Governor Retains Office In House Vote
The governor won re election in the House ballot this morning by seventy to thirty four. The result confirms the incumbent will continue in office for another term.
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17 Apr 1919
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
1
Lloyd George Reports Paris Peace Progress and Peril
Prime Minister Lloyd George told the Commons that Allied representatives in Paris have a complete understanding on core peace questions with Germany. He warned the world remains full of perils, urged leaving those trying their best alone, and defended the League of Nations as saving time by enabling future readjustments. He noted Bolshevik expansion is waning and Russia must seek a way out without Britain facing bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commons
London
Paris
Germany
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Lioyd George
League of Nations
League
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Europe
John R. Clynes
League of Naclons
Lievd George
Premier Calls for Calm Deliberations During Tourney
The premier described stones clattering on the roof and wild men screaming through a keyhole as distractions. He urged for continued calm deliberations for the remainder of the tournament, insisting the event was not over.
Sims Says German Submarines Likely Rest at Sea
Rear Admiral Sims, who led the American fleet in European waters, told the Bond Club that there are German submarines at the ocean bottom. He cited findings from the fleet showing submarines wrecked with indications that crew members may have died by their own actions or by killing each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sims
Bond Club
Victory Loan
Chamber of Deputies calls for full war indemnity payments
Paris April 17 budget committee of the chamber of deputies unanimously adopted a resolution demanding complete reimbursement for all damages caused by the war with priority for reparations. It urged effective guarantees and pledges to ensure indemnity up to Germanys present ability and future possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
More pay to wireless men on mercantile ships
London April 17 wireless operators on mercantile vessels win wage increase and withdraw strike notices. Atlanta April 17 former congressman Loren Fletcher aged eighty eight dies in city while visiting his niece Mrs Fitzhugh Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Atlanta
Loren Fletcher
Minneapolis, Minn
Orgressman
Minnesota
Mra
Fitzhugh Lee
Anarchy and warfare report from Munich and central Europe
A Copenhagen dispatch describes Munich in chaos with looting and threats to banks as the Spartacists gain influence and the first infantry regiment joins them. German troops reportedly suffer defeats around the central railway station and Magdeburg. A Vienna report says Archduke Joseph and others are not executed, while a Budapset statement reports security for Wekerle and Szteprenyi. President Ebert denounces internal disruptors endangering the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tandon
Munich
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Spartacans
Bertin
Mu Hich
Nuremburg
Russia
Central Council
Germany
Magdeburg
Weimar
Lokal Anzeiger
Vienna
Achtuhrbistt
Bartia
Herr Boshmn
Budapest
Nansen to Head Relief Commission and Rhine Occupation
Paris reports an agreement to ship food to Russia under neutral control with bolshevik hostilities to cease. Dr Fridtjof Nansen will lead a relief commission with Scandinavian and Swiss members while a Rhine occupation of fifteen years is set to continue with phased Allied withdrawal as Germany pays its debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nansen
Rhine
Paris
Associated Powers
Russia
Fridtjjof Nansen
Scandinavia
Switzerland
Germany
Allied Peace Conference Debates Over Europe and Colonies
The four power council and allied foreign ministers discussed Schleswig-Holstein Helgoland Adriatic claims by Germany and the Suez canal rights. They considered prizes court decisions and Morocco status, plus who pays for Rhine occupation. Belgian frontier minister Paul Hymens attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Four
Schleswig-Holstein
Helgoland
Adriatic
Germany
Antarctic Ocean
Sultan
Egypt
Morocco
Rhine
Paul Hymens
Brazilian official in Paris charged with embezzlement
Vandertay Mon dosa, a former financial agent of Alagoas Brazil, was ordered to stand trial in Paris on embezzlement charges. He has spent two years in prison amid allegations of diverting several million francs in a town he was authorized to negotiate with Great Britain and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Vandertay Mondosa
Alagoas
Brazil
Great Britain
France
War Pigeons Return Home From Front Lines
A thousand war pigeons with battle records arrived in New York aboard the steamship Ohtean. The birds served as message carriers for pigeon company No. 1 attached to Pershing’s headquarters and carried messages from the Argonne and other fronts through combat smoke and fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohtean
Severn Pershing
Argonne
Pany
France
GOES CAN PICK THEIR SHIPS
New York April 17 an incentive for navy enlistment offers sailors who join while the Atlantic fleet is in port the right to choose the ship they will serve on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goes
New York
Hungary to Be Ruled by Lenin Says Soviet Congress
Budapest reports claim Nikolai Lenin will visit after Hungarian elections to preside over a new international communist congress. Article argues bolshevist rule terrorizes Budapest under Bela Kun with spies and limited electors while property and bank notes provoke fear among bourgeoisie and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Nckolai Lenine
Bela Kun
Tlungary
Sup
Hungary
Boehm
People's Commissary of Finance
Czechs threaten force along Silesian frontier
Cracow dispatches say Czech forces concentrate at Ostrova and Dabrova near the demarcation line with Poland. They allegedly vow to settle frontier issues by force. A Czech detachment reportedly crossed into Polish Lutynca, engaging Polish troops with several wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Cracow
Ostrova
Dabrova
Silesia
Lutynca
Government Won’t Permit Ship Tie Up In New York Harbor
Washington officials declare Traensporta would operate in and out of New York harbor if needed to halt a harbor strike. Navy policy says it will defer action until rail and fuel administrations are approached. A. H. Staith will handle negotiations with harbor railroad boat operators in New York. Tumulty sends to Miss Julia O Connor urging New England Telephone strike testers to file for a wage scale and return to work promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Traensporta
New York Harbor
United States Navy
Navy
Ctary Roosevelt
Navy Department
New York
A. H. Staith
Railroad Administration
Burleson
Tumuity
Julia O'Connor
New England Telephone
New England Telephone Company
Tumulty
Louisville
Blarry Henderson
Anton
Blanquet Is Killed In Vera Cruz Battle
Special to Evening Journal. Des Moines April 17 Efforts to impeach Governor Harding for the Rathbun pardon case were defeated in the House. The Judiciary Committee had recommended impeachment but the House adopted censure resolutions by a 70 to 34 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Des Moines
Harding
Rathbun
House
Judiciary Committee of
Revolutionary Leader Blanquet Killed in Vera Cruz Battle
General Aureliano Blanquet war secretary under Huerta and coleader with Felix Diaz in the Vera Cruz revolt against Carranza, was killed in action at Chavaxtla. His head is reported to be brought to Vera Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Aureliano Blanquet
Huerta
Felix Diaz
Carranza
Chavaxtla
Robbers Get Big Haul in Cash and Bonds
A Halstead Street State Bank messenger was robbed of 38500 in cash and Liberty Bonds by three white men and a Black man. The bandits fled in an automobile before authorities arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Halstead Street State Bank
Referendum on Unions to End by May 12 Nationwide
The country prepares for a telephone workers strike to press for government recognition of unions. The referendum is scheduled to be completed by May 12, with the strike as a potential nationwide alternative.
Lifting of Cable Code Restriction Announced
The Central and South American Cable company says the federal ban on private cable codes by American businesses will end on April 18 allowing firms to adopt their own coding systems. The statement comes from New York today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central and South American Cable Company
Charges by Government Against Missionaries Reported
Washington reports formal charges of pro German activity by certain American missionaries in Bulgaria and northern Persia have been forwarded to the American board of foreign missions by the state department. In Cincinnati engineer notes an appointment at the Southern Road, with A A Woods named chief engineer to fill Curtis Daugherty’s vacancy. KR C Reid to succeed Woods as superintendent of the New Orleans and Northeastern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Bulgaria
Washington
Persia
American Board of Foreign Missions
Southern Road
Cincinnati
Horace Baker
Southern Rifle Road
A. A. Woods
Southern
Curtis Daugherty
KR. C. Reid
Woods
Orleana
Northeastern
Mrs Phoebe Hearst Buried in Cypress Lawn Cemetery
Mrs Phoebe Apperson Hearst was laid to rest beside her husband United States Senator George Hearst at Cypress Lawn cemetery. Simple services were held at the Hearst home Hacienda del De Vorous Pleasanton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Hearst
San Francisco
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Cypress Lawn Cemetery
United Sates
George Hearst
Hearst
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. George
U. S
Admiral Sims
Archduke
Lenine
Food Commission
Ers
Echo de Paris
Wilson
Goulois
Jugo-Slavia
Italy
MR. Lenine
Kun
Moscow
Bolshevists
Smuts
Rich
Masaryk
Aids
Blanquet
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