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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1919
Page
2
Report notes Germany allegedly violated terms of postwar reparations and may face renewed penalties. Italy’s stance on compensation exchanges is described as cautious, with U.S. concessions under consideration and ongoing diplomatic dialogue among Britain France and Italy.
Police report a broad terror plot with 20 to 30 men allegedly connected to radical groups. At least two women are charged while authorities pursue remaining suspects in Cleveland and surrounding areas amid cleanup efforts tied to a June tomb incident and Mayor Davies’ scene.
A Chicago court acquitted all defendants in the Timote Mile Producers case after detailed deliberation. The jury announced exoneration for each individual: Arnold Huber, Frank Hi. Reese, Clinton J., and others, finding them not guilty on charges related to the alleged contravention.
Oona Peter F Tarne is vested as member of congress for the Tenth Massachusetts district after a tough race with rival John F for the seat. The opponent cites Fitzgerald who served in congress 25 years ago.
Nine crew members and six passengers perished when the steamer City of Muskegon struck the Muskegon channel south pier in a storm. The vessel smashed, most aboard escaped by climbing to the pier in heavy nightclothes, with about 35 aboard and the second engineer among the dead. Local names include Grant Lehmson’s mother Townes, and several Muskegon deck hands and sailors.
Mrs Hila Wheeler Wilcox author and poet died at her home The Bungslow in Branford after months of illness including a nervous collapse during war relief work in England. Born 1855 in Johnstone Center Wisconsin she studied at the University of Wisconsin and married Hubert M. Wilcox in New York in 1864.
United States Army transport President Grant with 5000 American troops aboard arrived at Brest destined for Coblenz. The report notes House support for Wilson amid coal strike tensions, plus various global and domestic items.
General Pershing urged a large regular army and a trained citizen reserve to counter sudden attacks and meet American continental obligations. He backed 275,000 to 800,000 troops as adequate, disagreed with 500,000, and called for expanded air, transport, nurse, and tank corps. Congress will draft permanent military legislation after today’s hearings in Washington.
Berlin reports the national assembly adopted the third reading of the budget despite opposition from right and left parties. New taxes were expected to raise about 9 billion marks, while interest on the debt would total roughly 2.8 billion marks, with Ersberger stating 1919 revenue was previously fully covered.
Madison Wis Nov 3 The railroad commission granted Milwaukee street railway a 7 cent fare increase and extended double transfer privileges The decision requires adoption of wages hours and working conditions from the state board of conciliation and orders 100 additional cars into service, affecting operations citywide with revised schedules and service levels.
Chief Martin O'Brien of St Louis was shot while trying to arrest two robbers and is in serious condition at a local hospital.
Washington reports the senate joined the house in overriding the president's veto on the prohibition enforcement bill by 65 to 20. War time prohibition will end by presidential proclamation once the German peace treaty is ratified and demobilization is complete. Officials say the act ends wartime prohibition with treaty ratification. Revenue agents begin enforcing the ban on liquor manufacture and sale, with Commissioner Roper warning open violations would affect the American system of government.
New York editorial duo Carl Plavio and Gast Alonen of a radical magazine were the first in the state convicted of criminal anarchy. Judge Weeks imosed sentences of four to eight years and noted that upon release their deportation would be enforced.
News clippings report a Southern Pacific train wreck two and one half miles west of Acton causing nine deaths and forty injuries. The engine and multiple cars derailed in the crash.
The advisory board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers calls for an immediate Washington assembly of an Industrial Commission to address national crises. They oppose federal injunctions, affirm support for collective bargaining, and pledge 85,000 members to peaceful, just settlement and stabilization of industrial conditions.
In Vienna on November 3 Chancellor Renner told the national assembly that if Austrians cannot be free they will unanimously demand annexation to Germany. The remark frames a pivotal stance amid political tensions over national sovereignty and possible unification with Germany.
Amsterdam reports the Koenigs Zeitung that all railway passenger and traffic services in Germany will stop for ten days starting November 5 to conserve coal. London notes housing act loans aid owners converting buildings into housing for workers, with loans up to half property value. Harrisburg markets claim to be the oldest continuously operating in the United States for a century.
The article discusses dyed tweeds inspired by natural hues from the River Garry region, noting reds greens and purples. It also describes a new Lighthouse Mechanism at Mechaglan that auto switches lamps when the main light is extinguished, bringing the new lamp into focus.
A sweeping wartime plan reorganizes fuel allocation as the United States confronts a coal miners strike. The government mobilizes forces, revives the fuel administration, and issues an injunction against the United Mine Workers. Priority goes to railroads, ships, hospitals, the military, utilities, food producers, and newspapers. Ministers warn of legal action and troop deployment to keep essential industries running.
Former food administrator Herbert Hoover testified before the House Foreign Affairs War Investigating Committee blaming speculators for high sugar prices. He cited limited sugar shipments abroad and dry domestic supplies as factors and noted differing adviser opinions on rationing versus free market handling of the sugar shortage.
Sergeant Arthur Mottiday of the Hell Pighurs living at West 147th Street in Millalattan was spared a long prison term after pleading guilty to stealing supplies from the army base on Pitty eleventh Street, Brooklyn, due to his war record. Abraham Gillard of 90 Prince Street, an early enlistee under Colonel Haywrod, was sentenced to ten days in jail by Judge Chatfield, with another potential sentence set for October 20. The case involved the theft of a couple of army shirts. In Pittsburgh, a woman known as the Romestead peace arrest, linked to the Stocking Leager gang, was caught slipping liquor to a pedestrian while twelve bait plots were found hidden in her hose.
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