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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
2
President Wilson believes French and British publics largely support his peace principles. He awaits formal conference plans as American commissioners hold informal talks to align views. Investigators study issues on site while Wilson weighs movements and possible early England visit before year's end.
Just before the armistice English papers argued a German scientist who guarded a food substitute could not return home. Now the idea shifts to sending him back with the secret to aid Germany in enduring famine.
Polish officers arriving from Sebistopol report the mother of former Emperor Nicholas of Russia near Livadin in the Crimea has been receiving letters every ten days that claim to come from Nicholas Romanoff. The dowager empress and companions believe he is alive.
El Paso based La Republica reports that a Villa group led by Martin Lopez with thirty five followers attacked a Mexican Central passenger train at Bachimba pass thirty miles south of Chihuahua City. All train guards were killed and passengers robbed.
The Esthenian provisional government, governing the former Russian Baltie province of Esthonia, declares the republic under the common protection of the Entente powers pending peace conference decisions.
General Lynnelo Morelos Zaragoza once serving with the federal army was captured at the head of his forces near Anuhiin and taken to Monterey, according to a learned report from the scene of action.
The Colorado Public Utility Commission issued an order granting the Denver Tramway Company permission to charge a seven cent fare in Denver. The decision affects city transit operations and fare prices.
Joseph B. Eastman of Massachusetts chosen by President Wilson to replace George W. Anderson as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington.
Four thousand Utuhns, selective service men inducted into service at Camp Lewia, Wash., during the past few months, will come home during the latter part of January and February.
Secretary Baker directs that each soldier honorably discharged be given two market chevrons to wear on the left sleeve. The insignia recognize service to the country and salute the discharged troops.
Washington reports from Paris indicate American peace delegates may propose sinking surrendered German warships to settle their disposition. Secretary Daniels denies official knowledge of the idea, while naval advisers in Europe weigh the option with British and French officials. Congress signals opposition to such a policy.
Buenos Aires reports Chile views mediation as closed. La Nación cites a reliable source saying an offered plan would compensate Peru and Bolivia with territorial adjustments for Tacna Arica and restore rail and trade links to benefit all three nations.
Salt Lake City obituary reports Justice William Murdock McCarty of the Utah Supreme Court died December 19 from lobar pneumonia after a short illness. He was sixty, born May 15, 1859. He served longer on Utah’s high court than any other jurist and held a record for tenure in the mountain states.
Washington reports the War Department will order an investigation of the Agricultural College at Logan Utah to determine if adequate quarters can be provided for 1700 men of the 145th field artillery during muster out. Senator King and Governor Bamberger secured the inquiry.
Ulysses S. Grant IV, grandson of the Civil War general, rises from private to lieutenant in the army. He joined the New York National Guard in April 1917 and earned a commission after completing training.
Paris report says President Wilson hopes to visit England but may have to return to Washington earlier than planned due to unspecified reasons.
The arrangement to have King Senree visit Bandringham Palace for Christmas and greet President Wilson in London has been canceled. The plan now calls for a stay in London with altered ceremonial duties and attendance.
Admiral Sir David Beatty lauds the American battleship squadron attached to the British grand fleet for camaraderie during service. He says both nations were disappointed not to meet the German fleet and calls the day of surrender a pitiful sight.
The Figaro reports a German plan to attack Paris with thirty five aircraft dropping 5000 incendiary bombs and chemicals to milk fires, followed by another 35 planes with ordinary bombs aimed at hindering firefighters and crowds lit by burning buildings.
Professor Charles B. Zubelin of the United States employment service warned at a address before the District Manufacturers' Cost association that the next ten years will bring the greatest wave of prosperity in U S history, but the next three or four months will see a period of business low mood due to unsettled conditions.
The British general election on Saturday was the first in eight years. Unlike 1910 when voting stretched over two weeks, this year all polls were held in one day. For the first time 6,000,000 women over 30 could vote.
After a five week inquiry the grand jury of the Third district court returned criminal indictments against Merchants Bank officials John Pingree president George B. Ford secretary and L J Haya assistant cashier in Salt Lake City.
Dan Skedine died after a sixteen day hunger strike aimed at securing release from prison. Authorities report the protest began in Chicago and was carried out by Skedine as a final bid for freedom.
French tenor Lucien Muratore abruptly ends his engagement with the Chicago Grand Opera due to illness and will travel to France for an extended rest. He is expected to resume singing after recuperation.
The Polish government declares readiness to conclude a military and political alliance with the Entente nations, reporting from Copenhagen via the Cologne Gazette that Poland seeks alignment with Allied powers.
President Wilson has raised the Russian problem with French leaders and a common policy among allied nations is to be sought at preliminary meetings before the peace conference. The Omsk government is split and not officially recognized, while key Russian figures head to Paris to assist the allies, though their representativeness is doubtful.
Reports from Amsterdam indicate the new German government plans to replace the black white and red flag with the black red and yellow tones of the old Roman empire. The move signals a shift in national symbolism and political alignment.
An English squadron shelled Bolshevik positions along the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, according to an official statement from the Ketnhotar army headquarters.
Captain Platon Oustinoff, ex Hussars, says Bolsheviks plan an army of 3,000,000 to crush conservatives in Russia. He describes daily executions, hostage killings, food shortages, and depredations since Petrograd escape.
President Wilson defies local custom by personally obtaining a wreath for Lafayette’s tomb. He sent Admiral Grayson to buy it, explaining the break in tradition to a florist, and left a personal card reading In Memory of the Great Lafayette From a Fellow Servant of Liberty.
Amsterdam reports former German emperor William Hohenzollern refused to leave the Netherlands after official representations warned his continued presence could cause serious difficulties. The Telegraaf notes he was informed his departure would be welcome to the Dutch government.
Rome reports that Pope Benedict may abandon a nearly fifty year custom and no longer feel bound to stay within Vatican grounds. No pope has left the Vatican since 1871 as a protest against Rome's occupation by the Italian government, fueling public opinion on the issue.
Judge Julian W. Mack of Chicago was elected president of the First American Jewish Congress held in Philadelphia on December 15. A speaker called the congress one of the most momentous epochs in Jewish life as it opened across the continent.
Lisbon reports Dr Brito Camacho leader of the Unionist group in the chamber and Magalhaes Lima head of the Republican party were arrested. Lima placed in custody after a letter addressed to him was found on the assassin of Provident Paes, authorities say.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy arrived in Paris on Wednesday and was welcomed by President Poincare Premier Clemenceau and other ministers. He traveled with his son the Prince of Piedmont on the official visit marking Franco Italian cordial relations.
Four army airplanes from Flockwell field San Diego arrived in New Orleans Sunday, after mapping mall routes and traveling from Baton Rouge.
London report says Lieutenant General Jan Christian Smuts resigns from the war cabinet claiming the war’s end eliminates need for large services. The Express notes his decision reflects a view that major wartime duties are finished.
The supreme military tribunal in Vienna reports that 11 400 people were sentenced to death or execution under Austrian wartime military law. A Berlin dispatch confirms the figures and notes the measures were carried out during the conflict.
The Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, aided by the School of American Research, showcases a revival of ancient American architecture. The Temple of St Francis and the Martyrs houses facades of six Franciscan missions including Acoma and Pecos, reproduced without losing unity. The museum links to the Palace of the Governors holding Taos and Santa Fe art colonies with about 40 internationally noted artists.
A man falls for a stranger he meets from a surface car and proposes marriage to a minister. He then orders furniture from a plan for a three room apartment, arriving eleven minutes later to his new home. The bride questions the timing while he reveals their years of writing moving picture scenarios.
In a humorous exchange, Grump laments having nothing to be thankful for as Gay jokes about being grateful for life and a playful line about a wife insurance policy surfaces, illustrating a witty back and forth sourced from a Boston Evening Transcript snippet.
The Boston Evening Transcript notes a humorous approach to thrift. It quips that refusing old junk would feel wasteful, so the speaker gives it away to feel charitable.
On a Commerical Basle, Gerald gave his grandmother a birthday present worth 15 cents. She praised him as a good lad and offered a nickel in return, prompting him to remind her the gift cost more.
On the street corner a group of boys argued about speaking properly. One boy corrected another and the offender challenged, asking why one must talk proper all the time.
A report notes artificial coloration of goldfish by immersion in colored water. The practice, described as widespread, prompts concerns over animal welfare and consumer transparency in aquarium trade.
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