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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1920
Page
1
In Hampton Virginia on February 9 1925 officers report a fatal shooting by a divorced wife of her former husband Dr. Hugh Cumming brother to the U S surgeon general The same day High Point North Carolina calls for 30 Red Cross nurses amid a severe influenza outbreak with 15 volunteers already listed and a growing need for medical staff and support for patients
A local Red Cross worker urges volunteers to join nurses for influenza care as nurses are in short supply. He says most can assist with basic nursing and that fear of infection should not deter help. Mrs Newlin leads Red Cross efforts while Mrs Walker serves as district nurse around the city.
President Wilson opposes Democrats raising universal military training as a caucus issue. He argues it would be unwise to frame it as a party matter ahead of the convention where principles will be declared.
Berlin reports a government decision on calling the national assembly to decide Germany's reply to Allied demands for extradition of Germans charged with war law violations. A cabinet list of surrender targets and a covering note were presented to the premier, with the foreign affairs committee set to meet to weigh the matter.
Four people killed and several injured as a mob storms the Lincoln County courthouse to seize William Lockett, a Black man who confessed to killing Geneva Hardman, while soldiers and police exchange fire and control the scene. Initial reports say two women were among the wounded.
The Senate resumed consideration of the Versailles treaty with Lodge winning a motion to reconvene. Norris opposed, but the vote carried 59 to 9 to suspend rules. A parliamentary clash followed as Norris challenged, then was overruled, and cloture remained in effect.
On the final day of the three day national conference of women of the interchurch world movement representatives from 28 denominations and faiths discussed and agreed on a platform of principal aims and conclusions. A message detailing the plans will be sent to churchwomen.
Paris reports Belgrade dispatch stating Jugo Slavia will soon accept a proposed compromise to settle questions over territories on the eastern Adriatic shore.
New York trading opened with firmer cotton futures as March at 35.4 cents, May 32.85, July 31.06, October 28.95, and December 28.45. Early gains of 15 to 55 points met selling pressure. May rose to 62.90 before turning back to 32.50 amid realized gains and southern selling after the call.
Coast guards took 44 crew members from the steam ship Princess Anne aground at Rockaway Point. Earlier 28 crew and 32 passengers were removed, with police launching two boats and doctors aboard after distress signals appeared.
Albany police patrolman M. O'Collins was shot and killed. R. S. English of Moultrie confessed to authorities that he fired the shot after Collins had fired first, according to city and county officials.
A lifeboat carrying 19 men from the Norwegian bark Firoe was picked up by the steamship Mariners Harbor for the naval communication service. The Firoe was wrecked near the Gahama banks with no date given for the disaster.
Colonel James A. Ruggles, head of the American mission in Russia, returns to Rockford with remarks on sovietism and labor agitation. He cites nationalization of women as an established fact in parts of Russia and quotes Trotsky predicting the destruction of established governments of the United States France and England.
Japan plans to charter a 10,000 ton steamer converted into a floating exposition of Japanese goods and sail it to world markets. At each foreign port leading local figures will be invited aboard to cultivate relations, mirroring borrowed ideas used in the United States to showcase agricultural methods.
Two youths found a physician medicine case and surgeon instruments valued at 400 near Deep River along Greensboro High Point road. Officials traced the items to Dr. A C Everett of Rockingham. sheriff believes stolen from Dr. Fiverett’s car and discarded in the creek to hide identity. The car remains missing and state officers assist in the search.
Montesano on February 9 crowded with witnesses for the opening of state's evidence against 11 alleged Industrial Workers of the World charged with the murder of Warren Grimes in Centralia on Armistice Day. The trial, moved from Lewis County, follows weeks of jury efforts and a Saturday opening statement by the prosecution.
A famous ringtailed monkey named Willie Capucin at the Cincinnati Zoo died after days of guarding its offspring from a would‑be kidnapper described as the sister-in-law. The male father exhausted himself protecting the pair during the siege.
Dr. Ben L. Reitman, once a wanderer and ex Red, warns big cities face a sociological issue from wealthy hobos with time on their hands as houses close and the barrel looms, leaving the affluent wanderer with little to do.
In San Francisco on Feb 9 a blaze leveled the Berkshire apartment house. Only one body confirmed found amid the ruins with no additional victims identified in the daylight search.
In Mansfield Ohio the First Presbyterian church hosts an eight week program on Americanization teachers training and stewardship. Congregation guides the courses with members skilled in each area. The experiment is new to the region and may be adopted by nearby towns if successful.
From Helsinki on February 9 reports say Leon Trotzky will become director and high commissioner of food transportation with duties as war minister to be taken by General Polanof.
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