Baron Makino Calls for Equal Membership in League of Nations
Paris April 3 Baron Makino head of Japan's peace delegation states Japan seeks equal status in the league of nations not racial hierarchy. He emphasizes mutual respect, justice, and restraint from immigration, while rejecting inferiority and endorsing a frank admission by allies. He recalls Perry era and calls for balanced cooperation.
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Paris
United States
Japan
Commodore Perry
Townsend and Harris
League of Nations of the World
America
Perry
League of Nations
Elihu Root
League
Prohibition Agents Held to Grand Jury in Slaying Case
Four Virginia state prohibition agents Harry F. Sweet J K Sullivan W Hall and W M Dunleavy were held without bail for the grand jury after a hearing in Woodstock Virginia on charges of murdering bootleggers Lawrence D Hudson and Raymond Shackleford. They were ordered to Fredericksburg jail under militia guard as tension ran high after the killings.
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Woodstock
Lawrence D. Hudson
Raymond Shackleford
West
Harry F. Sweet
J. K. Sullivan
W. ©. Hall
W. M. Dunleavy
Fredericksburg
Richmond
Whiting
Circuit Court
National leagues pay for players from Federal league
The National league received 88,660 and the American league 40,500 for players taken from Federal league clubs when those leagues disbanded. Evidence given to the jury in the Baltimore Federal club’s damage suit against organized baseball did not disclose details, though counsel suggested an individual defendant received the entire sum.
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Washington
National League
American League
Baltimore Federal Club
Baltimore
Netherlands appoints delegate to Paris talks on Germany neutral relations
The Hague April 3 Minister of Foreign Affairs Karnebeek said the financial section of the supreme economic council in Paris asked the Netherlands to designate a delegate to confer on relations between Germany and neutrals. Amsterdam banker J. Ter Meulen has been named and left for Paris.
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the Hague
Karnebeek
Supreme Economic Council
Paris
Netherlands
Council
Germany
J. Ter Meulen
Amsterdam
Rhode Island Senate Seeks Supreme Court Ruling on Prohibition Amendment
Providence April 8 The Rhode Island Senate adopted a resolution directing the state attorney general to seek a ruling from the United States Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the prohibition amendment. The house had already approved the resolution.
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Providence
R. L
Senate
United States Supreme Court
House
Steamship Leviathan brings eighty-fifth division troops to New York
From Brest and St Nazaire the Leviathan landed 12,059 troops of the Eighty-Fifth Division plus detachments of the Thirty-Seventh and Ninety-First. The Orizaba brought 3,301 Ninety-First Division troops. The Ulua carried 1,076 Eighty-Fifth troops. Culgoa arrived with 104 casuals after a 28 day voyage in distress off the coast.
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Orizaba
St. Nazaire
Calgoa
New York
Eighty-fifth Division
National Army
Michigan
Wisconsin
Leviathan
Brest
William C. Rivers
160Th Field Artillery
Liberator
San Francisco
Georgia
Twenty-ninth Field Artillery
Custer
Upton
170Th Infantry Brigade
Camp
340Th Infantry
337Th Infantry
Camp Custer
National Guard of
Ohio
West Virginia
112Th Engineers
134Th Field Artillery
135Th Field Artillery
145Th Infantry
Camp Sherman
Camp Grant
Massachusetts
Bowie
Dodge
Fuypston
328Th Field Artillery
Ulua
328Th
Culgoa
Pershing Informed of 50000 Volunteers For Overseas Service
Washington April 3 General Pershing was informed the War Department would enlist 50000 volunteers for overseas service. They would be sent in detachments of 1000 to join the Army of Occupation. Pershing was to return an equal number of enlistees or draftees, selecting the most meritorious cases.
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Washington, D. C
Pershing
Dicker on Food to Bavaria
Berlin reports negotiations are under way between Bavaria and Italy for food deliveries. Italian demands are described as insurmountable so far, stalling any agreement.
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Dicker
Bavaria
Berlin
Italy
Tages Zeitung
Left Bank Rhine Neutrality Held Until Indemnities Paid
Paris April 3 The Council of Four declares the left bank of the Rhine neutralized until Germany pays indemnities to be fixed by the Peace Conference. French and Belgian troops will hold the territory.
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Rhine
Cil of Four
Germany
Allies Repulse Reds Near Archangel Front
Archangel April 3 Bolshevik forces attacked allied positions along the railway near Odozerskaia and east of Bolshoia Ozera but were repulsed. The enemy struck from the right flank on the railway front, suffering heavy losses from machine guns and artillery. Bol shoi Ozera briefly cut telephonic links before being driven off as thaw nears making roads impassable. Dvina and Vega fronts unchanged.
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Archangel
Odozerekatia
Bolshovi Ozera
Bolshoia Ozera
Odozerskaia
Bolshevi Ozera
Dvina
Vega
Revolution at Petrograd reported by wireless dispatch
London dated April 3 reports a Petrograd uprising and a railway strike halting transport and bread, prompted by mensheviki and social revolutionaries. The wireless message blames social revolutionaries as agents of Denekines, Kolchak, and allied imperialists.
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London
Petrograd
Mensheviki
Denekines
Kolchak
I W W Convicts to Get Bail in Appeal Case
Chicago April 3 Big Bill Haywood secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World and 35 comrades urged for freedom on bonds from 1000 to 15000 pending appeal in the United States circuit court of appeals. They are Leavenworth prisoners serving one to twenty years for espionage law violations. Haywood to furnish 15000 bond for release during appeal expected to last several months.
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Chicago
Big Bill" Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Clarence 8S
Darrow
Otto Christianson
George Vanderveer
United States
Charles F. Clyne
Landis
Haywood
Strikes Grip Major Spanish Cities Amid Tense Clash
Bilbao reports widespread strikes in Spain halting traffic in Barcelona. Britain and the United States urged Premier Romanones to review the crisis in a long conference. Unconfirmed rumor claims strike leaders have been arrested and executed.
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Bilbao
Spain
Romanones
Barcelona
Armistice to March figures on discharge and overseas arms
War department release shows since armistice 1,535,471 of 3,670,888 officers and men under arms were discharged. Since hostilities ended 573,474 sailed from France to March 26 and 602,830 arrived in the United States. At that date 1,409,789 soldiers remained overseas with 608,178 total under arms in the U.S. on March 25.
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Washington
War Department
France
United States
Explosion in Echternach Injures 200. 60 Americans Hurt
An explosion of gasoline in Echternach causes injuries to about 200 people, including 60 American soldiers. Fifteen are in serious condition as an American auto stops to refuel and catches fire. Spectators near the blaze are among the burned.
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Brussels
Echternach
Britain to Lift Censorship on Telegrams
London reports the censorship of press telegrams will be raised on April 30. The change was officially announced in Britain.
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Britain
London
Frankfort Riot Death Toll and German Labor Unrest
Dispatches report deaths in Frankfort on the Main amid rioting and plundered hotels. In Stuttgart a clash with troops left three dead, while Berlin declares forces in control. Strikes spread, gas cuts hinder kitchens, and a state of siege is imposed in Stuttgart as police arrest hundreds.
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Frankfort-on-the-Main
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Stuttgart
M Sage
Frankfort
Berlin
London
Geremany
Spartaeides
Ruhr
Kastrop
Westphalia
Tageblatt
Kastrop Anzeiger
Paris
Zurich
Lithuanian Towns Revolt Against Bolsheviks
Advices from Koyno report that the Lithuanian towns Sumithals Trakai and Landvarva rose against Bolshevik control on March 2. They drove out soviets and destroyed offices. Bolshevik troops were disarmed and many killed in the clashes.
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Stockholm
Sumithals
Trakai
Landvarva
Koyno
Red Flag Hauled Down at Bamberg City Hall
The red Sap flag flown from the Bamberg city hall tower since the revolution last November has been hauled down on April 3.
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Bamberg
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