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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1920
Page
1
House committee hears Monmouth speculation on soldier bonus votes while Secretary Baker outlines US plans to repatriate about 50 000 WW1 dead from France and relocate others overseas. Keech sparks clash over costs and fairness as Fordney and Rainey defend free speech and public funds.
An amateur pilot reports a 100 mile per hour wind during a climb from Dayton Ohio area and a peak speed of 100 mph and an extraordinary altitude record of 96 020 feet. He claims to have flown westward while seemingly traveling backward at 120 mph. The account hints at scientists' belief the ceiling may be around 48 000 feet.
Washington March 13 counsel for the railroads filed a brief with the interstate commerce commission asking partial reopening of the mail pay case. Postmaster General Burleson had urged reconsideration on grounds that railroads receive a higher rate than express companies for similar service. The railroads argued that if any part is taken up the entire case should be reopened.
During the debate in the Belgian senate on the special law for accepting Hoover money for educational use, the senate president was asked to transmit thanks to Mr Hoover and American friends of Belgium.
New York March 12 Prohibition is not keeping foreigners from leaving the United States says Congressman Siegel of the house immigration committee. Ellis Island records show total emigration since January 1 at 538000 versus 432000 arrivals with many returning to Poland and Czecho Slovakia.
Moscow announces Bolshevik forces have cleared the Yeisk peninsula on the Sea of Azov. The official communique received today confirms the hostilities ended in the area with Bolshevik control established.
Senator Lodge yields to mild reservation Republicans and outside pressure by offering a compromise on Article Ten of the peace treaty. A violent Senate storm erupts as opponents, including Frelinghuysen Wadsworth Knox Brandegee McCormick and Democrats McKellar Reed, denounce the plan and threaten to delay ratification further. The debate centers on bringing La Follette Johnson Poindexter and Fall to vote against the treaty with no assured pairs.
The article analyzes the Lodge reservation to the treaty and the debate over its language. Opponents call the compromise surrender while supporters insist the clause preserves congressional control over war powers and avoids binding the United States to foreign military commitments.
An unemployment demonstration in Manich drew troops after a bread ration was reduced to 2 1 2 pounds weekly. No casualties were reported as protesters clashed with guards during the melee amid ration-card tensions.
Paris reports an entente military mission in Bremen faced a hostile crowd on departure. After preliminary talks with German officers, demonstrators broke windows and disrupted autos prompting German authorities to provide a strong escort to the railway station.
Washington March 13 Officials said the bituminous coal strike commission sought a unanimous solution on wage increases and hours. John D. White urged a six hour day and higher wages, while the majority proposed a 25 percent rise with no hours change. John L. Lewis and William Green joined in reviewing White’s position as the executive committee prepared to act.
President hexas noted Tabors were not in vain and officials believed conflicting reports could form the basis for an amicable agreement. Secretary Green said the majority and Mr. White were not far apart on wages and hoped direct conferences would smooth differences. The minority’s push for improved working conditions disappointed the miners.
Washington March 13 enacting legislation for control of the meat packing industry was advocated by Joseph Mercer secretary of the Kansas Cattle Growers association, while L D N Weld of Swift Co opposed the bill. Mercer said the cry it would put packers out of business is unfounded and government supervision is needed to restore producer confidence. He urged government regulation of packers and stock yards as public utilities with periodic book inspections.
A March storm at Sherman near Lexington Kentucky injures between thirty and forty people. Many buildings were demolished and a schoolhouse housing children was blown into a field. No fatalities reported though property damage is extensive. Rescue parties work amid debris with no bodies believed buried.
London reports thirty thousand nonbolshevik Russians, marching 2000 miles from Siberia under General Vritzechovsky, have arrived at Verkhne Udinsk. They seek food and clothing as starvation and privations hit them after a brutal Siberian winter march. Poles claim decisive gains on the Mohkev Podolsk front with continued fighting near Novaya Ushitsa.
Copenhagen reports burglars ransacked King Christian's villa on the Skaw in Jutland stealing silverware and antiques valued at thousands of kroner. The Skaw marks the northern tip of Jutland.
Proponents push to restore an imperial regime with many proclaiming Knapp as the new government head amid a crisis. The movement gathers support across factions as leaders debate legitimacy and future leadership.
A Berlin proclamation declares the empire government extinct and power shifted to General Director who becomes chancellor. Knapp appoints General Laettwitz commander in chief as the national assembly dissolves and a new government forms. President Ebert ousted, socialists strike, and troops occupy Wilhelmstrasse amid calls to restore the monarchy.
London dispatch reports that the allies will march on Berlin to counter a German revolution aimed at restoring the Hohenzollern dynasty. Ebert government members fled Berlin by motor car as a monarchy proclamation surfaced.
Police raided the residence of Mrs. Eamonn de Valera seeking Countess Markievicz the Sinn Fein MP for St Patrick’s division Dublin but were unsuccessful mistaking Aonein de Valera from London for the target and causing disturbances.
Senate military committee favors a bill to bar civilians from wearing army or navy uniforms during labor disturbances. Originates after reports of uniformed participants in steelworker strikes in Gary Indiana. Penalty includes fines up to 300 dollars and up to six months imprisonment.
Robbers opened safes on the second and eighth floors of the West building and took bonds totaling 410000 with 118000 of those bonds marked as unavailable. Bonds worth 300000 were stolen from the Ocean County Electric Company and 110000 from the Hydro Electric Finance Corporation. No loot was recovered and no clues were left.
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