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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1919
Page
8
Waterloo and Black Hawk County prepare a week of events featuring the 43rd Annual Dairy Cattle Congress and International Belgian Horse Show. An audience of thousands is expected, with premier cattle breeds, premium prizes, and concurrent displays from the Garden, Motor Trades, and Merchants associations.
The Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress opens Monday with gates, exhibits, and ample judging. A large crowd is expected as the town hosts Belgian Horses, Brittanys, Ayrshire and Brown Swiss cattle, an automobile exhibit, and a vaudeville program featuring the Dixie Quartet and M. G. A. guided tours. Hotels are full and rooms are scarce. visitors are urged to bring extra lodging and use downtown information bureaus.
AP dispatch from Copenhagen reports Petrograd city soviet empowered to begin peace negotiations with the Allies on terms fixed by the Allies. Moscow has not announced any offer, raising the possibility of a separate peace proposal. Petrograd endures severe living conditions with cholera outbreaks and high death tolls, while other dispatches note Allied operations against Bolsheviks and Romanian troop movements amid fears of disorder in Roumania.
Chicago settlement ends carpenters strike that tied up over a million in Chicago area building work for 16 weeks. Workers concede to $1 an hour, old contract kept through May 1 1920. Readies restart. total contracts affected valued at $62,000 10 in the city and $55,000,908 in major projects.
Freeport Pennsylvania dispatch reports General Palmer calling for a six month industrial armistice to ease war wrought unrest and curb strikes. He argues shared production gains depend on both capital and labor and laments idleness raising living costs while urging patience and cooperation for national recovery.
By the Associated Press New York Sept 20 workers at Goldsmith Stern Co a major jewelry manufacturer threatened to strike after a raise offer failed Anguat Goldsmith head of the firm proposed them control of the plant and six months wages without benefits The workers rejected the offer and the plant remained shut down pending action from management and labor authorities
Dispatches from Luis report a cautious stance as Bulgaria and allied powers near a peace protocol. Delegates in Budapest discuss government setup and a potential delay. Frank J. Tok and General Bliss plan travel to Rheims and Verdun. The Dalmatian and Mine problems appear stalled as talks continue.
An apparent accidental gas asphyxiation killed a mother and three children in a Crabb street residence. Neighbors smelled fumes and alerted authorities. Police found Mrs Grahile and her youngest daughter in the bedroom. two other children were in an adjoining room, while a detached gas hose in the kitchen led to the deadly leak.
Gen. Edward Hermenius, head of the Russian government supply commission in Paris, says Russian anti Bolsheviks have enough military equipment to strike decisively. He notes ongoing talks with the State Department to secure further supplies from the United States.
President Wilson and party arrived in Los Angeles from San Diego to a restless crowd at the depot. After a brief stop the train was moved to a secluded area as officials announced the president would not leave the train. He remained aboard overnight, with reception plans shifted and guards forming a double line as the crowd pressed on.
Pather Week opens Monday with weather outlooks for upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valley. Warm weekend conditions expected with possible showers in late week.onitoring forecasts for changes in temperature and precipitation through midweek.
Watertown Sept 26 Associated Press Lansing urges immediate ratification of the peace treaty without delay or changes. He argues the world needs peace and prosperity, condemns any alteration as delaying return of stability, and stresses US sovereignty remains intact.
Washington reports profiteering in shoes and wearing apparel, boosting prices. The Justice Department convenes with House Agriculture chair Taugen to press for early action on administration amendments to the food control act amid new sugar trap concerns. Reprint notes troop movements to Manila and San Francisco arrival estimates.
Aboard ships near Orkneys amid fog and rough seas, Britons stranded as one vessel ran aground near Seathaird. Reports indicate rescue efforts under way with authorities preparing distress notices and maritime actions to secure safe passage.
Washington D C September debate on ratifying the League of Nations covenant. Senator A C Wadsworth argues big government dominates the people and opposes United States participation. He notes Europe’s conflicts and cautions against foreign involvement while pointing to Polish, Romanian, Hungarian tensions and the Fiume issue as grounds for concern.
The United States shipping board steamer West Arvada struck a mine off Terschelling on September 16 and foundered today. The vessel was sailing from Galveston to Manchester on August 20 with a cargo of 21,940 bales of cotton valued at over 2.5 million dollars. a large portion of the cotton cargo is expected to be salvaged, and crew members on board may be saved.
A Washington war worker risked $100 when she rushed Pershing to kiss him as he left a hotel. Guards restrained her, but others surged forward, and Pershing had to step back to his car. She claimed the wager was the motive for the act before he departed.
Reports from Havana confirm the Spanish steamship Valbanera sank during a tropical Gulf storm. About 440 passengers and crew, mostly Spaniards and Cubans, are presumed lost as searchers comb surrounding waters and islands near Key West. The vessel was bound from Spanish ports to Havana and last heard Sept 5 before found wrecked off Rebetx shoals light.
The fate of five negroes charged with killing Harold Brignadello during the July race riots in Rock Island Illinois is to be decided by a jury today. Two defendants are women. Closing arguments were made by both sides this morning. Brignadello was shot from a second floor of a building occupied by the defendants.
At the federation of labor closing session in Lyons on September 20, resolutions were adopted outlining a platform for organized labor in France. The majority backed nationalizing industries under producer and consumer control, including transportation, mines, water power, and banks, signaling support for labor leaders' wartime stance.
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