Strict blockade against Germany outlined in notes and deaths
Berlin reports Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau will hand over counter proposals on territory cessions to the Entente. Paris notes the supreme economic council considers a strict blockade against Germany and Hungary amid unsettled politics. A note declines German responsibility for wartime reparations. J Wallace Ash, 72, Baxter Springs resident, dies at daughter’s home. funeral tomorrow at 2 p.m. with burial at Columbus.
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Berlin
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Versailles
National Zeitung
Paris
Supreme Economic Council
Germany
Council of Yr
Economic Council
Hungary
J. Wallace Ash
Baxter Springs
L. T. Cammack
Military Avenue
Ash
Cherokee County
Colorado
O. L. Orton
Columbus
Fair Wages for the Boys and a Soldier’s Return
A viewpoint argues returning soldiers deserve wages matching living costs not their prewar pay. It states soldiers sacrificed for homes and should not face reduced pay envelopes. It lauds army experience forging stronger character and urges employers to exploit this heightened ambition for business gain. Also notes a dinner party at the Thomas home with the Spahins and Thoms.
Cherokee County Exceeds Fifth Liberty Loan Quota
Cherokee County has subscrib ed to at least 600 000 dollars for the Fifth Liberty Loan Drive with a quota of 585 850 dollars. Subscriptions are reported as over subscribed but exact oversubscription amount awaits outstanding reports from towns and communities. County chairman J F Lanier notes possible further excess beyond current indications.
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Cherokee County
J. F. Lanier
Zinc Dinner Buckets Spark Picher Zinc Plant Talk
A noon luncheon in Picher drew two hundred zinc industry leaders where Rev Garretson showcased a sanitary dinner bucket as a sample of zinc adaptability. The demonstration aimed to spur a zinc products plant in the district led by the Greenstreet bucket. Executives discussed plans, with Garretson and Sarchet presenting details to the Tri-State operators association. Attendees included L L Cardin Baxter, Wright of Lebanon, Lieut Oversees of the Thirty fifth Division, H M Painter, and L H Wilson of Pittsburg. President Wallower voiced optimism about zinc prospects.
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Oliver Greenstreet
Baxter
John Garretson
Picher
Garretson
Tri- State Operators Association
Tri- State Operators Association By Rev. Garretson and C. M. Sarchet
L. L. Cardin
Mr. Wright
Lebanon
J. H. Wright
Argonne Forest
H. M. Painter
Chateau-Thierry
Aniy L. H. Wilson
Pittsburg
Wallower
A Disgrace to America an 8 part digest critique
In seething terms the Literary Digest condemns the injustice facing teachers. It notes little honor and reduced pay compared with other classes, lacking a spokesman to demand a living wage. The piece questions Topeka school board patience with this “brand of shame and disgrace” amid wartime Liberty Bond rhetoric.
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Literary Digest
Topeka
Liberty Bonds
Strong Russian Sentiment Opposing The Bolsheviki
Reports indicate the Red Government under Lenine and Trotzky is losing ground as Admiral Kolchak advances toward the Volga and Petrograd. Udenitch leads Finnish backed Russian forces east of Lake Ladoga threatening the Bolshevik hold and prompting evacuations of Petrograd. Allied reports note success near Urosozero and a Bolshevik defeat after resistance with armored trains. Denikin also declares aims to overthrow Bolshevist rule and form a united Russia by universal suffrage.
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Red
Russia
Lenine
Trotzky
Admiral Kolchak
Siberian
Volga
Viatki
Samara
Petrograd
Udenitch
Petroz Avodsk
Olentz
Ladeice Pole
Lake Ladoga
Kela Rail
Murmansk
British War Office
Urosozero
General Denikin
People’s Assembly
Soldier wounded in Argonne protests war tax payment
Sergt. George Bryant, a Forty second and Seventy seventh Division veteran wounded in France, says it is unjust for soldiers to pay war taxes. He left Camp Lewis March 28 after discharge and cannot resume his prewar $70 weekly job due to injuries. He questions conscientious objectors and urges no war tax on soldiers.
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Topeka
Sergt
George Bryant
Argonne
Sergeant Bafler
France
Abri du Crochet
Camp Lewis
Wash
Was Baxter Visitor Forty Years Ago Recall
J A Wilson capitalist and land owner of Carthage Missouri visited Baxter today with John Wingfield a longtime friend. Wilson recalls Wingfield then of Webb City working a top mining claim on Wilsons land. He notes Baxter was once the railroad terminus and major western shipping point.
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J. A. Wilson
Carthage
John Wingfield
Wilson
Wingfield
Webb City
Mr. Wilson
Baxter
Hale Kansas Boys Still in France
The Kansas soldiers remain overseas as the Thirty-fifth division returns to Kansas and the Rainbow and Eighty-ninth divisions near home. Senator Capper forwards a plea from an enlisted man in the Twentieth Engineers to Secretary of War Baker, urging repatriation. Many Kansas men still abroad will leave farms and businesses unmanaged. the war continues.
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Kansas
Europe
Senator
War Department
Thirty-fifth
Eighty-ninth
Senator Capper
Twentieth Engineers
Newton D. Baker
France
Indian Case 5 Still Unsettled
Talk in town centers on the U S government suit against Qua paw Goodeagle property disputes. Government officials have left unclear plans while some unfinished buildings may be completed soon. Judge Pollock in Kansas City will rule May 22 on whether the Indian department can revoke competence after declaring it.
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U. S
Quapaw-Goodeagle
Mbeup
Indian Department
Sapp
Francis Goodeagle
Benjamin Quapaw
Kansas City
Pollock
Mkety
Pollock Rendasant Po
Ft. Scott
Goodeagles
Bird moves eggs noted by observer in Daily Citizen
J W K cites a bird moving its eggs from the nest, while a Baxter observer recalls watching a wood duck push offspring from a hollow nest. The brood of 17 reached a stream unharmed as the mother duck guided them toward safety and water. Florence Mae Lowden will perform a church recital at Missimi’s Christian church Thursday evening for the Presbyterian church choir’s benefit.
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Daily Citizen
Germans Rebuff Versailles Peace Terms in United Assembly
In Berlin the German National Assembly united to reject the Allied peace terms. Chancellor Schneidemann called the treaty unacceptable as cheers erupted. The speech ended with a denunciation of the document as murderous and unworthy of the earth, except for a faction of independent socialists led by Hugo Haase. The assembly sits in the University of Berlin hall on Unter Den Linden.
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Berlin
German National Assembly
Schneidemann
Versailles
Hugo Haase
University of Berlin
Unter den Linden
Count Brockdorff-Rantzau in Bad Favor at Peace Talks
Paris dispatch reports Allied peace circles favor removing Count Brockdorff-Rantzau from the German delegation to hasten a peace. British and French officials are said to view his presence as a risk to swift terms, noting his poor conduct before plenipotentiaries and his ill condition during the session. The piece also mentions accompanying events in Miami tonight with the Garretsons and guests.
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Paris
Brockdorff-Rantzau
Brockdorff- Rantxau
Germany
Clemenceau
Brockdorff- Rantzau
Brockdorff- Sa
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John Thomas
F. Lanier
Yes Liberty Loan
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Hale Kansas Boys
Aren
Aee
HAL
Count Rantzau
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Mims
Florence Lowden
Grace Perkine
Walter Fischer
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