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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1919
Page
4
High Point Enterprise details its afternoon edition and staff. It notes P. Rawley business manager ASA Biggs Boalter L. CC. Furgurson and The Associated Press exclusivity for dispatches and local news. It mentions second class matter status under the 1872 act.
A column notes mixed world events and local issues from tobacco smoke to divorce law, praising Governor Bickett for mediating a high Point labor dispute. It highlights weathered ships rotting on the west coast, road courtesy from 50 vehicles, and political party press bureaus in Washington.
The piece defends Secretary Lansing’s right to express opinion on the peace treaty and the league covenant. It notes a settlement under Governor Bickett’s open shop policy with arbitration for disputes and a resumption of plants next Wednesday.
Lester Littlehelth lies gravely ill in his Pandemonium apartments as Dr. Carver Cuttem faces a hospital strike and a missing surgical team. The doctor splits the patient, contemplates reassembly, and seeks Nimble Sam to fix the work after a last minute call from a union.
Mexico celebrates independence day anniversary while Washington observes Pershing visit holiday. Viscount Grey sails to assume duties as British ambassador in New York. A Pennsylvania primary selects candidates for fall elections. Dominion Association of Chartered Accountants opens in Winnipeg through Friday. Herbert Hoover dinner in New York hosted by the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. National Shoe Workers Union of America votes on national officers. Canadian Masons converge in St John for the 38th assembly. James Watt centenary celebrated in Birmingham over three days. American Odd Fellows gather in Baltimore for the 100th anniversary events and sovereign grand lodge meeting.
Allied authorities believe Wilhelm Hohenzollern will not be tried by an international court. Holland is expected to refuse delivery arguing he is a political refugee. Public sentiment condemns him, yet few advocate physical punishment. calls for recalling the cries of Belgian and French civilians haunt readers.
Fragmentary line notes a perceived terrible crime against the state, underscoring a dramatic claim without concrete details or identified parties.
A list of events and birthdays: George Barnlett Prescott born 1880 who introduced the quadruplex telegraph. William J. Sanford born 1844, Alabama figure. 1870 submarine cable Jamaica-Cuba. 1891 St Clair tunnel opened. 1907 Japanese battleship explosion. 1814 German action near Vilna. 1916 Carpathian Volhynian fighting. 1917 Kerensky proclaims Russia a republic.
In Albemarle a strike over non-union workers leads to unrest and a heavy police response. Governor Bickett dispatches troops to restore order, insisting that workers cannot decide who shall be employed. The piece argues the action may bring arbitration with mill owners and cautions about heated passions.
Notes list openings for several associations including North Vancouver BC municipalities and the Pacific Coast Gas group in Los Angeles California. A Bedouin marriage custom described ends after a brief ceremony with a sheep sacrifice at the father in law's threshold.
Today marks several centenaries and anniversaries as figures such as Rt. Hon. Andrew Bonar Law born in New Brunswick 61 years ago, Selden P. Sencer Missouri senator born Erie 57 years ago, Hamlin Garland West Salem Wisconsin born 59 years ago, Alfred Noyes English poet born 39 years ago, and Allen T. Treadway First Massachusetts district representative born Stockbridge 52 years ago.
Sir James W Howard is announced as the British ambassador to Spain. He previously served as acting ambassador in Washington after the death of Sir Mortimer Durand. Sir Esme Howard entered the diplomatic service in 1885 and held posts in Rome Berlin and Crete, later acting as private secretary to Lord Kimberley. In 1892 he married the daughter of the Earl of Mayburgh, descendant of King Edward I.
One year ago today British forces opened a major push against Bulgarian positions in Macedonia. American artillery began bombardment of the Metz fortress. French and British troops advanced several miles on the Flanders front.
A superstition among Italian peasants holds that strings of teeth worn by young children aid teething. The belief is noted as part of traditional folk practices without endorsing its effectiveness.
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