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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1919
Page
1
Rioting and looting broke out in Londonberry as troops charged mobs during a nationalist demonstration. Stones and bricks flew, one soldier was seriously hurt, and police estimate thousands of pounds in damage. Nationalists sang the Soldiers’ Song under an Edward de Valera portrait. Unionists answered with the national anthem. Further trouble feared tonight.
Wrightsville Bleach Aug 16 An important gathering of state and county officials at the University of North Carolina during the war of September 15 20 for discussing legislation to be carried into effect by these officials during the coming year. Governor Bickett will open the meeting with I C Brooks and other officials attending.
A jumble of notes from Aug 16 reports includes a broke ice house verdict in Adams Mass, aviator marriage in McGregor Iowa, a Mayor Hylan traffic story in New York, a theft of 7000 liberty bonds in New York, and a Detroit raid uncovering 7 404 000 eggs and 300 000 pounds of butter amid a broader fight against food profiteering led by District Attorney Hammer. Ohio, Columbus, and Cleveland items note arrests and trials tied to wartime price gouging and food hoarding with governor Cox involvement.
Dispatches from Helsingfors dated Wednesday report several battalions of Bolshevik troops wiped out in a new northwestern Russian army counteroffensive along the Luga River southwest of Petrograd.
Dispatches report varied war news from Korea to Europe. An American policeman’s riot-call incident shadows a broader view of military and political turmoil across Washington Paris Wilmette Evanston and Estonia with multiple incidents, raids, and diplomatic notes.
Army surplus food items will be sold next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday under Postmaster Farriss. Orders may be placed by individuals, with a 125 pound parcel limit and cash payment including parcel post rates from Atlanta. High Point allotments include baked beans corn beef roast beef cherries corn and more with price lists posted at the post office and The Enterprise office.
Swampscott Massachusetts, August 16. Senator Hitchcock warned it would be a tough job to negotiate a new treaty with Germany if the Senate changes the current document. He said a treaty imposed by military force would be replaced by one Germany would sign, losing the present advantages. The Prez quipped about sending Lodge and Knox to negotiate a new treaty to illustrate the difficulty.
The Enterprise reports Oakwood Cemetery is neglected with waist high weeds, uneven soil roads, and fallen or leaning headstones. Despite $500 yearly funding, mowing is rare and fences and entrances show years of neglect, prompting plans for cleanup. Continued on VPage Five.
Mrs Hugh W. McCain and her daughter Alma Virginia with Miss Elizabeth Reitzel have returned to the city after a sojourn at Lake June juska.
William Cummings British charge de archives in Mexico City has been ordered to depart the country by Mexican President Venustiano Carranza according to a Washington dispatch dated August 16.
Marcg Hvian announced that the commanding officer at Governor's Island will field twenty 200 large motor trucks to aid Manhattan and the Bronx during a threatened strike. Each truck to carry at least 20 persons. The mayor urged auto owners to assist and city vehicles to be held in reserve.
Dr and Mrs J T Burrus and their daughter Iris left the city this morning for an auto tour to various points in the eastern part of the state. The length of the trip had not been determined at departure.
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