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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1919
Page
2
The United States will investigate shipment of arms and ammunition tied to Mexico. Officials say any illicit transfers will be examined, with potential implications for national security and border policy.
News agency dispatch from New York reports plans to push for a definite policy toward Mexico and its revolution. Attendees outline aims to safeguard American rights, property, and safety, while urging cooperation with Mexican authorities and relief committees.
Fragmentary report notes a memorial in France to the American dead near Rheims. The effort is linked to the American fund for the wounded with Paris headquarters confirming French government backing on the project.
In London the government weighs a postwar project to bore a tunnel beneath the English Channel to France. Andrew Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons that Lloyd George discussed the plan as a way to provide work for discharged soldiers. Reported joint consent by British and French governments boosts the proposal.
American main headquarters approves employing 10 000 to 15 000 German civilians in road repair in the American zone. Workers may be paid partly in rations due to food shortages. Third Army officers believe the plan will secure sufficient labor for the road project.
The federal vocational education board, after discharge of about 13 000 disabled men, now seeks to contact them to inform about Congress benefits. It asks anyone knowing such veterans to send names and addresses to its Washington headquarters.
The dispatch outlines debates over peace terms with Germany and the League covenant. It notes hesitation to finalize before the treaty is signed, mentions commissions favoring certain conditions for the Moslems, and cites Berlin discussions on a soviet German government and alleged bank influence in elections.
The article notes unrest in Finland and Scandinavia amid revolutionary agitation, with Kirkennis citing Aftenposten on plans to push revolution into Finland. It mentions France backing popular restaurants and a 500 000 France support figure, plus dire European food conditions as stated by George H. Roberts the food minister, detailing hunger in Romania, Serbia, Austria, and Germany since the armistice.
The French government began its campaign against the cost of living by opening nine barracks to sell foodstuffs directly to consumers. Located in crowded poorer quarters, each site drew long queues of hatless, cold women awaiting service outside while a correspondent observed the scene.
Korean National Independence Union calls for independence from Japanese rule as it seeks to mobilize support and establish sovereignty for Korea amid ongoing resistance movements.
San Francisco reports cable from Shanghai announcing Korea's independence from Japan declared March 1 in Seoul and other cities by the Korea Independence Union. Delega t es to Washington plan to seek Paris visas. Noske crackdown in Berlin yields high casualties. Germany to meet armistice terms under Allied control of merchant fleet. Civil health, illegal vouchers, and a Seattle shipyard strike vote complete a broad wartime summary.
Huge mortars on concrete emplacements with half ton projectiles stood among flowers and shrubs in private gardens across New York City and along the Atlantic coast ready to repel German naval or airship attacks Maximilian Tech told the New York section of the American Chemical Society
Western Newspaper Union dispatch from Berlin reports that the Independent Socialists back away from the strike, seeking to offload rioting blame onto the Spartacans. Noske orders arrests of strike leaders, while a draft socialization law seeks state control over coal, water, and power industries amid tensions with Spartacists marching on Koenigsberg. Banks of looting in Berlin, and a Washington memo lists major congressional measures left undone.
Red and government troops clash in Berlin with heavy casualties as street fighting continues. Reports indicate thousands are caught in the violence amid ongoing confrontations in the city.
Berlin reports say most important buildings are in government hands with a strong prospect of order. Scores killed and wounded in recent fighting, with government troops advancing from multiple fronts toward police headquarters and royal guards dissolving under pressure. London and Paris dispatches note rioting at Rhyl camp and typhus concerns while clemency moves unfold in Washington and new custodian appointed in the Palmer case.
Stephen Leyser an eighteen year old known to police as Yellow Spot pleaded guilty to stealing an overcoat from a tailor shop and was sent to the state reformatory. He admitted years of burglaries averaging less than five hundred dollars in total and promised to reform. He left cards and notes at crime scenes denouncing police and warning of criminals who favor moving picture shows.
In police court Judge Hogan refused to fine a woman who posed as a man for two years and married her cousin. Mrs. Schmidt wore trousers and a punch back coat to earn $80 monthly as a man and $6 weekly as a woman. The judge noted the attire was not unbecoming and the defendant left with a smile.
In San Bernardino California a 24 year old identified as John Bauer lived as a man for eight years and evaded draft registration until discovered. She fled to Death Valley to protect her secret after the draft law exposed her. The case highlights gender disguise and military policy in the era.
Market notes list bid and asking figures for Hungarian imports and linseed from Duluth and Chicago. Butter, eggs, and creamery products show mixed prices across regions. Cattle quotes range from prime to canner stock with several grade distinctions and futures for March and December cotton also noted.
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