Germany Demands Treaty Based on 14 Points, Counter Proposals
The German counter proposals urge a peace based on Wilson's fourteen points, arguing a dictated peace would breach agreement. They contend the Entente should adopt the same basis, criticize imperialistic aims, and call for a right-minded settlement without coercive domination. The document challenges punishment and demands protections for Germany’s sovereignty and economic future.
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Germany
Associated Press
Wilson
Germany puts forward counter proposals to peace treaty
Berlin May 28 Germany offers to disarm all battleships if a portion of merchant fleet is returned. No territorial changes without population recognition. Danzig as a free port, Vistula neutralized, evacuated territories within six months. If League of Nations formed with Germany as mandator, colonies stay under German administration. Indemnity 20 billion marks gold by 1926 and annual payments to 100.9 billion marks total. Proposals expected to be widely released on Wednesday.
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German demand for self determination and new borders
The statement blasts the proposed peace treaty as violating rights of self determination and harshly reconfiguring borders. It cites Danzig’s separation from Germany and forbidding unification with Austria, warning of a catastrophic economic and global impact if the treaty stands.
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DePalma and Resta Rivalry At Indianapolis 500
The Italian stars Ralph De Palma and Carlo Resta face off at the Indianapolis Speedway on May 31. The battle centers on the 500 mile race with a $50,000 purse and a long running vendetta between two champions. Both drivers seek personal victory and fan admiration as they duel for supremacy on the track.
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Discrimination Charges Highlight Wyoming Soldier Grievance
Western soldiers allege bias in wartime service amid a letter from Governor Carey to Secretary Baker. They claim 77th Division troops faced parade coercion in New York while New York men were discharged, with Western units kept in camp for two weeks. The missive appeals to national rights and historic liberty.
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Robert D. Carey
Wyoming
Newton D. Baker
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New York City
New York
Voted for Years but Was Not a Citizen
Samuel Brush Harper of Bristol, Hartford, who served on the Bristol Board of Aldermen, assessor and street commissioner, was naturalized as an American citizen in U S District Court. Judge Edwin L. Garvin presided. Harper had long been a voter in White Plains, New York, before moving to Bristol and believing he possessed full citizenship rights.
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Harper
United States District Court
Edwin L. Garvin
N. Y
Landru Denies Knowledge of Missing Women in Hearing
Paris May 28 Henri Landru facing a preliminary hearing for the disappearances of 12 women he married or promised to marrysaid he knew nothing about the cases and urged authorities to prove any connection.
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Yale Track Captain Out of Intercollegiate Meet
New Haven Conn May 38 Captain Braden of the Yale track team who scored in Harvard and Princeton meets will miss the intercollegiates at Cambridge Friday due to a dislocated shoulder from a motorcycle fall Monday night and injuries sustained during last night’s riot ending his season.
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Weather forecast for New England and New York East
Forecast shows warmer conditions Thursday and Friday across the middle Atlantic and New England states with rising pressure east of the Rocky Mountains. Winds will be generally light to moderate from the North Atlantic to the middle Atlantic areas with fair to partly cloudy skies and temperatures ranging from the mid 60s to mid 70s in major cities such as Boston New York Hartford and Philadelphia with readings and conditions noted in outlying stations.
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Pilot of vice describes voyage continues from page one
The account recounts a perilous voyage ending at Ponta Delgada with crew exhausted and on edge. The narrator details near sleep while at sea, using strychnine to stay awake, and a rare moment of humor from Commander Towers as feet went numb from cold water.
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McCulloth
Mind numbed by sleep as man nears propeller danger
A crewman, half asleep, clambered toward a whirling propeller and was saved at the last moment by Commander Towers. The incident sparked speculation about his future finances as he faced next week’s bills. A separate note mentions a woman who chose a wealthy husband over a poor lover after a gold cure for love in Kansas City.
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