Treaty Fight Recasts Wilson Letter New Ratification Debate
Washington sources report a modified draft of the Republican article X reservation gaining assent from some Republicans. Democrats and Republicans reportedly cooperated on a compromise with changes in wording while aiming to win support from Senator Lodge in Massachusetts. The move signals ongoing efforts to ratify, amid warnings that imperial designs remain a world factor.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Mass
Wilson letter to Hitchcock shapes senate ratification debate
President Wilson’s note to Senator Hitchcock frames the treaty fight as debate over reservations to the League of Nations. He argues Article X should stand and warns weakening it risks triumph of imperial aims and territorial aggrandizement by France and others. He notes constitutional safeguards and questions plans by rival powers.
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Washington
Wilson
Hitchcock
Senate
League of Nations
France
Charge Committee Hears Debate Over Bonus Legislation
Washington hearings resume as Rep Fordney accuses House War and Means members of delaying a bonus bill to avoid raising veterans’ relief. He urges immediate action noting retired officers’ opposition and privates’ support. Rep Kitchin calls for treasury officials to testify before shaping a plan.
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Washington
House Wars and Means Committee
Fordney
American Legion Legislative Committee
Representative Kitchen
Treasury Department
Kitchin
Robbers Escape With Diamonds at Baltimore Jewelry Store
Four armed men smashed the window of James R. Armiger and Co. on North Charles Street and seized two trays of diamond rings valued at 49000 dollars. They fled in a waiting automobile after firing on a man who tried to stop them.
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Baltimore
James R. Armiger and Company
Charles Street
Boy Clerk Returns Bond Order for Reward
A New York report says a 7 year old clerk named Harry Hahh picked up a Bank of Montreal order worth 1,200,000 in railroad bonds found on the street. He delivered it to the firm’s offices and received a reward of 2 with praise for his honesty and future prospects.
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New York
Bank of Montreal
Harry Hahh
Foreign trade conference to convene in Greensboro Friday
High Point representatives C F Tomlinson and A S Caldwell will attend a South Atlantic Foreign Trade Conference at the O Henry hotel Greensboro Friday at 11 am. The gathering aims to establish through freight routes from the Midwest, remove inland freight discrimination, and secure a South Atlantic department of commerce office. Matthew Hale urges wide attendance as the event could shape regional development and immigration of rail and steamship services.
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Sos
Werripe
Tate
C.F. Tomlinson
A.S. Caldwell
High Point
South Atlantic
O. Henry Hotel
Greensboro
South Atlantic Export Company
Middle West
Virginia
Brancna
Department of Commerce
Matthew Hale
United States
Commercial Club
Hale
South
South Atlantic States
League of Cities
O. Henry Convention Hall
H. R. Bush
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Thomas W. Bickett
North Carolina
William A. Wimbish
Atlanta
Atlanta Freight Bureau
A. VY. Snell
Charleston
Chamber of, Commerce
O. Henry
Hugh MacRae
Wilmington
N. C
F. M. Simmons
Robert A. Cooper
South Carolina
M. M. Caskie
Southern Traffic League
Montgomery
Ala
Hollins N. Randolph
Sidney J. Catts
Tallahassee
Fla
Honduran Revolt Quelled. Forces Split Ties With Nicaragua
A Tegucigalpa dispatch reports Honduran revolutionary forces dispersed. rebels have retreated and linked with Nicaragua as of March 9 in San Salvador.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Tegucigalpa
Nicaragua
Labor Federation Opens Raleigh Information HQ
The state federation of labor will open headquarters in Raleigh to provide members with the political records and labor attitudes of candidates. Chairman J F McMahon says the bureau informs without endorsing any aspirant and will stay open until after the June primaries.
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Raleigh
State Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Chars
J. F. McMahon
McMahon
American Killed in Mexico by Mexican Clerks
Washington March 9. Raymond Corgram, an American citizen, was murdered by his Mexican clerks February 28, according to advices to the state department from the consul at Nuevo Laredo.
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Washington
Raymond Corgram
State Department
Nuneo Laredo
Cotton futures open steady in New York market
Cotton futures opened steady in New York with March at 39.03 May 36.25 July 83.34 October 30.80 and December 360.20. Prices moved within a narrow range as near months firmed after buying against spinners and Wall Street demand with May hitting 36.45 and October reaching 31.00.
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New York
Wall Street
Osborne again resigns as naval prison commandant
Lieutenant Commander Thomas Mott Osborne announced he had again forwarded his resignation to Secretary Daniels as commandant of the Portsmouth naval prison. He withdrew a prior relief request while charges against his conduct were declared unfounded by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt after an investigation.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Thomas Mott Osborne
Naval Prison
Navy
Daniels
Osborne
Roosevelt
Davidson County Man Sam C Myers Dies at 45
Sam C Myers of Davidson county died at a local hospital at 1 AM after pneumonia. He was 45 and survived by his mother and sons Elmer Louis and daughters Cornelia and Millie Myers. Funeral at Fairgrove church south of Thomasville, conducted by Rev C P Goode, with burial in the church graveyard.
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Sam C. Myers
Davidson County
Mr. Myers
Elmer
Louis Myers
Cornelia
Millie Myers
Fairgrove Church
Thomasville
C. P. Goode
Hindenburg Proposed as Nonpartisan Presidential Candidate
Berlin dispatch reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg consented to run for German president. Conservative and old German newspapers present him as non political and non partisan, the one man believed capable of reuniting the German people.
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Berlin
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Court reverses Stokes espionage conviction for new trial
The United States circuit court of appeals reversed the verdict against Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, the New York socialist, convicted in Kansas City in June 1918 of violating the espionage act. The case is remanded for a new trial. she had been sentenced to one year.
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ST. Louis
March
United States Circuit Court of Appeals Today
Rose Pastor Stokes
New York
Kansas City
Danville Labor Stay Quiet as Unions Hold Closed Shop
In Danville Virginia on March 9 no broad change in labor conditions. Local union members report the closed shop remains largely in effect with most workers idle. A few carpenters take small private-property jobs.
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Danville
Chamber of Commerce set for high point meeting
High Point officials plan an annual meeting Thursday night in the high school auditorium to elect new officers and discuss plans for the coming year. Prominent local figures are expected to speak, and questions about representing the city at a Southern Commercial Secretaries' convention will be settled.
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Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Chambers of Commerce
North Carolina
Southern Commercial Secretaries’ Association
New Orleans
Charnioper of Commerce
Cletus Burgess
W. C. Massey
J. J. Farriss
French Objections Prompt Changes to European Economic Memorandum
London reports state the supreme allied council has reviewed French criticism of the proposed economic memorandum to European nations. Alterations to address French objections have been agreed to and will be incorporated.
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London
Supreme Allied Council
Boiler blast in Berlin works kills hundreds
A Benrath dispatch reports 450 people are killed or missing after a large boiler burst at the electrical works. The blast buried about 90 workmen, leaving a vast number injured or unaccounted for.
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Hety
Berlin
Benrath
Rhenish
Prussia
Bandits Kill Bank Cashier in Kansas City Robbery
Bandits killed Glenn Shoe Kay, cashier of a southside bank, during a hold up in Kansas City. A large warehouse fire in Baltimore injured five firefighters while battling a $300000 blaze at J W Cooke grocery warehouse.
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Kansas City
Glenn Shoe Kay
Baltimore
J. W. Cooke
Towns Stranded by March Blizzard Face Fuel Famine
Grand Rapids March 9 isolated since last Thursday's blizzard tied up railroads and left western and northern Michigan towns in an acute fuel famine.
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Grand Rapids
Western
Michigan
Counterfeit Money Out Warns Mexican Officials
Washington reports residents of Mexico warned to guard against U S counterfeit currency. Mexican consul Raymon De Negri in New York cites about 200 million dollars in fake money in circulation and urges precautionary measures by the Mexican government.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Raymon de Negri
New York
Miss Carolee Reed Crowned University Beauty Queen
Miss Carolee Reed of Little Rock was chosen as the most beautiful girl at the University of Arkansas in a Razorback management beauty contest. The sophomore in the College of Agriculture led the race by about 54 600 votes.
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Wiens University
Hracty
PAM
Fayetteville
Ark
Razorback
Carolee Reed
Little Rock
University of Arkansas
Police arrest vagrant youth Willie Harris in city
Police officers Mungo and Brown arrest a negro youth named Willie Harris of Alabama on vagrancy charges. He traveled with a show and has been loitering about the city for several days. He faces trial before Judge O A Kirkman in municipal court tomorrow morning.
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Mungo and
Brown
Willie Harris
Alabama
O. A. Kirkman
Greensboro Parent-Teacher Talk Emphasizes Playgrounds and Fundraising
A large Elm Street School P T A meeting featured Mrs. W H Swift of Greensboro advocating united efforts for child welfare funding. Speakers urged nurse support, school fitness, strict compulsory laws, and most of all playgrounds with moral benefits. Mrs Van Noppen described methods to obtain playground equipment. Mrs Watt outlined fund-raising ideas such as rummage sales and bazaars. The evening closed with student entertainment by Miss Genevieve Moore’s seventh grade singers and refreshments.
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Elm Street
J. J. Farriss
W. H. Swift
Greensboro
W. M. Marr
Watt
Swift
Moving Picture
Genevieve Moore
Hope
Sims Defends Criticism of Port of Navy in War
Rear Admiral Sims told a senate committee that the navy’s delay in placing forces with the Allies prolonged the war by months. He stated 3,000 lives and $106,000,000 were spent daily and defended his remarks as aimed at 1917 operations, not the 1918 war effort. He denied attacking civilian control and defended his pro-British stance due to being born in Canada. He urged relief if the department lost confidence in him.
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Washington
Sims
Senate Investigation Committee
United States
Canada
Navy Department
Department
Sleeping Sickness Grips New York City
New York officials report 175 sleeping sickness cases since January 1 with 40 deaths. Health Commissioner Copeland says outbreak linked to influenza aftermath across the city and surrounding area.
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New York
Copeland
Anti-suffrage Senator Montgomery to break deadlock in Senate
Charleston dispatch reports that A. R. Montgomery listed as an anti suffragist arrived today. Opponents of the Anthony amendment announce he would break the Senate deadlock this afternoon.
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Beladio
Charleston
A. R. Montgomery
Anthony
Senate
High Point High School Commencement May Schedule
Commencement exercises begin May 20 with 28 senior members. May 24 honors graduation with Dr. E C Brooks, state superintendent, delivering the address. Rev James Turner of Wake Forest College preaches May 21.
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High Point High School
W. M. Marr
E. €. Brooks
James DD. Turner
Wake Forest College
Abolition of Cigarettes Aimed by 1925 in Chicago
The International Cigarette League announced plans to abolish cigarette use in America by 1925. The statement came from Chicago and outlined a nationwide campaign to end smoking.
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Chicago
America
International Cigarette League
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