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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1919
Page
16
Instant death penalty for arms in Berlin is announced as government troops reconquer key sites. Spartacists control the city amid looting and arson. police and civilians suffer, with rampant violence and confiscations in Vorwaerts and Tageblatt districts.
Three trains carrying portions of Bunaet division toward California demobilization passed yesterday afternoon and evening. Red Cross workers greeted troops with fruit, while stories of Tightning Kelley, famed cinder man turned war hero, sparked awe among servicemen as Lieut. Ku Vay praised his Argonne exploits and bayonet prowess.
Insurrectionary forces seize control in Bremen aided by minority socialists. They bar the majority from office and impose Spartacan censorship on bourgeois papers. Radicals overthrow government in several cities and threaten loot of bakeries and factories.
The sailing vessel Mary B Mitchell credited with sinking two German submarines in a single day near Falmouth England Jan 14. The decoy ship armed with a twelve pounder faced submersibles at close range and delivered multiple hits causing both subs to explode and sink.
London reports Lieutenant Charles J. Furney of the British Navy awarded Companion of St Michael and St George medal and a $160,000 grant for his mine protective waterplane invention. The device, likened to a torpedo, features side fins and a supporting wire rope to shield warships from German mines and save crews.
The National War Labor Review details how awards for women mirrored general wage principles. It notes women shared in wage increases with men, though sometimes at lower minimums. The report stresses no special protections beyond standard board guidelines and highlights the wartime wage approach for female workers.
Geneva January report describes Bolshevism spreading in the Rhine valley and Germany. It mentions Madame Valopa, a Russian woman who reportedly returned with 7,006,000 rubles for promoting Bolshevism.
Friends report improved condition for Senator George Young of Sweetwater County who is hospitalized with illness possibly influenza. His absence from senate sessions and mine workers conference disrupts duties as vice president of District 22 United Mine Workers.
Socialists and I W W members failed to secure influence at a Chicago meeting of the International Labor Defence League seeking a new trial for Mooney and Billings. Adolph Germer and Rev St John Tucker attended. protesters blocked the program and lingered in the hall. R A Aseroth of Tacoma urged a resolution demanding release of political and military prisoners.
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