No Decision on Italian Row at Paris Peace Talks
Italian foreign minister Sonnino and Col. House discuss Italy's claims to Fiume and the Adriatic coast while a council of four reviews German treaty notes. Rome reports unrest over Italy not being named in the Anglo Franco American alliance and broader peace terms. Austrian delegates head to St German en Laye as Germans remain at Versailles.
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Col. E. M. House
Italy
Fiume
Adriatic
Council of Four
Paris
Baron
Sonning
Col House
Austria
Germany
St. German-en- Laye
Versailles
Berlin
Giesberts
Lands-berg
Wilson Says Bolshevism Won't Gain US foothold
William B. Wilson, secretary of labor, rejects Bolshevik risk in the United States. He cites democracy and nonviolent progress as strengths, notes IWW revival amid wartime disturbances, and frames force against democracy as treason. Also reports Fifteen million Americans bought Victory Liberty Loans, with official totals due May 26.
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William B. Wilson
Labor
United States
United Warst League of America
Europe
Tyre
Department of Labor
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Victory
Liberty Totas
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Strike Ends as Express Workers Return to Duty
The 10000 striking employees of the American Railway Express vote unanimously to return to work and defer grievance settlement to their committee and railroad administration officials.
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New York
American Railway Express Company
Railroad Administration
Villita Ferras Destroy Bridges in Mexican Rail Line
Advices from Mexico City quote a high official that five bridges on the national railway between Torreon and Chihuahua City were destroyed by Villita Ferras. When service resumes a guard of federal troops will precede each iris train to suppress further raids, with troops moved from Torreon for reinforcement.
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Washington, D. C
National Railway of
Mexica
Torreon
Chihuahua City
Villieta Ferras
Iaxico City
Torreen
Germany Accepts Peace Treaty Terms At Versailles
The Versailles accord assigns Germany a 5 billion mark reparations bill and returns Alsace Lorraine to France. It imposes territorial changes, disarmament, war crime trials for the Kaiser, and the creation of the League of Nations with global governance mechanisms.
Troubles of canteen charges in Europe reported by Perkins
George W. Perkins chair of the Y M C A finance committee details the European canteen program. He cites difficulties in staffing, costs, and the policy of selling at nearly cost while aiding soldiers frontward. He notes 14 M C A secretaries were killed and 126 wounded.
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Europe
George W. Perkins
Organization
War Work Council
Hirst
France
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A. Cc. A
Pershing
Becaese
FM. CG
Y. MM. C
Still Talk of Special Pledge in France Rumor
Paris reports renewed talk that Great Britain and the United States may make a special pledge of security to France. The rumor, possibly sparked by Marshal Foch, is awaiting clarification from Washington after initial denials. The Echo de Paris fueled the latest currency of the story.
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France
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United States
Marshal Foch
Washington
Echo de Paris
Why Go Thankful For Health and Happiness
The text argues gratitude for clean water food and air as the basis for good health and happiness. It links wholesome essentials to a positive state of well being and contentment.
Office Humourist about growing oak from rose bush
The piece jokes that a clever gardener cannot grow an oak tree from a rose bush while a foolish pine smoke can force the word ash to grow inside the word bitar.
Ghost on a white horse haunting Dead Man's canyon lore
Natives along Dead Man's canyon on the Canon City to Colorado Springs highway tell of a nightly ghostly rider. A 56 year old murder at a local sawmill gave the canyon its grim name and fueled a rash of killings blamed on three Mexican brothers known as the Bloody Espinosias.
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Coio
Dead Man’s Canyon
Canon City
Colorado Springs
Pergong
Harkins
Little Fontaine
el Paso
Dead Man's Canyon
Colorado
Southpark
New Mexico
South Park
Leyman
Seyga
California ‘Gulch
Leadville
John McCannon
Joseph Lamb
San Luis Valley
Tom Tobias
Tornado Photograph Captures Omaha Dundee Damage
Ralph Rolph photographed a lethal Omaha tornado near Dundee as it swept through suburbs causing about 400 houses damaged and roughly half a million dollars in losses. He captured two rapid snaps from Fiftieth and Center, the second showing the tail and the tornado’s ground motion. The images allegedly reveal the most remarkable tornado photograph to date.
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Omaha
Dundee
Ralph Rolph
Ralph
France
Rolph
Fiftieth
Center
Two Boys, Unlawful Rifle, and Tragic Deaths in Chicago
In a Chicago residence a 22 caliber rifle sparked a fatal sequence. John, 14, and Elmer, 13, fired at a rear cellar window with two cartridges. The gunfire preceded a gas leak and the deaths of Thomas Fisher and Frank McClellan, prompting investigators to consider homicide or suicide among the unusual tragedy.
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North California Avenue
Irving Avenue
North Avenue
Thomas Fisher
ATPL
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Cee
Frank McClellan
John
McClellan
Chicago
Elmer
Elmer Rupertus
Drake Estate Shares Labeled Fraudulent by Chicago Bar
The Chicago Bar Association petitions Illinois Supreme Court to disbar Milo F. Lewis and others for marketing shares in the Sir Francis Drake estate as a quick wealth scheme. The grievance committee alleges unprofessional conduct and a fraudulent plan benefiting promoters while duping investors in multiple Midwestern cites.
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Chicago Bar Association
State Supreme Court
Milo F. Lewis
Chicago
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Lewis
Sadie B. Whitaker
Oscar M. Harisell
C. B. Peterson
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Bloomington
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Margaret Glendening
Elsie Reece
Adeline
Ralph Gorham
Avon
Francis Drake
England
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Ate
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