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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
4
Society page entries are incomplete with names and roles truncated. The text lists editors Otis and Brooks Thomas J Brooks and staff members Fred B. Otis Bert C. Wicker and Mrs. Harry Askew with a faded note about the Society Editor Ames W. Glover and the phrase Job Department square gone.
Pete Williams owner of the Williams Aufo Livery was sentenced to six months in jail and fined 160 dollars plus costs by Judge Albert B Anderson in Federal Court for transporting liquor from Cincinnati to Indianapolis. His son Avel Williams was also found guilty and fined 160 dollars and costs. The motion for a new trial was overruled. Indianapolis Star mentions George Lucas visiting his sister Mrs Stanley Lemon and returning to St. Louis.
Chicago reports armed guards at the Corn Products Refining plant in Argo as a strike of over 2000 workers erupted in violence. Two strikers died and more than a dozen were injured when shots and fighting broke out. guards opened fire, and militia was placed on standby amid threats of further action.
President Wilson signals willingness to testify to Senate committees on the peace treaty and league of nations. He defends the treaty as just and warns opponents that preserving it prevents further bloodshed. He speaks from Hoboken and New York amid enthusiastic reception, stressing America's role for world peace and unity.
Excerpts reveal pride in American troops serving abroad and shaping national purpose. The speaker emphasizes freedom, right, and duty guiding policy, urging unity and presence as a force for peace and aid.
Denver officials report repeated attempts to run street cars blocked by strikers aided by Frederick Lid a Denver Tramway employee as 300 jitney licenses are issued with expected growth to 7 000 by week end a new bus line planned on each street route. Major Bailey did not publicly respond to claims wages were cut in collusion with the company under the new ordinance.
The council of five, informed Bela Kun intends to sell a large block of securities, is considering a note to him disapproving the plan. If sent, the council may also note to all nations advising nationals not to buy the Hungarian securities.
Denver July 10 Judge Ben R B Lindsey won state supreme court permission to appeal to the United States Supreme Court from a state court ruling sustaining a $500 contempt fine. The fine followed his refusal to disclose information from a ward in a murder trial.
John Fox Jr., famed author of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine and The Heart of the Hills, died at his Big Stone Gap, Virginia home after a brief pneumonia illness. Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Fox was 56 and married to Elizabeth Pox, later divorced. His work captured mountain life in the South and earned him wide recognition.
Report from New York states Barry K. Thaw, though confined in an asylum, was reportedly visiting cabarets in Philadelphia. A public hearing in Blairsburg, Pennsylvania examined District Attorney Swann’s bid to extradite Thaw to this state. He faces a complaint by Frederick Gunnup of Kansas City over alleged mistreatment.
Capt. Rey N. Francis of the United States Army piloted the Martin bombing plane from Dayton to Hazelhurst Field Mineola Long Island. He is scheduled to fly non stop to the Pacific coast with a five hour transit, then preparations will begin immediately for the transcontinental flight.
The German national assembly in Weimar ratified the June 28, 1919 peace treaty and its military annexes. Finance Minister Erzberger outlined plans to raise about six billion marks annually through heavy taxes, including on property and inheritance, to fund indemnities and restore fiscal order. He warned of a near term budget system and warned that unemployment relief and reforms would be reduced as costs rise.
Florence Italy July 10 Corporal Edward Dartlett head of the American Red Cross mission in Italy contributed 50 000 lire about 10 000 dollars to the relief of victims of the earthquake welfare funds from the American relief effort in Italy and the United States.
Loans and discounts including rediscounts overdrafts unsecured U S bonds deposited to secure circulation par value 160000 100081 cents of value appear in the bank statement, reflecting securities backing and credit facilities.
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