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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1919
Page
2
A compact wrap of major happenings from across nations. Key developments in politics economy and society shape regional and global narratives as observers track policy shifts and diplomatic moves influencing markets and security.
War and political dispatches from Europe dominate the page with Italy, Germany and Bolshevik moves, plus South region progress in schools, health, and industry. Notes on Belgium Luxembourg France and U S trade, rail safety campaigns, and Roosevelt memorial plans appear alongside local incidents and legislative updates.
The Herald presents a record of important events at the Capitol and across North Carolina. Readers learn about notable political actions, legislative developments, and statewide happenings shaping the state's public life.
Georgia buyers shop for North Carolina cotton at lower prices, resell after processing, with North Carolina growers seeing higher returns. The piece notes a controversial cotton scheme, a Greenville reunion, an asphalt plant for road work, and state actions including health program planning near Asheville, plus higher streetcar fares and a wartime materials distribution effort.
North Carolina Historical Commission assists Confederate veterans now in South Carolina to claim pensions under SC law. The SC act allows any veteran to qualify with proof from official records or affidavits from two fellow soldiers. North Carolina figures in campaigning for a NC branch of a Confederate heritage group. Local leaders plan memorials at Gettysburg and fundraisers seek to mark NC soldiers’ positions. Race harmony efforts contrast with ongoing calls for unity and guidance to black residents. Raleigh invited to hold 1920 reunion by Greenville division. Eleven cotton counties plan cooperative warehouses for storage and marketing of produce.
Raleigh Masonic bodies ratified mass meeting action and empowered committees to pursue the purchase of the Waitt property at McDowell and Hale streets for a future Raleigh Masonic Temple. The group already holds an option on the site and discussed temple feasibility under presiding chairman Sam Inedate. The meeting also touched on related civic events and local notable items across North Carolina.
Washington reports from Southern congressmen to the Department of Justice allege money and representatives behind a movement to incite Negroes to riot. They urge action against New York and Chicago publications for cartoons and editorials inciting race hatred. Officials fear Moody race tensions may spread to states with large Black populations.
A conference with Governor Bickett State Superintendent Brooks and leading education figures approved a cooperative basis to ease race tensions. They plan an appeal to both white and colored citizens. In Raleigh the North Carolina Wholesale Grocers Association will meet October 8 for a 1919 convention addressing high living costs and wholesale prices.
After a two year gap the North Carolina State Literary and Historical Association will hold a Raleigh session on November 2 featuring a varied program. Officials of Southern Bell Telephone argue to extend postwar rates and long distance charges, citing higher costs and lower revenue. Virginia warns NC about auto censorship by threatening to curb NC cars on Virginian roads, with state officials defending their enforcement and promising vigilance.
General Leonard Wood reports improved conditions in East Chicago under martial law as he struggles to persuade 1,000 regular troops to keep patients in bed near Gary, Indiana.
Federal and state troops faced a tense scene in Gary Indiana as a large parade of strikers formed ahead of a park gathering despite orders against parades. About 200 uniformed soldiers joined the crowd while 1 000 overseas replicas of the Fourth Division stood by. General Wood took command, and troops were redeployed to Indiana Harbor and East Chicago as Goodrich withdrew state units. Washington also reported President Wilson showing signs of recovery and improved morale as he regained strength and stamina after a serious illness.
The article recalls Queen Elizabeth's fascination with the Falls of Niagara and a ceremonial greeting to Ti'ian leaders. It notes the vivid memory of previous misdeeds and a personal remark echoed to courtiers, highlighting royal reverence and enigmatic dialogue.
A French report notes Turkey's cabinet resignation has produced a grave, urgent problem for Chek te Khr and the Perce conference. It cites the fall of Mustapha Kemal’s forces at Koaleh and claims nationalist troops numbered about 200,090.
Five men including Police Captain WP Woolf were slightly wounded in riots after the San Francisco Oakland terminal railways attempted to resume street car traffic at the start of the twelfth day of the strike.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota charges that opponents backing Senator Johnson's proposed amendment mislead the public to stir prejudices against Britain's six votes in the League of Nations. He asserts the advocates distort voting power to attack U S interests.
Paris interview after the Austrian treaty signing reports Teatre Jan Paderewski saying he has forgotten how to play the piano. The Journal notes questions about Poland's political situation and asks if his art is given up. he replies I have forgotten it.
Wireless dispatch from the Cossack anti bolshevik commander says Denikin’s troops are within thirty miles of Oral on the road to Moscow. Bolsheviks surrender in great numbers as Orel, about 200 miles south of Moscow, remains a key railroad and commercial center with a population near 70,000.
In Downing Street a crowd heard news that the railway strike would be settled. The National Union of Railwaymen agrees to suspend action and negotiations resume. The settlement extends the current wage scale for a year, links a minimum wage to 61 shillings, and notes living costs at about 110 percent above prewar levels.
Nine industrial engineers issue a public letter to the labor conference in New York arguing the unrest stems from a system that allows wealth without adequate service. The statement frames wealth acquisition as unfair and calls for remedial economic policy.
Washington reports the national government will retain standardization and guidons from World War era troops while symbols are entrusted to states or donors for date keeping. Thomas estate of Dallas Texas, a wealthy layman, dies prompt a $1,000,000 bequest to the campaign.
General Leonard Wood will soon relinquish military control of Omaha amid a riot aftermath in which a Black man was fatally harmed by a mob that attempted to hang Mayor Smith and burned the courthouse. The incident marks a severe breakdown of order as authorities brace for the transition.
Boston delegates at the Republican state convention urged prompt ratification of the peace treaty without amendments but with clear and effective reservations. The platform backed Senator Lodge’s push for swift action and praised Speaker Gillett for his House duties.
The supreme court was asked to expedite the appeal on the war revenue act of 1919 excise tax on child labor products. Joint motion from both sides urged quick consideration to secure an early section, with Solicitor General King joining the effort though the government is not a party.
Governor Goodrich ordered 11 companies of state militia to Eust Chicago and Gary after rioting linked to the steel workers strike. Sheriff Barnes and Mayor Hodges urged action, reporting agitators inciting the workers as unrest spread in Lake County Gary.
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