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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1919
Page
10
A garbled OCR fragment discusses league draft alterations, power investigations, tariffs, and propaganda links. It names lawmakers and mentions attempts to preserve certain powers and counter propaganda, referencing senators and political actors in a broad, unclear context.
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Dr Walter Kenne Wilkins pleads not guilty in Mineola to a murder indictment over his wife’s death at the Long Beach home on February 27. Held without bail for trial. Lawyer Laws G Friess notes plans to locate a 1915 forged will. state links it to motive and a 1908 will change. Friess asserts signature authenticity claims for Mrs Julia Wilkins.
Warsaw reports Premier Paderewski urged that a strong Poland is essential for lasting peace in Europe. He warned Germany’s western defeat but eastern gains threaten stability, and noted Russia’s fate could influence global power dynamics. He argued Polish resilience protects Western freedoms amid looming labor and material pressures.
A Japanese psychiatrist Ishida of Kobe, brother of late physician George B Walk, sent a letter to De Brush superintendent, requesting sympathy and condolence for the slain expert. The telegraphic message arrived as the morning opened with the prisoner beginning his sentence at a Maryland penitentiary.
Navy announces August rifle matches at undisclosed large ranges with teams from Army Navy Marine Corps and National Rifle Association. Over a hundred teams expected, marking the greatest continental event in American marksmanship since World War II.
Claude M Johnson aged 66 former chief of the federal department bureau of printing and engraving in Washington under Cleveland, later U S Indian agent in Arizona, died here this afternoon. He headed a printing press company in London and Paris, authored books on civil government, and was a son of Rosa Jeaffreya Johnson, Southern postress.
The Board of Trade Journal outlines a sharp shift in Japan’s economy after WWI armistice. Export growth slowed as US Britain relax trade limits, shipyards downsize, and Japanese firms reorganize. Italian exchange moves toward a free market, altered by Fed actions.
Experts from the Shipping Board expect readjustment of shopbuilding costs to peacetime production will establish base prices for future contracts at American yards. Talks between General Manager Piex of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and Paoli coast builders point to eliminating high cost production methods and returning to sound business practices as world trade pressures continue.
Washington Railway and Electric Company relief hearing postponed due to absence of key officials and illness of William Viam, president of the petitioner. Potomac Electric Power Company petition to revoke 8 cent rate order delayed indefinitely, awaiting possible Supreme Court ruling and stay in court.
London March 21 The dollar price of pound sterling fell after American sources announced government support for exchange had ceased. Market opinion split on removing controls with some urging a natural rate and others warning of trade disruption and higher costs for cotton and other goods.
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic says its envoy to the United States has not been received by the State Department. Credentials for LC A kW Mariens representative in New York were forwarded as an initial step toward recognition, but officials say no official stance exists and no statement will be issued until credentials are received and a policy is set.
Warsaw reports Ukrainian troops have entered Lemberg after five days of hard fighting. Polish reinforcements’ resistance was overcome, with a reward of 4000 crowns and five arpenta promised to each Ukrainian trooper. Paris notes the Allied Council urges immediate suspension of hostilities on the Lemberg front and a conditional hearing to discuss armistice terms.
Charles C Gaffney filed for absolute divorce from Lena Gaffney alleging misconduct. Attorneys James A Cobb and George E Haya represent him. Society of George Washington University to organize at a general meeting tonight for Jewish students in the assembly hall at 2923 G Street Northwest with address by prominent speakers.
The article discusses Fiume in dispute with Wilson over postwar borders. It argues Italians demand Fiume join Italy while others warn about Slav hinterlands and a potential free city. A compromise plan by Colt House is mentioned, with Wilson's stance creating unease.
W A Hammond of 529 Ninth Street SE and Alvin H Davis of 433 D Street SE, both connected to the marine corps on furlough, were arrested by Lieut Stoll and Hack Inspector Smith for robbery after an automobile ride through Potomac Park with Mrs Jay Edge of Takoma Park and Miss Mary Goode. Edge reports entering Davis’s car on Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, later robbed of a pocketbook at Tenth and Monroe and dumped near the street. Hammond was nabbed at 4 am, Davis at 8 am asleep in his car on Pennsylvania Avenue. items including Edge’s wedding ring, a pawn ticket, and a gold pencil were found in Davis’s car.
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