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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1920
Page
2
Secretary Colby signed the proclamation making the suffrage amendment part of the Constitution. He received Tennessee’s final certificate from Governor Roberts and announced the action two hours after signing. He lauded women for their sustained efforts toward the achievement of the right.
Secretary Daniels announces Pittsburgh will move from Reval to Danzig to protect Americans at the port. In North Carolina road work pressures urge new funding as federal aid for 1920–21 nears exhaustion and Congress delays until December leaving plans uncertain. South Carolina Gov Cooper commissions five women as part of the ratification era, marking first effects of the 19th Amendment.
The Good Roads Association of the Argentine Republic has just been organized and plans an active propaganda campaign including moving pictures newspapers and public speaking to stimulate Buenos Aires.
Strasbourg report says Dr Marcel Knecht, ex member of the French high commission to the United States, denied on behalf of Marshal Foch that the French commander plans to visit the United States in April.
Premier Lloyd George comments on Lord Mayor Macsweeny of Cork in grave condition due to hunger strike at Brixton jail. Government insists no weak points exist while American Legion posts form in Japan and Belgium as the issue unfolds across London and other sites.
Charleston WV Gay Jon J Cornwell announced that he asked the commander of the Central Department United States Army to send a detachment of troops into Mingo County WV to be in charge of the situation there.
New York longshoremen quit virtually all British ships amid a mass walkout backed by Irish sympathizers. Women pickets and laborers across ports vow to stay off British vessels until demands are met, as other unions and figures including former Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson are noted in the turmoil. Local note mentions Wilson’s Iowa death during the wind campaign.
The Federal Land Banks reported July earnings totaling $257,203, about $18,000 higher than the prior record set in February. The report from Washington notes the record reflects improved net returns for the month.
Berlin dispatch reports the entente commission seized munitions and hydroairplanes worth nearly $2,000,000 at Pintsche works on the Spree river. The destruction was carried out by about 1,000 plant employees, most of whom are described as communists.
Governor Catte said he will ask the Florida Supreme Court for an opinion on the legality of a special session to align state law with the suffrage amendment. Tampa, Florida.
The report notes Soviet reserves being hurried to the front amid curbs on modern dance steps in New York and Warsaw. It mentions Polish general Haller and a Danish influence behind the bolshevist movement, with references to enamel walk and cat step being tabooed.
Four thousand South Carolinians signed on to refuse selling cotton at prevailing prices and to form an export corporation with one million bales capital. They pledged to retire 5 percent of the new crop and reduce 1920 acreage by 3.13 percent, with a contract drawn to seal the plan. The Columbia crowd overflowed the city’s halls as J Stowe Wannamaker, Nat B. Dial, A F Lever, and Governor Cooper spoke. Visitors from other states attended, signaling a record turnout for the American Cotton Association meeting in Montgomery.
Georgia officials report an additional 299 residents added to the state's population after a census enumeration district turned up. The revised total reflects updated counts from Washington and surrounding areas, underscoring ongoing adjustments in statewide demographics.
The body of William K Vanderbilt who died in Paris was brought back aboard the Olympic. He was accompanied by Mrs Vanderbilt, William K Vanderbilt Jr., and a duchess. The convention of the American Bar Association also discussed legal aid bureaus to provide free advice to the poor to curb radicalism.
In Murfreesboro community mass meeting, Tatlerford county citizens protest ratification of the woman suffrage amendment. They adopt resolutions claiming the suffrage issue split the Democratic party under current leaders. Also notes government plans air mail between Mexico City and Tampico with a small Mexican-made air fleet to cut travel time to about three hours.
Washington reports gasoline production for the first half of this year rose 14 percent over 1919, while consumption jumped 82 percent. Gasoline stocks at end of June stood at 89,842,000 gallons, 16 percent below June 30, 1919. Gas and fuel oils show increases in both production and stocks.
Washington Tennessee's population reached 2,287,489, rising by 162,670 over ten years. The growth rate of 7.0 percent marked the smallest ten year increase since 1870, while Oregon posted the highest rate at 16.4 percent and Rhode Island followed at 10.9.
Advices from the host that swept on Warsaw claim complete destruction of Bolshevik armies with 4,000 fugitives. Poles have taken 80,000 prisoners and captured large quantities of guns and materials amid the operations.
Chicago Senate inquiry into republican and democratic presidential campaign expenditures expands from national campaign chests to sums raised and sums spent. The committee's probe dominates the political campaign as leaders face scrutiny over funding.
Washington. Modification of priority orders for cars transporting coal to lake ports and certain limitations on exposition of coal were suggested to the Interstate Commerce Commission as means of relieving the coal situation. In North Carolina the present situation is serious, Judge M. H. Sykes of Durham told the commission, noting labor shortages to cut wood for fuel create near total dependence on coal.
John Fox of Southern Power Co told Charleston Kiwanis Club members that waterpower is the only dependable energy source. He warned oil would be exhausted in about 35 years, cited coal limits and a 20 percent waste in energy production, highlighting shifting energy prospects.
American lightweights failed to advance in the Antwerp Olympics as Sevenson of Sweden defeated George Metropoulos of Georgia and Antilia of Finland beat J. Shimgn of New York A. C. The Americans, however, qualified two men in other classes.
Raleigh North Carolina Governor Bickett makes his first official act under the nineteenth amendment by appointing Mrs Nolan Knight of Asheville as a notary public.
The Serbian government asks the United States to appoint representatives to an allied commission to investigate the conflict between Albania and Yugoslavia.
The report of the anthracite coal commission, appointed by President Wilton to settle the wage controversy in the coal fields, is now in the hands of the President for action. The findings and recommendations are awaiting presidential decision as labor relations remain unsettled.
Swiss project aims to develop 250000 horsepower at Saint Gothard with an estimated cost of about 10000000 dollars. The plant will enhance regional power supply and is slated for construction at the Saint Gothard site in Switzerland.
Paris reports General Weygand, who led Warsaw's defense, says Bolshevik reaction along the front east of Warsaw is not expected for now. He cautions the Poles not to advance too far eastward as Soviet forces retreat from the capital.
In Paris former King Constantine of Greece asserts he never abdicated and remains the legitimate sovereign in the view of a majority, claiming Venizelos cannot correctly guide Greece to its true place. The Excelsior correspondent relays the dethroned monarch’s remarks.
Paris reports former President Poincare urged French officials and army officers to learn German to administer occupied regions and restore French in Alsace Lorraine. He told the Association of Language Professors that German must be known by those in administration and in schools now using German.
Resolutions from Brussels declare Poland’s independence essential to European peace. The general council of the socialist party passed the measure unanimously, asserting maintaining Poland’s independence as a duty of international labor.
Ford Motor Company contemplates buying coal operations in Harlan County Kentucky near the Virginia border for about 2 million dollars, per reports from the region. The potential purchase would expand the firm's natural resources portfolio amid industrial activity in the area.
Alberta bred Percherons from Bar U ranch of George Lane won first, second and third prizes competing against European draft horses at the royal show in London. The two stallions and four other animals from Alla-Three Alberta took top honors amid strong continental competition.
The American embassy in Mexico City told the State Department that the Mexican foreign office confirmed Pedro Zamora, the bandit leader who kidnapped several Americans and a British subject at Cuale in Jalisco, had offered to surrender.
Western Siberian peasants have toppled soviets at Tomak Novonikolalevak Omak Barnaul and other towns in Harbin Manchuria. The spring uprisings grew into a general insurrection led by Kirkghiz tribes after Bolshevik troops withdrew to the Polish front.
Detroit police order led to the arrest of Rio Janeiro-Eugene Leroy, a crew member aboard the British freighter Dryden, in connection with a woman believed to be his wife’s murder. He was taken into custody as the Dryden docked, with maritime police guarding the vessel in port.
Decatur Alabama reports Representative F. B. Hall of Nashville says Tennessee's ratification of woman suffrage was not properly certified to the secretary of state. Hall contends Governor Colby certified only a copy of the house journal, failing to meet legal requirements.
Washington reports that John W. Davis the American ambassador to Great Britain has arrived in New York and would not return to the Court of St James though no official word confirmed his plans. Some sources suggest he may resign as the London post is noted as the most expensive.
Across Ireland the fighting spreads chaos with arson, shootings, and disappearances as Sinn Feiners and police clash, while in Poland a brutal war mood dominates. Trotsky reportedly leads a Russian counteroffensive amid stalled Russo Polish peace talks and renewed Brest-Litovsk fighting.
Washington Crang county Texas surpasses Cochrane county to become the last populous county in the United States with seven inhabitants, 30 fewer than Cochran Cost of producing refined sugar doubled 1914 to 1919 per US tariff commission. Labor cost 1076 per pound. Profits 40 cents per hundred pounds. Coal prices in Baltimore fall as federal agents gather evidence of dealer price boosts through repeated resale. Sacramento gunboat ordered to La Ceiba Honduras to protect American interests amid Central American unrest. Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Arkansas coal miners seek $1.50 daily raise to $7.60. wage propaganda cited as inflated. Freight cars loaded 942000 this week. railroad situation improving. British embassy to claim damages over US refusal to surrender eight former German liners. Emergency Fleet Corporation bids invited for plant equipment and shipbuilding gear at former National Fleet Dock yard.
A report to the Interstate Commerce Commission from the Bureau of Railway Economics discloses plans by 142 railroads to invest about one billion dollars in improvements. The findings note attempts to curb sugar price volatility amid bank credit tightness and ongoing antitrust actions. Potential market effects include an anticipated further sugar price decline due to released stocks.
A scattered digest notes the Denver Tramway Union appeal denial, car shortages hobbling lumber and car production, Belgium’s General Jargon and King Albert discuss resignation, and Huerta era emigration from Guadalajara to the United States. Also covered are Italian Socialist support for Soviets, Tennessee ratification actions, Debs on the League of Nations, a fatal Redwood City crash, railroad earnings up, and Wilson’s car shortage response. A rattlesnake bite triggers violent insanity in New York, a Missouri fraud probe seeks missing Liberty bonds, and New York’s fire home remains a menace while Justice Department agents in San Antonio report renewed anti‑banquet activity.
Houston preps to host the annual gathering of O. G. veterans with plans to turn the city into a hospitable hub for attendees. Organizers emphasize welcoming activities, community support, and local accommodations for the event.
In Houston a 1920 reunion of Confederate veterans will draw about 75 000 visitors the week of October 5. Veterans will tent and camp in a bugle call setup, while a great zone city rises in a wooded park. Many other visitors, including families of veterans and members of allied groups, will need beds and meals citywide.
Eight Tennessee House members departed Decatur Alabama for Nashville ending a sudden filibuster visit. The group’s exit follows their decision to return to the state capital, where their actions prompted continued political maneuvering.
New York. Forty two steamship companies and freight brokers including almost all major trans Atlantic lines were indicted by the federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy and restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman anti-trust Law.
For the first time a pope granted filming permission and appeared in scenes at the Loures Chapel grounds. Pope Benedict posed with groups and for close ups, amused by persistent American photographers.
Florida fruit growers alarmed by Cuban fruit entering the state from infected districts. They call a mass meeting set for September 6 in Orlando to urge the state plant board to enlist the federal horticultural board for protection measures.
Richmond Liberty bonds whose coupons have been clipped may be deposited in banks for transmission to the Richmond federal reserve bank where they will be exchanged for bonds with interest coupons attached for remainder of life of bond. When 4 percent bonds are sent in, new bonds paying 4 1/2 percent will be issued, increasing interest by one half cent.
Washington reports combined federal and state road building outlays may total 250 million in the current fiscal year. Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, notes the last federal allotment of 10 million was issued July 1. Three quarters of this apportionment came from the 1919 appropriation.
President Wilson approved the majority report of the anthracite coal commission raising wages for contract minors by 20 percent. He struck from the report a retroactive payment provision beyond the commission's jurisdiction amid objections from Thomas Kennedy, chair of the miners scale committee.
The text notes that trained teachers will be in short supply relative to demand, yet the current outlook is somewhat better than last year due to higher salary offers in most divisions. State Superintendent M D Hart cites a substantial increase in the teachers salaries fund approved by the last General Assembly.
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