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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1919

Page

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Early Peace Salvation Urges Europe Production Restart

Frank A. Vanderlip warns from Paris that America must aid Europe’s restoration. He says victory without peace leads to chaos and urges resumption of production to avert a breakdown of civilization. Indemnity talks and peace terms are crucial to prevent Bolshevism and widespread hunger.

Paris America Europe Frank A. Vanderlip England France Switzerland Italy Germany Horder Rhine Nnst

Irish Situation Called Bad

A Dublin dispatch says Ireland faces an extremely bad situation with urgent need for self-government. Sinn Fein MPs in Commons are free, a new Irish assembly looms, labor troubles threaten nationwide strikes, and British control struggles to manage demands. The dispatch notes General French’s reforms are sidelined.

London Dublin Ireland Sinn Fein House of Commons Viscount French

Canadian Captain Warns on Siberia Evacuation

Toronto reports Capt. W. EF Penham of the Y M C A returning from service with Canadians under Brigadier General Enassey at Vladivostok. He warns that withdrawing allied forces from Siberia would be a calamity and notes improved order with the allied presence stabilizing life and travel.

Toronto W. EF. Penham Enassey Vladivostok Siberia Sitle Blberlin Durhem Dunham

Woman Doctor Dies at 100 in Lockport

Mrs. Sarah L. Cushing age one hundred died in Lockport after moving from Columbus Ohio forty years ago. She was among the first women to practice medicine in the United States and had continued her profession throughout.

Lockport Sarah L. Cushing United States Columbus

Rhode Island Moves To Test Constitutionality Of Prohibition Amendment

Rhode Island legislation considers instructing the attorney general to sue to test the prohibition amendment. If passed the suit would target every other ratifying state and the federal enforcement, asserting sovereignty over states and challenging the amendment as an infringement on state police powers.

Washington Rhode Island Jacob Faton Atate

German Peace Delegates Named for Paris Conference

Reports from Paris claim Poland would gain Danzig and a Rhine buffer state in the peace treaty. German editors condemn such terms as theft and warn they would refuse to sign if these provisions remain. Weimar lists delegates including Count von Brockdorff-Kanntzau and Dr Edward David. London reports the disarmament terms will abolish conscription, seen as a重大 shift in German military policy.

Berlin Paris Poland Danzig Rhine Germany The Tageblatt Wilson Weimar Count von Brockdorff-Kanntzau Edward David National Assembly Adolph Warburg Adolph Muller Switzerland Walther M. A. Schhnecking Marburg University Herr Geisberg Posts and Telegraph Proessian London Daily Telegraph Supreme War Council

British PM Cited as Key to World Trouble Sourcing

In the House of Commons a member pressed Thomas J. Macnamara about President Wilson’s stance on sinking the German fleet. Macnamara stated the admiralty’s position was negative, saying Wilson dissented from the proposal.

House of Conmons Thomas J. Macnamara The Admiralty Wilson Mr. Macnamara Tom

U S Shoes Shut Factories Across Norway

Christiania March 14 The flood of American made shoes has forced many Norwegian factories to suspend operations. A New Yorker firm with 5 million kroner capital plans to set up feeters in Norway on the American model, signaling tougher home conditions ahead.

Christiania Norway

President Wilson Arrives in Brest and Heads to Paris

President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson sailed into Brest harbor at 7 45 pm aboard the steamer George Washington and went ashore at 8 20 pm. The city was decorated for the welcome as France prepares a more toned formal Paris meeting with President Poincare.

Brest George Washington President Wilson Beard President

Socialists in England plan revolt and Soviet ideas in Chicago

The report details a British Socialist party plan to form soviet style district councils and a proletarian federation with a central dictatorship, plus nationwide agitation to end sending troops to Russia. In Chicago Alderman Kennedy proposes electing aldermen by labor groups to mirror a soviet government, provoking strong opposition in council.

Kennedy Cuy London Leon Trotzky Bolshevist International Anarchists Society Socialist Labor Party of Britain Great Britain Daily Express Pian Soviet Russia Express Chicago John Kenney Couuecil Alderman Clark

France Faces Record Wartime Budget Deficit

France's finance minister Louis Klotz told the chamber of deputies that wartime resources rose but rejected claims the nation had grown richer through war. He warned the annual budget would be three to four times prewar levels with a deficit of 21.75 billion francs about $4.85 billion.

Paris Louis Klotz Chamber of Deputies France M. Klotz

Latin American War Damages Estimated At One Billion

Latin American governments report war damages totaling about 1 billion dollars. Most claims concern ships sunk by the enemy, with several countries seeking repayment of deposits in Berlin and Hamburg banks, notably Brazil whose coffee trade funded large German accounts.

Paris Berlin Hamburg Germany Brazil

Strikers Riot in Newark After Wage Board Announcement

Rioting broke out after Public Service Railway officials said the car wage dispute would be sent to the War Labor Board. Rioters attacked two streetcars, clashing with crews and damaging cars. two rioters were injured. In New York, Roosevelt birthplace at 28 East 20th Street was bought for a women's memorial committee to restore as in the president's boyhood.

Newark N. J Public Service Railway Corporation War Labor Board Washington New York Theodore Roosevelt East Twentieth Street Women’s Roosevelt Memorial Committee

Women Reds Seized in Berlin March 14

Government troops bombard Lichtenberg and capture hundreds of Spartacan fighters including a group of 30 prisoners with ten women. Prisoners, many soldiers and civilians, are marched to Moabit prison under guard as crowds watch. The Lichtenberg soldiers and workers council is dissolved and depots abolished.

Berlin Lichtenberg Unter den Linden Moabit Lichtenberg Soldiers and Workmen's Council

Washington County's Only Daily Evening Journal

Washington County's Evening Journal reports local happenings with updates on politics, court news, crime briefs, and community notices for regional residents. The paper emphasizes civic events and public interest items from the county seat.

Evening Journal Washington County

Marines Raid Japan Consulate in Tokyo Clash

U S Marines raided a Japanese consulate amid a confrontation described as violent with American troops mobbing the site. The incident reflects tense postwar foreign relations and a clash between U S forces and local authorities.

Marines raid Japanese Consulate in Tientsin injure consul

American Marines in Tientsin raid the Japanese Consulate after a clash that began with Marines being rough treated by Japanese officials. Two wounded earlier gave way to a 200-strong off duty group attacking Japanese at the concession and injuring the Japanese Consul.

Peking Tietsin

Naval transports move vast WWI logistics across Britain

London reports that from August 1914 to March 2 1919 the British navy carried over 26.5 million soldiers and personnel, with 200 000 prisoners 2 250 000 animals 500 000 vehicles and tens of millions of tons of military stores and live stores. Walters Hume Long notes naval estimates in the House of Commons.

London Walter Hume Long Admiralty House of Commons

Harbor Strike Near End

The labor department predicted an early settlement of the New York harbor strike as some private boat owners indicated willingness to accept workers proposals. The exact number of owners who made this decision was not disclosed.

Department of Labor Washington New York Harbor

Aerial terms ban planes and dirigibles in war accord

Paris reports the supreme war council approved disarmament terms banning airplanes and dirigibles from military use. It notes prohibiting airplanes for commercial use was deemed not feasible.

Paris Supreme War Council

Building activities grow as material prices hold steady

Washington March 14 labor department officials report building activities rising this month with little prospect of major price reductions for building materials.

Labor Department Washington

Gallipoli Campaign to be Probed by Commission

A mixed naval and military commission will proceed to the Dardanelles to report on Turkish defenses as they stood in 1915 and on other Gallipoli campaign matters as Allied operations continued.

London Dardanelles Gallipoli Peninsula Gallipoli

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F. A. Vanderlip London Paper U.S Count von Brockdorff Dr. David Warburg Muller, Schnecking Geisberg Lokal Anzeiger U. S Weeson Colonel House Poircare Guard of Honor Park Pari: Station Poincare Trotzky Short Klotz Latin America T. R Japan Tiet SIN Consul British Naval and Military Commission
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