Germans Submit Credentials in First Step Toward Peace
The German plenipotentiaries presented credentials at 3:10 pm in the Trianon Hotel room, a brief five minute ceremony as the first step in peace talks. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau appeared pale and exhausted while M Cambon led the Allied reception with Camoron and other delegates present. The ceremony closed by 2:34 pm and Allied representatives then toured the Hall of Mirrors at the Chateau before tea back at the hotel.
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Versailles
United States
Count von Ebrockdorff-Rangau
Trianon Hotel
Supreme Military Council
Count von Brockdorfff-Rantzau
Herr Landsberg
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Jules Cambon
Berlin
Lord Harding
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Matsui
Japan
Henry White
M. Cambon
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Allied Commission
Chateau
Hall of Mirrors
Supreme War Council
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The Easter Hat Shower Turns Into a Terror Event
A festive Easter hat gathering is disrupted by a rainstorm described as a shower of terror causing fear and chaos among attendees. Police respond as bystanders seek shelter and organizers cancel planned activities.
Laborites Back Wilson Amid Italian Socialist Reply
British Labourites press Wilsons points to Italian Intransigeant Socialists as thirteen deputies meet to discuss stance. The Italian Socialists condemn capitalistic governments and urge world proletariat to follow Zimmerwald principles as peace talks begin in Versailles.
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Rome
Labor Party
Wilson
United States
Zimmerwald
Oppose One Big Union by Calgary Trade Unions
Carpenters, plasterers, steamfitters and sheet metal workers declare opposition to the One Big Union in Calgary. A coordinated stance signals rift within labor groups over consolidation.
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Calgary
Budapest Crackdown Seizes Hundreds in Bribe Sweep
Soviet authorities have arrested about six hundred financiers editors publishers writers and ex ministers in Hungary, alleging they refused bribes to back the Soviet cause. More than thirty editors and newspaper owners and many reporters were detained.
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Budapest
Hungary
Deportation Record Shatters as Chinese Exported from Victoria
The port of Victoria reports a record deportation of Chinese to China aboard the steamship Canada. Three percent of the Chinese were sent back after failing to gain entry as prospective college students. Immigration officials examined the Orientals and found them unfit for college entry. Ottawa officials refused to intervene.
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Victoria
China
Canada
Mary
Ottawa
Saskatoon Kiwanis Aid Planned For Airman McClelland
The Saskatoon Kiwanis Club pledges to raise funds to replace Lieut. McClelland's wrecked airplane after his first passenger flight. The aircraft is destroyed and the club will seek donations to enable purchase of a new machine.
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Saskatoon
Kiwanis Club
Liept. McClelland
McClelland
Disorders in Paris during May Day celebration
Paris faced serious disturbances as May Day marches turned violent. Crowds clashed with police near the Place de la Concorde and the war ministry, turning weapons on fellow citizens while shouting Long live the Poilu. Soldiers retreated as mobs pressed forward.
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Paris
Place de la Concorde
Chamber of Deputies
War Ministry
War Crimes Prosecution for William Hohenzollern Claimed
The Evening Standard asserts it has the highest authority to say William Hohenzollern will be prosecuted and tried not as originator of the war but as an instigator of crimes per the war responsibility commission report.
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London
The
Evening Standard
William Hohenzollern
Commission On War Responsibility
Air Squadron for Russian Service in Russia Formed
Major Raymond Colli shaw, the noted Canadian airman, authorized to form a squadron for service in Russia. He is selecting personnel for the squadron, which will include several well known Canadian airmen.
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London
Raymond Collishaw
Russia
Aliens Barred from Ottawa May 2 Order
Dating from May 2 entry into Canada of Doukhobors Hutters and Mennonites is prohibited. The western agitation has produced results and the order in council intimated previously has been passed.
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Ottawa
Canada
A Complete Farm Home Brimming With Practical Style
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Poles Plan Advance on Germany Warned by German Delegate
Berlin reports Mathias Erzberger, head of the German armistice delegation, said Poland plans a stronger push into German territory in Posen and Upper Silesia. He warned Foch that Germany cannot guarantee armistice survival if Polish attacks occur, which could block further Polish troop movement from France via Germany.
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Mathias Erzberger
Foch
Germany
Posen
Upper Silesia
Poland
France
Haller
Knighthood Conferred in Canada Ended by Commons Committee
A special Commons committee decided to discontinue conferring knighthoods on Canadians in Canada. The panel also backed abolishing hereditary tithes while delaying a plan for an academy of merit. The McMaster motion carried 20 to 3, ending new knightly honors for war service.
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Ottawa
Canada
the Commons
Cowan
Regina
Academy of Merit
A. R. McMaster
W. F. Cockshutt
McMaster
Sir Herbert Ames
Michael Clark
Rev Ben Spence Fined in Toronto Court for Banned Literature
Rev Ben Spence secretary of the Dominion Alliance Ontario branch was convicted by Magistrate Kingsford in the police court on charges of publishing banned literature The Parasite and fined 500 or four months at the jail farm W E Raney KC counsel for the defense intimated an appeal and the magistrate gave a week to collect the money if he chose to pay the fine
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Ben Spence
Dominion Alliance
Ontario
Kingsford
W. E. Raney
K.C
Spence
Bombs in Mails Target Officials Discovered in New York
Post office inspectors report 17 internal bombs placed in the mails addressed to prominent figures including cabinet officers in New York City.
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Washington
Post Office
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Premier Given Free Hand Paris
French press notes a conciliatory spirit in Premier Orlando's address to the Italian parliament. Conferences on the Italian question may resume, and ground for a satisfactory understanding could be found. Italy aims to grant Orlando a free hand in managing its interests.
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Paris
Premier Orlando
Italy
Permanent Home For Peace League in Geneva
Geneva plans a permanent home for the League of Nations to be built at Alhambra Hall. Officials seek a lake shore site of about one and a half square miles. several offers come from Geneva families. A major wireless station and a large diplomatic airfield will be built, all extra territorial.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League
Alhambra
Italians Advancing Eastward on Adriatic Front
Advices from Spalato report Italian troops and war material being landed at Sc binico and Seara on the eastern Adriatic coast. The forces are moving eastward with reinforcements toward the demarcation line.
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Copenhagen
Scbinico
Seara
Adriatic
Spalato
R.N.W.M.P. Plans Eastern Canada Recruitment
Toronto Controller Maclean of the Royal North West Mounted Police announces that recruitment for the force will begin immediately in eastern Canada.
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Toronto
Controller Maclean
R.N.W.M.P
Canada
Conflicting Views On Kiao-Chau Compromise Impact
Paris reports divergent reactions in conference circles to the Kiao-Chau compromise. Japanese delegates welcome the transfer of German rights and say it enforces the 1915 Chino Japanese treaty. Chinese officials await the treaty wording. Railway security will be provided by Chinese with Japanese instructors, all appointed by the Chinese government. Japanese forces to be withdrawn as soon as possible.
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Paris
Kiao-Chau
Five Day Week Enforced for Seattle Builders
Official notice from the building trades council representing about 6,000 workers states a five day week will begin May 3 with no work on Saturdays and Sundays. The shorter week will soon extend to Tacoma and other northwest cities.
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The
Building Trades Council
Tacoma
Northwest
Want Wilson Back
The United States Chamber of Commerce representing about half a million business leaders unanimously adopted a resolution urging the immediate return of President Wilson and an extraordinary congressional session to enact legislation to safeguard social and business structures.
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St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Wilson
Congress
May Admit Germans to League of Nations
Reuters dispatch from Paris reports Lord Robert Cecil may appoint a British member to the League of Nations. Germany could be admitted after a probable one year period.
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London
Reuter
Paris
Robert Cecil
League of Nations
Germany
League
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