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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1920
Page
1
Washington report says Republicans will not concede changes to Article X in the peace treaty, signaling an early vote against ratification. Democratic senators appear poised to oppose unless concessions are met, with many predicting a Thursday tally or delays into next week.
Washington reports the U S railroad administration passed provisions of a new bill to fix rates guaranteeing 51 percent return to carriers. The transfer of control ended amid government relinquishment, with Director Hines remaining to settle pending contracts and grievances. The measure empowers the Interstate Commerce Commission to set rates ensuring a 1 percent return, creates a railroad labor board, and provides a six month standard profit guarantee period after federal control ends. It also expands government oversight of securities and funding mechanisms for railroads.
Protests against plans to compensate former Emperor William I for his abdication were voiced unanimously at a Berlin Socialist meeting. Delegates from ministries attended. They warned that if the Prussian diet accepted the proposal, Socialists would withdraw support for the German government.
Passengers rescued off Sambro ledge near Halifax after a storm-hit vessel bound for Liverpool from Boston was beached. About 120 crew remained aboard as rescuers aided three dozen passengers at the port. other items note Baltic gold claims and Soviet gold shipments in a separate dispatch.
Nogales Ariz March 1 death toll rises in bandit raid on Ruby post office with J A Frazier and Alexander Frazier killed. Carranza era secret military police claim Arenas and Caraya captured while Puebla Tlaxcala outskirts see ongoing crackdown. News notes progress toward countrywide pacification and list of leaders killed or negotiating with federal officials.
Socialist congress at Strasbourg refuses to join the Third International led by Nikolai Lenine. A motion by Jean Longuet calls for an international Geneva meeting to discuss action and possible alignment. Pierre Renardel backs a gathering of free socialist groups not yet in any international.
Paris reports show five strike leaders arrested for interference with liberty to work as thousands offer to time rail locations. Hundreds of Central High School students take posts on railways, aiding re victualling systems. Independent unions in Alsace Lorraine urge workers to stay at work while general strike calls appear to falter outside provinces.
Louis dispatch from March 1 reports businessmen from multiple states meeting in Los Angeles to declare war on radicalism. The Commercial Federation of California calls the gathering to discuss plans to combat Bolshevism and mobilize patriots while drawing in participants from Colorado California Nebraska South Dakota Minnesota Idaho Iowa Kansas Michigan Ohio West Virginia Oklahoma Texas Louisiana Missouri and others. Temporary chairman WW M Haldne presided.
Reports from Paris note the coffin of Cortez found in the vault of the Church of Jesus in Mexico City. Historian Lucas Alaman Lanroque says the key to the vault has been in his family for generations and will pass to the rightful recipient.
Louisville dispatch reports Lieutenant Jobr Kollenkere held on charges of bombing a company payroll in Germany. He escaped from the guardhouse at Camp Taylor. In Cardiff Wales a miner named George Morgan is said to hold a valuable land card with an estimated 2,000,000 tons of coal reserved for Montana district claims.
The Imperial Prince of Japan will depart for France in April to study at the college of a lady at St. Cyr and accompany Major Hiewahisuni. Madame Shidenaga and her two sons will also leave Japan April 6 to join M. Shidehara, the Japanese ambassador at Washington.
The Manchester Guardian reports Premier Wilson’s Adriatic notes nearing completion. US actions and Italian Jugoslav talks are under scrutiny, with possible compromise on Istria and Fano while Britain, Italy, and the US weigh terms. A separate Britain Finland appointment and Finland independence timeline are noted.
Milwaukee Wisconsin March 1 Federal Judge Geiger ruled Manitowoc Products may sell beer containing 2.6 percent alcohol under Mulberger laws, upholding state prohibitions against higher alcohol content. The decision contends federal regulation yields to state measures, reversing an injunction aimed at halting enforcement.
London March 1 Former Premier Asquith's retirement to active Parliament drew wide interest as he returns to represent Paisley. Reports note a planned triumphant procession and a strong Liberal opposition forming for the first time since the war, with Daily Mail predicting a vibrant parliamentary dynamic.
Net earnings for 1914 at the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. rose to 60,243,288 from 44,293,617 in 1913, with higher operating expenses and a surplus increase. Eight babies were born and deaths, mostly children, rose in Vienna amid related fiscal summaries. Cable disruptions from an earthquake affected transatlantic lines but not message delivery. George Lansbury travels to Helsingfors for a prisoner exchange between Finland and Russia.
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