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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1920
Page
1
High Point council rescinds the influenza emergency ban in an extraordinary session. The new order takes effect at midnight Saturday, restoring Sunday school, church attendance, and theatre operations. No new flu cases were reported. local physicians say cases are abating and recoveries are rapid.
An official department statement says all documents must be published after the United States grants consent. The premier and Mr Wilson exchange notes, with the final reply awaiting approval before the latest communication is released.
The United States receives the reply of the British and Italian premiers on the Adriatic question. President Wilson remains firm that any settlement must follow the December agreement or risk withdrawing the treaty from the Senate. Publication of exchanges may occur without premiers consent.
Washington Feb 27 The House Interstate Commerce Commission orders a favorable report on Representative Tilson's resolution for a federal trade commission investigation after he charged cotton mill owners are profiteers of the worst sort.
Washington Feb 27 agreement filed in DC Supreme Court enjoins the big five meat packers from any business other than handling meat and its by products. The decree aims to curb monopoly risks while noting price rises since 1914. Authorities plan price investigations for 1914 15 and the last six months with focus on yarn costs versus raw cotton and labor.
E. J. Smathers of Winston-Salem, a federal income tax inspector, is in High Point through March 2 to assist corporations and partnerships with income and excess profits tax lists. He will also advise individuals and offers free information at his post office building office after receiving praise for his Winston-Salem work.
Real estate deeds filed at the county courthouse in Greensboro show several High Point transfers. S. L. Davis sold to O. E. Kearns a property in the city for 3000 dollars, and J. M. Davis conveyed to Kearns another High Point tract for 1500 dollars. Ef. F. E. White and wife also transferred a Greensboro property to Kearns for ten dollars and other considerations.
Officials confirm no United States wood alcohol is traded as whiskey in London. London drinkers who consumed rye and maize spirit feared poisoning, but authorities blame British tasters for mixing small amounts of Scotch and Irish whiskey with the rye and maize and selling it as genuine.
February peace conference seeks cause of the Iron County liquor rebellion as State's Attorney McDonough demands an open public statement. George F. Summerford and F S Con verse assist. federal agents withdraw after seizure of alleged contraband wine. McDonough threatens jail arrests without warrants amid local celebrations of the so‑called victory.
CHICAGO Feb 27 Major A V Dalrymple who led the expedition against the Michigan rum rebels reiterated he would resign if Washington failed to confirm his stand He declared I am going to force the issue I am going through with this and either will be supported or I will resign
In Chattanooga on February 27 the Presbyterian campaign committee outlined the distribution of 4 million dollars raised by the denomination. Two point four million will fund general assembly causes with foreign missions 1 332 000 dollars, home missions 640 000, Christian education and ministerial relief 300 000, publication and Sunday school extension 50 000, assemblies training schools 24 000, and American Bible Society 24 000.
High Point residents show strong support for the proposed World War I veteran bonus. Stars and Stripes Trio Claude S Stanton P Burke Marmion arrived to gather ex service man signatures and gauge public sentiment. Over 300 names attached since yesterday and a parade planned with music and speeches along Main street.
Washington reports that living costs rose more in six foreign nations since 1914 than in the United States. Retail food prices show the U S up 83 percent since July 1914, while Great Britain 116 percent and Canada 93 percent. France 169 percent and Sweden 210 percent by August 1914, with Australia and New Zealand at 48 percent. April 1919 Italy shows 181 percent rise, Paris 159 percent, Rome 114 percent.
R. J. Watkers and J. Pedfelt of Cherville with J. P. Sizemore were business visitors in this city for a short time on Thursday.
Washington Feb 27 The compromise railroad bill was returned to the White House by the Department of Justice for an opinion on its validity. Attorney General Palmer said he saw no constitutional objection to the measure and the president was expected to act today or tomorrow.
Charleston West Virginia February 27 The West Virginia Central Railroad Company placed a special train at the disposal of Dr. C B Cann to call on patients in the county The flu forced long travel by the physician and disrupted lumber labor The train stops near a patient then resumes to reach the next suitable location
In New York on February 27 a cat she fed for ten days suddenly bit Mrs Edith Donahue of 555 West Fiftieth Street. Patrolman Emil Krohn restrained the animal, and Donahue was treated at Roosevelt Hospital. The cat was bagged and taken to the West Forty-seventh Street station for health authorities.
Dispatches report Bolshevik forces reaching the Lil River area on the Chinese border in northeastern Turkestan. They allegedly demand the Chinese governor Lian Kiang surrender the Russian consul and all refuges and consent to Bolshevik consuls in the province.
High grade whiskey at $1.75 per quart in Montreal drives heavy weekend rail travel from Vermont. Passengers prefer the Montreal flier two hours each way to avoid tainted alcohol, with full trains and no extra service yet.
Berlin reports Helgoland once Germany’s impregnable seapower barrier is now a dismasted wreck. The island’s blackened hull and ruined gun emplacements remain as the lone remnant of the fortress, with Germans saying seven more years of work would be needed to complete demobilization.
Allied supreme council in London plans to split into two bodies and prolong talks by at least a week to probe high prices and exchange issues. Focus areas include scarcity of commodities, production, transport, rings manipulating prices, profits, and taxation. Cotton futures in New York opened steady then fell with May and October contracts slipping amid weak cables and selling.
Berlin reports a group of prominent German generals and admirals deny war crime charges by the Allies. They refuse to appear before a foreign court and say they are willing to go to trial before a German judge.
Washington February 27 A formal inquiry was made by the British embassy at the state department today as to the acceptability of Sir Aoland Geddes now minister of a national service to the British ambassador to the United States. MEN EN ALTO HEARSE WIN THE RISKING RACE WE DEATH Alexandria Tid February 22 Two men in a hearse won a thrilling race with death here the other afternoon. Fe E Davis undertaker and Harry T Adams president of the Commercial bank were riding in the cab of a motor hearse when the car plowed down on the railroad tracks directly on the path of a passenger train. Fearing he could not clear the tracks in time Davis swerved the car along the tracks and sped a road of the train, barely beyond reach, for several hundred yards up until the engineer was able to bring the locomotive to a halt.
A bold theft at a Denver hotel ends with a single witness recounting a thief leaving a room momentarily and stealing $400 worth of left handed gloves. The incident unfolds in a hotel robbery suit as investigators search for the culprit.
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