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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1923
Page
1
Miners in the Ruhr went on strike after a labor board order in Essen, with German rail service limited as French troops control routes. Paris hosts League of Nations talks on reparations and troop presence, amid Germany’s denial of universal service plans.
French crews ran trains in the Düsseldorf area this morning, about ten percent of the normal schedule. The service marked a reduction in railway operations as of Jan 22 in Germany.
ESSEN Germany January 22 Strikes in Ruhr valley mines were underway after directors were arrested by French forces. State mines resumed operation as troops were withdrawn but miners voted to halt coal production citing orders from Berlin warning imprisonment for bringing coal to the surface. Court martial for Fritz Thyssen and other Ruhr industrial leaders will be held in Mainz in May.
Paris reports a new French reparation plan ready for submission to the reparation commission. It provides for Germany to issue a domestic loan of three billion gold marks to guarantee the Reichs leading industrialists.
The French report that more than twenty thousand workers in the Stin nes, Gelsehkircher plant, where fifty thousand are employed, have been organized along lines similar to the.
A bill introduced in Des Moines by Rep. H. H. Schulte mandates railroads and car shops build protected work buildings at stations with six or more workers. Buildings must cover multiple tracks, be twenty feet high, with glass, cupolas or skylights, light and ventilation, drinking fountains, heating and drainage, and ban spray painting. The act excludes on train repairs and livestock or perishable fruit cars.
The Italian fascists prepare to oppose occupation forces with their commanders and legions ready to act if ordered. The movement signals readiness to use force to resist foreign authority and maintain influence.
Paris reports further delay in presenting the new German reparation settlement plan to the reparation commission. The plan is not expected to be ready before the end of the week.
An earthquake lasting about two minutes shook Red Bluff early today. Doors and windows rattled across miles with no major damage reported. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Yard are great grandparents as the newborn girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moorhead of Crawfords Ville, weighs seven and a half pounds.
A reporter in a neighborhood meat market overhears a woman asking for six pairs of goose feet to be used in soup for an invalid with a stomach ailment. The reporter admits surprise at such a request and reflects on how little he knows.
Describes the Columbia River as the greatest fishing stream in the world and a fisherman's paradise highlighting its famed waters and abundant catches.
Attorney General Coco said after leaving Bastrop that open hearings would lead to twenty-five to thirty arrests and seventy-five to one hundred indictments in Morehouse parish murder cases. He expected the hearings to end next Thursday.
President Harding signed the annual naval appropriation bill this morning in Washington, including congress requests that he negotiate with other powers on naval affairs.
In Blanford near Clinton Indiana most black residents evacuated after a white community order demanding all Negroes leave unless they could identify a man who assaulted an eleven year old white girl. Some married families were allowed to stay.
Poets in China present their work by singing to a gathering of scholars. Each piece is read and judged for merit, and if found worthy the audience requests the honor of copying the poem.
Jud Tunkins says old-fashioned sentimental songs make people laugh in derision while modern comic songs can move you to tears of shame. Washington Star notes the contrast in audience reactions to evolving musical styles.
News from Smyrna reports the execution of Thomas Joannides, a longtime representative for an American milling firm in the Near East, hanged alongside seven Greek leaders convicted of funding Greek charity societies. Lausanne reports Allies proposing a formula to include foreign legal counsel in trials of foreigners, though acceptance by the Turks is unsure.
Iowa tax totals show 1920 collectable in 1921 at about 29.39 million dollars while 1921 collectable in 1922 reached 15.86 million. Also notes a nine and a half pound boy born to Mr and Mrs William P Helm of Long Beach California January 16 named William P Helm Jr. and Chas Davis returns from Ames after attending a short cleaning and dyeing course with about sixty classmates.
In Charles City Iowa W S Hart for defendant Kneeskern failed to finish his plea delaying jury deliberations in the case charging him with the murder of Irene and Charles Van Brocklin. Frank O Connor will close for the state as the afternoon session continues.
A historical note credits a dry champion of Great Britain with producing a figure celebrated for defeating Churchill in a political contest. The reference ties to an election era and notable leadership debates.
Edwin Scrymgeour, Dundee’s new city champion and lone Prohibitionist MP, tells The Associated Press he expects a dry victory in the next general election five years hence. He cites mass letter support and vows to press a prohibition bill while warning of U S alcohol shipments to the Bahamas and related enforcement issues.
Sun Yat Sen, president of the southern republic, announced he would leave next Saturday for Canton. Both foreign and domestic interests urged him to return and restore order.
An American visitor recounts returning from church on a Sunday to find her landlady had closed the windows. When asked about the suffocating stove, the landlady replied that her room would not get stuffy in one day and that fresh air rooshing on the Sabbath was not customary.
A short quotation from the San Francisco Chronicle notes that effective teaching requires more sense than the child, highlighting a philosophy of patient guidance and skill in education.
A humorous remark from Charcoal Epic reflects on people who constantly fuss because they claim to have nothing else to fuss about, as recorded in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The source notes that one out of every seven wage earners in the United States earns his livelihood from the automobile industry. This highlights the sector's broad employment impact across the economy.
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