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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1919
Page
1
The Claude Citizens organize the Commercial Club to aid general development of the county. Claude residents form the body to foster local progress and community initiatives.
Amarillo leaders urge Armstrong County support for a new Panhandle Plains Chamber of Commerce aimed at regional upbuilding. W L Parten elected president with R M Franklin and E Carten as officers. Frank Jamison outlined projects to attract outside workers and coordinate county development. Judge Crudgington stressed statewide representation and fiscal fairness.
United States Senator Hiram Johnson of California denounced the League of Nations as a gigantic war trust at a mass meeting in New York. He urged repudiation of the league covenant. Senators Reed of Missouri and Pepper of Philadelphia joined in the condemnation. Johnson warned the league contains germs of wars and could tyranny over millions, citing the Shan Tung decision.
The German press denounces the treaty as a scrap of paper and vows renewed effort by the German people to reclaim rightful world standing. Poems and slogans condemn the agreement while promising vengeance for 1918 and renewed national vigor under the empire.
Report from Paris notes Chinese plenipotentiaries decline to sign the peace treaty over the Shan Tung dispute after repeated appeals to President Wilson. They insist on reservations and non‑signature to safeguard China’s rights, signaling continued protest and intent to seek reconsideration in the future.
President Wilson concludes he lacks authority to repeal the war prohibition law before demobilization completes. He notes he can act only after demobilization ends, and that without Congress his power remains restricted.
News from Washington and Versailles confirms the end of World War I with the signing of the peace terms. President Wilson and German signatories participated as nations celebrated the formal conclusion and lodging of the treaty in the hall of mirrors at Versailles.
In Jackson Mine June 8 a key trial phase looms as Arthur Townley president of the Nations Noparrtie'ns Leaague and Joseph Gilbert face testimony. Prosecution and defense say early next week will bring many witnesses, including government officials, congress members and veterans, to address loyalty concerns.
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, addresses Cargo Carriers dinner at Hog Island, criticizing the prohibition amendment and the Pennsylvania anti-sedition bill as eroding rights. He says the federation will protest what it calls suppression of liberties and notes the war era has not restored full freedoms.
Washington June 2. Legal officers and the Attorney General Palmer face decisions on whether signing terminated government control or supervision of many private activities under wartime law. The end of the war, finance and transport measures, and postwar reorganization raise questions about railroads telegraphs and other government functions and the remaining wartime controls.
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