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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1919
Page
2
Two bills discussed in the legislature propose allowing certain liquors to be served as light drinks. The measures outline licensing, serving limits, and regulatory oversight. Pending committee reviews, no final passage date is set.
A garbled wartime report describes legal battles over alcohol restrictions, court actions in New York, and debates on enforcement amid Prohibition-era tensions. References to the Pelerad District Court, officials, and public sentiment accompany mentions of brewers and enforcement gaps.
Federal authorities announced strict enforcement of a law in Si and ordered police to report violators. Over 54,000 persons were served at cafes last night as downtown Joons bartenders wore black badges and crepe decorated the mirrors.
The president signed the railroad appropriation bill the Indian bill and minor measures while at sea before July 1. It marked the first time a U.S. chief executive affixed signatures away from the continental United States. A pouch with the bills was sent aboard the eastbound transport Great Northern from New York on June 24.
Charles Kramar a delegate to the Peace conference from Czecho Slovakia and prime minister of the Czecho Slovak government was a longtime leader of the Young Czech party in the Austrian Reichsrat. He was arrested early in the war and condemned to death but later reprieved and liberated. His life has been devoted to Bohemian liberty.
Government officials pledge to not raise the blockade until after ratification. Strong emphasis on securing approval before any further maritime restrictions and international commitments are enacted.
A fragmented dispatch covers a peace treaty signaled by Germany, Allied plans, and Turkish negotiations. It contrasts postwar expectations with economic terms, notes leaders unable to attend ceremonies, and reports U S and French actions. Separate items report Berlin and Washington debates on demobilization and enforcement of wartime prohibition, plus bank reserves reaching twenty billion.
Riot police and troops battled rioters in several German cities following disturbances blamed on agitators. Looting and street fighting wounded civilians as soldiers reclaimed streets. Part of the unrest occurred near public buildings while authorities announced troops occupy key centers. Proclamation urged peace, work, and loyalty amid the crisis.
A fragmented report from London notes that the exiled crown prince may be moving into German territories as unrest spreads in Berlin and Hamburg. Royalist circles discuss restoring Junker power while violent clashes and military trepidation rise amid renewed anti communist action. A confidential U.S. dispatch mentions possible reentry by the crown prince and emperor after the peace signing, with Dutch precautions to prevent escapes. Nine hundred interned Germans depart Charleston aboard the Martha Washington for repatriation.
Provision for vigorous maps by the federal government against bomb throwers and other archists and radicals was urged, with a $2,000,000 monthly plan cited. Senate-reported sundry civil appropriation bill also recommends large additional Justice Department appropriations. Meuse argonne casualties totaled 120,000, about 10 percent of those engaged. total belligerent deaths around 7,450,200.
German forces push along the western Polish boundary aiming to sever rail links between Warsaw and Lodz, with heavy artillery strikes on routes toward the Polish heartland. Polish commanders report near Warsaw and Lwowie region actions as inter-Allied decisions affect control of Galicia. Leaders in Hamburg report occupation proceeds, while Russian and Italian developments unfold and the U S discusses ten day recess options for Congress.
The War Department will withdraw offer of service in Europe for recruits under voluntary enlistment. Regular officers overseas to relieve expeditionary forces will be halted. The move follows the improved European situation and the expected peace treaty. Officers anticipate an early return of troops.
Catherine Van Beesley and John Burgess formed a quick crime partnership in Chicago. The 19 year old woman dubbed Katie the holdup queen carried out two weeks of robberies, mostly at saloons and cabarets, and confessed after numerous incidents. Burgess used a revolver at ticket windows while the pair carried cash home, mocking the ease of their crimes. The husband searched for his wife as police closed in.
Police in Pottsville Pa investigate mysterious sounds in a main mercantile and office building reputed to house an alleged ghost. Officers query mischievous boys and consider a cat, but deem the noises too human. Patrols continue until the mystery is solved.
A man named Nicola Muzaario was accosted by two young women in a shoe shine parlor near the Arthur Avenue bridge at eight o'clock. They enticed him to walk with them, where a male assailant emerged with a revolver and demanded money. He handed over $35 before fleeing. the trio disappeared. Police have descriptions of all three suspects.
John Munchomer, nineteen, from Niagara Falls Ontario, was locked in a freight car for three days and deprived of food and water before Canadian officers rescued him in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was deported after being found in the car as it was shunted in Grand Trunk yards.
Versailles June signing ends seven and a half years of global conflict. Delegates from the Allied powers andGermany formalize terms in the Hall of Mirrors as crowds watch in awe. President Wilson and other leaders affix signatures while Smuts signs under protest. Cannon fire marks the ceremony with celebratory mood lingering over the hall.
In Paris the French press hailed the peace treaty but Socialist leader Marcel Cachin criticized the ceremony noting the public was absent from the signing. He argued the signatures do not reflect the people's representatives and that the future of civilization is misunderstood by the signatories.
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