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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1919
Page
4
A great fire on Maimasa Island near Archangel has burned for weeks, threatening sawmills and lumber yards on both sides of the gulf. Officials report extensive property damage estimated around 60,000 roubles, with Incendiarism suspected.
Four members of the American Federation of Labor including Mother Jones were fined 100 dollars each by Crawford of Duquesne for attempting to hold a meeting with workers yesterday without a permit.
President Wilson addressed Omaha, opposing a reservation that would allow unconditional withdrawal from the League of Nations. He argued the Monroe Doctrine is already accepted and warned against late joining. He criticized domestic reservations as unnecessary.
Scranton Pa Sept 8 The thirty three anthracite coal mines of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western and Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys, employing about 40 000 workers, are closed by a strike. Miners in Carbondale district earlier quit over excessive stockage lay offs for dirty coal and use of mechanical loaders. Delaware Lackawanna and Western mines vote on striking tomorrow in support of Archbald protest over discharge of miners. Officials offered only daily wages. Strong belief that the men will vote to strike.
Washington dispatch reports that the peace treaty will be reported to the Senate next Wednesday at noon, with Chairman Lodge of the foreign relations committee announcing the plan. Debate was initially slated for Monday.
Associated Press reports peace returned to the coal region as thousands of miners halted work and marched into Logan county to organize non union activity. Governor Cornwell brought them home by train and ordered a statewide inquiry with district mine officials to identify the agitators and causes.
Notice to the public that J. W. Aleshire & Son have purchased the merchandise stock and goodwill of W. C. Shade and will continue the business at Grimes Virginia seeking continued patronage.
An official message from Omsk says Admiral Kolchak head of the all Russian government began a counter offensive against the Bolsheviks on September 4. The report was received in London.
Fire on the ram wharf destroyed $1,000,000 worth of cotton. The blaze raced through the ram dock area in the morning, causing extensive material losses and prompting dispatch of fire units from nearby ports. No injuries reported.
Paris Sept 8 The Roumanian delegation sent a note to the peace conference announcing intent to sign the Austrian treaty with reservation. The supreme council took the note under consideration and indicated that signature with reservations is unlikely. They told Roumania to sign without reservation or abstain from signing.
Jennie explains she no longer goes next door to play with her little chum because their dispositions didn’t match, so they ended their friendship.
A fragmentary reminiscence follows Mike, an A. E. F. veteran, and Louis who lost both parents. Louis, raised by an aunt in Bayonne after his mother’s death, encounters the Fifteenth U. S. Army during wartime service.
A veteran horse named Mike becomes a beloved mascot at a remount station with the Fifteenth Army unit. Officers, soldiers, and mules form a close bond as Liberty bonds and money flow to the animal. Raised at a Y hut in Bayonne, Mike earns a service stripe after six months. Chaplain Sutherland in the States may soon take charge of him as plans unfold for his future.
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