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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1919
Page
2
Premier Orlando of Italy arrives in Paris after a misunderstanding during peace talks. Officials state the visit focuses on reaffirming commitments and outlining next steps for ongoing negotiations.
Paris dispatch reports the Allied peace treaty ready for delivery to the German delegates at Versailles on Wednesday. Italy and the United States conflict lines appeared settled, Belgian objections resolved, and Japan aiming to retain Shantung under China while conceding limited German privileges. Also noted are Mrs Potter Palmer's estate details, mob killings rising in the North, and regional crime statistics.
A large American flag of the legion honoring George Washington’s home is shown at an Anglo American institution. The five battalions of American parentage recall Washington’s era, with the maple leaf overlay on the shield. Queen Mary is to receive the flag and battalion colors may be given to the Sulgrave Manor committee.
A federal board statement notes wartime disabilities among soldiers sailors and marines require vocational retraining. It reports 57,611 cases registered and contact established with over 40,000 more potential cases, highlighting ongoing effort to aid disabled veterans through education programs.
Washington May day enlistments in the school garden army bring total children enrolled to nearly 3,000,000 across United States Hawaii and the Philippines. The education bureau says the 191 goal of 10000000 of foodstuffs from 100000 acres of unproductive land would be reached with fifty thousand teachers directing the army of children gardeners.
Washington reports a Paris note suggesting Italy’s move eases tensions and President Wilson may summon an extra congressional session before June. Indications are he would arrive in the United States shortly before the lay set to convene and could call the session at least a week before June.
Paris reports riot violence with police clashes and a fatal shooting in Cleveland as crowds disrupted labor day events. Police recount 80 officers injured and hundreds affected by rioting as Socialist offices and demonstrations faced police action. In Washington and Paris, threats and attempted attacks tied to political unrest surface amid calls for demobilization and a quicker return of American troops home.
Hungarian Soviet Government staggers as Romanian forces push. Bela Kun seeks terms amid a strategic crisis with shifting front lines and external pressure.
May 3 dispatches describe Bolshevik and Communist tensions across Europe. Bela Kun urges Romanian, Czecho Slovak, and Jugoslav governments to halt hostilities while asserting unreserved recognition of territorial claims. Reports claim Hungarian leadership fled to Vienna, unconfirmed. Jugoslav troops push across demarcation toward Klagenfurt, Villach, and Arnoldstein. Carinthian mobilization orders aim to halt invasion as allied powers seek settlement. Bolshevik forces are noted to be driven from Vilna with Polish actions surrounding Lithuania framed as protective. Continuous uncertainty surrounds Vienna and Berlin reports.
The Ba varian red army commander Herr Exlehofer was shot after a death sentence by court martial. The Hoft finn government reports ten hostages were executed in the Luitpold gymnasium. Also cited is the death of General Nageleichberg among government forces casualties.
General ersh ing has arranged to shift the expeditionary forces’ general headquarters from Chaumont where housed since September 1917 to the Avenue Montaigne building in Paris currently used by American aviation headquarters. The AMERICAD Service OF SUPPLY Wing also moved from Tours to Antwerp Belgium.
Washington. Williams of the Currency said the national banking system is solid as shown by only one small national bank with 25000 capital failing in four months and only two national bank failures in sixteen months. He noted banks are increasing in number and earnings.
Washington plans a special appeal by the federal employment service to secure work for discharged soldiers and sailors. The campaign coincides with Mothers Day on May 11, renaming the day Mothers and Sons Day. Miss Anna Jarvis endorses the plan as founder of Mothers' Day International Association.
Rear Admiral A. W. Grant, previously commanding battleship force No. 1 of the Atlantic fleet, has been transferred to command the Washington navy yard and gun factory. The gun factory stands as the only facility of its kind owned and operated by the navy, marking a significant shift in his duties.
New York May 1 A nationwide bomb conspiracy with IWW Bolshevist ties targeted prominent figures including Postmaster General Burleson Attorney General Palmer Chief Justice Holmes and J P Morgan The bombs mailed from New York prompted arrests and publicized addresses while other cities reported court acquittals and cabinet deliberations in Belgium and Vienna observers note past IWW activity linked to the suspected plot
Western Newspaper Union reports Romanian forces advancing along the Hungarian front have captured 2,000 prisoners including Austrian and German soldiers. One hundred fifty carloads of war material were seized. Arad is reported entered by Romanian forces and the Cap river bridgehead north of Arad occupied. Allied observers say roving Czech Serbian and Rumanian troops plan encirclement of Budapest but not occupation. Budapest Soviet government appeals to Wilson to stop the advancing troops.
The U.S. government contributes 2,000 army cots for homeless residents displaced by wholesale rental evictions in New York. Capt. C. A. Goldsmiths, retired, leads the effort with Mayor Hylan’s rent profiteering committee. Cots to be placed in 38 Protestant churches citywide.
Information from Copenhagen reports a pogrom in Pinsk with fifty six Jews killed and forty imprisoned or mistreated. Three women allegedly flogged, synagogues closed and Jews pressed into forced labor.
Averts food famine in Serbia and typhus threat credited to U S food administration and American Red Cross, with Red Cross HQ at Saloniki confirming. Paris reports Italy likely to accept return to peace conference. Berlin notes ex-kaiser William asks to return to Kadinen estate. Munich train blast injures and kills many. New York recalls Vincent Astor resuming naval duties after 20 months, confirming his submarine claim.
Three nurses Grace Williams Helen Conrad and Clara Bachrath at Winnebago's North Shore Health resort were saved from quicksand after University of Chicago athlete Rubin, recently ill with flu, alerted others. Rubin sprinted to summon aid and, with resort staff and shovels, freed the women who were sinking near Willow Street bluff.
Market notes show Flo Lan Patent item at 98 pounds sold with discount, 8B Hungarian 48 pounds priced for discount, and Hungarian 24 pounds also discount likely. Shipping and packaging details omitted. figures indicate reduced rates on listed goods.
In Bloomfield PA Shermandale reports a Turkey hen nest theft led to four glass eggs and a real snake legend. Mrs Ford placed glass eggs to trap thieves while daily removing real eggs. A large black snake blamed for the theft vanished after a glass egg disappeared and a neighbor found a snake skeleton with a glass egg nearby.
Chicago law student Lawrence Ramm’s tale recalls Ben Franklin era curiosity. Twelve year old Ben and his elder brother John touched a charged wire. John could not release his grip until Lawrence, removing rubber heels, pressed them to the wire and freed him. In St Louis a discharged soldier Ralph Harrison planned a two foot ledge celebration atop the Hotel Jefferson, with staff and spectators persuading him to descend.
In Kansas City a light company worker gained entry to a basement to inspect wires after eyeing a $60 Persian cat. Tabby accompanied him during the intrusion. In Chico a ranch near the town Claude B. Jewett shot himself in the face while hog hunting. doctors removed a breech block from his head and he quipped that it hurt. He probably lost sight in his right eye.
After extensive research Prof Trevor Kincaid of the University of Washington identifies the so called Puget Sound as disclosed in a zoology department report. The finding settles a long standing question about the region with possible implications for marine biology.
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