Four-Power Pacific Treaty Advances in Senate
Washington reports the four-power Pacific treaty won senate approval but must pass the French chamber of deputies and the Italian parliament. Diplomats in Washington advise their governments to defer action until Washington’s outcome is known. Britain and Japan can approve by executive order. Italy expects favorable parliamentary action despite doubt.
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Washington
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Privy Council
State May Sell Its Interest In Two Railroads
Raleigh March 25. Governor Morrison appoints a five member commission to study selling the states interest in the North Carolina railroad and the Atlantic and North Carolina road. The panel includes Col Beneham Cameron chair, Maj W C Heath, C P D Bradham, Tom Bowie, and A J Draper. Proceeds could fund western Lost Provinces development. The exact value is unknown until bidders are sought and the legislature might receive recommendations in 1923.
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Raleigh
Morrison
North Carolina Railroad
Atlantic and North Carolina Road
Beneham Cameron
Stagville
Maj
W. C. Heath
Monroe
C. PD. Bradham
New Bern
Tom Bowie
Jefferson
A. J. Draper
Charlotte
Col. Cameron
Mr. Bowie
Two Roads
North Carolinas
Col. Watts
Ben Lacy
Fayetteville
New York City
North Carolina
Nine Die in Colorado Mine Explosion at Sopris No 2
Nine men are known dead and nine missing after yesterday afternoon’s blast at Sopris mine No 2 of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co near Trinidad. Eight of the nine bodies recovered have been identified. cause of the explosion is not yet learned.
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Trinidad
Col
Sopris Mine No. 2
Colorado Fuel and Tron Company
Tragic Miami Flight Ends in Multiple Deaths at Sea
Six aboard a Miami flight to the Bimini Islands face a deadly sequence of breakage and exhaustion. Two women die in the pilot’s arms, two others jump overboard, another man perishes, and pilot Robert Moore survives by clinging to wreckage for fifty hours before rescue.
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Miss Miami
Miami
Fla
Bimini Islands
Robert Moore
William Green
Moore
Shorty
Gulf Stream
Sen
Auguste Bulte
Tarabee Flour Mills Corporation
Kansas
Bulte
J. Stewart Williams
Pan American Petroleum
Music Hall Wins Grand National at London
London March 25 Music Hall won Britain's Grand National with Drifter finishing second and Taffy Tus third in a turf race noted as one of the sport’s premier events.
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London
Britain
Music Hall
Drifter
Taffy Tus
Million Miner Strike Grips UMWA Across States
Suspension of work in the coal industry will affect over 500000 workers in twenty states. The United Mine Workers of America totals about 215000 in western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois soft coal. In anthracite fields centered in Pennsylvania about 155000 work, with roughly half unionized. Canada adds twenty thousand miners to the union.
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Indianapolis
Lrd
United Mine Workers of America
Nova Scotia
Astrict
Western Provinces
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Local Firm to Build New Commercial National Bank
R. K. Stewart & Son of High Point won the contract to erect the Commercial National Bank and office building on South Main at Commerce Street. Foundation work to start soon, with the seven or eight story structure housing the bank on the first floor and offices above. J. Elwood Cox, president, said work would begin at once and hoped for completion within a year.
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R. K. Stewart & Son
High Point Contractors
Commercial National Bank
South Main Street
Commerce Street
Th Bank
J. Elwood Cox
The
Commercial National
Cox
High Point Debaters Split Wins in Triangle Forum
In a triangle debate among High Point Lexington and Asheboro High Schools the question Resolved That the United States should enter the League of Nations. High Point beat Asheboro in Lexington on the affirmative, while Lexington defeated Asheboro at Ashboro in another contest.
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High Point
Lexington
Ashboro
Triargia
United States
League of Nations
Walter Crossmann
Claude Reitzel, Jr
Frank Cauble
Brady Cates
J. W. Hedrck
J. Elwood Cox
Horace Hayworth
Samuel J. Haworth
Friends Church
Blanche Platt
Barnes Held Under 1000 Dollar Bond In Robbery Case
Hubbie Barnes one of two African American men arrested on charges of robbing stores in High Point Salisbury and Concord was bound over to superior court under a thousand dollar bond after a preliminary hearing before Judge Walter Royal. Barnes denied guilt and was represented by C A York. Frank Johnson confessed to the robberies and said Barnes aided him.
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Hubbie Barnes
High Point
Salisbury
Concord
Walter Royal
Barnes
C. A. York
Frank Johnson
Opening Quiet On New York Cotton
The cotton market opened quietly today with first prices 2 to 4 points higher as local buying and rain prospects over Texas push eastward toward the central belt. Futures opened steady with May 17.72 July 17.23 October 16.88 December 16.78 January 16.66.
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New York
Texas
Former Emperor Charles of Hungary Ill in Madeira exile
Central News dispatch from Farnchal reports exiled former Emperor Charles of Hungary on Madeira is ill with fever. Temperature 104 degrees and a consultation of physicians has been called.
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London
Charles of Hungary
Madeira
Farnchal
Small Boy Breaks Leg Playing on Seesaw
De Courcy Pollock six year old son of Mr and Mrs D M Pollock broke his leg this morning while playing on a seesaw at his parents home on North Main street. He was rushed to Burrus McCain hospital and was reported this afternoon to be doing nicely.
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de Courcy Pollock
D. M. Pollock
North Main Street
Burrus-Mc- Cain
Judge Says Women Do Most Fighting In Court
New York March 25 Magistrate Deyla in Jamaica police court noted that in his experience about 90 percent of disorderly conduct cases involve women. He suspended sentence and called the term weaker sex a misnomer, suggesting women should be sent to the front line in another war.
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New York
Deyla
Jamaica
Catherine Sanders
Annie Schultz
Town Calaboose Ridiculed As Jail By Local Lawyer
In Jamestown, North Carolina, a municipal court debate over the village lockup sparked ridicule as Attorney L. B. Williams cited a historic Supreme Court decision to argue that a town jail is not a true jail. Shumaker faced conspiracy to defraud charges and a suspended sentence, with fines for jail breaking.
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Calaboose
Jamestown
James River
L. B. Williams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
M. D. Shumaker
Williams
T. W. Albertson
Walter Royal
Shumaker
Judge Royal
Kate Teague
Budge Royal
T. J. Gold
Shelby to Start Hospital Project After Land Purchase
Shelby's board of trustees approves a $14,500 purchase of Dr H D Wilson's 18 acre home site adjacent to town for a new $100,000 hospital funded by No 6 township bonds. Neighbors add a $500 contribution. The three quarters mile property lies within town limits and bonds are on sale as construction begins this year.
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Shelby
H. D. Wilson
Record Hoisting Coal Sets New Mine Day Peak
Zeigler near Herrin Illinois broke the world daily coal hoisting record by raising over 7 000 tons into 162 railroad cars in a single shift at a Zeigler mine yesterday Orient previously held the mark Orient is noted as the former record holder in this miners achievement record.
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Herrin
Ill
Zeigler
Here
Orient
Musicians Designate Cleveland as Convent City of 1923
In Nashville on March 25 the National Music Supervisors named Cleveland Ohio as the convent on city of 1923. Karl Gehrkins of Oberlin Ohio was elected president.
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Cleveland
Nashville
Tenn
Ohio
National Music Supervisors
Karl Gehrkins
Oberlin
Subway thief arraigned over stolen Ten Commandments card
Pasquale Girdano was arraigned in New York on March 25 on a charge of pickpocketing a woman on the subway and stealing a card printed with the Ten Commandments, the word Thou shalt not steal underscored.
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New York
Pasquale Girdano
Union Miners Seek Aid From Nonunion Men
Warren S. Stone offers help to United Mine Workers of America as John J. Lewis meets with Stone in Cleveland. The strike plan aims to mobilize 2006,000 nonunion miners and suspend wage contracts until central field agreements are reached.
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Cleveland
United
United Mine Workers of America Jin
Frank Farrington
Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mr. Lewis
Mr. Stone
Turks Distrust Armistice Proposal Amid Suspicion
Constantinople reports that the March 25 armistice proposal by the allied foreign ministers met with indifference. Turkish papers across factions recall Mudros and warn that Greeks may not honor terms and could renew fighting after the suspension period.
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Constantinople
Asia Minor
Mudros
Greeks Warm to Asia Minor Armistice Prospects
In Athens on March 2 the Greek press endorses a proposed armistice in Asia Minor. Responsible voices expect the Greek government to accept the proposals without reservations, signaling broad local belief in imminent peace.
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Athens
Asia Minor
Nephew Killed by Uncle in Cherokee County Gunfight
In Asheville on March 24 Quince Rose of Cherokee county killed by his uncle Will Rose in a gun battle. Quince reportedly fired first with a rifle, Will shot six times with a revolver and left Quince dead. Will Rose hospitalized in serious condition. Justice of the peace ruled Quince acted in self defense with no motive found.
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Asheville
Quince Rose
Cherokee County
Will Rose
Quince
Rose
Justice of the Peace
Forsyth Benefits From Tax Ruling On Revaluation
Winston Salem March 24 The North Carolina supreme court ruling requires the Southern Railway to pay Forsyth County the full taxes based on revaluation figures for its county property. The decision prevents a loss of over eight thousand dollars previously argued by the railroad. The Norfolk and Western and Southern Belt had already paid taxes on the revaluation basis.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Supreme Court
Southern Railway
Forsyth County
Southern
Forsyth
Norfolk and Western and
South Bound
Unsettled Weather Outlook for Early Week
Weather forecast for Washington on March 25 predicts unsettled conditions in the South Atlantic states to begin the week with warm showers, then generally fair and cooler days, before another unsettled period toward week’s end.
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Washington
South Atlantic States
Shriners Called To Meet At Sheraton Tonight
Local Nobles convene at 8 o clock this evening in the Sheraton hotel for important business. The meeting aims to plan the spring ceremonial in High Point and invites visiting Shriners to attend under temporary officers.
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Shriners
Sheraton
High Point
Jamestown Klansmen Deliver Letter to Local Pastor
Six white robed Klansmen entered Jamestown church at night and delivered a letter to Rev. Jim Green. The envelope contained 50 dollars, 15 to Green, 15 to Rev. Jones and 20 to the church treasurer. The message pledged the group’s support for the church’s moral work and vowed safety for wives on public streets.
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Ku Klux Klan
Jamestown
Jim Green
Green
Mr. Jones
Mr. Green
Itis
National
Jamestown K. K. K
Jury Deliberating as $3000 Injury Case Against Southern Railway
The Guilford Superior Court jury, hearing H. W. Mullens of Washington and R. L. Teague of High Point versus Southern Railway, had not reached a verdict by 2 p.m. The case arose from a Greensboro auto train collision about two years ago, with each man seeking $3,000 for injuries.
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H. W. Mullens
Washington
R. L. Teague
High Point
Southern Railway Company
Guilford Superior Court
O. L. Sapp
John N. Wilson
Col
John A. Barringer
Senators prepare inspection trip to Muscle Shoals Alabama
Washington March 25 members of the senate agriculture and house military committees were preparing to depart tonight on two special cars for a personal inspection of government power projects and nitrate works at Muscle Shoals and Gorgas Alabama.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture and
House Military Committees
Muscle Shoals
Gorgas
Alabama
Race Track Plant Damaged by Fire
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the club house a cottage 14 box stalls and the water tank at Getelman’s Driving Park near Pimlico race track in Baltimore causing about 75000 in losses.
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Baltimore
Pimlico Race Track
Albertson Seeks Joint Canvass Debate For District Solicitor
Attorney T W Albertson of High Point, one of Guilford county four aspirants for the Democratic nomination for solicitor of the Twelfth Judicial district, plans a joint canvass with five candidates. He envisions about six speaking dates in Davidson, eight in Guilford, and five in Stokes, with fifteen minute talks and five minute rejoinders. J F Spruill, sole candidate outside Guilford, doubts district Democrats want such a campaign and questions its appeal before the June 3 primary.
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Lexington Dispatch
T. W. Albertson
High Point
Guilford County
Twelfth Judicial District
Lexington
J. F. Spruill
Albertson
Davidson County
Guilford
Stokes
Spruill
Irish leaders to confer in London on Irish situation
Arthur Griffith president of the Daileireann and Eamon Duggan home affairs minister will arrive in London Monday under colonial office notice. If Ulster accepts, conference on the Irish situation is expected to meet Tuesday.
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London
Colonial Office
Arthur Griffith
Daileirrean
Emon J. Duggan
Home Affairs
Hhitiah
Tusday
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