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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1919
Page
2
Government replies to the Miners Federation on demands for a wage percentage, hours, and nationalization. It promises a strong representative committee, re instatement for laid off miners at pre war pay, and allowances for disabled workers while outlining demobilization terms. The response is interpreted as a major policy shift with uncertain reception.
Adjutant General considers storing the vast World War II registrant questionnaires in a new Washington barracks building of 270000 square feet. The records, containing intimate family and financial details of men aged 18 to 36, would be accessible only to Treasury and other authorized officials, not the general public.
Frederick F. Brewster of New Haven filed a U S bill in Hartford seeking $17,756 from James W. Walsh, collector of internal revenue. He claims the Internal Revenue Service unjustly collected income taxes. Brewster formerly directed the New Haven road and is a holder of Standard Oil securities.
Berlin reports via London that a fleet of motor boats and river steamers has been organized by the Poles on the Vistula. The Thorn correspondent of Tageblatt telegraphs that this is the start of a fleet intended to base at Dantzig. The Poles are said to have seized 180 aircraft from Germans near Warglaw along with vast aviation matériel from Posen and Galicia.
Berlin February 12. The mission led by Captain Walter R. Gherardi, ex naval attaché in Berlin, plans a nationwide trip in Germany to study food and economic conditions with special focus on the food outlook. Captain Gherardi offered no comment on the mission’s work or prospects.
Planning officials in Chicago announce a labor party strategy for April 1. The plan calls for workers to vote, urge peers to vote, and monitor hiring by other parties to influence outcomes. The party has a full municipal slate ready for the election.
Chicago report says Northwestern freshmen hosted a rough house party that sucked thirty co-eds into Lake Michigan. Hot water bottles and rumored hot toddies were in demand as students sought warmth amid the chaos. A federal judge from Des Moines is noted in the mixed report claiming a theft of 11,100 dollars.
Dr Richard D former is slated to be in Holland on February 12 as part of an forthcoming schedule. The note indicates a planned appearance or involvement by an individual named Kuehlemann in connection with the event.
Sergeant Sidney G Gumpertz of the One Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry earns the Congressional Medal for two acts of courage at Forges Wood. He charged through heavy fire on September 26 and captured a German machine gun with 19 crew, then repeated the feat days later with 11 prisoners. He is among 41 heroes awarded the medal in the Great War.
Cork news reports four radical steps by the Irish republic once full sway is achieved. Farmers may be asked to refuse land annuities and income tax, Sinn Fein courts will handle land and debt disputes, and Sinn Fein post offices will operate in opposition to the British government aided by rail contracts or motor trucks. J. J. Walsh is named as postmaster general.
Two men died and a third likely fatally injured in a West Madison street building fire in Chicago early today. Thomas Sill and Joseph Pluss were overcome by smoke while sleeping.
Geneva dispatch reports Kurt Eisner premier of the Bavarian republic expected to resign immediately and a new Bavarian government to be formed as Munich dispatches note pending developments.
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the standard blood purifier to restore health after influenza, grip, fevers, and blood poisoning, boosting nerves and liver function. It also promotes Peptiron chocolate pills as a tonic to aid convalescence and disease prevention in a health-preserving regimen.
Paris Feb 12 The supreme inter allied war council renewed its consideration of new armistice terms for Germany at the foreign office this morning as discord reappears over outstanding issues. Leaders like Wilson Foch Pershing Haig Diaz and Petain participated in the meeting with reports on potential terms prepared for today's session before the February 17 expiry.
London February 12 Premier Lloyd George's Commons speech drew sympathetic notices from papers. The Daily Telegraph praised his attack on Prussianism in labor, while the Times and other papers backed his program. Newspapers noted his focus on housing and reconstruction and his view that unemployment stems from industrial unrest.
Geneva reports the first food relief train for Poland departed today to Warsaw. It is led by American and Swiss officials. The shipment marks the start of aid efforts to Poland amid ongoing hardship.
Polish delegates in Washington report Warsaw adopting American electoral methods as models. Women voters outpace men as lines form for ballots. class barriers fade under waiting ballot. Parliament meets in a former royal palace now girls institute. Polish immigrants in America send greetings to the first diet.
Captain George W. Hosmer returning from overseas says the 26th Division will no longer be a New England unit as it is filled with soldiers from other states. He predicts planned receptions in Boston and New England towns will disappoint locals who expect Springfield’s 104th to remain intact. He notes discontent over changes and asserts most 104th veterans feel some members left the organization.
Plain talk on purifying a sour stomach. The ad claims stomach tablets can transform a filthy stomach into a healthy, purified one, relieving dizziness biliousness and a classic headache. It promises quick relief and refunds if the product fails, with Buell Blatchley and other druggists selling it.
February 18 1894 items report heavy snow deep drifts hindering travel and street work. Postmaster Charles Edwards marks 22 years in service in Mansfield. Dan Thomas the 84 year old truckman misses his first day this winter. The Mansfield Guards gymnastic apparatus arrives for armory use and Pomona Grotto holds quarterly meeting despite drifted roads. Street cleaning and delayed trains are noted along with building activity and local officials responding to the storm.
R. 4. Atwell space-credits contributed to the Chamber of Commerce Membership Campaign highlighting local business support and civic engagement.
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