Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-12-31


socialists seized control Of the govern
8 ment.
/ The situation In Ireland where the
Sim Fem continued its efforts 20 es-
tablish a public grew more serious
as the year advanced. Repeated dis
orders occurred and on September 70
Viscount French. lieutenant governor
Of Ireland. prohibited further meetings
Of the so-called Irish parliament. Many
arrests were made 81 the military.
The lighting in Russia had continued
without decided advantage to any
group until on October g the force
commanded By General Yudenitch. ad-
! yancing against the bolsheyists,
/ reached q point within fifteen miles q
!, Petrograd. 88 81 ss III
While other problems growing ont Of
the war were being settled, the ques-
ton Of the disposal Of Fiume continued
to cause trouble. On September IS
Gabrielle d'Annunzio, the Italian SOL
dier-poet. entered Fiume at the head
,of several thousand soldiers and took
control Of the port In defiance Of the
Italian and allied military authorities.
On September 10 the Representative
Of the great powers handed peace
treaty to Bulgaria. Under this treaty
western Thrace was taken from Bull
garia, her army was reduced to 10000,
and she was required to pay Sac, O00,-
COO as PREPARATION for damages done by
her armies. .ss5
Reverses for all Of the forces OPP
posing the bolsheviki were reported In
November. On the 18th General Yu-
denitch was forced to retreat to the
Esthonian border and resigned COM
mand of the Russian northwest army.
On the same day 1t was reported that
the bolsheviki had captured Omsk, the
seat of the Kolchak government. D'An-
nunzio created still more serious sit
uation for Italy when he seized lara.
Dalmatia, on November IA.
Domestic Affairs
The return Of the United States to a
condition Of peace was not accom-
plished easily. Unusual conditions ex-
listed and the people Of the country
were confronted with problems that
had been unknown in the days before
the war.
The adoption Of nationwide prohi-
bition and the submission by congress
Of the constitutional amendment for
complete w0man's suffrage were Inn
portant events Of the year. Ratifica-
ton Of the national prohibition amend
ment came early in the year with q
| rapidity that surprised the nation. On
January % the state department pro-
claimed the ratification Of the amend
ment and set January 16. 1920. as the
date when 1t would become effective.
On January 8 Attorney General Greg
DRY rendered his resignation. to become
| effective March 4, and A. Mitchell Pal
mer was appointed to succeed him on
February q. On January II Walker
| D. Hines was appointed director gen
eral of railroads to succeed William
| G. McAdoo.
The governments first blow at the
| radicals during the year was deliv-
cred on January when Congressman
Victor L. Berger and four other So
cialist leaders were found guilty by
federal Jury In Chicago of conspirfng
to interfere with the successful con-
| duct of the war. On February Is they
were sentenced to 20 years tmprison-
| ment.
On March Herbert Hoover was
| appointed by the president to be d.
rector general Of American relief
among the population Of Europe
Because Of the necessity for legis-
| lation to meet the new after-war con-
.ditions, President Wilson on May Z, by
cable from Paris. called q special SEES
sion of congress to convene May 10.
on May 10 the campaign for the Vic
| tory Liberty loan, the last popular war
loan, closed with heavy oversub.
scription Of the $4,000, 100000 bond
| . i Z 9 . Z y s II . 3 ~ 2 Z
issue.
The special session Of the Sixty
sixth congress opened on May 10 with
| the Republicans in control Of both
house and senate for the first time
since 1912. The house of representa-
tives was organized by the election Of
! Congressman Gillett of Massac husetts
as speaker. In the senate Senator
Cummins of Iowa was elected presi-
! dent pro TEN. .s#s.
One Of the first acts Of the new
house was to pass the woman suffrage
amendment to the Constitution by q
vote Of 3O4 to SO. The amendment
/, was again brought up in the senate on
June a and this time was adopted by
vote Of So to Is.
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