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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1919
Page
1
Thousands of miners in Kentucky and surrounding areas vote against telegraphed return to work amid 14 percent raise dispute. Indiana reports most mines reopening though some locals refuse terms. Kansas remains holdout as talks on withdrawing volunteers and troops unfold.
Charleston reports the check off system for union dues remains a core issue as miners press wage contracts. Peoria district mines stay closed with only cooperative operations lightly active. In Decatur area the Moneaqua mine votes to return after a 14 percent pay hike request faces owner Shafer seeking price relief.
Prominent New York women gathered on lower Broadway to protest U S policy denying clearance to vessels to Russian ports. They planned a picket style march in single file wearing lettered sashes with anti government slogans. The move followed a prior demonstration by the American Women's Emergency Committee citing Russian child deaths.
George Sanders of Lexington Illinois dies at seventy five. He famously played Uncle Tom in the stage adaptation of Code Tow's Cabin for many years in Bloomington Illinois.
Mexico's interior minister Manuel Aguirre Berlanga denies any plan to adopt the San Diego plot to seize parts of the U S southwest. He responds to charges raised by U S Senator Fall regarding a 1915 San Diego Texas plot and a later Monterey Mexico connection.
Two ships were driven ashore in a storm of hurricane force in Newfoundland. Details indicate one vessel named Curling and another near Dee, with the gale described as highly destructive and advancing from the north. Reports say authorities are assessing damage and rescue efforts are underway.
Washington reports Dr. TH A Garfield resigns as fuel administrator and President Wixen is said to accept. Functions shift to Director General Mines, with no immediate plan to appoint Hines. Garfield opposed terms seen as raising coal prices. Operators in Washington weigh settlement details as they plan to end the strike. Chicago notes a fuel committee order allowing resumed coke use and longer Saturday hours for stores.
National conference of the committee of forty eight in St Louis plans a new political party if the post card campaign shows demand. A platform will be printed on post cards and distributed nationwide. a second national convention may be held before July 1 to nominate president and vice president. Delegates will come from progressive groups including the Nonparty league and labor and single tax leagues. In China the steamship Cheh Chuan sunk ten miles below Fung Ta with several foreigners aboard. no fate details yet received.
Washington December 1 The McNary bill extending the sugar equalization board for one year after January 1 1920 to curb profiteers and fix uniform prices passed the Senate and goes to the House The measure aims to maintain even sugar distribution during a customary Christmas session. Sydney X. 8 Dec 18 Discussion notes ship safety for the steamship Uropatria after it left St Pierre with Marconi messages unanswered.
Telegraphic dispatches describe Bolshevik assaults along the Estonian front south of the Gulf of Finland repulsed by Estonians. The fighting spread near Narva and Kiev threats rose as Don Cossacks advanced. Reports note heavy cavalry actions and many prisoners captured, with mediation hoped via Britain.
Arthur Balfour, lord president of the council, warns that American hesitation to complete cooperation in international reconstruction weakens the effort. He praises U.S. wartime conduct as disinterested and noble but laments unrealized hopes for full follow through.
Seventy two members of the Amalgamated Association of Steel and Tin Workers were bailed out after arrest for attempting a meeting in East Youngstown without a permit issued by Mayor McVey. Included were organizers Frank Piekin and J. A. Lowe of the American Federation of Labor.
The November 25 special session of the North Dakota legislature concluded with a bitter political attack a fist fight and the threat of arrest for State Auditor Carl Kositzky as the session closed in Bismarck on December 13.
George F. Rand president of the Marine National Bank of Buffalo died when his plane crashed near Catenham Surrey. Lieutenant Bradley was badly injured. Rand had offered 300000 francs to Premier Clemenceau for a Verdun monument, which Clemenceau accepted.
Unprecedented floods in Alabama Georgia and Mississippi ease from their peak though rivers remaining high cause property damage. In Montgomery street car service faltered as power shortages prompted curtailment and efforts to conserve electricity while water rose in several streets.
Rail service disruption ends soon with trains scheduled to return next week. Officials announced restoration in a few days, signaling resumed operations and reduced delays for commuters.
Special dispatch from Chicago reports officials announce restoration of passenger train routes cut by General Hines order. Western Passenger Association chair P. S. Eustis says service will be restored not later than next Saturday or possibly sooner as fuel shipments resume.
At a London conference, Russia declared it will work out its problems without aid or interference from Allied nations, signaling a shift in wartime diplomacy and cooperation among the participants.
Ludwig C A K Martens testified before the joint legislative committee on radical activities after his exemption was denied claiming Frank P Walsh, former chairman of the National War Board, accepted a counsel position. Walsh did not appear at the hearing.
Intercepted wireless messages indicate the steamship Che topa has lost two propeller blades and is unmanageable with a position about 255 miles southeast of Halifax. The 340 ton steamer sailed from Liverpool for New York November 28. The Leyland Line steamer Mercian is reported afire off Cape Race and heading toward St Johns for safety.
In Louteville, Kentucky a passenger and crew member stopped a train to rescue a boy who had fallen into an icy canal near Franklin. The engineer calmed officials and used a rope to pull the boy from the water before delivering him to the railroad station for care. Berlin restaurateurs vote to strike over alcohol service limits.
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