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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
2
Allied forces announce dawn movement toward the Ruhr region on May 13 unless Germany accepts terms. Troops poised for action, with coordinated attack plans and occupancy objectives in case of noncompliance.
London May 4. The Supreme Council expressed gratefulness to the United States for its attitude and forthcoming support in negotiating the Versailles treaty. The council will forward its ban to the U S government and explain appreciation for American help in the talks.
The supreme council announced allied and US demands for Germany to meet the Versailles treaty indemnity. Germany has until May 7 to accept or reject terms totaling 52 billion gold marks, with further payment plans to be clarified by reparations experts. If refused, French British and Belgian troops will advance from the Rhine toward the Ruhr.
London reports the allied supreme council invites the United States to send a representative to the supreme council and to be represented on the reparations commission and the council of ambassadors. The council also decides no naval action against Germany without U.S. consultation and sets the ultimatum deadline for May 6.
A garbled note references Troegide of Harding denying any direct link to an appointment. The incomplete text mentions a corporate or political figure and a spokesperson. No clear names, dates, or locations are extractable from the fragment.
More than 15 000 people attend consecration day exercises at the Indiana Masonic Home in Franklin Indiana for the world war memorial building. William Geake is deputy for Indiana and permanent chairman. Charles Orbison of Indianapolis honors Scottish Rite Masons and notes Civil War veterans among the new building’s anticipated occupants.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the Big Four to acquire control of the Evansville Indianapolis and Terre Haute road by purchasing up to 1 million dollars in stock. The line spans 154.15 miles main track and 31.75 miles of sidings through a coal and farm region, operated by the Big Four since 1920 under an optional agreement. No single-system ownership is planned. Indiana officials endorsed the move.
William P. Sackett faced trial in Putnam circuit court Greencastle for assault with intent to kill DePauw student Miss Hilda Varney of Malden Mass shot in Sackett yard on December 4 1920. A large jury pool exhausted before reopening. Miss Laura Amimerman and Mrs. Ida Dobbs served on the panel.
In North Vernon Indiana a joint session of the Jennings County Brotherhood of Thrashermen the Farmers' Federation officers and local grain growers set new thrashing prices for the 1921 crop. John G Klein president of the Thrashermen's Association and George M Crist of the farmers spoke as prices were agreed oats five cents wheat eight cents rye twelve cents and timothy seed forty cents per bushel.
State brief reports larger enrollment this year in the five acre corn growing contest in Blackford County with County Agent Mansfield of Hartford City in charge. Members will join the Indiana State Corn Growers Association. A separate item notes John Telford of Indianapolis found with fourteen half pints of whisky in a jacket under his overcoat. Ted ford faces blind tiger charges. Marjorie Carnahan, 18 months, drowned in an eight gallon jar after her mother, eight feet away, failed to notice until a search.
The article surveys reparations talks, German offers, and Allied reactions as the Knox resolution nears passage. It notes the German proposal of about 50 billion dollars with complex enforcement plans, French and British positions on Ruhr occupation, and U S naval disarmament tensions amid Japan relations.
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