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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1920
Page
1
Morning reports from North Carolina cities and towns add 1325 new influenza cases to totals. Monroe in Union county reports 300 cases, while overall deaths lag behind last year. High Point sees improvement with fewer new cases and mayor noting a better outlook.
Washington reports that U S officials allegedly cooperated with Soviet Russia in circulating propaganda aimed at undermining Imperial Germany. Ludwik Martens testified before Senate committees naming Raymond Robbins as an agent of the Committee on Public Information and discussing Creel's Bureau.
A North State Telephone Company representative reported severe service delays due to five operators being home ill with influenza. Harsh weather and a surge in calls worsen the strain as the firm urges the public to limit nonurgent calls to protect emergency service.
The influenza victims Clyde Swaim and his infant brother will be buried together at Oakwood cemetery after a service at their parents home near Pickett cotton mills. The service is tomorrow at 11 a.m. conducted by Rev. J W Rose. Mrs Swaim is reported improved today.
John Herman Jones, 15 months old, son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Jones, of two miles east of the city, died yesterday morning at 10. Funeral services will be at Hopewell church Randolph county tomorrow at 1 pm with interment in the church graveyard.
The former High Point resident Lee Briles died Monday morning in Maxmeadows Virginia after contracting influenza and pneumonia. His body arrived in High Point on train 137 for funeral arrangements at Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal church with burial in Oakwood cemetery. He had lived in Randolph and Hoover Hill areas and later devoted himself to lumber development in Virginia. He is survived by his widow, three children, and several relatives.
Constantinople dispatch states the Young Turks red army will push to Constantino ple to expel Turkish enemies. Turkish bolsheviks announce a holy war against Great Britain to be undertaken this spring.
In Washington on Feb 4 army officers said the danger of an attack on Constantinople by the young Turks red army is not considered serious. The red army likely refers to the nationalist force under Mustafa Kemal whose exact strength remains unknown.
Washington reports half of the 8,000 American soldiers in Siberia have been withdrawn. As of January 27, the force included 271 officers, 4,910 enlisted men, and 59060 civilian welfare workers.
Washington Feb 4. Enlisted men across the army continue to show strong interest in education with nearly 30 percent of enlisted personnel enrolled in army school programs, the War Department reports.
Chicago February 4 plans for raising 100 million dollars within the Baptist denomination between April 21 and May 2 have been endorsed at a meeting of Baptist state promotion secretaries.
The state department reports the murder of three American relief workers in Syria during a convoy for relief supplies on February 1. No names are released. The expedition was run by the American Committee of the Relief of the Near East, based in New York.
Ludwig A. K. Martens, Russian Soviet representative, released a cablegram to Copenhagen advising unconditional release of American Red Cross personnel recently captured in Siberia. He pledged relatives would be assured of humane treatment pending action.
Washington Feb 4 The Polish diet will sign the peace treaty offered by the Russian Soviet if guarantees are given that propaganda will not be carried on in Poland and other European countries, said the Polish minister.
London reports say Viscount Grey’s statement on American attitude toward the league of nations shifts treaty talks in the senate. New York dispatch notes prospects of rapid ratification amid cautious reaction. Telegraph criticizes President Wilson for political mistakes delaying progress.
Frank Stone faced Judge J Allen Austin in municipal court this morning on an assault charge. After hearing the evidence the judge dismissed the case. Clyde Farley was found not guilty of a city traffic ordinance violation for driving on the wrong side of the dead man sign at Main and Washington streets. He said he did so to avoid a wagon collision.
Secretary Houston announced a comparative statement showing the total public debt fell about 930 million dollars and floating debt dropped about 730 million from the August peak to January 21. The declines were mainly due to salvage efforts and taxes.
February 4 Harry New, convicted of murdering Freda Lesser, was registered as convict 33406 at San Quentin. His mother Mrs Lillian Berger accompanied him to the gates.
Fire at the Wilson and Company refinery in Chicago forced workers to abandon their posts when they discovered a blaze. Water and foam were not required as oil products ruptured pipes and thousands of gallons of lard spilled away, causing only minor damage overall.
Berlin reports Baron Kurt von Lersner head of the German mission in Paris is relieved of duty. He has been ordered to forward upcoming allied extradition notes to Berlin, with Paris advices stating he resigned instead of delivering the list of Germans demanded by the allies.
Mrs. Learsy Mollett wife of Charles Mollett died at 3 o clock this morning at her Willowbrook street home after several weeks illness. She is survived by her husband and one child. The funeral will be held Thursday at 2 30 in the afternoon from the home conducted by Rev Williams of South Main Street Memorial Episcopal Church with interment in Oakwood cemetery
Friends report R H Wheeler is ill and confined to his room at the Elwood hotel. He fell sick last night while returning from Maxmeadow Virginia where he had gone to accompany Lee Briles whose death occurred there yesterday.
Berlin reports the government prohibits the manufacture of 362 food substitutes essential to wartime life. The note adds that Mrs. J A Lindsay Jr and her son have returned from several weeks in Baltimore.
New York authorities report Mrs Edith Morgan wife of broker William Forbes Morgan and her daughters Barbara 14 and Ellen 10 perished in a house fire on West 8th Street. Edith and Barbara suffocated by smoke while attempting to escape. Ellen died in the habor as the home burned.
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