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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1919
Page
3
A Lithuanian soldier killed a defender while attacking a Red Cross facility near the American mission. The incident occurred amid mounting tensions as international aid workers faced violence. Local authorities investigated the assault and secured the area.
Allied investigators report calls for arming Lithuanian workers and mobilizing reserves as the front line in defense of Lithuania’s independence. A series of government appeals seeks to suppress dissent, while German and Russian forces clash near Kovno. An American mission is attacked while defending the area, and a Lithuanian soldier dies.
Germany will send full power delegates to the Versailles congress including Count von Hroekdorff-Ranta minister for foreign affairs, Landsberg for publicity, Dr Theodor Molager of the Warfare Bank, Herr Seigert president of the Prussian Assembly, and the Soviet congress.
The treasury announces the sale of a 54 million block of treasury certificates of indebtedness dated May 1 and maturing October 7 with a 4 percent rate. Subscriptions are accepted through May 6 and certificates maturing May 6 will be applied to the new issue as payment. This is the tenth bi weekly issue linked to the Victory Liberty Loan.
Paris reports rapid drafting of the peace treaty outlines to present to German delegates upon their Versailles arrival. The document opens with protocol listing belligerents and plenipotentiaries, followed by a brief declaration of aims and a League of Nations provision as leading article.
An American correspondent recounts a passive revolution against Japanese rule in Korea from March 1 to March 15. The series of graphic reports was prepared for the American government and sent to the minister at Peking detailing sensational events.
Report says communists in Munich have not been mastered with heavy fighting in the streets between Red Guards and government troops. Central railway station post office telegraph office and other public buildings remain in communist hands as mine throwers are used in recapture. Several killed or wounded.
It is believed that President Wilson will convene Congress by June 1 to discuss urgent legislative action. The move signals a formal push for additional sessions to address pressing war and domestic policy needs.
Reports from Paris in April indicate President Wilson may sail home by May 1 or soon after as talks with the Four keep pace. German plans to delay the peace treaty surface amid tensions over the border and Adriatic claims. A petition by French women demands punishment of those responsible for deportations from Lille and surrounding towns.
The French press reports a two part German deal. One part pledges compliance with all allied terms, the other to be argued by Austrian Bulgarian and Turkish delegates. Paris says final Versailles draft plans will remain secret until delivery.
A conference between strikers and company officials announced an understanding that employees have returned to work and service has been restored pending detailed wage matters. The strike crippled New England service prior to the settlement.
The Saxonia propeller struck the tug Freehold as she attempted to warp the liner Saxonia into her pier on the Hudson. Three Freehold crewmen remain missing after the collision. Survivors tell of a brief fight to stay afloat and the sinking of the tug.
London April 17 allied representatives in Paris have reached a complete understanding on fundamental questions for peace with Germany Premier George told the House of Commons the allies formalized demands and hoped to present them soon He warned the situation remains perilous and urged unity while defending the Vienna comparison and the need for the League of Nations to correct possible errors He stressed not all new states are defined but some form is evident and warned against premature publication of peace terms to avoid aiding the enemy.
Berlin dispatch says Germany will send three envoys to Versailles to obtain the peace preliminaries. The delegation will be led by Minister von Haniel with Herren von Keller and Ernest Schmitt as associates, and will include two officials and two chancery servants.
In La Porte Indiana six children were killed and another fatally injured when a west bound Grand Trunk mail train struck a school wagon at Reade crossing east of Kingsbury. The wagon was driven by Mrs Walter Johnson. she her husband and two small children escaped with slight injuries.
Vienna reports say control of the city has passed to a soldiers council after quiet initial unrest and property seizure for those unable to resist. The Volkswehr polices the city while two battalions occupy the parliament building. Col. Stuessel Wimmer leads orders from the council, with Allied pressure to avoid further food shortages. Demonstrations surfaced at the war office during visits by Hungarian officials, amid claims Americans favor the Bolsheviks.
Strike action by metal workers and bank employees has reached department stores and specialty shops in Berlin. Police seized 200000 copies of the Red Flag printed in Leipzig destined for a Berlin suburb, seen as a radical attempt to trigger a nationwide shut down.
Berne soldiers and non commissioned officers in the German army threaten a strike if an order to place pay on peacetime basis is not rescinded. They argue peacetime pay is insufficient given the high cost of food and have presented their claims to the high command, which referred them to the Welmar cabinet.
Chicago reader report details the arrest of Enoch Arden Shelton on disorderly conduct after a custody dispute over eight year old Frederick. Mrs Catherine Shelton of De Soto Illinois accused him, while also seeking divorce from Harold Masey whom she married in 1918 under the belief Shelton was dead.
Four boys aged 11 to 14 in Schenectady New York printed a false obituary for their teacher Miss Maud A Stewart after disliking her. The obituary claimed she died of heart trouble and listed a funeral date and location. The teacher remains alive and the four youths were arrested.
A Chicago native, Stafford Bishop, married in Denver Chicago Montreal Syracuse and Montreal again, then jailed after a quarrel with his second wife and later wed Mrs Nel Ne Van Alstine. Fire saved by vinegar as gallons used to quell Mill Creek blaze, Italian family housed. A Atlanta man jailed for loitering after mistaking moonlight for day.
In Los Angeles, a stranger cried See that sign as a warning before escaping with Joe Morillon’s purse containing $55. The sign read Beware of Pickpockets, and Morillon realized the theft after the assailant vanished.
Western Union Denver market notes show prices for alfalfa hay furf, grade wool, hides and miscellaneous commodities with per ton and per pound figures. The piece also notes a boxing match in London with American welterweight Augie Ratner slated to meet Johnny Be shan at the National Sporting Club on June 16.
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