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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
3
The Supreme council announced a reciprocal exchange program allowing Russia to import clothing medicines agricultural machinery and other necessities in exchange for grain flax and other surplus goods. The move does not alter Allied policy toward the Soviet government or end the blockade.
Paris reports the league of nations began as a world body in a solemn Supreme Council session in the French foreign office Glock Room with Leon Bourgeois elected permanent president and Sir Eric Drummond named general secretary. No American ambassador or official attended. Bourgeois warned the league lacks full force until the United States joins. Representatives from France Britain Italy Greece Belgium Spain Japan and Brazil attended.
Paris reports Premier Georges Clemenceau defeated in caucus as senators and deputies select a presidential candidate. He withdraws from the contest and urges voters to back President Poincaré for reelection. Deschanel led the chamber vote by 19, signaling exit from public life for the strong wartime figure. New York: Lora Krohnberg suit sought for 1.66 million against Bird 8. Coler over charity recovery from high stakes gaming losses.
Federal Judge Knorr intervened in the Ellis Island detention of Gregory Weinstein chief of staff to Ludvig C A Martens Soviet ambassador and granted a writ of habeas corpus if the immigration commissioner does not admit bail. Weinstein claimed right to counsel and bail under the Constitution while the commissioner asserted no federal jurisdiction over Ellis Island, under the Bureau of Immigration. Dewal, a "man without a country" held for deportation since July 1918 in Seattle, seeks a writ asserting his birthplace as St Hertagenloseh Holland, and Dutch authorities have rejected him.
The Michigan Ford Newberry senatorial race ballots will be counted by five members of the senate elections committee appointed by Chairman Dillingham. Over 400000 votes were cast and it was expected the process would take about three weeks to transport ballots to Washington.
In Amory Mississippi a family of four was killed in a farmhouse murder. Three victims were shot, one clubbed, the house dynamited, and bodies burned. Neighbor Charles Marshall is jailed in Aberdeen under guard. Pearl Miller, 13, escaped and aided police with her account leading to Marshall’s arrest.
Porrachia in the Italian Alps is buried by an avalanche with many feared dead. Five children were killed at midnight in their home near Galteur in the Vorumberg mountains. The rest of the family was injured but saved by neighbors as heavy snow disrupts rail and road links across the region.
T M McBee James J Britt and George A Blalock testified to a Senate sub committee about cruelty and property losses in Mexico. Britt said bullets used by government soldiers killed F J Roney and Bar Bolos, and a machete attack followed a gunshot. Witnesses described neglect of autopsy and a postmortem Tequila trick to fake intoxication.
A call for a major international conference of commercial and financial leaders to address postwar chaos was issued in New York after a meeting of prominent financiers. Similar proclamations appeared in Britain France Holland Switzerland Denmark Sweden and Norway signed by leaders from business finance politics and education.
Washington machinists union members, about 400000 strong with 200000 in railroad shops, authorized a general strike if anti-strike legislation in the Cummins railroad bill fails. A referendum nearing completion shows a 9 to 1 vote in favor, per Assistant General Secretary Newhall.
German forces begin evacuating the first zone of Schleswig amid treaty preliminaries for a plebiscite to decide reunification with Denmark. The Schleswig commission departs Flensburg for its headquarters January 18 and assigns prefects to administer the initial districts. Paris reports diplomat W Lorin Dresel and Allen Dulles, American commissioner to Germany, will return to Berlin, resuming diplomatic communications with the Allied powers.
Wael Lincoln in Lincoln Nebraska selected as site for the national Prohibition party convention with July 21 fixed as the date by the party's executive committee.
Scalps of three wolves and zero foxes were delivered to the county clerk in Kaukauna Wis and netted trappers $150. Wolves are said to be especially wary this winter.
War cabinet members Linden Churchill Long Beatty and Wilson leave London for Paris to discuss military matters with Lloyd George as Bolshevik advances threaten European Russia. Speculation mounts over possible Bolshevik moves into Poland the Baltic states and India amid a major conference in Paris.
A federal inquiry alleges shipbuilders defrauded the government of over a billion dollars through fake vouchers. Prominent magnates are involved, with grand jury sessions planned in Oregon Washington and California to pursue Pacific coast yard investigations. Attorney General Palmer has ordered suspension of about $37 million in claims pending results.
Washington notes the House passed the largest postoffice appropriation bill for 1921 at 460 million dollars, up from 291 million in the original. Salary increases added 76.8 million, while provisions to continue the airplane mail service after July 1 were eliminated on a point of order by Rep. Tindher of Minnesota, who argued operation of the service was not warranted by law.
Widespread protests erupt over the exploitation bill as demonstrations turn violent in Berlin and the Reichstag. Troops bayoneted protesters near the Reichstag entrances while ten dead were brought to the court as clashes continued. Factories close, streetcars halt, and public order is restored after police intervene.
Health officials report a mysterious intestinal malady spreading across the Southwest including Kansas City Atchison and Pittsburg with Topeka estimating around 1000 cases. Four deaths are recorded among hundreds of illnesses, doctors calling it winter cholera in several communities.
The Tempus reports Italy waives sovereignty over Fiume and the evacuation of Sebenico. The port and railways will be placed under League of Nations control, per the paper. Also, two American sailors learned they were freed by Mexico after imprisonment for assault charges.
Paris reports 589 persons missing from the steamer Afrique which sank in the Bay of Biscay. The vessel carried 486 passengers and a crew of 150, with believed fatalities and no hope of survivors, distress at Dakar.
The article states that 13 members of a roaming Villa band were executed by Jiques, an officer in the Villa army, during an attack on a town in 1941. Since then he has operated with a small band into this state and Chihuahua. Rodrigues was among those executed and held a commission in the Currnams army at one time.
After a decade long battle the Senate approved the water power bill to create a federal water power commission with licenses set for 50 years and a 26 cent per horsepower cap as an amendment was rejected. Power plants now operating and local plants are exempt with options after 50 years including take over or renewal. Senator Knute Nelson argued against delaying the bill further.
In Los Angeles Harry New was found guilty of second degree murder for killing his sweetheart Frieda Lesser in Topanga on the night of July 4. Jurors reported a 9 to 3 vote for acquittal on insanity and 3 for second degree murder after about 44 hours of deliberation.
New York Forty two men and eight women arrested in a crackdown on extremists were released from Ellis Island on bail. The bail total reached sixty three thousand dollars. Bail included ten thousand for Gregory Weinstein, described as chief of staff for the Soviet ambassador, and one thousand for each other detainee.
Market report from South St. Paul and Minneapolis with grain bids and live stock receipts. Cattle and hog categories listed with prices for various grades. Butter eggs poultry values shown for Minneapolis market. Limited readable figures include top cattle price around 17.50 and hogs near 11.00, with numerous fractional quotes and scattered typos.
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