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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1919
Page
1
Marr outlines duties to faculty at pre session meeting in the South Main street school. He says the coming year will be one of the most important in history and stresses teachers must impart knowledge while shaping students’ character. Page 5 continuation hinted.
At the Chicago convention of the Socialist party factions clash with police expelled Ler wing delegates for credential violations. John Reed and left wing supporters convened to push for a proletariat dictatorship while right wing critics favored a more cautious stance.
Labor Day will be widely observed in the city on Monday September 1 with organized labor planning exercises including addresses from prominent men parades and meetings. Post office and freight stations will close with no mail or freight deliveries, marking the day similar to the Fourth of July in government service disruption.
H H Casteel who had conceded defeat and left Jackson was found to have been elected lieutenant governor after a telegram reached him on the road. He returned to Jackson to join in celebrations for Lee M Russell’s governor-elect victory Tuesday.
General Pershing refused to be questioned by the committee in France prompting a joint statement from Representatives Johnson and Bland. They said the clash between military and civil authorities showed the era's tension as Bland called the War Department indifferent to public wishes. Pershing noted AEF activities were open to inspection but could not answer as his luggage had already shipped home.
In West Los Angeles on August 30 virtually all striking steam railroad engineers conductors brakemen and switchmen reported back to work after a vote to discontinue the strike completed last night.
Lithuanian sources report a moderate German force of about 40 000 men assembling in Lithuania and preparing to march into Russia. They are said to aim to reach Admiral Kolchak to offer aid, with plans described by local observers in PARKS augmenting the report.
In Fayetteville on August 30 John C. Davis M A Lally William Salisbury and Charles Herferth Hersert were arraigned before a U S commissioner charged with involvement in the Roland and Wagram post office robbery. Davis and Sally posted bond and were released. Trial set for September. Mr and Mrs W L Stamey and family returned from a several day trip to western state points.
Paris Aug 30 The supreme council fixed Syria's boundary and ruled no plebiscite would be held. Slovenians opposed a plebiscite while Italians favored one.
President Samuel Gompers and the AFL executive committee continued talks on the labor situation in Washington. They planned to wrap up work before nightfall, with Secretary Frank Morrison indicating a statement might follow the session. Mrs. R. J. Allred returned from a visit to her mother in Carraway.
Salisbury August 28 The second day of the Lutheran synod of North Carolina women’s missionary convention featured a business session and lectures. Dr C T Brown secretary of the board of foreign missions spoke on Our New Avenue of Service in the Foreign Field. A Friday morning devotional led by Mrs R A Goodman preceded a lecture on Americanizing the Immigrant by Mrs E A Shenk of Greensboro. Mrs Hubert Patterson reported strong work by junior societies with over 1 000 members and contributions above 31 206 for the year.
Mr and Mrs Powell Gilmer of Winston-Salem spent a short time here last night in route to an unspecified destination.
Wholesale meat dealers in Buffalo announce pork price cuts of one to four cents per pound due to livestock market drop and government supply sales. Bacon falls from 40 cents to 33, lard from 86 to 85 cents, and fresh pork from 38 to 40 cents.
The body of Robin J. Cooper, a Nashville lawyer acquitted in the Carmack case, was found in Richland Creek with bullet wounds. Police seek a mysterious motorist who drove Cooper away Thursday night after picking up gas at his home.
Police say troops left the city after aiding in restoring order at the S P U car barns. The strike remains unsettled, a 600 man reserve police force is sworn in, and Adjutant General Royster may call out troops on short notice if needed. Cars run on main lines and Royster's arrival from Raleigh is pending.
Paris August 30 The supreme council at the peace conference decided to hand the Austrian treaty to the Austrian delegation next Tuesday afternoon Five days will be granted for signing The council examined the treaty and approved the accompanying letter Premier Clemenceau presided at the meeting The treaty text will be sent to the princes this evening
Copenhagen dispatches report severe fighting in Kronstadt streets and public squares near Petrograd. Allied airmen saw bodies in thoroughfares as Bolshevik forces clash in the naval base area.
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