Holm Praises Both Houses For Progressive Legislation
Holm and Bursum praise the legislature after the fourth session for passing more constructive measures than their predecessors.
18 Mar 1919
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1919
Page
1
Holm and Bursum praise the legislature after the fourth session for passing more constructive measures than their predecessors.
Paris dispatch reports that many peace questions hinge on President Wilson’s self-determination principle. Neutrals invited to send delegates to a League of Nations conference in Paris as France pledges to fund reconstruction and Germany’s economic rebuilding proceeds under allied oversight.
Secretary Glass asked President Wilson to release over 8 million dollars from the war emergency fund to cover administrative costs of the War Risk Insurance Bureau for several months until Congress can act. The bureau currently spends about 1.0 million a month on payroll and mails roughly 1.26 million checks totaling over 40 million dollars monthly. If funds are not approved, operations and timely allotment and allowance payments could be severely curtailed into May.
The forecast for Denver says Tuesday and Wednesday will be fair with little temperature change. Southwest states New Mexico and Arizona show similar patterns with fair skies and stable temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Allied and American forces repelled a Bolshevik assault aimed at cutting Dvina and Vaga supply lines. In the village of Gorka near Beresnik, 400 Bolsheviks attacked at 145 PM and were decisively beaten, with 57 Bolshevik deaths and five prisoners taken. two Americans wounded. The Vaga front near Kitea remained quiet.
London reports secret experiments with a helicopter type aircraft capable of vertical takeoffs and landings. Observers say it could hover and land on rooftops or barges, signaling a major leap toward mastery of heavier-than-air flight.
A Red Cross cable from New York reports that the deceased typhus victim in Athens is Lieut Edward Walker, not Samuel J. Walker of Chicago as previously thought. Identity remains unconfirmed at headquarters.
Delegates from Pacific coast metal trades unions meet in Washington with AF of L official OConnell to draft an amicable settlement with shipbuilding companies. Conference to continue days with shipyard owners joining. aim to replace the Ship Labor Adjustment Board of the Emergency Fleet Corporation which will cease to function.
Lord Shaw presiding officer of the League of Nations conference in London withdraws remarks made yesterday on national responsibilities. In a note to American delegate Oscar S. Straus he says if the United States cannot pledge itself under the constitution then citizens must rethink it. He adds duties to the world as wide as humanity and urges the United States to consider them.
The Princess Pats Canada’s first troops to fight on French soil returned home today arriving in Halifax aboard the Germania from England.
Henry Starr a famed Cherokee bank robber arrives in Oklahoma City paroled from McAlester Prison by Governor Robertson. Starr who led daylight raids across Oklahoma Kansas and Arkansas was shot in the hip at Stroud in 1919 by Paul Curry. He had pleaded guilty to a 25 year sentence with a five year parole condition and says the parole proves the system cannot be beaten.
The National Council of Defence pushes to mobilize volunteer workers to remedy Congress funding gaps for the Employment Bureau. The plan seeks to organize manpower to support troops amid funding shortfalls and delays.
Government agencies formed an emergency committee on employment for soldiers and sailors to fill post demobilization gaps. The council of national defense will coordinate existing agencies and volunteer bureaus to provide jobs, using a skeleton US employment service and employers to aid returning service members. Washington. March 17.
Secretary Glass replies to Representative McFadden regarding John Skelton Williams as comptroller of the currency after Senate inaction on renomination. He declines to keep the letter and warns that inquiries into treasury actions will be met with prompt, frank responses only to courteous questions.
Henry Albers a wealthy milling man was convicted of seditious utterances during the war and sentenced in federal court to three years in the McNeil Island penitentiary and a 16000 dollar fine. His lawyers said they would appeal after a denied motion for a new trial.
Governor Bursum praised the recent session saying it enacted more constructive laws than any prior session, improving education and resources, while avoiding extravagance and keeping taxes near the lowest feasible level. He noted plans for a state health department, a soldiers settlement act, drainage projects, and a sweeping road program funded by federal aid and state revenue.
Reports from French circles say a French aviator departed from an African port and is en route to Pernambuco Brazil in a giant plane. The potential Atlantic crossing is awaited with interest by aviation circles and observers.
French lieutenant Fontane reportedly attempts a Dakar to Pernambuco flight across the Atlantic using a Caudron, with ships escort and fuel at St Paul Rocks. Weather conditions are unfavorable as British airmen relay the claim of the 1800 mile route over the Cape Verde and St Paul Rocks area.
The trial of Ishida, a Japanese psychiatrist charged with killing Dr. George Wolff at Sheppard Pratt hospital, opened with insanity as a defense. Prosecutor Hartman contends premeditation, recounting jealousy over a hospital nurse and Ishida’s claims of spying.
Spencer, ranch foreman for the War Ren Cattle Company in Mexico, remains a prisoner of bandits as of 8:30 p.m. No word from the Mexican messenger or from Spencer after the $5,000 ransom was paid. Superintendent Morehead fears the bandits may have violated the agreement to release Spencer and nine Mexican employees. No armed Mexicans were seen near the Alamo Hueco ranch today.
Polish troops along the German front intensified after the armistice, accusing German forces of eighty four violations of the peace terms. The clash marks a volatile post armistice period with both sides poised for possible further action.
Berlin reports three parallel stories. German forces seize a hidden depot of Polish war supplies smuggled across the frontier and arrest a hone commissioned officer with five civilians on spy charges. Simultaneously Berlin notes rising monarchist sentiment and Spartacist unrest as Prussia cleans house.
Fort Worth dispatch says Lieutenant Wright of the 345th field artillery slept four weeks, waking in fair health. Doctors cite influenza or overwork as likely causes, with physicians unable to arouse him previously.
Prof. W. J. M. Van Eysings of Leyden University is appointed to meet Holland at the neutral representatives meeting in Paris to discuss the league of nations exchange of views.
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