Senate Hopefuls See League Support Shape Peace Pact
Supporters of the league of nations covenant aim to build a pro league foreign relations committee in the next Senate. They expect a nine to eight or eleven to six party split, with Republicans Kenyon Norris and Harding named as possible votes for the covenant.
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United Press
Washington
League of Nations Covenant
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Lloyd George declares peace talks clear. not all at variance
London reports a broad understanding on peace terms with America and Europe, while warning of Austrian and Turkish upheavals. Lloyd George says Soviet recognition not pressed, calls for a just but not universal settlement, and notes Allied delays on publishing terms as debates continue.
Germans to sign peace treaty in Versailles amid staged entry limits
Paris April 16 The German peace delegation will not enter Paris but will be housed at Versailles hotels and meet Allied reps at the Trianon Palace. Premier Clemenceau may set a May 10 deadline for treaty acceptance with signing likely in the Hall of Mirrors, as French circles expect.
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United Press
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Versailles
Hotel Des Reservoirs
Trianon Palacee
Clemencega
Frankfort
New York Faces Dual Harbor and Transit Strikes
On April 16 the marine workers union called a general harbor walkout at six amid threatening complete shipping paralysis. A separate Brooklyn Rapid Transit strike would halt all elevated streetcar service in Brooklyn. Union leaders demanded recognition and had scheduled meetings with Federal Judge William Mayer receiver Lindley M. Garrison who refused to meet the workers. Action on the strikes was planned for tomorrow night.
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Marine Workers
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Brooklyn
William Mayer
Lindley M. Garrison
Irish City Siezed by Martial Law in Limerick
Dublin April 16. Limerick is under martial law with British troops in the streets. Barbed wire at bridges blocks entry and exit. Machine guns and armored cars patrol while the city is cut off from surrounding areas amid fears of food shortages. A new hand control for clutch and brake aids disabled drivers.
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Limerick
Hospital Train Delivers Troops Through Athens
Athens expects a large troop movement today with a hospital train of thirteen coaches bound for California arriving at 12 30. Five more trains follow at fifteen minute intervals, each twelve or thirteen cars, with two additional arrivals tonight of unknown exact times. The first hospital train carries oranges donated by the Woman's Relief Corps and the Lillie Sewing Club contributions.
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California
Woman’s Relief Corps
Lillie Sewing Club
Forty-Second Boys Still Embarking for Home
Brest reports the 42nd Rainbow division continues embarkation for home with the 117th engineers boarding the Pueblo and the 77th New York division shifting into Camp Pontane. Heavy seas delay further embarkations.
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Pueblo
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Coffee houses to replace saloon under dry law push
Ohio voters face a referendum on the Crabbe enforcement measure after the senate passed it by 24 to 8 and rejected the emergency clause. A Brew prohibition amnesty bill and new dry bills with emergency provisions are also moving through the legislature. In New York, 400 coffee traders plan a 1.2 million advertising push over four years to make coffee the national drink, aiming to double or triple consumption and establish coffee houses as social centers. Brasilian interests back the drive and campaigns will run in 306 dailies beginning April 21.
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America
South America
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Ross W. Weir
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Cleveland
German radicals split as strike action falters amid Ruhr return to work
Berlin April 16 radicals bolt from the national soviet congress joining Spartacans to fight the government while the majority socialists gain control. Ruhr workers retreat from military pressure as Munich communists hold out in isolated buildings. Party leaders plan May Day protests against Allied terms and prisoner releases.
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Frank J. Taylor
United Press
Berlin
National Soviet Congress
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Ruhr
Munich
Government loans reach nearly 200 million to farmers
Washington reports the Farm Loan Board has loaned about 198.6 million dollars to farmers since its creation. March loans total 15.95 million, affecting 4,630 individuals, with 79,949 separate loans issued by twelve banks since fund inception.
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Farm Loan Board Today
Telephone Strike in Full Blast
Boston reports a second day of a regional telephone strike with about 8,000 operators on strike and 12,000 inside workers threatening to join at noon, potentially bringing total strikers to 20,000. Advertisements offering operator jobs appeared as union leaders forecast a prolonged battle.
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New England
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Time Set for Signing Pact in Paris Report
The Echo De Paris reports German delegates may have eight to ten days to sign the peace preliminaries and an envoy will be sent to Weimar. The paper also contradicts its own recent forecasts on reparations and Wilson’s homeward travel dates.
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Echo de Paris
Weimar
Wilson
United Press
Soldiers in Athens county split over League of Nations
The Messenger canvass shows sixteen soldiers for the league, twelve unsure of its meaning, and 112 opposed. Many say they would fight for the Stars and Stripes if war broke out, but hesitate under a League of Nations where they would defend a foreign flag.
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Athens County
League
Stars and Stripes
Packers Form Export Trust To Boost Beef Trade
Twenty two American packing firms have organized the United States provision export corporation to improve export trade. Offices will be in Chicago and New York. The Webb Pel morone act underpins the merger with pooling of storage and shipment resources to rival large companies. Isaac Powers of Indianapolis is president with Oscar G Mayer of Chicago as vice president. Incorporators span Ohio Indiana Illinois Utah Missouri Kansas Minnesota Colorado and Kentucky.
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United States Provision Export Corporation
Chicago
New York
Isaac Powers
Indianapolis
Oscar G. Mayer
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Missouri
Kansas
Minnesota
Colorado
Kentucky
Blizzard in East Is Abating Today
The Northeast blizzard along the Newfoundland coast eased today though a 70 mile gale hindered the start of the trans Atlantic flight. Snow covered ground and subsiding winds slowed repairs as mechanics struggled with a portable garage while no damage was reported to the Hawker or Morgan planes.
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United Press
New Foundland
Hawker
Morgan
Ohio House Reconsiders Ake Bill on Teacher Oath
In Columbus on April 16 the House reversed Monday’s defeat of the Ake bill and passed it with an amended scope requiring oath for teachers in all schools. Governor Cox, who had threatened to campaign against opposing legislators, also faced the French anti sabotage bill sent to him with an emergency clause by the Senate in a 30 to 0 vote.
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Cox
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Senate
Wilson to stay in Paris until German treaty signed
Paris April 16 President Wilson will remain in Paris until the German treaty is disposed of officials stated. French papers had claimed he would depart April 26 28 Associates reaffirm his New York pledge to stay until its over there If needed he will personally see the German treaty through to signature and then Colonel House would handle remaining treaties.
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Paymier Lloyd George
Austria
Turkey
Lloyd George
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Boing
Russia
Bolshevi
Sia
King George Last
Wales
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Commons
Pankhurst
Lloyd George George
William Adamson
Adamson
Carl D. Groat
United Press
Paris
Wilson
New York
Colonel House
New York Inventor Tests Airplane Propeller Balance
A New York man has devised an instrument to determine the correct balance of airplane propellers and to measure possible differences between their blades, indicating a tool for aviation maintenance and performance assessment.
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New York
War Time Dry Law Tied to Demobilization
The rule will not be reconsidered until peace is signed and demobilization is addressed. White House officials say the law depends on actual demobilization and no change is expected at present.
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Paris
Wilson
White House
Grave condition after surgery at Columbus hospital
A patient underwent surgery at Columbus hospital yesterday and remains in very grave condition. A growth was discovered during the procedure. Further details are not available.
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Sais
Bae Ghly
Columbus Hospital
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