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Washington Evening Journal (Newspaper) - December 16, 1920, Washington, Iowa A fake your want Hwn thru the it a rating journal Ltd hts a fled Volumna the evening journal generally fair tonight and few Dur except us a rtt Fol me Porton older Friday w. Por tion. Volume 38 Washington. Iowa to hts Sosay evening Okab Mukh it. 1 a 0 number 260extend league membership Bonus Bill has hearing inthe Senate big fire at Madison ill Helmbacher rolling Mill and Twenty four Housea Are or troyed estimated Loaa $1,000,000. Arguments on Cash payment Are made at session of committee. It. Del. Kijuc. 10 fire destroyed tin Plant of tin Hehli Pharher forge and mailing Mill company at a do a in in. Near Here. Causing n a Roj it erty Lnu of $1,000,099 fanned by a fat wind. The Are spread rapidly Ami one hour Irish looking this Way for some Relief Ufa or ii started 94 Home and been burned. May poll sex service men in stir Smoot Dacia Rea to Par cent of them went . Man ski exempting Farmer a Kaaa Cialona la Pae aed. Lord mayor of Cork sends message to Irish americans. Kermit Roosevelt fined a new York a a a. Id. A a Naif Roosevelt not of tin Lap t of. Theodore waa Lini 1 Ali for Kjile Ding i a m ileum on his flt a 1immi. He pleaded guilty 1 Cross Aid is asked explaining his speedometer an brr j Ken. Lake Veasel towed to port. Milwaukee in. 16.�?the 5<lo-Fnot freighter. A b mow Ford which Treut a bore off North in ont monday was a Remler Lloyd George Telia sinn Fele head he can see Griffith and communicate with de Valera a Perteat la killed. Washington i tee 10 the payment of h a a a i Minns to former service Meo was or ought promo remly to the front at the opening of hearing or the a a a. Are finance committee on the House 1111 to adjust of the for Mer soldiers and at or. Apo Loamen for the american Legione to May eel hat not my re Thon fid or rent of the men would ask for a end payment hut Hert Stor sind he of Utah disagreed Siung by with til estimate declaring that Post cards he had received from individual service men from All part of the country in dilated that its Jer cent of the men would ask for Rush. Furnished by Pingar. Senator said of emf the Post of a were furnished by tile Star and act Mae of a a to senators and inhere in. A my opinion on the Homie Gilbert Hettman of Ohio Rhal Nan of the a Glon s legislative committee suggest that the postcard a Prole Aidy were propaganda against the senator of rant and senator a cum her he new Hikota acting chair to Man replied that the cards of which senator met Quot umber produced a High stack. Appeared to represent actual views of War Veteran. Or. Bettann Ald the Octlona of the Hill other than Cash porn Josed soldiers certificate a payable in 26 years tomcat Dooal training and farm or Homo aids would apr Cal to a Large percentage of War veterans. Alda is he said a Chr the fact that about Are trying to find out from the department of Interior How to get farm lands the witness said the House Mil had a practically the Nan Mon endorse ment of All service men organization. A the american legion a never taken a selfish attitude on this he declared. A they done to re Gard themselves As representing the service men hut lie people is Well and the poll of men proposed members of tin Commatti e suggest Rebb Fil in Tough the unite to Effort office thifs and towed to port. Burned alive in rail wreck trainman killed and 900 Paa Angora have narrow escape in Asci Dent at Penn Valley a. Tresdon. X. A. Dec. 10.�?one Mao was killed one injure an i 100 passenger narrow y escaped injury when the Southern Cypres on the Pennsylvania Railroad waa wreck at Lenn Valley. Fa., near Here. Vhf Lent broach or of Felt Adelphia. A fireman was burned alive in 1 he hot hates and scalded George Gibbony of Virginia waa the Only to eager Hurt. France to keep foe chips agreement with Btl he on question reported in Pahau Craft total 490,000 tone. Faria. Dec. 16.�?france will retain All inn us ships which Ahe has been managing provision Fullr under the terms of the a it re be treaty. Days the Matin which asserts that recent fran co Briti a conversations on the subject have resulted in an agree nent. These ship aggregate 430,000 tons. Auto deaths Rise keeps up census Bureau at Washington figures show they totalled 7,969 in 1919. Washington. Dec. 16.�?deaths from automobile accidents continued to show an increase during 1019, with a total of 7,060 for the census Bureau s registration Wren comprising about 80 for cent of the country a total population according to statistics just completed. Lof Prim. Dec 10.�?lord mayor o Callaghan of Cork he sent u Cable message to the Lynh Amer Lynn of the United Bonfe. Urging Mien to organise a Relief fund for Ireland. The lord mayor also has a it sealed to the american ked Crons to end a contingent to Cork speedily the dispatch add. Re ruler Lloyd George sent a reply to the recent request of Rev. Michael a Flanagan. Acting president of the Mun fein that Tlene in accorded in which to consult with Karonn i get Valera and Arthur Griffith founder of the Hlyn Ken Aud How under arrest res Jim Tang the Endeavor made to bring Ai out a truce in Ireland. The Premier in it reply informed fatties a Fianagan that Fecitt Elwa would he a Gurdell turn for seeing Arthur gnus in. Regarding de Valero the Premier wrote a the a re luxury method of communication with America Are fully open to priest is shot dead. The Bishop of Fork says the Centra i news a received a Telegram stating that it anon Magner Parish priest of Timur Vanway. County Cork was shot dead by armed and uniformed men at 2 30 p. In. The in min a of lord passed the third rending of the Irish Houie Ajic Bill after u Short debate in the course of which lord Dun Raven repro eyed like government with having apparently created a sort of axiom in potty real science that minorities must Rule. Lord Birkenhead lord High hindu cellar replying to various criticisms of the we insist cd flight. Under existing conditions there was not flip slightest a Iunce of inducing the North to accept n single parliament and As no acceptable alternative to the government Bill had been suggested he thought the government plan deserved inc to Hal Rutn Cut Nero expressed the conviction that in to Seit Lem tit is Suhle until the of inv Pallon and the a Black anti Tan ire completely withdrawn from i Felon. The Lalmer party at a meeting adopted a i out lion expressing the Homie Tomt tin irl a of etchers of Perl lament would res mind to the Premier offer a ego late. Hot re Gretting the of Martini Law no Likely id endanger the Pios poets of peace. A Tele Gnim win read from the member of the inbox commission still in Irel nil declaring Ibey were coot nce a that the Cork arts were the work of Crown Force. Dam and judicial inquiry. A Resolution was adopted demanding n judicial inquiry into the Fork fire. The lord mayor of Fork and two Fork member of Purl lament have sent a Rue nage to sir i in mar Green Wood. Ohlef a cretan it for Ireland mid other Asili tical Humr. Strongly repudiating the mtg Stinn that Fork in it burned by any St Tohm of its Clatl rens. Demand tag an Lut partial civil inquiry. Vote Austria into league i of nations Assembly elects country to membership in pact without opposition. Bind jowl a get $26,000. Chicago. Dec. 16.�? after binding and gagging the owner four armed men re la Frfd the jewelry at me of Sain Itu Benstein. 716 Bmith Crawford Avenue of $2&Quot.twst Worth of valuables. 35 ballots in its favor a White so ave Quot Ware unanimously adopted Mulla. Fortham Mer first woman to Addrena the body. Hll Abdul Sanii Rieness fighter by Dempsey aliens increase Day to woo Surpri Ood when before Motlo Tod him to to Comer in Tho twelfth bound. De that a canons of the former it Rve men a to what percentage desired n eth Bonus might help the commit tee. Or. Rettman said this might he arranged but that the legion bad not to had time to take such a poll. Senator Mclean re of Connecticut suggested that if too Many a suited the Cash Bonus it might be necessary in View of the country finances to eliminate that proposal from the Mil. The Ltd Apper Eim nuns Hill exempting Farmers co operative marketing Nusso Eia tons from the provisions of the Sherman antitrust Law was passed by the Senate without a record vote. The Bill now goes to conference for consideration of the Senate amendment providing that the Federal Trad commission instead of the Secretary of agriculture shall pass on complaints against any co operative association. Lock out garment workers clothing manufacturers in new York adopt piecework schedule no disorders. New York dec. 16. The controversy bet wean the nothing Man fac timers association and the amalgamated clothing workers Union readied a Climax with the i Mingura ton of a piecework schedule in All shops of members of the association although pickets continued to guard entrances to a number of lug shops no disorders were reported Union workmen claim that tin a piecework schedule amounts to a a lockout a vhf a a it a o trial. A majority of the mend a it of the British latter commission have returned to London from Ireland. Act new York. Dec. 16.�?Bill Dreu Nau who was knocked out to the twelfth round by Jack Dempsey the Leavy weight Choi Pion to Madison Square Garden said he intended to ask for another match. A i ant not satisfied that Dempsey is Ziy Superior Quot he declared. The challenger while saying that he had vindicated him Elf asserted he was a a surprised a it Lien the referee motioned him to his Corner believing that he had beaten the count in the twelfth. A Brennan was tougher than i expected a Dempsey said. A the stood up longer than 1 thought to would. Hla blows did no to Hurt me at any time hut i found him a hard Man to hit Dempsey a manager said the Champion was not in the Best of condition. Having trained too hard. Dempsey expects to leave for the Pacific coast to Maln until late in february when he will come Back to new York to train for his match with Jeaa w Ellurd on St. Patrick a Day. Geneva Khz to Lucid. In dec. 16.�?Austria was elected u member of the league of nation by the Assembly of the league. The election of Austria i without Opi to lion. Thirty five vote were Ca it in favor of her admission. Two Merlier h were absent and four abstained from voting. Belgium. Brazil Spain and China were Estosen As the elective a nem iwo it of the Council of tvs league of nation by the Assembly of the league. The first three nations named bad held place in the Council by appointment under the original covenant. China take the place of Greece the fourth member originally named. The ballot for the fourth Treiul or resulted to Chinu receiving 21 vote which elected her. Sweden received five votes tto mania six co co to t ski two and Portugal Switzerland. Serbia and Greece one vote each. Action on a White when the a White slave Resh items came to a vote Uliey were unanimously adopted by the Assembly. The proposition regarding this traffic Are that tote countries which adhered to the International convention of Lin i he invited to Send Delegate to another International conference to be held before the next Assembly also that the Council appoint a committee to investigate the Dormi station of women and children in Asia minor. The discussion of this Utt Stinn brought to the lift form for the first time one of the women substitute Delegate a Millr. Henna fort Hammer of Denmark. She was received with warm applause. Mytle. Forth Tumer made a Strong Peai for prompt action in behalf of a women who had been deported during the War and since its conclusion. She urged the Assembly to Send investigator to Asia minor and appealed to the Delegate individually to prevail upon their eral governments j to strengthen thei Iregi Quot nation to sup j press the traffic in women. She spoke j in excellent knit Ash and was ent Luisi 1 not Leal v applauded especially when i he pleaded for the 30.9d0 armenian women still in Captivity. League acts on opium traffic. Profits no that the league of nations t dts utne the do tic which heretofore 1 have devolved Ihmi Holland under the internal Lionel of Plum convention regt mating traffic in the drug in taken itly by the is Embly at the morning i a a if and the re iwo it of Cost Netlee a investigating the in eject adopted. Under the of Lynn convention signed in 1912, the United state being among the signatories various duties devolved i a i a the i notch government. The report mentioned the difficulty j resulting from the absence of the United state and Germany from the league and suggested that if these governments could not Forward their data to the league they Mig tit continue to communicate with Holland on the subject. Or. Wellington Koo of tvs it obese delegation reviewed the Effort made by in Hina during More than a Century to suppress the opium habit. He recognized he said tvs Grent debt of gratitude Chinn owed the United state for americans Aid in Tel work. Four nations admitted to a league today France refrains from voting on admission of Bulgaria at Geneva quake recorded can to pay income taxes Coros of Chicago millionaires refused time Extension by collector of Revenue. Believed la re worst in two yen somewhere nearly three thousand Miles from a Mer i Iran capital Chicago. Dec. 16.�?score of Utica go millionaire and Heads of big Cor for nylons pleaded with Henry w. A Ger. Collector it if internal Revenue to give them More time in which to pay their income taxes. A Many men of Well Ali have come in Here and pleaded that they simply Haven t the Money with Welch to meet their income explained or. A Ger w to mid lie had been obliged to Teu them that far Extension Couch not be granted. Bay state women Defeated return show voters favor Mere Man in Massachusetts municipal election. Fine Cal to the Fig vent journal Geneva dec 16.�?four nations were admitted to the league of nation today. They Are Bulgaria. Costa Kira fun Lead Aud Luxemburg. France abstained from voting in admitting Bulgaria. Earthquake reported Rose Feal to the a venting journal Washington d. Cd a dec. 16�? the Moat severe earthquake Shock recorded in two years estimated 8,-Rdo mile from Washington Vraa re ror turd today at Georgetown university., Boston. Dec. 10.�?woman candidates. Except those for school committee places farts Morly in Tho municipal election held in 16 Massachusetts cities according to delayed return which were completed. Tills is attributed in part to Stormy weather which kept Many voters at Home. At Attleboro or. Elisa Daggett candidate flt or mayor received Only h4 votes in a total exceeding 5,000. Or. Sura to Lark mend attn Republican candidate for Alderman at Woburn mrs. William m. Kirby candidate for Alderman lit Large at Beverly and mrs. Arabella w. Wilson who was on the common Council ticket at Malden were Defeated. Greatly last year lady Geddes said to be quite angry on a still Hunt annual report of Secretary of labor Wilson. Shows total of 633,371 sought Entrance in fiscal year�?428,062 left country. Washington dec. His establish ment of machinery overseas in Coop oration with foreign government through which alien before breaking up their Home May determine whether they will be admitted to tiie United state and Ichih Ontive consideration of the proposal of tic second Industrial conference Are outstanding rec in the annual report of Secretary Wilson. Mite report show that 633.371 alien arrived in this country during the last fiscal year a compared with 237.021 the year before. Of the total arrival. 11.795 were excluded at the port where the a Likht to enter. Of those arriving. 430,901 Are classed As immigrant alien a my 193,575 As non immigrant alien. Departure of aliens totalled 428.962, including 268,815 limn i Hunt alien and 139,757 non immigrant aliens making the net increase in tin tin Algrant population for the year 193.514. Japanese admitted number 16,174, As eos spared with 14,904 the year before. The total number of japanese departing is placed at 15,658, making the report say the indicated increase in japanese population. 521. Of those admitted 9,11 3 Wen nude and 6,981 females. Bitter feelings Over Ireland spreads to diplomatic Circle. Wife of British ambassador in Washington snubs hosts of Mac Swiney is report. Washington dec. 16.�?so bitter i Washington. D. Dec 16.�? approximately $ 2. 00 0. 000.090 changed hands this year As a result of the gambling mania. It is estimated Here on the basis of information reaching government Heads thru official and unofficial channels. Treasury officials Are deeply concerned Over the situation which indicates they say that the United states is still clinging to wasteful and extravagant habits that grew up since the armistice. The situation has been brought to Tho attention of Secretary of the Treasury Houston. Director William Mather Lewis of the savings division now is considering whether a general Appeal to the Public thru ministers and civic societies would be effective in checking gambling. Lewis has just returned to Washington from a the the country in which he gave some attention to a study of the situation. A gambling at cards and betting on racing a reached a frenzy never before equated Quot he Ald. A thousand appear to be engaged in la in one form or another either As butting commissioners or bettors. A it is True that Money changing ownership thru games of Chance does not represent economic waste. But Seldom Are winnings put to any useful economic purpose. A the Federal government of course is powerless to act to Check the mania except thru a moral nearly $1,000,000,060 was Iwon at poker and other card games alone this year it was estimated. Tax receipts on sales of playing cards now average More than $3. 000,000 a year. This indicates the the feeling in Washington Over British Sale of 400.000,000 packs which action in Ireland that it has spread alone Cost More than $15,000,000. From co gees to diplomatic Aud Oflia at every race meeting that lasts ,. ,. A week several million dollars it. Change hands at the tracks if la a Geddes wife of the British Quot to my intimated. This includes no estimate ambassador a resigned a u Putrou-1 the Vagt aggregate of sums wages of the Washington opera to show Ere j at places Distant from the her displeasure with mrs. Peter Drury hostess to mrs. Terence much Wiley widow of the lord mayor of Cork. Mrs. Drury is treasurer of the opera. Following this move by lady Geddes it developed thut the British Flag was immediately eliminated from the Allied emblems used in decorating foils theater for the opening on monday night. The Washington of in company is supported by loading member of local and official society who earnestly Hope it will develop into the Cornerstone of National opera. Is j. George Oakley Totten is one of the leading contributors. Mono. Fusee Rand. Lady Geddes and the wive of practically every ambassador and minister in Washington were among the Patr Nesses for the gala performance of when lady Geddes discovered the prominence in the Enterprise of mrs Drury whom the British blame for the reception accorded mrs. Macswiney at the capital her withdrawal was pro rpt Aud Guu lmu<5 tracks thru betting commissioners. Conway Battle ignored by jury Bedford. La dec. 16�?-Tho grand jury adjourned without returning indictments in the sensational Street fight ease at Conway in which Lester do Hap Park and Lester March fought Over a girl Dhappart later dying. The jury ignored the Case about forty witnesses were examined. Grand jury inquiries Are secret and no facts As to the development of testimony can be ascertained i is reported however that the testimony showed that Dhappart a the aggressor. It also developed that uhe fight lasted fifteen minutes. The town Marshall afterwards took the boys into the hotel and there they washed the blood from their faces in the same bowl. It was not until later that d Hap part developed the symptom which led to i death

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