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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1920
Page
1
Strike headquarters opened in 15 cities as the nationwide walkout planned for February 17 looms. Union leaders say only an agreement with President Wilson can avert the strike, with action needed by Saturday night to rescind the order.
Tennessee led southern states in World War I casualties with 6,190, Virginia 6,130, and North Carolina 5,799 among officers and men. North Carolina suffered 654 killed in action, the highest for the state among others listed, in a government tallied total of 37,266 casualties from the nine southern states.
In Coblenz on February 12, Major General Allen orders 250 American soldiers who married European women to begin travel back to the United States with their spouses. About 260 soldiers have wed German women since Allied forces arrived at the Rhine, the rest marrying French Belgian or Luxembourg women.
Influenza cases rise in High Point with 298 total cases and 18 pneumonia among nine doctors reporting today. Red Cross secures nurses, Mrs. Newlin coordinates relief and urges precautions to curb spread. Local physicians expect deaths to rise next week but milder than 1918, noting guards against disease and varied transmission. A hog eating scare highlights public misunderstanding.
Washington February 12 A proposal to organize one or more full divisions of Indian troops as part of a reorganized army to be known as the North American Indian division or divisions is pending in Congress. The record cites heroic exploits in France by so called squirrel hunters and praises Indian scouts and patrols for their loyalty and battlefield conduct. Dr Joseph Kossuth Dixon, secretary of the National American Indian Memorial association, cites cases supporting the plan.
Continued on page 2. President Wilson may again chair the next cabinet gathering. Secretary Lans ing said no regular sessions will be held for the present, a letter written at Wilson’s direction. Secretaries Tumulty and others note the president’s illness era involvement has grown.
Berlin reports the German foreign office has not received a note said to have been sent by Premier Miller. The note purportedly threatens Germany with an indefinite occupation of the Rhine over alleged treaty non fulfillment.
A Moscow wireless dispatch reports American troops guarding the Siberian railway are being withdrawn from Vladivostok with orders issued last month and movement ongoing for weeks. Farnest L. Harris, the American consul general, arrived in Harbin accompanying the withdrawal notice.
Telegram from Varna reports the Russian liner Emperor Peter the Great struck a mine and was lost. It carried about 700 Russian refugees from Odessa, and it is believed most were saved. Also note H. C. Whitlock of Fayetteville among Elwood visitors.
Sam Rush aged 30 died at his room in the High Point Inn at 3 this morning after a brief illness of influenza and pneumonia. He worked for High Point Motor Co and was well known in High Point. Funeral arrangements not set, but likely tomorrow afternoon with interment in Oakwood cemetery.
Petitions nominating Hiram Johnson for preference nomination to be voted on in the primaries March 16 were placed in circulation today in Bismarck North Dakota.
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