22 Jan 1920
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
1
Halifax reports Knight five lost when a boat from the transport Northern Pacific capsized while attempting to transfer passengers from the disabled Powhatan. Captain Randall says no transfer will be made unless conditions improve as three boats were sent but seas were too heavy.
Jan. 22 report says the Netherlands will not surrender the former German emperor to the allies unless the Dutch government is asked by its own country. The Standard notes Holland cannot extradite on third country demand and may invite the Kaiser to place himself with the allies voluntarily.
On January 22 New York City revenue agent James Shelvin warned that about thirty unscrupulous locals posing as revenue agents have raided west side saloons demanding whiskey. He said none succeeded and saloon keepers should not surrender spirits without proper credentials.
In Brooklyn New York on January 22 Bryant Drusilla an elderly Black woman answered one hundred seven when asked her age by a census enumerator. She said she was born in North Carolina during the War of 1812 and is the oldest Brooklyn resident found by the tally thus far.
In Earned Kansas on January 22 a court ruled vanilla extract is not intoxicating and may be sold as a beverage under the bone dry act after Rank Winter was tried for selling a bottle alleged to intoxicate the buyer.
Cincinnati report quotes Charles Hepmann a wooden shoe dealer claiming at least 1,000 women nationwide including truck gardeners and dairy maids are wearing wooden shoes. The date is January 22. This highlights a simple footwear trend among workers across the United States.
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In Chicago and Washington on January 22, 55 men and 8 women of the Communist Labor Party of America faced charges of conspiracy to overthrow the government and advocating its overthrow. Bail figures ranged from 5,000 to 10,000 with extradition to be pursued for out-of-state members. Attacks on sedition bills by Samuel Gompers and opposition to measures from Attorney General Palmer marked the hearings as debates over the scope of anti sedition legislation.
A federal detachment of 128 troops from Camp Pike Arkansas joined Governor Charles H. Brough and local officers at Yumas Arkansas to quell a race-related disturbance. The clash began when deputy J H Breedlove and two whites went to arrest a black man in a settlement. armed Black residents fired, the deputy and companions retreated, and troops were deployed to restore order.
Jasper Farmer Sylvester Mathis and George C Hopewell were held without bail for criminally assaulting Martha Outlaw a white girl under 16 in Goldsboro. In Kinston on January 22 six families narrowly escaped death as three frame houses burned to the ground.
Guilford police yesterday captured a 6.5 gallon copper still in Sumner township. The seizure marks a regional effort against illicit alcohol production and may lead to further investigations.
Magistrate Sophie Hodosky in New York traffic court hears waitress and vehicle owner Sophie Hodosky of 142 West 120th street say she earns 12 dollars weekly with 80 in tips and owns a 4500 dollar car. The woman pleads guilty to a wrong turn and is fined 2 dollars.
In St Louis on January 22 landlords and hardware dealers attribute high rents to a shortage of nails. Builders face delays as nails in sizes 8s 10s and 20s run short. Kansas City dealers ration nails, with the shortage traced to a national steel strike and coal strike.
Wellesley college girls report a new facial beautifying method told by an opera singer before New York audiences. The technique suggests curling eyelashes inward and pairing short lashes with sweeping eyebrows to alter appearance, with evidence from a store clerk and a college chum.
A message from High Point reports the death of Allan Swaim age eighteen at Buies Creek where he was attending school. He is the brother of R H Swaim of this city and the son of Rev V M Swaim of Winston Salem. Funeral arrangements will be from the family home in Winston Salem.
Captain Marshal Field, 83rd, quits three month stint as a broker's clerk in Chicago to manage the 120 million estate built by his grandparents. He says the move to oversee the family holdings will take all his time, and he has learned enough of stocks and bonds to assist in administration.
Cotton futures opened easy with Jan at 37.60 and March 35.80 as May 33.70 and July 31.75. early nervousness followed declines in Liverpool and overnight selling. Mar rose about 39 points from the low as covering bought activity and Gilmer-Thomas of Winston-Salem spent a brief visit on business.
Springfield Massachusetts reports the city library removing books on brewing beer and distilling liquor to prevent home brewers from obtaining instructional advice, asserting the action aligns with the spirit of prohibition law.
In Wellesley Massachusetts on January 22 General Pershing donated his four star flag with four white stars his war helmet and the personal pennon of the German Emperor to Wellesley College via the Azora Society and class committees. His wife is an Azora member and he becomes an honorary member. Countess de Tiederkerke chairman of the Belgian Purple Cross made the presentation while visiting.
Etlius Gerber secretary of the New York local socialist party testified before the assembly judiciary committee on the five suspended socialist members. He supplied a copy of the 1917 socialist platform constitution as evidence unopposed by the defense.
The senate rejected 33 to 30 Walsh's bid to call up a resolution to censure Rear Admiral William S Sims over confidential disclosures tied to his appearance before a sub committee. It also refused 31 to 81 with Borah siding with Democrats to authorize employing counsel for the investigating committee.
On January 22 Chairman Cummins of the Democratic National Committee had not decided whether to reply to William Jennings Bryan who accused him of aligning with Governor Edwards of New Jersey after Bryan said Cummins should distance himself from the governor or resign.
Washington dispatch reports six thousand influenza cases in Havana Cuba. Public health officials say precautions are underway to prevent disease spread into the United States. The notice cites the Havana status and government vigilance.
Rev. Thomas L. Trott, rector of St Marys Episcopal Church, will deliver a Sunday morning address at 11 o'clock to children. The subject will be Obedience. He plans to give at least one monthly talk to the children on obedience.
Washington Jan 22. Senator Kenyon proposes elaborate machinery for settling disputes between capital and labor. A national mestorial COPRIEPESS of 300 voting delegates would be formed to recommend permanent industrial courts and set principles for future relations. The president would be asked to establish a national labor Renard to handle wartime controversies.
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