German Envoys At Church and Talks At Wilson Home
Paris May 12 Two more notes from Count von Rantzau head of the German peace delegation to Premier Clemenceau president Wilson discuss prisoners of war and labor legislation. Wilson and Balfour Venizelos met with Clemenceau at Wilson's house to discuss Italian claims and Fiume while Page explains Italy's sentiment. Allies consider German departure from Versailles and may shift talks to Berlin if terms are too drastic. draft treaty for Austria to be completed early next week ready by Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Clemenceau
Council of Four
Germat
Wilson
Versailles
Arthur J. Balfour
Venizelos
Greece
Fiume
Italy
Page
Thomas Nelson Page
United States
Colonel House
Germany
Berlin
Lenine Snubs Allies Envoy Informed No Reply Reached
Paris May 12 Dr Fridjof Nansen leader of the commission to feed Russia has returned to Christiania without a reply from the envoy sent to Nikolai Lenine premier at Moscow. The entente plan to feed Russia through neutrals was conditioned on Bolshevik ceasefire. The Russian Paris commission led by Prince Loff has protested to the entente powers and the United States.
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Fridjof Nansen
Russia
Christiania
Nikolai Lenine
Moscow
Entente
Cubans Buy Victory Bonds Amid Subscriptions Over Quota
On May 12 in Herena Cuba, the Dance Es piers informed the chairman of the carbon Victory loan committee that the bank's board has voted to subscribe for any amount needed to meet Cuba's $2,000,000 quota and will add a further $1,500,000. With Banco Espanol's backing Cuba's quota will be oversubscribed by at least 50 percent.
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Three British Flyers Drowned Crossing the Channel
Dover May 12 The bodies of three British aviators were picked up by a destroyer Lieutenants Stokes and Evans and Sergeant Fi llaore had attempted to cross the channel in an airplane.
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Cost of living to drop as world production resumes
Julius Barnes, US wheat director, says essentials costs will ease as Europe restores production after four years of conflict. He notes 400 million Europeans returning to work, Belgium and others rebuilding, and world credit inflation easing. Domestic markets will benefit as production shifts home.
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Julius Barnes
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Belgian Relief Commission
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Roumania
Serbia
Finland
America
Barnes
Blame Wilson, Not the U.S. In German Peace Sentiment
Berlin reports sentiment across Germany is solidly against signing the peace treaty. The accord is denounced as a skeleton that leaves Germany with little. Public and political discourse place responsibility on President Wilson, while distinguishing the American people from the president. Germans hope terms will be modified.
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Berlin
Germany
Wilson
America
U. S. Becomes Second Maritime Power After Ship Acquisitions
Washington reports permanent acquisition of 89 former German ships under the Paris agreement, placing the United States as the world second sea power. Great Britain leads, Japan ranks third. US shipping board estimates deadweight tonnage of 8,607,222 tons for steamers 500 tons and over under US control.
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United States
Great Britain
Panks
Japan
United States Shipping Board
Italy Protected in Austrian Pact
Paris on May 12 reports a nearing peace treaty with Austria that protects Italian interests. It notes the Australian frontier is named by the secret London treaty granting Italy strategic heights and defensive mountain passages.
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London
Italy
President Wilson Denies Dollar Worship View
Paris May 12 President Wilson told the French Academy that Americans are not materialists or dollar worshippers, rejecting the notion of a national obsession with wealth as he spoke in Paris.
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Wilson
French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
Irish Freedom Delegates Face Boiling Sinn Fein Fury
Irish Unionists fear deportation risks for American delegates Walsh Dunne and Ryan as they tour Ireland with Frank Walsh. After an all night journey from London, the mission says it has assurances from high sources safeguarding their steps. Sinn Fein crowds rally nightly to glimpse the unofficial apostles of Irish freedom.
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Sinn Fein
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Two American Seaplanes Ready for Third Lap Cross Atlantic
Trepassey Newfoundland May 12 Two U S naval seaplanes NC 1 and NC 8 lie in harbor ready for the next 1200 mile hop to the Azores after completing the first two legs from Rockaway Point to Halifax and here Weather at Trepassey and midsea will influence the take off time NC 4 at Chatham Mass may join later The American flyers weigh prospects of British pilots with delays seen as hurting their chances and a talisman Saint Michael was presented to Commander Bellinger by Mrs Keegan of St John s
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United States
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Ghent
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Hawker’s
Reynham
Bellinger
St. Michael
L. B. Keegan
Yanks Free Enemy Officials in Coblenz
Charges against Peter Jurgensen acting Coblenz district president and Dr Jansen acting burgomaster were dismissed after Third Army civil affairs officers recommended it. The labor requisition was not honored due to a bureaucratic dispute among local German officials, with the army reporting noncompliance stemmed from internal disputes rather than direct orders.
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Peter Jurgensen
J. Jansen
Third Army
English land sale trend as gentry offloads estates
London May 12 reports the landed gentry of England is parting with land at an alarming rate. Half-page ads in London Manchester and provincial papers offer large blocks of real estate at auction. Indications point to England having many small landowners similar to the eastern United States.
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England
Manchester
United States
Dutch to yield ex Kaiser to Allied powers
The Dutch government has decided to surrender the former Kaiser to the allied and associated governments. A Hague dispatch to National News reports the decision was made in London on May 12.
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the Hague
Baseball Scores From Sunday Across Leagues
National League games saw Chicago beat Pittsburgh 3 0 and Cincinnati prevail 6 0 while St. Louis lost 0 to New York 7 2. American League results had Chicago 10 Cleveland 2 and Detroit 6 St Louis 2. Washington 0 New York 0 in 12 innings. American Association reports Columbus 10 Toledo 6 and St Paul 3 Kansas City 2, Minneapolis 7 Milwaukee 5, Louisville 4 Indianapolis 3.
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Farm ers' National council backs rail and war economy plan
The Farmers' National council will push for government ownership and operation of railroads packing plants and the war emergency fleet in the next Congress as part of a reconstruction program. George P. Hampton said the group aims to repeal the espionage act, keep high income and war profit taxes, and oppose further giveaways of natural resources.
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Washington
George P. Hampton
Hampton
Limitation of Passports Amid Surge in Applications
Washington on May 12 states the state department will refuse passports to applicants not acting in good faith or seeking to travel abroad for pleasure or curiosity. Despite prior warnings the department reports a flood of applications and reinforces strict scrutiny.
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Washington
State Department
Belgium protests entente over flag color clash
Paris reports Belgium has protested to the entente powers against Germany plans to use a red, yellow and black flag nearly identical to Belgium. Germany originally proposed a red, gold and black banner but shifted to yellow, creating a duplicate of Belgian colors.
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Belgium
Germany
Nationwide anarchist plot thwarted by arrests
Chicago May 12 A nation wide campaign of terror including July 4 bomb outrages seemed tied to four anarchists captured by Detec tives Egan and McDonough. Marie and Pasquale Nardini with their six year old son Reno and Joe Fratiffe and Adolphe Fratesi, recently released from Wisconsin state prison, were found with material about Independence Day upheaval. Authorities could not link them to the plot. they were released by the Wisconsin supreme court after a rehearing. Police and federal agents had raided several anarchist strongholds in Milwaukee and Chicago. The four were seized at 4 am at 2851 Cottage Grove.
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Egan and McDonough
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Marie
Pasquale Namdini
Reno
Joe Fratiffe
Adolphe Fratesi
Marie Nardini
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Supreme Court
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Hue
Chilean generals retire amid pressure over maximalism
Santiago reports three generals and other army chiefs have been retired after urging the president to act against maximalist forces entering the country. The government says the move was premature and the dispute is settled with the officers placed on the retired list.
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