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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1919
Page
2
German forces remain entrenched in Silesia as fighting erupts with Polish troops. Reports indicate heavy casualties on both sides as the front lines hold firm and allies monitor the disruption of regional control.
A German dispatch reports Ukrainian forces in Przemysl and suburbs of Lemberg while Polish and German authorities in Silesia prepare for resistance. Civilian casualties and supply depots are noted as the war spreads, with reports of destruction in Gulf states from storms and tornadoes causing extensive property damage and loss.
Washington authority of Postmaster General Burleson to raise telephone rates faces court review. Proceedings question past rate orders and whether the court will require a test case for delegates at a distant conference. Delegates may be authorized to negotiate if the issue is pressed.
In Berlin, Mathias Rea head of the German armistice commission urged forming a real League of Nations. He warned the nation would face a referendum if the peace treaty with conditions persists and Germany’s National Assembly refuses assent.
Report from Krankfort states French forces have taken the Rid Ain bridge across the Main in the western suburb of Rodenheim. Notices posted claim the passage is open to all traffic.
New York harbor tensions ease as government officials and workers’ leaders report a path to normal traffic. Army and Navy coordination, with private shipowners, aims to deploy tugs and barges for public service while safeguarding safety. Officials promise government commandeering if private owners refuse.
Berlin reports the forthcoming fond and Shipping conference in Brussels will address German dispositions. The German fleet includes about 1,186,700 acres tons with 2000 ton vessels. The salting certt and Sintsteuiees will be presented as part of the war era naval surrender context to the entente.
A report outlines a sequence of talks with President Wilson over the weekend focusing on Germany’s war debt. The tentative plan fixes repayment at about 1 billion dollars annually for thirty years, amid discussions of allied financial settlements. Bandits raid border ranches as James J. Hornbrook is assigned to border investigations, with Villa activity noted near Ascension.
Five hundred heat special officers of the internat newureau are being organized by Daniel L. Porter assistant chief of WengORIS to operate on the day prohibition becomes active. The government action marks the first indication of enforcement plans with Porter directing all law enforcement in the second revenue district and authority to build his own organization.
A chaotic scene erupts at the American Legation in Tianjin as U S consular staff contend with inebriated American Marines and disciplined Japanese forces in a tense clash. Public security officials investigate the incident and assess diplomatic repercussions.
Early reports allege American marines caused disturbances in Tien Tsin, with Japanese forces also implicated. The French concession saw shootings and hospital transfers as officials investigate blame. The American legation and Theodore Kane deny Marine involvement, attributing tensions to soldiers and Japanese, while officials sort mixed accounts.
Rhode Island may sue to test the constitutionality of the prohibition amendment if a legislative resolution is passed instructing the attorney general to begin action in the state name against every state that has ratified the amendment. The move would be a unprecedented legal step and could involve actions against other states.
The Lithuanian press bureau reports an eighteen man scout was encircled by 100 Bolsheviks and refused surrender, fighting to the last. Fifty Bolsheviks died. Bolsheviks allegedly buried Lithuanians alive in a single grave, later exhumed by countrymen after retreat.
Dispatches report Peking-American Marines forced entry into the Japanese consulate in Tien Tsin after clashes in the Japanese concession. Americans, angered by rough treatment, were driven out by Japanese troops with fixed bayonets, two wounded seriously.
London reports detail Spartacan violence across Germany with robbing, killings, and decapitations amid general strikes and government troops struggling to reclaim areas. Major Noske faces demands for unconditional surrender as Spartacans hold Berlin suburbs like Weissensee and Copenick.
Berlin under secretary of state von Braun, before departing for Brussels, told a correspondent Germany is prepared to surrender its mercantile fleet and securities in exchange for a definite food delivery agreement tied to the next harvest.
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports March 15 that at a British empire peace delegation meeting, draft covenants of the League of Nations were discussed focusing on British naval needs. A British admiralty memorandum discusses effects on naval strength and defense, with Wilson, Lloyd George, and Clemenceau briefing Col. House on economic conditions and reparations debates.
In Chicago a father named Joseph Bensinger admitted punishing his children by holding their hands on a hot stove after a curtain fire. The three injured boys Frank Michael Bustle testified, while the mother defended him. He was fined 200 pounds with costs and payment postponed pending investigation.
Brussels reports on talks ahead of Germany taking over the merchant fleet and provisioning. Subcommittees on food supply and merchant shipping met with Hoover as the sole speaker. Germans urged military control while Allies insisted civilian German authorities provide regular accounts and statistics.
August Puren, 33, 6 foot 0, violently attacked in Carbondale after leaving a hotel. He wrecked the Carbondale post office breaking every window and charged into the Presbyterian church destroying the pulpit, pews, stained glass, hymnals, and Bible before five policemen restrained him. He blamed his distress on a vanished romance.
On March 12, anarchists were repulsed in a bid to sever communications between American and allied columns along the Dvina and Vaga rivers. The assault yielded fifty seven dens and four prisoners for the enemy, with one allied soldier wounded. Pro-Bilkhevist addresses on Russia’s revolution anniversary led to arrests by the provisional government.
Japanese ambassador Viscount Ishii urged race equality action at the peace conference held in New York before the Japan Society. He argued race equality would significantly aid permanent peace and said a League of Nations would be incomplete without addressing evident prejudice.
John O Riley a 70 year old man from Kansas City Missouri admitted he planned to become drunk after 50 years of marriage to see how it felt. His wife had him arrested and before Judge Casimer Welch the “good natured” drunk promised never to do it again. He declared his curiosity satisfied.
Dispatch from Petrograd reports that all relatives and officers of the Eighty-sixth Russian regiment who defected to the White Guards have been executed. Delegates discuss bridging the gap between peace treaty signing and Senate ratification by a modus vivendi to end hostilities and resume normal trade without delaying war legislation.
In Carniola the German language Gottschee district with one town and 171 villages presents to the American commission under Prof. Coolidge a memorandum seeking permission to form a neutral republic under American protectorate. The proposal envisions a Slay territory.
In New Bedford Mass Miss Nancy Butler broke off an engagement years earlier. She later moved to Providence R I and married twice. She learned Mr Wallace, a wealthy Manchester N H bachelor, died and left $10 000 and his automobile to the youth she once loved.
The cotton futures rider to the guarantee wheat price bill signed by President has been enacted and becomes effective. Only thirteen grades from low middling up may be delivered on future contracts, and all cotton delivered must be classified by government graders.
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