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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1919
Page
1
The Supreme Court was asked to uphold federal decrees striking down a 1919 wartime revenue act excise tax on profits from child labor products. A brief argues the provision aims to extend federal power into local matters, threatening states rights and setting arbitrary class distinctions in labor and wages.
The German reply to the allied note protesting armament increases has arrived in Paris but not yet submitted to the peace conference. Rumors say the supreme council threatened occupation of Essen and Frankfurt if final terms are not agreed. Field Marshal Wilson reportedly went to Paris to consult Marshal Foch on the treaty.
The American embassy in Mexico City reports Consular Agent William Jenkins, jailed in Puebla on charges of giving false testimony in his abduction by bandits, has been released. President Wilson will meet Senators Fall and Hitchcock at 2:30 p.m. to discuss the Mexican situation and the red propaganda claims.
A foreign relations committee named a negotiating committee to confer with the president on Senator Fall’s request to sever relations with Mexico. Senator Hitchcock aims to secure presidential support. the president may meet today after a cabinet session on the Mexican situation. The meeting is approved by Mrs Wilson via Rear Admiral Grayson. Chicago and national reports note fuel orders altering packing plant operations due to coal restrictions.
The High Point lodge No 1155 Elks schedule a lodge of sorrow Sunday at 3 pm in the high school auditorium. Mckinley Pritchard of Asheville will deliver the address. Rev James A Clarke will give the eulogy for Fr B White Jr. Miss Clara Boyd leads music with the Elks chorus and J Foster Barnes tenor soloist.
A telegram from Senator Overman notes a fuel order change allowing hydro powered stores to open before 9 am if no heat or gas is used. Local coal is scarce with six to seven cars expected, four day gas plant supply, and schools may run only to Christmas without relief.
A fragment announces an installment of Taming My Husband with a humorous diary tone. The excerpt shows a tense exchange where one character tests if the husband can start a quarrel on his own. Readers are invited to follow the serial installment.
Lieutenant Belvin W. Maynard known as the flying par son departed Mitchell field at 10 AM in a DeHaviland to address the Southern Commercial Congress in Savannah Georgia. He will stop in Winston Salem and other cities, aiming to return by December 11 then begin a cross country flight to San Diego.
General John J. Pershing arrived in Fayetteville to an enthusiastic crowd despite the cold. He was greeted by Mayor Underwood, a reception committee, and army officers, then driven to Camp Bragg with the American Legion escort. He will return at 3 30 this afternoon to be guest of the city, ending the day with a barbecue dinner attended by Governor Bickett and state officials.
In Newcastle Wyoming the G A R colors were struck and a tattered flag from Gettysburg and Bull Run was given to the local American Legion post. The emblem honored veterans who fought in St Mihiel and Meuse Argonne, originally gifted by Civil War veteran Judge F R Cooper.
Texas cavalry headquarters at Houston received advices of a raid by Mexican bandits on a border area store about 11 miles south of Zapata, Zapata county. The owner was bound before the loot and the bandits fled across the border, reported by ranger W O Hansom acting as special examiner.
Paris dispatches report that coercion is believed to be the only urgent argument to move Germany into signing a protocol. A secret council of five reportedly met with Marshal Foch who renewed a plan begun last June to pressure German delegates. The Petit Parisien notes Berlin has sent an unofficial note indicating new negotiators will depart for Versailles.
Vienna December 4 Bela Kun the Hungarian dictator of the Soviet regime will not be surrendered to Hungary Austrian Chancellor Karl Resner told the national assembly his answer to the interpellation. He warned that handing Bela Kun over would endanger the lives of Austrians now in Russia.
The funeral for H. C. Frick was held at the family residence in Pittsburg at noon with only close relatives and friends in attendance. Mrs. R. B. Terry is spending the day in Greensboro.
George T. Wood of this city suffered painful injuries when the automobile he drove with Price Sherrill of High Point overturned twice near Mt. Ulla in the western North Carolina region. Sherrill was shaken but not seriously hurt. Wood was taken home to 108 Boulevard and reported improving.
Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, longtime anarchists in the United States, were removed from Manhattan to Ellis Island today and ordered deported. They will be held there until a ship to Russia is available for their return.
Fuel Administrator Garfield arrived from Williamstown Massachusetts to assume personal charge of the coal crisis. After a cabinet meeting with Assistant Attorney Ames and Director General Hines Garfield voiced optimism noting production nearing normal levels though shortages remained severe in the Midwest.
Washington December 5 the executive committee of bituminous coal operators issued a statement calling reports from Chicago that central field operators planned a 25 percent miner wage raise and a coal price increase of about 30 cents per ton to consumers as absolutely without foundation
New York reports that passenger service on eastern railroads extending to Chicago was reduced to a war basis by drastic orders effective December 10. The measures aim to conserve resources for the war effort and affect schedules and capacity across routes.
New York officials report electric heating of trains suspended during rush hours to conserve coal. The move aims to save about 1000 tons of coal daily as subway and elevated riders rely on existing heat in cars.
Paris dispatch reports most of the American peace delegation will sail for Brest on Monday with three remaining members leaving Tuesday night. Ambassador Wallace will be the sole U S representative with limited diplomatic powers awaiting possible changes to his role. In Washington, the Senate military committee ordered an aviation department bill with a 9 to 2 vote.
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