Democratic Leaders Surprise at Jackson Day Dinner
President Wilson and William J Bryan delivered unexpected positions on the League of Nations and Democratic strategy at the Jackson Day gathering. Wilson urged a solemn referendum while Bryan opposed using the country to decide the issue and warned he spoke not as a candidate. Delegates and leaders assess implications for the San Francisco convention in June and plan a committee to arrange seating and hotels.
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League of Nations
William J Bryan
Democratic Party
Mr. Bryan
San Francisco
Deportees Banned Aliens Transported to Danzig
Reports from Copenhagen say unde sirables deported from the United States will be landed and transhipped to Danzig under Danish police supervision. The ships will carry about 600 persons and will avoid contact with the public. The United States has arranged with United Shipping to move them.
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United Shipping Company
Veterans Meeting Postponed This Saturday
Local veterans announce no gathering tomorrow afternoon due to bad weather. The next meeting is set for the second Saturday in February with hopes for large attendance.
Return from War Ends in Confession of Hotel Heist
J. Robinson former paymaster of the St. Frances Hotel surrendered to the police admitting theft of $10,000 from the hotel company. He said he mailed $5,000 of the stolen funds to the hotel from New York.
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San Francisco
J. Robinson
St. Frances Hotel
Robinson
New York
Dancing models parade in Paris fashion rooms
Paris fashion firms fit out dances rooms where pairs of dancers foxtrot and tango each afternoon to showcase the latest gowns to potential buyers. The display serves as a living window for costumers to entice customers with current modiste designs.
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Paris
Prohibition Prophecy Sparks Talk of Revolution in US
In Syracuse on January 9, Rev Dr G Campbel Morgan warned that a dry United States would trigger upheaval similar to Russia’s revolution, arguing prohibition will force Americans to think and London’s east end would rise when alcohol ends. The rest of the report covers local crime and a Greensboro hotel bill fraud case involving R L Koonts of High Point. He was jailed, then taken to Greensboro for a preliminary hearing before Justice D H Collins. Warrants allege Koonts obtained money by false pretenses and left a hotel bill unpaid. He previously ran a South Main street pressing club and is son of J J Koonts. He did not comment on the charges. The hearing is expected to clarify the case. sentence will not be by the squire.
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High Point
Greensboro
J. EB. Wagner
Justice of the Peace
D. H. Collins
Koonts
J. J. Koonts
South Main Street
Kvonts
Court Docket Cleared In Hasty Municipal Session
Judge O A Kirkman cleared the municipal court docket in a brief order. Henry Davis found guilty of speeding fined 5 dollars plus costs. Oscar Howard pleaded guilty to vagrancy and paid 20 dollars plus costs. B A Allred pleaded guilty to drunk and disorderly and paid costs. Cris Smith fined 5 dollars plus costs for drunk and disorderly.
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O. A. Kirkman
Henry Davis
Oscar Howard
B. A. Allred
Cris Smith
Paderewski Remains Dear To Poles Says Consul
New York January 9 Ignace Paderewski left office as Poland’s premier amid national affection Dr George Barthel acting consul general says he wants to correct impressions after the resignation Barthel notes Paderewski’s successor Dr Leopold Skulski is a friend who accepted forming the cabinet at Paderewski’s suggestion and that the former leader knew his health prevented further duties
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New York
Ignace Paderewski
Poland
George Barthel
Barthel
Paderewski
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Leopold Skulski
Mr. Padersewki
Doctors End Strike Over Smallpox Care in White Hall
In White Hall Illinois an epidemic of smallpox led doctors to strike for higher fees. They refused county patients for less than five dollars per call. Authorities hired an out of town physician at the county rate, ending the dispute.
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White Hall
Plans To Reclaim Southern Waste Land
Notices announce a January 12 meeting in the Senate Office Building Washington by the board of Southern Governors and the Southern Commercial Congress. They aim to discuss opening millions of acres of idle land in the South including North Carolina and steps to make them productive for food and cash crops. High Point is expected to be represented at the meeting.
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Southern Commercial Congress
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Washington
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Tragic love triangle ends in murder in Rochester
James L. O'Dell and Pearl O'Dell were charged with first degree murder in Rochester amid a jealous love triangle. Edward Kentt was found beaten and stabbed under a culvert after being taken to a lonely road. Scherer and Spink are witnesses. police say confessions link the couple to the crime with motive tied to alleged relations between Kentt and Mrs. O'Dell. In Washington, senate military committees ordered favorable action on the War department bill for a 275000 man army for the coming year, with Pershing as possible chief of staff and universal training planned.
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Rochester
James L. O'Dell
Pearl
Charles HH
Scherer
Edward Spink
O'Dell
Spink
Lonely Road
Washington
War Department
Europe
Siberia
Cotton Ginning Report Details State Totals
Washington reports the cotton ginning totals as of January 1, 10,017,089 running bales including 110,373 round bales and 33,147 American Egyptian bales plus 6,710 sea island. The figure includes North Carolina 789,053 bales, South Carolina 1,403,593 and Virginia 21 150.
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Jan
Sea Island
Census Bureau
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Americans Warned Away By Local Authorities
E. J. Roney and Far Boles Americans killed in the Tampico region after disregarding warnings not to venture into lawless areas. Telegraphs from state officials report they were shot by outlaws on the seashore between camps of the International and Transcontinental oil companies.
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Mexico City
E. J. Roney
Far Boles
Tampico
Tele
Mrs Pankhurst Sees Peril in Labor Laws
English suffragist Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst warned in an interview through the Women’s Equal Opportunity League that proposed welfare legislation for women to be introduced at Albany would destroy the freedom gained, limit production, and hamper national prosperity. She called on nations including the United States to end traditional restraints on women with dependent children.
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New York
Emmeline Pashharet
Albany
Stroy
Editors Endorse War Against Rum In North Carolina
North Carolina Press Association at a midwinter session in Greensboro unanimously endorses the campaign for law enforcement to curb illegal liquor and spread reform. The group supports Brooks plan for better teachers and school equipment and urges adding a printing department at Jackson Training School for boys’ mechanical training.
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Harvard President Urges Flexibility on League Covenant
President Lowell of Harvard suggests democratic senators should not stand too firmly against a reservation to article X of the League of Nations covenant. He notes the covenant’s strength lies in article 16 economic boycott provisions and says it may be prudent to concede a point if article X hinders peace.
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Lowell
Harvard
Man In Providence Drinks Medicated Alcohol at Union Station
Peter Nelson aged thirty five drank a third of an eight ounce bottle of medicated alcohol at Union station. He was hospitalized in Rhode Island Hospital with noncritical illness. Nelson said he had no home or relatives in the country. Doctors could not explain why he might survive the poisoning.
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Peter Nelson
Nelson
Rhode Island
Earth Tremors Destroy Seven Mexican Towns
A message from Toselo via Vera Cruz reports seven towns near Toselo and south of Jaipa overwhelmed by earth disturbances. A great lake covers their former sites and thirty four bodies have been recovered.
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Mrs. DuPont Dies After Train Stop in Charleston
Mrs. Alfred J. DuPont, prominent Du Pont family member, died in Charleston South Carolina while visiting. She was taken from a moving train to a hospital seriously ill and died there. Mr. DuPont, in California, was notified of her death.
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Cotton futures open barely steady on uncertain peace treaty prospects
New York futures opened with January at 38.05 and May at 34.80 as market uncertainty over peace treaty action and lower cables weighed on prices. December rose 16 points, while March and July fell to 36.25 and 32.90 before Liverpool buyers supported a rebound to 36.47 and 33.25.
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Liverpool
Snowy Baker Claims Discovery of a Second Les Darcy
Snowy Baker announces finding a new boxing talent in Sydney, naming Jim Harney a teenage heavyweight with the style of Les Darcy. Baker says Harney resembles Jack Dempsey in speed and movement and could be a future champion.
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Les Darcy
Sydney
Australia
Snowy Baker
Jim Harney
Jack Dempsey
Aid to Dependant Relatives of Deported Radicals
The government will aid dependants of len radicals deported by the state as a humanitarian measure announced by Assistant Attorney General Garvin. The policy emphasizes relief without political entanglement.
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Washington
Garvin
Tarantula Bite Hospitalizes Local Woman in Ukia
Ukia January 9. Mrs A B Culbertson bitten on the knee by a tarantula found in bananas at a grocer shop while assisting her husband. She spent two weeks in bed critically ill under doctor care.
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Charges of soviet dealings with Chicago meat packers
Senate农业 committee heard FTC official William Colyer allege that Ludwig C A K Martens self styled Russian ambassador and secretary S Nuorteve claimed meat purchases with American firms breached the blockade. Colyer said a hotel owner involved in negotiations linked the case to the Moscow envoy visit. He accused former Chicago DOJ figures of framing arrests to smear the FTC as Bolshevik. Mallen was later released.
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Tate Named to Federal Highway Council
A. E. Tate was notified today of his appointment as member at large to the federal highway council. He will attend the second Pan American Financial congress in Washington on January 19, representing the Cuban group and the Treasury Department. The congress includes official representation from every South American nation.
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Federal Highwaay Council
Tate
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
California Pioneers List Names 33 Early Members
San Francisco editors publish a list of thirty three men who came to California before 1850 and were members of the Vigilantes. The Society of California Pioneers seeks to clarify the claim of the "last pioneer" as each name is checked off.
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Vililantes
Spirits say weather hinders best medicines in United States
London reports that weather affects spirit physicians and the quality of spirit communication. A prominent American spiritualist notes fog and damp days hinder direct voice mediums while clear frosty days improve conditions, impacting best treatments and observations.
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