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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
1
The Ebert administration claimed a sweeping victory in a clashes with the Spartacans in Berlin. Police chief reported strong security as crowds dispersed without major incident and authorities hailed the outcome.
Washington reports on U S and allied operations in Russia describe them as friendly to the Russians and aimed at countering German bolshevik forces. Senator Hitchcock says there is no Russia only a disorganized array of local governments with Bolsheviks centralizing power in Petrograd and Moscow.
In a reported action on the Kadish front American and allied troops renewed their advance. Incomplete reports indicate the forces burned Kadish village, retired, then moved forward to reoccupy the ruins.
Paris January 10 The council of ministers approved the nomination of Georges Clemenceau prime minister Stephen Pichon foreign minister M Klotz minister of finance Andre Tardieu high commissioner to the United States Jules Cambon former ambassador to Germany Marshal Foch as generalissimo of the allied armies M Du Taste minister to Switzerland will be secretary to the delegation
Paris January reports that more than 191000 soldiers have sailed home from the American expeditionary forces in France. The group includes 10485 officers and 140689 noncommissioned officers and privates, marking about one twelfth of the total force already departed.
Berlin reports General Ludendorff, former chief quartermaster of the German armies, has returned from a recuperating trip to Sweden with government consent. In Montreal Harry Lauder calls for naval hangings of German sea-murderers at sea.
T DeWitt Cuyler presented a broad private ownership and management proposal to the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. The plan envisions system mergers, unified operations, pooled facilities, wage dispute boards, and a secretary of transportation with the ICC as arbiter, while resisting a five year extension of government control.
Zurich reports the Warsaw municipal council has extended an invitation to President Wilson to visit Warsaw, signaling ongoing diplomatic outreach. The dispatch notes the request came as part of broader Allied diplomacy in January.
Berlin endures heavy fighting as government troops push to retake public buildings from Spartacan forces. A new revolutionary government is claimed by independ ent socialists led by Ledebour Liebknecht and Tiek with Karl Liebknecht active in efforts to install his own regime. Civilians face shortages as riots and terror spread through parts of Berlin and into the Rhineland and Bavaria.
Victor L. Berger Socialist congressman elect faces a challenge from J. P. Carney, who filed a complaint in Milwaukee Fifth District. Berger defeated Carney by about 3,000 votes. Congress must judge Berger's eligibility, as courts cannot decide that question.
An assassination attempt occurred in Prague targeting Dr. Karl Kramarz the Czecho-Slovak premier. Eight pistol shots were fired but none struck him.
Secretary Wilson announced plans to arrest and detain all aliens found advocating anarchy or destruction of property with deportation pending. Instructions were sent to immigration officials as a first concerted move against Bolshevik influence, while the AFL warns labor leaders to curb radicals within unions. A Mooney meeting in Chicago on January 14 draws radical attention from conservative labor officials.
Attorney Francis J. Heney argues before Federal Judge Alschner for higher wages and better working conditions for stockyards workers. He links labor protection to lawful means and cites Bolshevik violence in Russia as a warning, urging reforms inferred from prior wage hearings.
W Emlen Roosevelt, cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, stated the will likely be filed in Mineola today. He would not reveal contents, calling the will brief. Estimates place Colonel Roosevelt's fortune between 500000 and 1000000 dollars with Sagamore Hill around 150000 dollars. since leaving the presidency his earnings from writing have been substantial.
Paris Jan 10 The supreme war council meeting planned for the end of this week may be delayed several days due to the absence of some principal members.
Washington January 10 by a 5 to 3 vote the house rules committee refused to report a rule giving privileged status to the bill appropriating 100000000 dollars for European relief work requested by President Wilson.
Attorney Francis J. Heney argues before Judge Alschner in Chicago defending unions as protectors of the U S from radicals. The session focuses on organized labor's stance against Bolshevik influence and its role in guarding American workers.
Paris January 10 The peace congress may delay binding treaties with the central powers until stable governments are formed in Germany and Austria. If governments fail to assure obligations will be honored, the congress could urge orderly regimes and begin revenues to cover damages, with U S involvement a last resort.
Berlin report says Fusilier guards captured police barricades after a short fight with few casualties. Spartacan police chief Eldhorn escaped the city in a sensational getaway. Many Reds followers were arrested as Spartacans lose hope.
Diplomats state the United States aims to enforce general adherence to President Wilson’s principles in European affairs and expects the detailed settlement to take years of constant improvement and adjustment.
Baron Allardt von Dem B Muench nephew of the former German ambassador Count von Bernstorff was sentenced to three months in county jail for attempting to enter the United States with a forged passport in a government fraud case.
London dispatch reports the allies telling Turkey to surrender the Medina force at once or the forts at the Dardanelles will be destroyed. The ultimatum heightens the threat of severe action in the ongoing naval and military standoff.
A Munich dispatch reports a mob of several thousand attempted to storm a large Munich bank during rioting. The assault was halted by machine guns, with Spartacans said to promote the unrest according to the dispatch.
London dispatch reports German forces recaptured several towns in East Russia from Polish control and plan new attack on Posen. The Evening News notes notable disorder in Warsaw and calls the East Prussia situation most serious.
Berlin reports heavy losses on both sides as German volunteers after a raid occupy Kolmar and Weissenhoehe in the Colmon district following a fierce engagement with Polish forces.
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