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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
6
A collage of humorous observations from High Point, NC notes on women in trousers, tango fashions, weather jests, marriage quirks, public figures, and society’s foibles. Quick blasts on culture, etiquette, and headlines of the era feature quotes about Duke Ludwig, King George, and a carefree approach to supermarket and theater life.
Washington reports say Secretary Bryan urged a Nicaragua treaty before the senate foreign relations committee with President Wilson's approval. The plan would establish a US protectorate in Nicaragua, provoking debate on imperial policy and wider Central American aims among senators and officials.
Washington Republican senators pledge no unnecessary delay of the Underwood-Simmons tariff revision bill. They plan vigorous but targeted attacks on the bill and its schedules while avoiding general filibustering to move final action forward.
A severe electrical and wind storm struck Spanish Fort on Lake Pontchartrain injuring five. It blew 25 feet of theater transom onto the audience, extinguished lights, and caused pandemonium. A lightning bolt ignited a 20 000 gallon oil tank across the river in Amesville, owned by Texas Oil Co., with about 25000 dollars loss. Lightning also damaged Algiers electric light plant.
London reports a new Bulgarian cabinet forming a liberal coalition and moving toward peace talks. Bulgaria accepted Russian and Austrian urging to offer Romania a territorial concession and sent delegates toward Nish to negotiate armistice with Serbia and Greece, and possibly Romania.
Washington reports Secretary Bryan delivered the American reply to Ambassador Chinda on Japan’s notes regarding the California alien land law. The latest note’s contents were withheld from publication. Officials expect this may close negotiations for now, with diplomatists framing responses to limit further points of dispute. The talks began May 8 after Japan’s protest against the California act.
London reports Turkey and Roumania push into Bulgarian territory to gain leverage in the final settlement. Turkish forces occupy Luleburgas Bunar Hissar Visa and move toward Kirk Kilisseh. Greek troops hold Nevrokep. Arm of Law Found Man at Last. Louisville man Richard Allen, 58, jailed for a 26 year old deputy sheriff killing, to begin two year term.
Dr. Paul S. Reinsch of the University of Wisconsin has been selected as minister to China. A noted author on Oriental and Far Eastern politics, his works have been translated into Japanese Chinese Spanish and German. He was born in Milwaukee in 1869 and studied in Berlin Rome and Paris before starting at Wisconsin in 1899.
European diplomats in Mexico report identical notes to their governments asserting that U S policy toward Mexico fuels revolutionary conditions and urging Washington to recognize or assume responsibility for affairs here. Mr Bryan would not reveal specific policy but signaled a forthcoming pronouncement.
U S commissioner Gay T Sambda Jones told Georgia's general assembly that 1915 San Francisco Panama Pacific exposition will benefit the South and urged Georgia to provide an adequate display of its products and resources. He stressed Georgia should be well represented as a leading Southern state benefiting from the canal and national trade expansion.
New York suffragist Inez Milholland tied the knot in London with Eugene Boissevain a wealthy Dutchman based in Amsterdam. Milholland daughter of John Milholland a prominent New York lawyer, is a practicing attorney in the citys financial district and a longtime leader in womens suffrage work.
A lightning bolt struck John Gentry's rural Adairsville Georgia residence five miles from town killing his granddaughter Kate instantly. Gentry was knocked unconscious and burned from head to foot but he is expected to recover. The bolt descended the chimney tearing through the house and dining room where Kate was killed. a bedstead was torn apart.
In Seattle a clash between marines and sailors and Socialist and Industrial Workers of the World provoked arson and vandalism as social tensions flared. Secretary Daniels, dining aboard the West Virginia, condemned the red flag and praised law enforcement and Boston mayoral action. The disturbance drew a provost guard to quell the violence.
The southern heat wave pushed Atlanta to 97 degrees with a 76 degree low, setting a yearly high. Macon hit 104, Augusta's thermometers noted 107.5, Charlotte 101, Jacksonville 95, Savannah 93, Columbia 99 as Knoxville logged prostrations. Indiana and Missouri reported multiple deaths and prostrations.
Four thousand southern rebels from Nan King in Kiang-Su crossed the Yangtze to attack northern forces but were defeated by 2,000 loyal troops near Suchowfu in Kiang-Su. Sun Yat Sen has joined the revolt by moving to Nanking, where southern hopes are crushed by the setback.
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