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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1920
Page
1
The mayor warns that influenza cases in the city today surpass all previous counts and urges caution at places of public gathering. Authorities note rising activity across parks, theaters, and transit hubs as health officials monitor the spread.
A charities appeal this afternoon in High Point asks volunteers to nurse influenza patients. The secretary Mrs Frank Gurley says a special Red Cross chapter is forming and volunteers will be well paid. Apply to Mrs Gurley by phone 135.
Mayor ID A Stanton of High Point says the influenza outbreak is not at epidemic level yet no school closures expected for now though cases rise today more than any day last week. He urges avoiding crowded poorly ventilated spaces and asks residents ill to stay in bed and call physicians with daily updates forthcoming.
Frederick H. Shipman treasurer of the New York Life Insurance campa l died here today in Summit New Jersey. He was a noted local financier and served in several civic roles. Services will be held at a Summit church with burial in nearby cemetery.
An intense earthquake was recorded in Washington with shocks starting at 6 42 am and peaking around 8 am. The tremors lasted over two hours and were centered far from the city, ending about 9 03 am.
Washington reports Cabinet reshuffles as Carter Glass leaves the Treasury to succeed the late Thomas Martin and David F Houston moves to Agriculture with Edwin Meredith taking over the department. Hines to unveil definite wage answer to railway workers. conference may end government control.
Cleveland police seek a man in a United States navy uniform as the killer of Frances Altman a 22 year old chorus girl from Philadelphia or Patterson New Jersey the fifth murder in four days Her body found in a snow covered vacant lot unidentified in the morgue until today She had performed with a burlesque company and was last seen alive Saturday night
Lieutenant Funck an Austrian who worked in a Paris bank during the war and reported German long range shelling points was executed today. A German spy scheduled for execution was restrained after making late revelations to authorities.
New York February 2 futures opened steady with March at 36.08, May 34.08, July 31.90, October 29.50, December 29.08. Early gains of 45 to 50 points faded as selling emerged, March rising briefly to 36.10 and July to 31.96 before weakness returned and March slid to 35.80 and July to 31.65 as older crop positions led the decline.
H Hoyle Sink, division deputy collector from Lexington, plans a visit to High Point to collect federal taxes. He will be in the post office building office from 2:30 to 5 o clock in the afternoons on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and urges interested residents to see him.
In Paris on February 2 a list of Germans to be charged by the allies and tried may be made available locally today. The paper says Germany will resist and the peace delegates may consider future action, arguing Germany violated armistice terms and the peace treaty.
London Feb 2 Bolshevik delegates at Dorpat say Poland abandoned military preparations against Russia intended to follow by attacks on Moscow and Petrograd. They claim Livonia withdrew her promise to place army and harbor at Reval at Poland's disposal under the peace treaty with the soviet.
Syracuse report records Sherman J. Lowell stating farmers believe cost of living falls only if all work a reasonable day and the forty four hour week would not support America.
Peace was definitely concluded today between Estonia and the Russian Soviet government, announced in a Moscow wireless dispatch. The notice from London reports the accord ends hostilities between the two governments and marks a diplomatic breakthrough in Eastern Europe.
Friday The Enterprise reports George Hedrick charged with being drunk did not appear in municipal court when his name was called and the bond was forfeited. The arrested man is not the son of E Tiedrick and Lizzie Pointer.
In Washington on February 2, Senate Republicans joined Democrats to reopen debate on the peace treaty. Senate Lodge planned to suspend the rules to consider the treaty with reservations, signaling a likely two thirds vote or more. Democrats expected a majority to pass a motion without suspension. both sides prepared reservations for anew floor showing.
The 1918 U S death toll reached a record high with 1 471 367 deaths and an overall rate of 18 per 1 000. Of total deaths 477 467 were due to influenza and pneumonia, with 380 996 in the last four months. Influenza and pneumonia caused 644 681 and 282 786 deaths respectively, the highest rates ever recorded.
Rocky Mount Feb 2 Miss Alice McCoy 19 a Burn school teacher Nash county suffered fatal burns early today when her garments ignited by a fire in an open grate. She ran for help but died six hours after the incident. Miss McCoy was the daughter of Frank McCoy a prominent Pender county farmer.
The Vestry of St Marys Episcopal Church will meet tonight at the home of Mr and Mrs B R Thurman on Lindsay street. It is a regular business meeting to discuss church matters and improvements including the heating system. A full attendance of all members is desired.
Shields is spending the evening at Greensboro with friends and relatives.
Clyde Swaim aged five died at his home near Pickett Cotton Mills at 9 this morning from influenza after Davis Swaim died earlier this week. An infant son remains critically ill as several other family members illness. The virus has struck the entire Swaim household with the father recently recovering to help care for the sick. Funeral arrangements for Clyde pending this afternoon.
Emir Ali, long time Bengal official, argues for temporary authority and Turkish retainment in Constantinople as Caliph of the Faithful. He warns against driving Turks from the city, predicting strong Mussulman unrest in India and other Muslim regions.
London Feb 2 A Bolshevik uprising is reported to have occurred at Tiflis and Kutais with both cities declared to be in the hands of the rebels in early reports.
Southern Cigar and Tobacco Co of High Point is granted its charter as a wholesale and jobbing tobacco business with authorized capital of 160 000 and 11 000 subscribed by H A Moffitt J T Moffitt Jr and R N Mann among others. The Raleigh cases against seven merchants over sugar profiteering are cleared for trial in federal court after the grand jury charge. A Hickory telephone company charter is also approved to operate in Catawba county with authorized capital 306 000 and 1 500 subscribed by local residents.
Washington reports moving picture scenes from North Carolina will illustrate southern state advantages in a nationwide campaign. Brunswick notices bodies washed ashore with life preservers bearing Fortune. wreckage found along the coast. London dispatch claims a tribunal by Tekutusk to try Admiral Kolchak, former head of the all Russian government, is set, per the Daily Mail from Manchuria.
A Greensboro Parent Teachers association meeting starts at 7 30 p m at Elm Street School. Civic and educational workers Mrs W H Swift and Mrs Watt were to speak on local PTA work but illness prevents their attendance. The program committee will not have substitute lecturers.
Several Germans among merchants arriving today from Copenhagen and Christiania endured severe weather. The Associated Charities board will meet Tuesday evening at 7:48 at home service rooms over the drug store. J. Wesley Smithers is at his West Broad Street home with larrips.
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