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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
1
Chicago June 13. The Commercial Telegraphers union presents settlement terms to Postal officials. The plan asks wage adjustments immediately after control is given to the wire administration, with the strike paused for Postal. Conditions were sent to New York officials.
Union officials say a long standing order blocks wage contracts with operators while government control remains. Picketing committees in numerous towns mobilize telephone girls to join the strike projected to involve 140,000 workers, with 22,000 idle and rising. Moral support comes from the American Train Dispatchers Association as the Postal Service cites near normal operations in Chicago.
Officials of the Winnipeg Switchmen and Trainmen locals report a vote to strike at 6 tonight. The action is expected to cripple freight service to and from Winnipeg and may hamper passenger transportation.
London reports renewed rioting in Cardiff Wales last night between Black wartime laborers and white residents. A white man and an Arab died and several were injured. Police arrested many suspects as unrest spread.
Six hold up men attacked two bank messengers near the elevated station in uptown Manhattan just before noon. The crew fled in an automobile with a large sum destined for the Federal Reserve Bank. One robber was shot by a messenger and carried away by accomplices. Bank officials declined to disclose the loss.
The Pocatello Rotary club plans at least eighty attendees for the International Rotary convention in Salt Lake City starting Tuesday. Secretary Finis Bentley arranged accommodations, hotel rooms were reserved, and Idaho clubs will coordinate at Hotel Utah. Volunteers sold about two thousand drive tags for Boy Scout fundraising and set a 4000 quota for Pocatello to support summer camp and a scout HQ.
A convention highlight will be a contingent of Fort Hall Indians in war paint and regalia, Idaho contributing a distinctive cultural attraction. The passage notes the Rotary club affiliation of a key participant and mentions the regular Indians group as part of the program.
Washington June 13 Without record vote the house passed and sent to the senate the 1920 army appropriation bill carrying a total of 718000000 and providing for a temporary army of 300000 men.
The Grand Council of Montana Utah Wyoming and Idaho United Commercial Travelers met in Pocatello Idaho for a two day session at the Commercial club hall with fifty delegates. W E Sampsel opened the meeting and welcomed participants while credentials were examined and delegates seated. Committees were named to report on officers and state of the order, with social activities minimized during wartime.
Paris reports the peace treaty with Germany will be rewritten and reprinted to include allied explanations to German counter proposals. The unchanged principle remains, but the document will be new to Germany. It will be made public the day of delivery or the following day. The Four’s decision makes the original text obsolete in peace conference circles.
Reports from El Paso describe a small Villa party led by Felipe Angeles and Martin Lopez near Guadelupe and Villa Ahumada with about eight hundred troops. Observers say no large attack on Juarez is planned and panic was likely caused by mobile advance parties. Mexico City also announces General Jesus Augustin Castro as under secretary of war and marine.
Atlantic City June 13 The American Federation of Labor gathered about two hundred resolutions including calls to recognize the Soviet government of Russia and lift the blockade on areas under its control. Publication of the Soviet Russia resolution drew intense interest and indicated forthcoming controversy.
Boise news reports that Idaho will not hold a special legislative session this summer to ratify the federal constitutional amendment granting national suffrage to women. Lieutenant Governor Moore informed Carrie Chapman Catt by telegram that Idaho has long recognized equal rights and will not fund urgent ratification in backward states.
The British propose adding control of Germanys raw materials to the permanent reparations commission to steer German economic development during its operation. Berlin papers report a secret Berlin council session backing a citizens strike to halt food production, risking civil conflict with planned leaflet drops.
Washington reports the treasury special investigating committee found nationwide narcotic use rising for non medical purposes. An estimated one million addicts exist in the United States, with opium imports growing twice as fast as population. The panel warns addiction may rise as prohibition enforcement expands, noting enough opium yearly to supply thirty six doses to every person.
Mexico City reports Francisco Villa wed again in a Valle de Aliende ceremony near Parral Chihuahua. A traveler witnessed the sudden appearance and eviction of villagers for a fiesta. The ceremony was said to be performed by a former judge with Villa introducing his twenty year old bride and giving a speech.
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