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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1919
Page
9
President Wilson announces that peace questions with Germany are near complete solution and will be rapidly drafted. German plenipotentiaries invited to Versailles on April 26 to discuss Adriatic and Italy related issues as other settlements proceed to final form.
Rev. Eli M. Mowry of Mansfield Ohio, an American Presbyterian missionary, is confined in a Korean prison but is well treated and has been permitted to write to his wife. Reports that Dr Ansel W Gillis of Mount Pleasant Iowa was arrested are unfounded. his home was searched but he was not taken into custody.
At the 26th annual International Association of Chiefs of Police opening session in New Orleans on April 14, speakers including William A. Pinkerton attributed a rise in daylight robberies to unemployment among discharged soldiers.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper extended the filing deadline to June 6 for corporation income and profits taxes and related returns. The extension covers information, fiduciary, withholding, partnership, and calendar year returns under the revenue law.
A terse fragment reads What? Again as a marked Associated Press style cue. The unreadable text raises uncertainty about the article’s subject and origin.
Geneva April 14 reports say the former Prince Joachim youngest son of the former German emperor hopes to emigrate to America after peace is signed He arrived from Berlin and intends to stay in Switzerland until the peace settlement The Hohenzollerns have bought a large tract near Lugano where the former emperor plans to reside
The U S state department orders a thorough investigation into the shooting of two American citizens in the Tampico oil district and the robbery of a Huasteca Petroleum paymaster of 15000 pesos. George B Hay and Frank Willis were wounded. a Mexican in the party was killed near Hivera with Tampico district garrison stationed there.
Washington April 14 The bureau of standards announces a method to manufacture high grade white paper from cotton linters after months of experiments. The process is expected to be commercially profitable and could create a new paper source while saving thousands of pounds of material once used mainly for explosives. The government reportedly holds several million pounds of linters.
Stephen Bon received a telegram stating Cecil Bon had landed in New York and would proceed to Camp Mills. He served with the army of occupation in Germany, assigned to a machine gun battalion near Coblenz and likely to be mustered out within about two weeks.
Belgium establishes a new department in the ministry of economic affairs with offices in Weisbaden to trace stolen machinery. The commission will contact Belgian manufacturers to locate missing goods and estimates only about 4100? worth of equipment may be recovered.
NEW YORK April 44 Vive ship wrecked sailors and the skipper of the Abandoned three masted schooner Nettie Shipman Captain Beryn Bradford of Eassport Maine arrived to the steamer William B. After borrowing experiences area Which included a losing fight with a tropical storm four days in an open lifeboat and 22 days existence on an island being attacked by natives one they were German it were picked up and brought home During this period they lived to sugar cane and fruit.
The Cheyenne Home Builders Association awarded Archie Allison a contract to erect 24 cottages to ease the local housing shortage. Construction will start once materials arrive, with 12 cottages per block in blocks 24 and 25 bounded by Dillon Street Reed Street Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets. Each five room home will have varied exteriors and sidewalks will be added by the association.
A government report to parliament mentions rioting in Lahore and Allahabad, India, with casualties among Europeans. The details are presented as part of ongoing unrest and fatalities.
Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs began his ten year sentence at Monndeville penitentiary after being sentenced for violation of the espionage act. He was admitted to the prison hospital in Wheeling West Virginia on April 14.
Washington April 14. Wage increases averaging about 15 a month for roughly 69 thousand American RailwayExpress Company employees were announced by Director General Hines. The raise adds about 25 dollars over the January 4 scale.
On the U S submarine chaser No 279 in San Diego a gasoline line explosion sent flames 100 feet high. Ten men were burned two likely fatally. One victim was a truck driver fueling a 660 gallon tank on the vessel. Admiral Fullam ordered an investigation as officials attributed the blast to a spark from the wireless aerial line.
The council of four did not meet this afternoon. President Wilson conferred with the American delegation on the peace conference program of work still to be done.
Paris April 44 The Midtousy states that the Allies have already signaled the Germans who represents the Entente and have assurances that the conditions for peace will be accepted by Germany.
Major J. Wighleyman, master mechanic of the Wyoming division of the Union Pacific, was honored at a banquet at the Industrial club with about 100 guests. Toasts celebrated his return from overseas duty to his railroad post, with remarks from Kelley Vandecutt Bell Clark ONeil Robinson and others. Highleyman spoke of his wartime experiences in France and others urged turnout for the highway bond election and support for the fifth Liberty Loan.
The evening briefing from Banis reports an authoritative agreement on the Rhine frontier, removing the final major obstacle to a peace treaty with Germany. The accord ends months of dispute and paves the way for formal negotiations.
A proclamation announces the Davarian government has fallen and the Hoffman regime has been swept aside. Transportation is restabilized and General Miller's Tolial army is prepared to advance toward Cormang and Po in April.
In St. John’s Newfoundland on April 14 the attempt by Australian aviator Harry G. Munker to cross the Atlantic for the London Daily Mail prize looks unlikely within the next day or two as persistent rain dampens hopes. Captain B P Naynan, the British aviator overseeing Marlingyde plane assembly, plans a trial flight tomorrow.
Advisers from government agencies examined statutes and orders today to find legal authority for the Treasury to enforce war-time prohibition. President Wilson might delegate enforcement power, but funds for hundreds of special prohibition officers appear lacking. The air remains uncertain over how or if prohibition will be enforced amid Treasury and Revenue Bureau questions.
In Berlin center many were killed or wounded during a clash between troops and street vendors. Troops fired on the vendors as the Alexander regiment entered to suppress traffic and remove opposition. Districts remained cordoned and controlled.
Newton D. Baker, the American secretary of war, arrives in Brest at 7 o clock on board the transport Leviathan from New York and proceeds to Paris. General Pershing greets him at the quay as a large assembly of American troops line the harbor in his honor.
Reports from NENSES say communist forces have mastered the city center as heavy fighting erupts in Munich streets. Guards clash with rebels near key public buildings including the central railway station, post office, and telegraph office. casualties include several killed or wounded.
Paris April 14 President Wilson speaks of progress at the peace conference expressing hope that the long disputed questions will be solved soon. He notes that traditions and the effort toward a general settlement are moving toward a final accord.
The final terms set by Allied powers require Germany to pay 100 billion gold marks for losses and damage from the war. Payments are 25 billion within two years, 40 billion over 40 years starting 1921, and 40 billion to be determined by a future commission with a 20 billion upfront payment and adjustable terms.
A contract signed in Cheyenne authorizes the Ohio company to drill multiple wells on section 2 in the Horn Creek field, focusing on the Jones ranch thirty miles north of Cheyenne. The Morse Creek Oil & Gas Co was recently incorporated in Wyoming with capital of 100,000 shared by Colorado & Southern.
Ry Associated Press reports Antonin Marin, long minister, has agreed to form a new cabinet to succeed the ruling administration. The move signals a major reshuffle as Marin prepares to take premier duties in the wake of the current leadership.
Epalin April 14. The strike of water peat and metal workers here continues amid food shortages. Reports say Krupp employers’ strike has ended and new greetings arrive from quarters where the mine at the institute fewnah areny faced disruptions.
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