World League Covenant Details Revealed at Paris
Washington reports the revised league covenant to be presented at Paris outlines original members including self governing British dominions and 31 states, plus 13 invited for accession. It lists guarantees, assembly and council structure, veto rules, and provisions for withdrawal, armament limits, mandates, and non member cooperation, with unanimity required for all decisions.
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Turks Kill an Envoy Talk Exposes Armenian Peril
A US memorandum from the State Department urged Wilson to press for modified Turkish armistice terms to permit expulsion of Turkish authorities from Armenian provinces, amid claims delays at the peace conference allow Turkish extermination of Armenians. Italiana Acclaim Orlando Return at Rome parade greeted premier Vittorio Orlando returning from Paris with massive cheers and Italian triumph symbols.
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Happenings of the World Tersely Told
A digest of world notes reports David Veriny of New York, a rail division official, dying in Baltimore. Lord Cottenham wed in London. Patricia Burke of California heiress marries an 1918 bid. Julius Barnes named wheat director by Wilson at New York Food Administration office. Des Moines selected as next Methodist conference site in Cincinnati committee, and Wilson states Italy cannot claim the Adriatic. Lloyd George to meet Dunne and Walsh in Paris. Americans urged by Irish groups to push for Ireland at Versailles. Four Power council informs Germany that Versailles reps must carry plenipotentiary authority.
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War Department reports troops in sea return and sales total
Washington announces 140 278 army troops overseas are at sea returning home. Surplus sales through April 17 reach 140 723 850 with railway rolling stock near 70 million. The Tennessee superdreadnaught launched April 30 at New York Navy Yard. President Wilson’s Victory Liberty loan message read by army officer to 15 000 at Treasury steps via wireless and sound amplifier.
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Foreign A London Dispatch Reports Uralsk Offensive
London dispatch notes Ural Cos and Siberian forces led by Admiral Kolthak have begun an offensive around Uralsk in southeastern Rue aia south of Sanmara and captured several villages west of Uralsk. Other items include Pershing's planned London visit with honors and France offering 1,000,000 workers to rebuild northern France.
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Iowa state news items of notable events across counties
Iowa farms report silo prevalence in Clayton county while Floyd county forms a fleece growers group. Dows streets get 4000 loads of gravel. Cedar Rapids inventor G M Mason unveils an electric radar. Hampton hotel delays due to beds. Decatur county debates a county fair. Marshalltown to gain a 55000 moving picture theater. Judge C B Robbins heads home from France. Waukon women push for a state park on Yellow River. Congressman Towner backs repeal of daylight saving. A Cuban-marked snake appears in a Clarinda banana. Mrs Lydia Sperry, 99, West Union pioneer, dies. Edwin Piper’s poem praised in literary circles. Iowa City engineers win 300000 public works contract at Marengo. FP Everest named receiver for Lee Light and Power, Clarinda. Redfield votes 50000 schoolhouse funding. Sergt Emil Leiser sends German skull to family. State teachers’ college flooded with requests. Hampton contractor A A Hamsley shot and killed, killer suicide. Two brothers reunite at Camp Dodge and Fort Des Moines. Two Iowa men lead major Porto Rico projects. Clarence Robinson profits on hogs after $225 investment. Tomato price rumors persist as government stockpiles rise. Army ration expands to include peas and beans. Colfax holds one of its largest funerals for Russell Vermilyea. Sioux City murder spree linked to I W Wa convention.
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Italy and America clash over Adriatic frontiers at peace talks
President Wilson states that Fiume must not join Italy as Italy presses for Adriatic settlement. Premier Orlando signals willingness to hold existing gains, while Italy argues new European order rests on league of nations and armament curbs. Italy warns withdrawal could cost league membership.
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ENGINEER HEROES BACK HOME AFTER CAMBEAL FIGHT
New York reports 1 820 troops aboard Santa Teresa from Bordeaux including eleventh engineers who used pleks unit shovels against the German advance near Cambeal. Also 46 officers and 9 men of the army ambulance services arrived on Duca d Abruzzi from Marseilles with quartermaster headquarters hospital and motor repair shop detachments.
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Thirty-eighth Iowa General Assembly Ends Its Session
The Thirty-eighth general assembly closes after passing road and housing laws, women’s suffrage, school reform, and an annual park appropriation. It censured Gov. Harding, approved costly salaries raises, and enacted a new auto registration system. A Rathbun pardon inquiry and secretary of state turmoil featured in the adjournment day.
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