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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
5
A Washington state measure on criminal syndicalism passed the house with a narrow margin. The bill prohibits advocacy of criminal methods or political reform by any means including writing, speaking, or teaching. Penalties include prison terms or fines or both.
Frederick W. Taylor vice president and general manager of Tucson Farms Co was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce at the first meeting of the new board. Stanley Kitt named vice president and C F Walker treasurer secretary to be chosen Jan 28. Monte Manefeld to head the delegation to the Phoenix good roads meeting Jan 27 with two more delegates to be appointed. Four more delegates from city and county to be named. Case to follow on a large state highway bond issue. L H Hofmeister thanked as retiring president for two years of service. A special representative will be sent to Phoenix to monitor legislation affecting the county and coordinate with the Pima County delegation.
The January hearings in New York focused on chairmanship of the National Commission with both leagues and minor leagues debating representation and draft rule relief. August Herrmann opposed minor league representation and argued their separate organization should not be given a voice in major league affairs.
A ragged ad explains rheumatism as a blood condition caused by uric acid and constipation. It touts S S S as a pure vegetable blood cleanser that removes impurities, argues mineral medicines harm digestion, and promises relief and long term health for rheumatism, catarrh, scrofula, and skin disorders.
New York Jan 15 trading sees heaviness in shipping and rail frictions offset by gains in autos and metals. Sumatra Tobacco leads tobacco stocks with notable advances. steel and ore issues show strength amid broader uneven activity. Chicago and Kansas City grain and livestock futures reflect steady to higher prices with mixed early returns.
The Republican Publicity Association led by Jonathan Bourne Jr says the next U.S. president will be a Republican and urges party rank and file to influence the nomination. It calls for broad experience, focus on governance over geography, and selecting a producer-aligned leader.
AP correspondent travels 3000 miles from Vladivostok to Omsk in 23 days in unheated cars. Siberian blizzards bring subzero lows and broken car windows. Russians support Stevens led railway management but seek immediate action and U S involvement to protect the Trans Siberian route. Poverty and distress marked stations as Bolshevik threats raise fears of isolation from Vladivostok to Ostend.
Fragmentary OCR text references New York dates and monthly values including January March May October and amounts such as 2455 22.12 and 25 12 with no coherent events or identities clearly identifiable.
Market item lists Liberty bond series with quotes for January 13 in New York. Prices shown include 76 for one series, 852 and 78 for others, 92 and 26 for early and late bids, with various convertible issue values.��
Fragmentary text from a New York mercantile page notes unchanged bids and offers. Cables and Mexican dollars steady with loans and time money described as firmer. Ruling rate and closing bid are referenced amid garbled figures.
Douglas reports rising interest in Sonora politics with no election until summer. Governor Calles may stay as military head while backing candidate Garcia. other hopefuls include Gen. Ignacio Pesqueira and Igancio Bonillas. A revival of political publications accompanies the campaign backdrop.
London report says Queen Mary appears as a movie actress in a British Women's Service produced film. The scene at Agricultural Hall shows the Queen meeting the heroine, but she exits before the take ends and later returns to complete the moment. The film will screen in England and the United States.
On January 15 the ailing Theodore Roosevelt asked the American Red Cross to donate six thousand nine hundred forty dollars of his Nobel prize share to a French village near where his son Quentin is buried. The Red Cross will honor the wishes of the village population as consulted by the Red Cross commission to France.
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