vHe will ake: dinner with the s court,., ,The President expects to leave Isr Qanoa Sunday and probably will go to Mi lan. Monday he will arrive in Zurln, where He will make. a short visit, ' leaving for Paris Monday sight. - Name of One Firm ; , Left Out of List ' ;;; War Stamp Sales ; , In the list ,of war savings samp sales appearing in The ' Enterprise jyesteray, Lashmit s Bhoe store ; was unintentionally, omitted. This store. under the management of Mr. Doub, had an allotment of $404 apd over- large one. Not all stores reported ' sales but a sufficient number " sur- ' passed their quota to take cars of their less-hustling co-workers.. -. , ' t ,( HOME GUARD RESUMES ' DRILLS THIS EVENING '-''" ' j Every Member of the Company Urged ' i a r n..i w iiu ci nil a. 1 . rnu iruiupuj no ut Lost Time Can Be Made Up. Tho first meeting since before pany arrived some time ago, but haven't been used and those who are able and expert enough to line up correctly this evening and execute tho necessary manuevets will likely' have the pleasure of handling the weapons. ' . Drilling will constitute most of promptly at 7j30 o'clock. Local Doctor Is Chosen Delegate To" State Meetinsr ? Dr, H. W. McCain, of this city, has been elected a delegates from the Guilford County Medical society to attend the sessions ot the North Carolina "Medical society in annual 'Convention at Plnehurst next April. He was chosen during the meeting f the county body st Greennboro. Officers of the county society elud ed were: President, Dr. J. T. J. Hal- jtl; -vice prealdent. Dr. A. It. V. secretary-treasurer. Dr. U. A. f ; nover.