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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1919
Page
1
Governor Bickett oversees ratified terms ending recent labor unrest in High Point. Manufacturers and workers approve a contract to resume idle plants Wednesday, urging harmony and condemning outside agitators blamed for the dispute. Troops were sent to Albemarle to quell rioting.
The Senate begins debate on the peace treaty and its league covenant with Chairman Lodge set to call up the pact at 2 PM. Senator McCumber filed a minority report attacking the majority measures as selfish and immoral while urging removal of proposed reservations. Debate expected to run open through ratification.
The senate postal committee opened its investigation into Burleson and the civil service clash over Morehead City postmaster. R. P. Wade, a Democrat, reportedly received 79 percent rate with Willis, a Republican, at 80. Burleson allegedly ordered reclassification to favor Wade, bypassing civil service. Former Commissioner Galloway testified he resigned over depanching the civil service and cited Wyoming as a rare parallel.
R. C. Hoffman is held under $1,000 bond on the charge of abducting Mrs. Verda Bell. Preliminary hearing in municipal court found probable cause. Mrs. Bell testified of prior illicit relations and voluntary actions with Hoffman. Hoffman admitted relations and claimed she went willingly. Judge Kirkman indicated the woman’s account was not credible and the hotel registration charge was quashed due to a technicality.
A textile strike in Albemarle sparks a deadly clash with non union workers. Sheriff Blalock is wounded in the leg and striker Samuel Porter is also shot. Three militia companies from Lexington Statesville and Carthage are ordered to Albemarle as authorities rush troops to restore order.
A spectacular oil fire at the Stone and Fleming company plant in Long Island City has burned since Saturday, injuring more than five people and causing millions in damage. A naphtha tank exploded today, six tanks remain burning, and 300 firefighters have suffered blisters from hot oil soaking their boots. Deputy Fire Chief Maher calls it the largest blaze of his 33 years and expects it to continue for at least two days.
In Starksville Mississippi on September 15 candidate 3 K Wallace was shot several times by Mrs L Smith as he walked to milk cows and died last night. Smith is held on murder charges. In a separate dispatch from Copenhagen on September 15 ten people were killed and several wounded in Silesia when troops opened fire on food riot raids.
Police report a near jailbreak as a prisoner named John Turner cut two bars with a hacksaw and nearly exited the jail. Turner’s alleged accomplice Alfred Harmon, already held on a separate charge, was arrested after the discovery and linked to the tool theft. Union strife in Macon Georgia led to rioting and gunfire injuring two Black women.
A wireless message from a ship captain reports Port Aransas on Muskang Island demolished by the hurricane that swept inland between Corpus Christi and Brownsville. Custom office and records are lost, with the town population about 690. The center of the storm is believed to have passed near Port Aransas.
Reports from Aransas Pass say the steamer Median was lifted onto the docks by the high tide during yesterday's tropical storm, as Galveston relays the incident today.
In Fayetteville on September 15 a man known as Baby Blue, said to be an escaped convict, gave police a tip about a dice game then entered William Johnson's home during a raid and was shot and killed by Johnson after opening fire.
Paris reports that the supreme council of the peace conference will likely defer final examination of the Bulgarian peace treaty due to recent events. Premier Lloyd George and Italian Foreign Minister Tittoni attend the session as Iris and Grace Council return to Washington after visiting Paris.
Three New Haven afternoon papers prepared to publish under unusual conditions as a writers strike took effect after last nights Morning Journal Courier walkout. Managing editors and editorial writers filled in as city editors while substitutes covered street and desk duties.
Oscar Mitchell is being tried today in municipal court on a manslaughter charge from an accident on Centennial Avenue that killed Grant Johnson. Both sides presented many witnesses and the trial was ongoing at press hour.
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