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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1920
Page
1
City officials led by Dr. Stanton decide to extend the emergency health ordinance banning public meetings through next week despite a decline in flu cases. They will reconvene Friday noon to consider rescinding the ban as schools churches and theaters plan future re opening.
Washington report details railroad labor provisions protested by railroad workers at a White House meeting with President Wilson. House leaders plan a final vote on the Este Cummins railroad bill, with a Senate-bound report expected Monday pending debate.
Washington Feb 21 Interstate Commerce Committee chairman Este told the house that federal control of railroads cost about 656 million dollars net and that without government operation transportation would have failed for troops overseas. He cited 1.9 billion in total appropriations and 1.25 billion for improvements paid by the government.
Admiral William S. Sims spoke at Pennsylvania University day exercises marking Washington's birthday. He urged Americans to accept criticism of military un preparedness as essential for safety and warned that rejection of critique costs lives and treasure.
Berlin dispatch says the German government is rushing preparations to try Germans accused of violations of the laws of war. Witnesses from Great Britain France and Belgium will be examined by commissioners instead of traveling to Germany.
General John J. Pershing commander-in-chief of the AEF passed through High Point last night on train No. 12 en route to Norfolk from Asheville where he inspected the Oteen hospital. He was accompanied by his staff and a retinue of officers aboard a private car attached to the train.
J W Harriss with W C Covington and W T Powell announce plans to form a new High Point hosiery mill on the Carolina and Yadkin river railway. The brick two story plant will produce ladies hosiery with up to date machinery, stock details to be finalized next week, and temporary quarters at Parker Paper and Twine.
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of George Washington s birth and a national legal holiday. Governors mayors and ministers call on Americans to reflect on Washington s legacy and the week is proclaimed Loyalty Week with public observance including the Post Office and banks in High Point observing Monday as a holiday.
Paris February 21. The council of ambassadors authorized repatriation of German war prisoners now in Siberia by way of the far east. The session also took up the disposal and allocation of various enemy warships.
Admiral Nicholas Horthy, former Austro Hungarian navy commander, is reported by the national assembly to have been named regent of Hungary. He led the army that opposed communist rule and entered Budapest last year. He warned against demagogues and adventurers leading Hungary again.
A Lexington patrolman reports blackbirds seen in East Lexington signaling early spring while many snowshoers picked pussy willows. In Kansas City buyers set a new world record auction price for purebred sows with Fashion Girl selling for 17,200 dollars, shattering previous highs of 6,100.
Negotiations underway to ship 20 million pounds of Danish sugar to the United States, per a Copenhagen local paper, signaling a potential large trade flow between Denmark and the U.S. during February.
Early morning blaze at A N Weisner home in Mechanicsville, caused by a defective flue, destroyed most of the residence and household goods. The Weisners are ill with influenza. Mrs Weisner hospitalized. Aid efforts coordinated by Associated Charities with Mrs Frank Gurley.
London February 21 Sir Auckland Geddes minister of national service and reconstruction said he was not aware of the government having arrived at any decision regarding naming an ambassador to the United States.
Friends of Senator Carter Glass former secretary of the treasury announce his name will be presented at the Virginia Democratic convention in Roanoke on May 19 for endorsement of the nomination for president.
Washington February 21 Efforts to dispose of the peace pact advance as a vote on the first modification of reservations adopted at the last Congress session is anticipated. The contest is seen as a gauge of strength for both major sides before further votes on disputed articles.
John C. Dockery, 41, of Rockingham, died today from pneumonia after influenza. Funeral services will be held tomorrow. Dockery was a leading local businessman and served four years as deputy to his father, the late Henry C. Dockery, former United States marshal.
President Wilson withdrew the nomination of Henry C. Stuart former governor of Virginia to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Stuart declined the appointment.
Justice Dailey fixed a 10000 bond for William Randolph Hearst in injunction actions against the Shipping Board to stop the sale of 30 former German liners. Court costs were 36.80 for circulars. He deferred signing the injunction until Tuesday and reserved ruling on excluding the Swanee vessel sold for 2000000 from the injunction order.
Washington officials say President Wilson’s reply to the allied premiers on the Adriatic issue is nearly complete and may go forward today. They do not see the situation as acute nor expect negotiations to force U.S. entry into the Versailles treaty. Publication will await European governments’ wishes to ensure accurate exchanges and curb garbled foreign reports.
Ronah Baity confessed to police that the Yadkinsville sheriff J. F. Zacharay was killed in an accidental discharge during a scuffle after a raid on a still near Yadkinsville. Baity cleared his two companions of involvement. The February 153 raid prompted the arrest.
James Minotto, son-in-law of Louis F. Swift, refused to discuss ex-premier Joseph Caillaux’s Paris trial claims that Minotto was a German spy who duped Caillaux during visits to South America in 1914 and 1915. He said the matter is an old story and of no consequence to him.
A jury in Oakland returned a guilty verdict against Miss Anita Whitney a social worker writer and lecturer on a charge of criminal syndicalism. The defense admitted her membership in the Communist Labor Party but denied advocacy of violence under the statute.
Boston physicians from the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Massachusetts Homoopathic Society endorsed the Universal Military Training bill now before Congress. A joint committee wired Massachusetts Representatives in Washington to announce the action, representing over 4,000 doctors.
New York report says unless the rent profiteering bill passes within six months a general strike of all workers will be called. Edward J. Hannah, president of the Central Federated Union, stated workers will not meet rent hikes or contemplated wage cuts and will honor agreements if relief is provided.
Evanston grocers opened an investigation into a spurt of yeast purchases by Northwestern University coeds. They learned the yeast was for beauty uses and weight control tricks rather than baking. Some bought to grow plump, others to slim, and many to maintain a certain complexion.
Copenhagen February 21 A Soviet offer to Finland seeks favorable peace terms conditional on permission to use Finnish harbors. The proposal implies strategic concessions tied to access to Baltic ports and potential navigation rights amid ongoing postwar diplomacy.
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