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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
1
President Wilson received New Year’s messages from England, Belgium, Luxemburg, Sweden, Italy and several other European nations and many South American republics. He spent over two hours in a wheelchair on the White House portico and took a moderate meal in his room.
A disturbance at Old Raintuck Castle, during a 1920s Advent event, saw armed youths fire bullets into a crowd, injuring an official and causing chaos as the celebration broke up. Police cordoned the area and investigations began into the shooter group and motive.
A New Year’s Eve melee at Ye Old Raintuck Castle in Kentucky left John Flaherty wounded by a shot to the abdomen and several others injured. Sheriff Dietz and Deputy Howe hunted a woman in brown and a tall dark man after a gunfight in the hall.
The Commercial Tribune states prices for subscribers remain the same. Daily six days at 10 cents delivered. Sunday 5 cents per copy delivered.
Philadelphia marked its New Year celebration with the return of the Mummers parade along Broad Street after wartime hiatus. Prizes totaling $15 000 drew hundreds of thousands as veterans in France and at sea led the procession in regal fancy dress and comic clubs including clowns imps and jesters.
Statistics compiled by The Railway Age show 1919 saw only 686 miles of new lines and 689 miles abandoned. Since 1916 line abandonments outpaced new construction, producing an overall decrease of 933 miles in U S railway mileage over 1917 to 1919. Freight car orders fell to 21 694 in 1919 while 100 416 cars were built, leaving railcar builders with few orders. Locomotive orders totaled 214, mostly by industrial roads.
Washington January 1 observed New Year quietly with no public receptions. President Wilson, ill, spent two hours in a wheelchair on the south portico enjoying sunshine with his family. Diplomats and Cabinet members exchanged greetings and hosted luncheons.
Early morning saw a sharp thermometer drop, reaching 20 degrees above zero by noon. The cold wave flag rose at the Federal Building as forecaster W T Devereau warned of continuing cold with temperatures between 5 and 10 degrees above zero.
The first export shipment of 30,000 barrels of whiskey arrives in Philadelphia from Louisville. A Baltimore and Ohio sidetrack holds thirty cars carrying 3,000 barrels awaiting further movement.
In Los Angeles the bodies of George B. Sinclair 61 inventor and his wife Margret Sinclair 58 were found in the breakfast room. Police believe gas heater fumes from an adjoining room caused death. Sinclair recently moved from Boston where he was vice president of a cello manufacturing firm. The house was sealed and a food analysis was requested to rule out poison.
Under the wife of the skipper who died at sea, the schooner Jean L. Somerville reached Mobile, Alabama. The vessel was reported adrift after Captain W F Oram died in the gulf on December 17 and was towed to Pensacola Bar before arriving in port. The captain's body will be sent to Portland, Maine for burial.
Vanita Fitzhugh a New York actress died in Philadelphia after an automobile crash. Returning from a New Year celebration with two men the car skidded into a bridge railing catapulting her over the windshield and 60 feet to the ground. She was 24 and had just finished a six month engagement in London.
Chicago State's Attorney MacLay Hoyne led raids arresting 200 or more IWW members, Communists, and radicals with military and county police aid. He accused Attorney General Palmer of political interference and said raids target radical networks in Chicago and other cities.
As New Year's revels unfold authorities monitor reports of wood alcohol poisoning from outlawed liquor. New York San Francisco Chicago Newport cases add to a toll that exceeded 125 deaths across Christmas and New Year periods, with arrests and raids targeting sellers of poisoned whisky.
Dr Mendel B Jane of Harris Teachers College spoke at the AAAS meeting saying geography teaching will keep its core focus on people resources and customs despite new nation lines. He noted the shift from singing to descriptive to interpretive methods and recalled the Calais to Dover distance as a relic. He also spoke on rapid island formation in rivers discussed at a joint Ecological and Botanical Society session.
Washington Jan 1 President Wilson has signed the McNary sugar control bill extending the program through 1920. Secretary Tumulty states the president may not use the purchasing power yet the licensing power remains to curb profiteering while Cuban sugar enters the market and prices are near a peak with expectations of a peak soon past.
A racketeering and murder inquiry in Louisville follows Dr. Schott’s release on $8,000 bail after a Christmas Eve shooting at his office. Prosecutors continue grand jury prep as witnesses receive anonymous threats. Schott’s hearing is scheduled for January 9.
Ottawa reports a cabinet reshuffle as Prime Minister Borden resigns to take an extended leave. Major General Mewburn steps down as Minister of Military and Defense on January 15, Arthur Sifton replaces Burrell as Public Works secretary, with Sir George Foster acting as premier in Borden's absence.
Esthonia and Soviet Russia sign a preliminary armistice to last seven days with a map defining frontiers. The accord halts fighting and covers independence and military guarantees while terms are finalized, and allows automatic renewal unless terminated on twenty four hours notice.
The State Department announced a British and Irish city leaders’ address praising the American army and navy for victory and expressing regret at their departure. It notes appreciation from Secretaries Baker and Daniels and commends Allied cooperation and the gallant conduct of U S forces during their stay.
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