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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1919
Page
11
Waterloo council faces unexpired term after Mayor Thompson resigns. Rumored successors include Ray Eggert, Fred Burk, and A Sporle. Burk and Eggert decline, council to fill vacancy by Dec 2. pay checks to be signed Dec 1.
Helsinki reports Finland plans to aid General Yu with 30 000 volunteers for a new attempt to seize Petrograd within weeks, a move that could disrupt Baltic states talks with the Bolsheviks. Brest-Litovsk is reported as overthrown by Bolsheviks who withdrew underground after eight days of fighting. Siberian dispatch claims 90 000 tons of grain seized by Bolshevik forces. Latvian and Lithuanian leaders pledge to address changed conference positions Friday evening, as delegates appear dispirited while no changes to plans with Bolshevik envoys for Monday are announced.
The victory medal design for World War I service was approved by Secretary Baker. Sculptor James E. Frazier of New York created a bronze coin sized medal featuring Victory and the inscription The great war for civilization. The reverse lists allied and associated powers.
The foreign relations committee reservation to article 10 of the League covenant was adopted 46 to 33 in the form from the committee. Four Democrats joined Republicans. the opposition was entirely Democrats. Senate adjourned for Senator Martin's funeral in Charlottesville. The reservation says the United States shall not assume obligations to preserve other nations' territory, independence, or political independence or to intervene in disputes between nations.
The former mayor Thompson, who began city service as mayor, will re-enter municipal and state bond work after leaving office. He plans to open an office in the city, noting he was born on the thirteenth and resigned on the thirteenth of November after 138 years in public service.
Chicago papers report a state wide Illinois committee poll on nationalization of farms and profit sharing in agriculture. Editors largely oppose government ownership of farms, while discussing farm hands’ voice in management and sharing profits. Some comments advocate cautious or limited profit sharing.
Senators Lodge and Witchcock led the Senate committee with Republican and Democratic leaders attending. Members from the House accompanied by Virginia’s delegation arrived for the funeral at the family home as a long illness ended the life of Senator Martin.
William J. Johnson, Anti-Saloon League organizer, was dragged from a platform and badly handled by students in London while giving a prohibition talk. He said he initially fought back but joined in when realizing it was a prank, and described the crowd as mostly friendly. Johnson hopes to address students again after eye injury. The eye lens was dislocated and he was hospitalized. A Methodist board official condemned the attack as a sign of revulsion against liquor in Britain.
Talks between four railroad brotherhoods and Director General Hines on working conditions entered a likely final phase. The main sticking point remains time and a half for overtime on road service. Wages were rejoined but not expected to cause major disputes, as Hines sticks to no general wage increase before private operation resumes and no immediate decision was indicated.
New York officials report broad support for a national thrift week from January 14 to 24, urging Americans to preserve wartime gains via thrift stamps and Liberty bonds. The program designates January 17 as thrift day and includes focused themes such as thrift in industry, home ownership, budgeting, and paying bills.
The National Grange debates alliance with labor as Sam Gompers invitation looms while committees study the issue in Grand Rapids Michigan. Gilford Pinchot arrives to receive the seventh degree in a day focused on internal matters and degree work.
Bernstorff, former German ambassador to the United States now in Turkey, mocks Dr. Karl Helfferich’s anti American rhetoric and says he seeks a pan German seat in the Reichstag and even the German presidency. He adds the war inquiry has become a political squabble between reactionaries and the current government.
G. Hawke of Cincinnati seeks U S Supreme Court review to block Ohio officials from submitting a federal woman suffrage constitutional amendment after a lower court upheld its constitutionality. The case centers on whether the Onis amendment was properly presented to Ohio voters last week and defeated.
Twelve railway workers at the station, who stayed at their posts during the recent strike, received a token sum of money and an expression of appreciation from local townspeople. An advertisement notes the gesture and praise for their loyalty.
Nearly 200 men suspected of WWI involvement were jailed across the northwest after Centralia Washington armistice day shootings that killed four American Legion members. In addition 26 WWI suspects were held in Centralia and Chehalis with six others jailed in Tacoma and Spokane.
In Wilmington Delaware on November 14 police rushed three black brothers Lemuel James and John Price to Philadelphia as crowds feared retaliation after two patrolmen were shot during an investigation into a gun theft. One officer Thomas T Bechley was killed and the wounded Harry C Pierce feared life threatening injuries. The incident followed a store gun theft and prompted police to guard streets and curb gatherings.
Washington November 14. Union leaders press for a 30 hour work week and a 20 percent wage increase in opening talks with operators, convened by Secretary Wilson to settle coal industry disputes.
Providence R I Nov 14 police commission announced that saloons may sell malt beverages under 4 percent alcohol while not gathering evidence. Nearly all synxicons opened again as sealers bear responsibility. Federal rulings barred enforcement of war time prohibition affecting beer in Louisville.
Washington, Nov 14. Officials from the bureau of chemistry report many butter shipments are watered and adulterated as prices rise. Despite high charges, consumers face inferior butter with water and coloring. The federal food and drugs act has seized several shipments. Federal standards require butter to contain not less than 2.5 percent milk fat.
Garfield says success of the Wilson led conference hinges on all sides entering the talks without commitments. Nonunion mine operators in the central field may refrain from joining but will attend, while output from outside fields totals about 100 million tons annually. Injunction questions loom as workers ponder returning to work, yet the government cites the Lever Act to warn against agreements limiting production. The session opens in Washington with John L. Lewis and union committees present.
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