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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1919
Page
3
Warning from the American Forestry association urges campers to prevent fires by proper action. Do not leave matches or cigarette butts burning, avoid large campfires, extinguish fires completely, avoid burning brush near woods, and report fires promptly to a forest guard or state fire warden when in reach.
Census data show 10 percent of marriages ended in divorce by 1916, up from 6 percent in 1890 and 8 percent in 1900. Nevada leads with 607 divorces per 100,000. DC reports 18 per 100,000. Wives initiate two thirds of cases. alimony requests grow from 13.2 percent to 20.2 percent, with grants from 9.2 to 15.2 percent.
Report by Ethelbert Stewart of the Chicago labor department estimates up to 1.3 million aliens may depart the United States with about 4 billion dollars, averaging 3 000 per person. Investigations cover Chicago area steel and coal districts and several cities. Immigrant groups show varying percentages planning to return to their homelands. Additional notes cite factors weakening assimilation and attracting savings abroad.
Public health program under Surgeon General Rupert Blue aims to raise national fitness by correcting conditions revealed in 1917 draft examinations. Of 3,000,000 men examined only 70 percent were fit for service, with heart and blood vessel issues, bones and joints, eye troubles, tuberculosis, and mental defects among top causes. The plan calls for prenatal and infant care, milk safety, school health inspection, and mental and physical testing to guide treatment and education.
Alaska legislators rejected legislation to permit war on wild dogs. Public sentiment favors the dogs, with Anchorage residents privately pursuing extermination while authorities seek the identity of the self-appointed enforcer. The territorial assembly upheld dog loyalty amid stray dog concerns.
Washington July 25 Thomas 7 Mooney did not receive full justice in his trial at San Francisco over alleged involvement in a bomb plot. Densmore former Justice official says the case shows trial flaws poor investigations and flimsy testimony. The report submitted to the House criticizes district attorney Pickert and calls for reevaluation of the proceedings.
Marshal Foch head of Allied armies is to be invited by the American Legion to visit the United States this fall and attend the legion's next meeting in November. The invitation, strongly urged by veterans who fought under Foch, will be sent by cable in a few days to prominent American war veterans.
Washington July 24 Federal regulation of the navigation of the air is provided in a bill introduced in the senate by Senator Sherman of Illinois He said navigation of the air must be regulated and cited the recent blimp tragedy in Chicago as indicating the need for aerial navigation laws.
Washington notes the house approved a $3 minimum wage for all government employees excluding postal workers by a 368 to 47 vote, not counting the wartime $240 annual bonus. The measure advances to the senate. Yanks return from Russia report Brest dispatch shows the 310th American Engineers arriving from Archangel, part of the 85th division.
The Dutch foreign office refused permission for the ex-Kaiser to move from Amerongen to The Hague area though he wished to relocate. Count Bentinck sought his removal.
George M. Cornwall urges President Wilson to dispatch federal troops to curb forest fires in the Pacific Northwest. Carranua reports 250 Villa followers surrendered to federal forces and were granted amnesty in Juarez. Wilson, back in Washington from Hampton Roads, was ordered to bed for dysentery.
H Percival Dodge a diplomat with long service has been appointed as the United States’ first representative in the Kingdom of the Serbs Croats and Slovenes. Dodge formerly led the State Department Latin American Bureau.
A giant Goodyear airship crashed through the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank rotunda at Jackson Boulevard and La Salle Street, killing twelve and injuring twenty five. Flames from exploding gasoline tanks burned clerks and lockkeepers, mostly women, as the blimp struck the bank floor and exploded. The crew survived partially, while Marcus Callopy later died from injuries in St Luke's hospital.
Johnny Dundee of New York defeated Joe Tiplitz of Philadelphia by decision in a 12 round Boston bout. The event was reported from telegraphic notes dated July 22.
Paris July 25 The Japanese delegation to the police conference denied assertions that the treaty clause granting Japan the Shauntung concession was exchanged for the withdrawal of the racial clause.
Paris reports France may reintroduce bread cards in September due to a possible wheat shortage. The anticipated rationing plan suggests reestablishing bread cards to control supplies.
In Washington on July 24, the senate foreign relations committee approved unanimously President Wil son’s recommendation to raise the American legation at Brussels to an embassy. In Cincinnati on July 24, Dick OBrien of Cincinnati knocked out Joe Bonds of New York in the ninth round at Elwood. OBrien dominated and floored Bonds five times.
The House passed a prohibition enforcement bill with wide search and seizure powers. After 1920 January 16 all reporters must list liquor quantities. possession beyond private dwelling usage becomes prima facie evidence of sale. Violations carry fines up to 1000 dollars or imprisonment. physicians may use liquor as medicine under strict rules.
Peking reports China's latest defensive push against General Semenoff. Five thousand troops drawn from Japanese trained contingents depart toward Urga. For the first time large scale use of automobiles and expected use of airplanes for troop transport mark this modern mobilization.
Budapest notes a barber shop comment about Bolsheviks and French entry leading to Bela Kun prosecution for ten words. A journalist reports a ten year penitentiary and hard labor sentence. Also reports strikes canceling Liverpool sailings and an eight day truce between Roumania and Hungarian reds via Copenhagen.
Major General William Graves commander of the American expeditionary force in Siberia and Roland I Morris ambassador to Japan left Vladivostok by special train for Omsk on July 23.
Panama President issues decree prohibiting intoxicants and states beer containing not more than 4 percent alcohol will not be classed as intoxicating liquor. The measure aims to regulate beverages and curb liquor use in the country.
Under order by Postmaster General Burleson all first class mail is moved to air service. The shift increases air shipments as more correspondence is sent by air than by train, reflecting a sweeping reform in mail delivery.
Theodore Patterson British subject and superintendent for Mazapil Copper company is murdered by Mexican bandits near Mazapil. Reported by the 9 dig patch. The incident occurred as tensions rise in the region near Laredo Texas on July 29.
Washington dispatch says Honduras president in council of ministers issued a decree declaring a state of war, amid reports of two movements to depose the government. Local authorities have not confirmed details and the situation remains unsettled.
Chicago July 22 stockyards workers end a weeklong strike after a mass meeting decides 10,000 to resume work. They left Friday claiming excessive police presence around the yards amid labor dispute.
In St John s Newfoundland on July 22 Captain Frederick Raynham the British aviator tried to start a biplane inside a hangar or field and abandoned the flight amid repeated attempts.
Miss Antoinette Funk a former Progressive worker in 1912 Chicago and vice chairman of the Woman’s Liberty Loan committee is chosen to direct the educational department of the Woman’s Bureau of the Democratic National Committee.
Washington July 22 mobs attacked black residents after white woman assaults. Police and provost guard failed to stop seven mob incidents. Over 2,000 men raided the southwest negro quarter and Pennsylvania Avenue seeking victims to harm. Many injured were taken to Emergency Hospital as ambulances collected casualties.
A massive blaze in a South Chicago residential area killed Captain Hugh Murray of the Sixteenth fire engine company and an infant, leaving four hundred homeless. The fire started at the rear of a three story frame boarding house for steel workers and spread through the block.
Chicago July 25. Pilot John Skoning tests a government mail plane between Chicago and Cleveland. The aircraft somersaulted and landed on its back in Grant Park. Skoning was uninjured and immediately returned to his own machine to continue to Cleveland.
French and Belgian guards on the Rhine received orders to shoot to kill any person acting suspiciously near the left bank. In the Düsseldorf region alone five smugglers have been shot. St Joseph to Have 234 Beer. The St Joseph excise board reversed itself on 2½ percent beer licenses and granted licenses to saloons. over 40 applications came in within an hour.
Two bandits robbed Phillip Fleming, a messenger for the Austin National Bank, of $45,809 as he headed to deposit funds at a downtown bank. The robbers escaped with the money.
Brussels reports steady progress in recovering stolen Belgian machinery from Germany. About 3,000 tons of equipment are shipped back weekly to the original owners.
The constitutional validity of the federal farm loan act was challenged in a test case filed in U S district court in Kansas City Missouri. The suit was brought by counsel for the Kansas City Title and Trust Company.
From November 1, 1917, six weeks after the first soldier arrived at Camp Grant, to July 12, 1919, Winnebago County issued 787 marriage licenses to soldiers via the county clerk's office.
Many spectators unable to reach the front used trench periscopes to glimpse the London victory parade from above the crowd. The devices elevated observers and provided a clear line of sight over the others.
Former President Taft has opened correspondence with Democratic and Republican senators suggesting reservations to the League of Nations treaty. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska denounced Taft’s move as an attempt to lead Democratic senators, while administration leaders warn against any clauses requiring treaty negotiations. Debates continue as Taft’s proposals spark tension over ratification and party leadership.
Paris July 26 American soldiers in Paris face removal by August first under plans from A. E. F. authorities. Military police sweep the streets asking officials for papers and if not on official business they are to board the next train to Brest.
Citizens in Fukushima started a movement against Japan joining an international tribunal to try the former German emperor, arguing the action could have a negative effect.
In New York on July 26 a soda fountain opened at the Waldorf Astoria replacing the historic bar where many political fortunes and baseball deals were once made and negotiated.
Reported blast at a Texas Oil Company tank car yard in Bayonne New Jersey injured several workers. Fire followed amid rain soaked ground hindering response as authorities investigate the cause and scope of the incident.
Paris July 26 neutralization proposal from the Baltic commission of the peace conference recommends that the Aland Islands lie between Sweden and Finland at the mouth of the Gulf of Bothnia be neutralized.
Iowa counties gain airplane ownership at Guthria Center Emmetsburg and Algoma. land deals involve T C Cessna of Grinnell Polk and Dallas counties 1142 acres near Commerce sold to Walker and Wallson of Linden. Fresh water pool funded by Des Moines businessmen for Boone Boy Scout camp.
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