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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
3
Reports describe a severe grasshopper plague across MidNorthern Michigan with widespread crop damage. Officials consider arsenic poison treatments and state aid to combat the infestation as counties estimate costs and farmers seek relief.
New York World interview quotes President Wilson about nine months illness, a weight gain of over 20 pounds, and a full recovery. He says the League of Nations is the dominant campaign issue and expects Democrats at San Francisco to pursue a referendum on the League. He denies aiding any candidate for the nomination.
Attorney General Palmer orders a government crackdown on profiteering in bituminous coal and fall clothing. All federal district attorneys will focus on charges and ten week indictments where warranted to nip price hikes in the bud and curb speculative buying.
From San Francisco reports say Mexican bandits raided Manzanillo twice and the U S consul with 100 American refugees is guarded by landing parties from the destroyer Thornton. Passengers from Mexico described the threat and looting. Senator Mediganillc discussed the broader postwar claims with Allied powers.
Authorities report fugitive cap tain Bergdoll may be hiding in northern Michigan resort areas including Emmet and Charlevoix counties. Colonel Bates of the justice department cannot confirm actions but notes Bergdoll, known for racing circuit visits to Grand Rapids Kalamazoo and Detroit, was traded to Jackson two weeks ago and escaped.
The 1930 census shows Detroit with 983,739 residents, the fourth largest US city, and the only city over 100,000 with population more than doubling in a century. If Highland Park and Hamtramck inside the city were included, Detroit would total about 1,078,953, though Detroit proper is over 1,000,000.
George W. Perkins former partner of J P Morgan Co and founder of the Progressive Party died last week at Stamford Hall Sanitorium. The illness, influenza and pneumonia, followed his World War service with the YMCA in France. Born January 31 1862 in Chicago he had only a common school education.
In Macomb County near Mt. Clemens a well dressed man about 50 was found dead near Lake St. Clair. Deputy Coroner William Sperlich recovered the body with pockets turned inside out. no identification matched. Two cards with different names were found, one for D. F. Mortimer of Dominion Insurance Toronto and another for E. Ross of the Toronto Board of Trade, suggesting robbery and foul play.
A conference involving A W Riley and Marcus Blakemore plus two sugar refineries debated pro rata sugar distribution to jam factories and lantern manufacturers. The meeting focused on refinery capacity and preserving manufacturers in New York and Louisville. Cancer deaths and cases in 1919 were estimated at 100000 and 606000 respectively by Dr Frederick Dugdale. The discussion touched on cancer origins as a constitutional disease.
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