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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1920
Page
1
North State Telephone manager J F Hayden says operators are not mainly to blame for poor High Point service. He argues the surge of new phones increased calls per operator, notes operator turnover, and expects automatic systems to improve service. Continued on page four.
President Wilson backs reservations to the Versailles peace pact in a letter to Senator Hitchcock as Democrats press to bring the treaty to the Senate on Monday. Republicans vow to push modified Lodge reservations, while irreconcilables plan to block ratification.
Rescue by Coast Guard and police landed 32 passengers and 28 crew members from the Princess Anne at Rockaway Point after the steamship ran aground on a sand bar bound from Norfolk to New York. Captain Frank Seay was injured and taken ashore. 44 crew remained aboard. Coast Guard boats aided early in the effort and two barges from Manhattan assisted.
Paris Feb 7 British officials surprise French circles by softening stand on extraditing German war crime suspects. Once seen as leading advocate at the peace conference for trials of William II and others, Britain now appears to defer further extradition steps to other powers.
Paris report states the French charge in Berlin will deliver the Allies demanded extradition list of German officials to Berlin. The council of ambassadors says Germany should act first and that further steps await German government action. The list includes twelve admirals, two high seas fleet commanders, and thirty U boat captains.
Raleigh February reports to the state board of health show 1,688 new influenza cases. Guilford County health officer notes up to a thousand cases outside Greensboro and High Point. Judge Henry Connor adjourns the February court due to flu prevalence.
In Chicago a patent player piano in a saloon near the stockyards dispenses tunes via a half dollar slot and a song selector. The list pairs songs with illicit beverages, including rye whiskey and gin, with risks tied to Prohibition enforcement.
Secretary Daniels told a Senate subcommittee that Admiral Sims sought permission for U S officers to accept foreign honors, arguing it would boost morale though Daniels opposed it. He cited a telegram noting the State Department advised against such decorations and that Sims faced embarrassment after accepting the British Grand Cross of St Michael and St George.
Rev. Freeman Daily Bovard former secretary of the Methodist Episcopal extension board dies at his Philadelphia home at age 69. He served as office secretary for the home mission and church extension board.
In New York on February 7, cotton futures opened steady with March at 34.72 and May 32.41, July 30.50, October 8.54, and December 28.00 as buyers cover and Liverpool buying supports add 7 to 11 points. The market closed firmer with March 34.95 May 32.65 July 30.76 October 28.28 and December 28.12.
A sermonette urges home life as the nation’s foundation. It argues that the home shapes citizens and leadership, noting Puritans and pioneers as founders of American homes and a democracy. The piece links household order to national strength and ends with a note that the continuation appears on page 4.
Blanche Hussey Vuncannon, 24, died at her home near the city after a brief illness at 5 36 this morning. She was born August 11 1895, daughter of Mr and Mrs A M Hussey, and wed W H Vuncannon May 6 1915. Survived by her parents husband and seven brothers. Funeral at 4 pm tomorrow from the home conducted by Rev Ruth of the Holiness church. Interment at Springfield.
Secretary Lane has submitted his resignation to President Wilson. The resignation takes effect March 1 and ends his tenure as Secretary of the Interior at the start of the Wilson administration. Lane previously chaired the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Boston report says ten men abandoned the wrecked concrete steamer Polis off Rock Island Maine at 9 30 this morning without the captain's permission. Coast guard cutter Acushnet later evacuated the captain and 25 others from the vessel.
Stockholm reports the government plans to introduce a bill abolishing capital punishment in the forthcoming Swedish parliament.
Paris February 15 date set after the French Senate today passed the daylight saving bill. The measure moves the clock forward for standard time in the country beginning February 15.
Washington Feb 7 A government guarantee of five and a half percent of the railroads’ aggregate value would run for two years under an agreement reached by Senate and House conferees. After two years the return would be set by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The report could be ready by Feb 16 with enactment hoped before March 1 when railroads return to private control.
Warsaw reports the Polish government will consider Soviet peace overtures. Dispatches from the Polish foreign affairs minister to the Bolshevik foreign minister outline the planned review of the Soviet proposals.
The funeral of Mrs. Jacob Moer who died yesterday at 11:45 am at her home near the city was held at Mt. Pleasant church this morning at 1 4 o clock conducted by Rev. Joseph Hiatt of Winston-Salem. The interment followed in the church graveyard. Mrs. Moer was 53 and a daughter of the late Dr. H W Dorsett. Her husband survives with three brothers and two sisters and no children.
The yacht Menetor, long associated with the former emperor, was purchased by a Berlin syndicate for 2,000,998 marks. The sale marks a notable event in post imperial asset movements.
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