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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
2
President Wilson chides Congress for failure to act on cost of living and tax reform after telegraphing to 16 railroad unions. He warns prolonged session worsens economic burdens and delays needed relief from government owned merchant marine and other urgent issues.
Chicago dispatch reports that southern representation in future Republican conventions would be curtailed under plans urged by the Interstate Commerce Commission to relieve freight congestion. The commission issued an order designed to speed rail movement and curb congestion nationwide. In Boston, federal authorities issued warrants for 5000 draft dodgers who failed to answer questionnaires, a sign of enforcement under the conscription system.
Walter G. Stabler, comptroller, said a leading tire insurance company has $50 million available to aid small homeowners. The plan limits loans to 50 percent on homes costing up to $10,000, with 15 year terms, 6.5 percent interest, semiannual payments, and no penalty after three years. The company will withdraw from large real estate investments to focus on this program, prompting demonstrations at the convention.
The Excelsior reports that due to tubercular plague infection one third of Vera Cruz houses will be burned. Citizens of the city have approved the measure to curb the outbreak in Mexico City.
Greensburg Indiana Welsh Post of the American Legion offers a $500 reward for Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the wealthy Philadelphia draft evader who escaped from two army sergeants.
Washington The postal pay increase bill authorizing $33,000,000 in added salaries for post office employees next year and beyond was signed by President Wilson. The measure grants higher pay across the service and outlines future increments as part of the new law.
Washington criticizes the new naval appropriation bill as a failure to cut navy outlays. Secretary Daniels declares Congress did not reduce expenditures but merely postponed them.
Shanghai official General Mag Kim, head of the aeronautics department, announced a major government program to develop aviation in China. The plan covers aerial freight and passenger services as a central component of national advancement.
Washington announces curtailment of North Carolina dairy and livestock specialist lines due to reduced congressional appropriations. Dairy specialists and related federal activities in livestock production will be dispensed with after July 1. Also notes re opening Hamburg-American trade routes with American flag tonnage under Harriman interests.
In Tampa harbor 1100 quarts of cognac were found aboard the Cuban schooner Ysa bel concealed in the cabin and other spots. The vessel was captured off Sanibel Island about 1100 miles south of here by coast guard subchaser Vauzhan and towed to Tampa for customs. Two crew members were seized on gambling charges while the captain and remaining men escaped ashore.
Washington reports the fifty sixth Congress ending its second session, adjourning sine die. The final moments show restrained activity with occasional applause as members depart, marking a calm close to the session.
Chicago reports an extraordinary demand for convention seats as women show added political interest. Chairman Will H. Hays says he has received 150000 requests for 13289 seats, reflecting heightened public engagement in the event.
Secretary Daniels told the graduating class that the navy’s future strength depends on officers casting off tradition and embracing new and untried ventures as he presented diplomas to 289 Annapolis students.
Gov W P Hobby formed city and county authorities at Galveston to insure free and uninterrupted movement of freight through the docks during a strike by union dock workers. State action threatened if demands not met.
Havanna steamer St Charles outside Havanna harbor faced a stampede of 860 steers. Panic on board led many to plunge into the sea and be preyed upon by sharks near Morro Castle. Only a few swam ashore and wander suburbs. most are believed dead.
Dr Heim, leader of the Bavarian peasants party, announced plans to form a Green International uniting peasants’ parties from Germany Austria Hungary Belgium Holland Sweden and Norway with headquarters at The Hague. The new union aims to strengthen agrarian influence and counter religious and political forces, asserting agriculture as the foundation of their movement.
The Republican National Committee adopted a resolution directing elimination of local conventions for national delegate elections in states or areas that disfavour Negroes. Southern committeeman J H L Jackson of Georgia led protests against the measure as Hays was urged to mobilize state organizations to enforce the boycott.
Washington reports Francisco Villa, the Mexican rebel leader, attacked Parral and was repulsed by the garrison with some loss. Ignacio Enriques, former governor of Chihuahua and current military commander in the district, is actively pursuing the rebel chief. Railway service between Chihuahua and Jimenes has resumed.
Washington reports that a House resolution seeks to repeal most war laws with exceptions for the Lever act and trading with the enemy act. Democrats predict President Wilson would approve, arguing the repeal would curb profiteering while preserving essential controls. Some Republicans argue Lever act remains necessary as anti strike legislation.
The peace treaty with Hungary has been finally agreed to and signed, marking Hungary as the first of the framed treaties to be signed ahead of schedule by the peace conference.
Washington approves senate amendments to a bill granting pensions to Spanish and Philippine War veterans with disabilities not from service. Monthly pensions range from $12 to $30 for uninsured veterans.
Atlanta discussion on the selection of permanent headquarters for the American Cotton Association was referred to a special committee at the closing session of divisional presidents and members of the finance and executive committee.
Washington reports May 25 condition at 24 percent of normal, lowest in 60 years. No production forecast issued. Revised last-year area planted 35.1 million acres, area picked 38.56 million, yield 16.16 pounds per acre. State figures show widespread delays across the belt.
Doan Mr. and Mrs. Howard Taft announce the engagement of their daughter Helen to Frederick Johnson Manning, an instructor in history at Yale University, in New Haven.
Montgomery County police and neighboring authorities search for kidnappers who broke into George H. Courhain's home in Norristown and stole his thirteen month old son Blakely from the crib. The child is described as a well formed infant with light hair and blue eyes. Investigators are pursuing leads across the region and have requested the public to report any information to local authorities.
The body of Naval Lieutenant Richard W. Thompson, who died when his seaplane crashed into Jamaica Bay near Rockaway Point on April 19, was recovered floating about 200 yards from the scene.
Minneapolis man FP. E. Lagrave collapsed at the market after inquiring the price of a bushel of potatoes. News notes the high price and a fatal heart event following the inquiry.
Washington General Pershing announced in a letter to Secretary Baker his desire to return to civilian life. He stated his duties may not exceed a portion of his time after army reorganizing work and that he could relinquish military duty within the next few months. He added he would serve again if crisis demanded.
Governor W P Hobby orders martial law in Galveston Texas citing freight congestion caused by a strike of longshoremen. Proclamation directs authorities to maintain order and expedite shipments as labor tensions flare in the port city.
Washington Secretary Colby on behalf of the United States tendered a verbal apology to the British ambassador for the burning of a British flag by Irish women. The incident occurred in Washington and prompted the diplomatic gesture amid tensions with Britain.
Members of the railway men’s union decline to crew trains transporting French colored troops across Germany to Poland. The Taglisene Rundechau reports France presented a demand to the German government to stop or modify the arrangement.
Washington report notes a three man commission chosen to resolve the wage dispute between anthracite miners and their operators. The plan includes a provision to sell American ships to foreign interests if the commission cannot settle the wage issue promptly. The timing targets a 60 day award, retroactive to April 1 if feasible.
A schedule from the Canadian Export Paper Company shows an advance in export prices for news print. Prices jump from $9 a ton to $11O for the April–June 1920 period, then to $140 for the July–Sept and Oct–Dec quarters. An increase of one cent per pound will take effect July 1 at the Mill.
In a Raleigh News and Observer late hour update Morrison leads the gubernatorial race with 21,542 votes across fifty counties while Gardner trails at 20,602 and Page at 13,942. Across various counties Morrison and Gardner trade small leads as incomplete returns come in, with Overman surging in the senatorial race and a scattered pattern across Chowan Chatham Burk e Ashe and Buncombe counties.
A telegram received by Harvard College observatory from Professor William H. Pickering at Mandeville Jamaica reports the first snowfall of the autumn season on Mars. The message cites Istus as the location of the snowfall and notes autumn has begun on the planet.
Senator Smott announced in the Senate that The Congressional Record will be limited in circulation. Only enough copies will be printed to supply members of the Senate and House, due to the shortage of print paper.
President accepts the resignation of Washington Frank L. Polk from the position of under secretary of state. Polk will leave Washington June 15 to rest before resuming legal practice in New York. He previously headed the American delegation after Secretary Lansing’s return from the Paris peace conference.
Dutch papers said the former German empress was under medical care of Prof Hymane Vanden burg of Utrecht after moving from Amsterdam to Doorn. The report followed by a public arrest of two alleged suspects near the gateway to Count and Countess Hohenzollern’s new home.
London officials said reports of Bolshevik occupation of Teheran were untrue. An official Teheran telegram carried no mention of any Bolshevik advance from the Caspian coast. Prince Firows Mires, Persian foreign minister, now in London, provided further evidence that the reports were false.
Congress passed eleven bills and resolutions including waterpower and a joint resolution repealing wartime laws but President Wilson used a pocket veto to kill them. Fifty eight measures including merchant marine and alien exclusion were approved through the session events.
President Wilson telegrammed three Delaware legislators urging every Democrat in the assembly to vote for the suffrage amendment. He said he expressed deep interest in the measure and believed it would greatly aid the party.
Washington report states the house judiciary committee, by unanimous vote, ordered out a resolution repealing all wartime emergency legislation except the Laver food control act, the trading with the enemy act, and the District of Columbia rent profiteering measure. Chairman Volstead said he would push for House adoption before adjournment.
The Louisiana House at noon approved by 93 to 17 a proposed amendment to the state constitution granting women the right to vote. Many federal suffrage supporters backed the measure, seen as a sign of antifederal suffrage strength rather than a defeat of federal suffrage.
Paris reports the United States share in the first 20 billion marks gold of reparations bonds to be issued under the Versailles treaty will total about $500,100,000. The installment is described as the initial payment Germany must make to the United States.
Washington reports claims by allied powers and their nationals against the United States are settled at 93,716,088 dollars. Surplus war materials and overseas stocks are disposed of for 22,924,236 dollars, per the final war department report.
The American Federation of Labor presents its executive council annual report at the convention. It denounces Bolshevism and profiteering, criticizes the U.S. food control law invoked during the miners’ strike, and laments Congress’ failure to curb the cost of living.
Senate committee held that the shortage of newsprint is caused more by artificial obstruction than by natural law and urged government action. Manufacturers were accused of unjust illegal and discriminatory practices, prompting calls for Department of Justice action.
The Supreme Court held both the federal prohibition amendment and the enforcement act constitutional. It dismissed Rhode Island petitions seeking to bar federal enforcement in the state and dismissed actions by New York to prevent enforcement within its borders.
Countywide results show Morrison ahead of Gardner and Page in Guilford with 29 of 34 precincts reporting for governor. In U S Senate, Brooks leads Overman in Guilford while Gardner and Morrison trail. Across Cumberland and surrounding counties Morrison leads or trails variedly, with partial tallies in Davidson Durham Forsyth Gaston and New Hanover also noting Morrison and Gardner as top contenders. Potatoes move to northern markets as Beaufort reports slack demand and rising prices. Striking Carnleigh workers in Raleigh face eviction after a 10 day appeal window.
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