German cabinet weighs American note on mediation role
Berlin discusses the note to the United States as a possible mediation offer. Chancellor Fehrenbach and Foreign Minister Simons brief party leaders after cabinet meeting. Discontent grows over not consulting the Reichstag before seeking Harding's mediation on reparations.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
Berlin
Constantine Fehrenbach
Walter Simons
Harding
Peasant Revolt Grows Across Ukraine In 1919 Rising
An Associated Press report from Stockholm dated April 23 says organized peasant rebellion against the Russian Soviet government gains force in Ukraine. Peasants have seized towns between the Dnieper and Dniester, contesting Bolshevik control. General Marino leads forces in Lozovo, with uprisings near Kharkov, rail lines to Crimea torn up, and reported executions in areas around Gomel, Rechitsa, and Smolensk as troops clash with Bolshevik forces north of Kiev. The rebellion is spreading toward Polesia.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Ukraine
Petrograd
Dnieper
Dniester
Marino
Lozovo
Karkhov
Moscow
Crimea
Goomel
Rechitya
Kiev
Smolensk
Polesia
Occupation Tax Applies in All Taxing Cities
An electric light company that generates electricity in one city and supplies other localities by wires or equipment must pay occupation tax in both the producing city and the connected municipalities, according to the attorney general’s opinion released today.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Burleson Placed Aboard Zeeland For Antwerp Voyage
Albert S. Burleson former postmaster general now registered as a cotton planter at Austin Texas sails today aboard the Zeeland bound for Antwerp He plans visits to Germany France Italy Spain Greece and Czecho Slovakia during the trip
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Associated Press
New York
Immigration Bill Moves To Senate After House Passage
The immigration restriction bill passed in the house will be pressed through the senate, likely next week, under senate leaders plans. Senate immigration committee Chairman Colt said the committee would meet Tuesday to consider the house bill and a similar senate measure.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Colt
Senate Immigration Committee
French envoy Rene Viviant sends farewell to America
New York April 23 Rene Viviant who departed for France to conclude a courtesy mission for the French government sent wireless farewell greetings to the American people and the American Legion.
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Associated Press
New York
Rene Viviant
France
Harding
Serft
American Legion
Beeville Plane Crash Claims One Life and Injures One
At Bee ville fair grounds on Thursday an airplane piloted by Forrest Elton Reese crashed, fatally injuring Reese who died three hours later, and severely injuring passenger Henry Hall. Both men were residents of Bee ville.
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Associated Press
Beeville
Texas
Forrest Elton Reese
Henry Hall
Fair Grounds
Reese
Hall
Germany rejects arbitrator role in reparations issue
Berlin dispatch says Germany replied to President Harding with a note rejecting being an arbitrator in reparations. Leaders complain cabinet members did not consult them before sending the message. The contents were not released by noon. Paris report notes Germany offered to bar gold exports from October 1 while denying Reichsbank gold transfer as reparations. The note argues such transfer would worsen German exchange and not serve reparations, and that gold is privately owned.
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London
Germany
Washington
Berlin
Harding
Paris
Rhineland
Allied Reparations Commission
von Ortzen
Ministry of Finances
Limit set on physician beer and wine prescriptions
Washington April 23 An arbitrary limit of four and seven eighths gallons of beer and three gallons of wine as the maximum a physician may prescribe at one time has been set in the new prohibition regulations awaiting the approval of David Blair the new commissioner of internal revenue In making the announcement today prohibition commissioner Kramer said that while under Attorney General Palmer s recent opinion the amount of beer and wine prescribed by a physician over a given period was not limited it is believed the amount for an individual prescription could be limited to a reasonable maximum
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Associated Press
Washington
David Blair
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Prohibition
Kramer
Palmer
Scranton Police Eye Leads in Wall Street Blast Probe
Police in Scranton reveal confidence that further examination of Tito Ligi in federal custody will yield more arrests connected to the September Wall Street explosion. Authorities plan to question the prisoner again to uncover radicals believed responsible. Ligi was held on $10,000 bail at his draft evasion hearing.
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Associated Press
Scranton
Tito Ligi
Wall Street
Sigi
Haywood Said To Seek Soviet Propaganda Role
Federal officials stated that William D. Haywood known as Big Bill head of the I W W is believed in Russia and has gone there to become head of the propaganda bureau of the Soviet government in Moscow.
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Chicago
Big Bill’ Haywood
Russia
Amnesty Bill Passes Chamber Covering War Offenses
Paine reports that on April 23 the legislature passed a general amnesty bill. The measure covers offenses committed during the war, seeking to grant pardon or clemency to those affected. The vote tally and precise scope were not provided in the readable text.
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Associated Press
Paine
Chamber
Versailles treaty clause bars German gold export until May 1 1921
The second paragraph of Article 248 of the Versailles treaty forbids Germany from exporting or disposing of gold without Allied approval through the Reparations Commission until May 1, 1921. It aimed to stop Germany from depleting its gold holdings before final reparations settlement.
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Germany
Exchanges continue between Britain and France on German reparations
Exchanges ongoing for weeks between the British and French foreign offices concerning measures to collect German reparations will be carried forward here late today by Prime Minister Lloyd George and Premier Briand.
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Lympne
Eng
Germany
Lloyd George
Briand
British and French Leaders Discuss Ruhr Occupation Plans
In Lympne England on April 23 an official statement reports British Prime Minister Lloyd George and French Premier Briand discussing French proposals for occupying the Ruhr basin if Germany fails to fulfill reparations. The discussion also covered the German note on reparations.
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Lympne
Eng
Lloyd George
Briand
France
Ruhr
Germany
Post predicts closer US allied ties after Berlin notes
The Liverpool Post in London forecasts stronger postwar collaboration between the United States and the Allied nations based on Harding's reply to Germany. It says the U S is ready to shed aloofness and that Berlin could provide a smoother channel for proposals, deepening alliance cooperation on war-related issues.
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London
United States
Liverpool Post
Washington
Berlin
Harding
Germany
Brennan Videurri and Paanacht Named Asst Cashiers
M W Brennan A L Videurri and J KR Paanacht are named as assistant cashiers in a banking notice, listing three individuals in the role alongside standard banking staff.
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M. W. Brennan
A. L. Videurri
J. KR. Paanacht
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