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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
1
Washington dispatch notes a January conference will seek economies from raw material to consumer levels and aim to produce standard quality garments at reasonable prices. Committee of 17 to be named. unions to be represented. no public uniform, only standard quantity.
Rouen France December 19 Captain Sir John Alcock, famed for the first nonstop Atlantic flight, died this afternoon from injuries sustained when his plane crashed yesterday near Cottervid? in the Seine Normandy area.
Representative Richard Olney of Massachusetts visited the White House to urge President Wilson to proclaim immediate demobilization to lift wartime restrictions. Soft coal production nears 80 percent of normal as wartime export embargo remains until needs are met. Former Senator James Hackleton Lewis plans to present similar views in writing.
About fifty men of the 5th Field Artillery provisional platoon arrived at High Point from Winston-Salem around noon. They set up tents near the Friends' church and planned a Monday stay to boost recruiting. Lt. B. Padan led the unit awaiting Captain Barnes. The group, formerly from the 20th Field Artillery, left Camp Bragg October 21 after touring the state. Three army trucks and two heavy guns accompanied the march, with thirty four horses pulling the artillery.
High Point faced its worst winter day as sleet blankets the city and temperatures fall below 20 degrees. Plumbers report burst pipes and a busy morning as residents cope with the icy conditions.
Halifax dispatch reports forty three crew members of the French steamer Manxman lost at sea after a wireless message intercepted at Capetown station. Survivors are aboard the steamer British Isles en route to New York.
Five people died and eleven were injured when the Memphis special derailed three coaches of a local train from Columbus to Norfolk at Walton. Railroad officials said signal systems appeared normal as investigators arrived to determine responsibility. Dead include A P DeLong of Roanoke, Dr Charles Hamlin of High Point, the Rev Bernard Green of Mattaway, a 10 year old girl from Newcastle and an unidentified woman believed to Green's wife.
Victor L. Berger socialist who was refused a seat in 1918 is a candidate in the special election to fill the fifth district vacancy. Opposing him is Henry H. Bodenstab fusion nominee running on the Republican ticket.
Kathleen Fox presents Taming My Husband as a new serial in The Enterprise beginning today on page 25. The installment promises a fresh, arousing romance with a brisk pace and vivid moments, inviting readers to follow the evolving relationship over several weeks.
Jane Campbell a 60 year old matron at the Southern passenger station was killed last night at 7 by a switch engine in the local yards near Dalton Furniture company. She was crossing the track on the left as a southbound train approached and was fatally struck. the engine passed over her, severing both legs above the knees. She was known for kindness to travelers and guided passengers seeking train schedules.
Washington reports movement toward a conference between Republicans and Democrats next month to shape a peace treaty. Lodge and Hitchcock may avoid direct negotiation but could join later. Taft has reopened talks with mild reservation Republicans and Bryan signals approval of the bipartisan plan.
Washington reports a government settlement with five major packing firms ending their control over non meat lines. Swift Armour Forest Wilson and Cudahy will restrict business to meats and provisions, divesting live stock marketing and meat substitutes other than eggs butter cheese and poultry. Two years to implement the decree.
In Dublin at 1 o'clock today an attempt was made to assassinate Viscount French the lord lieutenant of Ireland. He was driving near Phoenix Park when a shot was fired a civilian nearby was killed and a policeman wounded. London confirms the Dublin attack news this afternoon from the Irish office.
Paris Dec 18 The French government considers charging mission fees to visitors of battlefields in France. Financial experts say the revenue could nearly offset losses from the franc’s fall on the exchange.
President Wilson spent an hour on the south portico of the White House in a fur coat as Washington experienced its first real snowstorm of the day.
Washington reports continued effort to bring the Cummins railroad bill to a vote. If the senate cannot agree by Saturday it may stay in session until passage. House suspends Saturday to allow time for senators to vote, while an amendment to strike a requirement for a transportation bureau order is debated.
The Busia team of the International league will train in Raleigh next spring. Manager George Wilstein arranged use of the local ball field for practices starting in March.
The Sunday school of First Baptist Church will present a Christmas program next Tuesday at 7 30 in the church. The program includes songs recitations and other pieces with a real Christmas tree providing a treat for each Sunday school student. The invitation extends to all church members the congregation and the public by Rev James A Clarke and A F Tate.
Atlantic Coast Line train No. 92 suffered two fatalities after a mishap near Rocky Mount. Conductor W N Ellsworth died in hospital after the mishap delayed the journey and Conductor W N Rowland perished in a wreck at Tarboro. Ellsworth, a Georgia Tech graduate, played quarterback for the college team. Chicago note: Campani, director general of the Chicago Grand Opera Company, died.
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