22 Mar 1920
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1920
Page
1
Paris reports say negotiations in Berlin were interrupted as workers pressure grows. Since the revolt began March 13, about eight thousand people have been killed, including five hundred fifty six in Berlin. Troops are being sent into the Ruhr to oppose the Reds.
Reports from Stuttgart state Silesian troops have reached the Ruhr district and expect fighting with the Spartacist forces tomorrow. Officials say 70,000 Reds in the Ruhr are an overestimate. A general Munich strike may spread through Bavaria unless halted by ongoing talks on wage demands during the Kapp regime. Wurttemberg factory meetings plan to gauge broader action.
Berlin reports describe Germany as serious overall with Berlin itself called bad. A volunteer unit was overpowered near Johannestal aviation ground with officers killed and bodies mutilated. Government recaptured Adlershof and Johannestal after killing 20 red troops and seizing 24 others.
Reported unrest intensifies as Berlin shows armed-camp conditions with food shortages and clashes. In Mocabet district a Sunday night battle left 20 Spartacans dead and 24 captured and executed. Ruhr fights between communist and government troops surge while Leipsic quiets after a government victory. Bavaria fears a renewed general strike over settlement terms.
The official Versailles Treaty copy brought by President Wilson from Paris and delivered to the Senate is back with Wilson after tumulty received it from George A. Sanderson. No word was issued on the president's likely action as the Senate again refused ratification. Mr and Mrs J J Garland motored to Greensboro yesterday afternoon.
In the absence of Judge Arthur Kirkman, J Allen Anetin oversaw a list of minor offenses at the local mill of justice. Defendants paid varying costs for breaches including breach of the peace, false pretenses, obstructing a fire truck, resisting an officer, and improper auto parking near a hydrant.
Rev J W Hughes of Henderson concluded a seven day mission at St Marys Episcopal church stressing mans duty to the church in a sermon titled The Living Church. He argued the church has withstood ages and shapes proper conduct for families and citizens, urging active participation and generous support. He closed with a message on Gods Love based on 1 John 4:16.
New officers and directors of the chamber of commerce will attend a 6:30 PM banquet at the commercial club. All newly elected officers are urged to be present for the gathering following the recent election.
Boston dispatch reports Army Field Clerk James H Hagan of Cambridge writes friends about Panama’s low cost of living. He cites sirloin at twenty cents a pound a dime for automobile rides and ten cents an hour for washerwomen as proof of the six hour day in Panama, contrasting with local complaints about the H C L.
Boxing promoters greet Georges Carpentier the French pugilist as he arrives in New York aboard a passenger steamer. The event marks the promoter gathering in advance of scheduled bouts and publicity in the city.
Miss Annie Beck and Miss Daisy Robbins, accompanied by Owen Beck, spent yesterday afternoon in Greenshoro enjoying leisure time and social calls.
Washington March 22 Senator Cummins Republican Iowa is targeted by organized labor to defeat in November. L F Sheppard acting president of the order of railway conductors says union officials are reviewing congressional records on labor matters to oppose those seen as hostile to organized labor.
New York March 22 US to ship flour to needy European countries not as Soviet ark vessels but via Shipping Board ships under the United States Grain corporation. More than 490 Russians Finns and Poles identified as advocating violence will be sent abroad in groups. Some ships will carry 5 000 000 barrels of flour with Finland expected to receive several in the spring.
New York March 22 756 longshoremen at United Fruit piers walked out extending coastwise action to deep sea workers. ITU President IT W OConnor spokesman said the strike violates union instructions. Leaders warned of wider sympathy strikes affecting other deep sea longshoremen.
Washington Marchee hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission begin to set freight rates aiming for a 5 1 2 percent return on railroads' aggregate value under the new transportation law. Representatives from most railroads and shippers attend as the panel plans three days of sessions to decide whether adjustments cover the system or specific regions and what methods will value property.
New York March 22. Cotton futures opened steady with March at 40.44 May 37.75 July 336.00 October 2.10 December 31.27. Easy cables and lower foreign exchange supported selling early with May at 37.72 and October at 32.04, about 7 to 15 points below Saturday's close.
Clemson College reports most seniors have returned along with a majority of sophomores and freshmen, with only four seniors remaining away and 90 percent of underclassmen back, following trustees investigations into recent student troubles.
The Carolina Golf Association announces its annual tournament will be held in Charlotte in early June. The event is set for an unspecified date in June with the hosts and dates to be confirmed.
Senate speech marks formation of a "Republican liberals" faction led by Senator France. He urges repeal of national prohibition, reexamination of the Volstead framework, and potential establishment of a new party to counter Bourbon autocracy, criticizing both major parties and pledging to defend individual rights.
Helen Hamilton Gardner of Washington widow of Col. S A J Day was nominated by President Wilson to the civil service commission. The 62 year old Winchester, Virginia born author and suffrage advocate is the first woman named to the commission, completing its reorganization.
Mrs Catherine Selin advises a long life to girls by simple rules on March 22 in Kane Pennsylvania. She urges avoiding low necklines and very high heels, emphasizes slow eating deep breathing and ample sleep, and promotes soil digging as the best exercise for health.
Paris reports Madame Debreuil of Vendee, already mother of six, has delivered healthy quadruplets two boys and two girls. The case highlighted by Professor Pinard and the French Academy of Medicine notes quadrupets occur about once in 2,300,000 births.
London reports a dramatic rise in emerald prices with valuations showing emeralds up 500 percent over ten years, while diamonds have risen 160 percent. The will case brought in experts highlighting this trend as emeralds gain popularity beyond engagement stones.
Claus Wiebers of Del Norte unearthed a six inch long mastodon molar in the hills near Alamosa Colorado. The tooth is well preserved and believed to belong to a prehistoric mammal that roamed the Rockies ages ago.
A 17-player New York Giants National League squad will hold a 16-day training camp in Rocky Mount starting April 1. The group will prepare for the upcoming season with sessions scheduled at local facilities.
Washington March 22 Rear Admiral William F Benson then chief of naval operations testified before the senate investigating committee that he told Rear Admiral Sims not to be deceived by the British remarking that they would fight the British as soon as the Germans.
Greensboro based American Southern Motors corporation represented by Co H Rose and B T Moore tours the city to raise stock for a Greensboro plant to manufacture the American balanced sx motor car under the American Motors patents. A factory is secured and production groundwork completed. Mrs Rose and Mr Moore are available at phone 545 for information.
H. L. Reed of Thomasville was arrested for recklessly operating a car while intoxicated after colliding with Mrs. Mendenhall near Jamestown. Police report two Porto Rican Bay Rum bottles and a Witch Hazel bottle as evidence to be presented at the trial before Justice Warren G. Brown.
Conrad Hutchens white, held for trial by superior court jury on bond of 509 dollars. He allegedly tried to steal Gray Seward’s automobile late last week. A passerby alarmed the garage, leading to Hutchens’s pursuit to Wineton Salem and arrest. He confessed intent and was ordered held for court.
Washington Supreme Court today dismissed appeals from North Carolina Supreme Court regarding decrees enjoining the Him Withhee River Power Co and the Carolina Tennessee Power Co from building and operating a power plant on the river due to lack of jurisdiction.
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