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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1920
Page
1
Frederick W. Whitehead recounts S-5 crew’s escape after water flooded torpedo room. The boat rested on its nose in 160 feet, exposing stern, creating chlorine gas from salt water and limiting air. After five hours a hole was drilled and crew rescued by Alanthus and outside support. All aboard survived.
During distress the crew stored corned beef and string beans as other food rotted. The vessel had two bucketfuls of drinking water aboard. Whitehead said there was no explosion danger from eight torpedoes since torpedo batteries were dampened by flooding.
Alliance Nebraska Sept. 6 Judge H. M. Bullock a pioneer in the Black Hills region of South Dakota was found dead in a hay loft from heart trouble. He helped resist settler attacks and once worked as a mule team freighter between Cheyenne Wyoming and Lead and Deadwood before railroads reached the area. He later moved to Nebraska.
Federal agents seized four million dollars from the Chase National Bank in New York under the excess profits tax law. The money was payment in sale for 10 400 Kerr Navigation shares at one hundred dollars each, transferred from Harriman interests to Kerr and Clegg.
In Marshalltown Iowa on September 6 Jess Q Sims a 42 year old drayman was ground to pieces after being struck by a Minneapolis and St Louis train in the yard. A witness in the engine cab said Sims intended to board the locomotive to see his brother Walter the fireman on the engine.
In Mexico City representatives of oil companies agreed to conduct petroleum operations in federal zones under Carranza era regulations. In return, the government approved their rights to certain wells, according to local newspapers.
Robert Harron twenty seven, a moving picture star noted for The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance, died at Bellevue hospital from a self loaded pistol discharge while unpacking his luggage in his room. The weapon fired when it fell to the floor, striking him in the chest. funeral arrangements are being handled by David Ward Griffith. Relatives travel from California as Harron’s mentor Griffin remains at his bedside.
Immigrant totals show England Ireland Scotland and Wales supplying about 8.21 million of the 34 million in the last century while Germany and Italy provided the second and third largest shares. Austria-Hungary Russia and the Nordic states followed with varying peak years cited.
Washington reports that an air rail service will connect New York and San Francisco via a transcontinental route. The plan envisions faster mail delivery and expanded air transportation linking eastern and western hubs, signaling a significant advance in national communication.
The new plan trims winter letter transit to 57 hours and summer to 4 hours starting September 6 from both terminal cities at 5 00 am. Night flying could cut the time to 45 hours. Metal monoplanes with 10 hour radius and 00 mph speed operate New York to Omaha with a Chicago gas stop. De Havilland 4s at 60 mph with four hours fuel link Omaha to San Francisco. Gas stations lie about 200 miles apart and overall time savings reach half to a full business day for intermediate cities and zones.
Dr. Salvador Cordoza has been appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Honduras to Guatemala. He will represent the Honduran government at the inauguration of Carlos Herrera as president of Guatemala.
Chicago team president William L. Veeck asks Baseball Writers' Association to name an investigating committee over gambling claims against unnamed Cubs players. Grover Alexander silences Pirates 2 0 before 10 000 fans as Burns detectives attend. Alexander had declined a $500 bonus to throw the game.
Chicago September 6 Frank Comerford former special prosecutor who secured convictions of William Bross Listd and other Communist Labor leaders spoke to the Press club at Auditorium theater outlining radicalism's growth. He criticized a Chicago Federation of Labor resolution threatening a general strike over foreign policy and urged that workingmen, as citizens, hold representatives accountable to all people, warning against a Bolshevik style dictatorship.
A fragmented quote notes calls for Labor unity and action in Chicago. The passage urges the Chicago Federation of Labor to withdraw a resolution and warns that the labor movement’s security depends on public opinion.
Prince Mejid, twelve, brother of the Shah of Persia, arrives with guardian to enroll at Robert College in Constantinople. The teacher agrees to admit him under conditions: he will be plain Mejid not prince and must behave and study. he may be spanked if needed. American teachers instruct a diverse student body including Persians and Armenians.
London dispatch reports Lithuanian forces thrust forward on the Suwaiki-Grodno front defending their frontier as Polish advances near the border prompted no public actions from the French government.
Paris reports France is sending gold to New York to partial pay its Franco British loan maturing in October. The liner La Lorraine departed Havre Sunday carrying four million dollars in gold, with further shipments planned until the amount owed outside the new loan is covered.
Sept 6 report says British military forces occupying Ballyvourney shot and killed two men near Dublin. Details remain sparse as authorities investigate the incident and local residents react to the violence.
Democratic nominee Gov Cox charges the Republican National Committee with an 80000 coal industry assessment in Chicago. He asks RNc chairman Hays for details and suggests calling men like J Dering C Moderwell and others to verify the action taken at the Auditorium hotel.
National League games in Chicago Cincinnati Brooklyn and Philadelphia reports with scores Pittsburgh 0 and St Louis 412 innings and other outcomes for the day including New York Philadelphia and Boston. American League results show Chicago 4 over St Tamils 1 Washington 5 over Boston Cleveland 4 Detroit 3 and a New York Philadelphia no game.
Federal grand jury returns indictments charging four sugar firms with profiteering from 100 to 1900 percent and ten counts of prohibition violations. Indicted sugar dealers include Harry L. Kanter Norton E Ruderman S M Buchman Empire Wholesale Joseph P Jacob Samuel Hadesman Bunte Brothers Theodore W te Charles F Bunte E W Boehn Samuel Geber Edward Perlman Henderson Taylor and others.
Four army planes on the New York to Nome flight left Dawson on the return trip. Miners in Nome welcomed the aviators with eight Malamute pups, which are now en route to metropolitan civilization aboard the planes.
Aquitania arrived Cherbourg at 3 p.m. Friday after leaving New York August 28, completing the trip in five days 17 hours 27 minutes. The run short by 1 hour 27 minutes of the 1900 record by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Olympic also sails and is not expected to land before morning. Wagers backed the claim of a pace with Prince Carol of Roumania among backers.
Washington reports via Berlin cables claim a secret 1919 Persia Britain treaty surfaced. Persian minister Sa dikhes Saltaneh denies the charges, stating no such pact exists beyond the publicly publicized August 9 1919 treaty between Persia and Great Britain.
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