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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
1
The United States completed ratification of the federal prohibition amendment with Nebraska approving, making 36 states backing the change. The measure becomes effective one year after final ratification, with wartime provisions allowing continued export until then.
An official Montenegrin statement says Serbian troops occupy towns in Montenegro, sparking a revolt by about 20,000 insurgents. They sent a delegation to King Nicholas in Paris asking for American troops to restore order and cited moves toward unification with Serbia. The Montenegrin assembly’s legality is disputed, and the victorious Allies had promised Montenegro a representative at the peace conference.
In Sacramento California on January 17, all forty six defendants in the I W W conspiracy case were found guilty by a jury in federal court. Sentencing will occur today before United States Judge H F Rudkin of Spokane. Prosecutor Robert Duncan urged the jury to see I W W members as anti patriotic and violent. The judge cautioned that being I W W or a conscientious objector should not by itself prove guilt and noted the silence of 43 defendants should not count against them.
The league of nations draft has advanced beyond expectations after conferences among Lord Cecil Secretary Lansing and Colonel House. The document, called a covenant, includes thirteen articles and eight supplementary provisions uniting key features from the various proposals into concrete enactment.
Advoragh tax rates on beverages in the war revenue bill were agreed to by senate and house conferees Thursday. The house accepted substantially all of the senate's rates, estimated to yield about 450,000,000 dollars in revenue.
New York January 17 secretary of the interior Franklin K Lane told the Merchants Association of New York that a league of nations proposed by President Wilson would not invalidate the Monroe doctrine. He outlined the league’s elements including international cooperation mediation and arbitration with an international council and court. Lane argued that while not all wars are unreasonable most are unsolved by any machinery between nations and warned the plan would grow as discussions continue.
In Buer Prussia government troops and Spartacans clashed in the Town Hall with machine guns and rifles. The Spartacans surrendered after hoisting a white flag, then reoccupied the hall by seizing weapons as the troops withdrew. The chief burgomaster was detained briefly as a hostage and released. Five persons were killed in the fighting.
Speaker Shanahan of the Illinois House travels to Chicago carrying lists of member names for committee assignments. He plans to return Tuesday for conferences before announcing the committee personnel when the legislature opens January 28.
The eccentric self-styled "Emperor of Sahara" Jacques Le Baudy was shot by his wife at their Westbury Long Island country home. She says she killed him to protect herself and their daughter Jacqueline, 13, amid a fortune estimated at not less than $40 million, with four bullets fired in the confrontation.
A U S troops in northern Russia report fierce fighting near Kadish with Bolshevik forces in swamp terrain. An American medic amputated a wounded man's leg with a pen knife after supply and medical gear shortages hindered care amid heavy shelling and rear-guard withdrawals. A white Bolshevist regiment mascot dog aided one unit's warning against ambushes.
The American Red Cross on January 17 announced an appropriation of 200000 dollars for its Siberia relief commission to fund January and February aid. Part of the funds will provide relief for Siberian railroad workers unpaid for several months.
The Ohio public utilities commission rejects the Postmaster General Burleson proposed long distance rate schedule. It states that payment abatement does not affect intra state service use and rules the plan unsatisfactory for Ohio telecommunication customers.
The Senate voted 50 to 21 to dismiss disloyalty charges against Senator Lafollette of Wisconsin over his World War I speech in Saint Paul. Support came from leaders Martin and Lodge and Minnesota’s Kellogg and Nelson, while Pomerene and Delaware’s Laulsberg opposed. Williams led the attack, denouncing the speech as false and accusing it of serving Morgan interests and munitions profits.
Washington January 17 complete exoneration of Col E A Deeds of the signal corps after a board of inquiry found no faults in aircraft production The findings were approved and the case closed by the secretary of war all records cleared with the decision announced by Baker
Washington January 17 secretary Glass announces the next war loan will be called Victory Liberty Loan. The spring launch date is not fixed. The loan’s honor flag will feature a blue V on white with a red border signifying both five and victory.
Brazil's president elect Dr Rodrigu es Alves died in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday after a period of critical illness, ending his bid for leadership.
Peace delegates spent the day at the foreign office in Paris with two hours of formal talks by the supreme war council. The official communique cites the Russian situation and press relations as the day's main topics, with Wilson Lloyd George Lansing and Balfour later in earnest conversation.
In Jefferson City on January 17, sentiment grows in the Missouri House to strip the public service commission of power to alter utility rates under franchise contracts. Four of five commissioners have pressed legislators as St Louis and Kansas City civic groups draft bills to curb or nullify the commission. Bills, drawn by Sedalia and Marshall city attorneys, would curtail the commission after it raised streetcar fares from five to six cents, despite existing franchise terms.
Washington January 17 Walker D Hines director general of railroads endorses a Mississippi River Federal barge line and urges a full test. He backs M H Sanders as Federal Manager and supports continued government control to test unified rail and waterway operation without rushing return to private ownership.
London Jan 16 Rosa Luxembourg a leading figure among the Sparta can movement in Berlin has been murdered according to a dispatch received via Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen.
Washington note says the house military committee nears agreement with Secretary Baker and General March to postpone the war department reorganization bill until next session. A rider on the army appropriation bill may substitute for reorganization, keeping army at presidential order within limits. Talks cover a 609,009 man force, six lieutenant generals, and continued wartime agencies except chemical warfare. Baker avoids universal service proposals until peace conference ends. March notes guards are "out of existence" pending homecoming.
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