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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1919
Page
1
Republican leaders in Washington discuss a crowded field for the 1912 nomination. Taft is the most mentioned favorite among party factions, with Harding Borah Lodge and Johnson named as other possible contenders in pre convention chatter.
From Stockholm reports troops fired on vast starving crowds in Petrograd as 10,000 people marched for bread. The Kiev region saw a massacre at Berdutshev after peasants tried to disarm Jewish militia. More pogroms are feared.
Across Iowa Madison and national capitals, lawmakers advance the Prohibition amendment. Iowa ratified 42 to 7 in the senate and 86 to 13 in the house, becoming the 31st state to back the measure while Wisconsin Minnesota and other states pledge ratification with eight states already dry. Dinwiddie of the Anti-Saloon League predicts ratification by 36 states is certain and anticipates a one year lead time before operative status.
Rome reports Austria has delivered 300 million dollars to Italian armistice commissioners. The payment represents funds removed from Trieste and Trentino banks by Austria at the outbreak of the war.
Snapshots at News Vance C. McCormick resigns from the Democratic National Committee chair. The anti saloon league predicts ratification of the national prohibition amendment by 36 states by Thursday evening.
Secretary of War Baker is expected to resign to resume private law practice and start a speaking campaign. If he leaves, he will be the sixth Wilson cabinet member and the second war secretary to depart, following Bryan, Garrison, McReynolds, McAdoo, and Gregory.
The inter allied food council in Paris reports surplus food exists to feed Europe and will be financed by the United States France Italy and England to move supplies to Northern France Belgium and Central and Southern Europe The meeting signals possible easing of the Allied blockade as Germany increases ship turnover to the Allies.
In Washington J F Guffey a Pittsburgh millionaire business leader and Pennsylvania Democratic state chairman along with director of sales for the alien property custodian's office is slated to become the next Democratic national chairman as leaders gather for an informal conclave.
The Democratic National Committee will meet February 26 at the Shoreham hotel to elect a new chairman after Vance McCormick resigns. In Berlin, government troops arrest over 1,000 Spartacists, while talks on constitutional reforms and peace conference participation proceed. A food shortage and coal famine threaten amid strikes in Westphalia, and pan Germans cheer calls for a strong empire.
At the annual meeting held in the secretary Miss Olive Miller’s office in the Dean block yesterday the company elected Treasurer H H Harmer auditors W J Ewing Roy Hazen directors J V Stewart Scott Paisley John S Martin J J Dean elders S Robison W B Rodgers B F Butler R T Galbraith John H Marshall for the coming year.
London dispatch reports British experts believe commercial and future naval power will rest on oil production. The piece says oil could solve labor issues lower transport costs and improve travel comfort, predicting the United States may become a leading maritime power due to its growing shipping and oil reserves. It notes Britain is scrambling to discover offshore oil.
Helsingfors dispatch reports Nicholas Lenine the Bolshevik premier of Russia warns against repeating last year mistakes. He says if not avoided Bolshevism may end in death this year. Lenine reportedly arrested on orders from Leon Trotzky due to opposition to continued reign of terror.
James Finnerty chief of police of Bessemer was held for court by Alderman Mantz on assault and battery and surety of the peace charges brought by S Herman Wolfe. The plaintiff says Finnerty beat him without cause. Finnerty posted bail.
The mayor oversaw a large morning class of arrestees as police conducted a series of detentions in recent days eight men were sent to the county jail in a move recalling earlier city actions.
John McCormack the great Irish tenor fell ill at the Hotel Casey in Scranton after performing three songs. His manager said he has a severe cold and sore throat and may be taken to New York for treatment.
The report states that Councilman Jas A Horton remained in the same condition this morning, with no new developments or changes in his health status.
Paris report says three days remain for final peace conference prep. Delegations from great powers meet at the foreign office to draft formal invitations. Committees will handle debates with big nations, smaller nations represented on their issue committees. Poland and Russian representation loom as M Sazonoff nears Paris for talks.
Thirty people are reported dead and at least 50 injured after a massive molasses tank exploded on Atlantic Avenue near North End Park. The blast destroyed three buildings and pushed the North End pier into the harbor, while molasses flooded streets and left workers slipping through the sticky aftermath.
Harrisburg reports say Governor Brumbaugh may not take a 10000 dollar historian post on the state war board after his term. He would instead seek a federal role similar to his Porto Rico school system reorganization job. He neither confirmed nor denied the federal offer.
Police received multiple calls last night about suspicious characters loitering at 410 Sutton Street 114 South Crawford Avenue and 1305 Delaware Avenue. Officers answered all calls but no arrests were made.
A Madrid dispatch reports Lisbon restored as government retakes control after days of terror. London notes a Portugal upheaval with fighting in Porto led by troops arriving from France aiming to restore ex President Machado supporters.
Rep James Mann Republican of Illinois accuses many government offices of rotten frauds and says Democratic leaders in Congress avoid investigation as the House considered a resolution to appoint session clerks for committees on government expenditures.
An airship named C I directed from Rockaway Island New York to Key West Florida left Brunswick Georgia at 4 AM for the final leg. Mrs A E Douglass of Highland Avenue is reported slightly improved from an unspecified condition.
Clarence Magoon and Joseph Curtin planned a woods vacation near Greenfield New Hampshire. Over a month they trapped 87 foxes 11 coons 44 skunks 14 minks and a musk rat earning just over $1,000 for their efforts.
List of deceased individuals includes Josiah Woodrow age 70 of Elkwood City Pa Dr William F Pollock 78 of Pittsburg Pa Vivian Jane Adams 3 months of 1074 North Liberty Street Mrs Andelina O Donnell 67 of Wampum Pa Joseph we McKnight BT East Brook Pa Andrew W Gardner 81 of E 04 Jefferson Street Each entry notes age and residence in a compact death record style
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