First Step Toward Signing of Peace at Versailles
In a brief five minute session on September end, German plenipotentiaries presented credentials to the allied and American representatives at the Trianon Hotel. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, pale with emotion, could barely stand as he handed over the German credentials. The ceremony, chaired by Jules Cambon, marked the first step in peace negotiations. The parties then proceeded to the Chateau to view the Hall of Mirrors where the treaty will be signed.
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Versailles
United States
InPale
Count von Brockdorff-Kanzan
Trianon Hotel
Supreme Military Council
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Herr Landsberg
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Jules Cambon
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Henry White
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Chateau
Hall of Mirrors
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The Easter Hat Shower Turns Into Scare Event
A rain of terror interrupts a woman's Easter hat shower as organizers confront an unexpected scene. Police respond to the incident at the event venue, no serious injuries reported, investigations ongoing.
British Laborites Support Wilson and Italy Reply
A British Labor party message to Italian Intransigent Socialists urges support for President Wilson's fourteen points. Deputies of the Italian group discussed Wilsonism, condemning capitalistic states and urging proletariat unity, citing Zimmerwald principles. Peace congress credentials will be presented at Versailles in the hall of the Hotel Trianon.
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Rome
Labor Party
Wilson
Messaec
Jno
United States
Zimmerwahd
Soviet crackdown in Hungary nets hundreds of arrests
Budapest reports six hundred arrests by Soviet authorities targeting financiers publishers editors writers manufacturers and a former Hungarian minister. More than thirty editors and newspaper owners and many reporters are said to have been jailed for refusing bribes to promote the Soviet cause.
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Budapest
Hungary
Chinese Deportations Beat Previous Record at Victoria
The vessel Canada Mary deported 36 Chinese to China after immigration officials found them unfit for Canadian college entry. They had failed to qualify as students, appealed to Ottawa, but officials refused intervention.
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Victoria
China
Canada Mary
Canada
Ottawa
Saskatoon Kiwanis Aid Plane Crash Aviator
Saskatoon Kiwanis club plans to raise funds to replace Lieut. Mc Clelland's crashed airplane after his first passenger trip. The aircraft was a total wreck and the club aims to secure money for a new machine.
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Saskatoon
Saskatoon Kiwanis Club
Lieut
McClelland
Disorders in Paris on May Day Demonstrations
Serious disturbances erupted in Paris during May Day celebrations as mobs clashed with troops and police. Demonstrators pressed toward the Place de la Concorde and the war ministry while shouts of long live the Poilu echoed as infantry withdrew.
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Paris
Place de la Concorde
Chamber of Deputies
War Ministry
Hohen Zollern to be prosecuted as war instigator
The Evening Standard asserts it has the strongest claim to report that William Hohenzollern will be prosecuted not as war originator but as one of the instigators of crimes, per the commission on war responsibility findings.
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London
The
Evening Standard
William Hohenzollern
Commission On War Responsibility
Canadian airman to form squadron for Russia
Major Raymond Collishaw has authorization to form a squadron for service in Russia. He is selecting the personnel, with several well known Canadian airmen expected to join the unit.
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London
Raymond Collishaw
Russia
Aliens Barred Ottawa May 2 Entry Prohibited
May 2 date marks prohibition on entry of Doukhobors Hut terites and Mennonites into Canada. The long standing western agitation yields results as the council initiated order is now passed.
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Ottawa
Canada
A Complete Farm Home with Modern Comforts
A complete farm home designed for family and hired help under one roof features two bathrooms and a den suitable as an office. It offers a sitting room with a fireplace, a billiard room, brick or brick veneered exterior, a deep verandah, a wash room, a spacious pantry, and a large kitchen, all defined by careful architectural planning.
Poles Plan Advance on Germany Reported by German Armistice Delegate
Berlin published note from Mathias Erzberger, head of the German armistice delegation, claiming Poland plans to move larger forces into Posen and upper Silesia in days ahead. He warns Germany cannot guarantee armistice if Poles attack, and that further passage of Polish troops from France through Germany could be blocked.
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Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Foch
Germany
Posen
Upper Silesia
Poland
France
Haller
Knighthood Discontinued for Canadians in Canada
A special Commons committee dealing with titles decided to end conferrals of knighthoods for Canadians residing in Canada. The move also backs abolishing hereditary titles, with further discussion on an academy of merit and discretionary honors to be reviewed at a subsequent meeting.
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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
Toronto clergyman convicted over banned literature
Rev. Ben Spence, secretary of the Dominion Alliance Ontario branch, was convicted in police court by Magistrate Kingsford for publishing banned literature The Parasite and fined 500 dollars or four months at the jail farm W E Raney counsel for the defense said he would appeal and a week was given to raise the money Meanwhile Post office inspectors in New York report 17 internal mail machines sent to prominent officials including cabinet officers in the Washington mail system
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Dominion Alliance
Ontario
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W. E. Raney
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Spence
Washington
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New York City
Premier Given Free Hand Paris Negotiations Open
The French press praises Premier Orlando's speech before the Italian assembly and sees a conciliatory mood. Reports suggest renewed talks on the Italian question may resume with groundwork for a satisfactory understanding. Italy appears ready to grant Orlando latitude in handling its interests.
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Premier Orlando
Italy
Permanent Home For Peace League
Geneva prepares to host the League of Nations permanent site in Alhambra Hall at City Hall. Officials seek a lakeside 1.5 square mile tract with several offers from Geneva families. plans include a world wireless station and a large diplomatic airfield, all extra territorial, with local support.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League
Alhambra
Italians Advance Eastward to Demarcation Line
Italian troops and war material are being landed at Sebinico and Seara on the eastern Adriatic coast. Advices from Spalato report the forces advancing eastward with reinforcements moving toward the demarcation line.
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Copenhagen
Sebinico
Seara
Adriatic
Spalato
Recruiting for R N W M P in Toronto
Controller MacLean of the RNWALP says recruitment for the force will start immediately in eastern Canada.
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Toronto
Controller MacLean
R.n.w.alp
Canada
Conference Divides Over Kiao-Chau Compromise Effect
Paris reports sharp splits in conference circles over the Kiao-Chau settlement. Japanese delegates welcome German property transfer and say it aligns with the May 25 1915 Chino Japanese treaty. China awaits the exact wording for peace treaty inclusion. Railway traffic security will be handled by Chinese officers with Japanese instructors chosen by Chinese authorities. Japanese forces to be withdrawn at earliest possible date.
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Paris
Kino-Chau
Five Day Week Enforced by Seattle Building Trades Council
Official announcement states a five day work week will start May 3, affecting about 6,000 workers. No work on Saturdays and Sundays. The short week will spread to Tacoma and other Northwest cities soon.
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Seattle
The
Building Trades Council
Tacoma
Northwest
Want Wilson Back St Louis Weighs Chamber Resolution
The St Louis chamber of commerce representing half a million businessmen unanimously adopted a resolution urging the immediate return of President Wilson and an extraordinary session of Congress to enact legislation needed to safeguard social and business structure.
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St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Wilson
Congress
May Admit Germans in Year London
Reuters Paris report says Lord Robert Cecil will appoint a British member to the League of Nations and Germany would be admitted after about a year.
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London
Reuter
Paris
Robert Cecil
League of Nations
Germany
League
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