German Chancellor Rejects Versailles Peace Terms
Berlin May 12 Associated Press reports Chancellor Scheidemann denounced the Versailles peace as unacceptable and murderous. In a national assembly speech he warned Germany would resist terms that would strangle trade and enslave six million to labor for victors. He praised German unity and condemned President Wilson while urging restraint and courage.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Scheidemann
National Assembly
Hugo Haase
University of Berlin
Unter den Liden
Tay
Philip Scheidemann
Adsace-Lorraine
Hinds
Rhineland
Sarre
East Prussia
West Prussia
Posen
Silesia
Danzig
Memel
Manaced
Lower Tyrol Given to Italy in Treaty
Associated Press reports that in the Austrian peace treaty a responsibility clause mirrors the German treaty with one change that omits the former Emperor William trial. The key dispute is frontier delimitation of Lower Tyrol, a Austrian region ceded to Italy, affecting defensive lines and strategic heights for Italy against invasion from the north.
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Lower Tyrol
Italy
Associated Press
Paris
Austria
William
Saare
Lower
Tyrol
Pius
Rozen
Merau
Cattachine
Ttaly
Alps
Nustrig
Fiume
Adriatic
Promueer Orlando
Colonel House
Wilson
Thomas Nelson Pave
Charles
St. Germain- En-Yave
Versailles
Overland troubles open to adjustment
Toledo May 14 Despite a break in talks between Mayor Cornell Schreiber, Willys-Overland officials, and the workers about a 48 hour week, both sides kept lines open for further talks after four days of negotiations. The company would rehire workers at 48 hours while the union seeks 24 hours with raises. banks and the union discuss a union bank and a cooperative store was discussed by railway brotherhoods.
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Toledo
Ohio
Cornell Schreiber
Willys-Overland Automobile Company
Railway Brotherhoods
Towers May Launch Transatlantic Flight Today
May 14 reports from Trepassey Newfoundland say Commander John H. Towers may start the United States navy seaplanes on their voyage to the Azores today. Weather looks favorable and flight officers warn reporters the start could come with little notice. If outer bay seas are rough they may lift off from the harbor to avoid hull damage.
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Trepassey
N. F
John H. Towers
United States Navy
Azores
Reds Lose Gun Boat in Action on Dvina River
Archangel reports one Bolshevik gunboat sunk on the Dvina during an engagement between British river flotilla and land batteries. Allied forces, aided by airplanes, also bombarded along the Vaya river as Bolshevik artillery activity is being silenced on the front in northern Russia. The Dvina river is ice free and transport is active. the White Sea mouth is navigable.
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Associated Press
Archangel
Dvina
Vaya River
Red
London
Montreal
Russia
British War Office
White Sea
Five Indicted in Camp Dodge Bribery Plot
Five persons faced federal charges of conspiracy and bribery in Des Moines Iowa for alleged efforts to steer a government supply contract at Camp Dodge. Indictments name Michael Levy Lo Beil and others including Michael Tauber Co of St Paul and several city and state figures as part of a scheme to obtain $39 000 worth of supplies for 1500 and to bribe Lieut. H R Vanstram to secure $380 500 in government blankets.
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Des Moines
Towa
Federal Grand Jury
Camp Dodge
Michael Levy
Lo Beil
Chicago
Michael Tauber Company
St. Pah Mpa
Lo Mo Sinner
Arthur Keatner
Washington
PD. C
J. R. Rhoade
Norfolk
A. Gross
Minneapolis
H. R. Vanstram
Quartermaster Corps
What Will Your Harvest Be
A compact guide from The Quincy Whig promoting a 72 page book with 181 illustrations on garden ills. It promises simple language for quick action to recognize and cure garden problems, offering prevention and cure guidance for every reader.
Control Of Diseases And Insects In The Home Garden
The Department of Agriculture issues its largest latest bulletin on home garden pests and disease control. Improve your garden with this free Garden Insect Book. Send a two cent stamp for return postage with your name and address to Quincy Whig Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C.
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Department of Agriculture
Quincy Whig Information
Breau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Root Sees Danger In Rail Plan For Private Railroads
Elihu Root denounces federal incorporation and government guarantees of railroad income as risks to private ownership. He favors a district based fair return system with excess profits taken by the government for public transportation, warning universal rates could hurt weak lines and spur overreach.
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ST. Louis
Elihu Root
Missouri Bankers’ Convention
Roots Tetter
SS. Davies Warneld
National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities
Root
Security Owners Association
Congress
Mr. Root
United States
NAACP seeks 100000 volunteers to defend rights
New York May 14 Announcement by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People calls for a nationwide drive to enroll 100000 people to defend constitutional and legal rights denied to more than four fifths of the Negro race in America. The group with 50000 users hopes to double the number before June 21 when a national conference in Cleveland will be held.
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New York
America
National Association For the Advantment of Colored People
Cleveland
Military Funeral F Leader of "'Jazz Band' Fame
New York May 14 funeral held for James R. Europe a combat infantry leader famed for over seas service and leading the Jazz Band. Burial planned in Boston for Lieut Europe whose death was sudden at his home.
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New York
James R
Europe
Lead Infantry
Wasington
Peace Treaty Sparks German Opposition In Berlin Assembly
German chancellor Scheidemann denounces the peace terms as dreadful and murderous saying they would jail Germany and force sixty million to labor for victors. He accuses Wilson of deception as democratic parties threaten to withdraw over the treaty while German plenipotentiaries at Versailles prepare protests and await further discussions with allies.
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Haase Group
Germany
Wilson
Philip Scheidemann
Ebert
National Assembly
Berlin
Scheidemann
Versailles
Hungarian Commune Strengthens Amid Turmoil
Reports from Budapest say the Hungarian communist government has grown stronger as Romanian advances slow and halt orders hit allied troops. The regime condemns the Paris peace treaty, enforces requisitions for clothing, repurposes boureguisie garments, and accelerates efforts to support a potential Romanian communist shift while secularizing religious schools and closing theological colleges.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Budapest
Red Guard
Romania
Hungary
Two New Pilots Join Newfoundland Group
Two aviation parties planning a trans Atlantic flight in British planes arrived in St Johns Newfoundland on May 14 They studied weather charts showing continued unfavorable conditions delaying landings Hawker and Raynham pioneering flyers expected to arrive in June using aound to be vacated by Hawker Raynham The balloon C 5 from the cruiser Chicago prepared for Montauk Point New York dirigible arrival with start not expected before Thursday or Friday
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ST. Johns
N. F
Hawker
Raynham
Hawker Raynham
Chicago
Montauk Point
N.Y
Council of Four Meets on Turkish and Austrian Issues
Paris May 13 The council of four discussed Turkish and Asia Minor questions and details of the Austrian treaty. American experts were called in for consultation on Austria.
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Tress
Paris
Council of Four
Asia Minor
Austria
Republicans Ready to Organize Senate
Washington May 14 Republican senators pressed toward organization next week and postponed disputes over chairs. Leaders from regular and progressive factions agreed to unite and delay decisions on Penrose and Warren chairmanships until after organization. Most of 49 Republicans in attendance expected. Borah said Johnson declined progressive bid for president pro tem. George A. Sanderson slated as possible Senate choice.
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Senate
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Warren
Wyoming
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Townsend
Michigan
Fuller
New Mexicco
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
George A. Sanderson
Chicago
Progressives At Conference Chase Senate Committee Seats
Senators Borah Ne narv Mosess Kenyon Jones Johnson Norris attend progressive conference. Committee on committees will begin work now but likely won’t decide chairmanship or assignments until next week delaying senate committee organization.
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Areston
Borah
NeNarv
Oregon
Mosess
New Hampshire
Kenyon
Iowa
Jones
Washington
Johnson
California
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Germans Send Fifth Note To Versailles
PARIS May 13 The German delegation announces a fifth note will reach the French foreign office tonight and be delivered to the council of four tomorrow morning, signaling another move in the diplomatic exchange with Versailles.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Reach New York 20th on Siboney
Governor Lowden and about 100 Illinoisan guardsmen depart Chicago for New York to greet the Thirty-third Prairie division arriving by Mount Vernon. The voyage components list ships with dates, brigades, battalions, and attached medical and supply detachments bound for New York, Newport News, Boston, and other ports.
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New York
Chicago
Lowden
Thirty-third
Illinois National Guardsmen
J. Franklin Bell
Mount Vernon
Major WWII units return as transport ships divert to Newport News
The 323rd field artillery, 120th machine gun battalion, and Sun Field Artillery Brigade units returned. The Louisiana brought home 1444 officers and men including the 107th ammunition train and 32nd division MP company with various support sections. The Martha Washington, due in New York May 19, was diverted to Newport News.
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Washington
Italia
New York
319Th Field Signal
Siboney
130Th Infantry
Bath
321Th Field Artillery
Edward L. King
65Th Infantry
Artmeis
Newport News
Manchuria
Boston
58Th Infantry Brigade
104Th Engineers
Frank S. Con Cheu
58Th Field Artiller Brigade
Orizaba
Hth Field Artillery
12Th Field Artillery
10Th Field Artillery
Lucius R. Holbrook
14Th Field Artillery Brigade
Montpelier
Otsego
11Th Infantry
Zealandia
86Th Aero Squadron
20Th Engineers
Radnor
Due
95Th
96Th Transportation Corps
Foe
323Rd Fell
120Th
Sun Field Artillery Brigade
Louisiana
107Th
32Nd Division Military Police
17Th Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop
Sth
Martha Washington
Belgian demobilization aims for 100,000 men
Brussels reports current troop levels at 210,000 and 150,000 demobilized, per the minister of war who told parliament he will press to cut Belgian forces to 100,000 as soon as possible.
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