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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1920
Page
6
The week centers on the Hunsow to Mah dispute with Moscow and Warsaw amid bolshevik advances from the Pripet to the Ren. Britain and France pledge support to Poland with arms and munitions while Lloyd George warns against Germany’s possible mobilization.
State Auditor Frank Courter reports a surplus for the next year with no new ad valorem tax planned. Only a tax on property value held at 10 mills for roads and bridges may be levied, while delinquent income collections and departmental receipts cover the rest. Last year the state collected over ten million dollars with most from ad valorem taxes.
The first country to sign a treaty with the Lenine government reports peace. The Lithuanian legation received a telegram noting boundary adjustments along rivers, with about twenty miles on the Polish frontier unsettled. The pact shifts territories previously allocated by the allies and could allow a corridor for munitions to reach Bolshevik Russia.
Scouting detachments of Soviet armies report within about forty miles of the German border. Trotzky’s cavalry could reach East Prussia in 48 hours, while the Polish army in the north wing is being turned. Allies plan urgent aid to Poland if Bolshevik advances persist, with missions to Warsaw and troops and supplies prepared by France and Britain.
National Chairman George White announced August 7 as the notification date for Governor Cox’s presidential nomination. August 11 was set for confirming Franklin D. Roosevelt’s vice presidential nomination with Dayton as the Cox ceremony site and Hyde Park for Roosevelt.
Washington July 22 the food budget survey. Retail food prices show a steady increase of 2 percent for June per the bureau of statistics department of labor. The report notes ongoing inflationary pressure on household groceries.
Bodies of 881 American soldiers who died overseas arrived in New York from Danzig and Antwerp. Twenty five war brides of French and German nativity were among the first cabin passengers in Warsaw. A governmental upheaval in Warsaw puts Socialists in power and pursues armistice talks with Soviet Russia.
Chicago July 22 The United States railroad labor board granted railway employees raises of 18 to 27 percent retroactive to May 1 affecting about 1,800,000 workers. The $600,000,000 rise is not uniform and varies by craft, with higher paid classes getting smaller boosts and lower grades receiving larger increases. Seven unions accepted the wage award in full. seven more approved a referendum for members with a recommendation to accept. Two unions ordered a referendum without a recommendation, one rejected the award and called a strike ballot, and the last union failed to decide.
William K. Vanderbilt American financier dies in Paris after long illness of heart disease. At home were his wife daughter the duchess of Marlborough and sons William K Jr and Harold with Dr Edmund Gros. Funeral set for Monday at the American Church Avenue d Alma body to be shipped for burial on Staten Island.
New York reports Judge Gary sounding hopeful about business after noting rising labor efficiency in steel mills. He claims labor has accepted responsibility as a turning point appears near.
Riots in Belfast on July 20 leave at least ten people dead and over a hundred wounded. Sinn Fein snipers threaten troops in Falls Road while looting and arson escalate in Bainbridge and surrounding districts. Police and soldiers impose controls as unrest spreads.
Austria will refuse to allow the party of communists including Bela Kum to re enter the country. The group has been removed from a steamer at Stettin en route to Russia and will be temporarily accommodated at Stettin while Austrian authorities decide their further treatment.
Paris reports a proposal by the minister of war to send groups of soldiers into agricultural districts to aid harvesting. France faces a good harvest but a severe labor shortage as farmers struggle to gather crops.
The new German chancellor Fehrenbach appears in a recent photograph as he directed Germany's bid at Spa to ease the Allied coal demands. The effort followed his cabinet's stance amid ongoing negotiations.
Mose Gibson, a Black man, confessed to seven murders including Roy Trapp of Fullerton and a 1919 Florida killing, plus numerous burglaries. He was transported to San Quentin after a death sentence for Trapp’s murder was set for September 24.
Rome reports Count Sforza, Italy’s foreign minister, saying none of the great powers is fully satisfied but none is entirely dissatisfied after the Spa conference. He argues Italy prevented a breakup and aimed to steer Europe toward a more fruitful path.
A Coal Operators Association of Illinois delegation led by E. C. Searles met Secretary Tumulty and left a memorandum for President Wilson asking his good offices to prevent a strike spread in the central competitive field. Reports also cover Villa moves toward Coahuila, a lightning death at a Holly Springs revival, and other international developments.
Amy Lomstrom of Hennepin County argues Republicans advance women, children, and labor welfare with broad principles. She cites suffrage gains, child labor limits, literacy, mothers pensions, and guardianship rights as Republican strengths influencing national policy and the Versailles treaty debate.
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