Germany Rejects Peace Deviation From Wilson Points
Berlin reports Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Germany’s foreign minister, declares to the national assembly that Berlin will not sign a peace treaty deviating from President Wilson’s fourteen points. He cites financial claims, food imports, and blockades as decisive issues and argues dissident powers cannot pulverize Germany and extract vast tribute.
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Berlin
Count von Brockdorff- Rantzau
National Assembly
Weimar
Germany
Wilson
West
Quebec Voted Wet in North America Wetting Province
Quebec is declared the wet oasis of the continent as alcohol bans apply only to strong liquors while beer and wine remain allowed. Voters approved exemptions from prohibition with a margin about 100000 in the election.
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Montreal
Quebec
United States
Canada
Mexico
Editors oppose Mooney strike at Seventh District meeting
A group of labor paper editors at a Seventh Federal Reserve district conference drafted resolutions condemning a nationwide strike to free Thomas Mooney, convicted in the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing case. They urged catching the actual guilty parties and handling Mooney’s case through unions and the Affiliation of Labor Unions, presented by O. Taylor of Grand Rapids Observer.
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Mooney
Chicago
Seventh Federal Reserve District
Victory Liberty Loan
Thomas Mooney
San Francisco
O. Taylor
Grand Rapids, Mich
The
Observer
Senator Inman Withdraws Anti Japanese Land Bill Request
Sacramento Cal State Senator Inman pulled his bid to intro duce an anti Japanese land bill in the senate. He then offered a resolution asking President Wilson to have the peace conference act on oriental immigration so future state laws won t be needed.
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Lansing
Sacremento
Cal
Inman
Senate
Paris
Wilson
Ten American Nurses Decorated by French Government
Ten American army nurses received the Medaille Honneur Des Epidemics from the French government at a ceremony in Paris. The event at the Red Cross Military Hospital No. 112 Auteuil was attended by 23 officers of the American Medical corps and seven enlisted men who also received the decoration.
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Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Peace by Easter or Eust Drives Paris Treaty Talks
Paris pushes for a German delegation by April 20 as peace by Easter or Eust becomes slogan. Allies need two more weeks to finalize and revise the entire treaty amid ongoing negotiations.
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Paris
Tanks to tour Iowa counties in Victory Liberty drive
Two military tanks part of the mosquito fleet are en route to Iowa to aid Victory Liberty bonds sales. One will reach Des Moines, Davenport, Sioux City, and Mason City, with a stop planned in every county to demonstrate their mobility and firepower. County chairs should prepare barricades and shell-hole setups for demonstrations.
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Iowa
Victory Liberty
Des Moines
Davenport
Sioux City
Mason City
Chicago
C. F. Dean
France
E. O. Clark
Clark
Fautras
Sos
J. T. Dean
Melrose
Marlym County Electric Company
Knoxville
Fie
Ottumway
William Eaton
Anna Ash
Ellen Ash
State Industrial School
Mitchellville
Pofce
A. R Swartz
Ruby Penniston
Climax Church
Shenandoah
Imogene
O Leonard Jones
Cedar Rapids Exposition and Fair Company
Rockford Road
West End
Exposition Andall
Des Moines War Mothers of America
Uncle Sam
Good roads bill passes Iowa House and heads to Senate
The Iowa House approved the good roads measure by a solid margin and sent it to the Senate with many amendments. Key changes included allowing a referendum on permanent road funding and permitting counties to gravel roads if desired. Other actions covered secretary of state resignation, court appointments, and broader fiscal moves for state agencies.
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Iowa House of Representatives
Senate
Edson
Buena Vista County
Anderson
Winnebago County
Joe Anderson
Finch Orda County
Kern
Warren County
Santee
Black Hawk County
House
Weaver
Polk
Westervelt
Greene
Wichman
Hancock
W. S. Allen
Iowa Senate
Secretary of State
State Automobile Department
Allen
Arney
Thirty-seventh General Assembly
White
Rule
Milling
Harding
W. S Allen
Senate Committee On
Sen
A. M. Parker
Des Moines
Rep
J. B. Weaver
Ned Hoyt
Joe Brailey
House of Representatives
Iowa
Adams
Thirty-eighth
General Assembly
Whitmore
Senate Committee On Elections
Price
Monroe County
Cass County
Bear Grove
Pymosa
State Railway Commission
Klaus
Delaware County
House Railroads’ Committee
State Commission
Newberry
Clayton County
Adair County
Havner
Messer
Johnson County
Harrington
Moore
Griffin
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Holyhead
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Casablanca
Morocco
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Senegal
Delhi
Reuter
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