01 May 1919
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1919
Page
1
A set of 16 Victory Loan workers to receive medals for wartime service. Medals crafted from German cannon are being issued, honoring contributions by laborers nicknamed Reds in the campaign effort.
A package resembling infernal machines was found on the desk of Federal Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis in Chicago. The note bore Gimble Brothers New York and the package was sent to officials in New York and to Landis, prompting a New York post office probe.
Chairman M L Fansler of Cass county Victory loan org announced sixteen medals awarded for meritorious service in the county. Band at Walton drew a large gathering after rain forced the change to the school assembly room. George Barnard spoke on supporting the loan. Cass county pledged $1 100000 of its quota with $175000 left to subscribe. Vandalia loan office reports $100 900 pledged by 900 subscribers.
Plans for a large patriotic demonstration and welcome home for Cass county World War I veterans on July 4 are under way. Mayor Barnes announced Lieut Armour Heffley, son of local resident Co Heffley, will likely be the flying exhibitor, pending his station status at Selfridge Field.
London reports the Associated Press may cable freely to America for the first time since August 2 1914 after the official press bureau closed at 9 o’clock tonight. Censors remain under the defense of the realm act and may block messages revealing military secrets or endangering national safety.
Elizabeth Arthur accuses Alonzo M. Arthur a 34 year old Walton baker of grand larceny claiming he seized her $50 Liberty bond and used other funds to buy a Ford roadster. He was arrested after she reported the theft and released on a $500 bond. The couple, owners of a bakery, have a disputed claim over receipts and assets. both are said to have been married twice before.
A major blaze at Brighton Beach destroys the famous Bowery and adjacent Brighton baths causing an estimated million dollar loss. The fire began in the big baths building and rapidly spread through the eastern Brighton Beach resort area, emitting a towering flame seen for miles in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Chicago April 30 Judge Stewart discharges Albert Wright after he explains a German made razor used in a brawl. Wright, a Black man calling himself a black devil, says he kept the blade as a keepsake from a dead German foe seen in No Body's Land. The court questions his claim and retains the razor.
Tel ephone operators in Linton Indiana return to their posts under a two week temporary agreement. The dispute over union recognition and wages remains unresolved with final terms to be set in negotiations. Miss Maude Sherb dismissed during talks. Governor’s commission to continue investigations tomorrow.
The new tax law extends the filing deadline for mortgage exemptions to next Monday May 5. Previously exemptions were due by April 30 each year. The exemption amount rises from 700 to 1000 dollars under the law.
Report notes increased secrecy around a new phase in peace negotiations with officials citing confidential talks and diplomatic channels. Details remain undisclosed as allies push for progress amid stalled public statements and shifting timelines.
An unofficial AP summary says the Sino-Japanese issue in the Paris peace talks is settled with Siao-Chau ceded by Germany to Japan and later returned to China. It also notes Belgian demands for early indemnity funds and an Italian claim to Fiume, with no immediate compromise in sight. President Wilson may steer talks toward harmony without Italy relinquishing Fiume.
The Indiana Massachusetts and Iowa will be decommissioned and redesignated as coast battleships Nos 1 2 and 3 while the Oregon stays in service. New capital ships will bear the old names Indiana Massachusetts and Iowa with hull numbers 50 53 and 54 to be built at the New York yard. The changes reflect a policy of naming battleships for states as older ships head to reserve or retirement.
In Gadsden Alabama on April 30 Representative John L. Burnett chairman of the immigration committee of the last House narrowly escaped serious injury when an infernal machine mailed to him exploded after a police shot. The device was marked Gimbel Brothers New York and resembled others tied to anti-immigration and espionage probes.
Bomb experts and federal detectives traced two mailed devices to District Attorney Charles M. Fickert and assistant Edward A. Funha. Packages addressed to Gimble Brothers at 32nd and Broadway were found to contain detonating caps a vial of suspected acid and a TNT like explosive. Post office surveillance and police examination continued through the night.
The war department announced the break up of the great American army passed the halfway mark. On April 24 total discharges reached 1,836,883. The A H F strength is 58 percent of the November 11 level, and U S force is 31 percent. A new transport sailing record was set for the week ended April 22 with 123,205 troops leaving Europe.
Discovery in New York of sixteen bombs assembled by experts sparks a national warning to government employees. Authorities discuss motive linking attacks to postwar immigration talk while enforcing extraordinary security from mail centers to federal offices. Gimbel Brothers tags declared forgeries to confuse delivery.
Sixteen parcel post bombs addressed to prominent men were found at the New York general post office. Authorities say the bombs contained dynamite enough to kill. Investigators suspect a country wide terrorist plot to strike on May 1 and are probing anarchist and red groups.
Paris on April 30 expected a general strike for May 1 with almost all normal activity halted. Hotels, restaurants, cafes, theatres, newspapers, and transport would shut, while food was scarce and even urgent prescriptions went unfilled.
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