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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1919
Page
9
Across the nation, coal distribution and labor tensions surge as Brigham and Garfield enforce nonessential status on supplies from docks to industries. Miners in West Virginia walk out amid contract breakdowns while federal officials urge balance between public needs and profit.
Paris reports the American peace delegation will depart for home on December 5 or 6, with the British group expected to leave Paris around the same time. The American delegates will travel aboard the transport America's departure date remains unofficial.
In Cincinnati on November 19, over 300 American Legion members raided Socialist headquarters. They burned hundreds of pounds of radical literature, much printed for the Communist Labor party of America, including a letter to American workers from the Socialist Soviet of Russia by Nikolai Lening. Mayor Galvin censured the raid as mob rule and said he would probe police inaction.
In St Louis on November 1 oil shale mining was discussed as a future global oil source during the national oil shale conference held with the American Mining Congress. Speakers described oil shale as a consolidated mud deposit yielding petroleum by distillation and noted the growing gap between petroleum consumption and domestic production.
The prince of Wales greeted in New York with crowds denser than on his arrival. Downtown streets filled as he began a sight seeing tour through the financial district. Escort of honor provided by Company C of the 71st regiment New York State Guard.
Boston dispatch says United States circuit court of appeals stayed the preliminary injunction issued by Judge Arthur L. Brown restraining federal officials in Rhode Island from enforcing the Volstead act. Grange mopes toward wind up as National Grange sessions end. committees met in secret to wrap up business before Friday adjournment.
The Mauretania began regular Cunard calls at Cherbourg today sailing from Southampton to New York with about 1,600 passengers. Passengers include opera star Signora Luisa Tetrazzini and heavyweight boxer Fred Fulton on board for the transatlantic voyage.
The Associated Press reports the international labor conference considers a child labor committee report proposing a universal minimum employment age of 14. The recommendation aims to set a global standard guiding nations in enforcing child labor laws and protecting young workers.
Washington reports a Wilson letter urged senators to vote against Lodge reservations as a path to nullification of the treaty. Administration leaders fear loss of ratification unless a compromise is found, while Lodge presses for an unreserved vote or a strict reservation plan. Mexico City mourns tenor Constantino who died after a long illness.
Governor Harding said there is no call for panic as a written opinion on declaring martial law to relieve the coal crisis is prepared. Attorney General Harner indicated the noon deadline for the document, after a midnight conference on mine receivership and fuel distribution.
Buenos Aires dispatch reports denials from Mexico's charge d affaires about a supposed $75,000,000 deficit in the controller's office. The note also rejects claims that Francisco Villa is poised to attack Chihuahua with 1,000 men.
At the American Mining congress convention in St Louis on November 19 the Associated Press reports a resolution urging a federal law to ban strikes until all conciliation methods fail. The measure argues many strikes are called prematurely and would help workmen by preventing strike suffering. A federal commission would decide when a strike could be legally invoked.
Deputies opened fire to quell strikes targeting Black workers leaving an East Youngstown plant. One striker was shot in the leg, another hurt, and a house of a worker burned by mysterious fire. Meanwhile steel plants in the region resumed or near full operation as districts recover.
Washington bureau notes South Dakota requires candidates to file petitions by New Year and declare an eight word campaign issue. The law also demands at least one public debate in state and favors a female delegate seat, amid wider talk of primaries versus conventions nationwide.
London dispatch reports England and France weighing whether to act under the German peace treaty and operate the League of Nations without the United States while awaiting the American government's course. It notes ongoing treaty questions needing urgent attention such as plebiscite issues and argues Britain may not back U S senate resolutions requiring a new treaty.
New York November 1 The first arrests in a broad federal sweep against war savings stamp scalping were made by Secret Service officials. Dozens of people across the district are said to have bought stamps for less than face value and altered seller names in violation of the criminal code. Federal Prosecutor James W. Osborne said warrants had been issued for 50 sealers with hundreds expected to be arrested nationwide in coming days.
Cheyenne Wy November 19 Seven armed posses and a cavalry troop from Fort Russell pursue William Carlisle the notorious train bandit who last night robbed Union Pacific No 19 the Los Angeles Limited of 250 dollars then escaped into the hills after boarding at Rock River by smashing a sleeper window firing through the car roof and forcing most passengers to contribute while promising not to rob the elderly and service members
Mexico City Mex Tuesday November 38 A formal order for the imprisonment of Wm O Jenkins United States consular agent at Puebla on charges of false declarations and threats against peons who testified they saw him at his hacienda with bandit chieftain Federico Cordova was issued by Criminal Judge Gonzales Froancoa Puebla. Jenkins says he is not yet jailed and denies a ban on leaving the city.
The Associated Press reports a renewed decline in foreign exchange with the English pound at 4.03 dollars, the franc at 9.70 per dollar, live cables at 12.40, and the German mark at 2.25 cents. The article notes new low levels and compares to prior rates, highlighting the ongoing slump.
London reports an attempted assassination of Admiral Kolchak head of the all Russian government based in Omsk. Hand grenades were thrown injuring soldiers. six killed and 13 wounded. The dispatch also claims Bolsheviks seized Kursk Tolbosk Ishim Ukalinsk Petropavlosk Koktzhe Lafl and Omsk with 28 000 prisoners including 1 000 officers.
The Associated Press reports from Helsinki that about 20,000 troops of Gen Yurdenitch's northwestern Russian army have defected to the Bolsheviks. Washington confirms Bolshevik control of Omsk after Nov 15, with Soviet forces advancing beyond the Kolchak capital and destroying bridges and tracks.
Dorpat talks between Bolshevik delegates and Baltic state representatives concluded with a mutual readiness to pursue a rapid understanding and an in principle agreement on hostage exchange. Estonian Foreign Minister Piip clarified that only M Livinoff was the accredited delegate. other members served as secretaries.
New York, Nov. 19. More arrests expected in the roundup in New York and other cities of suspects tied to the theft of from $500,000 to $1,000,000 in securities in the financial district over six months. David A Sullivan, member of the Consolidated Stock Exchange, charged with larceny and criminally receiving two Grucible Steel certificates valued at $45,000, marked a step toward solving the crimes.
In Berne the national council approved Switzerland's adhesion to the League of Nations by 124 to 45 after six days of debate. The decision remains subject to a referendum.
Washington dispatches report President Wilson urging defeat of the Lodge ratification resolution. Democrats align to oppose Lodge reservations, while Senator Hitchcock and Senator Robinson press for terms dictated by friends of the treaty. Republican leaders signal possible compromise prospects as debates unfold.
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