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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1919
Page
1
New York officials report 40,000 longshoremen on strike with 40 ships idle as 500 U S troops and strike breakers operate at army piers. Mayor Hylan invites strikers to a mass meeting at Tammany Hall amid management and labor tensions.
Elwood hotel owners T F Wrenn and George T Penny announced plans to remodel and expand by purchasing the Fields property adjoining the present site to erect 100 new rooms with modern conveniences. Penny said management has considered enlargement and expects another hotel may be built, pledging enthusiastic cooperation to the committee.
In Washington on October 21, Senator Frelinghuysen Republican New Jersey denounced current coal strike unionism as a new autocracy edging toward bolshevism, during a senate session.
Miss Maud Craig Carson daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Carson and niece of A W McAlister will go as a missionary to Japan or China within a year. She teaches at Winston Salem high school and graduated from the University of North Carolina with high honors. She is a great granddaughter of Governor Worth.
A Aulard, a leading revolution historian, warns future scholars will struggle to accurately recount the Supreme council deliberations that shaped the German peace terms. He notes Clemenceau’s statements suggesting no complete records exist, with notes taken by various people in several languages.
Bolsheviks defeat 19 regiments of General Namontoff outside Voronezh and retake Kronstadt. The fortress remains in Bolshevik hands as a red flag is seen at the battleship masthead. Kronstadt batteries active and seaplanes engaged. Petrograd reports Zinovieff withdraws. Yudenstche halts near Pulhovо awaiting reinforcements.
C W Spreckel of New York refiner told the senate agriculture committee federal control of the sugar crop worsens the situation. He denied a shortage, cited 1 million tons of the 1919 crop ready before January 1, and said government control raises prices though he would accept it only if it lowers costs.
Washington report states the new cotton crop report will be issued October 31 by the Agriculture Department. Secretary Harrison told southern state representatives the department must publish no later than November 1, a Sunday, but New Orleans Exchange holiday concerns prompted a delay. Instructions for filing the new cotton crop report were sent to crop reporters in the South.
Bolshevik forces at Droof on Lake Pipus, which posed a serious rear threat to General Yudenitch, have been dispersed.
Deputy J E Wagner plans immediate tax collection drives in High Point township aided by Monroe minister Dr Gurney. He will pursue names of individuals and corporations to recover small unpaid amounts, even via sale of personal property if necessary, while Dr Gurney preaches about personal salvation and faith during a church series.
Voters in Charlotte back city commissioners 2 to 1 over three recall ticket candidates tied to organized labor. Polls expect 6,000 to 7,000 ballots as recall energy follows August 25 riots at car barns and a strike aftermath. Outcome in multiple wards near outskirts seen as crucial.
New York drug store soda clerks of the first grade demand 40 dollars a week. The schedule drawn by United Drug clerks also calls for licensed pharmacists at 50 dollars weekly and junior pharmacists at 35 dollars.
About 5 000 clerical workers at Borden Condensed Milk walked out in New York and suburbs. They recently formed the bookkeepers stenographers and accountants union of 1 246 affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Strikers report wages as low as $13 weekly and seek a 40 percent raise and shorter hours.
The New York case hinges on whether the city can suppress a German opera at the Lexington theater until the peace treaty is ratified. Rioting erupted as former servicemen clashed with police and uniformed demonstrators, with mounted officers and patrols deploying night sticks to stop the crowd attempting to enter.
The North Carolina state fair and peace jubilee opened in Raleigh with crowds filling the grounds. Governor Thomas W. Bickett delivered the keynote address as the exposition began and the event runs through Friday.
Cotton futures opened firm in New York with Oct at 3480, Dec 39475, Jan 3438, March 3415, May 3385. Traders watched early activity as prices showed modest gains at the start of trading.
New York reports firmer cotton at the open as unfavorable weather maps and continued spot demand boost prices. First prices rise 10 to 27 points with active months about 40 to 45 points higher in early trading.
Friends report Mrs. Wm. C. Massey has been discharged from a Baltimore hospital after a period of illness. She returned home this morning greatly improved, accompanied by Capt. Massey who went to meet her in Baltimore on Saturday.
In New Orleans on October 21 contract prices climbed to a record high as October cotton reached 36 cents per pound amid early buying spurred by damaging rains in the western belt.
Rev. Dr. Appleton Bush of Pittsburgh advised Methodist Episcopal clergy in Clarksburg West Virginia to preach in plain Anglo-Saxon terms and meet the man on the street where he is. He urged avoiding church phrases like being born again or washed in the blood of Jesus.
Flushing. John W. Lempke, the youth found dead in a motor boat yesterday wearing women's clothes, strangled himself, the medical examiner announced today. The death occurred near Flushing on October 21, as investigators pursued a possible autopsy finding.
About 1000 workers gathered near Braddock steel plants in Pittsburg as rioting erupted. A state trooper was seriously injured and others were dispersed as police and troops moved in from Rankin to restore order.
Empire hotel in Salisbury was bought by T. R. Wrenn and George T. Penny with nine store buildings and rear property. Purchasers plan improvements and sale of the property later as a whole or in part, seen as a speculative move. Penny notes Salisbury issues $60,000 to $75,000 in building permits monthly.
Large crowds attend weekly revival at Welch Memorial Church in the new auditorium. Reverend W F Kennett of Greensboro assists and will preach tonight on The Final Persecution of the Saints, with services likely to continue through the week.
Five million dollars in stolen automobiles is the San Francisco record for the first five months of the year. Report says 700 cars were taken with 115 not recovered, representing $75,000. Professional thieves accounted for about 15 percent of the thefts, while many cars were stolen for joy rides or for tires and accessories.
General Albrecht, former commander of border defenses in the northeast, told demobilized officers to seek work in mines or on farms. He stated that everything in Germany awaits the celebrated great man who can help, and urged them not to wait for him.
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