Japanese Insist on Holding Kiao-Chau in Final Treaty
Paris dispatch reports Ambassador Page gathering from Premier Orlando that Italy may withhold signing the peace treaty, risking a split with the Allies. Japan insists on no compromise over Kiao-Chau in the big three talks as the 80,000 word treaty nears completion, with a 10,000 word official summary ready for publication.
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Page
Italy
Wilson
Rome
Orlando
Japan
Hir
Kiaochan
Baron Makimo
Viscount Chinda
Kiao-chau
Baron Makino
Germans Fight Ship Seizure at Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires April 30. The port prefect faced resistance by German officers when attempting to board steamers Tumnenburg and Santa Clara to deliver them to the United States. He boarded only after threatening to use force. Machinery on the vessels was found wrecked during inspection.
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Buenos Aires
Aoerasio
Tumnenburg
Santa Clara
United States
Orders Cables to Owners Return to Owners
Postmaster General Burleson ordered the American cable systems be returned to their owners, effective at midnight May 2. The directive directs cable operators to cease government control and restore ownership rights amid ongoing wartime communications policy.
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Washington
Burleson
Miss Laura Volstead Aided War Work and Campaign Plans
Miss Laura Volstead daughter of Representative Volstead of Minnesota recently graduated from George Washington law school. She worked at Walter Reed Hospital using her own car to transport soldiers. She now joins the Salvation Army drive and will resume duties as her father’s campaign manager when wartime duties end. He is expected to chair the House Judiciary Committee in the next Congress.
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Laura Volstead
Representative Volstead
Minnesota
George’ Washington Law School
Walter Reed Hospital
Salvation Army
House Judiciary Committee
Rome Citizens Take Oath at Capitoline Hill Mass Meeting
Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page met Premier Orlando in Rome and urged calm amid tensions over the Adriatic issue. A Capitoline mass meeting led by Prince Colonna called for the annexation of all territory given to Italy in the London treaty, including Fiume, with a united oath as the Capitoline bell rang. The procession to the Quirinal drew the king, queen, and wounded soldiers amid cheers of Fiume and Dalmatia.
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Rome
Thomas Nelson Page
Orlando
Wilson
O ¥ Ylando
Fiume
Spalato
Trau
Prince Colonna
Quirinal
Dalmaq
Hughes or Taft to Try Kaiser Trial Judge Nomination
Washington expected the American judge for the Kaiser trial to be Hughes or Taft with Root mentioned as another possibility. President Wilson likely to nominate. Congress to consider confirmation. Chief Justice White reportedly unwilling for a long voyage. Lord Reading seen as British candidate. Trial likely at Geneva, seat of the League of Nations.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
William Howard Taft
International Tribunal
Kaiser
Wilson
Congress
Elihu Root
White
Lord Reading
England
Geneva
League of Nations
Lenine and Trotzky Seek Refuge Abroad
Official advices from Washington say Bolsheviki leaders Lenin and Trotzky are seeking refuge outside Russia fearing overthrow of the Soviet government. Sweden Denmark and other neutral countries have refused to grant asylum.
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Washington
Sweden
Denmark
Neu
Plan for Kiao Chow Crisis Reaches Agreement
Paris April 30 The formula for resolving the Kiao Chow dispute is arranged by the powers to avoid a definite break and gain acceptance from both Chinese and Japanese representatives. An authoritative source stated this in Paris today.
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Paris
Kiao Chow
Americans Advance in Archangel Front
Archangel region report of April 30 states American and British troops at Kurgoma repulsed strong Bolshevik attacks, taking thirteen prisoners. The status highlights allied counteroffensive and prisoner tally amid ongoing fighting in northern Russia.
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Archangel
Kurgoma
Swiss Ban Meat For Two Weeks In National Prohibition
Swiss authorities order a two week meat ban from May 5 to May 19 due to provisioning difficulties. No killing or sale of cattle allowed during the period, statewide.
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Berne
Switzerland
Federal Coumtmell
German pastor Schumann jailed for espionage act
Fort Dodge Iowa April 80 The federal court of appeals sustained Judge Reed's sentence of Rev Wilhelm Schumann pastor of the German Evangelical church at Pomeroy to five years in Leavenworth for espionage act violation He was sentenced last June He is free on $5000 bond living with friends at Pomeroy and may appeal to the Supreme Court
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Fort Dodge
Federal Court of Appeals
Reed
Wilhelm Schumann
Ervangelical Church
Pomeroy
Leavenworth
Schumann
Federal Supreme Court
Wilson approves return of telegraph cables and wires
President Wilson approves Burleson recommendation to return telegraph and telephone systems to owners after necessary legislation. Cable announces restoration of American cable lines to owners with hope of completion by May 19.
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Washington
Wilson
Burleson
White House
Train Derails Eastbound From Buffalo to New York
A broken axle caused the derailment of Lehigh Valley train No. 6 near Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania at 4 10 a m. Eight passengers were cut by flying glass as cars left the track.
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Wilkesbarre
Lehigh Valley
Buffalo
New York
Versailles Peace Dispatches Report Wilson May Lead League Inauguration
Reports from Paris and Coblenz describe President Wilson's role in planning the first League of Nations meeting to be held in Washington next October. German delegates arrive, streets quiet, and Coblenz civilians briefly raise and are restrained from flying German flags amid Allied policing.
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League of Nations
Washington
Wilson
League
White House
Geneva
Versailles
Palace
von Becker and Schull
Major Botticher
von Bismarck
Rudolph Brand
Coblenz
Cologne
Army
Bomb Sent To Senator Hardwick In Atlanta
A mailed bomb addressed to former U S senator Thomas W Hardwick exploded when a Black servant girl opened the wrapper. Her hands were blown away while Mrs Hardwick suffered serious facial cuts and burns.
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Senator Hardwick
Atlanta
Thomas W. Hardwick
United States
Georgia
Battleship Missouri Brings Rainbow Division Train to Newport News
Newport News Virginia April 30 The battleship Missouri arrived from France with the 117th supply train of the Rainbow division, formerly Texas National Guard, completing the unit's reinforcement.
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Newport News
Missouri
France
Texas National Fiuard
Rainbow Division
Greek Minister Joannes Gennadius Long Servant of Diplomacy
Joannes Gennadius, Greek minister to the United States, has spent over forty years in diplomacy. He has visited London since 1875 when he began as first secretary to the legation. Venizelos trusts him deeply, and King Edward once proposed him for Marlborough Club membership. His wife, a Scotswoman, is the daughter of the late Samuel Laing, longtime MP for Orkney and Shetland.
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United States
London
Legation
M. Venizelos
Edward
Marlborough Club
Samuel Laing
Orkney
Shetland
Baseball scores from several leagues and games
St Louis beat Chicago 1 0 while Chicago topped Detroit 8 1 in another American League note. Cincinnati 8 Pittsburgh 1 and Philadelphia 8 Brooklyn 4 with New York Boston no game due to cold. American Association saw Milwaukee 5 Indianapolis 0 and Columbus 3 Minneapolis 2. St Paul Louisville had no game.
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Boston
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American Association
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Refuses To Free Soldiers At Camp Grant Illinois
Tadze Kenesaw M. Landis denies the writ of habeas corpus to release 14 colored soldiers held for retrial on a charge of assaulting a Bloomington woman at Camp Grant last May. He rules the court martial board appointed by the secretary of war now in session here has jurisdiction for the second trial.
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Camp Grant
Tadze Kenesaw M. Landis
Bloomington
Yokohama Fire Causes Heavy Loss in Japan
The Monday blaze in Yokohama caused an estimated 15 million yen loss, about 87.47 million dollars at the prewar rate. Thousands were left homeless, two killed, thirty injured, with sixty blocks of the Japanese quarter burned including public buildings and houses. It ranks as Yokohama's worst conflagration.
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Yokohama
Yokohata
Palestine Independence Resolution At Amsterdam Conference
The international socialist conference at Amsterdam passed a resolution demanding Palestine become an independent state and be admitted to the league of nations.
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International Socialist Conference
Amsterdam
International Socialist Conference In
Cession
Arnham
Palestine
League of Nations
Big Pay for Red Soldiers in Bavarian Army
Berlin reports the Bavarian red army pays privates seven dollars daily while officers receive a seven hundred fifty dollar joining bonus and two hundred fifty dollars monthly. The brisk enlistment pace continues.
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Berlin
Red
Hallet
Strike of Telephone Girl Triggers Mining Town Riot
Martial law was proclaimed in Linton Greene county Indiana after 500 miners stormed a telephone office and strike breakers fled. A militia volley wounded a worker Casey Jones and one militiaman, while efforts to restore order continued as federal authorities prepared to act and deputies were dispatched. Governors, generals, and labor leaders discussed the growing threat and the need to keep mines idle and telephon e service halted.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Linton
Greene County
Indiana
James P. Goodrich
Terre Haute
Casey Jones
Adjt
Harry Smith
Earl Houck
Department of Justice
United States Marshal’s Office
General Smith
Goodrich
Smith
Bloomington
Offernls
Ed Stewart
United Ming Workers of America
Charles Fox
Indianan Foderation of Labor
Terre Traute
Fifteen Dead in Majestic Coal Mine Blast
Fifteen miners are believed dead and fourteen rescued after a gas explosion at the Majestic Coal Mining company mine near Birmingham. The incident occurred shortly after noon, with many workers badly burned.
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Birmingham
Ala
Majestic Coal Mining Company
Majestic
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