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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1919
Page
9
Coblenz March 31 American authorities requisitioned 300 laborers from German officials at Third Army depots under construction near Bendorf. Workers paid nine marks daily with half in food optional. Gen Dickman warns against strikes, vows court martial for violations.
The United States trading with Poland and Esthonia resumes. The War Trade Board said shipments to Poland should route through Danzig. Allies reportedly have ensured safe transit via the German port, with actions coordinated with Paris and the two Baltic states.
Scottish miners delegates meeting in Glasgow endorse the government's wage and working condition terms based on the coal commission report chaired by Justice Sir John Lankey and urge acceptance. Similar moves reported in Yorkshire and Cleveland. Lancashire miners reportedly satisfied.
Paris March 31 Deputies backed a plan to abolish the luxuries tax while the Senate voted 148 to 0 to retain it. Finance Minister Louis L. Klotz urged striking the article from the budget, prompting protests in parliament as merchants and workers opposed the tax. ICH CAPTIVES GET FOOD North Sydney. One hundred passengers on the steamship Kyle relieved after a week by shoregoing Trent members delivering provisions over the ice pack.
Marshal Foch will depart Paris to negotiate with Matthias Erzberger over Polish troops using the port of Danzig. He holds full powers to bargain with Mincoe representatives and will stay in contact with the council of four as the inter allied shipping commission completes plans to move Polish forces to Danzig.
M Ducaviteh, ex premier of the Kuban republic, arrives in Paris with a delegation to urge the peace conference to aid the new cis-Caucasian state. He cites cossack losses, claims four times higher than in the earlier war with Germany, and appeals for U.S. support to preserve independence from Bolshevik forces.
London April 1 the blockade of the central powers is clarified by the foreign office no general lift only German Austria Hungary remains under the tighter restraint the Adriatic blockading powers had earlier moved to ease while Italy retains a partial blockade the note states food supplies for Germany now flow under allied control
London dispatch notes a theatre payroll from fifty years ago shows Sir Charles Wyndham at 15 dollars weekly, Sir Henry Irving earning about two dollars less, Toole at 55 dollars, and Miss Ellen Terry at 23 dollars weekly, cited for wage comparison with modern stage hands seeking 15 dollars a week and rehearsal pay. Also mentions War Finance Corporation bond sale plan and brief cigar ad.
Four men died when a temporary bridge platform collapsed during the launch of the cargo carrier Waukau at Harriman Pennsylvania. About 50 workers crowded the platform. three of the dead were foreign laborers. The coroner absolved the shipbuilding company, noting all others were rescued and no more bodies expected.
The judge advocate general ruled that for army purposes any drink with 1.4 percent alcohol is intoxicating. Secretary Baker approved. The decision answers how section 12 of the selective service act applies to alcohol near camps. Discharged soldiers in uniform off reservations may sell liquor. a discharged soldier is not in the military. Food administration sets 0.5 percent as official intoxicating level, while some states permit higher. The case prompts court questions on beer with higher alcohol content.
Naval officials reported the supply ship Culgoa with 104 casual troops is making slow progress toward New York, after distress reports southeast of the city. Pumps trouble limit speed to six knots. arrival time is uncertain.
The Labor party and the Nonpartisan League announce cooperative stores to appear in Chicago within 35 wards. Stores will stock North Dakota products and serve as labor union hubs for directing strikes as needed. Morton Johnson says he will meet Governor Frazier and A C Townley in North Dakota next week.
Paris reports claim the Hungarian revolution was staged to test the will of the Entente powers and to frighten them with possible German disintegration. Documents cited suggest Count Karolyi and the German government maneuvered to bring about the Communist regime in Hungary to challenge the Allies.
Washington April 1 all meat packers were released from food administration control under a president signed by Wilson. The order ends license requirements for those importing manufacturing packing storing or distributing beef pork mutton or lard. Margins profits limits and other wartime controls were lifted while cotton seed sugar and wheat remain under supervision of the grain corporation. Pack ers and livestock dealers still face licenses from the agriculture department.
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 o clock. If by carrier error or other cause you do not receive the paper by that time, please phone 3320 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 20 p m.
Chicago voters came to the polls as a heavy turnout loomed for the mayoralty race amid a bitter campaign. Labor party candidate John Fitzpatrick led a union strike for the day, while Democrats and Republicans eyed cross-aisle support.
Prague reports Budapest faces famine with only ten days of food stocks left as coal supplies run low. M. Krn of the Czecho Slovak mission says the city endures a reign of terror and the population hopes for Allied intervention.
Paris reports explain the peace conference is not deadlocked though progress is slow. Australian delegate Promot Hughes criticizes methods while American experts note acceptance of some League Covenant amendments. Reparations dispute and Rhine military safety remain core issues as council discussions continue.
A rumor spread that Col. M. House announced a peace treaty signing. Inquiries surged, but the source was revealed as an April Fool joke since it was April first.
In Akron and Terre Haute reports, Eugene V Debs, socialist leader, vowed a nationwide general strike if courts do not grant a rehearing on espionage act charges. Debs, bed-ridden with lumbago, said Indiana miners would halt coal production until his release, signaling an immediate movement to begin on May 1 Labor Day. He trusted attorney Seymour Stedman to pursue legal action.
Paris reports the aeronautical commission of the Allied conference met Monday to review reports from subcommittees on military legal commercial and technical matters. Subcommittees未 completed work but temporary reports were approved. The commission plans to present proposals to the supreme council for final submission at the next meeting and expects to settle general principles and much detail of the inter Allied aerial convention by April 4.
Reports say a Corning mill and press mill at the Dupont de Nemours powder plant at Boyles Gap north of Birmingham exploded shortly after noon today. Fire and smoke spread as crews fight a blaze and rescue efforts continue for the injured and deceased.
London dispatch reports King Khama of Bechwana land South Africa denounces any plan to sell light wines and beers to natives and threatens to bar his subjects from working in gold mines if the proposal proceeds. The temperance monarch, famed in Britain, would enforce a native drinking ban to curb illicit liquor trade sparked by existing bans on black workers.
Archangel dispatch reports intensified Soviet bombardment south of Odozerskaia with American, French, British, and Russian troops holding the line. Four French soldiers man a blockhouse guarding an allied flank while Bolshevik infantry repeatedly attack with limited success. An enemy airplane dropped a bomb near Odozerskaia, causing no damage. Weather is mild and sunny with observation balloons aloft.
The War Department announced in Washington that army organizations will ship home soon. Units include 114th Engineers, 43rd Pioneer Plant, 272nd Aero Squadron, ordnance and casual companies, clothing unit 336th, and 1102nd casual companies. West Virginia and Newport News crews assemble as 2,367 men of the West Virginia National Guard join transports. Battleships Georgia and Kansas arrive, while the Dante Alighieri may later carry a third detachment. The 232nd Regiment, part of the 83rd depot division, fought with Italian troops against Austria for months.
A steamship Bawean arrived from Cape Town carrying Boers bound for London. They seek self determination in South Africa and plan to establish a republic. The party faced crew refusals but chose to sail on the vessel Dut.
Allied forces reportedly landed at a Black Sea port, Bucharest press reports. The item cites Associated Press dispatches and notes London coverage dated April 1. An advertising line for Nutmargarine holiday butter product is included in the clipping.
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