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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
2
Government rail plan under McAdoo seeks to test lower freights while projecting a principal surplus of around 100 million. Senate hearings review wartime controls, operation costs, and potential rate cuts as nationwide rail service continues amid disruption.
Detroit officials report Ford Motor Company directors declared a 200 percent dividend at the annual meeting December 31. The payout covers a 10 percent distribution January 1 and 100 percent February 1 to preferred shareholders. News from London and other cities touches on World Bank plans and political events.
One Roper son in the Internal Revenue service fought in the Argonne October battles. Wounded in action, he was hit by shrapnel while leading his platoon. He is one of three brothers serving Uncle Sam in the war effort.
Navy and coast guard craft recovered and ashore 2500 soldiers from the stranded Northern Pacific off Fire Island as darkness fell. Submarine chasers, power craft, whale boats and surf boats ferried troops in groups of around 110 men beside treacherous sand bars. No lives were lost except one man died in the sea accident during the perilous operation.
Archangel January report states American regiments with Polish allies and a large Wisconsin Michigan force recaptured Kadish and advanced two miles south of the village on the northern Russian front. They seized 75 rifles to the west, moving amid heavy fighting and ample supplies.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels tells a naval committee that the United States must maintain a strong navy to deter war. He cites current and projected fleets, placing the U S second only to Great Britain in battleships but leading in overall naval strength, with many destroyers and submarines and a call for an international tribunal with enforceable rulings.
Two hundred seventy sailors drowned when the British steam yacht Iolaire struck rocks near Stornoway during New Year leave. Of 300 on board, only about 30 survived, many badly injured in the attempt to reach shore.
Brownsville Pennsylvania endures its worst flood in a century with 400 dwellings and business buildings submerged. The Monongahela River rose to 41 feet 9 inches, nine feet above the flood stage, as residents fled to upper floors and were rescued by boats.
Amsterdam reports a pitched battle between striking miners and protecting troops in the Duweldorf district. Several persons are said to have been killed before the clash ended. Wrecked seamen from the schooner Juve Cox were rescued after abandonment at sea. Captain Alping and five other Canadian sailors reached Queenstown after severe hardships.
U S gets four hundred boats including 15 to France 10 to Italy 7 to Japan and 4 to the United States. Submarines handed over are said to be on the way across the Atlantic. Rest of 127 subs allocation not specified. Hindenburg and Groener deposed. Field Marshal Von Amdenburg and General Groener reported deposed. Paris notes Marschal Foch allows German participation in Rhine elections and press freedom. Turkish Bulgarian clashes threaten Adrianople. 20 000 Bulgarians expelled. Dr Livingstone Ferrari named Officer of the Legion of Honor.
Washington January 1 Many railroad telegraphers who had no wage advance under the recent order of Director General Mr Ailoo have their appeal raised by the amended order issued by the director general. Reds Capture Vilna Paris December 3 Russian troops seize Pern fri che bolsievits and take 18 000 prisoners. M Pichon foreign minister announced in the chamber of aap dea.
Captain Teh Yuen Lu the first Gaval adache sent to the Chinese legation arrived in Washington. He and his assistants were formally presented to Secretary Daniels and to officials in the state department.
Report from Storkholm and Viedivestog describe General Galda’s forces driving Bolsheviks toward Perm in the Ural mountains. Lenine escaped as 31,000 prisoners and 5,000 railway cars were captured, with 120 field guns and other matériel seized. Also notes Siberian troops and prisoners, plus Russian troops released from prisons en route to Omsk.
Washington reports list of Sunset division units slated for early convoy from France. More than 500 officers and 16,000 soldiers from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming to return. Other notes include White House reopens to public and Admiral Zane’s death.
President Wilson, hosted by King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena in the Vatican, was made a citizen of Rome during a ceremony at the historic Capitol. He praised Rome's enduring spirit and urged global unity through liberty, trade, and friendship, while Italy pledged support for a League of Nations and removal of old alliance systems.
The text outlines hat trimming with monkey fringe and fur, velvet and metal tissue hats featuring fringed bands and gold or silver roses, tight low sleeves, revived one pin gowns, and machine trimming techniques. It mentions windable bobbins for silk waists, longer stitches, looser tension, large needles, and applying white felt disks on gray satin hats.
Polish forces under Ignace Paderewski press a push against Germany and Bolshevik advance as Berlin battles for Posen and other Prussian provinces. Noske orders divisions westward while Poles seize Forts, disarm troops, and fight near Frankfort on the Oder, Beuthen, and Bromberg amid worsening conditions. Swiss and allied aid debates surface as the peace conference looms and Wilson visits Rome.
The British foreign office nears readiness for the peace conference with experts named to advise on core issues. White Papers from top officials cover historical economic ethnological and external perspectives and aim to illuminate every international problem for the powers involved. The piece hints at broader opportunities and remarks on women in Parliament.
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