Talks on Fiume and Sea Claims at Paris Meeting
Associated Press reports Premier Clemenceau met Italian Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino at the war ministry in Paris. No announcements were made about the conference. The American delegation’s position on Fiume remains unchanged. Rumanian and Hungarian bargaining over Banat and delays over Austrian terms loom as key issues at St Germain.
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Associated Press
Paris
Clemenceau
Vittorio Orlando
Baron Sonnino
War Ministry
Fiume Rumania
Geneva
Berne
Counci Ol Ten
Banat
Serbia
Rumania
Bratiano
Hungary
St. Germain
Council of Four
Skoda
Austria
Vienna
Prague
Italy
Clermenceau
Orhinda
Baron Sennino
Fiume
Dalmatian
M. Trumbitch
Joyce- Slay
Touuse
Thomas Nelson Page
Peace Conference Commission
von Brackdorff-Rantnau
Versailes
Berlin
Governor blocks Milwaukee meeting over two playlets
Wisconsin Governor Philipp forbids a T. W. W. meeting planned for Saturday night at a hall in Milwaukee. Mayor Hoan declined to ban it, citing constitutional duties, while the group planned two plays titled The Peace League and On the Road. The governor’s order states no TWOW meetings are to be held in Wisconsin.
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Milwauckee
Wis
Maw
Govermor Philipp
Danel W. Hoan
American Legion
LWOW
Peace League
League of Nations
Wisconsin
Pittsburg Car Strike Halts Street Railway at Midnight
Pittsburg street railway system crippled by a strike of motor men and conductors ending with no agreement to submit the dispute to the War Labor Board. About ten thousand workers affected as the city faces mass transit disruption.
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Puptsburg
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways Company
War Labor Board
German peace note and Clemenceau reply on labor law
The German delegates forward a May 10 draft on international labor law urging wide participation, trade unions, and a Versailles conference. Clemenceau replies that allied governments will guide labor adjustments under the league of nations, noting Germany’s future rights after joining the league and criticizing the German draft as lacking representation and stronger provisions.
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Versailles
League of Nations
Germany
Berne
IYO
Paris
Leeds
Bohemia
Bulgaria
Denmark
France
Greece
Poland
Italy
Canada
Norway
Austria
Sweden
Spain
Pungary
Count von Brockdorff- Rantzau
Ministry of Labor
International Labor Office
M. Clemenceau
League of Conditions of Peace
Labor Organization
Washington
G. Clemenceau
Austrians Enjoy Free Movement in Allied Quarters
Austrian delegates to the peace congress moved about freely in the allied quarters on May 15, showing no barriers and no requests to contact the German delegation. They strolled through streets and parks, seemingly at ease and with full freedom of movement unlike the German delegates at Versailles.
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Associated Press
Stgerman-En-Layve
Versailles
Immigration reports claim influx of Asiatics into Mexico
Japanese embassy officials in Mexico City attribute widespread immigration of Chinese and Japanese to Mexico. They denounce claims of 4000 Asiatics arriving in May as unsubstantiated and likely exaggerated by Mexican sources.
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Mayo
Mexico City
Mexico
Mateh
Fort Sheridan Abandoned and Rededicated as Hospital No 23
Fort Sheridan ceases as a military post as two companies of the 20th regular infantry board a special train to Fort Hiley Kansas. The sprawling cantonment will henceforth be known as Fort Sheridan general hospital No 23 with only wounded and necessary attendance on the muster roll.
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Omicago
Fort Sheridan
20Th Regular Infantry
Fort Hiley
Kaw
Sheridan General Hospital
Navy giant blimp C-5 drifts to sea after mooring break
A U S Navy transatlantic flight plan hit a snag as the dirigible C-5 broke from its Pleasantville moorings in a gale and drifted out to sea. The destroyer Edwards pursued with orders to down it by anti aircraft fire if located. No injuries reported but the C-5 likely a total loss, prompting restart with a replacement ship.
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ST. Johns
N. F
United States Navy
Montauk Point
Edwards
Charles G. Little
Newburyport
Mass
Chicago
Lieut. Little
Washington
Navy Department
Pleasantville
U.S. S. Edwards
Atlantic
Trepassey Bay
Air Mail Service Without Mishaps in Chicago-Cleveland Run
Daily aerial mail service on the Chicago Cleveland leg of the Chicago New York route began Thursday. One flight per day from Chicago and Cleveland to Bryan Ohio relay point, with 3 hours 13 minutes Chicago to Cleveland and 3 hours 54 minutes return times. Planes piloted by Edward Gardner and Trent C Fry flew round trips to Bryan and back, transferring mail at Bryan. Each craft carried about 400 pounds of mail.
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Chicago
Eward Gardner
Cleveland
Trent C. Fry
Bryan
Fry
Gardner
Knox Calls League National on entry to covenant
Senator Knox argues that American entry into the league under the revised covenant would amount to national death by own action. He says the Senate can amend the peace treaty and warns the revised covenant is more objectionable than the original, lacking public authority and proper people’s power.
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Washington
Americas
League of Nations
Knox
Pennsylvania
Senate
Rayon
Pittsburgh
Copers
Prairie Men Do Not Wish Parade For 33rd Division
Washington May 16 Gen Payton C March chief of staff says a poll of the 33rd Illinois National Guard division shows few men want a divisional parade in service. The War Department may arrange a Chicago parade or reception to complete the division if arrivals fit railroad schedules. Secretary Baker aims for large representation in Chicago and hopes the demonstration will be as large as possible for the Thirty third division.
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Washngton
D. C
Payton C. March
Army
Medill McCormick
Illinois National Guard
March
War Department
Chicago
Baker
Roger C. Sullivan
H. H. Merrick
Germany blamed for British blockade troubles says Harden
Paris dispatch reports Maximilian Harden of Die Zukunit argues Germany caused her own blockade woes by rejecting British abolition of prize rules at The Hague in 1807. He says German policymakers underestimated Anglo German war risks and that famine would strike Britain first due to its shift from agriculture, leaving Germany with none to complain about.
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Paris
Germany
Maximilian Harden
German Free Lance
Die Zukunit
Bismarck
Caprivi
Gemany
the Hague
Err Tarden
Russia
Holland
Denmark
Lerr Harden
Resolution backs nation wide strike in Mooney case
OURLAND May 18 A resolution endorsing a proposed nation wide strike to support Thomas J Mooney and Rashworth workers is before the council. The measure with a price tag of 50 800 is connected to shipyard and metal tools workers.
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Ourland
All
Ohehalf Oof
Thomas J. Mooney
Rashwerm
Othe
Eifie
French Tax Budget Shows Improvement
Paris May 14. During April France collected 681 225 900 francs in taxes and state monopolies, 137 792 000 francs above the budget estimate and 275 600 000 francs higher than April last year. For the first four months of 1919 the excess over the budget rose to 640 958 000 francs, with imports driving gains as transportation improved and prohibitions eased. Customs taxes in April were 70 percent higher than a year ago, signaling an improving economic situation.
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Paris
France
Labor Forces Opposed Barr Bill In Illinois
Organized labor will oppose the Barr bill that would limit women’s working hours to nine unless mercantile establishments are included. John W. Walker, former president of the state federation of labor, said the measure was amended to exempt mercantile concerns and urged defeat in its present form. A fight to correct the features will begin next week as legislators leave for recess.
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Springfield
Organized Labor
John W. Walker
State Federation of Labor
Walker
Joliet
Ed Waterway
Pears Sart
Philippine Islands Governor Is Married
Francis Burton Harnson aged 45, governor general of the Philippine Islands, wed Miss Elizabeth Wrentcore, 23, a Berkeley student, at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. Rev. Johnstone Myers of Immanuel Baptist church officiated amid a small guest gathering in Chicago.
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Chicago
Francis Burton Harnson
Philippine Islands
Elizabeth Wrentcore
University of California At Berkeley
Cal
Johnstone Myers
Immanuel Baptist Church
Fuel load too heavy for flight
May 15 US dirigible C-5 escaped mooring at St Johns N F and drifted seaward 83 miles with heavy fuel load. Destroyer Edwards pursued, salvage efforts planned by Chicago and British steamer. Trepassey N F May 16 reports N C 1 N C 3 unable to rise from water with fuel, N C 4 lands, delaying trans Atlantic hop.
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ST. Johns
N. PF
United States
Chicago
Edwards
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Chatham
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Halifax
New York
Azores
John H. Towers
N.C
Department
Europe
England
Towers
Hbeltinger
N. Cua
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