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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1919
Page
16
Chicago January 21 Mahop Thomas Nicholson of Chicago outlined a Methodists program to raise 115000000 in five years. The plan envisions open Christian standards governing world affairs and fair treatment of all. It calls for improved housing and schools and broad education efforts in India China and Russia.
Delegates arriving report wild rumors about disturbances in Poland and an alleged wounding of Paderewski. Most rumors trace to German origins, with a Vienna dispatch claiming Paderewski was slightly wounded in Warsaw, though no direct confirmation exists.
A fragmentary report notes Canada and the United States debating food relief efforts amid wartime shortages. It mentions Herbert Hoover opposing certain approaches and references Calder and provincial farming efforts as captions of the broader struggle to avert global famine.
Prolonged debate and growing opposition blocked a Senate vote on a 109 million dollar famine relief bill for Europe requested by President Wilson. Republicans Harding Johnson Poindexter attacked the measure while Weeks Hollis and New Hampshire Democrat supported it. An amendment by Penrose proposed placing fund administration under a three member presidentially confirmed committee subject to Congress.
London reports the Bolsheviki plan broad revolutions across Asia Africa and India with agents to sow disorder. A weak Kiev directorate and uncertainty in Ukraine hint at possible alignment with reds while Bolshevik influence grows in Kigy as General Lura’s forces oppose them.
Representative Mann told the House only four of 14 appropriation measures had passed in the short session and six more bills remain. He questioned whether the president directed Democrats to force an extra session. He cited a censorship bill and wheat purchase price bills among other unusual measures. The same article notes the House committee was told the U S will pay actual transport costs for troops home, and a note on British ship food practices.
Geneva reports the Swiss government will bar Bolshevik agitators from cantons and seal borders to prevent foreign subversive influence. President Calonder asserts Switzerland will act energetically against disorder and aims to deter any general strike linked to foreign propaganda.
The federal assembly declared it will support the federal council in measures against anti constitutional actions and urged energetic action to preserve public order. Readers understood Swiss resolve against Bolshevism as Europe faces threat from Bolshevik power in Russia and nearby Germany and Austria.
An adjourned conference in London with Samuel Gompers and British labor leaders reached an agreement to form a nucleus for an international trades union congress. A five member committee will meet British labor to organize the congress and set an early date to meet alongside the peace congress.
A letter dated June 24 1918 written by Major General Frank McIntyre and addressed to Dickerson is read into the Senate committee record investigating German propaganda. The missive notes Dickerson’s alleged wartime writings for Viereck and Wynghie, and discusses labor leaders and upcoming conferences in Berne.
Madame Jacques Lebaudy, held by Nassau county grand jury for first degree murder, returned home in Minneola. She admits killing her eccentric husband, titled Emperor of the Sales, on January 17, claiming preservation of happiness. She appears near nervous collapse, accompanied by her 16 year old daughter.
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