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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1919
Page
1
Senators Lodge and Pomerene conferred on ratifying the peace treaty with reservations. Negotiations centered on modifcations to the majority program as Senator Hitchcock held further talks with McNary, aiming for a workable compromise amid expectations the German signing may be delayed.
Paris reports the supreme council fixing January 6 as the signing date for the protocol and noting that German technical delegates may lack full authority to finalize plebiscite details. The move risks delaying the ceremony to put the treaty into effect as negotiations hinge on Berlin obtaining immediate powers.
Fire department responded at 3 PM to a blaze in a West High Street warehouse. A large amount of furniture, especially chairs, was damaged and the building suffered extensive damage. Origin undetermined. Northside station reports alarm indicator failures complicating response and delays in locating the alarm source.
Boston December 31 Letters reveal Governor Coolidge does not wish to have his name appear on South Dakota ballots for vice presidency. The letter states it is not his desire to be a candidate and was released at the state house today.
Pierre date reports that Major General Leonard Wood filed a formal declaration today announcing his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
Ford Motor Company announces a new profit sharing and bonus distribution scheme. About 90,000 employees and Henry Ford's affiliates may participate, with certificates guaranteed at 6 percent annual return and total bonuses estimated between 9 and 10 million dollars. The plan, described as a first step, ties bonuses to daily wage and length of service.
The Daniels secretaries revealed that Admiral Decker refused the Navy Cross claiming inadequate reward for his Madrid post. Removal of Namira Decker followed at the state department’s request. Decker said his work kept Spain from entering the war and cut submarine activity off the Spanish coast.
W. O. Jenkins United States consular agent is accused of being seen with Frederico Cordova the boy allegedly abducted while Jenkins says he was held by outlaws. Government notes confirm friendly relations existed between Jenkins and his captor during moves through Santa Maria and San Barnabe. The second Pueblo criminal court continues its probe. The federal district court has jurisdiction per yesterday's supreme court ruling. Public hearings start January 12 with formal inquiries to coal operators nationwide for 1984 cost sheets analyzed by the central trade commission.
Washington reports President Wilson will observe a quiet New Year’s Day and forego a watch party after taxing himself on his birthday. Mrs. Sayre and Mr. Sayre, guests for the birthday, are expected to remain in Washington over New Year’s Day.
Independent socialist circles in Berlin push for a general strike to protest a new rise in food costs, according to the Frankford Gazette.
Cotton futures opened steady with December 31 transfers showing May slipping while near months stayed firm. January rose to 38.00, March to 35.83, May 34.05, July 82.40, October 29.30, with selling by spot brokers limiting advances and delivering prices easing back from intraday highs.
In Rawlins Wyoming officials respond to deadly winter blizzards by placing shelters along isolated roads. Each shelter has double bunks a stove coal and basic provisions. Signs indicate the next stop and note they are built to protect human life during winter and welcome all in need of aid.
At a congregational meeting St Marys Episcopal Church elected J. B. Gibbs L Robert Stewart E P Parker R F J Johnson H I Cofield M C Crowson and B R Thur dian to the vestry with the vote recorded in church records.
Beatrice Vester was delivered to Mount Clemens authorities and jailed on a murder charge in the death of Stanley Brown. She claims innocence after being brought from Detroit under guard, with two other suspects likely to be questioned anew as a Chicago newspaper man locates the party.
Chief of Police Welch received a request to summon witnesses against Francis Wright a Black woman of Thomasville accused of selling abortion medicine. Wright’s arrest followed Jake Grub’s municipal court hearing where he was bound over for Guilford Superior Court on a $500 bond for allegedly advising 17 year old Mary Garner to obtain abortion pills. Garner testified Grub fathered her unborn child and that they bought medicine from Wright at her home, paying $2 then $1.
Tulsa reports Mrs Mary Pallett, reputed to be Oklahoma's fattest woman, died at her home near Collinsville. She stood seven feet two inches around the waist and weighed 650 pounds at death. She was fifty three, married four times, and mother of four children.
Two Hartford truck drivers were arrested in Chicopee for alleged involvement in supplying wood alcohol liquor blamed for 57 deaths since Christmas. Police have detained 22 suspects to date.
Police report copies of a New York appeal calling for a defense fund of fifty thousand dollars by collecting a day's pay from each member. The appeal also notes plans to publish a newspaper titled the Communist Internationale with articles from Lenin and Trotzky in the first issue.
New York revellers and wine dealers plan a traditional New Year Eve celebration as chimes and sirens mark 1920. Thousands are expected on the Great White Way to shower confetti while churchgoers attend late services amid ongoing prohibition concerns.
San Francisco officials move to ban shipping stale bread to stockmen mainly for hog feed as a city law. The drive cites bread theft from the poor who could buy it cheaply for toasting or cooking.
Fire at State College in Raleigh near the southeast end of the mechanical building caused about 75 000 dollars in damage with insurance. The woodshop, mechanical laboratory and one recitation hall were destroyed while machine shops and foundry on the opposite end were saved.
Police found Miss Mary Kenny sixty six in a Ninth Street shack apparently poverty stricken for years. Bank books show deposits of 7000 and Liberty Bonds of 3000 with other securities totaling about 20000 and real estate titles valued at about 50000. A niece in St Joseph Illinois was notified.
In El Reno Oklahoma on December 31 crowds of Native Americans in southern Oklahoma tribes marked fears of a prophesied scripture about the world’s end. Warriors and elders whispered visions of the afterlife while drumbeats echoed along creek banks and in the Wichita Mountains the tribes danced and chanted in anxious superstition.
In Sheridan Wyoming two British subjects Roy Garrett and Kenneth W ver traveled about 250 miles through snow storms and endured temperatures to 40 degrees below zero to reach U S naturalization. Judge James H Burgess notes they spent ten days and abandoned their automobile in snow drifts. Both are wealthy ranch owners in northern Wyoming.
New York December 31, L Cicero a Passaic New Jersey grocer was arrested for allegedly selling liquor responsible for seven deaths from wood alcohol poisoning in Passaic.
Four masked robbers entered the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Benson near Omaha just before noon. They lined up six employees and five customers and robbed the vault of 115000 in negotiable papers and liberty bonds before escaping.
Charleston, St Albans and South Charleston chambers form a $500 060 corporation to house 1 500 federal workers amid acute citywide housing shortage. Project aims to buy materials in bulk and issue contracts to build affordable homes as spring arrivals begin.
A meeting of Rowe Parlor Furniture stockholders was held yesterday afternoon. Authorization was given to issue $10,000 additional stock as business has grown since operations began. Officials report a very successful year and plan to increase capacity soon.
London report notes a consortium of British mining interests shaping up with a capital sum of 12 600 000 pounds. Details indicate a coordinated effort to consolidate mining operations across multiple firms and regions.
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