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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1919
Page
6
A severe storm struck Twin Falls last evening bringing heavy rain and thunder. Streets flooded from curb to curb, gutters filled with debris, causing overflows onto sidewalks, with power and telephone services disrupted as fuses blew and lines failed. Manager Gren noted multiple phones out of order.
Senate hearing reveals statements from the League of Free Nations relied largely on material provided by George F Weeks publisher of the Mexican Review a Carranza aligned publication. L J Debekker identifies as author of much of the league's distributed literature.
President Wilson signed a joint resolution in Portland declaring next Wednesday a holiday in the District of Columbia to honor General Pershing on his return. The measure marks a national observance with festivities planned across the capital.
Paris reports that France's long standing decline in birth rate has shown a distinct improvement during September. Officials note a noticeable uptick in births this month after sustained concern over declining fertility figures.
Official figures show 1918 births in the Seine district including Paris at 43,480, down from 73,699 in 1911, with infant mortality at 40 percent versus ten before the war. Shortages of wet nurses and bottle milk are blamed, while Paris maternity hospitals report higher births this month and larger healthy babies. A new periodical Marriage addresses France repopulation and a remedy to the matrimonial crisis.
In the Fourth Judicial District of Idaho Twin Falls County Fred W. Glenn sues The A H Averill Machinery Company for 331 25. A writ of attachment was issued September 15 1919 against the defendant's property. Clerk Co Signals, 17 September 1919. Sweeley Sweeley Attorneys Twin Falls Idaho.
Cleveland, Sept 15 The proposed national political strike for October 8 is rejected by western labor leaders as a possibility should Thomas J Mooney not be released The article outlines the political backdrop of the Illinois miners strike now under way and notes calls from radical elements for withdrawal of demands.
The miners from the American Federation of Labor appear set to dominate UMWA attention all week. The resolutions committee reports a motion for a retrial for Mooney but will not back the proposed strike.
The United Mine Workers convention in Cleveland rejects seating the Illinois delegates, upholds the stripping of 25 Illinois locals from charters for unauthorized strikes, and discusses steel workers’ strike support as resolutions proceed. Mother Jones and John Fitzpatrick urged solidarity with steel, while postponement was opposed.
Stephen C. Mason, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, says strikes and threatened strikes have cost the United States ten million dollars daily over the past eight months. He unveils an armistice proposal to hold until President Wilson declares the industrial readjustment period over, for consideration at the October 6 industrial conference in Washington.
The passage notes the earliest recorded game law from Deuteronomy 622. It states not to take the mother bird with the young if a nest is found, allowing the dam to go free while taking the young. This highlights a conservation principle in ancient legal texts.
Pittsburg September 16 supporters of delaying the steel workers strike until after the industrial conference October 6 in Washington meet firm opposition at the national committee for organizing iron and steel workers. The Amalgamated Association backs striking now. Gompers may favor postponement if no harm to workers. A half hundred organizers in the Pittsburg field discussed the strike.
President Wilson announced no more interviews with labor committees during his current trip. The decision followed his refusal to meet a committee named by the Portland labor council to pose questions about U S policy in Russia. Since a Seattle delegation was met recently, requests for further conferences have soared at upcoming stops.
Public notices include an alias summons in a divorce case between Lucinda J. Prichard and George Prichard, followed by sheriff sale announcements. Auctions cover land parcels in Twin Falls County including the NW quarter of section 2 and lots inTwin Falls original townsite with dates set for September 20, 1919, and details of parties KD Kinney Montgomery and J B Montgomery among others.
In the District Court of Idaho Southern Division the creditors meeting for John A. Hammack bankrupt is set for September 25, 1919 at 2 p.m. at the referee W Orr Chapman office in Twin Falls. The meeting covers claims, Trustee appointment and bankruptcy examination. Dated Twin Falls September 11, 1919.
On September 20, 1919 at 10 a.m. at the front door of the Court House in Twin Falls Idaho the rights of I B Perrine H Perrine Illinois Steel Co Nibley Channel Lumber Co Central Trust Co or either to described property will be sold at public auction for cash to satisfy a decree and costs. Deputy Asher B Wilson attorney for plaintiff 4th A 29 S 19.
In the Probate Court of Twin Falls County Idaho the administrator of Mary B. McNeil deceased calls creditors and all with claims to exhibit them with vouchers within four months after publication at the Twin Falls office of James R. Bothwell and W. Orr Chapman. Dated August 23 1919. J. M. Van Hook Administrator. Sept 19.
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