Wilson Warns Allies on Peace Delays and Duty
President Wilson told the peace conference delegation that American soldiers should not be used in eastern and southeastern Europe. He urged the allies to resolve outstanding issues quickly, accepting shared responsibility for delays and stressing the need for results at the council of four meetings. The talks also covered reparations, Saar valley, Rhine left bank, and Danzig with officials including Lloyd George and Josephus Daniels present.
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London
Wilson
Europe
Paris
Clemenceau
Germany
Saar
Rhine
Danzig
Council of Four
Spalato
Josephus W. Daniels
Navy
Italy
Lloyd George
London Daily Mail
England
Protest by Terre Haute Miners Denied
William Mitch secretary treasurer district No 11 United Mine Workers says no protest strike is planned over Eugene V Debs imprisonment and reports of a strike lack authority or executive board consideration. The statement asserts no official action has been approved by miner officials.
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Terre Haute
Ind
William Mitch
United Mine Workers
Eugene V. Debs
Mitch
Mint
Powder blast at Du Pont plant kills and injures many
A powder plant at Boyles Gap near Birmingham exploded, causing a fire and multiple fatalities with many injured. Ambulances were dispatched from Birmingham as efforts to control the blaze continued.
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du Pont de Nemours
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Boyles Gap
Chicago Mayor Thompson Wins Landslide Victory
Chicago returns show William Hale Thompson re-elected mayor over Robert M. Sweitzer by about 14,000 votes with 2,005 of 2,215 precincts reported. Maclay Troyne trailed far behind. The city also approved a wet liquor proposition by margins near 275,000 to 860,600. Women largely supported wets, men broadly split.
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William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Robert M. Sweitzer
Maclay Troyne
Thompson
Sweitzer
Memorial day set for Sunday schools in memory of E. K. Warren
North America will observe April 2 to April 6 as memorial days in Sunday schools to honor E. K. Warren longtime International Sunday School Association worker. Warren of Three Oaks Michigan, died three months ago at nearly seventy two. Marion Lawrence Chicago general secretary urges widespread remembrance.
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Chicago
North America
E. K. Warren
International Sunday School Association
Warren
Three Oaks
Mich
Marion Lawrance
Mass Troops Concentrate in Eastern Prussia
Paris edition of the New York Herald reports German forces under Field Marshal von Hindenburg massing in eastern Prussia. Troops are gathering at Graudenz and Thorn to defend the Dan zig to Posen railway line against Allied pressure.
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Paris
Prussia
von Hindenburg
New York Herald
Graudenz
Thorn
Danzig
Posen
U S Troops Sail From Italy Part of 332d Infantry Homeward
The Italian consul-general in New York announced an official Rome message that the 332d infantry, which fought with Italian armies against Austria, is now on its way home.
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New York
Rome
332D
Austria
New Republic Formed in Serbia and Rhine Safety Zone
Paris reports a peace conference agreement limiting German garrisons fortifications and war factories along the Rhine and left bank as part of a temporary joint Franco German plan. The Saar region may be under French economic control for five years while political control remains German. Italy’s frontier issue near the Adriatic is to be reviewed informally with President Wilson.
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Paris
Germany
France
Saar
Saar Valley
Council of Four
Alsace
Lorraine
Rhine
Italy
Orlando
Wilson
Adriatic
King Peter deposed as Serbia proclaims republic
London reports April 2 that a republic has been proclaimed in Serbia. King Peter has been deposed and Belgrade will serve as the capital of the new enlarged nation.
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London
Serbia
Peter
Belgrade
German General Strike Spreads Across Germany
Frankfurt dispatch reports a general strike proclaimed in Berlin spreading through Germany. Spartican sympathizers linked to disturbances as workers clash with troops causing deaths and arrests. In Frankfurt 300 looters arrested for food shop theft as rioting flares with government troops, leaving eleven dead and about twenty five wounded.
Bolsheviki Attack Allied Troops Near Ozera
Archangel April 2 Bolshevik forces renew attacks on Allied positions along the railroad near Ozera with heavy machine gun and artillery support east of Basheia.
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Archangel
Ozera
Basheia
Americans Held as Spies in Turkey Arrest Ordered
Secretary Baker approves British request in Turkey to arrest James Spohr, a naturalized American, and his wife. They are described as closely connected with the German spy network in Palestine and among British Indian subjects, signaling a treason case connected to wartime espionage.
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Baker
Turkey
Pair
Washington
James Spohr
Palestine
Hungry Budapest in terror under communist rule
Reports from Budapest describe a reign of terror by communists as Hungary faces famine with only ten days of food in stock. Copenhagen dispatch notes 300 cattle daily into the city instead of 3,500 as coal shortages bite. Allies may intervene while a Budapest decree orders surrender of jewels over 2000 crowns to the communist government.
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London
Bucharest
Entente
Constanza
Black Sea
Hungary
Copenhagen
Central News
Berlin
Ruhr
Prague
Budapest
M. Krn
Al-Ies
Foreign Office
Adriatic
Germany
Taft HooF Run to City Hall in Detroit
Former President Taft arrived in Detroit broke and walked 1.5 miles to City Hall where Mayor Couzens cashed his check. He explained he ran out of change and knew the mayor had plenty. He will travel to Kalamazoo then Lansing to address the legislature.
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Detroit
Mich
Taft
Kalamazoo
League of Nations
Couzens
Lansing
500 New Yorkers Enlist for Overseas Service
The war department appeal for 50,000 volunteers drew more than 500 applicants in New York on April 2. The figure is noted as a peace-time enlistment record, reflecting strong local response to the call for overseas duty.
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New York
War Department
London Delivers Weathered Note on German Blockade
London April 2 The blockade of Germany has not been and will not be lifted for the present. Cecil Harms worth undersecretary for foreign affairs announced in the house of commons.
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London
Germany
Cecil Harmsworth
House of Common
Noted financier convicted in sugar hoarding case
Hulett C. Merritt of Pasadena, a nationally known financier, was convicted by a federal jury in Los Angeles of hoarding sugar in violation of the 1918 food conservation law. The jury recommended mercy after a prior trial ended in disagreement.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hulett C.merritt
Pasadena
United States District Court
Moline Flyer Killed Over March Field Crash
Riverside Cal April 2 Lieutenant C M Ripperger of Moline Illinois was killed when the airplane he was piloting fell about 1000 feet over March field. The accident ends a brief flight during a routine training exercise.
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Riverside
Cal
C. M. Ripperger
Moline
March Field
U S Freezes Big Packers Replaced by War Policy
WashingtonApril 2 All meat packers were released from food administration control. A proclamation signed by President Wilson at Paris announced the packers are freed from supervision of every kind exercised by the food administration, including profit margin restrictions.
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Washington
Food Administration
Wilson
Paris
Allies Hold Line as Warsaw Gas Shells Lemberg
Archangel front reports strong allied positions with snow trenches and log barricades bolstering American French British and Russian troops. Bolshevik shelling targets front lines while an observation balloon monitors shelling. a village north of Odozerskaia suffers no damage from a bomb. Paris notes call for women in Russia and estimates Bolshevik strength in Estonia. Lemberg in Ukraine continues to face gas shelling amid halted Ukraine Poland talks.
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Archangel
Lemberg
Odozerskala
Sobolshevik
Odozerskaia
Qudozersknia
Arillery
Bolshoia Ozera
Paris
Pskov
Russia
Esthenia
Esthenian
Carl Kranz
American Food Commission
Esthonia
Antibolshevik
Warsaw
Baker to sail for France Monday for liquidation duties
Secretary Baker will sail from New York on the Leviathan Monday to attend meetings of the American liquidation commission and direct winding up the American army in France. He will be accompanied by W. Cutbell, the War Department representative on the inter allied claims board, and Stanley King, his private secretary.
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Washington
Baker
New York
Leviathan
France
American Liquidation Commission
W. Cutbell
War Department
Stanley King
Airline Seaplane Collision Kills Three Officers
Pensacola Florida April 2 Ensigns Carl Wigel and L A Hobbins and Student Officer RE L Trux were killed and Ensign Jesse Simpson was injured in a seaplane collision at the naval air station.
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Pensacola
Fla
Carl Wigel
L. A. Hobbins
RE. L. D. Trux
Jesse Simpson
Nasval Air Station
Iowa Senate Passes Banking Bill Increase Examiners
Iowa Senate approved a banking measure to raise the number of state bank examiners and appoint a deputy superintendent of banking for the Des Moines area. The bill, introduced by the committee on banking, aims to strengthen supervision of financial institutions across the state.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Comunalttee Banking
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