Frazier declares he can call special referendum election
In Bismarck North Dakota Governor Frazier asserts his constitutional right to set a June 26 referendum date despite a secretary of state objection over 30 days notice to county auditors. The exchange notes required petition filing, certification, and blanks, arguing the constitutional amendment controls the timing. Page 11 continues.
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Guernor
Lynn J. Frasier
Ikely
Sailors Ready to Receive Big U S Dirigible
St John s N F May 12 Blue Jackets from the United States cruiser Chicago began preparing a cricket field as a mooring ground for the Naval dirigible C 5 to make a test cruise from Cape May this week Anchors 250 feet apart for mooring to be used if the C 5 lands Weather and engine readiness discussed as the Navy and British weather service coordinate for possible trans Atlantic flight plans from Newfoundland toward the Azores and England
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C. N. Keyser
England
Azorea
Atlantic
Dollar Worship Misconception Denied by Wilson
President Wilson told the French Academy that Americans are not worshippers of the Almighty Dollar. He stressed that the United States values justice and solidarity, citing wealth and material aims but emphasizing humanity and common principle in global leadership. He reflected on American university training shaping views of the state and individual rights.
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Wilson
Paris
French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
United States
Allied Halt Romanian Budapest Advance Shocks Allies
Telegraph briefs report Allied and associated powers halted the Romanian advance on Budapest. Foch returns to the front, Wilson proclaims Boy Scout Week from June to Flag Day. Abyssinian protectorate request to France discussed with President Poincare. Peek demands explanation over steel price wrecking. American Women’s Hospital staff invited to be decorated by French government. Harold Kroeger sets junior national A A U record in 100 yard backstroke. Edith Cavel body to be interred in England May 13. 5000 International Paper mill workers strike after wage offer rejected. Corporal L A Peyton wins U S Army rifle title.
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Versailles
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Bohemia
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Hungary
Union of Germany
Withdrawal of Archingel to begin in June amid vague plans
A tentative withdrawal of American troops from North Russia was set to begin in June, despite no definitive orders yet issued. Secretary Baker announced public plans, but details remain unsettled. In Roost, Manitoba, May 12, W A Slaney believes homing pigeons and chickens will eventually return home, noting he bought two trained pigeons a year ago from Bart Scarth of Winnipeg.
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Slaney
Bart Scarth
Winnie
Winnipeg
Austrian Peace Delegates May Reach St Germain Wednesday
Paris reports the Austrian peace delegation is nearing completion of terms and will reach the St Germain palace by Wednesday. Delegates prepared rooms at the Francis I residence, once a museum, for the reception and negotiations. Two villa groups near Paris will house Austrian and Hungarian delegates with plans for separate talks, potentially simultaneous.
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Minneapolis tops cities in postwar job placements for veterans
Minneapolis, Minn revises national ranking by the United States Employment Service, reporting 1841 returned service members employed in five weeks ending April 2. Los Angeles and Cincinnati trailed with 1047 and 1646 placements, figures tied to population. Market contrasts show 1841 era prices and travel times.
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United States Employment Service
Washington
Los Angelés
Cincinnati
Massive U.S. Meat Surplus To Be Sold Abroad
Washington reports a plan to dispose of about 100 million cans of beef and over 50 million pounds of bacon from army surpluses. If export proves impossible, the War Department will control sales domestically with price and distribution rules, the packing firms acting as agents. Represented are Wilson & Co., Morris & Co., Armour & Co., Cudahy, and Libby McNeill Libby.
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Spartacans Rally in Central Germany Amid Unrest
In Berlin on Sunday May 11, Spartacans and Independent Socialism push a radical parade through Einsenhach with red flames. Officials are beaten. Gustav Noske plans government troops to restore order while Thuringian workers threaten a general strike. Weimar troops shift to Taronic amid Spartacan threats. North Dakota forecasts show showers and cooling trends into Tuesday.
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Thuringian Workmen's Council
Erfurt
McDonnells Sentenced to 25 Years for Daughter's Death
Jamestown May 12 Dan and Mrs. Etta McDonnel pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of their 5 year old daughter Etta at the McDonnel farm north of Courtenay Stutsman county. They were each sentenced to 25 years in the state prison at Bismarck. Mrs McDonnel confessed to administering many blows and that the father participated.
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Dan
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Courtenay
Stutsman County
J. A. Coffey
Bismarck
John W. Carr
Toeen
Coffey
Ella
Peace Conference Talks Continue With German Proposals
Leaders press on with plans at Versailles to settle the Italian question and prisoner repatriation while Berlin prepares counter proposals on international labor law. German notes urge commissions for prisoner transfers and call for broader cooperation with Allied powers to ease postwar arrangements.
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Clemenceau
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Leeds
Berne
Germany
Million Dollar Libel Suit Opens in Michigan Today
Mount Clemens Mich May 12 One of the most noteworthy libel cases in American history Juris Prudence Henry Ward against the Chicago Daily Tribune for 1,000,000 was to open before Judge Tucker with preliminary battles largely decided in Illinois and Detroit courts The trial was expected to begin without delay and the court would focus on a brief from counsel for Mr Lord attacking the Tribune's defence.
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