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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1919
Page
5
Hartford Jan 22 senators and eight representatives confer on plans for a wreathing homecoming for the 26th Yankee boys. Measures include a $15 personal tax for aliens of eight years residence and various court, hospital, and railway provisions. Maltbie confirmation, auto license relief for soldiers, and a proposed war relief commission are also reported.
The Middletown political fight over the city court minor judgeship ends for now as Judge Edlin is named to succeed himself. Republican leaders, rank and file, and discusses of clerkship pressure surface amid claims of a manipulated process. Some say the push included county commissionership in a bid to consolidate power.
New York stock action opened with a widespread upturn and stronger tone. Railroads led demand with Baltimore & Ohio up to 46, Steel common near 98 1 8, Bethlehem Steel B around 57 1 4, while American Hide and Leather weakened from 81 1 2 to 79 3 4. Oil shares rose, Union Pacific up 7 8 to 126, Marine preferred 100 3 8, Mexican Petroleum and Texas Company higher. Afternoon activity trimmed some gains. Baldwin Locomotive slid to 66 3 4, steel common to 89 3 4, and Studebaker fell further. United Cigar Stores rose to 113 1 2, Reading eased to 77 1 8, Utah to 69 3 4. Mexican Petroleum touched 165 1 2, Texas and Mexican up near 21.
President Wilson expected to name Sherman L. Whipple of Boston to fill the Attorney General post, succeeding T. W. Gregory whose resignation takes effect March 4. Whipple has served recently as general counsel for the Emergency Fleet Corporation and as counsel for the House Rules Committee in its inquiry into White House Wall Street leaks.
J Ogden Armour told the House Interstate Commerce Committee that establishing a central regulatory authority between producers and packers could benefit the public producers and packers. He cited the temporary role of Everett Brown and argued the need to prevent shortages or surpluses with a formal system. He defended Armour & Co. profits and denied illegal activity, calling the bill ridiculous and predicting continued beef demand and possible markets in Germany and France. He condemned FTC insinuations and asserted no water in Armour stock.
The Navy’s giant seaplane NC 1 flew from Rochester with 50 aboard, shattering all existing passenger records for heavier-than-air craft. The all-American plane, largest of its kind, features a 126 foot wingspan, 12 foot chord, and a boat fuselage the size of a small launch. Unloaded with crew it weighs 13,060 pounds and weighs 22,000 pounds with crew. Fuel capacity stands at 300 gallons and tests show about 60 miles per hour in official flights.
Queen Helena of Italy has begun a shoemaking class and it is now fashionable for a woman at afternoon tea to show her foot and boast that she created her own shoes.
Women have entered munitions factories chemical and metal works street railways ambulance driving barbering and elevator work during the war. Many suffer female ailments from the strain and are urged to use Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to regain health and strength, as others have done.
Theodore Diller of Pittsburgh argues in the Living Church that liquor drinking is tied to recreation and social customs across history and urges teetotal advocates to provide acceptable alternatives for innocent indulgence and relaxation.
Grain market news from Chicago shows corn closing 31 to 41-4 cents lower with oats down 3-4 cents and provisions lower. Futures settle with corn at 113 for Jan, 128 3-4 for Feb, 126 3-4 for Mar. Oats close 62 3-4 for Jan, 63 1-8 for Feb, 63 3-4 for Mar. Pork futures steady at 45.00 for Jan and 39.60 for May.
Washington Jan 22 I gave my boy to the fighting over there like other members of this house and I want him back so he can get his proper start in line I don't want him to waste two years helping to tear down wire fences Champ Clark speaker of the house said today He voiced a demand that every American soldier not only be drawn from Russia but from the rest of Europe when he descended from the speaker's chair to the floor of the house to defend David Francis the American ambassador to Russia from attacks by Representative Clarence B Miller of Minnesota and other republican members during general debate of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill General Dupont recently gave out an interview at New York city he believed our American boys would be kept overseas for another two years He made enough money out of selling powder during the war to stack this house with one ee bills from its floor to its ceiling General Dupont said something about our boys being kept over there to help tear down barbed wire and to help police Europe We licked the Germans for the French and Belgians so let the French and Belgians tear down their own barbed wire and do their own policing Some of you republican as have intimated that Francis was afraid of the bolsheviks in Russia Clark added Let me tell you that no man like David Francis who was born in Kentucky and raised in Missouri is afraid of the devil himself.
Winifred Carlson of Middletown sues Antonio Pepe and the Antonio Pepe Co. of New Haven for 3000 damages after a January 16 collision in Orange that injured her and damaged her car, attorney Judge Gustav B. Carlson. Millbrook Dairy Co. sues F. E. White and Co. of Chester for 550 on a promissory note dated December 26, 1918. Judge E. G. Burke of Deep River represents.
A jumble of city notes reports on light vehicle lamps at 5:20 PM, a recap of mild, bright weather aiding grip patients, the resignation of Trinity College president Dr Flavel S Luther effective July 1, January with two new moons, a Johnson Lane hall dance by the D. D I B club, and a Navy man Daniel J Leary visiting Liberty Street parents. Also a humorous note on diaries from the Los Angeles Times.
Washington reports two key questions face the United States as it seeks to join the world trade race. First, whether to write off around 1 billion dollars of war ship costs, and second, whether to subsidize ships and repeal the seamen's act. A large conference of shipping figures and officials debated selling war ships to private interests at fair value to restore trade and prestige.
Thousands of allied prisoners in Germany are starving to death. A board of control for Russian captives has been formed following investigations by General Harris, head of the American mission.
The card tournament at the Fire Department drew a large crowd last night. At Headquarters No 1 defeated No 2 by 14 to 8 while at No 2 the Hooks fell to No 3 by 16 to 6. A next round is slated for Friday.
A vintage medical ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for constipated children. It claims the remedy eases tongue coating feverish breath and sour stomach without harming the tender stomach liver or bowels.
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a safe cure for constipation in children. It claims a coated tongue, listlessness, feverishness, and poor appetite signal the need for a gentle inside cleansing. The copy warns against counterfeits and urges asking druggists for the California Fig Syrup Company product with clear bottle directions.
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