12 May 1919
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Newspaper
Moberly Evening Democrat
Location
Moberly, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1919
Page
1
The German National 7 Assembly votes against peace terms. Foreign Minister Brockdorff-Rantzau and Landsburg, an official from the German Peace Party, resign as serious riots are feared in Berlin.
United Press reports from Paris and Zurich detail the Austro-Hungarian peace terms to be presented this week, with boundaries defining Hungary and the future of Czecho-Slovakia, Jugoslav, and German Austria. The German and Austrian treaties will include league of nations clauses and access to the sea through Fiume.
Washington reports Secretary Baker announced Britain will settle war material claims with the United States for 35,500,000. In Jackson City Speaker O Fallon said the House would reconvene to hear conferees on the tax bill with an agreement reached, though terms were not announced, and the House will adjourn tonight.
Mrs Cloyd aged twenty five died yesterday at her home in Billings Montana. She was sister of Mrs Fred Phelan Jr and niece of Mrs J C Green. Survived by husband and two children a three year old boy and a six week old baby. Funeral service will be at Sharon church tomorrow afternoon with relatives from the area expected to attend.
Paul Douglass, a 30 year old fireman, died instantly when the engine he was firing plunged down an embankment near Moulton Town. Surviving are his father E. T. Douglass, four brothers and three sisters. He had been in Moberly seven years, respected for reliability and thrift, and held property in Stoutsville. Funeral arrangements set for Thursday at 2 pm with Masons Odd Fellows and B of L. EB. Stockholm.
Yesterday at 3 35 p m train No 95 near Moulton Iowa left the track on a curve and plunged down an embankment. Engine 2046 led by Engineer M Nichols Fireman C P Douglass Conductor Kincaid jumped and Nichols escaped death Douglass perished five tramp deaths three others injured. Tracks opened at 1 40 this morning after detours via Burlington.
All returned soldiers sailors and marines are cordially invited to attend a meeting at the courthouse tomorrow evening. Delegates to the St Louis convention will be present to report on the national meeting. Automobiles collided on Johnson Street near Spurs Grocery. no injuries. The British Imperial Military Boxing championships opened in London with entrants from Canaries Australia Ireland and other British possessions.
A pretty wedding occurred Sunday morning at the home of Missulah Shackleford at 26 South Fourth Street. She married George W. Sandifer Jr with Rev Edwin Sparks officiating. The bride, a longtime bookkeeper at the Bank of Moberly, is esteemed by Brown Shoe factory workers and friends. The couple will reside at Windst.
L. Ke Smith reports that 2751 workers in the locomotive and cars departments will receive five days notice of layoff with temporary reductions system wide due to slack business and reduced monthly appropriations. Other cuts affect Moberly and Western divisions. some workers not affected will have forty eight hours weekly. Mrs Earle Whitcombe and daughter travel to Chicago after visiting Roscoe McCanne Sealy and C H Bassett family.
Fragmentary forecast notes showers probable tonight and tomorrow with slight warming. Mentions higher temperatures possibly in eastern and northern portions, but details are garbled and uncertain.
Jefferson Avenue Methodist Church drew a large Sunday turnout with Sunday school led by Superintendent Hicks and a standing crowd for the night program. Pastor Rev. H. D. Marlin surprised teachers and officers by a joint performance followed by a well received singalong. Minnis resigns Wabash post to resume legal practice after twenty five years with the railroad.
The Democrat urges mothers and all good women to unite in a cleanup drive to remove trash and dirt from streets and alleys. Committees are formed, pledges of 25 cents fund winter trash removal and wagon costs, with men urged to support by joining the effort.
President Wilson's cablegram from Paris was read in many Southern Methodist churches as the nation begins a $35,090,000 financial campaign. The Fourth Street Southern Methodists seek $10,300 to fund a five year payment period. The message, dated May 5, expresses deep interest and cordial good wishes for the campaign's success.
Farmers report the wheat in the bottoms stood under flood waters for four days and began to sour, with strong odors from the fields. Some areas escaped total loss where water did not cover the grain, leaving a glimmer of hope if weather dries. The town had hoped for a large crop and higher wheat prices to boost the local economy, and recovery could occur if fields dry and plowable for corn planting soon.
Yesterday the Moberly Stars suffered two losses at Star baseball park, 5 to 4 to Higbee and 6 to 4 to Clark. Biscuit Andrews led with strong batting, making multiple extra base hits and posting an .875 average for the day. Embree, Lansbury, and Pollard also sparkled with solid play as Moberly prepared for next Sunday's clash with the Glasgow Greys.
Paris reports that on May 12 Naples saw a street fight between liberated convicts and soldiers against gendarmes. The combatants seized the courthouse before Royal troops reinforced the gendarmes. Order was restored after several hours of fighting. In Chicago, Henry M. Straub’s home at 06 South Clark Street caught fire from a live spark. The blaze scorched the roof. fire crews used chemical tanks to extinguish it. Damage to the roof was about 50 dollars. Mr. Straub afterward praised the department with cigars.
Jerry M. Veitries, attorney for Crist and Katherine, appeared in police court this morning and entered guilty pleas for Crist and the girl. Crist received a fine plus costs. Holloway was fined $1 and costs, paid. Hattie White was arrested last night on lewd conduct charges. her case set for trial Wednesday.
A 1920s bureau note states about 20 906 neutral aliens are forever denied citizenship for refusing combat duty. Spaniards and Mexicans form large shares among slackers as petitions to courts seek to bar their naturalization. Records of others who did not file first papers will be kept and checked against the slackers list before any citizenship is granted. Also a notice asks return of a silk umbrella missing from St Johns Church on Sunday April 11.
Fulton Missouri May 12 Farm Agent Schowengerdt reports from a tour of Missouri river bottoms that wheat growth shows blight or bugs affecting yields. He warns farmers the blight may cut output by about one third and some fields could be ruined, risking thousands in losses.
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