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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1921
Page
1
Dusseldorf report says 7,000 Allied troops occupy Dusseldorf Duisburg and Ruhrort but residents go about daily tasks with calm indifference. No labor strike emerges as German workers face wage poverty though leaders warn Essen district could spark agitation if tensions rise.
About 5000 Allied soldiers with four tanks and three river flotillas occupy Dusseldorf. Double sentries stand at street corners with machine guns as French General of Occupation and President Kert urge peace. DeGoutte prohibits most passenger trains, allows workers and travelers. Local police are armed, others reduced to essential force.
About ten thousand dress factory workers in New York went on strike to push for a minimum wage scale and to restore pre reduction wages. Union officials say the industry was nearly tied up as pickets distributed strike orders and workers attended mass meetings. no disorders were reported.
A hundred jurors were drawn at Carrytax to hear St. Clair Seward and John Wicker two guards on a private game preserve charged with murder for shooting Douglas Gallet last Thanksgiving when Gallet and a companion hunted on the preserve. Jury selection occupied the day with evidence expected to begin tomorrow.
A rural oak known as the lynching tree near York South Carolina, once used for hangings after a white boy’s murder, was blown down by strong winds. The tree had become a symbol for police clubs and the use of persuasion carved from its branches by officers across the Carolinas.
Jersey City officials ban dogs from candy and soda shops after a complaint that canines shared dishes with customers. The city commission enforces restrictions to keep establishments sanitary and comply with retail sectors.
Copenhagen reports conflicting news on the Russian situation. Helsingfors dispatches claim fortresses Gourka and Systerbak recaptured and bombarding Kronstadt with fires seen, while an infantry assault on Kronstadt is said to have been repulsed with heavy losses. Reval says Petrograd’s southeast suburbs have fallen to the soviets amid refugee pressures.
A Hels ingfors dispatch reports street fighting in Petrograd with M Sinoclff, governor of Petrograd, taking refuge in the fortress of St Peter and St Paul. Troops surround the fortress and revolutionists' attempts to seize the force are repulsed.
Warsaw reports that white Lithuanians in White Russia have proclaimed independence from Russia. The Minsk report notes the region centers around Minsk and includes southwestern Russian provinces.
High Point Kiwanis club unanimously endorsed community work at a meeting in the First Reformed church basement. Frederick A. Cummings outlined the National Community Service program while prizes and birthday tributes were exchanged. The next meeting, billed as ladies night, will be at the Elwood hotel on March 22 or 24 with guests. A telegram of greetings was sent to President Harding on inauguration day.
Madrid awoke to horror as Eduardo Dato premier and marine minister was shot returning from a senate session. Count De Bugallal interim premier announced as King Alfonso XIII seeks a successor, while attackers on a motorcycle sidecar vanished into the excitement.
In Brussels the Brabant court of Assizes acquitted 32 year old Jerome Hermans of murder for shooting Coline Vandyck 18 after she attempted suicide. He testified he acted to end her suffering and later wounded himself. Medical testimony said her wound would have been fatal anyway.
The fate of Donald J Callaghan lord mayor of Cork who arrived in the United States as a stowaway may be settled soon by the state department. He is touring the south and appealed as a political refugee last month.
Souvenir collectors have nearly removed an $80,000 granite monument erected by the government to mark the King's Mountain battle fifteen miles from York South Carolina. Field reports say the shaft is badly nicked and scarred, defacing the memorial. The remote site is said to attract moonshiners.
A Pan American Trade conference will be held in Mexico City for four days starting June 12. A delegation from the confederation of chambers of commerce has left for the United States to tour major cities and attract large American concerns to participate.
The Standard Oil company of New Jersey announced a two cent reduction in gasoline prices. The new price is 24 12 cents per gallon and will take effect in New Jersey and Baltimore.
Attorney general Palmer issues a public opinion declaring government cannot prohibit medicinal liquor use beyond Congress limits of one pint per ten days. The matter is left to physician good faith with criminal penalties and license revocation for bad faith. Commissioner Williams will study and issue regulations soon.
A mass meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 PM in Mechanicsville Methodist Protestant church to promote bringing the proposed Methodist Protestant college to High Point. Citywide advertising is planned as residents discuss the college and High Point's chances. Mechanicsville supports the movement and residents in that area will have a chance to speak at the meeting.
New York March 9 unusually strong Liverpool cables spurred an opening advance in cotton futures. Buyers from Wall Street and local accounts covered short positions while Liverpool bid 12.41 for May and 12.48 for July. Futures opened firm across the curve with March at 11.50 May 11.95 July 12.44 October 13.05 December 13.30.
Breckinridge Texas March. Powell Wright saved fifty people by catching a twenty quart nitroglycerine torpedo hurled from a gas well during an unexpected gas flow. He held it until the wagon with two hundred quarts of explosive reached safety and then dropped it back into the hole. The rigging was wrecked by the impact and Wright placed a crown block to prevent a recurrence.
President Harding asks the Senate to ratify the long term Colombia treaty in his first formal message. The Senate began executive session immediately after receiving the message, with terms not disclosed pending Senate decision.
Chief Justice White and members of the supreme court were formally received by President Harding and Mrs. Harding in the White House blue room. The call follows long standing custom for chief justices to pay respects to a new executive.
President Harding nominates Dr. C. E. Sawyer to serve as White House physician with brigadier general rank in the medical reserve. Sawyer will also study national public health and draft a plan to coordinate government health agencies. The Senate confirms Col Theodore Roosevelt as assistant secretary of the navy.
The Pennsylvania Railroad directors adopted a resolution to issue proper notices for wage reductions to align with economic conditions. The plan does not specify amounts and, while no officers are named, it is understood the cuts would affect all levels from the president downward.
J Elwood Cox of High Point, Guilford highway official, says the High Point to Forsyth county line road will be paved this spring as soon as arrangements are completed. The commission plans to borrow $500 000 to push work before selling bonds, awaiting state action on taking over the road. The county also intends paving toward Gibsonville.
Playground committee members met yesterday to organize a play movement for laboring residents. They will confer with mill workers and expect play to appear in High Point mill villages soon. A community gathering is planned at Park Street School on Saturday afternoon, with a leadership class meeting at 3 PM in the Trophy council room above Ring drug store.
In heavy fog the Wandby, a freight steamer from Algiers to Portland, ran aground on the rocks at Walkers Point near Kennebunkport. The captain misjudged position, thinking he was at the mouth of the Kennebunk River.
The assembly returned to unfinished business concluding a long session last night. A substitute for a movie censorship bill was debated to prohibit showing of obscene pictures and set discussions on road funding totaling 50 million dollars for road work.
The 1921 session adjourned after two months with major measures approving fifty million dollars for roads, banking reforms, and expanded support for schools and state institutions. Governor Morrison named new hospital and school boards, and local bills passed including a motion picture censorship bill. Walter Murphy of Rowan drew strong support for a possible congress bid.
Chicago radio reports offer rewards by Alderman John Powers for the capture of gunmen who killed two of his political operatives, Paul A. Laprioki and Harry Raymond. One man was held in custody. four gunmen alleged to have been imported from New York were suspected in the killings at a cigar store.
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