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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1919
Page
6
Coverage spans naval disaster at Tokyo bay with the Hyuga explosion many deaths and injuries, civil unrest in Brooklyn strikes, Prohibition enforcement, Pershing tours, and treaty debates as 1919 newsframe recounts labor, politics and foreign policy.
Late in the day the Senate failed to set a date for a roll call on ratification as administration and irreconcilable opponents sought to attach reservations to the treaty. The debate moved to amendments including La Follette’s measure to strike labor provisions, with further reservations likely under unlimited debate. Lodge and Hitchcock conferred with Vice President Marshall on the matter.
Paris The supreme council chaired by M. Pichon approved the draft treaty to be concluded between the allied powers and Greece on protection of racial and other minorities. The council also asked Poland to open railroads crossing the German Polish frontier north of Warsaw and will study the future of eastern Galicia.
Graham Virginia reports say Pocahontas field works are normal after 120 tons of coal mined and a St Charles pocket area strike affecting 900 miners with 250 union members. Operators note full field activity continues despite disruption.
Information from the US coal fields shows over 400 000 United Mine Workers members have been ordered out on strike as the walks continue. Operators have yet to plan a response while coal in transit is being seized under federal priority. Union leaders question the restraining order and say the movement proceeds despite injunctions.
General Pershing told congressional committees that a 300000 man standing army, to be raised entirely by voluntary enlistment, should be the outer limit for future force size. He dissented from War Department and General Staff recommendations.
Report from Helsingfors states Petrograd has had no bread for two weeks, with thousands dying daily. The claim comes from a Finn who escaped a Moscow prison camp and wired his findings to the Finnish capital.
Honolulu reports the Japanese privy council favors impeaching Premier Hara's ministry and the Versailles peace delegation over the terms of the peace agreement, according to a Tokio cable received by The Hawaii Sochi.
Washington Southern states hold 68 of the 300 plus vacancies for West Point admissions for the June 1920 term. The War Department asks Congress members with unused designations to act at once to complete the list for the February 17, 1920 entrance examinations.
In Laredo Texas striking Mexican workers plan to request material aid from Aguascalientes officials, after their control committee authorized the move. They aim to appeal for support through Gompers.
A fierce northwest gale tore 20 lighters and scows from docks in Brooklyn and blew them from the harbor. Merchandise worth 60,000 dollars, including coffee sugar and telegraph wireless equipment, was blown from decks before tugs recovered the vessels.
London dispatch relays Moscow communique reporting 1500 prisoners taken in the Petropavlovsk action 16 miles west of Omsk from Kolchak forces. It also notes fierce fighting in the Finnish gulf region and continued Bolshevik advance along the line against General Yudenitch's Russian northwestern army.
General Andrew Almazan and about 70 Mexican rebel troops seized Reynosa opposite Hidalgo Texas. Floodwaters from the Rio Grande inundate the Matamoros Reynosa rail line with no train service. Reynosa lies about 60 miles west of Matamoros and Matamoros is believed safe from attack.
The McNary bill to extend federal control over sugar in 1920 was reported to the Senate and placed on the calendar for early action. Senator McNary of Oregon warned that a serious situation would ensue if the sugar equalization board’s oversight ends.
The Federal Reserve Board reports October conditions show strong demand for commodities and general prosperity amid unrest. Strikes have not seriously hindered production, with buying verging on reckless in many districts.
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