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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1919
Page
1
Rev. Burke Culpepper delivered a sermon on The Exceeding Sinfulness of Sin at Wesley Memorial church, warning women against trusting men and condemning card players and dancers. He urged prayer, emphasized personal accountability, and previewed future sermons titled Killing Big Dogs and Chickens Will Come On the Roost.
Vienna reports public release of Austro Hungarian archives detailing a July 7 1914 privy council meeting. Berchtold urged immediate arms against Serbia claiming Germany would assist while Hungarian premier Tisza urged diplomatic steps first.
Organized Labor told the Senate Interstate Commerce Commission that the Cummins railroad reorganization bill would destroy the right to strike and undermine collective bargaining. Glenn E. Trembl, railroad brotherhood counsel, warned a two week stoppage would mean disaster and that strikes are essential to controlling living costs.
The senate labor committee ordered an investigation into the steel strike. Senator Kenyon led a resolution authorizing a report on possible remedial action and proposed calling leaders from both sides to Washington. The inquiry will start Thursday with Gary of the steel corporation and John Fitzpatrick of the steel workers union as first witnesses.
In Albemarle the preliminary hearing for Marvin L. Ritch and J. H. Graham on conspiracy charges continued as the state rested. Witnesses described a local union meeting planning a picket line and Ritch advised to put the women in front to deter non union workers. Judge Ingram warned on conflicting testimony as discussions hint at transfer to the higher court. The state's case is described as weak with jurists awaiting later ruling.
Rev Burke Culpepper plans a live dog exhibition at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church to illustrate his sermon on “Sinking Big Dogs.” Pastor W A Lambeth says the dog is chained and ready for tonight’s service for the illustrative display.
Connel l orville Pa September 23 The Pittsburgh New York night express along the Baltimore and Ohio left Confluence at 12 20 a m derailed near Confluence Pa The fireman on one engine was killed an engineer was badly scalded No passengers were injured
Oklahoma City reports indicate rioting in Drumright area with mobs taking over lines. Oilton police chief and deputies head toward Drumright after word of reckless shooting as telephone and telegraph wires are cut or seized by the mob.
Retail foodstuff costs have almost doubled in six years in major southern cities. Department of Labor statistics show increases from 81 to 91 percent with Savannah, Birmingham, and Atlanta highlighted for their varying overall costs.
King Ibert Queen Elizabeth and Crown Prince Leopold travel at sea aboard the George Washington after departing Ostend Belgium a U S destroyer carried them out to sea shortly before noon on September 23 news desk notes their transatlantic journey en route to the United States
Havana Cuba reporters say a tugboat chartered by Dr Antonio Valetti society spiritualists will depart in search of the supposedly sunk Valbanera near Key West. They cite a seance that the ship remains afloat near Cape Sal with the spirit of Dr Valet guiding the search.
Rioting and a deadly shooting tremor hit Titton and nearby cities as steel plants shut nationwide. Police report multiple gunshot victims while major mills pause operations amid escalating labor strife.
Reports from London say Italy requests Allied intervention to remove insurgents from Fiume as a domestic matter. Italy reportedly stipulates the force must not include Italian units, making American troops unlikely to participate.
London dispatch says the American state department is taking steps to check the activities of Anti-Saloon League agents in Europe. The Daily Mail notes the department is fully alive to the potential effects of expanded league activity abroad.
A Berlin dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph quoting Teschen advices reports that Americans have purchased extensive coal mines in Silesia. The move signals significant US investment in European energy resources during the period.
The Italian government appealed to the Allied powers to send an allied force exclusive of Italians to drive D Annunzio out of Fiume, a report from London dated September 23 1919 states.
J Stanford Huutcheson of White Stone Mineral Springs company in Spartanburg sends a long distance message offering to ship 506 gallon bottles of water free of charge for hospitals sick rooms and children if the water situation remains acute. He was told the crisis had improved and there is no current need for the offer.
Miss Winnie Vail lost a five dollar bill and placed a want ad in The Interprise. Miss Bessie Hepler of 111 Newton Street found and returned the bill today.
Paris dispatch reports the supreme council weighing a plan to make Fiume Italian but neutral with internationalized docks and railways. The proposal, submitted to President Wilson on September 17, aims to safeguard Togo Slavs and central European interests while limiting Italian troop presence.
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