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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
2
A partial OCR shows an Associated Press notice asserting exclusive rights to use and credit for its news dispatches. The fragment references the AP title and local publication rights though most text is missing.
An oblique, fragmented reflection on democracy and literacy. The piece argues that governance fails when the population cannot read, warning that democracy requires informed citizens and practical, enduring wisdom.
General Pershing’s Memorial address at Romagne France exhorts enduring national ideals and a deeper structure of U S society. He urges clear thought and firm action to defend free institutions against insidious threats and to honor heroic dead with steadfast vision guiding the old world and new.
The suffrage amendment, adopted by both houses, must be ratified by 36 state legislatures. Prospects look bright as 29 states already grant some women's suffrage, with 15 where equal suffrage exists. Voters in marginal states show division, but broad support follows decisive Senate and House votes.
The Canadian northwest awards survey contracts to a commercial airline for timber and mineral prospecting by hydro airplane. Lt Col R B Girvonald says blocks will be surveyed from the air, samples and maps taken, with aerial photos to guide transport of furs, fish, and cargo. The method promises months of arduous travel but vast new opportunities.
The piece notes the dollar’s rise as a universal unit in foreign trade and cites exchange rates against European currencies. It highlights Germany’s mark depreciation, with one American dollar equaling 12.6 marks, affecting prices of U S goods and European competition for American enterprise.
A two hour hearing before the foreign relations committee examined how a supposed peace treaty copy reached private hands in New York. Elin Root, Henry P. Davison, Thomas W. Lamont testified about the chain from Morgan bankers to France and the White House. J P Morgan and Frank Vanderlip said they never saw a copy as the panel adjourned without a date to continue.
Senators Lodge Borah and Hitchcock, leaders of the investigation, said the disclosures prompted the probe while noting no new witnesses remained to testify and that the inquiry appeared to have lapsed without exposing dangerous diplomatic leaks or further evidence against a partner firm and Paul Warburg.
General shipping has advised that 375000 men will be transported homeward during June. The move breaks all previous records for moving troops overseas and exceeds the number Great Britain moved across the channel in any month. The report comes from Paris via the Associated Press.
Visitors will tour Shoshone Falls and Blue Lakes this afternoon after a grand lodge session in eastern Idaho. Tomorrow marks the close of a highly successful Eastern Star gathering with a brilliant banquet hosted by the Hollister chapter. Floral work by Twin Falls impressed delegates as the periventhian midland drive concluded the event.
Greek champion Londos of Canton Ohio weighed down by 40 pounds lost to Ed Strangler Lewis after a long match at Omatea on June 11. Lewis used a head lock and pinned Londos in a hour 84 minutes 45 seconds. Londos was dazed on return and claimed a neck hip, but stayed in.
The Associated Press reports the U S House tentatively agreed to base pay and maintenance on an army of 300000 instead of 400000, reducing overall costs for the next fiscal year. The plan, influenced by a spousal military committee recommendation, aims to cut the army size and related expenses significantly.
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