67th Congress Opens as Republicans Take Lead in Washington
The 67th Congress convened in Washington with Republicans in control and President Harding's peace views awaited. The opening featured re elected Speaker Gillett and Leader Mondell, a record turnout, and a flood of bills, including the Fordney tariff measure, while no peace resolution was debated. Congress plans to wait for Harding's message before finalizing peace policy.
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Washington
Congress
Presiden Harding
House
Harding
Senate
Frederick H. Gillett
Massachusetts
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
Gillett
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Kitchin
Champ Clark
Alice Robertson
Second
Oklahoma
Wilson
Labor Department
Davis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tincher
Kansas
United States
Great Britain
San Remo
Mesopotamia
State Department
Richard E. Bird
Representative Flood
Virginia
Bird
Fines Paid in Municipal Court Case Load Increases
Nearly $400 was paid in fines and costs by defendants before Judge O A Kirkman in municipal court today. More cases were set for trial than in months, including two fined 25 dollars plus costs for interfering with an officer. A third defendant paid 10 dollars and costs for a similar offense. One defendant failed to appear and bond was forfeited. Twelve defendants faced charges of being drunk and disorderly.
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O. A. Kirkman
U. S&s
Britain mine dispute talks adjourn after morning session
British mine owners and striking miners met at the Board of Trade for an hour to discuss the dispute that triggered last Monday’s walkout. The conference adjourned to 4 pm with Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert Horne presiding.
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London
Board of Trade
Robert 5. Horne
Harris Denies Elwell Case Confession in Buffalo
Roy Harris, jailed for forgery, repudiates his claimed confession to killing Joseph Elwell. Former Gov. Whitman and Capt. Carey say Harris shows no knowledge beyond newspaper reports. Investigators pursue the tale of a mysterious blond woman calling herself Mrs. Fairchild.
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Bupsfalo
N. Y
Roy Harris
Joseph B. Elwell
New York
Charless. Whitman
Arthur Carey
New York Police Department
Moore
Higgins
Harris
Whitman
Elwell
Buffalo
Joseph Elwell
New York City
Fairchild
Pierre's Men Head South for Exhibition Games
Bill Pierre manager of High Pointe Furniture Makers takes his team to Augusta Georgia for Sally league exhibition games starting this afternoon. The squad will then travel to Spartanburg for three games and may visit Columbia before returning home. Pierre aims to assess and improve the team’s weaknesses revealed in a recent game with the Buffalo Internationals.
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Bill Pierre
High Pointe Furnitur Makers
Augusta
Pierre
Spartanburg
Columbia
High Point
Georgia City
Furniture City
Sib Burton Hurt In Auto Accident
Sib Burton, a well known High Pointer, is hospitalized at Cuilford General after an accident Saturday night at the South Main and Tayior streets intersection. Mrs. Charles Hamlin of Asshore drove into Burton while he was turning his car around. Burton suffered cuts and bruises but was not believed to be seriously hurt and was expected to recover. The other car was badly damaged.
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Sib Burton
Cuilford General Hospital
Charles Hamlin
Asshore
South Main
Tayior Streets
Former German Empress Augusta Victoria Dies in Doorn
Former Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany died at Doorn at 6 AM after a period of illness. Emperor William and Prince Adelbert were at her bedside as she passed away following a heart condition. Born 1858 in Dalzig she was the eldest daughter of Schleswig-Holstein princes and married Prince William of Prussia in 1881, with six sons and one daughter.
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Doorn
Holland
Augusta Victoria
Germany
William
Prince Adelbert
Doorn Castle
Hesner
Dalzig
Frederick
Schleswig-Holstein - Sonderburg- Augustenburg
Schleswig-Holstein
Kiel
William of Prussia
Death of Crown Prince Frederick William Informs Heir
Weiringen Helland April 11 Crown Prince Frederick William learns his mother has died and prepares to travel to Doorn to await Dutch authorities for accompaniment to the scene.
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Weiringen
Helland
Frederick William
Doorn
Funeral services for German empress held at Doorn tomorrow
London April 11 reports that funeral services over the body of the late German empress will be conducted at Doorn tomorrow with only family present. The remains will be taken to Potsdam for a second service on Wednesday.
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London
House of Doorn
Potsdam
Cold Snap Holds On in the South
Snow or light rain has fallen in the middle Atlantic states southern New England and the upper Ohio Valley over the past day with colder temperatures in the Atlantic and Gulf states. Freezing readings reach as far south as western North Carolina and more frost is expected tonight from the east of the Mississippi to northern Florida.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Ohio Valley
Atlantic
Gulf States
North Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Haywood and Others Must Go To Prison
The Supreme Court refused to review the conviction of William D. Haywood and 79 IWW members charged with obstructing U S war activities. The ruling ends the battle to stave off prison terms. only a presidential pardon could prevent imprisonment.
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Haywood
Washington
Supreme Court
William D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
United States
Aywood
Clayton to Face Trial for Murder
Cumberland county grand jury returns a true bill against Thomas R. Clayton for the killing of deputy sheriff M. M. Blue in Fayetteville on January 28. Clayton, currently in Raleigh penitentiary, has a trial set for Wednesday morning.
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Fayetteville
Cumberland County Superior Court
Thomas R. Clayton
M. M. Blue
Blue
Clayton
Raleigh
Cable Permit Revoked by Wilson As Cuba Link Part
The White House revoked a permit for operating and maintaining the Western Union cable between Key West Florida and Cojima Cuba. The government brief in the Supreme Court states the action aimed to block Western Union from using the line to connect the Barbadoes South American cable with American shores.
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Washington
Western Union
Key West
Fla
Cojima
Cuba
Wilson
United States Supreme Court
Cork Lord Mayor O'Callaghan Ordered Out of United States
Donald J. O'Callaghan lord mayor of Cork arrived in the United States in January to testify before a commission on Ireland. He is ordered to leave by June 5 or face deportation with a sixty day window granted by the State Department upon Secretary Davis approval.
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Donald O'Callaghan
Cork
United States
Davis
Washington
Department of Labor
Donald J. O'Callaghan
Committee of One Hundred
Ireland
State Department
Rotarians 108 to Norfolk for district conference
Eighteen High Point Rotarians with spouses depart at 11 07 tonight on the Rotary Special to Norfolk for the seventh district conference Tuesday through Thursday. About 1 500 to 2 000 Rotarians from 48 clubs in North and South Carolina and Virginia are expected, creating possibly the largest Southeast gathering.
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High Point Rotarians
Norfolk
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virgin It
Virginia
Rogers W. Davis
Charlotte
High Point
Rotary
Furniture City
R. BG. Terry
Charles Hauser
S. H. Tomlinson
Frank Wineskie
Harry Raymond
J. J Farriss
Ed Millis
J. H. Adams
John Peacock
Carter Dalton
Joseph Cox
W. C. Idol
J. T. Ryan
Robert Ragan
W. A. Lambeth
Randal Mann
W. A. Hayes
Robert Walker
Community Sing Delights High Point Audience
A thousand voices blended in harmony at the echoe auditorium for a community sing led by J Oliver Brison. The Elks band under Dr J Fred Tesh accompanied a large chorus with selections from Nearer My God to Thee to Dixie, and Brison performed The Voice of the Wilderness. The program closed with the national anthem and a favorable audience vote for another event soon.
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Echoe
High Point
J Oliver Brison
God
Elks’ Band
J. Fred Tesh
Prominent Negro Leader James H. Young Dies in Raleigh
Col James H Young aged 62 a longtime influential African American figure in North Carolina died at his Raleigh home. He served as depot revenue collector for the eastern district and one term in the state House. During the Spanish American War he led the Third North Carolina regiment of infantry composed of black troops.
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Raleigh
James H. Young
Judge Prichard Funeral Tuesday in Asheville
Asheville and several western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee towns honor Judge Jeter C. Prichard of the Fourth District U S Senate who died yesterday Donations of condolence pour in as prominent figures from Greensboro Raleigh Richmond Charleston Washington and New York head to the First Baptist church for services. Interment at Riverside Cemetery follows in North Carolina memorial tradition linking Judge Prichard to Zebulon B. Vance.
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Asheville
Roberts
North Carolina
Tennessee
Jeter C. Pritchard
White States District Court For
Fourth District
Greensboro
Raleigh
Richmond
Charleston
W. Va
Washington
New York
First Baptist Church
Riverside Cemetery
Zebulion B. Vance
Pritchard
Vance
U. S
Funeral services for Judge Pritchard in Asheville
Funeral services for Judge Jeter Conley Pritchard of the United States circuit court for the fourth district will be held Tuesday at 8 pm in Asheville. The body will lie in state at the First Baptist church from 11 am to 2 pm. He died at 64, born in Jonesboro Tennessee on April 12, 1947, and had served in the federal bench and North Carolina legislature. He is survived by his widow, a daughter married to Thomas A Rollins, three sons, and a sister. Telegraphic condolences came from across the country including President Harding. ex-Congressman James J Britt will deliver the memorial address.
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Asheville
Jeter Conley Pritchard
United States Circuit Court of the Fourth District
Federal Bench
Pritchard
First Baptist Church
Jonesboro
Tenn
North Carolina
Thomas A. Rollins
Arthur T
George M
McKinley Pritchard
J. T. Harris
Harding
Judge Pritchard
Wilson Market Tops State Tobacco Sales This Season
North Carolina tobacco markets reported season totals near 429 million pounds with Wilson leading at 62,607,026 pounds and Roxboro paying the highest price at 19.67 per hundred pounds. March sales exceeded government projections and a projected 1921 acreage drop looms amid shifting fertilizer prices and credit conditions. Federal tax receipts for 1920 reached 162 million dollars with a predicted sharp fall in 1921. Insurance Commissioner Stacey Wade continues a crackdown on unlicensed stock sales linked to the International Petroleum Co.
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Raleigh
Ancla Sams
North Carolina
Wilson
Winston-Salem
Roxboro
Samuel
Union
Federal
Stacey Wade
International Petroleum Company of Texas
United States Mail
Roland F. Beasley
Williams
San Antonio
Texas Company
International Company
Beasley and
Market Improves On Foreign Cables
New York April 11 Liverpool cotton futures opened higher on favorable British labor news with gains of about 22 to 30 points on covering. Southern and New Orleans selling eased as May contracts rose to 12.08 and July to 12.61. Early openings showed absorption of declines of 10 to 16 points from the best with May at 12.00, July 12.60, October 14.16, December 13.42, January 13.67.
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New York
Liverpool
Southern
New Orleans
Rallio
Colton
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Elwell Slayer
Georgia
Augusta Club
Sally
Covington, Ga
John S. Williams
Center
J. B. Mutheson
W. H. Key
C. C. King
O'Callaghan
O’callaghan
James J. Britt
Wilson Market
Tar Heels
Man Abernethy
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