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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1922
Page
1
After a week of skirmishing the wage talks focus on a 20 percent raise and a one dollar per shift increase for day work. A third demand seeks the check off system in all collieries. Settlement hinges on operators accepting these terms and a fixed wage scale for anthracite.
In Chicago 5009 vacant flats exist today and by June 1 they will double, says M B Walsh secretary of the Tenants League. He blames high rents from 875 to 250 dollars monthly and forecasts many families moving to tent colonies in forest reserves as summer approaches and more apartments are vacated.
Senator Watson of Indiana and Senator Curtis of Kansas said the tariff bill would be reported to the Senate this week after a White House conference with President Harding. They noted the tariff was the main topic of discussion and that the measure would be transferred to the Senate floor, with no mention of the bonus bill or Treasury appointments.
Woodbury New Jersey police and over 100 officers search for seven year old Ida Krame who disappeared from her home in front of her father's butcher shop between eight and nine PM. Isadore Krame suspects kidnapping for revenge as authorities investigate the case.
Four men died and property damage around 190000 resulted from a boiler explosion aboard the ferry Omar D Conger in Port Huron Michigan. The blast shook the downtown area and the boiler was hurled about 3850 feet into a nearby dwelling.
Salisbury witnesses Bishop Collins Denny of Richmond visit the First Methodist church. He preached in both the morning and evening services, fulfilling weeks of anticipation for the congregation on Sunday.
The War Finance Corporation announced approval of 121 advances for agricultural and livestock purposes totaling 3,324,000 dollars. The loans include 113,000 dollars for Georgia and 464,000 dollars for South Carolina.
Swedish students studying in the United States praise American universities for liberal scholarships and extended study opportunities. They credit American debating culture for fluent expression and note high standards at Upsala Lund and Stockholm, along with exchange programs funded by the Sweden American foundation and its New York based counterpart.
In Wilson the mayor used a Solomon test by placing a stolen dominicker rooster between two homes at sundown. The rooster chose Liler Thompson’s house, settling the dispute over ownership after a warrant charged Annie Graham with theft. The outcome highlights the adage chickens come home to roost.
In Cleveland on March 28 E C McKay says a large mural landscape painted opposite his Swetland building office created an eye pleasing scene but caused at least two birds to die. He described a vivid tree where birds attempted to land and broke their necks, swooping into the imagined tree and falling dead onto the roof outside his window.
New York dispatch details how a string of letters from late short story writer O Henry to Miss Mabel Wagnalls popularized Lithopolis Ohio. The town near Columbus is described as an isolated, unchanging community with 208 houses and 3650 inhabitants and a tombstone industry noted in the memoir.
New York March 28 Police Commissioner Enright lifted a temporary ban on women smoking in public after learning an anti smoking ordinance claimed by Alderman McGinnis was never passed or signed by Mayor Hylan Daniel W F McCoy a clerk in the city office was paraded in sackcloth for the error in copying records He was charged with clipping records but officials say the clerk's office was not responsible for the unsigned document Commission Enright noted the ordinance lacked the mayor's signature and clerk's stamp, making it invalid
Russell Wood an 18 year old was sentenced to sixty days on the county roads after a municipal court trial for larceny. The tailor M Skull testified Wood stole a suit while a negro presser testified he paid ten dollars that the thief kept. Wood denied guilt and was later found not guilty on a separate charge of getting money under false pretenses.
James N. Wright of Wright's Clothing store returned today from a business trip to Baltimore, resuming regular duties and planning new stock arrivals for the shop.
R. K. Stewart and Son of High Point won the contract to build a 7 story bank and office building for Commercial National Bank at South Main and Commerce. Within hours of signing, they began excavation and ordered steel for the foundation.
A blaze at Elk Tanning company in Clearfield Pennsylvania caused about 800000 dollars in damage early today. The fire left about two hundred workers temporarily out of work.
In Raleigh the Seaboard Air Line files a federal suit against North Carolina to challenge income tax methodology claiming the act of 1921 fails to produce true net income. The outcome could cost or save about two million dollars for the state treasury and carriers. If not decided before May 15, railroad groups threaten further suits.
Detroit March 28 Further reorganizing of Lincoln factory facilities to meet Ford efficiency aims is underway to ready the plant for higher output. The work is directed by Charles E. Sorensen, Ford manufacturing chief, and P. E. Martin, factory superintendent. Offices may move to the Lincoln building due to its central location between Highland Park and River Rouge plants.
Former Archduke Leopold, who left the Hapsburgs ten years ago after marrying a Viennese actress, appeals to Regensburg's pauper fund for relief. His divorced wife also seeks assistance. He lives in Vienna while his former spouse is in Berlin.
Norfolk, Va. March 28 Capt. Anderson and all crew of the tug Bess were saved after sinking off Sewell’s Point following a collision with an Old Dominion Transportation company steamer. They were picked up by small boats and placed aboard the barges the tug was towing to New England.
The tug Bess was rammed and sunk near Middle Ground channel in the night. efforts to locate the crew or identify the striking vessel have proved unavailing. The incident follows the sinking of the Panama Bark Maris Borges Sun day night, causing a marine sensation. Both ships were in the fairway but did not block the channel due to its width.
President Woodrow Wilson refuses to discuss current political views after an invitation from Edmunds of the American Legion. He asserts pride in the principles for which soldiers fought and predicts the principles will triumph soon, erasing past political failures.
St Paul jurors delayed in the Denton Ill case of John Tossine seeking 50000 from Illinois Central for a lost arm. Eight women and four men on the mixed jury were kept overnight in the same room, with screens and curtains added to separate sexes before deliberations resume.
The cotton market opened firmer with a 2 to 6 point advance aided by rains in the belt and firm English cables. Liverpool led early buying while the south sold moderately. July futures eased from 17.08 to 17.03 as spot houses offered for July. May at 17.70, October 16.75, December 18.65, January 16.60.
Federal Judge Knox ruled that August Probst former Rollling Rock club butler must be deported but remains held for further deportation proceedings He claimed a “railroaded” exit due to a love affair with society girl Miss Virginia McKay and challenged the action as illegal news from New York says the decision centers on habeas corpus action and ongoing deportation steps.
B M Jewell president of the railway shop workers argues for higher pay to prevent poverty and hunger among railroad families. He cites 1921 figures showing mechanics could meet only 64 percent of basic food needs and urges against a 10 percent wage cut as the board weighs minimum standards.
In Sacramento Velma Anderson aged two slipped into a three foot pond near her home. She surfaced and swam nearly halfway across before her mother waded in to rescue her. Witnesses say Velma kicked and paddled in a natural swim.
Denver March 28 district attorneys in Colorado coal counties were asked to begin criminal proceedings against all miners who quit work on April 1 without providing thirty days notice as required by state law. The state industrial commission said it had sent letters to enforce notices of intention to quit.
Moletta Brady daughter of Mr and Mrs O L Brady died this morning at 9 30 at their West Green Street home after a two week illness with pneumonia. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 30 from the home with Rev C V Brooks of West End Baptist Church officiating. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Berlin march 28 chancellor Worth told the Reichstag the allied reparations commission demand for a sixty billion mark extra tax levy is absolutely impossible.
Several fires erupted across Belfast early today and a bomb was hurled into a crowd gathered to watch a factory burn. Three people were wounded in the blast.
New York March 28. Evidence in the Tex Rickard rape trial was all in at noon. Supreme Court Judge Wasservogel told the jury he hoped to give them the case late today after both sides summed up.
The Carhartt Bill No. 1 mill in Rock Hill South Carolina resumed operations after more than a month closed due to slack sales. Management says demand has increased recently and warrants reopening the mill.
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