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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1919

Page

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Labor meet ends sittings of delegates in Paris notes

Paris dispatch reports the international labor legislation commission reached agreement on issues, while disputes over league of nations involvement persisted. Talks on transport clauses for the peace treaty continued. Lloyd George stayed in Paris to finalize the draft. Asquith named as potential League president.

Paris Commission of International Labor Legislation League of Nations Peace Conference Commission Ministry of Public Works Lloyd George Wilson Clemenceau Orlando London Robert Cecil Great Britain Lord Robert League United States

Siberians Score Americans

Vladivostok reports widespread criticism of the United States with newspapers描 distorted facts. It notes a systematic campaign hostility toward U S policy, subsidized hostile papers, and distrust over intervention and a conference proposal amid Bolshevik accusations.

Vladivostok United States America Siberia Prince Islands Breaton

Mexican suspects arrested trying to join Angeles exodus

Federico Servantes chief of staff to Gen Felipe Angeles was arrested near Socorro Texas with 18 men attempting to cross to Mexico to join Angeles and Villa. One Mexican was wounded another escaped. Manuel Iturbide from Detroit was wounded as authorities confront the revolutionaries against Carranza government.

el Paso Tex Federico Servantes Felipe Angeles Francisco Villa Socorro Here Mexico Angeles Villa Manuel Iturbide Detroit Mich Carranza

Yankees to quit Liberia declares Baker in LA

Secretary of War Baker announced in Los Angeles that American troops in Siberia will be withdrawn in the spring depending on weather conditions. He did not specify an exact date.

Baker Los Angeles Cal Siberia

Will Amend Peace League Treaty

Paris reports that the American delegation plans to accept a limited number of amendments to the league covenant Secretary of State Lansing will preside over neutral delegates to hear views The supreme council considered Galicia conditions for a ceasefire and issued an injunction to halt hostilities at once between Polish and Ukrainian forces The next meeting is set for Friday March 21 in Paris Chicago Shoe Workers Strike in 1930 Chicago shoe workers in ten plants walked off over a 44 hour week leading to a citywide strike with more than 2000 workers involved

Paris League of Nations Lansing League of Hatcons Commission Gelicia Supreme Council Supreme Allied Council Galicia Lemberg Poland Commission On Polish Affairs M. Jules Cambon Chicago

Evacuation Rumors Grow As Odessa Tense On Front

London reports a critical situation at the Russian port of Odessa amid Soviet advances toward the city. Greek forces say they defeated Bolsheviks near Kherson and captured prisoners, while Allied evacuation rumors persist without confirmation.

Saloniki Kherson Odessa London Black Sea Lonmilon Ukraine Moscow Brezovka Zhit

Baltic Royal Crown Offered to Prince and English Front

Official dispatches quote Lettish press bureau describing an English squadron at Libau and an English commission empowered to open relations with the Lettish government. Prince Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg is reported to have been offered the Baltic royal crown.

Libau Lettish Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg

Gas staff chief Re Ing Taylor dies in New York act

Capt. Reginald E. Taylor, chief of personnel of the gas staff chemical division of the U S A with headquarters in New York, died by self inflicted gas inhalation. His wife suffered a nervous breakdown from overwork during the war, cited as the motive. In Brussels, Belgian delegates asked that Brussels be chosen as the seat of the levee of nations.

New York Reginald E. Taylor Chemical Division Taylor Paris Belgium Brussels

Germans Seized For Propaganda In Occupied Zone

Coblenz reports five persons accused of Spartacan propaganda within the American occupied zone have been arrested. They allegedly arrived from unoccupied Germany and are held awaiting further investigation. Also reported, German officers from Amsterdam aboard Frisia with altered passports. In Hatburg constituency elections, results show varied party representation. Munich police uncover a plot to steal army goods worth 250 dollars with twenty four arrests.

Coblenz Germany Buenos Aires la Razon Amsterdam Berlin Munich

Breweries Seek Injunction Over 2 Percent Beer Rule

Jacob Hoffman Brewing seeks a preliminary injunction in federal court to block actions by the collector of internal revenue and the U S district attorney to prevent production of beer of 2 percent alcohol. The suit asserts 2 percent beer is nonintoxicating under food conservation and wartime prohibition laws and the federal prohibition amendment, arguing for judicial review of revenue authority and the wartime rules.

New York Jacob Hoffman Brewing Company United States Brewers Association Federal District Court Collector of Internal Revenue United States District Attorney United States Supreme Court Elihu Root William JD. Guthrie William L. Marbury Baltimore Guthrie Revenue Department Hoffman Com Hoffran Company The

U S Seeks Japan Explanation Over Korean Attacks

The state department formally requested the Japanese government to provide full information about attacks on American women in Korea by Japanese soldiers. The move precedes a possible formal demand for safety assurances if reports are verified.

Washington United States State Department Korea

France seeks to retain unofficial ties with Austria

Paris reports the French government desires to keep at least unofficial diplomatic relations with German Austria. Foreign Minister Pichon summons Henri Alize, the French minister at The Hague, who is likely to be recalled to Vienna.

Paris Austria Petit Parisien Pichon Henri Alize The Hague M. Allize Cmt Vienna

Nobility Abolished as Bavarian Government Forms

Premier Hoffmann outlines new Bavarian program in Munich diet. Nobility abolition and inheritance ban pass. Cabinet named with Endres, Rewitz, Werkle, Prauendorfer, Unterleitner among others. Speck criticizes territorial separation and POW retention. Auer succeeds as police chief after earlier firing incident.

Hoffmann Trasel Diet Munich Baveria Speck Austria Germany Preter Hoffmann Max End Martin Rewitz Doctor Werkle Heimnrich Prauendorfer Herr Unterleitner Herr Steiner Hew Schnettenhurst Herren Frauendorfer Unterleitner Eisner Herr Segue Succes R Auer Heet Otter c- Daar

Polish Army Applies Heavy Pressure at Pinsk and Key Positions

Polish forces mount heavy pressure at Pinsk and other important positions as the offensive advances. Units push to seize strategic locations, with commanders reporting steady gains and intensified artillery and infantry actions along the front.

Bolsheviks Forced to Retreat on Entire Front

Special to Evening Journal reports Bolshevik troops under Polish pressure forced to retire. Pinsk evacuated, Milan captured by allied forces, signaling a retreat along the front as Spartacan outbreaks continue and Mannheim and Karis rue occupations are noted.

Copenhagen Pinsk Milan

French Troops Occupy Mannheim and Karlisrue

Geneva dispatch reports French forces occupying Mannheim and Karlisrue amid ongoing Spartacan unrest. The March 20 filing notes this advance as part of broader European turmoil.

Ceneva Switzerland Mannheim Karlisrue Bestin

Soldiers' councils reject system amid early German elections

The Frankfort Gazette reports elections in Magdebare Thuringian and Juhr districts favor the current government. Soldiers and workmen councils in Minden and Bielfeld districts oppose the councils as a permanent political system and warn against communism, claiming workers are dissatisfied.

Magdebare Thuringian Juhr Frankfort Minden Bielfeld

Soldiers Form a Council Explores Labor Relief

Returned soldiers, sailors, and marines met in Chicago to form a council and press immediate action to relieve unemployment. A committee was named to seek a charter with the American Federation of Labor, led by Raymond Williams. He warned of potential disturbances and urged organization to demonstrate need for work and preserve the group’s reputation.

Chicago Wilson Congress American Federation of Labor Raymond Williams Williams Willams

Prison for Still In Flat Chattanooga

Kel so Haily, a prominent local businessman and social figure, was sentenced in a criming court to one year in the county workhouse and fined 280 dollars for operating a moonshine still in the basement of an apartment building. A motion for a new trial is pending.

Chattanooga Tenn Kelso Haily Harly

Yanks Reach Highest Weekly Return Total As War Effort Grows

Ashington reports a peak weekly return of 90 454 troops from France ending March 14 as part of a record weekly total 414 278 previously evacuated. The figure marks the largest weekly return for the war period and reflects ongoing redeployment from front lines through March 14.

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