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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1919
Page
1
National push for prohibition reaches a milestone as Nebraska and other legislatures approve the 18th Amendment. By January 16, 1920, 36 states have ratified or moved toward ratification, signaling an imminent nationwide ban on intoxicating liquors and prompting debates over enforcement, timing, and federal action.
President Wilson urged a 100 million dollar appropriation to buy food for starving liberated peoples in central Europe. The House approved the request 242 to 78, citing bolshevism’s westward advance and the need to relieve hunger as key to stabilizing peace. Henry White warned swift action was vital to begin the peace conference.
Fifteen to twenty people are estimated dead after a storage tank at Purity Distillery yard near Capps Wharf explodes. The blast tears down two Atlantic Avenue elevated supports, destroys several buildings, and overturns trucks and a freight car. Victims are city street department workers and teamsters nearby at the electric freight yard.
Gonion Jan 18 the German armistice has been extended one month by the commissioners who have closed their Treves session. Allies' proposals on agricultural tools Russian POWs naval terms and restitution of looted materials were signed by German delegates and Rudolf Havenstein head of the Reichsbank was ordered to Spa by Marshal Foch to attend a meeting on Germany’s financial demands.
The next war loan will be called the Victory Liberty loan as announced by Secretary Glaas. The exact date for the loan launch has not yet been fixed and details remain to be announced.
A bandit robbed the Bank of Booneville in Arkansas on January 17 stealing $1200 and fleeing. A posse is in pursuit as authorities search for the suspect.
Reports say Karl Liebknecht and Wilhelm Liebknecht's aide Rost were killed after a mob stormed a hotel where Rosa Luxemburg and Doctor Liebknecht were held. Luxemburg was beaten and shot, body later disappeared. Liebknecht was killed during attempted escape. The incident marks a violent crackdown on radical leaders in Berlin.
Sentences ranging from one to ten years were imposed by United States District Judge F H Rudkin of Spokane on 48 of the 46 defendants convicted in the Industrial Workers of the World antiwar conspiracy case. The sentence for Miss Theodore Pollok Basile Saffores and A J Pex, the only three defendants with counsel, was held up pending a motion for a new trial.
Syracuse officials say federal state and railroad representatives will take several days to decide responsibility for the wreck that killed 22 people this week. The investigation centered on the automatic signal system at South Byron and yielded no final verdict yet.
The French steamer Chaprellustruck capsized in the Straits of Malacca sinking within minutes. Five hundred passengers, mostly Greeks and Serbians, are drowned. One other steamer reports 150 survivors from the ill fated voyage.
Washington January 2—By unanimous vote the House Merchant Committee decided to attempt no action this session on the administration measure proposing government acquisition of all wireless stations.
Marshal Foch told General Pershing to unleash the American forces with decisive punch. He praised U S troops as superb and noted the Argonne-Mouse sector would be hard to tackle, while expressing confidence in a short German recovery. The Allied plan favored one sector attack and leverage on the Rhine as a barrier.
Washington Jan 16 The War Department issued an order providing service insignia for warfare agency members on duty with organized army forces overseas. The badge consists of an equilateral silver braid triangle one eighth of an inch wide for each six months of service and for each wound.
Ten thousand Japanese reservists will return home under plans announced from Vladivostok. The last group is slated to depart for Japan by month’s end, signaling a major postwar drawdown. Meanwhile at Willdelphia, the former cruisers Iowa Indiana and Massachusetts are being sent to Norfolk to serve as training ships after notable roles in early 20th century naval history.
The freight steamers Kerosaxon and Minnesota, each bringing troops from France, are several days overdue at Newport News. No word has been received from either vessel since last week.
The German armistice is extended one month by the commissioners. Forty defendants in the 1 W. W. conspiracy case are found guilty by a Sacramento jury. The next war loan will be the Victory Liberty loan, Glass announces but no fixed date. German troops occupy the Bavarian border facing Bavarian troops nearby. A million-dollar oil dock explosion hits the Atlantic Refining Co. tanker Roald Amundsen in Philadelphia. Lenin, among Russian refugees, is seen in Barcelona. Minnesota ratifies federal prohibition. California’s giant redwood district to be named Stonevelt National Park by unanimous senate vote. Trans Siberian rail control agreement nearly concluded by Inter Allied committee. Greek army to demobilize 90,000 men this month. 100,000 to 200,000 remain. William Nast Lime’s will leaves $535,000 to widow. Wisconsin ratifies national prohibition. Three YMCA workers arrested in Paris for looting, almost 200,000 francs involved. Berlin fighting losses exceed 200 dead and 1,000 wounded, Bolshevists predominate. Leyden guards defend town hall amid Holland unrest. Beverages tax rates set by conference, about 450 million revenue. Baker rejects universal military training, favors army of 500,000 by voluntary enlistment.
British prisoners numbering 158 481 have been released by the Germans. The report from Chicago dated January 17 covers marine quotes and a lengthy list of U S Department of Agriculture price standards for grains, hay, live poultry, cattle, hogs, and sheep with various grades and market values.
The ad promises relief from constipation indigestion sick headache and bilious conditions with Garfield Tea. It claims pain stops quickly when Colea Carboliantya is applied, and offers free samples from The Ja WW Sle Co Rockford Illinois.
Former Kaiser Wilhelm is credited as sociologist poet musician stage manager and educator. He reportedly discussed taste with Saint-Saens and Massenet sculpting with Begas shipbuilding with Ballin drama with Desprez and Assyriology with Delitzsch. He warned German singing societies against overcomplex pieces and noted choruses and pitch shifts. He was a tireless worker in Roman and Byzantine mosaics and ran a prosperous pottery.
A quirky item reports Bill insists his sweetheart communicates through eyes. He predicts he will learn his error only after marriage, reflecting a lighthearted belief in missing signals and fate.
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