World in Review A Week of War Zone and Home Front News
This compact digest covers Thomas Mott Osborne’s humane prison reform push across 59 state and five federal pens, a reprieve delay for Arthur Haensel, a Cedar Rapids boy's failed suicide after his father killed a chicken, copper market shifts with foreign buyers, record Jersey milk output, Taft’s Bolshevism remark, price controls on goods, Martens defying a subpoena, floodcleaned Alabama Georgia Mississippi, Cedar Rapids deaths, Goldman abandoning deportation fight, St Pauls workhouse critique, Carpentier Dempsey title bid, and Neptune Association seeking American Legion post status.
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Thomas Mott Osborne
Joliet
No Man’s Land
Ilinois
Chicago
Arthur Haensel
Pam
Inensel
State Supreme Court
Roland Davis
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Japan
Lulu Aphea
Ashburn
New York
American Jersey Cattle Club
America
William Howard Taft
Yale Civil Club
Federal Price Regulating Commission
Cline
Ludwig
K. Martens
Joint Legislative Committee
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Iowa Paper Company
W. W. Chatterton
George Bistline
Edgar Panel
Alexander Berkman
Imma Goldman
Supreme Court
Russia
Berkman
County Grand Jury
St. Paul
Georges Carpentier
Jack Dempsey
Neptune Association
American Legion
Multiple Cold Deaths and Global Headlines From 1919
A string of brief items reports James Oakley found frozen in a cabin near Pendleton Oregon and Audrey Jordan frozen near Basin Wyoming. Other dispatches note Bolshevik optimism in London, trial testimony in Munich linking Auer and Eisner, Motta elected Swiss president, Crown Prince Rupprecht offering surrender, and Captain Ross Smith arriving in Port Darwin after an 11 500 mile England to Australia flight within 30 days for a prize.
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James Oakley
Ukish
Pendleton
Ore
George Ness
Ness
Audrey C. Jordan
Basin
Wyo
Jordan
West Virginia
London
Moscow
Alias Lindner
Munich
Germany
Herr Auer
Interior
Kurt Eisner
Auer
Aver
Giuseppi Motta
Gustav Ader
Dr. Motta
Bavarian Red Cross
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Belgium
France
Switzerland
Ross Smith
Port Darwin
Australia
England
Captain Smith
Washington
Wartime Prohibition Upheld by Supreme Court
In Washington the Supreme Court unanimously sustained the constitutionality of the wartime prohibition act. The ruling, by Justice Brandeis, says demobilization may end the prohibitions by presidential proclamation, not before. The Kentucky Distilleries and Dry goods cases were decided with the act remaining in force pending demobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Company
Louisville
Dryfoos, Blin & Co
New York
Elihu Root
Congress
Kentucky
Internal Revenue
68000 Girls Missing in United States
The Travelers Aid society reports about 68 000 girls have disappeared from their homes in the past year. A special meeting will plan responses to the rise in runaways, with attendance by transatlantic line officials and Protestant Catholic and Jewish agency representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Travelers’ Aid Society
Coal Crisis Eases as Garfield Resigns and Commission Hints
Washington reports show easing restrictions on bituminous coal as a congressional probe targets key players in the settlement. President Wilson may appoint a new commission to replace Dr. Garfield with a three member panel including a miner, a coal operator, and a public representative to adjust wage scales and coal prices. The central competitive field operators plan a Cleveland meeting to review the strike settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tarry A. Garfield
Wilson
Senate
Palmer
Dr. Garfield
Miners’ Union
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Cleveland
Congress Seeks Holiday Recess Amid Labor Strife
Washington Dec 15 Congress begins a push to adjourn for a two week holiday recess amid doubt over the week’s program. The fate of the Cummins railroad bill and anti strike amendments will influence whether the recess is delayed. Senate plans night sessions to vote late in the week while House moves on the McNary sugar relief and Edge foreign financing bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Harry A. Garfield
Government urged to control sugar prices and distribution
Members of Congress told the house agricultural committee that full government control of sugar pricing and distribution is needed to shield family consumers from profiteers. Leo A. Zabriskie, president of the sugar equalization board, argued the board’s continuance requires power over prices and distribution, which the McNary bill lacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House Agricultural Committee
Leo. A. Zabriskie
Sugar Equalization Board
Germans Offer Reparations Plan After War Fleet Sinking
Paris dispatch reports Germany replies to the entente noting willingness to compensate for damages from the destroyer fleet actions. Berlin argues treaty modifications require expert proposals and would prevent full economic life disruption while pursuing peace. The note cites arbitration at The Hague as a preferred path to avoid delaying the pact.
Coal Restrictions Lifted as Miners Return to Work
Washington reports that 80 percent of striking bituminous coal miners have returned to work. The railroad administration overseeing fuel distribution issued orders through Director General Hines permitting bunker coal to be supplied to foreign owned vessels in American harbors if local supply suffices for coastwise and American owned ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irish Republic
Congress
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Hines
Railroad Administration
Department of Justice
France
Frelinghuysen
Republican
New Jersey
War Department
Harry Garfield
Wilson
Mine Workers’ Union
Steamboat Service
Washington
Americun
Trains Restored on Northern Pacific Route Through Billings
Billings reports that Northern Pacific trains annulled last week will resume next Thursday. Advices to J I Spurling show through trains No 1 from St Paul and the Chicago through train will depart Thursday night and reach St Paul Friday morning. Eastbound No 2 leaves Seattle Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Northern Pacific
J. I. Spurling
St. Paul
Optional Home Rule Plan Proposed for Ireland
London December 16 The home rule scheme to be outlined by Premier Lloyd George in the house of commons on Monday is described by the Daily Graphic as optional. The government will present it to the Irish people as the best proposal and suggest acceptance, but not force it if rejected.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Army transport Beaufort to carry Ellis Island Russians home
The Beaufort loading supplies in Brooklyn will serve as an ark to return Emma Goldman Alexander Berkman and about 70 other Russians from the Ellis Island colony. The ship is slated to sail soon with a first stop in a Norwegian port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Beaufort
Brooklyn
Ark
Russia
Ellis Island
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Villa kills Sportsman in Chihuahua pursuit
San Antonio dispatches report Gaston De Prida and a companion, two young sportsmen known in New York and New Orleans, allegedly left New York weeks ago to kill or capture Villa for a $50,000 Chihuahua prize. They were executed by Villa in Ciudad Juarez. entry point into Chihuahua not disclosed.
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San Antonio
Texas
Gaston de Prida
New York
New Orleans
Villa
Chihuahua State
C Cremony
Ciudad Juarez
de Prida
Chihuahua
State Supreme Court Rules No Pay for Rep Cutts
Helena reports the Montana Supreme Court denies William Cutts of Butte a salary as a legislator after his appointment by the governor. The ruling cites a constitutional gap and dismissal of mandamus petition. Also notes bar exam results and public health birth registration drive in the capital city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
James H. Higgins
Hamilton
John P. Sullivan
Butte
Sullivan
Montana
C. A. Spaulding
Supreme Court
Spaulding
A. Hansen
B. R. Bertogello
Howard V. Herenden
H. E. Morse
Board of Examiners For Law Students
George Y. Patten
Bozeman
L. L. Callaway
Great Falls
Dean Whitlock
Missoula
Judge Loud
Miles City
Cutte
William Cutts
Jerry J. Flanagan
John Hurley
House of Representatives
Cutts
House
Stewart
Swt
I. J. Hart
Hurley
District Court
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United States Supreme Court
St. Louis
Lou
Isville
Representative Gallivan
Massachusetts
Lewis
ERS
Ident Wilson
Fuel
Paris
Paul Durasta
Hague
Northern Pacific Lines
Ireland
State Board of Health
Marion L. Fox
Board
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Foote
Denver
L. R. Foote
Inter-Mountain Territory
W. H. Fluhr
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