Peage Delegates Complete Work At Versailles Peace Talks
The Paris peace conference finished its work on May 6 1919 for Germany with a secret plenary session setting the treaty terms for all powers. The session in the foreign office included Clemenceau Wilson Lloyd George and the Italian representative Dr Silvio Crespi. Captain Andre Tardieu outlined the treaty as five judges would hear the case against former Kaiser Wilhelm. The council also discussed complete economic isolation of Germany if it refuses to sign.
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Paris
Germany
Versailles
Foreign Office
Italy
Silvio Crespi
M. Clemenceau
Wilson
Lloyd George
Lef
Andre Tardieu
France
Rimpeter William
Tis
Council of Foreign Ministers
Supreme Council
Wheat Gamblers Warned as Flour Prices Must Improve
Chicago July 6 193? Julius H Barnes national wheat administrator warned at the Chicago Board of Trade that the food administration act gives authority to curb trading on exchanges and to halt future trading if abuses arise. He said if prices do not reflect supply constraints the United States may revert to 40 day food reserves.
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Chicago
Julius H. Barnes
National Wheat Administrator
Chicago Board of Trade
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Food Administration
United States
Tie
Park City Miners Strike Halts Operations After 50 Years
Park City Utah mines and mills stopped work on Tuesday as eight to nine hundred workers went on strike. The men demanded a six hour day on a wage of 0 and called for arbitration with the War Department. Pump men and engineers continued at the site.
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Park City
Utah
Mayor T Woodman Set as Primary Candidate
Municipal primaries indicate Mayor T Woodman, acquitted of bribery last week, will be one of the nominees for mayor at the city election next month.
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T. Woodman
Tso
Air Mail Route Planned From Cleveland To Chicago
Washington announces a new air mail service between Cleveland and Chicago to begin May 14 with daily trips except Sunday. The program will extend the service to New York, linking major hubs and expanding postal air routes.
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Washington
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Villa Demands Taxes From Mine Owners in North Mexico
Reports from Mexico City and the border describe Villa's forces threatening Chihuahua City after capturing Parral. 300 workers at Santa Eulalia mine were moved to Chihuahua City as bandits demanded protection payments and threatened destruction if refused.
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Villa
Conchos
Ortiz
Chihuahas City
Manel M. Tiegues
Tampico
Castro
Chihuahua
Villistas
Dieguez
Peinex
Purral
el Paso
Jim- Aner
Villatas
Santa Eulalia
Chihodhua
Toledo Gets Title Match Willard Dempsey July Fourth
New York promoter Tex Rickard announced on May 5 that Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey will clash in Toledo Ohio on July 4 for the world heavyweight title. The bout is set for 3 p.m. and will last twelve rounds unless a knockout ends it earlier. If the full distance is reached a referee yet to be named will render a points decision. American Consul Held by Anarchists. Roger Tredwell, the American consul detained by Russian Bolshevik authorities last October, has reached Stockholm via Moscow and Finland and informed the State Department of his release.
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Washington
Roger
Tredweil
Stockholm
State Department
Moscow
Finland
George Askwith Made United Kingdom Peer
Sir George Askwith KC, longtime known as the strike settler, has been elevated to a peerage in the United Kingdom. The announcement notes his strong popularity with the labor class in England.
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George Askwith
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England
United Kingdom
War Risk Bureau reorganized as demobilization grows
The War Risk Insurance Bureau is reorganizing after rapid demobilization. Discharge notices surge as awards payments end for some, while disability and death compensation grow. Since armistice, disability and death awards have increased, with monthly payments rising sharply and total policy values climbing toward 900 million. Farmers in West and Midwest express loyalty to national movements amid league influence.
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Washington
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Bureau
War Department
Government Defends Higher Telephone Toll Rates in Supreme Court
Washington reports the government brief defending intrastate toll increases filed May 2 in the U S Supreme Court. South Dakota and Massachusetts suits seek to block rate hikes arguing police powers. The government says the postmaster general controlled the system and must regulate rates to prevent undue private gains.
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Massachusetts
Washington
Supreme Court
Massachusetts Courte
United States
Postal Service
Robinson Succeeds Page in Shipping Board Post
Washington announces Henry M. Robinson of Poandens California to succeed Charles K. Page of San Francisco on the Shipping Board after Page’s resignation. The appointment was confirmed at the White House in May.
Victors Plan to Fix Terms Teutons to Decide in Fifteen Days
Report from Paris says the victors will require German delegates to present any complaints in writing within fifteen days. No oral arguments will be heard as peace terms are fixed. The treaty may be presented to the German national assembly, with plenipotentiaries authorized to sign in the name of the republic. President Wilkenfold visits the House Military Affairs Committee and plans to return to America around June 1.
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Berlin
Bagdad
Teutone
National Assembly
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Republic of Germany
Wilkenfold
House
America
Millionth man coming home from American expeditionary force
Secretary Baker announced on May 6 in New York that the one millionth AEF soldier will embark for home next week aboard the transport George Washington. He said the homeward movement is satisfactory and that the 200,000-month mark would be reached in June after his France visit.
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Baker
France
George Washington
Trope
Taker
Warren Pershing
Pershing
Germin Line
Townley and Gilbert Ordered to Stand Trial in Dialoyalty Case
The Minnesota supreme court upholds Jackson county court ruling that Townley president of the National Nonpartisan League and organizer Joseph Gilbert must face trial on dialoyalty charges. The court says conspiracy can occur without the object’s completion and affirms indictments linking Townley to a Nonpartisan League pamphlet deemed a violation of espionage laws.
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Jackson County
Townley
Troops Gale For France And Europe Transport
A New York report states a first contingent of 1000 men from the 50 00 troupe volunteers to relieve an equal number with the American army in Germany and sail on the transport Agatempen. Embarkation authorities at Ho announced the plan. The Agaivemnon will sail to Mreet. Also noted are gains by Sweden's socialist party in recent county council elections attributed to a shift from prohibition to liberal beer and spirits policy aligned with the Commercial party.
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New York
Germany
Europe
Agateempen
Hotaken
Mreet
Norse Socialiete
Wets
Bjerkhole
Socialist Party
Sweden
Hwediah
Shipyard Strike Settled at Los Angeles Yard
San Pedro Ont reports a strike by thousands of workers at the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock company yard was called Thursday last and has been satisfactorily adjusted.
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San Pedro
Italians Invited to Resume Place at Peace Conference
Allied diplomats push to heal the breach caused by Italy’s absence from the peace talks in Paris. A May 4 communication to the Malan government seeks early Italian representation to restore personal ties and advance negotiations. Paris reports note talks between French ambassador Caml Marre and Premier Orlando as Lisbon and credentials hearings proceed.
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Paris
Itte
Wilson
Chemeareau
Sir George
Council of Three
Prener Lloyd George
Tallon
Haly
Caml Marre
Rome
Orlando
Versulibes
Latrobe Teacher Murder Shocks Small Town
The body of Mies Grama Austraw, a Shyenreld school teacher, was found Saturday on the Andry farm near Latrobe. She had disappeared days earlier after leaving for the schoolhouse. The victim was shot in the head and her hands were bound. Police believe she was attacked while returning home from school on Monday evening and overpowered before her death.
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Beir
Abe
Communist Move Collapses Munich Insurrection
Berlin reports mark collapse of the Munich Insurrection as Germany’s last stronghold falls. The Ehert and Scheldemann government breathes easier, praising Def Min Noske for stabilizing the country amid chaotic internecine fighting.
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Munich
Berlin
Germany
Ehert
Scheldemann
Herr Noske
Defence
Sharatib
Armenian cleric in Aleppo arrested amid refugee crisis
In New York the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief received an eyewitness account alleging the arrest of Ixaaet Hokt Ney, a rector of deported Armenian refugees at Aleppo, tied to responsibility for the deaths of thousands of Christian women and children under the Young Turk regime.
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New York
Ixaaet Hokt Ney
Aleppo
Young Turkewyer
Idaho Engineer Passes Suddenly in Professional Circles
Symikane H C Alles, a recently named state engineer at Intel, died suddenly. The news notes he had traveled to Sprague to begin preliminary engineering work, with details received by telegram.
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Idaho
Intel
Sprague
Elegrem
Mayor Ole Hanson Declines Presidential Candidacy
Chicago dispatch notes Mayor Ole Hanson states he will not be a candidate for president. He previously gained attention in Seattle for opposing the I W W and Bolsheviks. The report places his Chicago appearance on a recent Saturday.
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Ole Hanson
Ation Orernight
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