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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1922
Page
1
The battle for Peking intensified with Gen. Wu Pei Fu forcing Chang Tso Lin's troops from Chang Sein Tein twelve miles northwest of the city. Heavy gunfire raged east of Chang Sein Tein from late last night as forces moved toward the southern walls.
In municipal court Nick Murphy and George Artoy were fined $10 plus half the costs after a five minute fight outside a Main street fruit stand and Royal cafe where Nick cooks and George works. The exchange featured language barriers and crowd explanations as witnesses described the brawl.
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The Southern Furniture Exposition in High Point begins today with hundreds of buyers from New York to Savannah and about 160 exhibits in the Mammoth Furniture Building. Officials expect large attendance through Saturday, with many eastern jobbers and dealers seeking major purchases as space fills and hotels expand to accommodate visitors.
Fayetteville reports that Camp Bragg near the city has been made a permanent military establishment by a War Department order issued April 8. In the future the camp will be known as Fort Bragg.
A May Day demonstration in Mayence ends with a U S Army captain wounded after his automobile missteered into a marching column on the Rhine Strasse. The incident triggered a scene as the crowd surged toward the vehicle and the captain was pulled from danger.
Kansas City May 1 five negroes were killed and several others injured in an early morning explosion at a rooming house. The cause of the blast was not yet determined and the siding was wrecked.
An army advances across a foreland while onlookers gather, signaling possible escalation as troops push forward and observers note the tense scene.
New York May 1 The cotton market opened steady with small gains then declined after the opening as bullish statistics and firm cables influenced near months. Reports of rains in central Texas sent prices higher with July at 17.83 and October at 17.96, about 10 to 12 points net higher.
Roger D. Eastlake chief petty officer testifies he left home at 5 30 am after breakfast with his wife and heard distress cries. He describes returning to find his wife murdered and Miss Sarah Knox present, with a bystander blocking access to a private room.
Police raided two gambling games yesterday. Eleven men were found guilty in municipal court and fined 310 to 15 each. one case continued to May 15. Seven men caught in the boiler room of Columbia Furniture were fined 15 each, with Burr's case also continued to May 15.
Relatives and friends of Richard Croker discuss whether the former Tammany Hall chief left a will after his death at his Tyreland estate. Estimates place the estate between 2 and 5 million dollars, with a large portion in waterfront property in Palm Beach valued around 2.6 million.
A secret method for cheaper fertilizer production was revealed for potential commercial use at the government nitrate plant in Muscle Shoals Alabama. W B Mayo Ford chief engineer told the Senate agriculture committee during hearings on the Ford plan to acquire the Muscle Shoals properties.
Edmund Abbot West, reputed founder of the Republican party, died in Chicago at age nine and a birthday pneumonia complication was cited as the cause.
T F Wrenn president of Home Banking Co says cashier Bent Hedgecock is short in his accounts. Wrenn estimates the shortage at more than 10 000 with rumors suggesting higher totals. Chief examiner and aides review books after Hedgecock was relieved of duties. a 10 000 guaranty bond by Hedgecock’s father covers potential losses.
Chesterfield Maryland April 29 Roy Rush a farmer near this town reports his gander has settled on eight goose eggs and began incubating them after originally setting fourteen eggs under a goose.
Deputy Sheriff J E Wagner found a still in a manhole of a city sewer behind Blair's dairy. It marks the second such discovery by city and county officers in recent weeks as bootleggers hide stills in concealed urban outlets.
A Peking dispatch reports an assassination attempt on General Wu Pei Fu, leader of central Chinese forces. He was said to be slightly wounded and his assailants captured and executed. reports not confirmed by evening news.
City Manager R L Pickett announced that the list of delinquent taxpayers will be advertised in The Enterprise tomorrow. Those who pay before then will not see their names on the list. The advertisement was postponed one day from today.
Senator Harris of Georgia introduced a bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act letting state banks with 15000 dollars capital join the system instead of the current 25000 dollar requirement. The measure would require annual retention of at least 20 percent of net income until paid up capital reaches 25000 dollars, with backing from Eugene Meyer Jr. and the War Finance Corporation.
The Russian delegation leader Tehitcherin writes to France's Barthou denying secret military or political aims in the Rapallo treaty with Germany. He states Russia remains hostile to France and calls France's stance toward Palais private property concerns in the draft analyzed by experts. He plans to review the draft again later today.
Paris May reports the full text of a Soviet foreign ministry letter denying annexes to the Russo German Rapallo military pact. French officials see it as Moscow seeking French confidence for funds amid ongoing diplomatic pressure.
Percy Roper of Winston-Salem was tried in municipal court on an automobile DUI charge and sentenced to sixty days on the chain gang. Driving a Hudson with two men and three drunk girls, he allegedly reached seventy mph. A red light rope and two ten inch trees blocked a fresh cement stretch near the county line on Thomasville road, causing damage to cement and car. Police arrested him shortly after witnesses noted the license plate.
Official Ku Klux Klan officers in Atlanta say they have no knowledge of any plans by Klan members to kidnap Matthew Bullock, the Black man wanted by North Carolina authorities for murder. Bullock reportedly fled, with no disclosed location, while leader William Simmons is absent.
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