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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1920
Page
1
President Wilson is expected to sign the call for the League of Nations council meeting as the treaty comes into force among Britain France Italy and Germany. The United States will not attend the session since the treaty is not ratified. Trade with Germany resumes despite active state of war.
Miss Hannah Stiers, two years a restaurant check girl, sues in superior court for 25425 dollars from the Chicago Tipping Trust claiming she turned over more than 25000 dollars in tips over two years. She says three men control most hotel cafe checkings and coerce girls to drop tips into an iron bank camouflaged with paper.
Dispatches from Brussels and London indicate travelers claim the German government has fallen and a socialist regime may rule. Other cables say allied forces have not reported unusual activity, suggesting no major developments beyond speculation.
The Guilford county fair price committee advances its new program this week while Paris notes the ratification of the Versailles treaty. The formal peace recognition occurred today as Germany and the allied powers exchanged ratifications at 4:15 PM, completing by 4:16 PM.
Rev Burke Culpepper of Tennessee will preach at Wesley Memorial in Greensboro tomorrow as the fair price committee meets. High Point attendance is expected with singer Mr Robinson aiding the service. Officials aim to set fair prices on milk meat and wood and will adjust errors if pointed out.
Paris reports the League of Nations will be created with the exchange of ratifications of the Versailles treaty. The supreme council scheduled the event for 10:30 am Friday January 16 in Paris with Leon Bourgeois presiding. Germany has not announced steps to resume peace talks. Kurt von Lermer is confined to his room awaiting the ceremony.
Russian Soviet ambassador to the United States Ludwig Martens and his secretary were subpoenaed to appear Monday before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee investigating Russian propaganda. Martens, long missing in Washington, was served with the subpoena at a friend’s home in the fashionable Adven circle. A deportation warrant was on file but not yet served.
New York cot ton futures opened higher with gains across months as bullish trade signals and sharp moves in textile lines supported the session. Prices moved up early then eased by close with Jan at 37.80 and March at 36.07 amid renewed selling.
New York January 10 socialist leaders plan a mass meeting at Madison Square Garden to protest the state assembly suspending five party members. Letters from Charles F. Hughes to Speaker Sweet condemned the suspension as a violation of American government principles and an attempt to indict a political party.
Raleigh January 10 Governor Bickett replied to W A McGirt of Wilmington that he will call a special session to consider a bond issue for road building once the state tax commission reports under the revaluation act. The session was agreed to be scheduled after the tax report is ready, expected in several months.
Secretary Glass asked Congress to authorize a 150 million loan to relieve Austria Poland and Armenia through the wheat guarantee fund. He said the funds would establish credits in the United States and aid other European regions outside Germany with grain and food. Poland needs 50 million in grain Austria 70 million in food Armenia 1 million in flour and other areas 25 million may be required.
Akron Ohio January 19 Many foreigners are making moon shine to raise money to return to the old country. Assist US District Attorney Fred Counts of Cleveland says most moonshiners are not seeking a permanent business but quick money for travel expenses.
Rear Admiral Adger, an authority on naval science, told the house of commons that future destroyers could cruise seas at seventy miles an hour and sprint to 146 miles per hour in the air, with wings deployed against enemy ships. He also forecast an aerial battleship.
The United States army transport Buford, with 249 deportees aboard, arrived at Kiel this morning and will lay up for boiler repairs.
London on January 10. Jazzing on an artificial leg the Portman dance club records this miracle. Twenty five officers from St Thomas's hospital, many who lost limbs, proved Sir Arthur Stanley correct that they could dance and that dancing would aid their usefulness in other spheres. The best progress was by those with jointed angles. Those with solid joints leaned heavily, according to their women partners.
R L Koontz faced hearings on two charges for obtaining money under false defense and failing to pay a board bill. Justice D H Collins presided. in both cases a not pros was taken yesterday afternoon.
Joan DeKay of New York rushed to Chicago to search for his sister Jéanne Anina DeKay who vanished December 30 from Hull House where she studied under Jane Addams. She is the daughter of American parents living in Lucerne Switzerland since 1917.
Carter Dalton new Rotary president outlines committees for Educational George Matton chair Fred N Tyte Frank Wineskie. Public affairs J J Farriss Randell B Terry Tomlinson. Fellowship Houston Hiatt Charlie Hauser Robert Walker. Entertainment Harry Raymond Alvin Parker C F Long. International relations Carson Sinclair A P Rawtey W Idol. First luncheon set for Jan 20 at 12 15 pm with 100 percent attendance urged. John R Peacock secretary and Rotary correspondent named.
Reports from Reval describe a blizzard across Patronia on New Year’s day killing thousands. Refugees perished in the frigid countryside and several bodies were found in a forest between this city and Narva. American Red Cross workers report many deaths among travelers and refugees.
Paris Jan 10 Georges Clemenceau reportedly plans, if elected president, to cross the Atlantic to urge U S support for the league of nations, according to a local paper.
J G Beard aged 63 died at his home near Deep River church four miles northeast of High Point after a week with pneumonia. He was a prominent farmer and is survived by his widow and a son W V Beard. The funeral will be at Deep River church tomorrow conducted by pastor Miss Idabb Curtis with interment in the church cemetery.
Madrid January 10 report lines up all officers on leave to return to their units immediately. The order directs all service branches to resume duties without delay.
Evidence allegedly shows a conspiracy between Russian Bolsheviks and the Communist Labor Party of Chicago to overturn the U.S. government. The special grand jury hearing the case convened Thursday as the state attorney announced the investigation.
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