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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
7
The federated rail crafts strike spreads from the midwest to the south and west as 450000 shopmen vote on a 25 percent wage demand. Grand Lodge resistance and individual unions clash over authorization and action while Director General Hines seeks settlement.
Paris August 4. Hoover met with shipping and fuel representatives from France Belgium and Italy to urge the peace conference supreme council to appoint a European coal commission to coordinate coal distribution. He warned Europe’s fate depends on coal miners and owners as production falls and U.S. shipping is scarce.</S>
Washington news reports Rep Sweet introduced a bill to amend the war risk insurance act granting a two year extension for former soldiers and sailors to keep their policy in force after discharge. He cites the Hughes report noting high lapses and incorrect addresses as reasons for non payment and argues the extension helps veterans settle and maintain needed coverage while the War Risk Insurance Bureau adapts post demobilization.
In Vienna, Hungarian government members announced the new Budapest regime named The Hungarian people’s republic. Dr Peter Agoston, foreign minister, outlined policy shifts from the soviet system to social democracy and pledged a constitutional assembly. Industries remain in public service until then. Food shortages persist in Vienna as stores reopen in part.
Washington August 3 Hundreds of letters from incurable patients and long time addicts urging government to permit narcotics purchases. Commissioner Roper instructed internal revenue collectors that such individuals may obtain drugs on prescription by a reputable physician for life maintenance. Collectors warned to guard against illicit traffic and abuse by the aged and infirm.
New York August reports show a 2,500,600 bushel increase in U S farm wheat receipts for the month ending July 27 over the previous year. Flour production climbs nearly 1,010,000 barrels. Wheat totals reach 107,939,0900 bushels vs 108,492,0090 in 1918 and flour at 6,258,000 vs 5,519,000 barrels.
Berlin reports the Vossische Zeitung stating an American commission of financiers, engineers and officers is in Karlsbad to study the porcelain earth mines as security for an American loan to Czecho Slovakia. It also notes Karlsbad may rent its curer baths to an American firm.
Amsterdam August 1. At the last meeting of the national trades union confere n British and American delegates sought to amend a key paragraph making resolutions binding on all nations at the Washington October congress but failed. The vote left the objectionable paragraph in place.
Washington reports an explosion at the Raritan arsenal with seven or more believed killed. Lieut. Jefford, adjutant at the Raritan, said not more than seven may be killed and several bodies have been recovered. The search continued through the night as officials awaited fuller accounts. In other news, a railroad strike halted cattle market trading in Peoria Ohio, with traders urged to withhold stock pending market normalcy.
Paris dispatch reports about August 4 th Chicago AP ledes describe Roumanian forces entering Budapest from Andessey and other streets under Gen Marghascu. Hostages reportedly taken with threats of executions for each Roumanian death. Szegedin and Jugo-Slav forces approach as allied powers seek a settlement. French to command occupation troops on the Rhine.
A cyclone formed northwest of Bristow Illinois yesterday and struck the city, damaging crops and dozens of residences. Trees uprooted near the cemetery. part of a house carried away at Mrs Waite’s home. Several livestock killed, hay blown away, and at least two residents seriously injured. Insurance coverage varied among affected properties.
Authorities join state federal and city officials to offer twenty five thousand dollars for information leading to the capture of those responsible for the explosion at Oscar Lawler home. Lawler and his wife were burned and may die. Governor Stephens sent a telegram pledging state aid and an extra thousand dollar reward. The blast used dynamite and explosive charges placed near an oil drum. Newsprint notices urge readers to report promptly for a home delivery error.
Demands by metal trades leaders push for measures to lower living costs as prices in meat and grain markets slide. Officials report plans to present wage relief proposals to Congress and the White House, while Palmer prepares a preliminary report on federal steps to ease costs.
Dr Karl Renner Austrian chancellor told General Secretary Dasta that Austria will hand its peace terms to the conference tomorrow within the time limit. Renner plans to depart St Germain for Vienna this evening and return August 12. The supreme council had extended the deadline to August 6 for the Austrian plenipotentiaries.
Paris dispatch notes newspapers urging a stable government in Hungary amid allied diplomacy and military considerations. Mention of Roumanians, Bolshevism fears, and a planned conference between German and Polish reps to review territory transfers from the German peace treaty. A separate note from Washington reports a war department decision about a parade by the famous second division in New York.
Mount Clemens Michigan August court reports in libel suit as jurors await verdict next Tuesday. W J Cameron testifies he expands Mr Ford's ideas into Ford's magazine content. Attorneys clash over Ford's reading and writing ability while witness says he has seen Ford write and heard him read.
Organized labor in Washington proposes abolishing private capital from railroads and replacing it with tri partite control by public, management, and employees. They seek government bonds reimbursing owners, with profits above the guaranteed return split equally among operators and workers, while the public gains via better service or lower costs.
Buenos Aires reports Sir Reginald Tower plans only a return to London for rest, while La Nacion says relations are delicate after Argentina bought the German steamship Bahia Blanca. The paper notes the potential link between ministers’ departures and the purchase, which Britain refused to recognize.
Lieut. Gen. Jan Smuts, returning to London as a League of Nations commission member, urged a more human spirit among nations. In his speech he warned civilization’s fabric may be stressed by central Europe’s condition and called for freedom, self-government, generosity, and unity.
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