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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1919
Page
7
Paris dispatches report Berlin slow to name plenipotentiaries for the peace treaty as officials hedge on a signing date. Paris officials fear a Saturday ceremony may slip to Monday, with uncertainty affecting dinner plans and conference preparations while German leaders maintain silence.
The war department will complete forts and housing along the Mexican boundary to bolster patrol troops. Regular posts along the border will be few, with extra outposts to house cavalry or infantry, marking the first real fortified frontier and providing permanent housing after three years of troop deployment.
Berlin dispatches from Wei mar report that generals and officers of the volunteer troops threatened to resign if the treaty was signed without reservations. Gustav Noske offered but then withdrew his resignation under party pressure, and military leaders remain irate. Erzberger’s cabinet position faces speculation amid the peace crisis.
The nineteenth annual Labor party conference starts in Southport with focus on using industrial action for political aims. Key leaders from miners, railway, and telephone unions push for abolishing complications and freeing conscientious objectors while eyeing the next general election and labor organization. International delegates include Camile Huysmang, Hjalmar Branting, and Peter J. Troelstra as security concerns keep French leaders out of England at Folkestone.
Paris reports the council of three discussed the scuttling at Scapa Flow as of armistice time. London dispatch says three German warships the crews tried to sink have been beached including the cruisers Emden Frankfurt and Nurenburg with two destroyers afloat and eight beached.
In Jackson Minnesota on June 25 a jury was chosen fast for the trial of President Townley of the Nonpartisan league and Joseph Gilbert on disloyalty and conspiracy charges. Townley, who had not appeared as the trial resumed, was in Fargo and expected to travel to Jackson later. Prosecutor Bi H Nicholas argued Townley opposed the war with Gilbert and league organizer Irving Freitag featured in early war actions. Conviction on conspiracy could bring jail time or a fine or both.
The allied commanders give Hungary until June 28 to evacuate the invaded Czecho Slovakia region with full damages compensation. After evacuation, Romanian forces in Hungarian territory are to withdraw. In New York, the Copper Plate Printers Union urged Congress to relax money circulation limits and support new currency transport to ease a nationwide health risk due to dirty money.
Winnipeg report says the general sympathetic industrial strike is called off after six weeks. The central strike committee orders all workers back to work at 11 a m tomorrow, ending the stoppage that began six weeks earlier. San Felice Cigars advertised at 3 for 20c.
Passport officers in Paris are issuing papers for French brides of American soldiers bound for the United States. Brides vary from tall to small and wear Paris fashions while many speak English well. A Wheel ing sergeant pleads for his underage wife’s passport amid concern from her mother who refuses to let her daughter travel.
Paris reports the treaty signing with Germany will draw 1000 attendees including five 1878 campaign senators, Marshal Petain with six French generals, Mrs Wilson and Miss Margaret Wilson. About 300 guests and journalists will attend. seven cavalry regiments and four infantry regiments guard the palace. drummers and buglers will perform in the marble court. Germans enter via side park entrance after others are seated.
Washington June 25. An amendment to the prohibition enforcement bill approved by the house judiciary committee would let a state withdraw alcohol tax free from government warehouses in epidemics for health authorities. Rep Good noted whisky as a valuable remedy during the Spanish influenza outbreak. Another amendment would require patent medicines with more than 0.5 percent alcohol to be unfit for beverage use.
William H. Garland of Los Angeles told real estate leaders at the twenty fifth annual convention in Atlantic City that the United States faces a one million home shortage. He said the National Association of Real Estate Boards cooperates with the federal housing committee to supply homes but opposes the committee lingering after the shortage is resolved.
Havana reports Aldo Gamo, Italian sculptor, awarded first prize of $25,000 by a government commission for shaping a $200,000 memorial to General Maximo Gomez. Huertas Cabarrocas and Gutzon Borglum received second and third prizes respectively.
The Courier announces home delivery before 5:30 p.m. If you do not receive your paper due to carrier error or other cause, call 3830 before 4:30 p.m. and a copy will be sent.
Paris reports that demobilization will proceed quickly after the treaty with TNT classes 1908 and 100 to be mustered out the day after ratification. Clemenceau says elections may occur in September or October and notes a need to keep a strong force to enforce treaty terms, including Poland evacuation. He cites Scapa Flow and Kiel actions as reasons for caution and mentions vote-by-mail for soldiers.
Local showers helped corn progress and cultivation spread, but slowed the wheat harvest and haying in Illinois. Winter wheat is excellent in the north and center, fair to good in the south. Oats range from fair to good with short heads, and army worms damage corn and meadows in limited areas.
Rioting in Hamburg over two days involved mobs attacking a food preserving factory with alleged animal remains found there. Managers were dragged through streets as the war provision department offices were wrecked. Troops were challenged and the jailer fired, leaving several dead and wounded.
Thieves damaged Mrs Stella Stanley’s restaurant at Mullan avenue and Jefferson street destroying food and fixtures. Pies meat bread and edibles were scattered after intrusion. cigars and tobacco also taken. unknown intruders showed malice toward property. Loss described as considerable for a small business.
In Chicago, residents holding liquor will not be allowed to transfer containers when changing residences after July. Scott McBride of the Anti-Saloon League asserts the new prohibition statute forbids moving liquor between houses, requiring affected individuals to use a single landlord until their supply runs dry.
A Boston wool concern bought 41 000 pounds of wool from a grower for 60 1 4 cents per pound in Great Falls. The sale marks the highest price paid in the area this year. Oregon reports 54 1 8 cents per pound at Bend on a sale of 420 515 pounds to supply eastern mills.
Paris reports that Premier Clemenceau signaled in the chamber that general elections may be delayed. Newspapers note possible cabinet reshuffles and bringing in specialists on social and economic issues. A general amnesty bill could follow the peace agreement.
The American Gymnastic Union meeting in Louisville adopts resolutions for physical training in public schools and records opposition to prohibition. The group claims 40 000 members and forms a national women’s auxiliary with Mrs C J Rugman of Davenport elected president. Other officers include Mrs Emil Waltenberger, Louisville. Mrs G Bachman, Newport. Mrs E L Prevenstedt, Louisville. Mrs Florence Mayer, Davenport.
The strike of 3,700 teamsters porters and chauffeurs at produce dealers stretches into its third day in New York. Rail and shipping terminals are blocked, with 1,500 carloads of fruits and vegetables accumulating and many spoiled. Hope for settlement rests with the state mediation board.
The Hungarian Communist congress ordered general mobilization of all workmen as dispatches from Budapest report. Military conditions were said to be unfavorable and troop morale weak. A later item notes arrests of soldiers in Wei gaar on charges of plotting to murder former premier Phillip Scheidemann.
Community groups advocate five cent tax policy changes to bolster school funding and local services. Officials: city council, chamber of commerce, and nonprofit groups rally support as residents weigh fiscal impact.
News from Amerongen reports Germany agreeing to peace terms including delivery of the former emperor to the Allies. Attendants at the castle show a shocked attitude as scrutiny turns to the German National Assembly, with strong criticisms voiced by aides.
After two hours of debate the Senate Foreign Relations Committee adjourned without action on Senator Fall’s peace with Germany resolution. Borah called the treaty a guarantee of war and urged broader self determination for Ireland Korea and Egypt. The panel voted 12 to 4 to postpone amid executive session storminess with Fall stating he will not press the army appropriation amendment now.
Fergus Falls Minnesota reports 50 identified dead and one unidentified from the Sunday tornado. Three people, including Mrs Hmil Hauge land child and A E Brandenburg bank president, remain missing as damage tops four million dollars.
Washington representatives from medicine and perfumery urged a judiciary sub-committee to revise prohibition enforcement rules to ensure alcohol for patent medicines perfumes and toilet articles. They said they would prevent their products from being used as beverages.
Gen Pershing and Herbert Hoover led a distinguished group awarded doctor of civil law by Oxford University in a ceremony marked by pomp. Also honored were Baron Makino Joffre Beatty Haig Wilson Wemyss and proxies for Orlando and Paderewski as part of the allied delegation.
Col umbus Ohio June 25 Methodists marked Southern day at the centenary celebration with a large crowd. Principal speakers included Eva Ludgal recently returned from France and Alice Paul chair of the National Woman's Party here to advocate suffrage.
Eamonn De Valera announced from New York that the Irish independence campaign will extend beyond the United States to Canada and Australia. He said sympathizers are strong there and a portion of their town will be floated in those countries.
Bench warrants were issued yesterday against several prominent Delphi citizens after accusations of threats of violence toward Dunkards in Carroll County Indiana. The warrants follow alleged calls to buy government bonds for war expenses.
In Bologna the Cocchi murder trial paused as court reviews American records. Cocchi admits he sawed Ruth Cruger’s body to hide it, claiming the girl died before dismemberment and that his wife was implicated in the alleged alibi and cover story.
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