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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
15
The piece cites Charles Dickens predicting future German aggression and Armaments. It recalls his 1851 reply to a peace society and a Chalons inn landlady from Little Dorrit, arguing that some enemies must be crushed like savage beasts.
The commonwealth of Massachusetts and Chile clash over a nearly century old fund. After a 1821 seizure of an American ship in Chile and indemnity payment of 670 400, William H. Gardiner distributed it to heirs, but two Chinese merchants Paqua and Maqua and Thomas Furber remain unlocated. Custodians Robert H. Gardiner and Robert H. Gardiner Jr. now oversee the trust as heirs search records and consular archives for missing claimants.
A street scheme in a large city used a suction pipe to pull money from passers by. A seaworn man shouted through a megaphone soliciting donations while a strong suction drew in crisp bills and worn greenbacks. The gimmick attracted crowds and produced many contributions.
An unm arketed invention for rapid bandage production uses an electric roller to form five yard rolls. It promises great time and labor savings and easy operation, freeing the operator to keep both hands on the bandage while the previous hand rollers required skill and exertion.
George Hoy, a Japanese resident of Juneau Alaska, grows a wartime garden in a mosquito swamp. Radishes sprout green tops to spell Liberty while a red sweet pea cross and a nearby bell formed by flowers and rocks attract admiring visitors.
The Journal of the American Medical Association notes that scarlet fever measles and diphtheria cost Chicago 7562442 in a year. The report argues this reflects carelessness and indifference and could be reduced by preventive precautions.
Bolsheviki faced opposition while Germany shifted support to Ebert backed government with expanded power. Poland's aggressive posture drew regional concern as postwar policy debates intensified across Europe.
Edward W. Pickard notes President Wilson’s reception in France and Europe. Wilson travels with fourteen points but shows willingness to hear other nations’ views and aims for a balanced peace. He seeks a league of nations framework without any single power dictating actions.
The article notes Wilson's stance on a League of Nations aligns with British and French approval while American opposition grows in Congress. It mentions Senator Bourgeois as league president, Clemenceau's reception of a drafted plan, and Taft's counter to Republican resistance. It also discusses indemnity aims and the Allied insistence on German reparations.
America's delegates and Britain agree to a plan to destroy surrendered enemy warships to avoid disputes over distribution. Wilson reassures Lloyd George on British naval safety as peace talks progress in Paris. Meanwhile Germany forms a national assembly plan as Bolshevik advances continue in the east and Poland expands eastward with 1.5 million mobilized forces.
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