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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
2
In Salem the Oregon legislature ratified the federal woman suffrage amendment, making Oregon the twenty fifth state to do so. The report notes the move as part of broader wartime and political events across the nation.
U S officials discuss serving notice to the world that post war relief to Austria ends after the emergency. 8,000 American troops in Siberia to begin homeward move mid February leaving Japan to guard the Siberian railroad and eastern anti Bolshevists. Victor Berger denied seats in Congress. vote 328 to 6 against oath. Secretary Glass seeks 150 million dollars for relief in Austria Poland Armenia. Wilson plans light Sunday walk. Grayson consent unclear. Supreme Court denies New Jersey Retail Dealers challenge to national prohibition. Costa Rica negotiating for two disarmed submarine chasers. Concord Chase reports.
Cables and dispatches report Korean anti Japanese actions in Siberia and Korea. French President Poincare elected senator for Meuse on the second ballot. Berlin notes a railway strike as peace with allies begins. Turks to stay in Constantinople while Bulgarian socialists mobilize. Soviet and Bolshevik reports detail uprisings in Syria Bulgaria and Korea amid the armistice era.
Personal Dr Frank J Goodnow of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore rested after a broken leg. Gen Edwin S Greeley, famed Connecticut banker and Civil War brevet brigadier general, died at 86 in New Haven. Mrs Mary Elizabeth Payne 86 buried in Ogden after heart trouble. born in Louisville. Amb Assoc Joseph E Willard, US envoy to Spain, returns to Madrid from the US. Violinist Maude Powell dies in Pittsburgh during a concert tour likely from overwork.
Edward W. Pickard reports on Bryan leading a potential Democratic split over the Versailles treaty at Jackson Day, Wilson urging ratification with no changes, and party battles shaping the 1920 convention. San Francisco wins the convention bid, Chicago and Kansas City in the background. The piece also notes labor, IWW, immigration, and political fallout as Republicans prepare platforms.
A two day Republican gathering in Chicago brought together 14 midwestern state leaders, General Wood, Governor Lowden, and National Chairman Hays as chief speakers at a large dinner. The event underscored momentum in the presidential nomination race.
The government accelerates action against radicals with daily DOJ raids on their bases and homes. Prisoners are sent to camps near the Atlantic coast as Ellis Island cannot handle the load. Martens, claiming Soviet leadership, remains at large while his ally Gregory Weinstein, Trotzky’s ally in the US, is captured.
At a recent meeting the Chicago Federation of Labor adopted a resolution denouncing raids on communists as a plot to destroy labor unions in America and urged Congress to seat Victor L Berger in his entitled place. Delegates from the painters' union were applauded.
The article reports Soviet forces advancing toward the Sea of Azov reaching Taganrog and pressing east and west. Odessa faces threatened attack, Moscow dispatches say residents flee or prepare to defend. Krasnovodsk on the Caspian falls to Bolsheviks opening routes to north Persia, with fears of Tehran and Baku control. The only setback is a Bolshevik withdrawal from Dvinsk after Letts join Polish forces.
The supreme council in Paris set the Versailles treaty ratifications for Saturday January 10 at the French Foreign Office but Germany appears to seek more delays by claiming各 states in their republic must be consulted. Entente patience may be near exhaustion.
The extent of the southern Mexico quake remains unknown with thousands dead and many towns wiped out. The disturbance centered near Orizaba, a nearby active volcano.
The United States seeks action from President Carranza after three American citizen murders. Washington protests and urges México to bring the slavers to justice. The Jenkins case and strong language from earlier protests appear forgotten.
Mrs G Schroon of Muskegon Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength after six years of back weakness. She says the medicine allowed her to walk and perform all her work again and recommends it to others.
A health warning urges women to protect their health and notes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments. Readers are invited to write for confidential advice, with responses handled by a woman at Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly gentle aid to cleanse the stomach and regulate digestion. It claims the product removes sour food and foul gases, reduces bile in the liver, and expels constipated waste and poisons, all with no griping and low cost.
A brisk London exchange shows an employee lamenting high living costs and a manager retorting that business must run for profit, underscoring tensions between wage concerns and employer priorities.
A compact moral observation notes that every wayward individual once held a place of affection as a pet lamb, reflecting on change and identity.
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