Agitators Rounded Up After NYC Explosive Case
New York police and the department of justice conduct a broad roundup of anarchists and labor agitators with criminal records. Dr. Charles Baldwin is held after a raid on his office found nine bottles containing high explosives labeled TNT.
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New York
Department of Justice
Post Office
Charles Baldwin
West Forty-fifth Street
Doctor Baldwin
Faurot
Charles J. Pinchel
H. B. Dobbs
Internal Revenue Department
Customs House
Clarence Hall
H. C. Traunce
Bureau of Mines
Washington
ALL CABLES TURNED BACK TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP
Washington May 3 American cable lines returned to private ownership and operation at Midwest Friday night under President Wilson guidance. The transfer was arranged by the wire control board of the Post Office Department on April 29, with no ceremony or formalities.
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Washingeton
Midwest
Wilson
Wire Control Board
Post Office Department
Hurton Submarine Chaser Fire Intervenes in Charleston Incident
Three naval men and 18 Charleston firemen were injured when a gasoline line tank exploded aboard the submarine chaser 58 in Charleston South Carolina on May 8. The vessel then burned to the water's edge before being brought under control.
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Hurton
Charleston
S. C
Labor program hailed as key wartime achievement
President Wilson cabled Secretary Tumulty praising the labor program adopted with the treaty of peace. He said it is one of the most important achievements of the new day and will safeguard and promote workers' interests worldwide, stabilizing conditions and easing hardships in many places. He called it a major conference success.
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Washington
Wilson
Tumulty
White House
Conference of Peace
British Protest Over Libau Overthrow Sparks German Reply
Paris reports British protests against the overthrow of the Letts provisional government at Libau and German replies denying responsibility. Berlin sources attribute the revolt to Letts while another Berlin paper blames pan German intrigue by Baltic German barons and agents.
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Berlin
Paris
Libau
de Zwoelf Uhr Blatt
Baltic
Germany
Refuse Citizenship To 82 In Northern District
May 3. Eighty two aliens who filed for American citizenship in the district of R K Roe United States naturalization examiner have been barred from becoming citizens. They surrendered their first papers to avoid military service. Roe's district covers northern Minnesota and part of North Dakota. Foreach nationality forty are Swedish thirty six Norwegian and six Russian.
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Duluth
R. K. Roe
United States Naturalization Examiner
Washington
Roe
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wilson May Call Congress Together
Washington, May 3 confidential dispatches from Paris indicate President Wilson may call a special session of Congress to meet June 1. If events in Paris accelerate the session could convene earlier.
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Wilson
Congress
Austrian peace delegation arrives in Paris today
Paris May 3 The Austrian peace delegation reached France and is housed at the St Germain hotel. The arrival marks a step in ongoing diplomacy as officials coordinate talks and review terms with Allied representatives.
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Paris
France
St. Germain
Bolsheviki Forces Defeated Along Russian Front
Reports from Helsinfor May 3 state Bolshevik forces are defeated along the eastern front by Siberian troops and are retreating along the border. The advance appears halted as lines shift and Soviet units pull back under pressure.
Fifty Die In Gas Explosion In Pennsylvania Mine
Wickesbarre May 3 officials fear fifty miners were killed in a gas explosion at a local mine. Rescue teams comb the wreckage as the community reels from the disaster and authorities investigate causes.
Geddes Hosts Daniels at London Luncheon
London May 3 Josephus Daniels American secretary of the navy was guest of Sir Eric Geddes minister without portfolio and former first lord of the admiralty at a luncheon. Afterward Daniels visited St Pauls and Westminster Abbey with staff and many prominent Englishmen.
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London
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Eric Geddes
The
Admiralty
Daniels
St. Paul’s
Westminster Abbey
Joffre Plans U S Visit Again This Year
Private advices say Marshal Joffre will visit the United States again before year end. No date has been fixed for the trip.
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Joffre
U. S. Washington
Marshal Joffre
United States
Haywood to Stay in Prison for Bonds Rejected
William D. Haywood and four I W W leaders in Fort Leavenworth must remain jailed as bonds offered for their freedom were deemed unacceptable by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The group faces charges under the espionage act.
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Chicago
William D. Haywood
I. W. W. Chieftain
Federal Penitentiary
Fort Leavenworth
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Haywood
la. W
Forces clash across Hungary as Roumania demands Bessarabia
London reports Russian soviet ultimatum to Roumania demanding evacuation of Bessarabia within 48 hours after Romanian troops recently occupied the region. Basle notes King Ferdinand enters Budapest at the head of Romanian forces, while Bela Kun recognizes territorial claims and calls for ceasefire and economic talks. Carinthia mobilizes 20 classes to repel Jugo-Slav attacks near Klagenfurt and Villach as Vienna edges toward allied support.
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Budapest
Government of
Carinthia
London
Roumania
Bessarabia
Klascow
Ukraine
Dniester
Hungary
Bela Kun
Ottoman Turk and the Future of Turkey in Asia Minor
Morris Jastrow Jr of the University of Pennsylvania argued at the American Academy session that the Ottoman issue haunts international conferences. He said only the United States can confront the ghost, while other great powers including England France Germany Russia Italy and Austria Hungary bear responsibility for the century long unresolved problem.
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Philadelphia
United States
Morris Jastrow, Jr
University of Pennsylvania
Turkey
Asia Minor
American Academy of Political and Social Science
England
Franc
Germany
Russia
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Army psychologist Yerkes advocates testing for officer and enlisted fit
Maj. R. M. Yerkes told the National Academy of Sciences at its Washington meeting that the U S measured brain power of officers and men with psychological tests. He noted that multiple military branches conducted classifications to place personnel and argued army methods from the war could be adapted for educational and industrial needs.
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R. M. Yerkes
National Academy of Sciences
Academy
Washington
United States
Maj. Yerkes
Friday Baseball Scores From National and American Leagues
National League games saw Chicago beat Pittsburgh 4 to 2, St. Louis 8 to 1 over Cincinnati, New York 14 over Philadelphia 2, Brooklyn 3, Boston 0. American League results had St. Louis 11 over Chicago 4, Detroit 14 over Cleveland 6, New York 3 over Boston 1, Washington 7 over Philadelphia 2. American Association games: Minneapolis 0 vs Indianapolis 2, Milwaukee 2, Columbus 3, St. Paul 7, Toledo 2, Kansas City 4, Louisville 3.
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Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
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Brooklyn
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
American Association
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Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Coumbus
St. Paul
Toledo
Kansas City
Louisville
Perch
Vet Esnits
ANON
Veysdee
Nevetveeneet
Sewer
Louis
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Puad
Cate
SPO
Passing of the Oregon Battleship in Navy SHAPE
Washington May 3 Shortage of men presses the navy to decommission the battleship Oregon Acting Secretary Roosevelt suggested Oregon might take over the ship for historical purposes at no cost to the navy Before transfer the hull would be stripped of valuable material Roosevelt noted the hull cannot fetch much money and the department does not want to scrap the vessel for sentimental reasons
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Washington
Navy Department
Oregon
Roosevelt
US Troops to Return Home as Occupation Forces Remain
Paris reports the American expeditionary force will be reduced to the Rhine occupation army at once with 300000 soldiers sent home in May and a similar number in June. After July 1 French ports will be unused, railroads returned, and US MPs withdrawn. Antwerp will become the American supply base under Brig Gen W D Conner with communications via Belgium.
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Paris
Rhine
France
Antwerp
W. Db. Conner
Belgium
Pogrom Kills 56 Jews in Pinsk News Report
Fifty six Jews were killed in a pogrom at Pinsk according to a Zionist central office notice received via its Copenhagen bureau. The report cites the incident as part of ongoing violence affecting Jewish communities in the region.
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London
Pinsk
The
Zionist Association
Copenhagen
Germans Face 15 Day Window On Treaty Proposals
Paris May 3 German delegates to the peace congress have fifteen days to consider the treaty and propose counter ideas with allies free to reply at any time. It is anticipated the treaty will be presented to Germans Monday or Tuesday after three to four days of drafting. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau nearly fainted presenting credentials to allied envoys at the Trianon hotel in Versailles.
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Paris
Italy
Council of Three
Organization of the
League of Nations
M. Clemenceau
David Lloyd George
Wilson
Belgium
Versailles
France
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
United States
Trianon
Supreme Military Council
Count von Brockhorfz-Rantzau
Herr Landsberg
Professor Schuecking
Jules Cambon
Berlin
Allies
Henry White
Lord Harding
Great Britain
Ambassador Matsui
Japan
Hungary begs peace and calls for immediate ceasefire
A Budapest wireless says the Hungaria communist government offered Roumanian concessions and requested an immediate halt to hostilities. Berlin reports say troops close in on Munich, with Schongau and Umfing captured from Soviet forces about 40 miles NW of the city. The Times notes prisoners held in France will be returned under the peace treaty in exchange for skilled workers to aid reconstruction.
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Budapest
Copenhagen
Munich
Berlin
Schongau
Umfing
Paris
France
Germany
Times
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