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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1919
Page
7
Washington reports forecast a complete collapse of Kolchak’s Siberian movement. Kolchak forces have retreated about 200 miles, Omsk threatened, and aid delays blamed for steady Bolshevik advances aided by German officers. Officials fear Bolshevik control of all Siberia without broader allied supplies.
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Senate judiciary sub committee recommended confirmation of A Mitchell Palmer for attorney general in a unanimous report. Chairman Dillingham said full committee would likely approve. Opposition centered on his tenure as alien property custodian as Senator Frelinghuysen cited concerns. Palmer defended his record before the subcommittee.
David Hunter Miller testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Versailles league plan was a hybrid drawn from multiple drafts not identical to the British Smuts proposal. He said the American plan was embedded in memoranda and only seen in print when sent to the committee by President Wilson.
A. B. Garretson former head of the Order of Railway Conductors tells the house interstate commerce committee that government ownership is not best for the country and rail management should not shift entirely to Washington. He warns the Plumb plan would wreck capital accounts and burden future generations with debt.
A regional Roosevelt Memorial conference will be held Thursday August 14 at the Blackstone hotel in Chicago. Prominent advocates from Illinois Indiana Iowa Ohio Kentucky Michigan and Wisconsin will hear plans for a nationwide drive of five million dollars in late October to fund a Washington monument and a park for Sagamore Hill with possible inclusion of the home residence at Orono Bay.
Secretary Baker announced that combatant troops will be demobilized by the last day of October. Many soldiers will stay on to guard large stores of equipment. The army was to be reduced to peacetime strength by September 30, with emergency enlistees released as replacements by volunteers.
An airplane on a duty flight over Novan and Armagh spotted Sinn Fein activists at a forbidden meeting. Military police arrived as it ended and arrested two men amid excitement. The prisoners were later released.
The provisional government of northern Russia at Archangel appeals to the United States and allies to continue military and financial aid. It warns that withdrawal could bring disaster and stresses the Bolsheviks as enemies of Russia’s republican cause. An Archangel municipality also issued a similar appeal criticizing Bolshevik forces and urging support for the constituent assembly.
A. B. Garretson, former head of the Order of Railroad Conductors, repudiates claims that rail brotherhoods used force to pass the Adamson law in 1916. He testifies in support of the Plumb plan for railroad control and challenges proof of Senate or House coercion.
Washington report estimates railroad wage increases cost the average family about 50 cents weekly, rising to roughly $1 with related tax and rate effects. Freight rates could need a 30 percent boost to cover the deficit, with total federal impact near half a billion dollars, affecting every household.
Forest fires in upper Michigan have disrupted interlake navigation and commerce at Sault Ste Marie. Limited wire service and fuel supplies hamper communication while St Marys River access and government locks are closed. Bridges and river pilots face hazards as smoke cloaks the area and three war ships are reported aground. Federal and state officials are expected to visit the district.
Chicago August 12 Stober Stri messenger for the State bank carried 56000 in currency and securities when attacked by two armed bandits on the West Side. He was shot twice and severely beaten but fought the robbers and saved the bank’s property. The satchel was broken open and its contents scattered on the street. The robbers took 500 but dropped it as they fled toward a motorcycle.
The Prince of Wales landed at noon in St Johns and rode through two miles of streets thronged by excited crowds beneath decorated arches as locals welcomed his visit.
Washington August 12 President Wilson reviewed the marine brigade of the Second division marching to the White House. Thousands greeted the veterans who helped stop the German thrust toward Paris during World War I. Congress adjourned two hours as Chateau Thierry Belleau Wood Mont Blanc St Viciel Ar gonne veterans passed. Senator Lodge praised the marines as some of the host and bravest troops in the world.
Des Moines August 12 An inspection of every town cold storage house in town to time out if food is being heard at was or dered today by W R B Barney head of the recently created state marketing bureau At the same time Mr Barney issued its appeal to the pro or the state asking cooperation in the drive against profiteering and promising weekly reports to them on his work.
Chicago reports Henry C Ro Jopp of the federal road administration sugar bureau set a fair price of 12 cents per pound for sugar and called any higher retail price outrageous profiteering. Grocers have charged up to 16 cents, with Washington orders guiding enforcement.
Rail shopmen across the country return to duties improving service and ending embargoes. Norfold & Southern and Louisville & Nashville report many back at posts while Chicago area workers surge toward normal operations. International officials urge boiler makers to resume work as firemen plan wage discussions.
Washington dispatch reports bitter German reaction to the alien property custodian's seizure of enemy property in the United States. The American commission called the German commentary propagandistic and official cablegram release described the criticism as very bitter.
Farmers unions press for reform of government grain regulations to curb price manipulation and protect producers. Senator Gronna and farm groups urge action by Julius Barnes and the Agriculture Department to assure fair market access and stop defrauding farmers while shielding consumers.
Washington August 12 The international labor conference provided for in the peace treaty has been called by President Wilson to meet in Washington October 28. All nations members of the international labor organization and likely members have been invited to send delegates. Secretary of Labor Wilson will oversee arrangements. The London based committee has finished work and Ambassador Davis was directed to invite committees to meet in Washington in September.
Grace Whisman and Martha Holtz were arrested on murder charges after the death of Walter J. Whisman. The women, returning from his funeral, await a Tuesday preliminary hearing as a coroner's inquest is set for the same day. Police question burglary theory and a warrant was issued by Mitchell Whisman of Battle Creek. Walter Whisman’s brother cites the suspect as a possible crime tied to Northey Manufacturing.
Genoa longshoremen shifted from strike to employment, securing a day wage of 6.50 dollars and then hiring others at 2 dollars a day. They live on 4 509 dollars for eight hours of management of the two dollar per day underling, a pattern seen during Italy’s labor unrest.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts, denounces the League of Nations covenant as a deformed experiment that would become an alliance for war, threaten the Monroe Doctrine, and force U S participation in global conflicts while preserving national sovereignty. He urges America to stay independent and strong and to lead world peace without entangling guarantees.
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