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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1919
Page
2
A motion named Be precedent for others to end enforcement of the Trading With the Enemy Act was put to a vote. It failed 33 to 27, with supporters arguing for broader curbs and opponents warning of economic disruption. Strong party lines marked the division as lawmakers weighed national security against trade needs.
Washington July 21 President Wilson reiterates refusal to abandon reservations on the peace treaty and League of Nations covenant. Senators Ganger Capperwald and others discuss the president’s stance while noting potential precedent if each nation adopts its own interpretations. The dialogue centers on preserving the treaty’s meaning amid varied interpretations.
Senator McNary of Oregon discussed Shantung retirement with the president and said facts altered his initial view. The Senate debated league terms and reservations as President Wilson held White House talks with Republican leaders on the peace treaty. Senator Colt stressed the league’s central role for enforceable peace and future security.
Thousands of marine workers are reported unemployed as a widespread strike disrupts commodores at New York ports. The conflict affects shipyards and carbons terminals, with about 400 sailors idle locally and more than 100 tied up elsewhere. French shell explosion injures several, Philadelphia bank fails, and U S troops sail to London as post service with Germany resumes.
The British government rejects the Irish demand and other American entities claims as violations of the League covenant. Andrew Bonar Law, in the House of Commons, said the question of Ireland's future government would not be placed on the League council agenda at its next meeting.
A Missouri report shows a $225 000 Webster County road bond issue defeated by 3 votes with unofficial returns. Other items include a German minister accepting post to Austria, Spain’s union resignation, Bolsheviks capturing a city near Perm, and wage increases affecting Chicago post office clerks.
The U S Pacific fleet sails from Newport News to San Diego San Pedro San Francisco and Hawaii then to Puget Sound Dreadnaughts cruisers destroyers and submarines lead the voyage under Admiral NORDMANN with plans to test the Panama Canal and showcase western shipyards The cruise runs to September 17 with stops and inspections at San Pedro Los Angeles San Francisco and Honolulu and a return to Puget Sound.
Secret official report in Moscow archives confirms the death of the ex czar’s related figure. The ex empress was shot multiple times, survived briefly, then mortally wounded, and her exit wound was fired seven times. The body was placed in a wooden box and burned in the Kremlin stove.
Mrs. Jeannette McColl known as Mother McColl travels to Washington to assist sailors in trouble. She is a familiar figure to sailors in New York and Victoria Grst and is especially involved with a sailor accused of stealing $1000 from Vincent Astor.
Paris dispatch says Holland will consent to extradition of former Emperor William, with formal transfer to take place at The Hague. Reports note his deep melancholy, nervousness, and poor health as papers close to royal circles describe altered conditions and possible return to Germany for heart treatment.
Washington July 19 Following awards of distinguished service crosses were announced Maj William H H Morris German town Pa Captains Lilburn C Davidson Jackson Ky Joseph M Simpson San Antonio Tex Zoda M Lumley Kampaville Lieutenants Berman McNulty Huntington W Va Herbert J Jones deceased Dresden Tenn Frank J Fisher deceased Kansas City Mo Sergeants Marquis L Dillard Laddonia Mo Ernest J Chartier Tower City N D Holly Midkiff 8532 Carpenter Street Chienzo Corporals Guy K Davis deceased Bedford Ind Harry M Ward Gregory Landing Mo John C Duncan Whiteside Mo Privates Almon E Sprague Gathowby Wis Thomas E Grider Damville Ill Orval Wilcoxson Marietta Okla Wade H Jenkins Orlando Okio Herbert Kendall Wolfboro Ill Walter Potter Dayton Tenn
Washington announces immediate resumption of mail service between the United States and Germany by order of Postmaster General Burleson. Other notices report Germans to be repatriated from Switzerland, snow and landslide disruptions in the Andes, Camp Custer command changes, the Pacific Fleet plan, Buckley mine sinking casualties, and no quarantine on wheat shipments from Indiana West Virginia and Georgia.
Washington July 21. Congress will take up the Tampico incident when the Rules Committee considers the Mexican outrages against American sailors. Officials await detailed reports from Commander Finney on the Topeka, while the State Department presses for a clear answer on the armed attackers. The episode intensifies debate over intervention and a possible protectorate, with cabinet discussions slated for Tuesday.
Atlantic City July 21 more than 2000 airplanes of the pleasure type could be sold if deliveries were possible and over 500 have been purchased in the past three months in the United States according to Henry Woodhouse vice president of the Aerial League of America and editor of the Flying and Aerial Age weekly.
The Mexican government told the U S state department it will exhaust all legal avenues to prosecute and punish bandits who killed American citizen Jobo W Correll near Timpeca on June 16. Mrs Correll was assaulted and her son Joe injured in the attack on their homestead.
Thomas A. Addison, the electrical wizard, formed a bucket brigade in his laboratory when a watchman spotted a fire. Flames were quickly extinguished, damage deemed trifling. The report also notes British Rail strike settlements and assorted humorous clippings from various papers.
A wide ranging review notes that the Shantung award is pressed as the price of Japan's signature to the League of Nations covenant and sparks Senate clashes over reservations and America’s Monroe doctrine. It warns peril of war, questions Mexico policy, daylight saving repeal, and domestic price pressures as Congress weighs the treaty.
Rome reports strong interest in Camille Barrere's remarks after clashes between Italian and French troops at Fiume over his July 14 speech. The French ambassador praised Allied victory, spoke of the Avenue of Victory, and denied plans to revive Austro-Hungarian power. He framed the dissolution of the old empire as ongoing and irreversible.
Scientists dispute emerald composition while Forbes notes a legend from Oriental memoirs about fireflies turning to emeralds in moonlit grass. Ancient Tholin priests revered emeralds as heaven sent, linking myth to Buddhist adornment. No wild market for such tales or oats.
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