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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
3
London dispatch reports Bolshevists gaining power in Russia and border state German withdrawals raise Allied concerns about Russia policy. Mixed views from Allied experts and newspapers warn against a large winter expedition to Petrograd and Russia, while the public debates extend to American involvement.
Census figures released show influenza caused 66 644 deaths from September 14 to December 14 in the larger city region while pneumonia killed 1 703 more. Washington and Idaho figures are cited with the total tolls.
A government document states the proclamation concerning the upcoming Dakota bound border defenses has been completed. The deputy governor confirmed the work on the document and its backing organization.
London Times dispatch from Paris notes delays in starting the inter allied peace conference while troops seek home and Britain pressures for swift agreement on core principles. Editorials in Journal des Debats warn against bureaucratic invasion and calls for practical commissions to handle urgent issues.
Washington December 20 The Hog Island shipyard cost is estimated at 63 2 million by the Shipping Board emergency feet corporation manager. The yard has delivered one ship and laid 60 keels with completion expected in 60 days. Previous scales put costs at 21 2 million and later 27 million. A January survey will assess whether the American International Corp may reduce operating expenses and if the government should assume control. Expenditures to date total about 58 million with no payments yet to the A I Shipbuilding corporation.
The Senate discussed repealing the wartime mail rate system starting July 1 and adopting a modified zone system as a substitute. Debate was not expected to be extended as lawmakers aimed for an up or down vote by next Monday to finish before Christmas.
Washington December 20 Representative Rayel Jorneon who was overseas over a bit has recovered and won in the House today. He was appointed as he entered.
Amerongen Holland December 20 The ex emperor Wilhelm II is bedbound since Sunday due to a chill and ear infection A Utrecht specialist tends him His five weeks of worry and confinement have aged him The empress and Capt Sigurd Von Isemann remain as his main attendants No outsiders are allowed on castle grounds with close village surveillance
Paris reports Wilson may cut his European trip short to return to Washington sooner than planned. London eyes a grand welcome similar to Paris with large demonstrations while ongoing debates over Russia policy freedom of the seas and the league of nations shape his visit.
In Dublin Lord Mayor, a Sinn Feiner, calls mass meeting to invite President Wilson to Ireland with planned similar events nationwide. London report of Sinn Fein delegates to Parlia ment debated but considered unlikely by authorities.
The National War Labor Board assumed jurisdiction in the New York harbor boatmen wage dispute and scheduled a 10 o clock Saturday hearing in New York. T O Connor representing the employees said he would communicate by telephone with the men and expected the strike set for tomorrow to be postponed.
Berlin reports a December 29 conference of representatives from all states of the former empire to elect a president of the German republic to prevent further unrest. Berlin observers expect a new executive committee to align with the government amid soldiers and workers councils.
Berlin reports proposals for a German republic president to be elected Sunday to reassure allies. Harden calls for Kaiser trial amid peace conference urgency. Neu Ocean bolshevist regime crushed. Danzig sees serious disorders with prisons opened and inmates freed.
War department announced today that the transport George Washington has returned to the United States with the 189th field artillery and associated units from France. About 4,000 officers and men sailed home on seven ships, including the Saxonia Moccasin Heredia Cartago Six ael and Bellatrix, with additional casuals aboard.
Four associates of Mrs Bila Flagg Young former Chicago superintendent of schools inherit portions of a $50 000 estate under the will announced today Laura T Brayton her companion of 20 years receives two fifths of the estate The Chicago Board of Education will receive a share at the death of the locus of the estate remains unclear due to damaged text
Washington December 9 The race for speaker of the next House of Representatives narrows to three: Mann of Illinois backed by the Midwest delegation. Gillett of Massachusetts working to announce formally. and Wess of Ohio seen as likely to be urged by the Ohio delegation. Fees faces Midwest progressive support if a chance remains. Other names including Khan Towner and Campbell are proposed as largely symbolic.
A nine member American Jewish congress delegation will present a proposed bill of rights to the Versailles peace conference. The draft guarantees citizenship for displaced Jews within ten years, equal rights, minority representation, autonomous communal management, language freedom, and Sabbath observance protections, with Judge Julian W. Mack leading and Bernard G. Richards as secretary.
Chicago receives its first air mail by train with Aviator A B Johnson due to arrive from Hellefont Pennsylvania to deliver mail before turning eastward. A broken propeller forced Ebersole to abandon his planned eastbound flight yesterday. Johnson set to depart at 6 a.m. tomorrow.
Washington announces the Interstate Commerce Committee will open hearings on rebroad legislation January 2 with Director General McAdoo as the first witness. The process aims to be concluded quickly and is separate from a joint congressional committee inquiry.
Reports from Varis and Berlin detail the Spartacus platform calling for a socialist republic, confiscation of wealth, six hour workday, soviets to replace legislatures, and seizure of arms. The Ebert Haase government faces radical demonstrations and minister resignations as the crisis deepens.
Washington predicts ratification of the prohibition amendment by the required three fourths of states by next February. A Methodist Church board cites fifteen states already approving and forecasts favorable action from legislatures meeting next month. Several states are listed as hopeful, others as even or likely opposed.
San Francisco December 18. W H Hardy chief freight agent of the Southern Pacific and James Light were shot and seriously wounded by an apparent dispute with William Servos a transcontinental freight inspector. Servos was arrested after the incident at his office early today.
A Madrid dispatch to the Morning Item reports the Spanish government may suspend constitutional guarantees in Barcelona and Bilbao amid the Mathalonic disturbances. A December 9 fleet of 12 American warships aided in enforcing supremacy along the Hudson, as Riverside Drive decorates for the season.
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