Drafting Peace Treaty Nears Completion at Versailles
Paris April 17 The final form of the peace treaty is rapidly being drafted for presentation to the German delegates on arrival at Versailles next week. The document begins with an introduction listing belligerent powers and plenipotentiaries and includes a declaration of peace and League of Nations provisions. The treaty will exceed 70 000 words and is being prepared in French and English with a possible German version. The council of the five including Wilson and Makino met to finalize the draft.
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Associated Press
Paris
Versailles
League of Nations
Iecession
Rhine Saar
Alsne
Poland
Dazig
Gernleswig-Holstein
Socratea Frem
Council of Five
France
Great Britain
Thay
Wilson
Haron Makino
Japan
Raising Our Loan A Holy Matter Glass
In Washington secretary of the Glass discusses a loan issue described as a holy matter. The remarks reference Liberty and a Tory viewpoint, with mentions of Ohio and Anacon aviators and widespread tests.
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GLASS
Joan
Ohio City
Teks Hk
Ministers push revision of treaties and Kiel canal plans
A new commission, including the existing waterways group and canal experts from the Entente, will study the Kiel canal while ministers press to remove German interests from treaties. The Paris peace conference schedules a plenary session next week to finalize remaining details before Germany arrives.
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Kiel Canal
Poland
Germany
Lloyd George Versus Northcliffe War Shapes Peace Debate
London April 17 The political clash between David Lloyd George and Lord Northcliffe marks the most significant outcome of the premier’s Paris peace conference visit and his Commons speech. Lloyd George blames vanity for Northcliffe’s newspaper criticism of his leadership amid peace talks.
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Associated Press
London
David Lloyd George
Lord Northcliffe
England
Northcliffe
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Conditions Abroad In Brief Summary
Associated Press brief notes the return to Paris of British prime minister David Lloyd George and related diplomatic developments. It outlines ongoing Allied wartime strategy and the shift in postwar negotiations as leaders reassess positions and seek coordination with French authorities.
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Associated Press
Paris
David’ Lloyd Veontiny
Discipline First Justice Second Lay Army Officers Debate
Washington April 17 officers urge Army discipline protects efficiency not individual justice. Maj Gen Edwin Glenn defends martial law as fair, cites best army in France. Maj Charles MacDonald argues exact justice hampers recruitment, proposes safeguards and no civil-law overhaul. Next hearings to feature Lieut Col Samuel Ansell and Col John Wigmore.
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Washington
Edwin
Camp Sherman
France
Glenn
Minary
Gregory
G Gaged
The
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University of Minnesot
Charles H. MacDonald
Major MacDonald
Samuel ‘T. Ansell
Judge Advocate General
John Wigmore
Judge Advocate General's Department
Rainbow Division Sails From France to U S Ports
More than 4,500 officers and men of the Forty second Rainbow division sail from France aboard four warships. Minnesota and South Carolina head to Newport News due April 27, while North Carolina and Montana head to New York the same day. Units include the 167th and 151st machine gun battalions, various infantry battalions, signal and medical detachments, and Brigadier General Caldwell among others. Transportation ships Matotka Antigone and May carry hospitals, signal units, and engineers with changes from earlier plans.
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Rainbow) Division
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France
Rainbow Division
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South Carolina
Newport News
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Montana
New York
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Frank M. Caldwell
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151St
Sixteenth
Connecticut
Carolina
177Th
Yo 7Th Infantry
Caldwell
Matotka
184Th Infantry
Twelfth Engineers
Lumbermen Indorse Hines Sincerity At Chicago Congress
The first American lumber congress formed the American Forest Products Institute to unite timber sectors. It urged world conditions demand stability and backed a Great Lakes to Gulf deep waterway. It expressed confidence in Disperal Hines’s patriotic aims after his address.
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Tmicago
American Lumber Congress
American Forest Products Institute
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Congress
Wheat stocks in Australia reach vast totals after war years
Virtually 40 percent of more than 400 million bushels produced in Australia during 1915-16 to 1917-18 remains in stock. By January 20, 1919 shippers held 142.3 million bushels, flour stocks were 11.5 million, and millers held 4.5 million.
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Ovent Vor
Antipodean Isles
Melbourne
Australia
Naval aviation plans for transatlantic flight from Newfoundland
April reports from St John Newfoundland and Washington describe mobilization of naval air units for an overseas flight next month. Plans detail air crews, destroyer support, wireless links, and the potential two aircraft start with six men each under Commander Towers.
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Washington
Aviation
John II Towers
Plunkett
Bureau of Operations
Navy Department
Towers
Navy
Bellinger
Hello girls may be placated by offer
Boston April 17 Army officials used carrier pigeons to supplement impaired telephone service. Posts could reach headquarters by direct wires, but outlying stations relied on telegraph. Messages were sent between headquarters and Fort Constitution Portsmouth Camp Devens forts and other points. Postmaster General Burleson forwarded operator demands to the New England Telephone manager to hear workers, aiming to reach a settlement if they return to work.
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Army
Fort Constitution
Portsmouth
Camp Devens
Harbor
Washington
New England
Burleson
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cal
Army of Occupation
Germany
United States
18Th Feld Artillery
Brown
Omeer
Starrett
George A. Monat
Overton Walsh
Tieut Austin H. Bimer
Montana
Idaho
Caliifornia
Utah
Alaska
France
Brest
Debarkation
Tug Saxonia Slices Freehold. Sailors Die Off New Jersey Pier
A transport ship Saxonia propeller sliced the stern of the naval tug Freehold as it docked at a Newark pier. Fourteen sailors were rescued. several were missing, with accounts of a quick sinking and intense rescue efforts by tug Craw and small boats. Names and exact death toll remain uncertain as crews searched the Hudson shores.
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Neveral_xer
Saxonia
Freehold
Dra
Hudson
Craw
Itnesses
Larry Lanahan
Train crash kills French soldiers near Le Mans
An express train carrying American troops collided with a stationary train near Le Mans in the Sarthe department. Several soldiers were killed and about twenty five Americans and Frenchmen were injured.
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Parc Ene Westn
le Mans
Department of the Sarthe
Paris
Employment Sunday to promote veterans jobs and service
Chicago April 17 The United States employment service will be invoked to aid soldiers and sailors with jobs and care. The national church and organizations designate May 4 as Employment Sunday. Dr P L Prentiss local director of employment reports the notice from Secretary of Labor William B Wilson.
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Chicago
United States Employment Service
P. L. Prentiss
Wiliam B. Wilson
Rise of Polish troops prompts Allied reorganizing effort
Report says General Haller fled from France to Poland with Polish troops and several French officers to assist in reorganizing Polish forces. Weather outlook for Moyrana unsettled and cooler with possible rain in the west and partly cloudy, cooler conditions in the east.
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Haller
Germany
Poland
France
Moyrana
Georgia Labor Tie Tin Ware to Burley
Hrunewick Ga April 1 report states labor group in Georgia plans to tie tin ware to Burley. Post removal from office remains a developing local issue with unclear official action and timing.
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Georgia
Hrunewick
Office of Post
Mayor Woodman Bribery Trial Jury Impaneled in L A
In Los Angeles on April six permanent jurors were impaneled in the trial of Mayor Woodman accused of accepting a bribe. Judge Willis presides as proceedings begin with potential for a thirteenth alternate juror. Mrs F J Parker named among those accepted. Capt John D Fredericks leads the defense as the jury is formed amid anticipated extensive testimony.
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Los Angeles
Cal
War Laken
FT. Woodman
Willis
F. J Parker
John D." Fredericks
Woodman
German Officers Arrive in New York as Troop Transport
Seven German naval officers and 31 percent troops aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, first trip as an American transport, arrive in New York from Hamburg. Commanding officer Capt. Evans Taylor Evans leads the arrival amid rain.
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Sinc
America
Hamburg
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Taylor ‘Bvana
Bob" Bvans
Texas Labor Rally Attacks Gompers Over Rail Aid
Mineral Wells Texas April 1 Representative Thomas Rellant Abilene argues at a Roads Association convention that Samuel Gompers pressured President Wilson to exempt labor unions from the Grant Act and to divert railroad funds to the four big railroad brotherhoods. He claims 25,000 men remain in army camps due to Gompers demand delaying demobilization.
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Mineral Wells
Texas
Thomas Rellant
Abilene
Tontaht
United States On Roads Association
Atii Ra
American Federation’ of Labor
Gompers
Wilson
Gratt
Adoo
United States
Allied Nations Plan to Save Millions From Starvation
Allied leaders coordinate aid to relieve Russia and other regions as fighting nears end on the 16th treaty date. The plan targets thousands facing hunger and seeks swift delivery of relief supplies.
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Allied Nations
Purely humanitarian committee proposed to aid Russia relief
Allied powers consider neutral humanitarian committee to distribute food and medicine in Soviet Russia if hostilities end along defined lines. Dr Nansen appeals to Wilson and the premiers for aid. Clemenceau signs joining Orlando and Lloyd George. Plan aims to ease famine and disease while seeking cessation of fighting.
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Paris
Russia
Fridtjof Nansen
Preent Wilson
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Orlando
Nansen
Orlando and
Lloyd
Wilson
Soviet
Lenine
Deviks
Moscow
Callie Tae
Nameson
Rusia
Dastard Hun Sets Fire to Boat Filled With Yanks
A German agent Julius Fischer aboard the Patricia set a fire in a stateroom while en route from Hamburg to Boston with 3000 American soldiers. He was restrained and taken to a naval hospital for observation as investigators note possible mental imbalance aboard the liner.
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Julius Fischer
Hamburg-American Steamship Line
Patricia
Paris
Hamburg
Fischer
Naval Hospital
Brest
Welmmer
Sisted
Anaconda News Recaps Local Trials and Records
A fragmented notice summarizes Butte markets and local events including a trial involving Martin Bray and references to Rotary sections and a sacred holiday. It notes J. Stanley's death and recalls Anaconda's founding amid scattered headlines.
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J. Stanley
Butte News
Martin Bray
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