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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1919
Page
5
Rioting in Farrell Pennsylvania leaves one dead and three wounded by rifle fire as state troopers disperse strikers using bricks. Injuries include Ella Echio shot in the hip and a man named John Bandzak killed instantly. Deputies sworn in amid fears of further outbreaks and police stations fortified.
President Wilson told a Salt Lake City audience that Senate proposals to insert reservations into the peace treaty would “cut the heart” of the league of nations. He argued any U S withdrawal from article 10 would amount to rejecting the treaty and urged acceptance of leadership without surrendering sovereignty. He claimed pro-rejection forces echo pro German propaganda and that Germany hopes the United States stays out of the league.
In Buffalo on September 28 a crowd of strikers and sympathizers gathered near a plant gate when guards opened fire with shotguns. One man was killed and four others were wounded, including a three year old boy. Police and officials investigated the shooting and potential motives surrounding the confrontation.
Dave Ryan, a 30 year Salvation Army Doughboy veteran, cooked two weeks at Chateau Thierry, asked for doughnuts from a Salvation Army hut. He later returned with five one dollar bills to repay the hut for the earlier treat, saying the funds were for goods received. He had been moved from Chateau Thierry and honored the repayment months later.
A courier traveled from Francisco Villa's Durango headquarters toward San Antonio to relay a message for Villa’s representative Miguel Diaz Lombardo in Washington. The trip aimed to unite rebel leaders opposing the Carranza government and advance communication with Villa's circle.
Governor S R McKelvie sent a message to President Wilson from Lincoln Nebraska protesting the small agricultural representation at the Washington labor conference to be held October 6 Three representatives for agriculture compare with fifteen for labor and commercial interests and McKelvie argues agriculture might better have no representation.
Boston September 24 Richard M Long a Framingham shoe manufacturer was nominated for governor by the democrats at a primary yesterday for the second straight year He will face Governor Calvin Coolidge who was renominated by the Republicans with no opposition in November
Congress directs the senate labor committee to launch an immediate inquiry into relief via federal action in the steel strike. Hearings begin Thursday with strikers representatives, then Gary of United States Steel and Gompers of the AFL to testify. In the House, Rep Cooper assails Foster and labor leaders, urging loyalty amid upheaval. Continued on Page Five.
At Kobe a manifesto from younger Kenseikai members denounces Japan's peace delegates as cowardly and servile. It argues Britain and the United States exploited their attitude, leaving Japan isolated and in disgrace upon their return from the conference.
Sheriff office investigators spread a state dragnet after a partially decomposed skeleton found on a Snake River island was identified as Harkleroad, missing three years. The body was brought to Twin Falls by a sheriff’s officer late Monday.
Fifteen VIP passengers were hurt, none seriously, when west bound AT&SF train number one collided head on with a light engine near Kennedy New Mexico forty miles north of here. Both engine crews were injured. The train was en route from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Committees from Elks lodge and returned service men with American Legion members will visit Twin Falls business firms to raise funds for the Salvation Army drive. The national quota is 6000 dollars, with about 3500 hoped to be raised locally. The appeal emphasizes wartime sacrifice and urges prompt, generous support from citizens to aid the Army’s postwar relief work.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports conflicting claims amid a large steel strike. Carnegie Steel says conditions improve locally with more plants operating while others close. William Foster cites 327000 workers participating nationwide with thousands more from Chicago and Youngstown districts.
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