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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
3
In a Chicago mansion Otis aims to pay a fake fugitive with a bearer check for ten thousand dollars while Fitzhugh is coerced by a masked plot. Kathleen Otis intervenes, Fitzhugh departs, and a police sting leads to his arrest for drunken disorderly conduct as Otis fumes over being duped.
A shabby tramp Daniel Randolph Fitz Hugh wrecks a car on a Chicago street. A young girl shields him and gives him a dollar to buy soap. Fitzhugh improves his appearance, speaks at a radical meeting with Esther Strom, then visits financier Symington Otis seeking $10,000 by claiming dynamite is inside a package.
Esther Strom visits Fitzhugh in his cell and shares a newspaper showing front page headlines and photos of him. She pledges to help with a lawyer, while attorney Roger Merton arrives and declares the defense must rest on insanity, prompting Fitzhugh to question his own sanity.
In a vaudeville house a small fire and heavy smoke stirred the audience. The manager, attempting to pacify the crowd with smooth assurances, faced a leading comedian who challenged him with a pointed remark about risking lives.
J Stanley Gardiner photographs a crocodile of species Crocodilus porosus landed in Fiji Islands. No such crocodiles inhabit Fiji. nearest known habitat is New Hebrides about 683 miles away, suggesting the animal swam 683 miles in open sea.
A Chicago American item describes a four year old nephew highly interested in mechanical things. He cranks his grandfather’s car and toys, and even his own actions. On one occasion the car’s tail crank spun and spit, prompting the child to exclaim he had an explosion.
Mildew yields to lemon juice rubbed in and salt then sun exposure. For mildew on materials other than linen, mix two tablespoonfuls of turpentine with lemon juice.
Senator Borah charged in a Senate speech that Wood and Lowden backers are funding pre convention efforts to capture the parties routine and warned of a wave of spending by two Democratic aspirants. He cited a million dollar Wood fund and southern testimonials bought at two fifty each while Moses denied excess spending. He urged Congress to regulate preconvention expenditures to curb corruption.
Archbishop Ishom, an Armenian envoy, claims 17000 Armenians were killed by Tartars within the Armenian state. He cites December killings of 14000 at Akoulis and says frontier vagueness between Armenia and Azerbaijan spurred many post armistice massacres.
Major General von Luettwitz, Berlin military commander, has been arrested along with Admiral von Trotha. Ringleaders including Dr Kapp, Von Jagow, Major Pabst, Colonel Bauer, Dr Shiele and ex-Attorney Brederek are reported missing as proceedings for high treason begin. The strike committee proclaims the strike ended and work resumes.
Colonel Preoux commanding Belgian forces warned German communists that Belgium would open fire immediately if shells fell again on Belgian occupied territory. Reports said shells landed on the Rhine island and near Buderich where Belgian outposts and others were stationed along the river.
A Soviet military communiqué reported from Moscow by wireless says more than 16 000 anti Bolshevik soldiers were found frozen to death on the steppes.
Reports from abroad say eight thousand people have been killed since the German revolt began on March 18. Berlin accounts alone show about 850 fatalities as fighting continues across Germany and Paris.
Truman H Newberry junior US senator from Michigan is convicted of conspiring to violate election laws. Judge Clarence W Sessions seals two years in jail and a 10000 dollar fine. Newberry vows to keep his seat unless the Senate or Supreme Court acts. Also sentenced are brother John Newberry and fifteen campaign managers. others receive varied penalties.
Rotterdam reports say Rhine towns fall to workmen as in soviet Russia with prisoners freed and a call for bourgeois surrender of firearms. Proclamations precede a revolutionary tribunal for noncompliance, signaling escalating upheaval.
Dr. Alfred Hess told the Medical Society of the State of New York that one ounce of clanned tomatoes is ideal for month old babies. He said pasteurized milk alone is not nourishing enough and that orange juice or canned tomatoes should be used to prevent scurvy.
Representative Fess of Ohio, chairman of the national Republican committee, tells Senator Ball in Dover that a Delaware vote against the suffrage amendment could jeopardize the presidency, senate, and house in November. He appeals to Delaware Republicans to ratify and maintain the party’s record.
Former German emperor William withdrew 250000 Swiss francs from a Zurich bank in early March. The funds were reportedly sent to Berlin before the Kapp Luettwitz reactionary revolt. The German mark stood at 10 centimes, making the withdrawal a sizable fortune in Germany.
Paul Little twelve year old son of I R Little a local capitalist was kidnapped by two men near his home in Lexington Kentucky. He was found in a hotel room after thirty eight hours confined in a bathroom. He recounted threats to his life and occasional revolver displays. His sole nourishment during captivity was fruit and cake.
A proposed Denver ordinance would ban horses cattle sheep and swine from the city streets. The bill allows limited use of certain streets and alleys to move stock to or from stock yards and packing houses if enacted.
The American Legion executive committee asked Congress to approve adjusted compensation of one dollar fifty per day for veterans. This overturned a prior committee vote favoring one dollar per day and a substitute plan for fifty dollars per month.
Onalaska Wisconsin resident Mrs Lester E Warner writes of relief from year long back and stomach pains after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She praises the medicine as healing female weakness and invites others to try it for similar relief.
The New York World recounts Andy, a Broadway theater porter and lodge member, claiming he did not attend the meeting on changing meeting rooms yet says he voted by peroxide. The piece portrays racial terms and a dubious voting claim as a humorous aside.
Dialogue snippet shows Mr Wonagg arguing with his wife over who had it better since marriage. His wife retorts she did not marry the best man at their wedding, underscoring domestic dissatisfaction.
Fresh, sweet white clothes for baby with Red Cross Ball Blue. Never streaks or injures them. Sold by all good grocers at 5o a package. A remark on vanity notes that larger brains make one less vain. Australia reports nearly 300000 acres of untouched forests.
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