23 Jun 1919
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1919
Page
1
Versailles arrangements set for a historic peace ceremony with one hundred delegates to sign the treaty. Clemenceau presides as German acceptance is demanded before ratification. army orders warn of advance if rejected. 400 invitees and press seats flank the Gallery of Mirrors.
Circuit Judge G W Hendricks ruled Arkansas voters cannot referendum the legislature action ratifying the federal prohibition amendment. He sustained Attorney General Arbuckle’s demurrer to the petition. The case will be appealed to the Arkansas Supreme Court. The judge held the initiative referendum amendment distinguishes between acts and resolutions and provides no referendum for resolutions.
The Illinois Senate approved the conference report to limit women’s working hours with a nine hour day for factories and mercantile establishments. The measure moves to the House for concurrence. The Senate also passed an omnibus bill authorizing $28 million for departmental expenses.
Berlin reports the national assembly voted 237 to 138 to ratify the peace treaty with 236 to 89 backing the Bauer government. Paris notes the cabinet will ask allies to waive surrender of the former emperor but treaty signing proceeds. London confirms Germany committed to terms, with signatures to follow at Versailles.
Emperor surrenders as the government loses nerve and delays dispatching a German note over a treaty. New Premier Bauer, a Socialist ex labor minister, helped settle a Berlin general strike. Doctor Mueller rose among majority Socialists and urged the former emperor’s removal.
Secretary Wilson told House and Senate labor committees the labor department serves more than organized labor and rejected claims of bias. He said a campaign of misrepresentation targeted the employment service for seeking union men for Seattle shipyards.
Washington June 23 News that the German national assembly had voted to accept the peace treaty was hailed with joy in official circles. The end of the war with Germany will likely bring demobilization of U S forces abroad and recall of National Army and National Guard troops. President Wilson may lift wartime prohibition by July 1 and delay a dry America until the national prohibition amendment takes effect next January. The war trade embargo will be lifted, opening neutrals to unrestricted commerce with the United States and allowing trade with Germany and its allies.
Washington reports the Red Cross statement on Siberian prices showing extreme costs for basic goods. A man’s suit costs 240 dollars, trousers 60 a pair, shoes 55, cotton cloth 12 per yard, bread 8 to 12, soap 6, coffee 15 per pound. In the First district bread 1, sugar 5, kerosene 6, ladies shoes 60, underwear 20 per suit.
Samuel Gompers was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor in Atlantic City. In his speech he framed the selection as a response to detractors and opponents, presenting it as an American labor answer.
Col Johnson of the general staff and chief athletic officer of the ABEF chaired the inter allied games committee. He was well known in athletic circles during his college days and staged the recent AEF championship games in Paris.
Paris June 23. The German government formally communicates willingness to sign peace terms as presented by the Allies. The signing will be unconditional, according to the French Foreign Office this afternoon. Germany likely signs on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Paris June 23 Germany requested forty eight hours to sign the peace treaty through their representatives. The Council of Three rejected the request.
Dr Epitacio Pessoa, president-elect of Brazil, visited the tomb of George Washington at Mount Vernon on June 23 and called Washington first in the hearts of all who love liberty and democracy. He acknowledged Brazil's debt to the first U.S. president in a touching ceremony.
Paris June 23 Col. William B Barker head of the Salvation Army ABEF work offers Major General McGlachlin 100000 francs 820000 to decorate graves and battlefields of the First division. Barker says the money comes from surplus Salvation Army canteen operations.
The Senate military sub committee recommended nearly 900 million dollars for the army in 1920, up from 731 million voted by the house. The draft envisions an average force of 400,000 men rather than 600,000 and will be reviewed by the full committee later today.
Rome reports the trial of Alfredo Cocchi for the 1917 murder of Ruth Cruger in New York was set for June 23 but postponed to the autumn session of the Bologna court of assizes. The delay shifts the case to Italy's next available serious criminal proceeding.
German cannon boomed in Coblenz during Corpus Christi day as Americans, who granted permission, suspended traffic on main streets and supplied powder to charge mortars fired by priests during the religious celebration.
Weimar Germany reports June 23 that Germany will sign the peace treaty, official confirmation of the agreement reaching a formal conclusion to postwar negotiations.
German sailors have sunk warships anchored off Kiel Wilhelmhaven and other points after refusing surrender. The action follows dates in June as Allies press for capitulation. This report notes the ships remained under German control until their destruction.
A Mayaguez motion picture theater fire on Thursday night in Porto Rico left about 150 dead or injured. San Juan reports 27 unidentified bodies recovered among the ruins. The tragedy struck during a late program, sparking a large emergency response.
Copenhagen June 21 reports martial law has been proclaimed across the Hamburg harbor zone due to a rise in raids on food depots.
Syracuse authorities disclosed that the city has been a trading hub for stolen motion picture films valued at about 12 million dollars, with 80 thousand dollars worth recovered in Syracuse after the arrest of a New York film broker. Additional films valued at 800 thousand dollars were recovered in Auburn New York.
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