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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1919
Page
1
President Wilson spoke in the Italian parliament denying any balance of power. He urged a thoroughly united league of nations and a new world psychology based on friendship and disinterested motives. He praised Italy for sacrifices and connected U.S. and Italian aims in the postwar order.
Polish forces report control of Posen and have executed several German officers while disarming others. Berlin communication has been cut, per a Central News dispatch.
Washington reports Director General McAdoo told the Senate that railroads under federal control show reforms worth extending through 1924. He cited wage increases, economies, and improved service, noting a potential rate reduction in 1919 if traffic holds. He warned a short tenure cannot test peace-period operations.
Three unidentified men robbed the First Bank and Trust Company at Park Rock, Nashville, taking 4350 dollars and escaping on foot in an automobile less escape.
Zurich reports via Lokal Ancelger of Berlin that peasant revolts persist across Russia. The dispatch notes ongoing unrest with no sign of easing.
An American delegate to the Paris peace talks reports to President Wilson the full detail of a prior conference with Premier Clemenceau. Colonel House also discussed with A. J. Balfour and the British delegation the peace agenda and the balance of views among England, the United States, and other Entente powers. The American side sees no lasting rifts and expects divergences to be resolved.
London reports the Interallied Paris conference will include Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Balfour with Andrew Bonar Law and a list of senior officials such as Viscount Hardinge Sir Louis Mullet Sir Esme Howard Sir Ralph Paget Eyre Crowe and others as advisers. Lord RobertViewsul will accompany to France for the league of nations talks.
Brownsville Pa January 3 with 400 dwellings and businesses partly submerged and most of the business district under water the Monongahela river rose to 41 feet nine inches, the highest flood since 1907. Hundreds fled to second floors and were rescued by boats as the city faced its worst flood in years.
Wire Island New York dispatch reports 2500 servicemen from the stranded Northern Pacific army transport were saved by shore and naval vessels by the end of the second day of a remarkable Atlantic coast rescue operation.
In Perm, Ural mountains, General Galda leading Czecho Slovak and Siberian forces virtually annihilated the Bolshevik Third Army. Lenine escapes, several party members captured. Galda’s force seized 31,000 prisoners, 5,000 rail cars, 120 field guns, 1,000 machine guns, 40 autos, and thousands of horses. Soviet leaders captured at headquarters. Also, anti Bolshevik Semenoff advances near Verkhal Udinsk. Two hundred thousand Russians freed from German prisons to pass through Omak soon. Russians suffer exposure and hunger.
American doughboys in occupation camps along the Rhine greet 1919 with simple, restrained festivities. Despite strict limits, New Year's observances include a special dinner, entertainment by A C A and Knights of Columbus, and dawn bells and brass band music.
Archangel Jan 3 the One Hundred and Thirty ninth American regiment fighting with a Polish army advanced on the Onega river and took 12 villages amid sharp fighting Five hundred Wisconsin and Michigan men endured heavy snow to flank Bolsheviks and surprise them similar to colleagues 75 miles west
Detroit announces Ford Motor Company directors declared a 200 percent dividend at the annual meeting held December 91. The $4,000,000 disbursement will be paid 100 percent January 1 and 100 percent February 1 to seven shareholders.
Destroyers Tucker and Drayton and the converted yacht Isabel arrived in Boston from overseas. They have been on patrol duty and are the 61st American war vessels to reach this port from European waters since the end of hostilities.
A roundup reports Swedish volunteer troops in Hsbonia near Stouktohn, Wilson visiting the U.S. in August, and Franco‑American air activity in the Baltic. Hohenzollern is said to have failed an escape attempt. a bank robbery in War Rock, Tennessee yielded 14 050. German leaders von Scheer and Hindenburg rumored ousted. Italian troops mass at Innsbruck for Munich entry. Paris suggests no annexations but keeps Allace Lorraine talks open. Budapest under siege after New Year clashes. Chicago letters note Hoover named head of wartime relief.
Allied forces now control the Black Sea coast and British troops occupy Batourn connected by pipe line to the Caspian off center of Batyon area, according to an official announcement.
Market prices listed for flour hay potatoes and livestock. Flour ranges from 0 to 11.00 per 100 pounds in jute sacks. Timothy hay standard at 29 to 30 dollars. Potatoes bulk 1.86 per 10 pounds. Cattle prices show ranges from feeder calves 14.60 to 16.50, hogs from 17.10 to 19.79, sheep at 8.00 to 16.25 for lambs and yearlings 10 to 14.00, with various grades and weights across categories.
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