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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1920
Page
3
A survey of diverse notes reports on world finance and industry. It covers a British gold debt, papal expenses, wireless alarm range, French medical work hours, Bavarian agriculture, sugar production, vacuum cleaners with lamps, and labor hour increases in Torre del Greco Italy.
Col Colon Dicelo, regarded as Italy's premier ace, visits the United States. He is credited with downing 40 German planes with Austrian planes and three dirigibles.
Louis Albert Hill exposes more than 850 forgery cases in government pay checks prevented in the past year. His magnifying work uncovered widespread fraud and led to swift action by authorities. The report highlights Hill as a vigilant investigator in a campaign against payroll fraud.
A seaside restaurant patron jokes about tiny sandwiches, and a waitress replies that shrinking portions reduces complaints about quality. In Japan, researchers test maturing ginseng faster, aiming to beat the usual six year growth period.
A reflection on values of endurance and effort noting that enduring struggle and eventual failure can be more meaningful than easy success. The quote emphasizes perseverance over short lived achievement and moral outcome.
A reflective note on deference as the most indirect and elaborate form of compliment, attributed to Chenstone, signaling how praise can mask complexity and elegance.
A bat is said to digest in a single night food three times its body weight. The claim involves the bat’s absorption and digestion capacity and compares to its mass, challenging common assumptions about animal metabolism.
President Wilson reportedly urged a quick decision by the railroad labor board in Chicago on wage talks. Wages, not board delays, are blamed for ongoing strikes as labor leaders demand substantial increases to avert further transportation disruption.
A federal grand jury in Philadelphia continues the Bergdoll case probing a possible conspiracy around the escape of Grover Bergdoll the wealthy draft dodger. Army officers and about a dozen witnesses are to be heard including Mrs Frieda Stecher Col T Q Donaldson and Harry Preston with Bergdoll's attorney D Clarence Cibbony.
Rebels cut the railway between Winters and Parral in Chihuahua state halting traffic. Several American trainmen traveling to Parral were forced to shift to jinines to reopen the line.
The city will sell its barracks at Wuellon and move soldiers to cantonments in the suburbs to secure healthier conditions. The plan aims to improve soldier health and efficiency.
National Chairman Homer Cummings will use a gavel made by a Davenport high school student to open the Democratic convention in San Francisco next week.
Seventeen thousand dollars worth of liquor and groceries were stolen from the warehouse of A Rusno & Co located at 466 West Chicago Avenue. The burglary was discovered when the warehouse was opened.
Savannah June 23 A man named Paip Gaithers was lynched near Rincon after confessing to the murder of Miss Anza Jardon a seventeen year old girl. Gaithers was arrested near Stitson, Georgia, last week and taken to Rincon where the mob carried out the punishment.
Washington reports the Soviet Union has recalled Ludwig K. Martens, who served over a year as the Soviet ambassador in the United States. Officials say the action comes from Moscow and may affect diplomatic relations and ongoing wartime alliance dynamics.
Twelve year old Elwood Landis found a wallet containing 15000 in a gutter in York and returned it to the owner. He received a 12 reward and a promise to pray for him from the grateful owner.
Dublin reports seven killed in Londonderry fighting as unionist volunteers mobilize across Ulster. Descriptions of blood, skull fragments, and powder of rifles contrast with Carsonite assurances that arms were removed. Britain fears nationwide civil war as clashes persist and commerce halts.
The American Federation of Labor adjourned its annual convention in Montreal after endorsing the League of Nations without reservations amid a stormy session. Irish sympathizers and progressives challenged the endorsement while President Samuel Gompers struggled to maintain order as the gavel was struck down.
Gimbel Brothers of New York operators of a large department store and their executives Frederick Gimbel vice president Joseph J Dowdell merchandise manager and Charles J Shinter clothing buyer were indicted on 207 counts for profiteering in clothing in New York on June 24.
Street car services, except in outlying districts, were suspended as trolley workers began a strike to demand 66 instead of 55 cents per hour. The action centers on pay rates and affects central Toronto operations.
John M. Larson announces a nonstop return flight to New York aboard the all metal air plane that arrived here. Mr and Mrs Larson came to attend a wedding and will be on the trip.
Express dispatch from Prague reports Geneva police halted a planned assassination of Archdukes Eugene and Frederick by Hungarian communists. Authorities warn of ongoing anti monarchy activity and seek further arrests. The incident underscores rising tensions in Central Europe.
Kansas City report states President Wilson cannot seek a third term due to health. Jouett Shouse conveyed the interview asserting impossibility of renomination.
Senator Warren G. Harding, Republican presidential nominee, remains in Washington on June 22 for continued conferences with party leaders, abandoning plans for a vacation.
Milwaukee enemies of crime and corruption mourn the death of William A Arnold the first Socialist sheriff of Milwaukee County He was sixty three he died in Milwaukee on June 22 He is survived by his widow and others whose names are not shown in the fragment.
In Chicago on June 22 a race riot left two dead and patrolman Joseph Owen fatally wounded. Victims identified include R. L. Ross, a sailor from the Great Lakes, and Joseph White, a clerk. Dozens wounded as police restore order in the black belt.
Census data place Philadelphia as the nation’s third largest city with a population of 1 823 158. The ten year rise of 274 150 marks the second largest decade increase and surpasses the 1910- decade by nearly 20 000 with a 17 7 percent gain.
Washington announced a special service squadron of cruisers and gunboats to be based in the Canal Zone and ready for duty in Mexico, Central America and adjacent ports, organized about October 1.
Washington reports that since 1914 the United States has accumulated a trade balance of about 17 billion dollars against the world, surpassing the total U S gains from 1875 to 1914 by several billions. Des Moines announces Mrs Winter elected federation president with 760 votes. Mexico sets congressional elections for August 1 and a new president chosen on April 5.
In Duluth Minnesota two white men are in the county jail charged as members of the mob that attacked six Black men in the city jail before a lynching in the city Tuesday night. Three victims died.
A violent cloud burst caused major damage around Naples Italy on June 24. The children’s hospital at Postlipo was damaged a wall collapsed before the flood and several villas were demolished.
President Wilson has received the first victory medal issued to those who served in the world war between April 6, 1917, and Armistice Day. The emblem marks the start of a program to honor eligible veterans.
Estimated strength of the army on June 17 was 213,315 officers and enlisted men. Of these, 15,689 held commissioned bribes according to figures released by the War Department.
A sequence of shocks lasting from 6:47 p.m. Monday to 12:35 p.m. Tuesday caused about 100000 dollars in damage in Los Angeles County, mostly in Inglewood where 24 buildings were demolished and many dwellings damaged. One death occurred indirectly, with several injuries from falling debris. Hotels hosting delegates en route to the Democratic convention felt tremors, while Pasadena reported minor shocks.
In Philadelphia on June 23 a slight shift in the yard workers strike is reported as both sides dispute counts of idle workers and the impact on freight. Leaders claim about 4,000 idle across the Pennsylvania, Reading, and Baltimore & Ohio systems, with embargoes in effect except for perishable freight and coal for utilities. The Reading notes severe disruption to Philadelphia freight, while the Pennsylvania and B&O insist yards run near 100 percent.
Traveling auditor August Dwyer of Middlesboro Kentucky for the United Mine Workers of America was found dead by strangulation in his brother attorney Dennis H Dwyer's Detroit office. Frank H Dohany a bank director was detained for investigation after denying involvement and explaining blood on his clothes.
August Heckecher of New York City donates five hundred thousand dollars announced by President Schurman during Cornell University’s fifty second commencement. The university conferred 685 first degrees.
New York June 25 Soviet Russia and Canada move toward trade relations with preliminary discussions announced by Ludwig C A Martens, the Soviet ambassador in New York. The talks mark steps toward formal concessions and economic cooperation.
Beloit Wisconsin June 24 Beloit college will receive 300000 from the Rockefeller Foundation upon meeting a condition to increase its endowment by 1000000 The announcement came at Beloit's seventy third annual commencement ceremonies
William Gibbs McAdoo wired Burris A. Jenkins a Kansas City clergyman and newspaper publisher asking that his name not be suggested for the Democratic presidential nomination.
London dispatch reports a Bolshevik communication asserting they hurled Polish forces east of the Dnieper at Rezhitse and are driving them back toward Korogten and Ovutch, indicating a counteroffensive in the region.
Washington reports May exports up 55 million while imports drop 64 million compared with April trade figures, according to the Department of Commerce.
British authorities report Londonderry under iron control as troops deploy to Ireland to quell the unrest. Sniper rounds, a civilian fatality, and a fierce gun battle mark the fighting with Sinn Fein forces. Ulster volunteers offer 8,000 men while Davis Strabane hosts drill camps.
Chicago reports stored meats and lards cover only 25 days of normal consumption. Institute of American Meat Packers notes no time in the last year with adequate supply and urges stockpiling at live stock marketing time to cover forthcoming shortages. Substantial monthly decreases since October 1919 are noted.
An injunction suit in Eldorado seeks to permanently enjoin the Industrial Workers of the World from operating in Kansas under the state anti-syndicalism law. A temporary writ was issued.
Greek army headquarters reports start of operation against Turkish nationalist forces led by Mustafa Kemal Pasha in Smyrna Asia Minor with initial success claimed in the official statement dated June 26.
The Boston Edison company announced a ten percent wage increase for all employees effective July 1. About 2,000 workers are expected to benefit from the raise in pay.
Cambridge June 26 Gov Coolidge and his military staff and President A Lawrence Lowell led the Harvard commencement procession to Sanders theater where the senior and honorary degrees were conferred Merle Smith in New Job Washington June 26 Appointment of Van S Merle Smith to the third assistant secretary of state was announced He succeeds Breckenridge Long who resigned to enter the campaign for U S senator
Paris dispatch says the Petit Journal names three ambassadors chosen to Germany Charles Laurant for France Lord Abernon for Great Britain and Signor de Martino for Italy all slated as envoy representatives to Berlin in upcoming diplomacy.
Washington June 26. The Merrera government in Guatemala, which followed Dr. Estrada Cabrera, has been recognized by the United States, according to a state department announcement.
Chicago June 26 Britton I Budd president of the Elevated railway presented a petition to the public utilities commission asking for a 10 cent fare on the L lines to go into effect July 1.
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