German plenipotentiaries present credentials at peace talks
In Versailles at 10 o clock the German plenipotentiaries submitted credentials to the Allied and American representatives, the moment marking the first step in peace negotiations. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, pale and strained, could barely stand as he handed over the documents in the room at the Trianon Hotel.
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Versailles
United States
Count von Brockdorff-Rinpach
Trianon Hotel
Supreme Military Council
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Herr Landsberg
Professor Schuecking
M. Cambon
Allied Commission
Count von Brockdorff-Rantgad
British Laborites Support Wilson Amid Italian Socialist Reply
British Labourites urge support for Wilson’s fourteen points in a message to Italian Socialists. Thirteen intransigeant deputies reply that Wilsonian ideals are undermined by capitalistic states and urge world proletariat to uphold the principles proclaimed at Merweatd during peace talks. The first session of the peace congress opens to present credentials and the German peace treaty text will be shown in the Hotel Tranon dining room.
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Labor Party
Wilson
United States
Merweatd
Supreme War Wach
Tranon
Budapest Bribe Crackdown Hits Press and Officials
Soviet authorities have arrested six hundred individuals in Hungary including financiers publishers editors writers manufacturers and ex ministers. More than thirty editors and newspaper owners and many reporters are in custody for allegedly refusing bribes to promote the Soviet cause.
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Budapest
Hungary
Chinese Deportation Record Shattered at Victoria
The Canada Maru steamship deported 36 Chinese to China after failing to gain entry as students. Officials judged them unfit for Canadian colleges, and Ottawa declined to intervene.
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Victoria
China
Canada
Saskatoon Kiwanis Aid Flight Officer After Crash
The Saskatoon Kiwanis club will fundraise to replace Lieut. Mc Clelland or McClelland after his airplane wrecked on his first passenger flight. Funds will go toward purchasing a new aircraft for the aviator.
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Saskatoon
Lieut. McClelland
McCleland
Paris May Day Disorders Turn Bloodier in Streets
Serious clashes erupt in Paris during May Day celebrations as blood flows in the streets. Mob efforts target the Place de la Concorde and the chamber of deputies while troops withdraw under pressure from armed crowds.
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Aled
Govers
Paris
Place de la Concorde
Chamber of Deputies
War Ministry
Trial of Ex Kaiser London Claims Prosecution Start
The Evening Standard asserts it has the highest authority to say William Hohenzollern will be prosecuted and tried not as war originator but as an instigator of crimes per the war responsibility commission report. Air Squadron for Russian Service Major Raymond Collishaw forms a squadron for service in Russia selecting several noted Canadian airmen.
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London
The
Evening Standard
William Hohenzollern
Commission On War Responsibility
Raymond Collishaw
Russia
Immigration ban on Doukhobors Hutters and Mennonites in Canada
Dating from May 2, entry into Canada of Doukhobors Hutters and Mennonites is prohibited. The order in council previously intimated has now been passed, ending western agitation on this issue.
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Ottawa
Canada
A Complete Farm Home with Modern Bungalow Design
This farm home is complete in every detail and designed to house family and hired help under one roof with separate facilities. Notable features include two bathrooms, a den that can serve as an office, a sitting room with open fireplace, a billiard room, brick exterior, a deep verandah, a wash room, a spacious pantry, and a large kitchen.
Poles Plan Advance Threatens Armistice Says Erzberger
Berlin. Mathias Erzberger, head of the German armistice delegation, says Germany has reliable information that Poland plans a large military advance into Poser and Upper Silesia in coming days. He warns Germany cannot guarantee armistice maintenance if such an attack occurs and Polish troops under Gen. Haller might move through Germany from France thereafter.
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Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Marshal Foch
Germany
Poser
Upper Silesia
Poland
France
Haller
Knighthood End Predicted for Canadians in Canada
A Canadian Commons special committee decided to discontinue conferring knighthoods on Canadians residing in Canada and to consider other distinctions later. They also backed abolishing hereditary titles, while a Cowan amendment proposing an academy of merit was held over. The motion to discontinue failed to favor immediate action despite support from Sir Herbert Ames and Dr. Michael Clark.
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Ottawa
Canada
the Commons
Cowan
Regina
Academy of Merit
A. R. McMaster
W. F. Cockshutt
McMaster
Sir Herbert Ames
Michael Clark
Spence Fined in Toronto Over Banned Literature Case
Reverend Ben Spence secretary of the Dominion Alliance Ontario branch was convicted by Magistrate Riggsford in the police court on charges of publishing banned literature The Parasite and fined 500 or four months at the jail farm W E Raney KC counsel for the defense said he would appeal and the magistrate granted a week to raise the money if payment is chosen
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Ben Spence
Toronto
Dominion Alliance
Ontario
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W. E. Raney
K.C
Bombs Sent to Officials in Mailings Discovered
U S post office inspectors in New York City reported the discovery of 17 internal devices placed in the mails and addressed to prominent officials including cabinet members.
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Washington
Post Office
New York City
Opinions Differ Over Kiao-Chau Award
Paris reports a sharp split in conference circles over the Kiao-Chau compromise. Japanese delegates welcome the transfer of German rights and say the agreement largely implements the 1915 China-Japanese treaty. Chinese officials withheld comment pending treaty wording. Railway owners plan special police to secure traffic led by Chinese personnel with Japanese instructors, while Japanese forces are to be withdrawn at once.
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Paris
Opini Sion
Kiao-Chau
Premier Given Free Hand Paris
French press notes a conciliatory spirit in Premier Orlando's address to the Italian parliament. It contends that renewed talks on the Italian question could resume and lead to a satisfactory understanding, while signaling Orlando will have latitude in pursuing Italy’s interests.
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Paris
Premier Orlando
Nnly
Permanent Home For Peace League Offered In Geneva
Families of Geneva offer sites for the permanent home of the league of nations to be based in Geneva the capital. A one and a half mile square lakeshore site is requested and multiple offers come from local families. Plans include a powerful wireless station and a large diplomatic airplane airdrome as extraterritorial facilities.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League
Alhambra
Italians Advancing Eastward On Adriatic Front
Italian troops and matériel are being landed at Senbino and Scara on the Adriatic coast. Advises from Spalato report the forces advancing eastward and bringing reinforcements to the demarcation line.
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Copenhagen
Sebinico
Scara
Adriatic
Spalato
Recruiting for R N W M P in Toronto Controller Statement
MacLean of the R N W M L P says recruitment for the force will begin immediately in eastern Canada. The notice assigns Toronto as a recruitment hub and cites an official controller oversight.
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R.N.W.M.P
Toronto
MacLean
R.n.w.m.lp
Canada
Five Day Week Enforced by Seattle Builders Council
Official announcement says a five day work week starts May 3 for about 6 000 workers. No work on Saturdays and Sundays. The short week will also begin in Tacoma and other northwest cities soon.
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Seattle
The
Building Trades Council
Tacoma
Northwest
Want Wilson Back for United States Business Leaders
The St. Louis chamber of commerce representing half a million business men adopted a resolution urging the immediate return of President Wilson and an extraordinary session of Congress to enact legislation to safeguard our social and business structure.
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Wilson
St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Congress
May Admit Germans in Year London The League
Reuters correspondent in Paris reports that Lord Robert Cecil is expected to appoint a British member to the League of Nations organization and that Germany would be admitted to the league after a likely one year period.
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London
Reuter
Paris
Robert Cecil
League of Nations
Germany
League
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