Peace Terms Agreed Ahead of German Delegation Call
Paris April 11 The peace conference reports indicate all major articles on peace with Germany, reparations, indemnities, and Rhine Poland frontiers are settled with only details remaining. German delegates will be summoned to Versailles in two to three weeks while Wilson hosts Queen Marie of Romania at luncheon.
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Paris
Associated Press
League of Nations Commission
Germany
Rhine
Poland
Petit Journal
Lloyd George
Versailles
Council of Four
White House
Wilson
Marie
Romania
New
Washington
George Washington Sails From New York For Brest Today
The transport George Washington will sail at 4 30 this afternoon from Hoboken for Brest carrying more than 4 000 troops. Passengers include Dr J Chalmers DaCosta chief surgeon Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia who will serve as Navy medical officer, L J Kenna American consul general Zurich Vice Consul Walter S Ruffner Adjutant General Peter C Harris sixteen YMCA workers four YWCA workers and some Jewish welfare board workers.
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New York
Brest
George Washington
Hoboken
Dr. J. Chalmers DaCosta
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
Navy
L. J. Kenna
Zurich
Walter S. Ruffner
Peter C. Harris
Jewish Welfare Board
Italians Refuse To Adopt Spartacanism In Rome
A Spartacan demonstration in Rome with a red flag was dispersed by hostile crowds. Several participants were injured and others arrested. In the aftermath an enthusiastic rally honored the army and Allied victory with cries of long live the king and long live our Italian Fiume.
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Rome
Forty-One Released From Leavenworth Prison
Leavenworth Kans April 11 Warden L J Fletcher announced forty one prisoners have been released and more than one hundred sentences reviewed for military offenses. Some released on orders and others freed as their conjoined sentences expired.
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Leavenworth
Kans
Orty-One
L. J. Fletcher
Atting
Retailers Oppose Federal Ownership at Hutchinson Meeting
J N Van der Vries former university math professor and field secretary for the National Chamber of Commerce spoke before about 500 at the Kansas Retailers association banquet in Hutchinson. The tenth annual conventionApr 9 10 endorsed restoring rail telegraph and telephone lines to private control and supported revised anti trust laws while backing rural highway programs and earlier store closings. It condemned Bolshevik propaganda including the Non Partisan League I W W and pledged to oppose such agitation.
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J. N. van der Vries
Kansas Retailers’ Association
Hutchinson
H. B. Sparks
Chamber of Commerce
van der Vries
National Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Retailers’ Association
Non- Partisan
League
Baldwin School Board weighs combined high and grade school plan
Baldwin seeks a new combined high and grade school for about 40 000 needed and 23 000 possible funding. Oscar J Lane county school superintendent will speak at the afternoon meeting in Baldwin where 300 students attend the two existing schools and the old building is aging.
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Baldwin School Board
Baldwin
Oscar J. Lane
Lane
State School Fund S Commission
Germany Refuses Treaty Deviations From Fourteen Points
Berlin reports Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau states Germany will not sign a peace deviating from Wilson's fourteen points. He says financial claims hinder talks and demands food imports and blockade relief. He warns peace harms Germany and encourages disruptive forces. He stresses need to work with experts and explain to opponents the country’s capacity to pay.
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Berlin
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
National Assembly
Weimar
Germany
Wilson
West
Will Buy Medals for Douglas County Soldiers
County school children raise funds to buy medals for Douglas County boys who served overseas. City schools to start similar drive. District No. 7 and No. 27 report early giving with fifteen students contributing, including Auburn Fishburn and Florence Williams among others.
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Douglas County
Auburn Fishburn
Florence Williams
Igia Williams
Oscar Wills
Edith Williams
Arlene Foster
Kermit Foster
Louise Hindman
Erma Winters
Howard McKinney
Karl Hammond
Eben Ice
Marvin Craig
Lassie White
Helena E. Pfleger
Queen of Scots Letter May Endure in Edinburgh Collection
The National Art Collection Fund loaned to the Royal Scottish Museum Mary Queen of Scots last letter to Henry III of France written the night before her execution. Acquired from Morrison collection for Scottish people. In perfect calligraphy she notes twenty years of captivity and her execution ordered at eight the next morning while she commends her son to Henry. She signs at two hours after midnight. Your most loving and very good sister.
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Henry
London
National Art Collection Fund
Royal Scottish Museum
Edinburgh
Mary
Queen of Scots
Henry III
France
Morrison
Queen Elizabeth
County session to align bonds for Fort-to-Fort highway
Lawrence officials and local banks meet at the county courthouse to decide bond and warrant issuance for the Fort-to-Fort road. The plan ensures all highway paper is legal and cashed through county banks to finance the project until federal aid arrives, speeding early hard surface work on twenty miles of Douglas County highway.
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Lawrence Clearing House
County Court House
Fort-to-Fort
Lawrence
Lawrence Financial Houses
Washington
Douglas County
Governor Offered as Bribe for Votes in Trolley Bill Case
Albany April 11 Senator George F. Thompson testified that Richard H. Burke told him traction interests would fund a $500,000 campaign for him if he supported the Carson Martin trolley fare bill and would help him become governor. Thompson also said he met former Governor Charles S. Whitman at the St Regis Hotel where Whitman urged backing the bill. Whitman later denied mentioning governorship to Thompson in that hotel conversation.
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Albany
N. Y
Judiciary Committee
Senate
George F. Thompson
Niagara
Richard H. Burke
New York
Thompson
Chas. S. Whitman
St. Regis
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cantata by First Christian Church Choir Sunday Evening
The Choir of First Christian Church under Gala Coffelt presents the cantata The Lord of Life by E. K. Heyser at 8:00 PM Sunday evening. The Palm Sunday program features eighteen numbers with exceptional merit and demanding chorus parts.
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First Christian Church
Gala Coffelt
E. K. Heyser
Ed Ble Case Filed in District Clerk's Office
A case involving Ed Ble was filed in the district clerk's office seeking an award of 200 million in damages. The filing lists the district clerk as the filing authority and outlines a civil action against an unspecified defendant.
Blair Firmly Backed as Qualified Milk Inspector
Lawrence officials and local clubs debate the city milk inspection. Federation of Women’s Clubs calls for a trained, licensed veterinary milk inspector. Mayor Kreeck and city leaders defend Blair’s qualifications and ongoing testing program under KU university guidance. Public notices of inspections and dairy licenses discussed amid push for stricter enforcement.
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A. E. Blair
Lawrence
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
Federation
Kansas
J. W. O’bryan
Blair
Kansas State Agricultural College
State Board of Health
Kreeck
State of
Women’s Federation of Clubs
The
Masons
Elks
Rotary Club
Douglas County Medical Society
Odd Fellows, the
Eagles
W. C. T. U., Ministerial Alliance
Kaw Valley Milk Dealers’ Association
Thirty-Fifth Will Be Home April 27
Camp Funston preparations race to greet 35th Division and 89th Division as seventeen thousand men from each unit are due to arrive on dates around April 27 and May 10. The Kansas building at the camp will host both returning groups with forty five entertainers slated to precede the troops. The facility is being remodeled to serve as the social headquarters during their stay.
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Camp Funston
Kansas Guard
Junction City
Kan
35Th
89Th
Kansas
Railways Board Seeks Presidential Decision on Industrial Board
Washington April 11 The Railway Administration and the Industrial Board of the Commerce Department clash over steel prices. Chairman Peek says President Wilson will be asked to decide whether the board should dissolve immediately or stay quiet until a final policy is set. A cable to the President will be sent after this afternoon’s conference. Until a decision is announced no price announcements will be made for lumber brick cement or other commodities.
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Washington
Wilson
Railway Administration
Industrial Board
Department of Commerce
Peek
Hines
Cable
Redfield
Sweet
Thurman
89th Men Released Return for Discharge at Funston
Three hundred soldiers formerly of the 89th Division, scheduled to reach Funston today for discharge at Junction City Kansas, were wounded in early engagements and, upon discharge from hospitals, dispersed to other divisions. The mounted service school at Fort Riley, closed since U.S. entry, will reopen May 1 under war department orders.
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Funston Junction City
Kans
89Th
Amp Funston
Mounted Service
Ft. Riley
America
War Department
E. E. W. A Darth
Mie
Tas Command
Ss. Neat Jr
Riley
4000 Miners to Be Called Out Today in Strike Action
About 4000 union miners from Arkansas Oklahoma and Kansas properties of Central Coal and Coke Company will be called out this afternoon by District 21 President John Wilkinson and District 14 President Alex Howatt. The dispute centers on shift hours with the company claiming right to fix eight hours unilaterally while the union demands mutual agreement. Reinstatement of two discharged miners is also a factor. The strike date to be fixed at this afternoon’s conference.
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Central Coal and Coke Company
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Central Coal & Coke Company of
Kansas City
John Wilkinson
District 21
Alex Howatt
District 14
United Mine Workers
Coal Company
Engineers Defeat Laws in Debate at Fraser Chapel
In Fraser chapel the School of Engineering defeated the Law School in the first annual law engineering debate on Universal Military Training. The engineers won unanimously and earned possession of the Delta Sigma Rho cup, which becomes theirs after two more debates. Richard McGee J L Bennett and Paul Diehl spoke for engineering. George Strong Wade Evans and Hamilton Fulton for law.
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School of Engineering
Fraser Chapel
Engineers
Delta Sigma Rho
George Strong
Law School
Wade Evans
Hamilton Fulton
Richard McGee
J. L. Bennett
Paul Diehl
Henderson Martin
R.A. Kent
Willard Wattles
Frank Strong
Victory Loan mass meeting to feature uniform service men
The Victory Loan Committee plans a mass meeting at the First Presbyterian church Monday night with a platform of discharged soldiers sailors and marines in uniform to back up speakers and demand full cash payment of government bills. General Wilder S Metcalf will host and greet the veterans as they arrive.
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Victory Loan Committee
Victory Loan
Firet ' Presbyterian Church
Wilder S. Metcalf
Geeeral Wilder S. Metcalf
Directors Vote to Divert Dividend for Woodland Park Purchase
Watkins National Bank directors, after cashier Chas H Tucker presented a plan, vote unanimously to declare a dividend of one half of one percent and ask stockholders to contribute the same toward buying Woodland Park. The move aligns with Lawrence Clearing House guidance for all banks to donate their dividend, aiming to raise about $2,000.
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Watkins National Banks Cooperation
Watkins National Bank
Chas. H. Tucker
Woodland Park
Lawrence Clearing House
Lawrence
Interurban Adds Painted Cars as Fleet Grows
Kaw Valley Interurban receives a freshly painted car from Law rence Street Railway and transfers it to its tracks at Seventh and Massachusetts. The company plans to buy heavier cars to replace lighter ones, aiming to smooth rough traveling and expand service between the city and Kansas City.
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Interurban
Kaw Valley Interurban Company
Interurban Company
Lawrence Street Railway Company
Seventh
Massachusetts Streets
Kansas City
Two Free Shows For Victory Loan Movie Opening
To accommodate all who wish to see the Victory Loan movie, the propaganda committee will stage two performances. A 4:15 p.m. first showing and an 8:15 p.m. second showing feature a special five reel Victory Loan film prepared by the department of public information.
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Department of Public
Resignation of Socialization Body Amid German Turmoil
Copenhagen April 11 dispersing Berlin news reports claim the whole Socialization Commission resigns as revolutionary unrest spreads. Provisional military control in Bavaria appoints a council. Munich’s secular press under municipal control. prisoners released including Russian prisoners.
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Bavaria
Owl
Council of People’s Mandates
Munich
Frankenische Tagespost
Nuremberg
Berlin
Revolutionary Council
Ttg
2Ialization Commission
Prt
Germany
Hungary Soviet Election Report Sparks Mixed Reactions
Budapest reports show Hungary's April 11 balloting for soviet councils passing with few incidents. Voters largely unaware of the process, while Soviet organization forms in the country and Communist outsiders weigh the experiment's future prospects amid economic debate.
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Hungary
Budapest
Red Army
Bolsheviki Suspected in Central American Move
San Salvador April 11 report says Nicaragua’s government formed amid Bolshevik agents arriving to secretly reach capital and major Central American cities. Ports and border authorities instructed to detain men suspected as Bolsheviki.
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Nicaragua
San Salvador
Niiaraguan
Central America
Rise in Kansas River Inches to Fourteen Feet
High water in tributaries caused a slight rise in the Kansas River to about fourteen feet today. Since yesterday afternoon the river has risen roughly eight and a half inches, with drift wood and logs flowing down in the morning. The water is not yet at flood risk but would need to rise nearly ten more feet to cause damage.
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Kansas
Mexican bandit chief Emil Zapata killed in Mexico
Mexico City April 11 Emil Zapata bandit chief in southern Mexico has been killed a dispatch from Cuautla Morelos reports Gen Pablo Gonzales of the army is said to have led troops that located Zapata near his headquarters and confirmed his death authorities prepared a formal statement for release.
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Mexico‘ City
Emil Zapata
Insern
Mexico
Cuaatala
Morelos
Pablo Gonzales
Gonzale
Ambiguous Cable War Report From Washington April 1
Dispatch from Washington notes denials of ulterior motives in a British statement dismissing complaints about censorship and the use of commercial cables to favor Britain over American trade. A New York dispatch mentions Archangel and Murmansk arrivals of Allied engineers and troops. General W. P. Richardson named new North Russia commander.
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Washington
Anding
Paris
New Yonk
Ative
Archangel
Aean
Galveston
Toons
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Marie of
George Washington Sails
Eavenworth
Heart Department
Prnor Whitman
Traction Companies
Deniel
State Board
George Kreeck
Chair of Commerce
University of Kansas
Topeka
Sonia Inspector
Tina ‘Ther
Railway Board
Industrial’ Board
Industries ‘Board
Engineering School
Anierm Socialization Co
Gove Ent
Bei Teli
Lenine
Copenhagen
Karlsruhe
Achelt
Dusseldorf
Sps
Lokal Anze
Killey
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