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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
1
Copenhagen reports the German government troops cleared the east end of Berlin including Lichtenberg after a lively battle. They captured considerable arms and reported Spartacan cruelty acts confirmed. Twenty Poles were taken in one Spartacan nest while Spartacans fled and left firearms behind.
Berlin reports government troops under heavy fire bombardment forced Sparta can forces to abandon Lichtenberg. Large numbers of prisoners were taken, some executed. Spartacans fled leaving public safety items. 30 prisoners included 10 women. Captured include 20 Poles.
Paris reports that fighting between government troops and Spartacan bands in Berlin's eastern suburbs suggests the groups seek only to plunder the city. An Amsterdam telegram says a Spartacan adherent was captured with jewelry worth 60,000 marks.
Newark reports riot as strikers and sympathizers attack two trolley cars after public service railway controversy heads to the war labor board. Two men hospitalized and two strikers plus a sympathetic soldier in uniform arrested.
President Wilson will land at Brest tonight aboard the George Washington and sail to Paris by special train. He is to arrive in Paris Friday morning after brief ceremonies in Brest and will resume work in Paris without delay. Colonel House and the French minister have arrived to greet him. Brest is decorated with banners reading Welcome Wilson.
Signed statement from Jack Johnson claims the 1915 Willard fight in Havana was fixed with Johnson losing in the tenth round for money and film rights. He alleges a staged loss to help Willard justify a return to boxing and restore his property. Willard, Downey manager Tom Jones, and promoter Jack Curley dismiss the claim as a crude joke and unfounded.
The Western North Carolina Woman’s Missionary Society conference at Wesley Memorial church enters its second day with committees at work. Morning devotionals and institute sessions precede district secretary reports described as very satisfactory. The president’s address on problems and lessons from the war anchors the program amid music and memorial tributes.
Raleigh dispatch notes Rufus A. Doughton gaining momentum in the bid for governor amid suffrage ballot issues. The piece cites political maneuvers, support from Winston-Salem Journal and figures like Cam Morrison and Max Gardner, with focus on road commission appointments and a press swell of letters to Governor Bickett.
A Vienna dispatch reports a pamphlet claims Count Tisza plotted the Sarajevo assassination that sparked the war. The pamphlet cites the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and the Duchess of Hohenberg, alleging evident neglect of precautions and a trap set by Vienna and Hungarian aristocracy.
Washington reports reveal William Hohenzollern planned to seek asylum in Sweden two months before the armistice. Negotiations nearly secured a castle rental near Stockholm before Swedish government objections caused a pivot to a different castle in Holland. A March 13 note from Director General Hines promised funds to finance railroads and rolling stock for big purchases.
London reports Moscow appoints a new international commissary for a world revolution plan, a Swiss associate of Lenin and Trotsky linked to the effort. New York notes police charge four suspects as avowed anarchists after a raid on East Fifteenth Street. In High Point, merchants announce a banquet at Elwood hotel next Tuesday with G W Clark presiding and the High Point orchestra providing music.
Durham, March 13. Guilford County reports 56,816.61 raised for the United War Work Campaign with 15,319.54 still to be collected. Of 100 counties in the state, 14 have 100 percent collections and others near a perfect score as efforts to collect pledges continue. The goal is to lead the southeastern states in total collections.
Washington reports labor officials say progress toward settling the New York harbor dispute is possible as some private boat owners show willingness to accept employer proposals. The exact number of employers making this decision was not disclosed.
War Department announces entrances to West Point for examinations beginning March 18. John B. Horton of North Carolina seventh district is named first alternate. the address listed is Wadesboro.
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