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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1919
Page
1
Amid war headlines a mob attack overpowers guards and a Black prisoner is lynched. A separate item notes German food-cutback plans while a revival sermon at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church urges strict discipline and parental authority.
Washington reports a Senate resolution by Senator Hew requesting President Wilson transmit a full report on the Tran landing incident after Italian forces seized the port. Republicans harshly criticized the Senate and House while Democrats remained largely silent amid postwar treaty tensions.
Paris reports a Baltic blockade will begin today against Germany if General Von Der Goltz forces stay in the region. No food ships will be allowed to Germany until further orders, though vessels en route may reach their destination. Baltic tensions trigger Senate labor probe in Pittsburg and Chicago while steel workers see little change in the nationwide strike.
Paris reports the Clemen ceau government won a confidence test in the chamber of deputies by 262 to 188. The premier secured postponement of a deputy motion seeking a rider to the Versailles treaty for additional German disarmament.
New York noted a partial recovery in the cotton market with gains in early trading on Sept 30. Improved labor news and higher cable reports supported prices as December rose about 35 to 40 points despite some selling in the south and active positions.
Chicago report notes Adolph Gerner resigns as national secretary accepted by the American Socialist party executive committee. A resolution denounces the move to unseat Victor Berger from Wisconsin as an attack on representative government. November 16 is set as a campaign day to agitate for the release of Eugene V. Debs O Hare and other class war prisoners.
The War Department says the war and demobilization are not yet ended though a demobilization statement was made. Wartime prohibition cannot be lifted until the peace treaty is ratified. Demobilization details include returning regular officers to peacetime rank and discharging 1,000 emergency officers to reach 18,000 commissioned personnel.
Six cars and their drivers were seized by detectives in Richmond as the new Virginia rule requiring factory numbers on all automobiles took effect. Officers say the vehicles were en route to North Carolina and the move follows a dispute between state secretaries over the law.
London authorities say the railway service is improving with more trains running than scheduled as the strike continues. Downing Street notes a minor act of sabotage involving derailments but reports no loss of life and says steps have been taken to handle the situation.
American marines maintain order in Spalato Dalmatia with Rear Admiral Phillip Andrews stationed there. Reports say tensions are high as Americans intervene between Italians and Yugoslavs to prevent clashes.
Paris dispatch says American marines landed in Trau not by supreme council orders. Italians fearing clash asked the Italian admiral who then appealed to Rear Admiral Andrews. He intervened as part of policing the Adriatic and did so without Paris instructions.
A fire in Appalachian Virginia’s business district destroyed two dry goods stores owned by Sam Allen and J C Isaac a restaurant and a motion picture theater a barber shop and damaged the Windsor hotel and a restaurant with losses around 50000 dollars.
Major General William S Graves demands an apology from General Roseanoff after Cossacks arrest Captain L P Johns and Corporal Benjamin Sterling in Iman. The two Americans, on official business, lacked passports by allied agreement. Sterling was flogged and Johns escaped. An investigation into a Japanese officer's conduct is also underway.
President Wilson enjoyed a good night’s rest and showed further improvement at the White House. Dr Grayson released a bulletin noting the progress while the leader refrains from active participation in treaty actions in the Senate.
Paris dispatch reports the supreme council weighing continued strengthening of the blockade against Bolshevik Russia. Officials discussed potential differences that could arise if Germany renews relations with Russia when the treaty takes effect.
Berlin dispatch reports Sept 30 that Germany will recall General von Der Goltz due to failed efforts to evacuate his troops from the Baltic. The government has decided to recall him definitively.
In Richmond on September 30 a meeting of the Matthew Fontaine Maury Association will lay plans to raise funds for a memorial marker honoring Maury inventor of the Maury compass and other hydrographic instruments.
Washington reports Senator Simmons was told by Lt Commander A C Read that weather permitting he will fly from Norfolk to Charleston via Elizabeth City on October 23. He expects to depart Norfolk on October 23 and be over Elizabeth City in the early afternoon around 2 o clock.
Omaha reports additional federal forces arriving to quell Sunday rioting. Eleven officers and 250 men from Camp Funston and ten officers and 550 men from Camp Grant joined existing troops, with Major General Leonard Wood arriving to assume command. City remained quiet overnight.
Raleigh reports engineer C R Smith killed in a passenger train wreck near Petersburg Virginia. He will be buried in Asheville, home of his wife and son. Fireman H M Ferguson of Richmond also died in the crash with an unknown man.
The Thirtieth division association with 18 000 members at Greenville closed its reunion by adopting a resolution favoring ratification of the peace treaty with Germany.
In Montgomery on Sept 30 John Temple a Black man who shot Officer Barbare was killed in a hospital by a small mob. Temple and Bird Astor faced pursuit after the earlier arrest for disorderly conduct following a dance dispute. Authorities vow to pursue mob participants and punish all involved.
Mount Mauna Loa on Hilo Island began a new eruption last night lava streams pour from the Kona side destroying many homes. Residents flee toward the sea twenty miles away awaiting farther warnings.
Six northbound freight box cars derailed at the south end of the yard this morning at 3 o clock causing delays for north and southbound trains. Officials offered no statement on the wreck or its cause. The cars carried fertilizer and rock.
The Miami weather bureau reports a tropical disturbance forming between Miami and the Bahama islands, about 60 to 198 miles away.
President Wilson nominated Hrand Whitlock current minister to Belgium to serve as ambassador in that country. The nomination comes as the administration reshapes diplomatic posts and signals emphasis on Belgium relations during the period.
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