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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1919
Page
1
Secretary of State Lansing spoke to reporters about the Shantung award, deferring details of the protest by the United States, Great Britain, and officials. He emphasized the need for the full treaty text to reach the Senate before comment and noted political sensitivities over publishing abroad.
The speaker claimed both nations would bear equal obligations and argued Paris dispatch quotes misrepresented the French British and French American treaties. He noted progress on resuming trade with Germany only after peace is ratified and warned Americans entering Germany do so at their own risk. Lansing denied knowledge of Polk's passport scheme enabling neutral traders to access Germany before peace.
Hempstead New York July 25 Great interest followed the arrival of the Martin bomber circling the United States. Over Baltimore at 5000 feet observers saw leaks in oil and water tanks while Electrician Tobias calmly climbed the eighty five foot spread to repair the minor damage.
Vienna dispatch says Austria faces insufficient votes to ratify the peace treaty in the national assembly. The German national party will oppose it while deputies from Tyrol Carinthia and Styria plan to abstain.
Atlanta, July 25. The Georgia state senate voted 39 to 10 against ratifying the federal constitutional suffrage amendment, blocking passage in the state.
Frank Woods of Youngstown reports to Senator Harding that a lieutenant and a captain instigated brutality in a French prison camp. He describes beatings with a blackjack, solitary confinement, and starvation under guard duty, citing his own 20 day confinement on bread and water.
Washington July 25 Senators Lodge and Brandegee accuse President Wilson of withholding the Franco American British pact from the Senate, arguing it should be submitted with the Versailles treaty. They note the pact comprises two treaties linking United States, Great Britain, and France in a common defense should Germany attack France. The dispute hinges on Senate access to the pact and related documents the Foreign Relations Committee has sought.
Paris reports a three hour fusillade when Burgesians attacked French troops landing at Lom Island near the Danube. Three French soldiers were killed. A second dispatch says a French regiment arrives at Sofia to disarm the local garrison with rapid fire guns to restore order.
LaVerne W. Noyes, wealthy Chicago manufacturer and philanthropist, died early today from a complication of diseases. His latest gift established a 2,500,000 foundation to aid the education of soldiers sailors and marines of the great war and their descendants.
Washington July 25 Former President Taft has opened correspondence with Democratic and Republican leaders proposing reservations to the League of Nations covenant to aid ratification. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska and other administration senators resist concessions arguing for unreserved ratification. Taft’s plan stirred opposition as leaders warn it could undermine the president and party unity.
Paris officials under General Headquarters orders launch a clean up of the city. Military police question each officer and soldier about authority to be in Paris and order nonofficial personnel to Brest. British report embargo on coal exports by the government via The Telegraph.
Paris reports wide scale relief plans in the United States for Europe covering France Britain Italy and more. J P Morgan arrives in Europe as the London meeting of the supreme economic council and the International Shipping board opens. The plan seeks long term credits from American exporters to stabilize exchange and extend further U S credits, awaiting treaty ratification.
Herbert Caddock aged 40 and his eight year old daughter Mabel died asphyxiated at their Chicago home due to a hidden gas pipe leak. Authorities traced the leak to a fault in the gas line, with investigators classing the death as accidental.
President Wilson postpones sending the pact proposal to the Senate following his speaking tour. Officials cite the need for wider discussion and political support before formal submission.
Special to Evening Journal reports rains in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula easing forest fires that threatened a wide area. In Washington on July 23 President Wilson said he would not submit the American British French pact to the Senate until his return from a speaking tour as announced by the White House.
Special to Eventing Journal reports that rains have halted the forest fires raging in the peninsula for several days as of July 25 in Escanaba Michigan.
London notes Andrew Bonar Law, the government leader, pledges full force to protect the public from undue pressure amid dock workers and miners strikes. He warns agitators threaten social and political order and says the government is watching them.
Premier Gustav Adolph Bauer delivered a strong denial to Pan-Germans in Weimar that they cannot overthrow the republican government. He noted rightists desire restoration of the monarchy now that the empire is dead and warned they would fight parliamentary government, while asserting the republic is prepared for the battle.
Springfield reports say a car shortage for grain movement has nearly stopped thrashing in central Illinois. Railroads serving the central state cannot obtain enough cars to move the grain, leaving elevators bursting full.
A mob of about 300 men abducted Chilton Jennings a Black man from jail in Gilmer Texas and hanged him in the courthouse yard after he was arrested on a charge of assaulting a woman. The crowd acted quietly and the man was pronounced dead on the scene.
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