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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1919
Page
2
The paper credits the Associated Press for news dispatches and local news. It notes republication rights and states special dispatches are reserved.
Arkadelphia mother Mrs. W. B. Arnold recalls why American soldiers abroad feel homesick. She notes washing clothes, lack of home cooking, and beds that are not as soft as those at home contribute to discomfort and longing for home life, possibly driving desire to return.
The Cactus Food Products Company of California has secured government permission to harvest cactus on 15,000 acres of public land in the southwest. A large cactus food plant is under construction and to begin operations within 60 days. Plans include cattle feed, table syrup, glucose, gluten, bread flour, and paper pulp, with chemists pursuing further by products after successful experiments in Washington, Arizona, and California.
Amid a wave of police strikes in Boston and threats elsewhere, New York firemen receive commendation from the Uniformed Officers Association. Resolutions affirm that organized strikes by public safety personnel would be mutiny and desertion of posts in time of danger, endangering lives.
A historic declaration frames the fire department oath as a sacred trust to protect lives and property. It stresses loyalty to the city, officials, and the public, while urging fair treatment of grievances by the people they serve. The piece contrasts duty with labor unions and urges uniformed members to uphold civilization and government.
A critical column laments the Pueblo lynching of two Mexican men, arguing that due process would have avoided international embarrassment with Mexico. The piece notes reciprocal harms of crime against Mexicans in the U.S., questions unequal value of lives, and comments on Hoover, opera prices, von Ludendorff, Carranza, and outdated auto concerns.
State troops clashed with striking workers at the Lackawinna Steel plant as police restored order after a shooting. A striker, Marzurek, was shot and hospitalized. three others were slightly injured. Guards fired with shotguns as a crowd attacked workers leaving the gate. Chief Gilson and Lackawanna police battled to stop the violence.
In Newcastile Pal on September 23 Mrs Sophia Johnston wife of a striker died at a hospital after being shot during a strike riot last night. Twelve others injured are expected to recover. She leaves two adult children.
In Pittsburg on September 23 a riot erupted in the Lawrenceville mill district as the strike continued. One man was probably fatally injured, a special policeman was seriously hurt, and several others sustained injuries during the disorder tonight.
The president urged senators to reconsider reserving the people’s right to determine government form as settlements had been made on that theory. He appealed to senators to avoid inserting the quoted reservation into the treaty, saying through the people he spoke.
An incipient smallpox case emerged in a Lincoln school room yesterday morning. The patient Mulligan, a child from 521 Fourth Avenue West, was removed by the county health officer Q. Meinnis and given immediate preventive measures. The room was fumigated and the family placed under quarantine.
Tokio dispatch reports Japan described by Yorodan as failing to grasp democracy and the value of labor. It cites weak colonial administration and lack of sympathy as key defects revealed by the peace conference. The account notes Japan’s civilizational traits and emphasizes the need for reform.
The fragment cites causes of the war focusing on principles of justice liberty and humanity. It lists weaknesses in racial competition and moral decline as the sixth and final point, noting no improvement in communal morality.
In a Sept. 24 address, Representative Champ Cherle of Missouri touted Miec rdeiph as club vice president and noted Neavy Ourlans as part of the same leadership discussion. The piece centers on the nomination process and internal party roles.
The presidents and the Newmeyer campaign launched at the 15th annual conven tion of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World as Arthur G Newmeyer of New Orleans received a boom for president. Eight nominations for vice president included T Meredith of Des Moines and Ayres of San Francisco. The Oregon delegation pushed the Newmeyer bid.
William R. Wall, commissioner of public works, and his son arrived in Twin Falls yesterday on private business. Hall stated his visit relates to state road building efforts under his supervision in Idaho.
The Associated Press reports a $1,000,000 Americanization program by the Episcopal board of missions aimed at Christianizing Jews in the United States. Bishop Rogers Israel urged delaying action until the Detroit general conference, while John I. Zaker of the Philadelphia diocese warned that excluding Jews even briefly would jeopardize the effort.
Gabrielle Ad Annunzio calls for uprising in a Rome proclamation. The Associated Press reports the same period describes instructions to the people to rise and resist the government, with Annunzio’s followers allegedly inciting action and provoking a tribunal to intervene.
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