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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1920
Page
6
Chicago faced a sudden street car strike as 3 900 workers from the elevated, track, and car departments quit. Buses and private cars filled downtown as the outage began with no warning, leaving transit tied up and passengers stranded while negotiators sought a solution.
J A H Hopkins served as temporary chairman at the third party convention held in Chicago.
An official dispatch from Polish army headquarters reports Minsk fallen to Bolshevik forces after a long night battle. The city lies northeast of Warsaw on the Dnieper river branch, with Warsaw fearing Ditna is also at risk. Americans in Warsaw discuss evacuation and protection of property amid the crisis.
Paris reports indicate Premier Miller and allied figures push for Deschanel to resign citing poor health. meanwhile in Spa the German delegation agrees to the allied unconditional coal delivery ultimatum after a four hour session and a secretive room exchange.
Washington on July 15 announced that the Inter… securing approval of a plea for loans to railroads. The action aims to aid rail operations and fund essential infrastructure projects.
scattered wires report a dynamite explosion at Cedar County quarries operated by the Katter John Commission Company killing seven workers and injuring several others. Authorities in Padernh, Ky, and Washington are issuing preliminary casualty tallies as investigations begin.
District of Columbia Judge Die refused an antisuffrage plea and said the ratification process of the suffrage amendment cannot be tested in his court. He held no authority to review actions of state legislatures in ratifying the amendment.
Three sharp shocks shook Los Angeles on a July day, felt up to thirty miles away. Eight treated for minor injuries from glass and bricks, with fires and damaged tunnels and buildings reported downtown. Several streets and utilities affected. Inglewood felt all three shocks while Pomona and nearby towns felt none.
Carrie Chapman Catt leaves New York for Nashville to consult Tennessee auxiliaries directing the ratification campaign. She says Republicans must ratify in at least one state or risk betraying women. Democrats withholding full ratification would hurt their appeal to women voters.
Major Venizelos commanded Greek artillery as forces neared Brussa. Nationalists waved a white flag but killed five Greeks sent to confer. Venizelos ordered the guns to open fire, killing many Turks.
Labor party area leaders stage a convention split over platforms. Peter Parley Christiensen of Salt Lake City is chosen for president and Max Hayes of Cleveland for vice president amid a clash between La Follette and Forty-eight group platforms. The Forty-eight group and others form a separate coalition but adjourn without a ticket.
Chicago July 17 street car strike continued with both sides standing pat. Company officials said seventy percent of the regular rush hour service was in effect and normal day service would be maintained, though no agreement appeared imminent.
Fifty armed men raided the general post office in Dublin at seven o’clock and carried off all letters directed to Dublin Castle the viceregal lodge the chief secretary and undersecretary. They menaced the sorting department and subjected the mails to their inspection.
The lord mayor of Dublin intervenes to settle a rail strike over ammunition shipments as traffic faces a possible general stoppage. In other items Col H O Helstand named Red Cross field director at Governors' Island. Honolulu census shows population rise to 255,012 with 84 percent growth.
A visitor’s motor tour from Zeebrugge to Ypres and back traces shelled lands, battered tanks, and the Cloth Hall tower. The Heavier sights include Hooge St Julien Passchendaele and the scarred woods of Houthost, with Belgian recovery seen in repaired huts and renewed cultivation.
A Vancouver Vancouver BC industry foresees a rise of new trade as US embargo on Japanese nursery stock prompts deflection of bulb traffic northward. Vancouver nurseries expect boats unloaded near the border, repacked in Canada soil free from Japanese soil for US entry.
The movement to unite Socialists farmers laborers and radicals into a third party under the Forty eight committee collapses after La Follette declines to run. Labor wins a show of strength while Single Taxers bolt and fusion dissolves amid political maneuvering in Chicago. The trial of William Lloyd and 19 others for sedition proceeds with Clarence Darrow leading the defense. Governor Clement of Vermont resists a special session on woman suffrage and cites lobbying as a concern. Germany negotiates at Spa while balking on coal deliveries to the Allies.
The foreign office released a statement noting a San Francisco report that 50 picture brides were due to arrive July 14. It explains the Japanese government engagement does not stop departures after February for issuing six month passports and that some brides may reach America as late as August. The U.S. government says the point was made clear.
McClatchy reports the Japanese in California collected a 200000 fund to oppose anti Japanese legislation. Stanley Benedict of the state board of control asserts that Japanese in California have never lost allegiance to Japan. The information emerged at a session of the immigration committee of the house of representatives as it investigates coastal questions. Fresh air is touted as the best care for colts.
Constantinople reports Mustafa Kemal Pasha reshuffles every office in the Angora cabinet, creating new commissariats. Col Ismet Bey leads the nationalist army as chief of staff while Bekir Sami Bey rails against Allied demands and Paris talks. Naby Bey and Ahmet Rustem Bey head to Paris to press France. Elazim Karabekir Pasha and Nourendia Pasha command fronts as Ferrey works in Paris.
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