Italy May Return to Sign Pact at Peace Conference
Paris dispatches report Italy moving toward renewed participation at the Paris peace conference. An ambassadorial meeting with President Wilson sparked speculation of Italy’s resumed influence as treaty terms approach for German plenipotentiaries. Across notes from Paris and Rome officials, efforts to align Italy with the alliance framework and to address Fiume and Shantung issues surface amid cautious Allied readiness.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
Wilson
Italy
Woalsenr Daar
Great Britain
Thea Nageonale
Kata Choate
Wapan
Thalys
Paty Geting
Judy
Romanian Army Takes Budapest
The Romanian army is reported to have occupied Budapest according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Berlin. In Budapest authorities fear a change in the ministry from soviet to social democratic to prevent occupation by advancing Czech, Romanian and Serbo-French troops. Berne reports the soviet government in Budapest has been in talks with the French mission in Vienna on capitulation and surrender of arms, with a counter-proposal on safety rejected.
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London
Budapest
Berlin
Associated Press
Berne
Vienna
Women Indicted for Frauds in Election in Chicago
Cook county grand jury returns indictments against ten for election frauds in the February mayoralty primaries. Three women and seven men charged as precinct workers and clerks. Jury accuses padded registration lists and ballots swung to organization candidates. foreman is Robert McSweitzer. Judge Scully seeks a special grand jury to probe alleged use of juries by State's Attorney Heyne.
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Chicago
Cook County
Scully
Roger C. Sullivan
Demiuocratic
T. F. O'Connell
Thomas Carey
Carter TH. Harrison
Robert Mc Sweitzer
Thompson
Grand Jury
Juedge Scully
Heyne
Plarkson
Guerin
Barricades Erected In German Quarter
Barricades were erected in the German quarter of Versailles to confine Germans to their assigned section this morning. Exits will be strictly controlled to prevent movement without authority amid disobedience by some German subordinates. It is noted that two German newspaper correspondents visited Paris and attended a theater performance.
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Versailles
Paris
Local Rains Then Fair Weather Forecast
Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday cover the Great Lakes region and the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys. Data indicate unsettled and local rains Monday followed by generally fair conditions, with low temperatures and occasional frosts in both areas.
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Washington
the Great Lakes
Mississippi
Missouri
Embezzlement warrant hits Decatur man in Los Angeles
A man who said he was Al Dr. Prette of Decatur Illinois was arrested Saturday in a Los Angeles tea room on a warrant from his former home charging embezzlement. Officers say the alleged embezzlement occurred weeks ago after he fled Sap Miers, returning recently. Ninety thousand wolf skins sold Saturday at the International Fur Exchange in St Louis, totaling 8,904,450 dollars. First week sales in America reached about 6.5 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
AL DR. Prette
Decatur
Ill
Bate
Brette Aftorore
Sap Miers
ST. Louis
International Fur Exchange
Anerion
Victory loan campaign flags two week tally reports
Washington May 4 with two weeks left and only one week remaining subscriptions total 1 657 979 000 dollars, 386 54 percent of the 1 500 009 000 goal. St Louis leads 126 216 000, Minneapolis 53 256 000 in second place, Chicago 332 122 000 at 50.9 percent. Treasury says pace is mixed though not alarmed. Railroads 79 493 000. New York district up 13 909 000. Seventh district subscriptions rose 12 550 900 to 151 500 000.
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Washington
The
Treasury
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Chicago
United States
Internal Revenue Bureau
Cleveland
New York
Panand Canal
Federal Reserve District Victory Loan
Sisl Ailsoo
Himnos
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Chinese Disgruntled At Kiao-Chau Terms
Paris May 2 The Chinese peace delegation criticized the council of three decision on Kiao-Chau saying it substitutes Japan for Germany in Shantung adds Japanese railway rights in southern Manchuria and grants Japan practical control of northern China The Chinese delegation views the decision with disappointment and dissatisfaction.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of Three
Kiao- Chau
Japan
Germany
Shantung
Manchuria
China
Racing Is Resumed On Paris Tracks Monday
Paris reports the resumption of racing on French tracks after nearly five years, with bookmakers active along boulevards and in cafes. Government hesitation gave way as Minister Victor Boret pressured Clemenceau to permit the races, signaling an end to the fighting.
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Paris
Victor Boret
Clemceau
Earthquake Sways Kansas University Seismograph
A seismic disturbance was recorded at Kansas University in Lawrence on Saturday. The quake’s origin is estimated at 5 700 miles away, likely in Japan, according to seismograph readings.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas University
Japan
Daniels In Favor Of Sinking German Fleet
London May 3 US Secretary of the Navy Daniels urged sinking the German fleet with proper ceremonies. He told the Associated Press that American and British experts in Paris favor sinking the ships, with bands and flags, as a moral lesson of the war. He noted the ships are magnificent yet useless to the American navy and said a joint naval force size is unsettled until the league of nations begins to function.
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Associated Press
London
Daniels
Scapa Flow
Paris
Tie
League of Nations
Startling Tales From Overseas Drawn Heavily From Fiction
Chicago readers see Stars and Stripes critique overseas tales printed in home town papers. It mocks claims of battlefield exploits and misused decorations, cites erroneous insignia, and ridicules interviews with soldiers claiming grand headquarters dispatches. The piece notes the war department bans unauthorized decorations and highlights the gulf between myth and reality.
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Chicago
A. E. F. Oor
The
Stars and Stripes
Pershing
P. T. Barnum
No Man's Land
Gennan
War Department
Army
Sayin
Gran Army
Brest
Attacks Commencing On Archangel Front
London reports a war office statement that Archangel front lines have opened with serious enemy attacks on the Dvina and Vaga fronts. Bolshevik gunboats shelled allied positions but withdrew. a major assault on the Vaga front was repulsed with heavy losses. Allied troops praised for stout defense as Dvina ice breaks and gunboats may navigate within a week.
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London
War Office
Archangel
Dvina
Vaga
Vaga Front
Genera Ean
Transport Arrives at Newport News with Tank Units
The transport arrived at Newport News Virginia on May 4 bringing about 2 63 trucks and men. It carried the 2nd 328th and 327th battalions of the 807th brigade of the tank corps a balloon company an evaluation hospital and a few cases of casualties.
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Newport News
Boirdeaux
807Th Brigade
Tank Corps
Navy plans trans Atlantic seaplane flight legs
The last U S Navy seaplanes will depart Trepassey Rockaway Point in early May, with the first leg to the Azores between May 12 and 14. Destroyer Prairie anchors in Trepassey harbor with guardships, while meteorologists and destroyers line the route to aid and rescue in case of a mishap.
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Trepassey
N. OF
United State Navy
Rockaway Point
Trepaser
Azores
ELOS
Prairie Trepasey
N.oul
Prairie
Trepasey Harbor
Aroostook
Tisko
Newfoundland
Trepassey Harbor
Halifax
Navy
St. Johns
Wasitington
Weather Bureau
Navy Department
Naval
United States
Europe
Spitzbergen
Tceland
Atlantic
Washington
North America
Bomb Destroyed After Landis Threat At Chicago
The bomb sent to Judge Landis last Wednesday was destroyed Saturday at a safe distance. It exploded by the impact of a bullet. Officials said the blast would have been fatal if anyone had been near.
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Landis Bowr
Chicago
Navy patrols guard transatlantic air routes under Plunkett
Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett will command destroyer fleet patrolling the Atlantic route to aid wireless communications and rescue stranded fliers. He has earned the Distinguished Service Medal for enabling the navy to deploy its major artillery battalion on the western front.
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United States Navy
Charles P. Plunkett
Admiral Plunkett
Navy
Defends Communism As Logical Result
VIENNA May 2 Count Michael Karolyi, once Hungary’s industrial magnate and politician, argues communism is the only logical result of Entente policy toward Hungary and perhaps its economic salvation under present conditions. He tells the correspondent he is writing a book on Hungary’s communist regime to avoid hunger and notes many workers now receive wages erased by taxes and wages to keep them employed.
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Vienny
Hungary
Michael Karolyi
Milllionaire
Premier British ace Mannock named top war pilot
London May 3 air ministry declares the late Major Edward Mannock the Champion British airman of the war after tallying 73 enemy machines. Lieut Col William A Bishop the Canadian ace follows with 72. Among Allies Rene Fonck leads with seven confirmed. Baron Richthofen s claimed record is unconfirmed.
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London
Air Ministry
Edward Mannock
William A. Bishp
Mannock
Bishop
Rene Fonek
Baron Richthofen
Germany
Ukrainean League With Russian Reds
Paris May 3 Havas The Tempy announces a wireless message from the Russian Soviet government Friday gives the text of a treaty of alliance centered on Ukrainians and Russian Bolsheviks against Rumania. Reuters Paris correspondent reports a convention between Ukrainians and Russian Bolsheviks under which 13,000 Bolshevik troops were marching on Hungary.
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Paris
Havas—The Tempy
Rumania
Reuter
London
Polish National Commission
Ungary
Mrs Sterling Injured in Automobile Accident
May 4 report from Rockford says Mrs. Fred E Sterling wife of the state treasurer was struck by a car Saturday and is near death. Mr Sterling remains at her bedside at their home.
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Sterling
Rockford, Uh
Fred E. Sterling
Wits
Mr. Sterling
Peace Terms Rise From Versailles Negotiations
Reports from Brussels Paris and London describe the peace process after World War I. The council of three invites Austrian and Hungarian delegates to Versailles for talks. Germany resists loss of colonies and Saar while seeking to keep access to Kiel canal and Polish transit rights via Danzig and the Vistula.
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Paris
Council of Three
Versailles
Reuter
Havas
Austria
St. Germain
Germany
London
Siberian Peasants Resist Omsk Draft
Eastern Siberia peasants resist Omsk government draft efforts with Bolshevik influence. Reports to Washington say peasants seek American protection, while Americans reiterate neutrality. A Skotovo clash involved Siberian officials and local peasants with Japanese soldiers present. General Otani asked General Graves for aid, which was refused.
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Washington
Siberia
Omsk
Vladivostok
Draf
United States
Skotovo
Otani
Graves
Berger Trial Put Off for Berger and Arnold Espionage Charge
Berger and Arnold trial in Milwaukee postponed indefinitely pending Victor L. Berger's appeal from Judge Lanis ruling. United States District Attorney Wolf announced the delay as the case awaits further action on the espionage act charges.
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Bauclale
Wis
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
Louis A. Arnold
United States
Wolf
Berger
Lanilis
Trilege
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