Versailles Peace Signing Fails Chinese Delegation
The historic hall of mirrors at Versailles saw the signing of the peace treaty amid tension. China did not sign due to Shantung objections, while German delegates protested post signing and the ceremony confronted crowding and disorder as leaders from Wilson to Clemenceau presided.
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Hall of Mirrors
Versailles
Shantung
Jan Christan Smuts
Germany
M. Clemenceat
National Assembly
M Clemenceau
Haniel von Haimhausen
Jan Christian Smuts
Herr von Halmhansen
Henry
Howald
Wilson
Lloyd George
Council of Four
Hermann Mueller
Bell
Count von Bidert
Rantzau
M. Clemenceau
Willnm Martin
Englinh
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
India
General Smuts
Ine
Baron Sonnino
China
Hindenburg Relinquishes Command In Peace Decision
Berlin reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg has written to his troops announcing his resignation as commander in chief. He states he would prefer an honorable defeat to a shameful peace and explains his plan to retire after peace is decided. He says he will lay down his command.
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Berlin
German papers praise Hermann Mueller for treaty role
London reports German newspapers politely acknowledge Hermann Mueller as Germanys chief representative in the peace treaty. They note he lacks formal diplomatic training yet has become foreign minister and portray him as a capable symbol of German representation amid the postwar tribute.
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London
Hermann Mueller
Germany
Peace News Sparks Quiet Capital Welcome
Washington reacted to the Versailles peace with scarcely a flutter. At the White House and State Department the news produced a restrained satisfaction as the pre arranged signing plan proceeded. Congress and the streets showed only brief, subdued responses.
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State Department
Versailles
Congress
Wilson Declines to Lift Wartime Prohibition
President Wilson announces he cannot legally lift the wartime prohibition before demobilization and a later move to end the ban. A cablegram released from the White House cites adviser consultations and uncertain timing for any action after power is clarified.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Herald's Review Of North Carolina Capitol Events
The Herald compiles a record of important events at the Capitol and across North Carolina, detailing notable political developments, legislative actions, and state affairs for readers seeking a concise, period-tone summary of the state's activity.
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Herald’s Review of
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Herald
Memorial campaign for soldiers to raise state fund
North Carolina moves to raise half a million dollars for a state memorial building for World War soldiers. Campaign director RD W Connor will lead a one day drive on Armistice Day with Governor Hickett to proclaim a holiday. The plan contemplates a possible larger goal and broad statewide subscription.
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Nove Rolina
RD. W. Connor
Tie
D. BE. Henderson
Charlotte
General Assembly
Rickett
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Morgan and
Salisbury Streets
Germany
Hickett
Phone Employees Organize in Southern District
A telephone employees association is being perfected with Raleigh as its headquarters and with Ball management giving hearty approval. The group operates independently from general union labor bodies, arguing that telephone service relations to employees and the operating company are unique and hard for outsiders to grasp.
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Raleigh
Headquarthea
Ball Management
General Union
Open Discussion Sparks Suffrage Tug in Monroe
In Monroe a bombshell disrupted a suffrage rally as Anna Blair opposed woman voting, declaring it not her habit to speak publicly. The session drew debate among the audience and officials at the courthouse.
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Monroe
Anna Blair
Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon
National Women Suffrage
Miss Blair
Wendel completes tobacco re drying plant and storage
The new forty thousand dollar tobacco re drying plant at the local site is finished and operating. Scrap tobaccos warehouses hold about four hundred thousand pounds. A State Building Commission delegation led by State Architect James A. Salter and Building Inspector R O H Woodhull visits western North Carolina to discuss new campuses for several institutions including the State Institution for the Insane at Morganton and Cullowee Institute. A bootlegger case in Iredell County ends with a murder charge. The 124th commencement at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is described as the most successful in years with record attendance and strong alumni turnout.
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Charley L. Coon
Hi County Department of Public Welfar
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Coon
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Wilson
Nolan Knight
Knight
Phle
North Carolina
Wendel
State Building Commission
James A. Salter
RO H. Woodhull
State Institution For the Insane
Moreston
Appalachian ‘Training Schoo and Cullowee Institute
Chapel HN
University of North Carolina
Poland Republic in Northwest Germany Highlights Pact Delays
The report notes a stalled push involving Staigk’s German pact and a league, with strong presidential backing for prompt action. Poland, described as a republic in northwest Germany, is referenced amid calls for decisive steps.
New World Order Assured by Wilson on League Treaty
President Wilson urged acceptance of the peace treaty and the league covenant without changes. He said the document creates a new world order, liberates oppressed peoples, ends conquest and annexation, and unites free governments to maintain peace under international law with sanctions, guided by the league. Signed Woodrow Wilson.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Germany
Woodrow Wilson
Extradition of Kaiser Not to be Requested
Paris Parisian reports allied and related powers will not seek Kaiser Wilhelm’s extradition. Dutch government urged to ensure the former emperor faces an international court or leaves the Netherlands. French international law authority says proceedings would be moral in character, with no death sentence or imprisonment contemplated.
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Amtserdim
Paris
Telegraat Aays
League of Nations
Herr Hohenzollern
League
Holland
Demonstration in Rome Faces Anti Government Dissent
Serious disorders marked an antigovernment protest in Rome as demonstrators tried to reach Premier Nitti’s residence. They were repelled by large military police forces and order was restored after midnight.
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Tome
Rome
Nitti
World War Cost by Nation Cited in Calls for League
Washington reports the war killed 7,882,200 soldiers and cost about 185 to 195 billion dollars in total expenses. Merchant shipping losses reached 24,005,383 tons with 1,882,125 tons of war vessels sunk. Figures cited by Senator McCumber to argue for a League of Nations.
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Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
League of Nations
Wilson Returns Proud of Conference Wins
President Wilson comes back to Washington extremely satisfied with the conference results. Friends say the talks achieved a wonderful success, while peace with Germany is viewed as advantageous though Germany must make reparations for its great wrongs.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Germany
Wilson Probably Reframed to Irish Independence
Washington observers noted that some members of Congress and others watching the Irish question were drawn to the president's address. He spoke of peoples ready for independence but not yet prepared to dispense with protection and guidance, and referenced treaties renewing national rights. No one ventured the tampe that was in the president's mind.
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Washington
Congress
Scheidemann Plan For Separate Northeastern Germany
Berlin reports a secret plan to form an independent northeastern German state under Scheidemann with army and government disputes cited as the cause of its failure. A Tageblatt dispatch notes a Geneva report that Scheidemann crossed into Switzerland on foot after leaving Germany. The masterminds allegedly sought Polish partnership, which Poland rejected, questioning why it was not offered a decade earlier.
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Berlin
Philipp Scheidemann
Germany
Elbe
Danzig
Tageblatt
Geneva
Herr Scheidemann
Switzerland
Poland
German Movement Causes Unease in Poland War Talks
Paris reports that German troop movements near the western Polish border at three points unsettle conference circles. Prime Minister Ignace Jan Paderewski seeks ammunition from the Allies before Germans shut key railways. Heavy artillery threatens Czestochowa, a major rail hub linking Warsaw with Krakow and the Teschen coal fields. Czestochowa is a city of about 40,000 people.
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Paris
Iagsieat
Imnace
Jan Paderewski
Czenstochowa
Warsaw
Cracow
Teschen
Czechstochowa
Question of Enforcement Prohibition Referred to House
Washington notes the enforcement of prohibition moved from the judiciary committee to the house with no pledge of quick action. A general measure combining war-time and constitutional prohibition was advanced 17 to 2 after the committee refused to divide it. Some members plan a minority report urging removal of some drastic provisions.
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Washington
Judiciary Committee
House
Senate Okays Shipbuilding Fund Increase
Washington approves boosting the shipping board fund from 276 million to 481 million for finishing the government's authorized shipbuilding program, with a single dissenting vote during a late session aimed at passing the sundry civil appropriation bill.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Senate
Agreement Reached to Fix Size of Standing Army
Washington reports Senate and House conferees have agreed on the army appropriation bill setting the average 1820 army strength at 326000 officers and men. The figure is 75000 more than the Senate proposal and 26000 above the original House authorization.
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Washington
Senate
House
Suppression Request Sent Over Article in Austrian Treaty
Paris dispatch from Vienna reports Dr Karl Renner head of Austrian peace delegation delivered a note to the peace conference requesting suppression of article 49. The article would have required former Austro Hungarian states to pay indemnities from private Austrian properties located in those states.
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Paris
Vienna
Karl Renner
Austria
Chinese Peace Delegation Refuses to Sign Treaty
Washington reports the Chinese peace delegation in Paris will not sign the peace treaty. They insist on reservations over Japan's sovereignty of the Shantung peninsula, seized from China under the 1897 treaty.
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Washington
Paris
China
Japan
Shantung Peninsula
Germany
Doctor Wilkins to Appeal Murder Verdict in New York
Mineola N Y counsel for Dr Walter Keene Wilkins found guilty by a jury in the supreme court here of murder in the first degree for killing his wife Julia at their Long Beach home February 17 announced he would carry the case to the court of appeals and to the governor if necessary. The verdict carried a recommendation for clemency which the court cannot heed.
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N. Y
Walter Keene Wilkins
Supreme Court
Julia
Long Beach
Court of Appeals
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