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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
2
The High Point Review sketches satirical blurbs on public figures and events. It puns on fame age law education and fashion with jokes about turtles bulldogs and wingless poultry. It riffs on exams incomes and moral trends in a playful old timey tone.
Secretary Garrison urged periodic assembly of brigades and divisions for war training in peace to build educated generals. He criticized the numerous scattered posts and weighed consolidating to a few large posts or housing a regiment per post, aiming for an army best for the country.
Northern rebels seize Venegas on the National railway in San Luis Potosi state and advance toward Matchuala. They disable over 2,500 miles of rail and disrupt the Southern Pacific south of Guaymas. Huerta pushes a defensive campaign despite government loan failure and new recruitment drives.
Watt Lawrence of Newburg was impaled by a sharp stake that fell from a bundle of 2x4 timber being lowered into the Sterling Coal company shaft at Independence West Virginia. The accident occurred 185 feet below the surface.
American aviator Robert G. Fowler completed a hydro-aeroplane crossing from Panama Beach at 9 45 a m. He circled Panama City and the canal entrance for over half an hour then proceeded toward Colon. Strong winds over Colubre challenged him but he performed various evolutions despite low clouds.
The Lake St. John levee north of Ferriday, Louisiana, breached, sending floodwaters into lower Tensas and Concordia parishes. Rivers rise, threatening Catahoula and Franklin, with water advancing toward the Mississippi River.
In Brussels the government accepted a liberal compromise after a massive 500000 worker strike. The move ends the plural voting system for wealthier and educated classes, amid a costly disruption to industry. Leaders of socialist unions secured a parliamentary reform pledge, despite earlier refusals by Prime Minister de Broqueville.
Greece mobilizes nearly all troops around Saloniki and lands forces at Orfani to watch Bulgarian moves. Epirus veterans reach the Saloniki to Orfani front. Bulgaria blocks traffic between Dedengatch and Saloniki and concentrates troops near Drama. About 90 000 Bulgarian troops face Greek positions with a Serbian support force gathering along the railway.
President Wilson directed Secretary of State Bryan to Sacramento to work with Governor Johnson and California legislators on a land ownership law for aliens that aligns with U S treaty obligations, especially Japan. Bryan expressed hope for cooperative effort and a wise solution.
Senator Owen of the senate Banking and Currency Committee briefed members on informal talks with President Wilson Secretary McAdoo and Chairman Glass on currency reform. The Owen Glass bill is expected to be the framework of the measure.
A swarm of bees caused a two block panic on Cherry Street in Macon Georgia for over an hour. Pedestrians dodged stings as the swarm spread across a block until a man tapped a water main scattering them under a car. A bystander then captured the swarm in a dry goods box for safekeeping.
A Cincinnati mine of the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke company in Finleyville, Pa., suffers a catastrophic blast. About 100 miners are dead or missing, with more than three dozen escaping through gas and debris. Rescue teams, hampered by afterdamp and fire, recover and identify bodies as damaged mine entries remain blocked.
Montenegrin victory at Scutari prompted cheers in Belgrade and Bulgaria while extending the naval blockade to Durazzo. Observers in St Petersburg question how coercion of Montenegro will proceed amid shifting alliances and expectations.
Eastern railroad fire men win pay increases estimated at 10 to 12 percent. The arbitration board allows other claims but denies adding a second fireman on large locomotives except when needed. Wages are standardized by locomotive weight on drivers.
Delegates from thirty two states gather for the second Southern Sociological Congress at Wesley Memorial church in Atlanta. Chancellor Kirkland of Vanderbilt and Gov. Joe Brown of Georgia speak as Mrs Anna Russell Cole praises the gathering. Mayor Woodward and other leaders urge practical, balanced progress.
Mrs Carrie Scott Appelbaum is acquitted of murdering Jerome A Appelbaum after the jury deliberated 36 minutes in Atlanta Georgia. She collapsed from strain after verdict and was taken to Baptist Tabernacle infirmary for rest. She testified she knew nothing since 2 AM when her husband threatened her with a pistol over jewels.
In Dahlonega Georgia convictions and twenty year sentences were imposed on four men accused of breaking into the Lumpkin County Bank on February 14 and triggering the safe explosion. The jury urged treating the burglary as a misdemeanor but Judge J B Jones refused the recommendation.
James Bryce, after six years as ambassador to the United States from England, bids farewell to Americans in Washington before the Pilgrim's Society. He recalls cordial relations with the three presidents during his service and thanks the country for its kindness.
Washington discussions at the seventh annual meeting of the American Society of International Law revealed divergent opinions on exempting coastwise vessels from Panama canal tolls. Richard Olney supported the U S position as owner of the canal, while others questioned the extent of this right.
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