League of Nations Covenant Summary Outlined
An official summary issued April 12 outlines the League of Nations aims to promote peace and cooperation. It covers structure with a small council and assembly, armament reductions, dispute arbitration, and mandates over former German colonies and Ottoman territories, plus duties on humanitarian and international health issues.
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Ottoman Empire
Aris
League of Natons
League
League of Nations
War Hill
Thames Greenery
Telephone Strike Expands Into Open Phase Across Unions
The telephone strike enters an open stage as women members of unions affiliated with the electrical workers council join the action. The broader New Highland area sees increased activity among organized labor in the telephone sector.
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Highland Jalat Council of Electrical Workers
Brutal Turk Hanged in Public Square
In Constantinople Bayazid square witnessed the public execution of Kemal Bey governor of Diarbekr for his part in recent AMMO Massieres. General Vevehing awarded 108 officers in the American expeditionary force for meritorious service.
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Constantinople
Kemal Bey
Diarbekr
Bayazid
Stambout
Ammo Massieres
Washington
Vevehing
Allies pledge food aid to Russia with ceasefire term
Paris dispatch reports the allied powers ready to send food medical supplies and necessities to Russia if hostilities end within defined lines in Russian territory Dr Fridtjof Nansen urged a neutral humanitarian committee and appealed to the council of four President Wilson and premiers Clemenceau Lloyd George and Orlando discussed relief urging a ceasefire before aid would be delivered to Russia
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New York
Paris
Prussia
Russia
Fridtjof Nansen
Wilson
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Orlando
Nansen
Flying Circus At Salt Lake
Crowds from across the state watch an aerial show in Salt Lake City on April 17 to back the Victory loan. The day includes a mishap when a film plane nose-dived into a mud hole breaking its camera. Two-seater Curtiss planes duel with Fokker, French and British scouts above the field. About twenty locals ride in planes, four of them women.
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Salt Lake City
France
Wounded Prisoner Chained to Cot in Colusa
In Colusa California Thomas Wood who killed City Marshal J M Scoggins and was wounded by the marshal and officers is chained to a cot. The prisoner shows signs of fall injury and indeterminate recovery while under guard.
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Cal
Thomas Wood
J. M. Scoggins
Scoggins
Indy
Accused Men Plead Not Guilty in Tacoma Conspiracy Case
Seven of ten men charged with criminal conspiracy over sale of tags attempted by the Soldiers' and Sailors' council in Tacoma on April 5 pleaded not guilty before Judge Chapman in Superior Court on Thursday.
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Tacoma
Wash
Chapman
Vermont figure named to U S civil service post
George R Walesa of Vermont is named as a new member of the United States civil service commission. The report notes his professional background and public service роли while mentioning a separate incident involving a Boston German agent and wartime events with American soldiers.
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George R. Walesa
Vermont
United States ‘Civil Service Commission
Unclear text shows fatalities after all-night party in Michigan
Readable fragments indicate four men and women died in what appears to be a drunken all-night gathering in Eliot, Michigan. The exact identities and circumstances remain uncertain from the damaged OCR.
Peace Treaty Draft Nears Completion At Versailles
The Paris talks steadily shape the final peace treaty for German delegates arriving at Versailles. The document will exceed 70 000 words, with French English and possibly German texts prepared to speed action. It opens with a protocol listing belligerents and plenipotentiaries, then a brief declaration ending the war, and sets the league of nations covenant in first detail.
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Versailles
Weimar
League of Nations
Rhine
Saar
Danzig
Germany
Schleswig-Holstein
Harem Inmates Adrift As Relief Reports Increase
Dispatches from Constantinople revived by the Armenian and Syrian relief committee describe thousands of Christian women and children released from Turkish harems in Asia Minor. Many have found shelter, but many more roam the country destitute and crazed by hunger, awaiting aid as relief efforts continue. The Portleth division steamship Sierra carried over 1200 officers and men from the former national guard to bolster operations.
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New York
Constantinople
American Committee For Armenian and Syrian Relief
Asia Minor
Portleth Division
National Guard
California
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Boreeaux
Utah Demobilization Announced for Fort Russell Area
A notice states Utah men in the 6th infantry regiment will be demobilized at a Utah location and likely transported from New York to Fort Russell Wyoming.
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Fort Ruasell
Washingtoni
Utah
New York
Wgrt
D. A. Ruasell
Wyo
Soldiers Killed in Train Wreck Near Le Mans
Fourteen American and French soldiers died when a express train crashed into a stationary car near Le Mans. The accident occurred while the soldiers were traveling, and injury reports indicate several others were wounded.
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Pavia
Alex
Fyough
le Bans
Hat Lay
Garrison Wiped Out By Russians On Archangel Front
British war office reports a Russian raid south of Seletskoe on April 15 6 wiped out a Bolshevik post garrison of sixty and captured two machine guns. Six escaped as Russian casualties were reported. Russian Soviet troops surged Pakistani retreat into Bessarabia, with Petlura forces driven from Ukraine front near Kamenetz-Prosguroy Shepletivke and a ten mile retreat near Murmansk.
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London
Archangel
Seletskoe
Russian National Army
British War Office
Bessarabia
Kamenetz- Momiey
Poland
Ukrainia
Petlura
Kamenetz-Prosguroy- Shepletivke
Murmansk
Uras Station
Uras Lake
Increase in U S Army Casualties Reported
Revised army casualty records released April 15 show 274 860 major casualties, up 1 755 from the week earlier total. The update highlights a reduction of 337 in missing persons due to identifications of the dead and the return of prisoners.
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Washington
Mayor Hanson Warns on Bolshevism in San Francisco
Seattle mayor Ole Hanson spoke at a Civic auditorium mass meeting in San Francisco urging that anarchist and Bolshevik ideals not gain a foothold in America. He argued that the golden rule should prevail globally and domestically, to safeguard stable governance.
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San Francisco
America
Ole Hanson
Seattle
Civic Auditorium
John A Melhenny Resigns CS Commission Post Appointed Banker Adviser
John A Melhenny resigns as member and president of the Federal Civil Service Commission and is named by the president as financial adviser to Malta.
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John A. Melhenny
Federal Civil Service Commission
Maltl
Anarchists Capture Crimea Towns in War Move
Reports from the front state that Simferopol, capital of Crimea, and Eupatoria, thirty miles northwest, have fallen to Gran movlet forces amid notable booty. The advance was confirmed from an unnamed source in London.
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Victora
Crimea
LondonerThe
Simferopol
Eupatoria
Civil War Threat Looms in Bavaria Amid Government Turmoil
Ambiguous reports say Munich faces potential civil conflict as three rival governments emerge after a revolutionary count republic falls. Widespread political instability and factional divisions threaten regional control and future leadership.
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Bavaria
Herline
Munich
Ecorminketen
Count Republic
Deve Ein
Pan American Aeronautics Convention Set for Atlantic City
Atlantic City will host the first Pan American Aeronautics convention in May drawing American and foreign representatives. Captain Charles J. Gildden of the U S Air Service says the event will spotlight aviation progress and a future nationwide aerial service linking cities for passenger mail and merchandise transport. He predicts trunk lines across the United States within 1920 with six hour reach to a network of twenty four distributing points. Thousands of trained aviators are ready to join a national air service as the government calls for fifteen thousand men for one to three years. Quick recruitment is urged to seize the opportunity for flight training, ballast piloting and potential officer advancement along with pay, rations and aircraft operation instruction.
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Atlantic City
New Jersey
Charles J. Gildden
U. S. Air Service, Military Aeronautics
United States Flying School
Southerfield
Georgia
United States
Eall
Atlantic
Infantry Casualties Heaviest in Army Report
A statistical report shows infantry suffering more than twice the casualties per size of force compared with other branches. Infantry deaths among commissioned personnel were 173 per thousand and 180.7 per thousand overall, versus army averages of 61.2 and 61.6 per thousand.
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Washington
Farmer mutilates hand to evade draft sentenced
Cape Girardeau Missouri Albert Weiling a Holcomb farmer who pleaded guilty to chopping off his left hand with an ax on July 21 to avoid the draft was sentenced to six months in prison by Federal Judge Dyer.
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Cape Girardeau
Albert Wheeling
Holcomb
Dyer
Rock Island Reports 2018 Deficit After Charges
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad reported a deficit after all charges of 1 185 701 dollars for the year ended December 31 2018, compared with a balance of 7 527 145 dollars for 1917, released April 16 in Rock Island Chicago.
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Rock Island
Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Pershing Highway Plan Unveiled by Delegates in Lincoln
About fifty delegates from states across the nation met in Lincoln on April 16 to organize the Pershing Way. The route will stretch from New York to San Francisco and honor General Pershing.
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Lincoln
Neb
Atlantic
Pacific
New York
San Francisco
U Boat Losses Heavy Report From Admiral Sima
Rear Admiral Sima told New York that he believes 205 German submarines lie at the bottom of the sea. The report cites wartime activity in European waters and notes heavy U boat losses.
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New York
Sima
Remedies and tonics named in old London paper
The London Daily Express notes various traditional remedies and herbs once used as medicines. Willow tea, mallow, colt's foot, foxglove, camomile, dandelion, comfrey, saffron tea, and fixes weed are cited for coughs, heart palpitations, kidney issues, measles, wounds, quinsy, and other ailments, with old terminology and preparations referenced.
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Allopathiat
London Daily Express
First Known Use of Cigars Traced to 17th Century
The record notes that John Cockburn’s 17th century tale mentions cigars as early as a 17M book, with a voyage from a desert island to Porto Bello where friars shared leaf rolls. It also cites 1498 Columbus explorers reporting smoking with maize leaf rolls and Lionel Wafer’s 1600 account describing cigars like modern ones. Cigar production in northern Europe appears after the late 1600s.
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John Cockbury
Cockburn
Bay of Honduras
Porto Bello
Cuba
Lionel Wafer
Isthmus of
Darien
Europe
Salt as Money in Scarce Regions
In parts of Abyssipia salt serves as currency where coinage is scarce. Bara bars measure ten inches and two by two inches. five or eight salta equal a dollar depending on salt source distance. Three cartridges equal one salt.
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Abyssipia
Bara
Salta
The Great Art of Omitting in Daily Papers
A playful aphorism notes the value and challenge of omitting details in daily journalism. It imagines a man who could omit so well as to craft an ideal illad of the paper.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Cleaning Photographs With Ammonia Solution
Cleaning photographs requires a warm water rinse with a hint of tile ammonia. Wipe image lightly with a soft cloth and dry promptly to avoid damage.
Ancient burial chest found near Douglas in Man
An ancient sepulchral chest containing a cinerary urn, described as pre Christian, was unearthed near Douglas in the Isle of Man.
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Douglas
Lale
Man
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