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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1919
Page
1
In a decisive week for the peace treaty, the foreign relations committee opened with plans to report the treaty to the Senate before the weekend. The Senate Sub Committee reported favorably on a special defensive treaty with France. Washington, August 25. The war over the pact continues to unfold this week.
Charlotte reports a strike at the street car system. Assistant superintendent WH Drom was attacked and injured as cars ran on three lines after a two week strike. Union stance and government protection issues are cited.
Senator Jones introduces a bill proposing U S withdrawal from the league of nations within two years unless all nations abolish conscription. The measure also calls for elected U S delegates to the league for four year terms with salaries of 25060 and 35 years as the minimum age. A separate senate subcommittee report argues Germany seeks world domination and supports ratification of a defensive treaty with France to aid in case of unprovoked attack.
Paris reports said Romania refused the peace conference decision on the Temestar dispute with Serbia and Serbia may mobilize the army. The Echo de Paris attributed the mobilization threat to the deteriorating border dispute.
Asheville August 25. Possibility that the Kenilworth hospital store may be turned into a U S Public Health station is shown by orders barring any alterations to the building until further instructions are issued.
The committee of the Jewish delegation at the Paris peace conference calls for sending a sizable delegation to Ukraine to halt ongoing massacres of Jews amid postwar turmoil.
J. E. Green of Charlotte spent a brief time in the city today on business.
A Bolshevik wire less dispatch from London dated Aug 25 says Vladivostok is surrounded by insurgents and refugees fill the town as a Japanese squadron reportedly arrives, signaling a sharp escalation in the fight for control.
A Sunday afternoon crash on the Greensboro High Point Pike injured two and killed two women, with Shube Anthony held without bail on murder and drunken driving charges. The sedan overturned after attempting to pass, pinning Mrs Loyal and Mrs Shelley, while the husband and a young Anthony survived.
Washington. Senator Thomas of Colorado urged the government to act now to avert a nationwide rail strike by railroad workers. He said steps should be taken to ensure train operation before systems are tied up rather than waiting for an actual stoppage.
Paris Aug 25 The treaty with Austria will be discussed by the supreme council this afternoon and is likely to be handed to Austrian delegates tomorrow for ratification or approval.
Miss Margaret Brawley of Mooresville North Carolina drowned while swimming in Tar river near Falkland. She graduated from the State College for Women in Greensboro this spring.
Sir Harrington Verney Lovett warned before a government committee that extremists in India are growing quickly and using aggressive propaganda to incite against the government. He cited slander and misrepresentation as tools in their nationalistic campaign.
The War Department postponed the sale of new and reclaimed surplus army blankets. Festmaster J. J. Farriss received a notice stating the sale was postponed until further notice. No reason or new date was given and no details about wartime needs were provided.
Greensboro August 25 J R Michael manager of the local Atlantic and Pacific Tea company store was arrested on a federal warrant charging hoarding sugar. Thirty thousand pounds were found in the store last week. He will be given a hearing Thursday.
Attorney General Hines was expected to reach a decision on the wage controversy today and arrange to inform shop men representatives at the White House conference.
San Salvador reports Honduran revolutionary forces were defeated on the Guatemalan frontier with many killed and missing as government troops advance from the border.
Archduke Joseph resigns as head of the Hungarian government, with plans to form a new cabinet. Messages to the supreme council indicate the resignation occurred Saturday night, signaling a government reshuffle in Hungary.
Mrs Grace Kephart longtime High Point resident dies at Vade Mecum from gall bladder poison that reached the heart. She fell seriously ill after a rest visit and convulsions led to unconsciousness. her son Charlie and granddaughter Mrs Folk were with her. She moved to High Point in 1911 from Columbia Pennsylvania and engaged in music and church work.
In San Francisco on Stevenson street near Sixth a waiter Frank Kelly tried a bluff with a pistol during a street robbery. The robber demanded five dollars, Kelly yielded no cash and was struck unconscious with a small club. The incident underscores Kelly's belief that footpads are real desperadoes.
J. H Boggs aged 69 was struck by the southbound Southern passenger train No. 137 near the Mc Adoo Heights overpass in Greensboro. He stepped from a north bound freight into the path of the passenger train, dying instantly with both legs broken and his head crushed.
Joseph W. Folk, counsel for the Egyptian peace delegation, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Versailles treaty would validate the robbery of Egyptian independence, likening Britain’s legal position in Egypt to a highwayman.
Reports from Paris indicate Rumanian forces at Budapest on Saturday continued requisitioning food supplies and paid no heed to the supreme council's warning, despite advisories reaching the council.
The first airplane in the Toronto to New York and back international race left at 12 25 p m from Toronto. Race officials expect a fast cross country run with pilots aiming for the return leg shortly after departure.
In Savannah on August 25 1919 the first bale of Sea Island cotton for the 1919 20 season sold at auction on the local cotton exchange for 86 cents per pound.
Paris reports Germany declined to invite allied troops to police Silesia, citing the peace treaty obligation to safeguard the plebiscite. Observers warn the unsettled Silesian situation could trigger a renewed reign of terror under German rule.
Dispatches report the supreme council weighing foreign troop entry for police purposes in Silesia prior to ratification of the treaty. Germany signals willingness to permit allied forces to enter the district if needed.
Julius L. Allen Edwin W. Freeze and C Bascom Bundy arrived back in the city Sunday morning after travels to Baltimore New York and other eastern points with business engagements.
A rough transcription from Honolulu political notes shows a naval chief addressing a Democratic conference. The secretary says the Wilken administration must petition for the presidency and that the people will decide who runs.
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