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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
2
President Wilson, in Paris, lauded the six months of diplomacy with President Poincare and the peace conference delegates. He said the talks formed a lasting partnership, begun a cooperative plan to broaden and deepen ties, and warned that future aggression would be vanquished and shamed.
Washington officials announced a plan in the sundry civil appropriation bill to fund a vigorous federal campaign against bomb throwers anarchists and radicals allegedly plotting to overthrow the government. The measure calls for about 2,000,000 monthly and includes large extra Justice Department appropriations and permanent wartime controls on explosives.
Postmaster General Burleson told an AFL committee he would not order telegraph firms to reemploy striking workers. He said the decision rests with company managers, as strikers violated wire control and war labor board rules.
The twenty second annual convention of the National Association of Sket tall Grocers concluded in Atlanta Georgia with brief addresses from new and outgoing officers. General congratulations were offered for a successful gathering. The event drew about 120 attendees and Atlanta was selected as the 192? meeting site.
Two Mexican boys died when a party airplane operated by a border patrol squadron struck them during a landing in high wind near Marfo Texas. The incident occurred as the aircraft attempted to land and the plane crashed or veered off, resulting in fatalities. Authorities investigated the crash and the plane’s operator faced questions about control and safety procedures.
Joshua A. Leach, age 70, founder in 1878 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, died in a Denver hotel during attendance at a Brotherhood convention. He was a Sedalia, Missouri native.
Former German crown prince Frederick William Hohenzollern escapes from Holland into Germany amid peace talks. Reported plans imply potential military moves by Germany’s old guard to disrupt treaty enforcement. ex-emperor William may also seek to return to Germany, with Dutch authorities tolerating his presence.
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph workers announce end of all negotiations with the company until its current stance changes. Union representatives say talks concluded after a conference on Wednesday.
Robert A. Brown cashier of the closed City Bank and Trust surrendered at the sheriff's office in Denver Colorado. He was arraigned on a grand larceny charge involving a check for 82004 dollars.
Lieutenant General Sir David Henderson of England, recently named director general of the world league of Red Cross societies formed in Paris, appears in a new photograph.
Dr Bolvian Northcott accused of murdering Miak des Beed, an army nurse, with a jury verdict in Kaiwood finding second degree murder and related charges. The case centered on the physician defendant and the slain nurse's death.
Gordon Fawcett Hamby who fired the shot in a December daylight hold up at the Kast Brooklyn Savings Bank has been sentenced to death. The robbery involved a teller and a dramatic shootout in Brooklyn, New York.
Senate passes army appropriation bill totaling 888 million dollars with provisions for 400000 troops next year. Principal items include 215.9 million for pay 523.9 million for subsistence and transport 54.4 million for aviation 12.4 million for national guard 19 million for ordnance and 45 million for storage and shipping facilities. Amendment reduces Dayton Wright aviation field purchase to 2.66 million. Service in Europe for volunteers will be withdrawn and regular officers to return home as peace nears.
The War Department plans a transcontinental motor transport corps tour from Washington on July 7 to San Francisco covering 020 miles. Two full truck companies will operate about sixty trucks with auxiliary units including anti aircraft engineer medical field artillery and air service sections. The convoy will include ten officers and 210 men of the motor transport corps and two officers and 30 men of the engineer corps.
report from London states Admiral von Reuter who commanded the German fleet at Scapa Flow is to be tried for breaching the Armistice Conditions after the fleet was scuttled. The claim comes from a daily paper.
American embassy staff assist French brides of soldiers as they rush passport papers and visas for travel to the United States amid a hectic night and day effort.
A Union Pacific train carrying 188 soldiers toward San Francisco derailed when the locomotive exploded near Sehuylur Nebraska. All troops escaped injury, with crews aiding the evacuation and securing the scene.
Washington conferees agree to repeal government control of telegraph and wire systems returning them to private operation at midnight July 31. Rates will continue for four months unless changed by state commissions, balancing the Senate and House plans.
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau intends to resign as soon as the treaty is promulgated after declaring his war mission accomplished. Marcel Hutin writes in the acte de Paris that parliament is expected to ratify the treaty in June.
The German government agrees to sign the peace terms amid patriotic denunciations across Germany reported by the Copenhagen correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph.
Federal troops and Villa forces clashed over Villa Alwinada with heavy casualties. Official dispatch reports scores of Villa soldiers killed and many wounded in the confrontation.
Weimar government formally communicates willingness to sign unconditionally the peace terms. Berlin accepts the treaty while insisting that the peace deal is a peace of violence, with Germany to surrender Alsace Lorraine and large territorial losses, disarm, and accept long allied occupation.
Fergus FallsMinn three funnel shaped clouds struck causing 44 deaths 15 missing and 1500 left homeless. About 500 stores and residences were demolished with property losses exceeding a billion dollars. Northwestern Fergus Falls lies in ruins as public buildings churches and hospitals sustain heavy damage.
Weimar reports that German warships not surrendered to the allies were sunk at Kiel Wilhelmshaven and other points. The action appears to be by German forces thinning and scuttling vessels rather than surrendering.
An aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Coleone E B Claggett struck during landing at Brookline field killing two children and injuring another. The observer aboard was slightly hurt.
New York counselor Frank L. Polk, acting secretary of state, was named June 22 by President Wilson to head the newly created undersecretary of state office.
A government summary cites 120000 American casualties in forty seven days of the Meuse Argonne offensive and shows two per hundred killed or died. It lists global battle deaths, force totals, overseas troops, drafts, and costs through April 1919, noting two of every three American soldiers who reached France fought.
National Retail Grocers Association holds its 1960 convention in Salt Lake City starting June 22. Discussions cover wartime roles and postwar reconstruction, call for greater grocer cooperation, packers’ reform, price discrimination laws, criticisms of cash and carry and chain stores, and a predicted price drop within thirty days after peace treaty signing.
Washington reports the national war labor board on June 25 ended its active duties in preparation for final dissolution by the president. No new cases will be heard or applications received, but current controversies will be settled.
Sixty six German seamen interned at Fort McPherson since the U S entry to the war departed Tuesday night for Charleston South Carolina where they will embark for Germany aboard a transport ship.
Reports from Geneva to Paris papers say exiled Greek monarch Constantine I now faces financial difficulties while residing in Switzerland.
More than 8000 soldiers, many overseas, have notified Secretary Lane of their desire to obtain farms under the plan endorsed by him and now before the public lands committee.
Exports continued rising in May as the United States posted a foreign trade profit of 87, a figure that surpasses the prior record set in 2017. The first eleven months of the fiscal year show a $141 million year over year increase in trade gains.
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