United States Superdreadnought Tennessee Launched
More than 75 000 spectators witnessed the launch of the U S S Tennessee at New York Navy Yard. Miss Helen Roberts, daughter of Gov A H Roberts of Tennessee, broke a champagne bottle on the bow with 413 maids of honor in attendance as officials watched the ship slide into the water. The 382 000 ton vessel measures 624 feet long with 97 feet 3 1/2 inches beam and 80 feet 6 inches draft, powered by eight boilers and electric drive. It carries 12 fourteen inch guns and will reach 21 knots with a crew of 58 officers and 1 024 men.
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New York
New York Navy Yard
United States
Tennessee
Helen Roberts
A. H. Roberts
Miss Roberts
Governor Roberts
Navy
U. S. S. California
Mare Island Navy Yard
California
Italy Votes To Take Fiume In Anxious Paris Fallout
Premier Orlando wins a 382 to 40 confidence vote as Italy backs withdrawal from the Paris peace conference and endorses the outright annexation of Fiume. Massive demonstrations surround the parliament as Orlando is hailed as a hero.
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Rome
Orlando
Paris
Fiume
Italy
Urge care for wheat crop storage and handling
The department of agriculture urges farmers and grain elevator men to arrange safe storage and proper handling for the large anticipated wheat crop. A severe winter could recreate last year’s terminal congestion and rail embargoes, so stacking promptly under proper conditions is advised to preserve output and ease transport.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Fifteen Dead In Mine Blast in Birmingham
May 2 report from Birmingham states fifteen Majestic Coal Mining Company workers are believed dead after a gas explosion in the Majestic coal mine. Fourteen others were rescued badly burned.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thifteen
Majestic Coal Mining Company
Majestic
Ex Kaiser Still Has Friends in Germany
Amsterdam reports the ex Kaiser has many supporters in Germany with a recent homage addressed to him bearing 500000 signatures.
End of Another Romance in Newport Divorces Filed
Mrs Jack Geraghty formerly Miss Julia Sistelle French daughter of Mr and Mrs Tuck French filed for divorce in Newport charging cruelty against her husband who was her father's chauffeur Elopement occurred prior to marriage and led to the suit filed May 1.
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Newport
BR. 1
Jack Geraghty
Julia Sistelle French
Tuck French
Red Army Pay Prompts Bavarian Soldier Song
In Berlin on May 1 the Bavarian red army is linked with a popular boast song. Privates earn seven dollars a day while officers receive a seven hundred fifty dollar joining bonus and two hundred fifty dollars monthly.
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Red
Berlin
Japan Demands Seal of Seven Points in Peace Talk
Paris dispatch reports that Allied promises and Wilson's points are demanded by Japan to shape concessions at the Paris peace talks. The council of three allegedly transfers German rights in Kiaochow and Shantung to Japan while returning Shantung to China in full sovereignty.
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Paris
France
Tokyo
Diplomatic Advisory Council
Japan
Shantung Peninsula
Kiaochow
Shantung Province
Council of Three
China
Germany
Tsingtan
League,of Nations
Shantung
Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
League of Nations
Brussels
Belgium
Soir
Great Britain
Italy
London
The
Mail
Eric Drummond
League
Norwegian Bark Goes Ashore Near Scituate on Cox Rocks
The Norwegian bark Professor Kaugh ran aground at Cox Rocks off Sands Hills after the captain mistook lights from the government proving ground for Minot's Light.
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Scituate
Mass
Government Proving Ground
Minot
Professor Kaugh
Cox Rocks
Sands Hills
Grain Dealers Organize Southwestern League
Grain dealers in Kansas City announce the formation of the Southwestern Grain Dealers league. Membership will draw from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Texas and Colorado with plans to coordinate buying and selling efforts across the five states.
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Grain Dealers Organize League
Kansas City
Southwestern Grain Dealers’ League
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
U S Bars Letters to Lenine in 1920s Russia Link
The State Department says it has never allowed direct contact between Santer Nu OrtEka head of Bolshevik propaganda in the United States and Nikolai Lenin, noting government restrictions on such correspondence dating back to May of the era.
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U. S
Lenine
New York
State Department
Santer Nuorteka
Bolshevist
United States
Nikolai Lenine
Earthquake Hits San Salvador Killing Forties
Forty people die and many are injured as a quake strikes San Salvador at 1 p m on Monday causing heavy property damage per a state department bulletin.
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Washington
San Salvador
State Department
Luxury tax hits nearly all humble goods in wartime price rise
The new war revenue act tax plan requires consumers to pay luxury taxes on many items from cosmetics to candy and soda. Specific charges list ten percent on handbags coats hats and hosiery with excess amounts over set thresholds. Merchants must collect and remit taxes, not absorb them, while disturbances in Linton Indiana trigger martial law and gunfire as militia confronts striking telephone operators.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Indianapolis
Ind
Linton
Greene County
Indiana
James P. Goodrich
Terre Haute
Casey Jones
Adjt
Harry Smith
Goodrich
Palestine to become independent state joins league
Amsterdam May 1 The international socialist conference in session at Amsterdam has passed a resolution declaring Palestine should be an independent state and admitted to the league of nations.
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Palestine
Amsterdam
International Socialist Conference
Arnham
League of Nations
U. S. War Deaths Reach 111 179 in Army
A surgeon general report, issued by the war department, states the total army deaths in the war to date are 111 179. The figure reflects casualties across service branches up to May 1.
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U. S
Washington
Surgeon General
War Department
Shoot In Lawrence Strike Sparks Police Clash
Lawrence Massachusetts April 30. Shots were exchanged between police and strike sympathizers during textile worker disturbances. Three policemen were struck with stones as protests flared.
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Lawrence
Mass
Return of 1712 Troops on Steamship Freedom
Troops arriving on the Freedom from St Nazaire include 1712 personnel chiefly from base hospitals 19th 20th 25th 80th 82d 38th 48th and 70th, greeted in New York on April 30.
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U. S
New York
Freedom
St. Nazaire
RETURN WIRES TO OWNERS
President Wilson approved Burleson's plan to return telegraph and telephone systems to their owners after necessary legislation. He also ordered American cable lines restored to owners, with Burleson aiming to complete the cable return by May 10.
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Washington
Wilson
Burleson
Kolchak Troops Advance Toward Samara Front
Paris dispatches report Admiral Kolchak's forces advancing along the southern Trans Siberian branch to eastern European Russia reaching Kenel about 40 miles east of Samara, per Russian commissioners in Paris citing Omsk sources.
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Paris
Admiral Kolchak
Russia
Kenel
Samara
Omsk
Japanese War Minister Denies Threat to US Ties
Tokyo May 2 General Tanaka minister of war issues a statement denying any action that could menace the friendly relations between the United States and Japanese forces in Siberia.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tanaka
United States
Siberia
Albanian revolt against Italian troops grows to 4000
Advices to the Greek newspaper Hellas report the Albanian uprising against Italian occupation widening across the region. Rebels are said to number about 4,000 men and are challenging the Italian force in Saloniki area.
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Saloniki
Greece
Albania
Hellas
Gompers in Better Condition After Taxicab Accident
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor was injured in a collision between his taxicab and a street car. He passed a restless night but his condition is improving.
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Gompers
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Reds Plan to Free U S Consul Roger O Treadwell
Unconfirmed reports from Washington state department say bolsheviks prepare to release Roger O Treadwell American consul arrested at Tashkend after early April.
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U. S
Washington
State Department
Roger O. Treadwell
Tashkend
Robbery at New York Brokerage Netted Cash and Bonds
Two armed robbers held up the brokerage office of Charles Fishback in New York. They escaped with about $13,000 in cash and $7,000 in Liberty bonds. The April 30 incident ends as police begin the hunt for the fugitives.
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New York
Charles Fishback
Red May Day riots sweep three cities with bloodshed
In Cleveland, an unidentified man died from a detective's bullet as about 100 people were wounded in a Socialist May Day riot. Police and soldiers clashed with crowds on Public Square and nearby streets, with 60 rioters arrested and many more injured or beaten.
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Cleveland, O
Hast Ninth Street
Public Square
East Ninth Street
Huron Rod
Prospect Avenue
Superior Avenue
Boliver Avenue
Central
Woodland Avenues
Woodring
Lfe
Paris
Place de la Concorde
Place de la Republique
Place de la Bastile
Chicago
Cit
New York
Socialist Daily
Wourd Avenue
Irving Place
United Hat Workers
Iowa Headlines Across Counties Highlight Local Happenings
Clayton county reports one in five farms with a sito while Floyd forms a fleece wool growers association. Dows streets receive gravel. Cedar Rapids inventorizes an electric razor. Hampton hotel delays due to bed shortages and Decatur county considers a county fair.
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Clayton County
Floyd County
Dows
G. M. Mason
Cedar Rapids
Hampton
Decatur County
A. D. Blank
J. Jolly Jones, Jr
Marshalltown
C. B. Robbing
Trance
Waukon
Yellow River
Stone House
Congressman Towner
Lamont
Cuba
Clarinda
Lydia Sperry
West Union
Edwin Ford Piper
Literary
Watkins and Goldthwaite
Town City
Marengol
John C. Orth
League
Towa
League of Nations
Everest
Lee Light and Power Company
Wade
Redfield
Emil Leiser
Bellevue
State Teachers’ College
Iowa
A. A. Hamaley
L I. King
King
John Stutsman
Camp Dodge Convalescent Center
Willard
Fort Des Moines Hospital
Steamboat Rock
Porto Rico
May
Mayaguez
Richard Kern
Charles City
Island
Kern
Charlen City
Clarence Robinson
Marion County
Madison
St. Louis
War Department
Colfax
Russell Vermilyea
Sioux City
Lars Peterson
Charles Toothacher
Sergt. R. P. Dungan
Atlantic
Metz
John O. Woodmansee
Jean
Pogrom Claims 56 Jews Killed in Pinsk
London reports a pogrom at Pinsk leaves 56 Jews dead according to the central Zionist office which says the Copenhagen bureau supplied the details.
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Pinsk
London
The
Zionist Association
Copenhagen
Hungarians Offer Territorial Concessions to Roumania
A wireless from Budapest reports the Hungarian communist government has offered territorial concessions to Romania and asked for an immediate cessation of hostilities.
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London
Budapest
Strike Ties Up Newspapers
Albany paper workers strike and walkout halts publication on two papers. Printers resign from remaining papers amid demand for higher wages. Local jobs affected and demand for better pay cited.
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Albany
N. Y
Bonar Law to Consult Lloyd George on Kaiser's Trial
London May 3 A Bonar Law former chancellor and government leader in the House of Commons sails for Paris to confer with Premier Lloyd George about the trial of the ex Kaiser of Germany.
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Kaiser
London
A. Bonar Law
House of Commons
Paris
Lloyd George
Germany
Woman credits Lydia Pinkham remedy for avoiding operation
Black River Falls Wisconsin resident Mrs A Binzer credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her organic troubles and side pain, avoiding surgery after doctors recommended it. The ad urges other women to try the root and herb remedy and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for advice.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Lydia
Pinkham
Kit
Eau Claire
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. We Binzer
Black River Falla
Binzer
Lydia B Pinkham
Farm Opportunities Promoted by Railroad Authority
The WV Railroad Administration offers cooperation through its Home Service Bureau to would supply information on farming stock raising dairying poultry fruit growing and related pursuits. Write with state desired farm activity acreage term preferences and contact details to receive tailored guidance and opportunities.
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Moeondas
WV. S. Railroad Administration
Ita Homnshhemas Burmau
Ancient Precautions in Stone Carved Covenant
Two ancient kings debate engraving a public agreement on stone. They aim for durable memory and to prevent treating the pact as mere parchment scraps, ensuring future readers grasp their alliance and safeguards.
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Druggist reports show many undiagnosed kidney troubles and a popular remedy, Dr Kilmer Swamp Root, praised for its healing influence. A life insurance examiner notes many rejections stem from kidney disease. Sample offer details and purchase options through local drug stores and a 10 cent sample request to Kilmer Co.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Quack Comparison Sparks Odd Nation Debate
A playful line claims China has more quacks than any nation. The reply asks for evidence and points to a recent article noting ducks worldwide. The exchange turns on a humorous misreading of world duck counts.
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China
One Obstacle Do You Believe You Can Drown Sorrows
A quip about drowning sorrows and swimming humor references pot and a wife who can swim. The exchange plays on wordplay about drinking, marriage, and a casual joke.
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Gov
A.H. Roberts
Agriculture Department
Kiaochow and
ST. Louis Republic
Indiana Town
Kolchak
Cleveland
Ohio
Iowa State
U.S.A
J. le Edwards
Agri
U. 8 Railroad Administration
Troom
Washington, D
Dr. Pierce
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