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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1919
Page
1
U.S. trade bars and blanket licenses attract attention after a conference with the president. Despite ongoing war and a not yet ratified peace treaty, embargos on dyes and potash persist. Consuls are not yet restored, and diplomatic ties remain strained as Congress debates wartime measures and ambassadorial appointments.
Paris July 11 The council of five ordered the blockade against Germany raised tomorrow after legal experts said the treaty ratification document was in due form. The France effective measure awaits Journal Officiel publication annulling prior blockade decrees.
Officials indicate the war trade board will cede certain powers to the State Department as talks resume on German payments for American tools and a broader reopening of commerce with Germany.
The Shipping Board plans steamship routes from Boston New York Philadelphia and southern ports to Hamburg and Bremen in Germany. Three ships already loaded with merchandise will be placed on these lines once crews and vessels are ready, with shipments starting as soon as schedules and US port availability permit.
Lansing is set to start for the United States tonight. The report, condensed from AP dispatches, notes a lineup decision and mentions political context surrounding immigration and the state level. The article references interviews and comments from unnamed officials and notes the forthcoming event tied to the team’s travel.
Federal court ordered dissolution of Boston fishing firms Bay State Fishing Company and Bassite Pision Company due to antitrust concerns. The ruling requires changes to rules and operations to reduce control of north Atlantic fish supply. Bay State officials received yearlong sentences and fines for conspiring to raise prices and monopolize during wartime.
Allied powers order three warships to transit to Fiume to quell disorders as peace talks in Paris discuss German territorial ratification and possible cessions. Delegations from Bulgaria and Hungarian fronts arrive for plenary peace conference deliberations.
The fight over the league of nations covenant shifts as Senator Swanson and Senator Hitchcock change roles. Hitchcock travels to Swampscott for rest and golf while Swanson assumes leadership of the defense effort in the Senate amid reports of a cooled White House reception.
Dispatches from Washington printed in Paris indicate the United States may take a more active role in stabilizing conditions in Mexico. European representatives express gratification that prospects for improvement in the Mexican situation may arise amid war and peace negotiations, though the connection to the League of Nations remains academic.
London reports from Ponta Delgada show the R-34 holding 43-45 knots with a crippled engine. By Greenwich time she neared 46 degrees north latitude and 38 degrees west, with fuel at 8627 gallons remaining and plans to descend to sea level for observation.
London reports Mrs Arthour found dead in her home after a coroner’s inquest concluded she died by her own hand amid unsound mind. Testimony linked marital strife with Capt Arthur Eliot to the stepdaughter matter and alleged conflicts over the former wife Miss Cornell.
A July dispatch from Constantinople reports that Premier Clemenceau of France, presiding over the peace conference, rejected Turkish claims after a mission met in Paris. The grand vizier, facing the reply, is said likely to resign, provoking widespread despondency in Turkey.
Copenhagen reports Maximilian Harden editor of Die Zukunft Berlin will likely be appointed German Ambassador to Washington as diplomatic ties are revived according to the Fremdenblatt Hamburg.
More than 100 coastwise ships were immobilized in New York harbor as marine freemen water tenders and oilers walked out seeking a four dollar increase. The walkout spreads to United States ships and lines including the National Fruit Company fleet, with talks on wages and work site conditions ongoing. Union leader Andrew Furuseth warns of broader action if demands are not met.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, sails on the Mauretania to attend an international congress of trade unions in Amsterdam. Other delegates include Daniel J. Tobin and J. J. Hynes. He aims to confer with European labor leaders.
Samuel Gompers discusses organizing the commission on international labor legislation to meet in Washington next October under peace treaty provisions. He believes a wide coalition of European Pan-American and American labor groups will form, surpassing past efforts as he plans seven weeks in Europe visiting Belgium France England and Holland.
Reports from Coblenz say Germans planned wholesale thefts of troop supplies including food bacon tires and lubricants for shipment to Germany. Several suspects were arrested as deliveries claimed to be to an unoccupied zone were traced. Army officers estimate losses run to several million marks over weeks and months.
A long dispatch from Tumanovia Siberia details June clashes near Vladivostok where 300 Bolsheviks attacked Company A, 31st Infantry, killing 19 and wounding 47. Americans clashed at rail stations, destroyed bridges, and maintained a wary frontline against Bolshevik raids.
Senate Banking and Currency Committee heard testimony on John Skelton Williams as head of the Federal Reserve, with allegations of coercion to force resignations at Riggs Bank. Williams denied improper actions, asserted he would not be confirmed for a new term without bank officials ousted, and claimed rivals sought to unfairly discredit him.
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