Navy to Protect Citizens in Staty in Italy
Washington April 28 Officials report orders to Rear Admiral Phillip Andrews in command of the American naval force in the Mediterranean to safeguard American life and property at Spalato and other Italian locations. The plan relies on precautionary steps within his discretion rather than immediate land action, with protection options including consulate shelter or boarding ships if necessary.
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Phillip Andrews
Mediterranean
Spalato
Italy
Paris
State
Navy Department
Navy
Admiral Andrews
Andrews
Daniels
Bensor
Interallied Navy Council
Adriatic
NineTieth Division Review Marks Departure Toward Home
Coblenz April 28 The last official review of American troops in Germany featured the Ninetieth Division marching past General Pershing after inspection on Wengerchr meadows Brig Gen Hugh McAlexander received the Distinguished Service Medal and six Distinguished Service Crosses were awarded The Ninetieth Texas and Oklahoma division includes many veterans from Iowa and Illinois The ceremony concludes army occupation reviews and signals the unit’s readiness to board trains for the journey home likely within a month
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Germany
Ninetieth Division
General Pershing
Wengerchr
Hugh Mc Alexander
Ninetieth
Texas and
Oklahoma
Train Kills Four at Sparks Station Suburb
Baltimore April 28 four persons were killed when their automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania express train at Sparks Station suburb. The dead are Nathaniel Smith Willis Miss Mee Bee Calvin Pierce residents of Sparks.
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Baltimore
Perons
Sparks Station
Pennsylvania Exprese
Nathaniel Smith
Willis
Miss Mee Bee
Cal
Vin Pierce
Sparks
Gompers Injured In Broadway Collision
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor was seriously hurt when a Broadway surface car struck his taxicab at Forty first street. The cab was demolished, Gompers suffered two broken ribs a sprained hip and contusions, and was carried into the Hotel Continental. The taxi driver escaped with minor injuries as witnesses described the wreck and the car’s impact at Broadway and Forty first street.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Broadway
Forty-first Street
Gompers
Samuel Belensweig
Mr. Gampers
Peace treaty drafted for German delegation trial plan
The international court at Paris on April 28 outlines a provision to try former Emperor William II by an international tribunal. A separate tribunal will handle other military officers of various ranks.
U S Sailors Drown When Launch Sunk in Hudson River
In New York on April 28, fourteen sailors were aboard a launch returning to the battleship Nevada when it sank in the Hudson River. Only one person was rescued.
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Nevada
Hudson River
U. S. to Roundup Deserters
Washington reports the government will begin a broad roundup of draft deserters. Deserters who failed to report to draft camps will be separated from non deserters within three weeks, with trials and punishments to follow as soon as apprehended. The provost marshal general's office will finalize classifications and report results to the adjutant general.
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Washington
France Italy Pledge Reciprocal Engagements in Telegram
Rome April 28 A telegram to Prof Luigi Luzzatti from Premier Clemenceau states engagements between France and Italy will be honored. The note asserts that no disregard of reciprocal promises will occur as peace is signed and calls French policy not a scrap of paper.
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Rome
France
Italy
Luigi Luzzatti
Interior
Luzzatti
Cheemenceau
Gov Yager Censured by Porto Rico Senate
San Juan Porto Rico April 28 The Porto Rican senate censured Governor Yuger for criticizing the legislature in his annual report. The censure stems from his remarks on the lack of experience among members and the legislature’s two month recess instead of adjourning sine die.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Yuger
Senate
Socialist group opposes new war in Italy
Rome April 28 the socialist parliamentary group adopted a resolution sent to Premier Orlando against a new war warning the government not to present to parliament a fait accompli that would resume hostilities or delay demobilization.
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Socialist
Orlando
Rome
Socialist Pariamentary
Italians Weigh Break With London Treaty Over Adriatic
Paris reports a Slav delegation reply to Italian Adriatic demands arguing Italy may abandon the London Pact and seek a separate peace with Germany if her terms are unmet. The stance signals potential shifts in alliance, with Italy weighing strategic options amid Allied diplomacy.
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Paris
Italy
London
Meres Call More Classes for Government Edition
Fragmentary text lists a government edition with color basis and scoring terms like Giapetch Crom Agrem. The readable bits suggest a scheduling or classification note rather than a complete event.
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Meres
Giapetch Crom Agrem
Germans to Get Treaty Tuesday at Versailles
Berlin reports say German delegates ride three special trains toward Versailles for Tuesday evening handover of peace terms. The revised league covenant, to be public in Washington and worldwide, keeps core principles but changes phrasing and article numbers. Key amendments favor sovereign withdrawal with two years' notice and require unanimous agreement for league decisions. President Wilson to read covenant at plenary session with a Monroe doctrine nod.
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Berlin
Versailles
Tageblatt
State Department
Washington
League
Great Britain
United States
Council
Congress
Germany
Russia
Executive Council
Wilson
One Dead and Six Hurt in Kenosha Crash
A car and street car collision in Kenosha killed George T. Smith of Waukegan, head of the Waukegan Boiler Works, and left six others injured, some seriously. All the injured are residents of Waukegan. Smith leaves a widow and two children.
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George T. Smith
Waukegan
Kenosha
Wis
North Avenue
National League scores and American League results listed
Baseball results show Chicago beating St Louis 7 to 1 in the National League and Chicago defeating Detroit 6 to 4 while Boston won 8 to 9 over Washington in the American League with St Louis Cleveland postponed due to wet grounds. American Association games include St Paul 4 Louisville 2, Milwaukee 5 Indianapolis 11, Minneapolis 4 Columbus 3, and Kansas City 17 Toledo 8.
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Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago Etree
New York
Boston
Chicago
Pana
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Tapas Eames
St. Louis
American Association
St. Paul
Louisville
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Columbus
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Toledo
Largest merger forms Apple grower group in Wn valley
Wenatchee officials announce the creation of American Fruit Growers Inc a Delaware registered firm planning to merge and operate apple and citrus orchards worth about 100 million dollars across Pennsylvania New York West Virginia Florida California and Washington including hundreds of acres in the Wenatchee valley.
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Wenatchee Valley
American Fruit Growers, Inc
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Florida
California
Washington
Austrian imperial party lands in Swiss resort for health stay
In Geneva on April 28, former Emperor Charles of Austria arrived at Montreux where the former grand duchess of Luxemburg is staying. The ailing monarch will stay briefly as more Austrian archdukes are expected in Switzerland from Vienna next week, signaling continued royal arrivals amid health concerns.
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Geneva
Charles of Austria
Montreux
Grand Duchess of
Luxemburg
Switzerland
Vienna
Chicago flyer dies in fall during test flight
Lieut. Allington Jolly of Chicago was killed when a winged test craft collapsed at the "bullet" machine of Dr. George W. Christmas. The machine fell 150 feet onto the field of J. H. Wanser at Seaford near Lufbery aviation field, April 28.
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Freeport
L. L
Allington Jolly
Chicago
George W. Christmas
J. H. Wanser
Seaford
Lufbery Aviation Field
Frost Damage in Ohio About 1.5 Million Dollars
Vernon H. Davis head of the bureau of markets predicted frost damage to Ohio fruit will approach 1.5 million dollars. The estimate reflects widespread losses across the state with the potential for further revisions as reports come in from Columbus, Ohio.
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Columbus
Vernon H. Davis
Bureau of Markets
Ohio
Italy Moves to Annex Fiume in Telegram Era
London dispatch reports Italian Parliament was summoned a week earlier than planned. Premier Orlando to present a plan for immediate annexation of Trentino Upper Adige Trieste Istria Fiume and Dalmatia as Wilson shows support. Page leaves Rome to resign in Paris while Wilson stance remains unchanged.
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London
Orlando
Trentino
Adiago
Trieste
Istria
Fiume
Dalmatia
Rome
Addy
Wilson
Page
Thomas Nelson Page
United States
Paris
Flu kills millions in British India
London reports nearly five million deaths in British India from Spanish influenza with about a million more in native states. The outbreak struck 238,026,240 people, yielding 4,899,725 deaths or 20.4 per thousand. The virus appeared last autumn and overwhelmed hospitals as streets filled with the dead and dying.
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London
British India
India
Two Firemen Die in Maryland Industrial School Blaze
A blaze at St Mary's Industrial School in Baltimore on April 26 killed two firefighters and injured 14 others as a steel girder collapsed. Two attaches were hurt while 350 pupils and staff escaped. total losses estimated at about half a million dollars.
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St. Mary’s Industrial Institution
Baltimore
St Mary's Industrial School
British Paper Backs Wilson On League Of Nations
The Manchester Guardian voices steady support for President Wilson and the League of Nations, arguing world peace and the league’s foundations must not be sacrificed for sectional gain. It notes Italy’s enduring need for protection and that Wilson’s stance preserves rather than wrecks the conference, stressing the U.S. voice in future arrangements.
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Manchester Guardian
Wilson
League of Nations
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Italy
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Voice
United States
Miust
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