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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1920
Page
1
President Wilson will send a greeting to Democrats on Jackson Day January 8 at the White House. The form of the message is not disclosed. Friends speculate the president may outline views on future politics and the third term question, though officials say he will not be a candidate under any circumstances.
United Mine Workers of Amerika conve ntion in Columbus opened with Acting President Lewis and Secretary Green reporting on recent West Virginia coal miner strikes. Officials said the union plans to accept government terms though protests linger. Governor Cox and Ohio Mine President Moore welcomed over 2,000 delegates and highlighted efforts to end the strike before federal plans were submitted.
SEATTLE Jan 6 American explorer Hardll Nolve leaves Victoria Land in the Arctic on foot with a dog team toward Port Nelson in the Hudsons Bay country. He says maps will show the route down the northwest passage, and notes Victoria Land may not have been entered before. He has been in the Arctic since 1915 and may reach Seattle next summer. Governor Cox advocates Americanism and collective bargaining. Everett Walter, 9, killed in a coasting accident.
A donor stated opposition to two radical elements, naming the revolutionary and the reactionary sides. He framed his remarks as a call for moderation and warned against extremism, urging unity within the party and the public.
In Des Moines a wife and husband visited an attorney to draft a separation agreement. The wife claimed the husband was valued at about 35 000, with a third party woman eager to buy him. She said she paid 6 000 for him years ago and consented to a divorce only if allowed to marry another man.
Associated Press reports from Mexico City that a powerful quake on Saturday night leveled two villages, Tadcela and Couzttan, in Veracruz and likely caused numerous casualties across ten states. Officials say reports are fragmentary and the death toll may rise.
A dispatch from Cork reports Sinn Feiners attacked the Carrigtohill police barracks at 10 p m Saturday. Three hundred raiders fired volleys for three hours and blew up the end of the building with bombs. Occupants were taken prisoner as the raiders looted the barracks.
Louisville Ky Jan 6 Loss of fayenne from whisky beer and wines will not decrease the revenue of Kentucky for 1020 according to the State Tax Commission The commissions annual report stated that normal increase in property values and in growing industries will offset the rise in taxes on liquor The revenue of Kentucky for 1920 without any change in the tax system was estimated at 14 000 000 whereas in 1918 it was 10 400 000 and in 1919 12 924 000
Associated Press reports from Mexico City that President Carranza has approved plans to build a modern naval training school at Mazatlan on the Pacific coast. The facility, aimed at up to 5 000 cadets, will be thoroughly modern and up-to-date according to Mexican consul Meade Fierro.
Government raids reveal plans of the Communist and Communist Labor parties to seize labor groups, foment mass strikes, and gain control of labor organizations as a path to revolution. Lawyers raced to combat deportations while authorities push speedy evidence. a liquor dealer in Youngstown announces shipment of 1000 barrels of booze to Cuba.
Returning from a two week recess, Congress faces one of its busiest sessions in history with domestic and international issues. The agenda includes matters affecting industry and the treaty of Meaco with Germany and Austria. No adjournment expected before next fall.
Rena Pardock Townsend, 68, wife of Michigan Senator Townsend, died at home in Washington after a five year nervous breakdown and recent paralysis. Born in Concord, Michigan, she is survived by her husband, two sisters Mrs Charles W Stephens of Concord and Mrs George W Healy of Portland Oregon.
The Supreme Court ruled that sections of the Volstead enforcement act prohibiting manufacture and sale of beer and other liquors containing 2.75 percent alcohol were constitutional. Justice Day delivered a unanimous opinion. Brandeis dissented in part. The decision sustains lower court injunctions and discusses powers under war emergency and the Eighteenth Amendment.
Attorney General Palmer urges Congress to pass a bill to empower the justice department to deal with Americans deemed dangerous. He cites the recent nationwide raids on radical propaganda centers and notes several raid detainees are local officials or naturalized citizens. Palmer wants federal court action rather than state trials in the absence of a federal law.
Memorial services were held at Trinity Church New York for Theodore Roosevelt on the first anniversary of his death. American Defense Society members and Roosevelt family representatives attended as Rev Dr Manning called Roosevelt a symbol of American genius and spirit. Committee members included Hill Budge Guggenheim and Wickersham.
The federal trade commission ruled that forcing customers to buy additional items to obtain sugar is unfair. The FTC ordered Cole-Conrad Co. of Chicago to stop the practice.
Gregory Weinstein chief of staff to L A Martens ambassador designate of the Russian Soviet regime was arrested by Justice Department agents on a deportation charge. Weinstein identified as a leading Russian Communist in America, second only to Martens, per the department.
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