Bolsheviks Evacuate Petrograd Amid Frontline Shifts
Reports from Helsinfors and other fronts describe Petrograd's evacuation by Bolsheviks as Finnish and anti Bolshevik forces gain ground. Olonets and Petrozavodsk areas shift control while Kolchak forces advance toward Moscow and allied fronts encircle central Russia.
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Washlington
Petrograd
Helsmofors
Archangel
Murmansk
Russia
Alueourk
Red
Kolchak
Moscow
Gulf of
Finbe
Gulf of Marorov
Pskov
Narva
Poliy
Rauman
Peldoof
Inaveroent
Naval police force urged after peace by Secretary Daniels
Secretary of the Navy Josephus W. Daniels says a large naval international police force will be necessary immediately after peace. He plans talks with Italian French and British admirals on vessel types. He notes conquest desires persist in some nations and that the force would shrink as the League of Nations grows. He recently toured Scapa Flow and declined to discuss the interned German fleet. Belgium seeks advance indemnity payment terms of 2 billion francs and reports a council of three approval.
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London
Josephus W. Daniels
Italy
France
England
Daniels
League of Nations
League
Scapa Flow
Stage is All Set For Great Scenes In Versailles
In Versailles on April 30 the peace congress prepares for a formal handover of terms at a grand dining room installation. German delegates led by Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau stroll amid cautious plans for credentials and treaty completion. May Day demonstrations are planned but officials vow security and uninterrupted hotel operations for the mission.
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Versailles
Trimson
Poincare
Premier Clemenceau
Bavaria
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Rue Des Reservoirs
Saloons In Divernon Go Dry After Women Vote
Divernon Illinois posts a dry verdict as Sangamon county becomes dry and the saloons close. The women's vote carried the dry outcome while men preferred wet. This marks Divernon’s second dry spell in two years with no notable disturbances.
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Divernon
Sangamon
Casualty Lists Are Rechecked Add Names
WASHINGTON May 2 Re check ing of army records adds 476 names to the tally of major casualties the War Department reports bringing totals to 82520 killed in action died of wounds disease and other causes. Prisoners numbered 788 missing in action 293 and wounded 20547 though some men counted more than once in the wounded figure.
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War Department
Burleson Resignation Could Avert Electrical Strike
May 2 Springfield Til Inter national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers secretary says if Postmaster General Burleson resigns as head of the telegraph and telephone lines a nationwide strike by electrical workers planned for July 1 might be avoided.
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Springfield
Til
Burleson
Charles P. Pord
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
May Day Rioting Across U S Cities Ties Up Police
May Day disturbances flare in Cleveland Boston Chicago and New York. A Cleveland mob kills one and wounds many as police clash with rioters and a socialist headquarters is wrecked. In Chicago arrests follow antiwar speeches and red flags appear at transit sites.
Differences Have Arisen In Germany
Berne Switzerland April 30 Telegrams from Berlin report serious rifts within the German government over the armistice commission led by Mathias Erzberger and the peace delegation led by Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau. Internal policy issues also complicate moves toward a new government.
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Berne
Switzerland
Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Armistice Commission
Count von Brockdorff- Rantxau
Germany
Loan Totals By Districts In Victory Liberty Loan Progress
Washington May 2 Only 166 302 000 additional subscriptions to the victory liberty loan were reported to the treasury and total subscriptions stood at 1 296 999 000 28 82 per cent of the entire loan. District totals include St Louis Minneapolis Chicago Boston Kansas City Richmond Cleveland Atlanta New York San Francisco Philadelphia Dallas and more with varied percentages and amounts. A treasury statement says time for relying on others is past and every man and woman must do their full duty now that peace is at hand.
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Washington
Victory Liberty Loan
Treasury
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Chicago
Boston
Kansas City
Richmond
Cleveland
Atlanta
New York
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Dallas
Cook County
Milnois
Town
Michigan
Irish delegates to present Ireland case before Dublin talks
Frak P Walsh and other delegates from Irish groups in the United States travel from Paris to Dublin for talks on Ireland. They plan to discuss with Premier Lloyd George after an interview in Paris.
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George
Paris
Frak P. Walsh
F E Uther
Speties
U. S
Ireland
Dublin
Loyd George
Hungarian rule left to people reported in Berlin papers
Vienna reports quoted in Berlin newspapers say the Hungarian government has been overthrown and the foreign, war and food commissaries arrived in Vienna with their families, apparently fleeing Budapest. Bavarian Premier Hoffmann refused a armistice and demanded unconditional surrender of communist forces in Munich as government forces close in. Wasserburg Erding Freising and Starnberg are noted as already taken.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Vienna
Budapest
Copenhagen
Munich
Hoffmann
Berne
Bavaria
Wasserburg
Erding
Freising
Starnburg
Zion City Under State Investigation
Zion City's municipal government can be investigated by the legislature since city officers are created by law. Senator Bailey, head of the Zion City investigation, stated Attorney Brundage informed him. interference with religious freedom is forbidden, but misuse of the Christian Catholic Apostolic church could prompt legislative action. A committee meeting is planned for next week.
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Springfield
Zion City
Bailey
Zion City Investigation Committee
Brundage
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
Naval Planes Set Azores Route for Atlantic Flight
Three giant hydro airplanes of the American navy will embark on a multi stage 3125 mile trans Atlantic flight likely early next week. Commander John H Towers announced a two stage coastal leg from Rockaway Point to Trepassey Bay and then to the Azores with legs to Lisbon Plymouth and Punta Del Gado. The fleet, using Liberty motors, hopes to cruise at about 75 mph from Rockaway to Halifax then to Trepassey before crossing to the Azores.
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British Isles
trans-Atlantic
John H. Towers
Trepassey Bay
N.ep
Lisbon
Portugal
Ieas
Rockaway Point
L. I
Trepassey
Plymouth
Eng
Liberty Motors
Rockaway
Halifax
Towers
New Foundland
Porta
Payal
Azores
Punta del Gado
San Miguel
Chamber Revises Urge for Special Session
In St Louis on May 2 the United States Chamber of Commerce revised its resolution urging President Wilson to call an extraordinary session. The amendment removes a demand for the President to return immediately and instead hopes he will assemble Congress promptly upon his arrival.
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ST. Louis
Wilson
America
Congress
United States Chamber of Commerce
President Not Selected At Michigan
Ann Arbor May 2 The university board of regents met and did not select a president from the offer to Prof. James R Angell of Chicago. Announcement on the subject may be made by President Harry B Hutchings next week.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
James R. Angell
Chicago
Board of
Regenta
Harry B. Hutchings
Bomb mail plot: most devices found across the nation
Post office officials say most bombs mailed from New York in an anarchist plot against public officials have been found. Reports from multiple states note two packages intercepted in Salt Lake City addressed to Senator William E King and attorney Frank Nebeker. investigators tie the motive to political climate and anti American activity probes. Unusual security measures were imposed in Washington and other cities as the mail service continues screening for further infernal machines.
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New York
United States
Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
Cali
Madison Square Gardens
Hardwick
Technical College
Philp Jr. Barry
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Bolshevik Party
Barry
Labor Party
Labor
Wall Street
TI. W. W
Wilson
Victory Loan
Ohio
Washington
Post Office
William HW. Ning
Utah
WW. Nebeker
Salt Lake City
Salisbury
Noc
Lee
Overman
Senate Committee
Postal Service
Salt Lake
William E. King
Frank K. Nebeker
Gimbel Brothers
Peace Conference Opens at Versailles as Delegates Exchange Credentials
The Versailles peace congress begins with German delegates and allied reps exchanging credentials. Wilson Clemenceau and Lloyd George are absent, represented by others. China protests Kiao-Chau award and Shantung concessions while Hungary asks Romania to halt hostilities near Budapest. Yugoslavs offered territorial concessions for acquiescence.
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Associated Press
Versailles
Wilson
M. Clemenceau
David Lloyd George
Jules Camden
Lord Harding
Henry White
United States
Matsui
Japan
Cirfcles
War Council
Kniao-Chau
China
Shantung Peninsula
Council of Three
Budapest
6000 Railroad Men On One Day Strike
Denver workers at federal railroad shops staged a one day strike to protest government promises of employment and to advocate for Eugene V Debs and other radicals now in prison. After a mass meeting resolutions supported recognizing the Russian soviet government and urged a nationwide rail labor walkout if railroads return to private control.
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Denver
Colo
GMO
Eugene V. Debs
Italian Troops Land at Sebenico and Zara Amid War Moves
Spaalto dispatches report Italian forces and matériel landing at Sebenico and Zara on the Adriatic coast. Troops advance eastward with reinforcements reaching the debarkation line as operations continue along the eastern Adriatic.
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Sebenico
Copenhagen
Zara
Adriatic
Spaalto
Riots in Paris Mark May Day with Dozens Hurt
Paris May Day unrest leaves eighty policemen wounded and fifty arrested as crowds clash near the Opera district and Gare de lEst. Shots ring out on Grand Boulevards and Place de la Concorde, with civilians reported lying in the streets and ambulances arriving.
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Paris
Havas
Leon Jouhaux
Federation of Labor
Poncet
Opera District
Gare de L’est
Boulevard de Magneta
Ty Associated Cross
Opera
Deputies Chamber
Associated Press
Place de la Concorde
Chamber of Deputies
the Madeleine
Rue Royale
Madeleine Church
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Aurelio Bianquet
Mexico
Charles Scully
U.S
Reds
Detec Woodring
Wooning
Pole
C. E. Ruthenberg
Thomas J. Mooney
Superior Avenue
Public Square
Liberty Loan
H. 8. Bergen
Bergen
John Hardy
Detroit
Pell Mel
War Ministry
Place de la Republique
Place de la Bastile
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Loiol
Ersit
Waro
Place de ‘la Concorde
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