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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1919
Page
1
United States and Carranza forces sweep the Congar river region as they press the hunt for bandits who seized two U.S. aviators. Five dead bandits surface in four days of operations, while pursuit continues southward into Mexican terrain as supplies slow the chase.
Washington reports Ambassador Harris says Kolchak faces crisis within twenty days due to severed material aid from allies. Friction increases between Kolchak military commanders as Siberian expeditions await decisions on port access and support.
The Senate foreign relations committee approved an amendment removing the word Japan and substituting China in the Shantung section by nine to eight. Democrats and Senator McCumber voted against it. The proposal signals a heated floor fight anticipated on the treaty.
Officers raided the union headquarters poker game yielding a pot of $12.45. The money was reportedly for associated charities and handed to Mrs. Frank Gurley, secretary treasurer, for discretionary use.
Joe Buttero, 44, longtime target of the Black Hand, was murdered on his way to work. He was shot six times in the attack, the ninth attempt on his life after surviving eight prior assaults with stilettos and pistols. Two gunmen fled as police and firefighters scour Alliance for the killers.
Washington Nug. 23. Honorable discharges will be granted to men who served in the navy during the war with Germany and who have since been released with ordinary discharge charges. The Navy department announced that ordinary discharges will be exchanged for honorable discharges by forwarding the original discharge to the Navy department bureau of management.
Washington August 23 The house adopted amendments extending the Lower Food Control Act to peace time with penalties for profiteering and broadening it to clothes and other necessities The senate now takes up the measure while the house pursues other cost of living reductions J M Baker a Tampa grocer complains of packer power and dependence on independents Louis H Heney denies packer combinations Arthur Morgan Louisiana Farmers Union says packers aid producers and plans go before the national farmers union but are voted down due to current conditions
Paris reports the supreme council of the peace conference has not received word of Archduke Joseph’s resignation but expects news soon. A reparations note warns Romania that Austrian and German treaty obligations may drop and that Romanian requisitions in Hungary will be deducted from Hungary’s indemnity share. Romanian troops seize food, farming materials, and other resources, though a damaged Hungarian railway bridge blocks further entry.
Senator Fletcher of Florida, injured when struck by a street car, rested well last night and showed improvement by morning. The accident occurred in Washington and his condition was reported as stable.
The seventh Elgin road race of 301 miles started at 12 01 p m with Ralph Mulford as the top favorite. Thirteen cars entered though Percy Ford and Arthur Morris withdrew late. Cliff Durant of San Francisco, after three flips on a treacherous turn, escaped serious injury but withdrew as his car was wrecked.
Charles Shaw, who inherited 100000 from a foster father, will drive stakes and hustle around the Sells Floto tent in Syracuse. He earns 16 dollars weekly and continues the labor while awaiting plans for his windfall. He is known as Bad Order Red and received the fortune from George Shaw of St. Louis who directed the transfer.
In New York a 94 year old man known as Reverend Moses Allen plans to wed 47 year old Sister Laura Alien after a five week courtship begun at the United House of Prayer. The couple, both colored, say the marriage will proceed after next Wednesday night ceremony.
Imperial Aug 23 Jackson Howell aged 80 from Woodland Washington visiting son Benjamin Howell ten miles west of Imperial has suffered heat exhaustion since Monday and was unconscious for several days but is now improving.
Washington August 23 Senator Watson of Indiana introduced a resolution to authorize a survey and preliminary investigation by the secretary of agriculture into the nation s available pulp wood timber supply. The secretary would also recommend pulp wood utilization.
Washington officials report concern over Carranza and advisors moving to confiscate foreign oil properties in Mexico despite protests from nations with Mexico investments. Mexican declarations align with the president on the issue, seen as crucial to U S Mexico relations.
Mexico's Luis Cabeza calls for a reciprocal border guard agreement to prevent clashes with the United States. Ambassador Ygacio Bonillas to conduct talks, leveraging his 1916 Atlantic City commission experience with U S representatives during the Pershing expedition.
In secret session the Mexican Chamber of Deputies rejected a resolution to appoint a committee to cooperate with President Carranza the senate and the supreme court on policy toward international questions notably the petroleum issue. The senate meanwhile instructed a foreign relations committee to study the international crisis and advise. The border situation remains the Mexican press focus with governors unions and deputies backing Carranza.
Union picketing of industrial plants led to no work stoppage at Dalton Furniture and nearby firms. Workers did not report for duty or were told to stay away, with orderly demonstrations and no police trouble reported.
Frank Grady an electrician for the Eastern Pennsylvania Railway demonstrated to General Manager Hale and an audience at a first aid meeting that 23000 volts can pass through a person and yet the man survive after revival from a near fatal shock. Paul McFarland visiting his parents in Charlotte is in town for several days.
In New Bern Mrs. Helen Connor fired at A. R. Connor during a domestic dispute claiming infidelity. He was wounded and hospitalized. she had not been arrested. In Cleveland a separate note reports Charles Ratcliffe jailed after being seen at women’s windows.
New York dispatch reports the victory arch on Fifth Avenue showing signs of crumbling as heavy rain causes strain. several horses reportedly slipped or collapsed while pulling carts near the arch yesterday.
Seventeen years earlier Patrolman Caddell helped a tramp with a suit and wished him luck. Yesterday the tramp invited him to California in a car in New York. Anita Comfort Brooks seeks her cat that wandered off, a gift from King Edward.
Kathleen A I Sinclair files for divorce citing marital strain over hotel bills and silk stockings. She left July 17 to return to her parents. John Gautier Sinclair denies the charges in the complaint served at 246 Broadway.
Mrs. Hannah Johnson Castakos sues Andrew Castakos in Ontario alleging dissimilar temperaments and views on marriage between Americans and foreigners. The 1915 marriage ends as she, at her mother's home, warns American girls against marrying non Americans while Castakos resides in San Francisco.
In Holyoke Massachusetts an attentive white kitten accompanying H G Mills in a covered automobile helped avert disaster. The cat leaped from the car and bit the rattlesnake’s head as Mills crawled under the vehicle to inspect a mechanical issue. The strike could have proven fatal, but the kitten’s action killed the snake.
Washington reports the Mexican foreign office has relented on the presence of British charge d affaires William Cummins in Mexico City. Cummins is expected to stay but without exercising official functions or presenting to Mexican authorities. The decision follows strained relations between Mexico and Great Britain and the British envoy’s limited access to officials.
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