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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1919
Page
2
Railroad workers split into three panels each seeking appeal authority with Washington. The proposal outlines three grand panels to hear labor disputes, each with distinct jurisdiction and process. Union and management factions clash over representation and decision timelines, signaling a contentious bid for labor reform.
Washington November 16 The Lipton plan aims to create a national arbitration board to settle railroad labor disputes. It would divide workers and employers into sections with representation from unions and management and provide appeal mechanisms. The measure proposes commissions to consider appeals and enforce decisions to avoid strikes.
Fragments report seven frozen bodies found near the Stevie Pass in the Alps. Belief centers on a boating or rescue incident as investigators assess a possible battery or vessel involved. Authorities say the summit area is treacherous and crews continue searching for missing pieces and context.
National Federation of Farm Co-ops approves amendments to sugar pricing rules amid protests, with per pound caps varying from 2 to 7 cents above the 10% ceiling set by a union committee. Other items note art sales, wartime communications, and local political results across several cities.
Federal courts declare wartime prohibition unconstitutional in Kentucky and Rhode Island injunctions, blocking local sales of floor stock whisky. Government plans Supreme Court appeal to stay injunctions while enforcing the act. Court to hear arguments next Thursday on constitutional validity of wartime prohibition.
Ohio voters last Tuesday defeated the federal prohibition amendment by a 62 vote margin. They also rejected allowing the sale of 2 1/2 percent beer and the repeal of the statewide prohibition law. Official totals show ratification Yes 40858 No 500480. beer Yes 474003 No 504570. repeal Yes 40463 No 400782. Crab-Beem enforce Yes 474006 No 0.
Centralia Washington crowds stormed the jail after a fatal armistice day parade attack. Five men died as gunfire erupted near the Industrial Workers of the World hall. Britt Smith, LW secretary, was hanged by a mob, and a mob pursuit followed along riverbanks and streets. Authorities from Seattle and state guardsmen were dispatched to restore order.
New York reports Lieut Belvin W Maynard won the army transcontinental flight with the shortest elapsed time nine days four hours twenty six minutes five seconds per an official War Department decision announced by Maj Maurice Connolly at the American Flying club Armistice day dinner However actual flying time shows Lieut Alexander Pearson led with forty eight hours fifty seven minutes sixteen seconds in the air Pearson is listed first with Maynard second in the handicapped order followed by Hartney Smith Worthington Donaldson Manzelman and Reynolds
Miss Marguerite Smith aged 25 becomes the sole woman Republican in the New York state assembly, elected from the Nineteenth Manhattan district. She defeated incumbent Martin J. Healy, a Democrat and Socialist candidate. Daughter of Dr. J. Gardner Smith, Harlem Board of Commerce president, she is a hygiene and physical training teacher and Horace Mann School supervisor.
Washington Nov 15 The senate adopted the reservation to article 10 of the League covenant after defeating all amendments. The vote was 46 to 33 with all negatives Democrats. Four Democrats Gore Reed Smith Walsh sided with Republicans for adoption. the text says the U S assumes no obligation to defend others or use forces unless Congress acts.
President Wilson, propped in the mahogany bed once used by Baron Renfrew, greeted Albert Edward, prince of Wales, in his sickroom after tea with Mrs. Wilson and Miss Margaret Wilson. The prince regaled the president with humorous tales of his experiences since arriving in America, drawing hearty laughter.
A protest against Georges Clemenceau ended with his car surrounded after a public meeting. He and companions were assaulted with canes and sticks as a pistol shattered the car door, while Mandel escaped unhurt. Other items note coalition failures, federal warrants on radicals, a Philadelphia factory fire injuring six, and expulsions of three Waco high school students over Armistice Day holiday protests.
Helena Ark November 13 Judge J M Jackson sentenced five defendants to die December 27 and six others to die January 2 1920 for first degree murder linked to the October insurrection. Also reported Gregan ships delivered 92 075 deadweight tons to the Shipping Board in early November and October construction totals. Washburn Lignite mine turned over for state operation under martial law. former Speaker Cannon becomes great grandfather. Franklin D Olier elected first national commander of the American Legion. Cleveland chosen for next convention site and Indianapolis for national headquarters. Jordan Jameson a black man burned alive after shooting Sheriff Greer of Columbia County near Mignotte.
Paris reports that all major newspapers united to publish Presse de Paris due to a strike by typers and printers. In Bern, the Swiss national council debated joining the League of Nations, voting 105 to 49 to start deliberations with socialist members opposed.
Edward W. Pickard weighs the Mine Workers' compliance with a court order under the Lever act era. Government courts and cabinet push for a negotiated settlement between operators and miners while the AFL plans a broad defense of organized labor. Senate actions on compulsory arbitration and injunctions in basic industries stir crisis in railroad labor and legislation.
Government officials warn a December 1 strike could be blocked by the Lever act if peace is not proclaimed. Esch railroad bill provokes protests while others push government ownership or salaries caps. prohibition enforcement gears up with Kramer as national commissioner. Senate votes toughen League reservations as Bolshevik activism and Baltic peace talks shape a volatile postwar scene.
Berlin faces a mounting political crisis as the liberal Vossische Zeitung is suspended for three days amid harsh criticism of Defense Minister Noske and “strong armed” tactics. The censure coincides with the suppression of Deutsche Zeitung and Freiheit, signaling ministry nervousness and claims the cabinet is incapable.
Canton residents form an Old Clothes club to cope with rising prices. Members pledge to wear only aged garments, with the password Darn and a three degree system ending at the Rugged degree. In San Jose a government horticulture probe will study a French prune creation by Leonard Coates of Morgan Hill at his ranch following a Riverside convention.
An advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a two century old remedy imported from Holland promising relief for kidney disease and other ailments. The copy claims strong health benefits, money back if not helped, and urges purchase in three sizes. Also included is a humorous crosshead about a housebound bride and a candidate accepting cooking duties, plus a note on a British airman’s 1000 mile Mosul to Cairo flight via the Syrian desert with three stops per Popular Mechanics.
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