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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1919
Page
15
J Rosenblume awoke to find his front show case shattered at 719 Eighth Street Southeast and $369 worth of items missing. He says several small boys fled toward the navy yard, taking 20 watches revolvers and electric torches in the alleged theft.
In Pittsburgh on February 20, Mrs Margaret Webb fifty five years old, said quote John I am coming and walked into the Allegheny River, drowning herself. Her daughter Ecook or Ecook recalls the act as miraculous while noting Mrs Webb’s paralysis and recent grief for husband John Webb, a Canadian forces casualty in Belgium April 1914.
Doctors state that medicines for colds and influenza depend on an active liver. The recommended first step is Calotaba, a nausealess calomel, taken at bedtime. One dose activates the liver by morning, purifies the system, and restores appetite. Calotaba is sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents with refunds if unsatisfied.
A fourteen officer British group reports Germany faces severe food shortages with famine or bolshevism likely before the next harvest if aid is halted. Unemployment soars in Berlin above 200,000, Hamburg 72,000, Munich 32,000, Leipsic 22,000 amid demobilization and stalled peacetime industries. Livestock slaughter and rations shrink, while rat food scarcity and malnutrition elevate mortality and disease.
Testimony at a Brooklyn federal trial alleges Morris and Leo Rossenwasser supplied inferior material in leather goods for U S Army contracts. Wilbur Richardson, a former stock inspector, testified uppers used retained vegetable leather failed specifications and described warnings to the partners and his resignation. Federal attorney said Rossenwasser Brothers held contracts from 1915 to 1916 totaling $13 08 303 for shoes leggings heels soles and jerkins.
Captain Prettyman argued that harsher courts martial are needed as soldiers repeatedly disobey lawful commands. He cited shifts in policy to strengthen army discipline. Prettyman, son of Rev. F J Prettyman, previously served as judge advocate and prosecuted dozens of cases at Camp Meade.
Newark reports a forecast that the national beer supply will run dry by May 1. Christian W Feigensapan of the United States Brewers Association says local brewers pool supplies to extend operation. He warns that New York New Jersey Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut may be beer dry by April 1 and May could force a whisky basis.
The pan-African congress opened in Paris with 40 delegates including ten American black leaders led by W. E. B. Du Bois. Delegates aim to present land, capital, industry, and education proposals to the peace conference. Other attendees include C. D. B. King Liberia’s foreign minister designate and T. Gwuilbaud Haiti’s minister in Paris, plus French deputies and representatives from England Belgium Africa and the West Indies.
Paris reports that the Italian embassy denies any engagement announcement for Princess Yolanda and the Prince of Wales. The British press bureau in London called the Paris claim unfounded, noting the peace treaty process had been cited by newspapers as a possible trigger.
Three youths 16 year olds Arthur Hufnagel Jack Feldman and 14 year old Maurice Nusholts were arrested in Laurel Maryland on fast driving charges later dropped. They admitted taking seven automobiles for joy riding and were returned to Washington to face charges of taking cars without owners consent.
Oklahoma City February 20 The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company was fined $11,500 by the corporation commission for contempt in enforcing postmaster general Burleson ordered rates. The fine accrues at $500 per day for every day the disputed rates have been in effect.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery to relieve coughs and bronchial attacks and Dr King’s New Life Pills to ease constipation and improve digestion. It markets the products as lasting family cabinet helpers priced at 1.20 and 25 cents, with claims of centuries of use and universal efficacy.
Paris reports praise for Premier Clemenceau after an apparent assassination attempt. The socialist Humanite lauds him as a steadfast adversary now freer to confront the threat, while royalist Libre Parole says all Frenchmen will deplore the attempt and celebrate its nonserious outcome.
London reports that Clemenceau was allowed a brief time in his garden today. Dr Huffier said the premier’s wound is such that recovery is likely and the bullet may encyst without complications, with no extraction needed.
A gang boarded a Delaware Lackawanna and Western freight train near Gravel Place to Analomink in Stroudsburg area. They broke a car load of silk worth about $40,000, dumped bales, and loaded them onto two trucks before escaping. Detectives and scouts blocked highways to catch the thieves.
The American cargo steamer Polar Bear bound Bordeaux to Baltimore with a chemical warfare service officer aboard is in distress about 450 miles east of Bermuda. The transport President Grant sent a radiogram to the Navy Department stating it had gone to assist and would tow if possible, with arrival expected late yesterday. The Navy Department warned the tow may delay the Grants voyage by several days.
Bessie Baldwin filed in the District Supreme Court seeking 15000 damages from Washington Railway and Electric Company after a collision on October 30 caused the car she rode in to strike her leg with a controller box, resulting in permanent injuries. Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert and Rudolph G. Yeatman represent her.
Representative Simeon D. Fess of Ohio resigns from the Republican contest for House speakership to preserve party harmony. The move is viewed as enabling Massachusetts’s F H Gillett to win, by removing Fess’s pledged support and freeing friends from commitments. Fess cites duty to the party and gratitude for support.
Senator Fall of New Mexico declines President Wilsons White House dinner invitation to discuss the leagues of nations. He cites absence from Washington and other reasons. Senator Borah also declined. others may confer with the President. Alabama football schedule lists games from October to Thanksgiving.
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