War dept lists sailings for Georgia Peerless Giuseppe Verdi
Transport sailings announced across seas with ships Georgia Peerless Giuseppe Verdi due May 12 to May 15. Detachments from the 108th and 110th infantry, artillery units, ordnance and medical sections sail to New York and Boston from Brest and Marseilles. Brig Gen Clint C Hearn of the 153rd field artillery brigade is a passenger on the Pesaro.
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Washington
War Department
Georgia
Brest
Boston
121St Field Artillery
Peerless
St. Nazaire
New York
110Th Infantry
108Th Field Artillery
Giuseppe Verdi
Marseilles
Suh
303Rd Mobile Ordance
307Th Field Artillery
California
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Kansas
Texas
Clint C. Hearn
153Rd Field Artillery Brigade
Pesaro
Rent Robbers Behind Mad May Day Evictions
New York City officials planned temporary relief for hundreds made homeless by May Day evictions. The municipal rent profiteering committee will coordinate housing through the Methodist centenary committee to shelter at least 1,000 in churches and buildings while awaiting a state special session to protect tenants from exploitation. Nathan Hirsch led the appeals to Governor Smith after yesterday’s eviction.
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New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
Nathan Hirsch
Hirsch
Smith
Many Wounded in Paris May Day Riots Report
Paris police report one gendarme killed and 428 wounded from May Day clashes yesterday including three gravely hurt and seventy-five hospitalized. Earlier figures cite 250 gendarme and about 100 civilians wounded with fifty gendarmes seriously injured. Labor leader Jouhaux among the wounded. American air service private G H Harrison wounded by a stray bullet. Socialists blame the government.
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Lowell Mellett
United Press
Paris
Jouhaux
G. H. Harrison
American Air Service
Mexican General Blanquet Sequel Unfolds in U S Plot
Roberto Gayen, former secretary to Aurelio Blanquet, faces U S conspiracy charges for plotting against the Mexican government on American soil. He was arrested on an indictment returned by a Federal grand jury at Laredo, Texas, with other defendants.
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New York
Aurelio Blanquet
Robrto Gayen
Blanquet
United States
Samuel Hitchcock
U.S. Territory
Gayen
Laredo
Texas
Mexico
Rainbow units to start home from Camp Devins
The first Rainbow Division contingent headed for discharge remains at Camp Devins Massachusetts and will depart within 48 hours if transport is available. It includes the 149th 150th and 151st machine gun battalions with men from more than forty states and Swoungte and Pennsylvan ia Neugnad guardsmen.
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Devins
Mass
Rainbow Division
149Th
150Th
Morahen
149Th Machine 'N Hauis
Pennsylvan
German Troops Take Munich as Communists Hold Remnants
Paris dispatch reports May 2 that German government forces seized Munich while communist elements still resisted in parts of the city. Local battles and pockets of resistance described as ongoing.
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Munich
Paris
Zurich
Cities of Middle West Struggling with Unrest
Central West cities faced May Day walkouts and radical disturbances as unions demand higher wages. Detroit, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Des Moines, and Chicago saw strikes and tight police security, with limited violence and ongoing efforts to restore order. Boston saw over 100 rioters arraigned after May Day clashes. four shot and hundreds injured as riots spread.
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Chicago
Ill
Central West
Abose
Cleveland
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Iowa
Victory Loan efforts lift Athens area in county drive
County Chairman Alderman reports Athens and Athens township exceeded their Victory Loan quotas within a week. Alexander township led by F. M. McPherson raised 18 400 dollars, earning him a Hun helmet. Total county subscriptions reached 424 350 dollars, about half of the 869 850 dollar target with one week left. Berlin peace talks outline three paths to stable settlement, stressing Danzig, Upper Silesia and Saar Valley as key issues.
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Athens
Alexander
F. M. McPherson
Pershing
Hun
McPherson
Alderman
Athens County
Italian at Versailles seeks economic meet after the war
An Italian economist Signor Jung attended the peace conference in Paris with Allied and German financial reps. Italian Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino left for Rome as experts remained in Paris to handle postwar economic talks. Berlin considers new ambassadors. options include Bernstorff, Harden, Lichnowski, Wolff, with possible postings to Italy or England.
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Paris
Versailles
Signor Jung
Orlando
Sonnino
Rome
Berlin
England
America
Foreign Office
Count Bernstorff
Kington
Maximilian Harden
Marden
Prince Lichnowski
Theodor Wolff
Bernstorff
Italy
Best Plane Picked for Transatlantic Flight
New York May 2 Navy aviators believe the N C 4 is the top entry for trans Atlantic flying. In a Rockaway test it carried 22 000 pounds with a crew of six, rose to 500 feet, and showed good speed. The American flight should depart early next week.
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New York
Rockaway Point
Headlined Bride Wails as Deserted Sailor Is Detained
Navy officers in Chicago detain Sergeant James Francasse on desertion charges just before his planned wedding to Myrtle G. Wilson. Francasse, who reportedly joined the Navy in New York a year ago, bought an army uniform medals a crutch and bandages and presented a heroic image to the fiancée. The couple had intended to marry in Chicago tomorrow and start a shared home.
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Chicago
Ilin
Navy
James Francasse
Myrtle G. Wilson
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
New York
Miss Wilson
Fracasse
114th Infantry Sailing to U S Ahead of Schedule
More than a month early, all of the 114th Infantry except Companies K I and M and the third battalion headquarters are en route to the United States on the transport Madawaska due at Newport News May 6. The 114th, in the 29th National Guard Division, is set to leave France in June likely the third week. War Department officials initially sought suppression after late sailing reports but confirmation arrived today.
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Washington
114Th Infantry
United States
Madawaska
Newport News
War Department
114Th
29Th National Guard
France
114Th thesWar Department
Bolshevik Pursuit Advances 90 Miles Southwest of Sterlitamak
London May 2. A dispatch from Omsk dated April 24 reports Admiral Kolchak's forces driving Bolsheviks southwest of Sterlitamak have advanced ninety miles.
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London
Admiral Kolchak
Sterlitamak
Omsk
Wilson hails Paris labor program as major world achievement
President Wilson cables Secretary Tumulty praising the Paris conference labor plan as a major step to safeguard and promote labor, stating it will stabilize world conditions and ease widespread distress. He calls it one of the conference’s most gratifying achievements. Japan uses extinct volcano crater with hot springs as a sanitarium.
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Washington
Wilson
Japan
Third of Victory Loan Subscriptions Reported
Treasury officials estimated about one third of the Victory Loan had been subscribed by May 2, with unofficial figures around 1 1 5 million. Officials noted the pace lagged behind the same period in prior campaigns and district subscriptions trailed earlier totals. In Cleveland subscriptions reached 265 249 million with many communities displaying honor flags.
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Washington
Treasury
Cleveland
Federal Reserve
Cleveland crime probe to be sought by attorney general
Attorney General Price said he will likely write to Judge F E Stevens to request a special grand jury for May 12 to investigate Cleveland's crime situation. He referenced the Day and Wilkin report as warranting the jury.
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Columbus
Price
F. E. Stevens
Cleveland
Wilkin
Bones found in landru villa garden in Paris case
The bones of a woman were found today in the garden of Henri Landru's villa in Paris. Police call him a modern blue beard as the body had been broken into several pieces.
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Paris
Henri Landru
New Bomb Plot Leads to Three Investigations
Federal and city authorities pursue three new lines in a nationwide bomb plot case. Internal revenue agents raid the Baldwin Medical Institute seizing twelve high explosive bombs. Embossed wrapping paper is traced to De Jonge and Company as the maker. A fingerprint is recovered from a bomb glass container sent to Mayor Hylan. The institute bombs were reportedly left by a traveling chemist from Philadelphia with ties to Boston.
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Hylan
New York
Baldwin Medical Institute
Boston
Philadelphia
Nevermore for Me at Sugar Creek Dance Fight
A witness recalls a Saturday night Sugar Creek dance where bottles, knives and a gun appeared amid a melee. Patrons reported shoving matches, broken glass, and clothing torn as a well known Athens youth fled the scene.
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Sugar Creek
Athens
Sailors Protest Police Action in Manhattan May Day Clash
In New York on May 2 Mayor Hylan may receive a sailors delegation over police riding down soldiers near Madison Square Garden. Mounted troopers clubs wounded uniformed men. fears of convalescent patients harmed. At Madison Square Garden a Tom Mooney protest meeting backed a five day strike starting July 4.
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New York
Hylan
Madison Square Garden
Th Street
Tom Mooney
New York Call
Socialist Daily
Sunday Baseball Returns to New York City
New York May 2 The first legal Sunday baseball game in New York City will be played this Sunday after Mayor Hylan signed the ordinance ending years of opposition. Delays from yesterday's rain in Brooklyn and New York will be made up, and postponed games on holiday dates will continue to be scheduled to prevent doubleheaders.
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New York
United States
New York State
Hylan
Brooklyn
Are Corsets Luxuries Under New Tax Law
May 2 New York officials debate whether corsets are underwear or luxury items under a new tax law. Lew Hahn secretary of the national retail dry goods association seeks a ruling on their classification.
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New York
Lew Hahn
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Jam Turns Infernal Machine Into Goo in New York
The detective pried aside paper concealing an explosive device and narrowly avoided disaster as a sticky mass oozed out, revealing that Mrs. Mary E. Lapham’s infernal machine had become jam.
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New York
Mary E. Lapham
Hearse Stolen by Joy Riders in Chicago
Funeral director David Slavin reported to police that his hearse was stolen by joy riders in Chicago Illinois on May 2. The incident prompted a police inquiry and a search for the vehicle and suspects.
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Chicago
Ill
David Slavin
Joy Riders
Army in France to be reduced very rapidly
Paris May 2 The American expeditionary force will be reduced to the army of occupation on the Rhine as quickly as possible Three hundred thousand U S soldiers will be sent home in May and another in June After July 1 French ports will be abandoned American controlled railroads returned to France and American military police withdrawn Antwerp will become the American supply base under Brig Gen W D Conner Communications thereafter will be through Belgium
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Paris
Rhine
France
America
Antwerp
W. D. Conner
Belgium
Talks at Peace Table May Be Written Only
Paris reports that the peace terms will be submitted in writing after initial talks. A fifteen day period is set for the German offer and Allied replies, with possible extensions if needed. The treaty will be presented publicly in Versailles with plenipotentiaries present.
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United Press
Gant
Paris
Weimar
Germany
Sables
Versailles
Aris
Jules Cambon
Cleveland Riots After May Day Red Demonstration
On May 2 in Cleveland Ohio rioting broke out after a May Day protest led by Ruthenberg recently released from Canton. One man was killed and over 200 injured including seventeen police officers as the red flag parade spread from the downtown area into city districts. Police Chief Smith vowed the red flag would not be allowed in future parades through Cleveland streets.
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Cleveland
Ruthenberg
Canton
Ohio
Strattons
Smith
Cleteland
Seattle Mayor Calls Nationwide Red Flag Crusade
Kansas City May 2 The mayor of Seattle Ole Hanson urged closing all I W W halls and imprisoning teachers of violence to root out radicalism. He proclaimed that the red flag of syndicalism cannot share the planet with liberty and freedom and warned that one or the other must fall.
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Kansas City
Ole Hanson
Seattle
I. W. W. Halls
Hanson
Finance Experts Meet Versailles Diplomats at Trianon Palace
German and allied financial experts met at the Trianon Palace Hotel in Versailles. Delegations included Dr Warburg and Herr Melchior for Germany and John W. Davis and L. L. Klotz for the Allies, with others present.
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Versailles
Trianon Palace Hotel
Dr. Warburg
Herr Melchior
John W. Davis L. L. Klotz
Man Arrested for Stealing Buns Pleads Hunger
New York May 2 Max Himmel bach arrested for bun theft pleads hunger and says he was to be discharged when a policeman finds 364 dollars sewn in a bag to his vest He is held on $200 bond.
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New York
Max Himmelsbach
Irish Spuds to Rescue for Russia
The backbone of Ireland will be sent to bolster Russia as the Chinese steamer Hwah Yih departs for Russia with a cargo of potatoes.
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Boston
Mass
Ireland
Russia
Hwah Yih
Special Meeting of Paramuthis Lodge No 25 May 2
A special meeting of Paramuthis Lodge No 25 F and A M is set for Friday May 2 at 7 o'clock to confer the Master Degree on one candidate. There will also be practice for inspection. All members are urged to attend. J A Palmer secretary Roy Hinchman W M.
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Paramuthis Lodge
No. 25
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