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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1920
Page
3
A digest of seven days of important news from around the world highlights major political developments, economic shifts, and notable societal changes. It traces leadership changes, conflicts, milestones, and international responses shaping global affairs.
Various items sketch a restless postwar scene. Morgan predicts revolution after prohibition. Goode cites five and a quarter billion dollar federal needs. Dempsey and Carpentier plan a spring bout in Tiajuana. Anna Manson, alias Starlight, deportation case unfolds as detectives intervene. Draft dodger Grover Hergdoll arrested in Philadelphia. UMWA leaders prepare to testify before Wilson era arbitration panel. Palmer forecasts no immediate food price cuts. Ukrainians rally in Cleveland. three thousand volunteers await transport. Railcar shortages persist amid Tidewater coal decline. investigations into Roney and Holes murder widen. Austrian aid appeals reach Washington. Versailles treaty support grows within Democratic ranks. Plumb plan circulates in government circles. Two sailors from Poconoe imprisoned in Mazatlan. new deportations paused pending Buoy experimentation.
A government campaign to remove more than three thousand aliens tied to Communist and Communist Labor parties is described as a long battle by Justice Department officials. The report covers raids and a nationwide legal struggle shaping the political landscape ahead of the 1920s presidential cycle.
Reports from Mexico City say a major quake caused over 2 000 deaths and injuries across Vera Cruz. Teocolo garrison wiped out. towns flooded and several villages destroyed. Other distress noted in Sofia Belgrade protests and Bokhara Bolshevik advances near the Afghanistan frontier.
Herald’s review compiles a record of important state events at the Capitol and across North Carolina, presenting a concise survey for Herald readers. It catalogs notable political developments, public notices, and turning points shaping state affairs during a reporting period.
Judge Frank A. Daniels denounced mob law as cowardly while urging the grand jury to act firmly. He cited the Franklin ton lynching as a warning of infuriated crowds bending justice, and warned county officials who tolerate lax law enforcement harm the community. The address also touches on the Wilmington Charlotte Asheville highway project and state cotton ginning stats.
The State Democratic and Republican executive committees are invited to hold their 1920 conventions in Raleigh. The Chamber of Commerce, through its directors, authorized Secretary Beaman to extend the invitation at once. Raleigh is urged for its central location and proximity to many towns, advantages over other bidding cities.
Revenue collections in North Carolina for last month rose over 100 percent from December 1918, totaling 21 356 693.15 dollars versus 9 804 815.12 dollars. Income tax led receipts at 11 664 448.39 dollars with tobacco stamps contributing 9 203 769.71 dollars and other taxes including sales and documentary stamps itemized. A university hygiene course recommendation was urged by Dr A J Warren for mandatory student enrollment.
The Selma cotton mills at Selma have changed hands for about 500000. The Standard Textile Produce Company, an Ohio corporation, purchased the mills. Other notes include Governor Bickett issuing a proclamation about Law Enforcement Day on January 18, urging congregations to hear sermons on prohibition enforcement. In Congress, debate over medals for Sinv Daniels cooled as House Republicans oppose forming a joint sub committee. Washington reports also note Green’s promotion to head the Federal Bureau of Markets publicity role and NC prison farm land purchases and sales of surplus farm equipment. Col Walker Taylor resigns as North Carolina customs collector. James H. Cowan to succeed.
Raleigh Athletic Association plans to operate baseball in the city under Col. Albert Cox with a $10,000 paid in capital. The group will run a modern stadium and promote all forms of public athletics in Raleigh and surrounding areas. Craven and Lenoir county road funding eyeed with a $3 million plan and possible $2 million bond issue. State records show 100,112 passenger cars in NC with 9,000 trucks and hundreds of motor bikes. Aycock memorial committee forms to select sculptor and design, with $11,000 on hand and more needed. Armenian and Syrian relief campaign prep set for February with a Raleigh conference January 19.
A legal filing seeks to restrain Fages the Wow in relation to insurance policies. The document outlines court action and requests relief, naming involved parties and the jurisdiction. Further specifics are not provided in the fragment.
Local Woodmen lodges across several states move to pursue legal action against national Woodmen of the World heads after a rate increase in the order’s insurance. John A. McRae is retained to investigate grounds for suit. Also reports from Greensboro on the North Carolina Press Association meeting and other regional items.
Secretary Glass states the current tax level must continue. a decision on the proposed Liberty Lomn 15 plan is pending. The outcome will affect funding for local initiatives and municipal operations.
Washington reports indicate Congress may approve large spendings or curb totals. Secretary Glass says Treasury could balance via tax receipts and war-time revenues if expenditures stay down. Treasury notes a return to cash-funded issues, not new certificates, after 1917. Atlantic City hosts Interchurch World Movement budget approval for 1.33 billion over five years to support evangelization, education, salaries, and social reform, with 320 million slated for 1920.
Paris ratifications of the Versailles Treaty were exchanged, establishing peace among Germany, France, Great Britain and other Allies and associated powers, with the United States absent from the ratification and consequent peace.
Paso Texas report states Francisco Villa's forces at present do not exceed 260 men while Carranza officials claim. Rebels were reported in flight toward the state of Durango as of now.
Washington reports the standard return period for railroads after federal control is set at six months. Henry N. Robinson was elected president of the strike settlement commission by senate and house conferees after an informal session, representing the public on railroad legislation.
Washington reports that friends of William Jennings Bryan say he has gone to the country to lay the foundation for a real campaign against planks for the Democratic nomination for the presidency.
New York Secretary of War Baker declares support for radical changes in administration including seating of cabinet members in either the senate or the house. The remark signals a push for broader reform within the federal government.
Washington Victor Berger, Milwaukee socialist re elected from Wisconsin Fifth District, was denied his seat again by a vote of 228 to 6 after being refused membership in the House for aiding the enemy.
At an all day meeting of the general committee of the Interchurch World Movement general approval was given a campaign of advertising in connection with the worlds evangelization program. It was estimated that nearly 1 000 000 possibly more will be devoted to that purpose this year.
Secretary Glass outlined food relief loans totaling 410 million for Austria Poland and other European nations including Armenia to avert general unrest. He suggested funding could rise to 300 million after full assessment of Europe’s conditions and discussed steps to coordinate relief and political cohesion in western Europe amid the war.
Washington reports the senate approved an antisedition bill by voice vote setting penalties up to six thousand dollars and five years in prison for propaganda aimed at overthrowing the government by force or violence. The measure targets circulation of literature in support of such acts. The rest of the fragment discusses farming advice on feeding alfalfa hay and hog care.
Washington. Favorable action was ordered by the senate military committee on the war department bill authorizing an army of 275000 men for the current fiscal year. In order to provide fords in Europe and Siberia.
A Teocelo Vera Cruz telegram reports seven nearby towns south of Japala have been swallowed by a great lake formed by recent earth disturbances. The inundation covers former sites and endangers nearby settlements.
Washington tribute from Secretary Dan Jole at the Jackson Day banquet credits William Jennings Bryan with laying the foundation of the League of Nations covenant into the arbitration treaties negotiated during his tenure as secretary of state.
Belgrade advices say Bulgaria's peasant and worker movement grows as another railroad bridge is blown by strikers. King Boris and the royal family reportedly confined within a palace under heavy guard.
Undesirables deported from the United States will be landed here and trans shipped to Danzig under Danish police supervision. Each ship carries six hundred persons, with the United States government arranging with United Shipping Company to transport them from this city to Danzig.
Washington A letter from President Lowell of Harvard urges Democratic senators not to stand too firmly against a reservation to Article 10 of the League of Nations covenant. Lowell, once a strong advocate of ratification, says if Article 10 blocks ratification the administration might concede on a point.
Greensboro NC reports mid winter meeting of the North Caro lina Press Association heard that readjusting price scales to cover higher costs and adopting leak prevention methods offers the best hope for saving the newspaper business in North Carolina. The session wrestled with several problems during the day.
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