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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1920
Page
2
Longtime Missouri writer and editor William Reedy, born 1862 in St Louis, led the Journal and Mirror and shaped local coverage. His career spanned Missouri Republican, Mioche-Democrat, and Heedys Mirror, famed for wit and civic insight.
A round of Missouri items reports rail rate petitions in Mexico and state legal actions in Jefferson City. Miner details a school building project in Montgomery City and a new pastor appointment in Menett, while Independence notes an instructor to Egypt and Dexter marks the cornerstone of a Baptist church.
Joplin flour miller Louis Eisen testified in St. Louis that a stranger wooed him with a Klondike gold dust investment claim, buying dust touted as 100 percent pure gold for a value near $8,000. The tale links to arrests and prompts mention of other Missouri items from Fulton to Jefferson City.
Festus J. Wade reports from New York after a two month survey of England France and Belgium. He urges American aid to rebuilding and argues England remains the world’s financial center while Germany must receive assistance to meet wartime indemnities. He notes rapid reconstruction in Belgium and France and warns of a looming tariff wall impacting U S trade. France especially needs coal to sustain daily life and Paris’s nightlife suffers without it.
Reports from Salinas say Francisco Villa agrees to surrender to the Huerta government and retire from public life under terms granting his band and followers amnesty and annual pay. Advices note Villa will move to Torreon with escort to finalize the arrangement.
Detroit agents were ordered to search for Sabit Dugeley a Syrian man charged with taking Mary Kinmwen aged 14 from her stepfather Hassan Malet after paying 2000. They allegedly left Detroit for the East.
John Melced seeks divorce claiming his wife never was glad to see him. The petition cites persistent marital strain as grounds for dissolution. A separate report notes Louis Bechnerman, 27, died by suicide after leaping from a 70-foot water tower in Farmingdale. Bechnerman attended the New York State Farm School and served as a soldier.
In Wrightstown Minnesota a year old girl and two boys of G and J Wright were killed when a house belonging to Charles W Wright was destroyed by fire. The blaze consumed the dwelling leaving the children fatally burned. Police and local fire crews investigated the cause of the blaze and reported the victims among the Wright family.
Resolute defeated Shamrock IV by 13 minutes 45 seconds in the final 1920 America's Cup race at Sandy Hook. Lipton says the best boat won as Resolute overcame Shamrock IV’s early lead to clinch the series and retain the trophy for the United States.
Sr Louis William Marion Heedy veteran newspaper man editor and owner of Heed's Mirror died of heart disease in San Francisco while reporting the National Democratic Convention. Heedy had been in poor health, educated in St Louis, attended Christian Brothers' Academy and St Louis University. His wife mourns his death at their home in St Louis. Two Sisters in Auto Killed by Train in Kankakee Illinois is reported as Warren Hicks and Martha Dennison killed when their auto was struck by a Louisville Central train near Piper crossing 14 miles north of Kankakee.
Leo Beloff died while cranking his automobile in Dallas Texas overtaxing his heart physicians stated. In Chicago a lawyer Oliver Cook sustained a fractured skull after a fall down a restaurant stairway during dinner with Join Navigeto and E J Gerhardt of Grand Rapids Michigan who were present for the meal and investigation is ongoing
A mine disaster near Mublet, twelve miles from Kenamler, killed three workers and wounded ten others, with authorities reporting many injuries and ongoing danger at the site. The blast occurred in a powder magazine, crippling the operation and prompting rescue efforts by local crews and investigators.
England and France plan a united approach to global oil by coordinating assets in colonies Romania Galicia Asia Minor Mesopotamia and Russia. Washington sources say the agreement seeks to end competition and avoid friction by joint development and negotiations in Romania and other regions, with mutual consent to extend to other countries.
Washington is shaping a plan to avert winter coal shortages and combat profiteering. Acting Attorney General and Ames, with Attorney General Palmer, will lead a conference in New York with four government departments and coal industry committees to craft a cooperative program. They deny imminent scarcity and fault faulty distribution for high prices, noting industry representatives will study the issue.
Twenty eight tethers of the Mid West Newspaper League spanning Kansas Missouri Arkansas Colorado and Nebraska authorized the Publishers' buying Corporation to act as their purchasing agent in buying newsprint for 1921. The report notes regional coordination among publishers to secure paper supplies.
Paris reports General Ludendorff proposed to the British charge d affaires in Berlin an army of 10 000 to fight Bolsheviks in Russia in exchange for Germany regaining Posen and annulment of Versailles treaty clauses on Danzig. The Franco British mission to Poland says Polish manpower is adequate and urges immediate sending of 600 French and 200 British officers and re grouping of the Polish army.
Washington high court discusses a petition to compel Secretary of State Colby to promulgate a congressional peace resolution. The case centers on whether the peace measure, vetoed by President Wilson, ever reached Colby and thus could be required to become law. Attorneys cite the revised U S statutes on executive power over enacted laws.
Lawrence Kansas authorities released the harvest hand arrested as a suspect in the New York trunk murder mystery. No charges were filed after the release as the investigation continues.
Chicago report states higher milk and cream prices will be revised by dealers in northern Illinois, Indiana and southern Wisconsin. The Milk Producers Cooperative Marketing Association headquarters were listed as the center. The note mentions producers seeking 32.700 per hundred pounds. Separately a Minnesota Kansas line reports J T Watson harvesting oats at 10 bushels per acre, totaling 1,002 bushels.
In three countries are hunting for two bandits who robbed the State Bank at Payton Volo of 16500 in cash and securities. The bandits locked the sergeant cashier and customer in the vault.
Washington Major General Frank Hines resigns from the war department’s Vansportalen service to take a serene vice president and general manager role at the Baltic Licem ship Compe.
A Chicago advertising man en route to an Indianapolis convention skidded into a ditch. By 3:30 a m he sought help at a nearby farmhouse. The farmer’s wife said her husband had left two miles down the road with horses plowing, so no help was available.
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