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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1920
Page
4
Mrs O T Alexander of Great Falls Montana claims she refused a dance offer from Prince Carol of Romania on the Japanese liner Koren Maru. She says the prince sent the purser with a message he would condescend to dance, which she rejected.
Various brief notes cover a range of topics from a French sale of quinine by its weight in silver to public health plans and curiosities. Items include Canadian timber fire prevention efforts, a singing feat, a lightning incident, new concrete use, and historical mentions of Neal Dow, oil lamps in London, blue glass repelling or attracting insects, and Victoria Cross eligibility.
A striking Rodin sculpture titled Defense of Verdun was dedicated at Verdun. The statue was presented to the city by Dutch friends of France, honoring the defense era with a monumental figure.
Dried figs provide over three times the nutrients of fresh eggs and deserve a place among food fruits. In dry or stewed form they are an excellent cold weather food for children. Five ounces of figs with milk makes a sustaining meal for adults. Dates are heavier nourishment than bread per weight, and in desert regions figs serve as a vital food for people and animals alike.
Attorney General Palmer referenced his inflation probe at a dinner and quipped about Italian airman Papa flying 172 miles per hour, noting American papas must go faster to keep up with living costs.
Quotation noting that wealth does not guarantee perfection and poverty does not ensure hardship. Ends with a reflection on balance between social classes and human frailty.
Paris reports 40 000 Russians killed and 30 000 captured in Poland with 120 miles northeast of Warsaw Ossovety fortress fallen. Tuchatschewski relieved as commander after failure to take Warsaw, Trotzky assumes direct command. Polish forces advance near Ostrotenka Lemberg Grodno and Dniester region amid shifting front lines.
The Pennsylvania railroad distributed most of the back pay ordered by the United States Railway Labor Board on July 26. About 23 million dollars will go to 275000 to 280000 workers, retroactive to May 1, covering May June and July payments.
Washington announces two long distance air races by the Army Air Service. The first runs from New York to San Francisco from October 18 to November 20 and will be followed by a second race to Los Angeles.
Deputy Commissioner Willoughby was killed in his residence at Kheri in Oudh by a Mussulman fanatic. The assailant entered during a period when the servants were away.
Grizzly bears escaped from the municipal zoo and terrified hundreds in a residential district. Mounted police and a large crowd pursued the animals as they fled through streets in St Louis.
Twenty eight Dominion police officers in Ottawa who recently merged with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police mutinied to protest spending extensive hours drilling.
Paris reports that Soviet troops evacuated Vilna Lithuania and its railway station and public buildings were subsequently taken by Lithuanians according to dispatches reaching the French foreign office.
Chicago August 28 16 men representing Illinois coal operators and workers unions formal accepted a new daily raise of 1.50 for more than 40000 miners. The agreement tallies with a broader industry labor settlement and sets a wage baseline across Illinois mines.
Illinois coal dealers raise prices by 58 cents to 1.90 a ton effective Thursday after new freight tariffs. Intrastate routes add 53 to 65 cents a ton, Pocahontas bituminous 1.05, and anthracite 1.90. Wage increase of 1.50 a day to 7.50 for eight hours may trigger further raises. back pay granted to August 16 with March 31, 1922 expiry.
Washington reports that gasoline consumption rose 32 percent in the first half of the year while production was 18 percent higher than a year ago. Gasoline stocks as of June end stood at 89,841,000 gallons, down 15 percent from June 1919.
Dublin reports eleven additional deaths in ongoing Belfast rioting that has surged since the killing of Inspector Swanzy at Lisbon a week earlier. Authorities struggle to quell violence as casualties mount.
A Stockholm dispatch quotes advices that Dr A A Sachmirov professor of Russian at the University of Petrograd has died of starvation in the city. The report attributes the death to starvation.
Henry Sullivan of Lowell Massachusetts battled to cross the Dover Strait from England toward France for 18 hours. He was pulled into a boat three miles from his goal after fighting heavy seas and strong currents.
A Moscow wireless reports the Soviet government is ready to drop the provision in the Polish peace terms that would form an armed militia of 200,000 workers in Poland. The move follows negotiations and signals a potential easing of Polish security commitments.
W J Atterbury age ninety one dies in Olathe Kansas leaving 91 descendants. Eight children 87 grandchildren 44 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Aug 27 Eugene Teroy, wanted by Detroit police in connection with the murder of a woman believed to be his wife, was arrested aboard the British freighter Dryden which arrived here.
Five pro Irish women pickets resumed demonstrations in New York harbor triggering a walkout of over 2000 longshoremen on British liners in protest of Britain's Irish policy. Plans were said to extend the action to other Atlantic ports and possibly ship crews, with conditions tied to Cork Mayor MacSweeney and Archbishop Mannix.
Census data show Green Bay Wisconsin at 31 017 residents up 5 781 or 22 9 percent. Other changes include Red Wing Minnesota down 411 or 4 5 percent and Wayne County Michigan including Detroit up 646 115 or 121 5 percent. Los Angeles County California including Los Angeles rises to 976 438 up 432 307 or 85 8 percent.
Los Angeles reports Mildred Warris Chaplin refused a $125,000 alimony settlement. Her attorneys allegedly instructed the film actress to avoid meeting her husband or any representative.
Mrs. Hugo Beisinger daughter of Adolphus Busch of St Louis marries Charles B Greenough a New York and Newport society man in New York on August 31.
Burlington, Aug. 31. J. B. Nauts of Burlington and J. L. Snelson of New London were struck by a Burlington passenger train while attempting to cross the main line tracks. Both men were killed.
The Serbian government asks the United States to appoint representatives to an allied commission to investigate the clash between Albania and Yugoslavia. The appeal seeks international examination of the hostilities and tensions in the Balkans.
Frederick A. Thompson aged 92, a veteran paper maker and early developer of linen paper, died in Westfield Massachusetts. Thompson was noted as among the region’s oldest papermakers and a pioneer in linen paper production.
Mrs. I. Fitzanke of Pekin is charged after allegedly chaining her ten year old daughter to a heated stove in Peoria on August 27 because the child lost a silver dollar she had entrusted for purchases at a grocery store.
Antwerp reports Miss Ethelia Bleibury of New York won the 100 meter freestyle for women in 1 minute 13 3-5 seconds, adding another world record to the Olympic games string.
Secretary Bainbridge Colby signed the official proclamation at 8 am after Tennessee certified ratification, making the suffrage amendment the nineteenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The action occurred at Colby’s home with officials present, without ceremony. The document affirms federal certification and states the amendment is now valid as part of the Constitution.
Washington reports that midnight Wednesday saw widespread rate hikes on rail and water lines. Blanket schedules filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission lift freight charges by 33 1 8 percent and passenger fares by 20 percent, with 50 percent more for Pullman services. Water routes match rail increases, while Atlantic coast Great Lakes and Gulf steamship lines raise freight 20 to 40 percent and passenger rates 20 to 33 1 3 percent following a Shipping Board decision.
Berlin reports sixty five thousand Bolshevist soldiers have crossed into Germany. Including 180,000 Russians still held as prisoners there, a total of 245,000 Russians are accounted in the region.
Paris reports a large wartime update with eighty thousand internees said to be in East Prussia. The item notes mass captures and the scale of Soviet losses as World War II actions unfold.
Practically all of the 2 000 000 estate of the late Nellie A Black widow of John C Black former president of the Continental and Commercial National Bank was left to charity in Chicago on August 28.
Washington reports the total loss in actual and potential life from the great war reached 35 320 000, according to an American Red Cross announcement.
Lieut Col Beecher B Ray U S A retired died at his home in Los Angeles California on August 27 He served about twenty five years in the regular army retiring after service in the Philippine insurrection
The Sacramento has been ordered from Port Lemon Costa Rica to La Ceiba Honduras amid labor trouble disturbances in the port area.
President Wilson approved the majority report increasing contract miners wages by 20 percent, with 17 percent for company men and additional gains for consideration and laborers. Retroactive payments amount to about 18 million dollars, with total annual increase around 35 million dollars for 175 000 miners. The decision rejects a closed shop and check off, but preserves a two year contract and shifts on disputes to the board of conciliation.
Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican national committee, says the rule limiting campaign contributions to $1,000 has been broken in numerous instances. The disclosure comes as Chicago reports the issue on September 1.
In its semi annual bulletin the United States Chamber of Commerce predicts a gradual natural readjustment of business conditions with no financial disorders.
Liverpool reports no morning papers for 112 years and no evening edition for 50 years as a sudden strike of newspaper compositors halts production in the city. Local printers and distributors face a halt in daily news, affecting readers and businesses.
The German government advised Poland that 70 000 Red Army fugitives are interned in German territory since the last Polish offensive began.
In York South Carolina farmers are giving away watermelons and feeding them to hogs. Three weeks earlier watermelons sold for 50 cents to 1.25 dollars each, reflecting local market swings.
A Koenigsberg dispatch reports Russian Bolshevik forces recaptured Grodno and that Polish troops have been forced to evacuate the city of Bialystok.
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