18 Jan 1919
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1919
Page
1
Marshal Foch voiced that the Rhine should be a major barrier between Germany and France and that peace must match the price paid for victory. He praised American troops, noted Pershing’s request to concentrate forces for a single sector, and called the Argonne-Meuse front a difficult target.
In Sacramento on January 17 43 Lt W W were jailed 1 to 10 years after conviction for conspiring to terrorize and sabotage California. A motion for a new trial will be heard when Judge Rudkin returns from Spokane. The piece notes a broader labor rally in Chicago planning a general strike to pressure for relief and a $1 million fund to educate and mobilize labor driving toward altered national policies.
Warsaw report says Ignace Jan Paderewski will lead a new Polish government with General Pilsudski as foreign minister. The cabinet will include nonpartisan experts, subject to German Poland approval, and will serve until elections within two weeks. The note mentions a Washington committee and labor leaders aiding the effort.
The session of the Supreme Council completed its final details and adjourned to prepare the inauguration of the larger governing body.
Paris reports the opening ceremony for the peace congress with Raymond Poincare entering with premiers to take the presiding officer’s chair. Prime Minister Clemenceau to lead the inaugural session as delegates from global powers assemble for formal introductions and procedural setup.
Food administration rules did not cut packer profits or help consumers. FTC expert Stuart Chase testified to Senate hearings that big packer profits doubled or tripled during the war, with 1912 profits of 18.7 million rising to 95.9 million in 1917, noting opaque bookkeeping.
Washington testimony by J J Dickinson, tied to Vierick and Fatherland articles, claims no leak preceded Wilson’s address to Congress. He describes forecasting actions as dope and notes Navy factions opposed to discrimination yet favorable to Teutonic interests. Continued on page Fight.
The report lists hourly temperatures around Amarillo with several numeric readings and notes fair skies. It indicates a warm trend with a 5:01 PM sunset on Saturday and a 6:54 PM sunset on Sunday, noting fair weather conditions.
Paris January 17 All is in readiness for the peace congress opening tomorrow afternoon. At a meeting attended by President Wilson and leaders of the great powers the delegations to sit in the congress were completed. Belgium and Serbia add three delegates and two representatives to the king of Tedgas. His forces in Holy Land aided the British in overcoming the Turks. The press admission to the proceedings was decided.
David Jayne Hill, former ambassador to Germany, urged that a union of nations should include only those who fought for international law and be limited to rational law. He spoke at the New York Bar Association, arguing the United States should not join a broader league that compromises constitutional authority.
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