Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-09-18

anu ameuOraLlOn Oh living COHulLious
was a direct one, and that the world
was looking to America to take the
lead in restoring the world to sound
economic basis.
Cardinal Mercier Of Belgium arrived
in New York City bringing the thanks
of Belgium to the American people for
their support and sympathy, during
the war.
Domestic
Key West presents an appearance
of grim disaster, as she is but slowly
emerging from the severest and most
prolonged storm in the history Of the
city. The damage was increased by
constant deluge of rain accompanying
the storm. Shipping suffered awful
ly, the entire water fronts being a
mass of interlocked fishing vessels,
yachts and small crafts.
Countless thousands of Americans,
flushed with the pride of victory paid
tribute in New York City in what was
probably that city's most impressive
military spectacle, to the nations
leader, Gen. John j. Pershing COM
mander-in-chief of the American ex-
peditionary force, and to the far
famed first division.
Nine survivors of crew of thirty
six men aboard the Ward line steamer
Corydon, which foundered off the Flor
ida coast during a hurricane, were
taken to Miami, Fla, by the fishing
schooner Island Home. They had
been adrift on an upturned lifeboat
without food and water for two days.
Congressional investigation Of war
expenditures now being conducted by
house committees cost about ten thou.
sand dollars a month.
Mob violence, chiefly in the form
of window smashing, occurred in the
scattered sections Of Boston within
few hours after the union members
of the police force went on strike
The worst disturbance was in the
South Boston district, but inspection
of the stores indicated that only 9
few articles had been stolen from the
show windows.
After the American Cotton Asso
citation at the closing session in New
Orleans had agreed unanimously upon
scale of temporary minimum prices
from SO cents for September to AZ
cents for May, an uproar over a res
olution for the Endorsement Of Presi
dent Wilson's tour Of the league Of
nations and for urging the senate tt
ratify Immediately the peace treaty
ensued in which the proposal to SCI
aside the two-thirds rule which woulc
allow vote was defeated 46 to Al
Delegates to the convention of the
National Association of Retail Cloth
iers in Chicago predicted reduction
in the price of clothing soon.
Sunday burials in the Mobile, Ala,
city cemetery were made unlawful
when the city adopted an ordinance
against them. The ordinance went in
to effect Immediately. The measure
was taken up by the commission fol
lowing petition by grave diggers, un
dertakers and ministers. A fine Of no
more than 500 is provided in tn
] new ordinance.
t Five strikers were killed and fifteel
, wounded in battle between 1000 fol-
: mer employees of the Standard Stee
, Car company and the police at Ham
: mond, Ind.
A militia machine gun company an
J force of deputy sheriffs guard tn
) Knox county, Tennessee, jail. This /
} precaution against possible attac
upon the Jail, in an effort to ireleas
4 some one or more of the fifty me-
( now in custody on charges growin
: out of the attack on the Jail and tn
I consequent rioting recently, when Ill
. successful efforts were made to secur
t Mays, negro charged with the mul
: der of white woman.
/ Clubs organized among negroes i
/ the South by the department of agr
i culture and the state colleges are r.
s sulting in cleaner premises, wells an
spring houses and better repaire
q houses and cabins a review Of tn
!. work issued by the department say
{ The negro club women have organize
. 117 cooperative poultry breeding al
Y sociations and fifty cooperative eg
8 circles are the means by which the
t obtain better price for their prot
ucis.
Y Two men and a boy were kille
d In turbulent riots growing out of tn
d police strike in Boston. There wer
4 numerous injuries Of a minor natur
v to members of mobs. police officer
and state guardsmen. The most 81
. rious disturbances we're in the vicil
It ity Of Scollay square and South Bo
r ton.
l. Admiral Rodman's flagship, the Ne
Q Mexico, on which three enlisted me
J. were killed and forty others injure
s in a fire has sailed from San Frai
3 cisco to Victoria. B. 9. The dan
8 age to the ship Pas placed at 81