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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1919
Page
1
In a High Point revival at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church Rev. Burke Culpepper argued dancing is wrong and social card playing fuels gambling. He cited Daniel 5 30 as he warned parental neglect and officials belittling their duties and urged church members to quit or resign from church positions.
Dispatches from Belgrade report Iugo Slavs hope Allied intervention to steer the Adriatic crisis. Paris says Versailles and St Germain treaties can take effect by royal decree without waiting for a new parliament as Nitti seeks dissolution amid Fiume tensions and internal revolutionary trends.
William Adamson urged Prime Minister Lloyd George to summon Parliament as transport unions weigh a general sympathy strike for railway workers. The Transport Federation debates $25,000 workers backing action while officials report improvements in train and food movement and replacements for busmen.
Omaha dispatch reports a riot aftermath with fifty arrested including Sol Francis age 12. A negro accused of assaulting a white girl was lynched, the mayor was dragged by a rope, and the county courthouse damaged by fire. Dr. Henry says Mayor Smith remains seriously injured but improving. Ten negroes were seized in Council Bluffs across the river with guns and ammunition.
Flora Spaugh pleaded guilty in municipal court to a gossip charge against Mrs Mattie Hardy of Thomasville. Judge Kirkman fined Spaugh 50 dollars and announced he would inform Thomasville orphanage managers of Hardy’s innocence as prominent women testified Hardy’s character was unreproachable.
General uncertainty over daylight saving and its repeal followed Congress action. Officials say clocks may not be turned back until October 26 at 1 a.m. The notice stems from the nationwide inquiry into the law’s effect.
WESTBORO Mass October 1 conductors on the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway are earning extra pay by catching escaped Lyman school boys who follow the streetcar tracks after leaving the grounds. The school pays five dollars for the return of each escaped pupil.
The White Star Steamship company is examining making New Bedford the home port for a new line connecting the United States with Cape Verde islands and the Madeiras.
Judge Elbert H. Gary told a senate committee there is no basic interest paying higher wages than steel. He rejected claims of abuse by subsidiary companies and denied knowledge of a woman killed in Breckenridge. Photographs and an ill framed report were shown during the hearing.
About 33,000 fans gathered in Cincinnati for game one of the World Series between the Reds and White Sox at Redland Field. Weather looked favorable, with unsettled forecasts but no rain expected to interrupt the contest as Ruther faced Cicotte and Wingo plus Schaulk behind the White Sox battery.
In Honolulu on October 1 the lava flow from Mauna Loa’s latest eruption destroyed two ranch houses and extensive koa forest on Hawaii. The advancing lava is expected to reach the ocean about 30 miles from the volcano today.
On October 1, about 250 New York printing plants employing 10 600 workers halted operations in a citywide lockout and strike. The action, ordered by the printers league, is backed by the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union and the American Federation of Labor in a power struggle with local unions. Union members affected include pressmen No 51 Franklin No 23 feeders No 1 and job press feeders No 1.
Ticket speculators in Chicago are securing a few tickets for the series games and asking 160 dollars for free box seats for Friday Saturday and Sunday. Face value is 16.50. Grandstand seats for the three games, valued at 9.90, are priced at 60 dollars by the speculators.
The Russian ambassador told the state department that General Razanoff, the Soviet commander in Siberia, apologized to Major General Graves for the Sept. 5 arrest of an American officer and a enlisted man by Cossacks at Irin. He also promised to seek punishment for the troops.
Helsingfors dispatch reports Finnish general’s troops break Bolshevik lines at Bulata. Whole divisions reportedly surrender as the frontline collapses in the region.
Salt Lake City reports the Utah House of Representatives in special session approved the national constitution amendment for woman suffrage. The Senate ratified the amendment yesterday.
A black man accused of assaulting a white woman was jailed in Merchantsville New Jersey ending a two day manhunt by a 540 strong armed posse. Authorities expect a swift trial and the mob dispersed after his capture. In West Virginia a raid on Lick Creek found moonshine whiskey made with tomatoes and washing powders, leaving drinkers incapacitated for weeks.
Announcement from Greenville states the Old Hickory Association will relocate its headquarters to Knoxville. Frank P. Bowen, yesterday elected secretary, will supervise the move and lead the organization in its new offices.
Washington reports King Albert and Queen Elizabeth will arrive October 24 after a tour of 19 cities ending on the Pacific coast. They will be guests of President and Mrs. Wilson during their stay in the capital.
Mexican ambassador Ignacio Bontilas has been instructed to tell the U S State Department that Mexican troops will fire on American aviators flying into Mexico. The warning was reported by El Nacional in Mexico City.
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