Peace Treaty Draft Outlines Postwar League Launch
Paris May 3 The final peace treaty to end the great war may be signed by May 25. A fifteen day reply period is set for Germany with five to seven days for views exchange. League of Nations launch slated. Italy represented by Signor Jung at talks.
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League of Nations
Paris
Germany
Organization of
Italy
Council of Three
Belgium
Count von Brockdorff- Rantzau
League
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Bond for Haywood Refused at Court of Appeals
In Chicago on May 3 bonds for the release of William D. Haywood, I W W leader imprisoned at Leavenworth, were rejected. The proposed sureties, William Bross Lloyd and George McIntosh, were deemed insufficient. Lloyd’s existing $28,000 bond for convicted I W W members raised objections, and McIntosh’s record was deemed unacceptable by the district attorney.
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Leader
Chicago
William D. Haywood
Leavenworth
Kan
United States Court of Appeals
William Bross Lloyd
George McIntosh
Lloyd
McIntosh
Ukrainian Delegation Travels to Paris for Armistice Talks
Paris May 3 Ukrain ean delegates head to Paris to begin negotiations on an armistice between Ukraine and Poland. This marks the first official representation sent by Kyiv to the talks.
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Paris
Ukraine
Poland
New Commission Rates Considered by New York Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange weighs a plan from a board committee to set new customer commissions. Proposals include 7.50 dollars per hundred shares under ten dollars, 16 dollars per hundred for ten to one hundred twenty five dollars, and 20 dollars per hundred for stocks at or above one hundred twenty five dollars, with a minimum fee of one dollar.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Board of Governors
Far Eastern Problem Settled Over Shantung
The Council of Three reached an agreement giving Japan control of Kiaochau and Shantung with a full return of sovereignty to China except for Germanys economic privileges and the right to a Tsing Tao settlement. The league of nations would oversee future Japan China relations and protect China's territorial integrity. Wilson George Clemenceau favor troop withdrawal and expect the league to resolve disputes without military pressure.
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Paris
Anh
Council of Three
Kiaochau
Shantung Province
Japan
China
Germany
Tsing Tao
League of Nations
Shantung
Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
California Governor Signs Anti Terrorism Bill
Sacramento May 2 Governor Stephens signed a criminal syndicalism measure making the practice advocacy or teaching of industrial terrorism a felony with imprisonment from one to 14 years Another measure makes display of the red flag as a stimulus to anarchistic action a felony
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California
Sacramento
Calif
Stephens
Palace Near Lake Geneva for League of Nations
The permanent seat of the League of Nations will be built on a Scenic site along Lake Geneva near Geneva city. The Palais Eyward near the university will be used by delegates until the new palace is ready.
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League of Nations
Geneva
Lake Geneva
Hold Up Bank Messenger in Toledo Robbery
Two unmasked bandits robbed Dime Savings Bank messenger Frank Hole Winski of a satchel containing $12,000 in Toledo Ohio on May 2. Pedestrians who tried to intervene were driven off by the robbers. Anna Gould Hough, sister of Jay Gould and last of the original Gould family, dies in Los Angeles aged.
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Toledo
Ohio
Frank Holewinski
Dime Savings Bank
Goulds
Los Angeles
Anna Gould Hough
Jay Gould
Gould
Admiral Gleaves Decorated For Honor
Paris May 2 The minister of marine awarded Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves commander of the Legion of Honor for his service as commander in chief of the United States transport and cruiser service.
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Paris
Minister of Marine
Albert Gleaves
United States Transport and Cruiser Service
Legion of Honor
Bartfield Triumphs Over Barrieau In Four Rounds
Seattle May 2 Soldier Bartfield of New York earned a clean cut decision over Frank Barrieau contender for the Pacific coast middleweight title in four rounds.
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Bartfield
Seattle
Soldier Bartfield
New York
Frank Barrieau
Allies and Germans begin peace credential talks at Versailles
Paris reports the first meeting of Allied and German peace delegates at Versailles as credentials are exchanged and terms expected to be communicated to Germany by Monday. Washington notes Italian aims on Fiume and discussions between Orlando and Ambassador Page.
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Italy
Signor Jung
Fiume
Paris
Trianon Palace
Versailles
Organization Committee
League of Nations
Council of Three
Washington
Rome
Orlando
Thomas Nelson Page
Page
Wilson
Peace Congress
United States
Brockdorff-Rantzau
Jules Cambons
Hotel Trianon
Raymond Poincare
Georges Clemenceau
Southwestern Grain League Formed in Kansas City
Grain dealers announce the organization of the Southwestern Grain league. Membership will be drawn from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Texas Colorado and Nebraska. The May 2 gathering in Kansas City unveiled the new league to coordinate grain trades and standards across the region.
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Grain Dealers Farm League
Kansas City
Southwestern Grain League
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Nebraska
Islands Proclaim Union With Greece
A proclamation from the islands declares unity with Greece. The move names Athens as the central harmonic authority and signals a formal alignment on May 2.
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Islands
Greece
Athens
A Eee
16 Deadly Bombs Found in Mails
Federal detectives pursue the senders after 16 internal mail bombs found in the New York post office and six already delivered to prominent figures. The devices, labeled from Gimbel Brothers, injured Senator Hardwick’s wife and a housemaid but did not kill anyone.
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New York
Hardwick
Georgia
Chicago
Ole Hanson
Seattle
Charles M. Fickert
Edward M. Cunha
San Francisco
New York Post Office
Senator Hardwick
Thirtieth Street
Broadway
General Post Office
Gimbel Brothers
Cochran
Proceeds At Rapid Rate Breaking Up Of Army
The United States war department announced April 24 that discharges from the American army reached 1,836,833, with the American Expeditionary Force at 58 percent and the U S force at 31 percent of November 11 strength. A new transport record in the week ended April 22 saw 123,205 troops sail from Europe to the United States.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Europe
Italy Secures $50 Million Credit From United States
Italy receives a new $50,000,000 loan from the U S Treasury to cover obligations under war materials and food contracts with American producers. The loan brings Italy’s total U S borrowings to $1,571,509,000. Camp Hurts Winter Wheat in Nebraska as damp weather slows growth and causes grain to fall. Australia to Depart Germans reported from Melbourne on May 2.
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Italy
United States
Washington
Treasury
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Deaths in Great War Surgeries Show 61 Percent From Disease
Washington report from the Surgeon General states 111,179 army deaths in the war to date. Of these, 66,439 or 51 percent died from disease, 43 percent from battle wounds, and 6 percent from other injuries. About 12,000 disease deaths occurred after hostilities ceased.
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Washington
United States
Camp Devens
AERIAL EXPRESS TO LINK New York and Chicago
R E M Cowie announces a new aerial express service between New York and Chicago to start soon. The plan includes extending to Washington Baltimore Pittsburgh Boston and other cities with negotiations underway for express planes. Flying time between New York and Chicago is eight hours.
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New York
Chicago
American Railway Express Company
R. E. M. Cowie
Washington
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Boston
Future American business cooperative outlook urged
St Louis May 2 William C Redfield secretary of commerce told the Chamber of Commerce of the United States that future American business will be more cooperative than competitive and that cooperation will solve many difficulties left by inadequate anti trust laws. He called extreme competition destructive and uncontrolled combination dangerous.
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Redfield
St. Louis
William C. Redfield
Sir John P. Mahaffy Dead at 80
Dublin May 2 Sir John P Mahaffy of Trinity College Dublin dies aged 80. He was a noted philosopher and student of ancient history especially Greek and Egyptian. He served in the Irish Convention of 1917 18 and was president of the Royal Irish Academy 1911 16. He was high sheriff for County Monaghan and owned large estates.
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Dublin
John P. Mahaffy
Trinity College
John Mahaffy
Royal Irish Academy
Monahgan
Chicago firm settles eye injury claim for 25000
Fred W. Upham of Consumers' company agreed to settle for 25000 the claim of Edward T. Leonard a youth not yet 16 for the loss of an eye. Attorneys said the amount is believed to be the largest ever paid in a personal injury settlement without a contested trial.
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Chicago
Fred W. Upham
Consumers’ Company
Edward T. Leonard
Mexico Faces Scrutiny Over Anti Monroe Doctrine Statement
Washington May 1 diplomats say Mexico must show good faith and honesty in its anti Monroe Doctrine pronouncement or risk being convicted of uttering a deliberate and malicious falsehood a high diplomatic quarter reported.
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Washington
Breweries Under Watch as Prohibition Edict Takes Effect
Washington authorities begin gathering evidence to identify brewers who continue beer production after midnight delaying the prohibition of using foodstuffs in alcoholic beverage manufacture. The agents focus on firms active past midnight and intend to prosecute violations.
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Washington
Department of Justice
War stock costs and surplus sales total announced
Washington May 2 Ninety one percent of original cost realized from surplus war materials sold by the War department Up to April 18 a total of 156 083 116 25 had been realized from surplus property sales McCarthy Wins 25 Round Go Tonopah Nev May 2 Johnny McCarthy San Francisco welterweight won the decision over Jack Robinson after 25 rounds of hard fighting
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Washington
War Department
McCarthy
Tonopah
Nev
Johnny McCarthy
San Francisco
Jack Robinson
Western Canada Wheat Boom From Ideal Spring Conditions
Optimism runs through Western Canada as seeding gains pace across Manitoba to the Rockies. Farmers report strong spring moisture and labor outlook, with tractors rising and fall plowing setting the stage for record yields. Wheat trials and exports to Australia and France underscore the region’s world prominence in grain production.
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Canada
Manitoba
Rocky Mountains
Western Canada
Calgary
Alta
South Country
Western
Cabri
Saskatchewan
America
Australia
France
On Being Cheerful and Sharing Joy
A reflective note on how cheerful people refresh others and the value of consciously spreading joy. The author urges earnest effort to confer pleasure, echoing Lydia Maria Child’s view that gladness is contagious and improves social harmony.
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Lydia Maria Child
Kil the Flies Now and Prevent Disease Flyer
An advertising note touts Fly Killer for controlling flies and preventing disease. It claims the product kills thousands, available through dealers or by mail order. Address: 150 DeKalb Ave New York.
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Aomers
de Kalb Ave
Ree N.Y
Cement From Oyster Shells Along Gulf Coast
Oyster shells are being used extensively in making portland cement along the gulf of Mexico coast.
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Gulf of Mexico
Allen's Foot Ras e Does It
Razor sharp ad text sells Allen's Foot Rase as a remedy for pinching shoes and corns, claiming instant relief and soothing foot bath effects with a strong emphasis on acceptance of no substitutes.
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Allen
Electric Humor in Savings Debate Sparks Witty Exchange
A brief humorous exchange compares cooking with electricity to cutting current expenses. The quip highlights frugality and energy use in daily life with a light, period tone.
Notable comments on blindness and a joke from St Louis
The article notes that Russia has twice as many blind people as the rest of Europe combined. It also adds a quip about a St Louis lazy man who started work but could not bring himself to stop.
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Russia
Europe
St. Louis
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