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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
2
In a Thursday speech Premier Lloyd George urged the United States to join Britain and France in aiding Austria with food coal and supplies. He argued America’s arrival would ease burdens on England and France and said they had waited for America’s decision, warning against delaying peace treaty talks with Turkey.
Gabriele D Annunzio pledges not to depart Fiume until a plebiscite approves his exit. The plan to withdraw on December 16 was halted as women in the town organized a demonstration urging him to retain the garrison.
Captain Sir John Alcock, famed for the first nonstop Atlantic flight, was seriously injured when his aircraft crashed near Cottechard in Normandy’s Seine Inferieure, according to a Lloyds dispatch from Rouen.
Chicago faces a wave of closures as about four thousand of the city’s five thousand saloons will shut doors or switch to other businesses on January 1. The estimate comes from M. J. McCarthy secretary of the Illinois Liquor Dealers Protective Association, who says wartime prohibition rulings weakened owners’ resolve.
The 193d anniversary of General Wolfe's birth will be celebrated January 2 at Westerham Kent his birthplace with the usual dinner. Sir George Perley Canadian high commissioner has accepted an invitation.
Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific officials say train curtailments due to the U S bituminous coal strike will continue with only minor exceptions. Reductions announced will persist until coal improves and winter conditions change, not affecting holiday traffic immediately as most changes take effect after the New Year.
Former food administrator Herbert Hoover warns fifteen to twenty million people in Central Europe face starvation unless rapid relief is found. He proposes selling the excess wheat and flour held by the grain corporation on credit to Finland, Poland, Austria and others, funding credits from existing capital without new congressional appropriations.
London Winston Spencer Churchill announced in the House of Commons that Germany handed over 5 000 guns 25 000 machine guns 3 000 trench mortars and 1 700 aircraft. They had not delivered 42 locomotives and 4 760 railway trucks. He said the Germans made a tremendous effort to comply with the conditions.
London reports the Prince of Wales announced at a King Edward hospital fund meeting that he will travel to Australia and New Zealand around March for six to seven months. Observers foresee great interest and predict a success akin to his Canadian tour experience.
The U F O session at Massey hall unanimously endorses Mr. Drury and his cabinet as government representatives of farmers. Drury thanks the assembly and pledges to fulfill expectations with humane and humble leadership. He rejects class legislation in a vigorous reply. Three sessions were well attended.
A plan to restrict print paper use in 1920 was proposed by Representative Hoch of Kansas. The Hoch bill would limit newspapers and periodicals to the paper used in the first half of 1919, scaled to circulation and new publications. Violators could lose second class mailing and pay third class postage rates.
Austen Chamberlain, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, argued in the House of Commons that currency and exchange problems require international effort. He said the burden should fall mainly on nations with the greatest means, notably the United States and neutrals, rather than states at war from start to finish. He rejected lectures or coercion of foreign finance ministers as unhelpful to a settlement.
The Allies plan to use Austrian art treasures, including works moved to France by Napoleon, as security in exchange for food and coal for the famine-stricken republic. An inter allied commission of art experts will value Vienna museum pieces, though some paintings may be impossible to price.
The War Office denied a Bolshevik circulated report that 1,300 British troops were massacred at Meshed in Persia. Officials said the claim came through Meshed three days after the alleged event, and was propaganda aimed to stir trouble in the east and India.
The supreme council weighed Austria's food distress and endorsed relief totaling at least 70 million dollars with monthly advances of 8.5 million. The Austrian delegation cited a total need of about 100.9 million dollars, the amount Chancellor Renner urged the council to loan.
The city board of health ordered all public and private schools closed due to six smallpox cases. It also urged city council to enforce the Vaccination Act.
Premier Norris indicated the next provincial general election would likely be held in July, with no definite date until after the legislature session. He also noted the new voters list would be nearly twice as large as in the last election.
The Ottawa Journal reports Lieut.-Col. Cherry brought back 35 million dollars as Canada’s share of canteen profits from England and France. Soldiers funded the canteens, and Ottawa soldiers favor distributing the money to soldiers rather than a patriotic fund.
A French soldier in Belgian army uniform recruited German police to seize three men and lock them in a bank room. He looted the vault of one million marks, then slipped away. A sentry tailed him to a cafe where he reemerged in civilian clothes.
A police court under Magistrate Ask found the Canadian Express Company guilty of transporting 35 cases of champagne from Montreal to Ottawa in violation of the February 24 1919 order in council. The firm was fined 202 dollars and a stated case was granted for appeal. The liquor remains in police possession and a request to reshipment to Boivin Wilson Company was denied.
London crowds witness a Prince of Wales Canadian Pacific Railway show at Albert Hall as Sir George Perley presides. In Commons Lloyd George says France guarantee may hinge on U S ratification. Britain would seek Parliament consent before acting alone. He warns on Russia but pledges vigilance for a stable government.
A Boonah cargo vessel under Australian charter caught fire in two holds while waiting at the Royal Albert docks. The blaze follows recent arrests of four foreigners on December 13 at the landing. Police hold the quartet, connected to the dockyard fires.
District Attorney Lewis of Brooklyn says evidence suffices to convict six policemen who aided burglars in five Brooklyn and Manhattan robberies worth over 200000. Two officers are under arrest. four more officers are alleged to belong to the gang that also raided the wholesale clothing district.
The Western Union cable steamer Robert C. Lowery arriving from St Pierre Migg was raided by temperance officers and police in Halifax and seized by customs. A bond will secure its release pending a department decision under its laws. No charge will be laid under the Nova Scotia Temperance Act.
Premier Lloyd George and Premier Nitti are invited to join Premier Clemenceau in Paris within days to discuss Fiume. An American representative may attend as part of efforts to settle the Fiume question.
The French consulate in Constantinople was destroyed by a blaze on Wednesday. No further details on casualties or cause were provided in the report.
Provincial agriculture officials report nearly all grain has been threshed across Saskatchewan despite early winter weather. Only flax and some wheat remain unthreshed north of Saskatoon as districts provide updates.
The State Department was advised by the British Foreign Office that Great Britain will release American owned goods seized during the war once American ownership is proven at the time the goods were shipped.
Independence Belge reports that the Brussels government will refuse to restore Belgium's neutrality state, signaling a deliberate move away from a policy of neutrality.
A weekly airship service to America is contemplated by aviation firms aiming to acquire the R-34 and her sister ship the R-33. The vessels are to be altered to meet passenger and cargo needs.
Levy Mayer chief counsel for the midwest distillers says liquor interests estimate losses at 400 million dollars due to war time prohibition. He announces a suit to recover the amount from the United States government will be filed in the court of claims in Washington.
Montreal authorities refused to waive the bylaw banning buildings over ten storeys, despite support from prominent citizens for a 16 storey hotel project in the city.
The Prussian state assembly voted 210 to 32 in favor of a centralized German state. The measure seeks to consolidate authority and streamline governance across Germany under a single framework.
An ammunitions blast at the US Arsenal in Dover New Jersey occurred Wednesday midnight. Fire apparatus were summoned and communications cut, with explosions continuing at 1 15 am. No casualty figure is yet known, and the blaze could be seen for miles.
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