Allies at Versaille discuss German terms and submarine tolls
Report from Paris notes Allied plenipotentiaries debating Germanys demand easing and the German submarine campaign losses cited at thirteen million tons. Berlin dispatch says countermoves and final wording for the Versaille peace are being prepared with experts attending the Spa meeting due to Berlin-Versailles communication difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alps
Streptie
Getiany
Austria
Scheidemanon
Bernhard Dernburg
Count von Bernstortt
Mathis Erzberger
Berlin
Spa
Broekdorf
Rantzan
Versalles
Versailles
Conciliation Plan Fails in Winnipeg Strike Meeting
In Winnipeg Manitoba a public meeting of citizens and union representatives to discuss the week long general strike failed. Mayor Gray closed the session declaring if no conciliatory progress is desired law and order will be maintained. Employer representatives declined to meet a committee of union men to discuss collective bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Gray
Uplon
Luxury Tax Provisions Questioned by Jewelers Group
A report submitted to the Jewelers of America challenges parts of the new luxury tax law. It argues the taxation of gold molded eyewhisses cobalt pens coffins firplanes and dental work under art and jewelry provisions is inconsistently applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Armerica
Fragmented notes on political event in Wathtreeh
A garbled report outlines a political session at Wathtreeh with references to See jon and Mote Tage Coaditnessa. Edits and unclear terms obscure specific actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qyeith
Crete
Unclear OCR fragment prompts inquiry on local matter
The readable text shows garbled words and names. No coherent event or entities emerge to identify a clear headline. The fragment appears to be an OCR error with scattered terms and partial names lacking context.
unclear text about legal case and liquor board ruling
A partially legible report discusses a treason related matter and a liquor board decision. It mentions referring questions to the Attorney General and a plan to require fees and percentages of gross receipts for soft drink establishments.
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Colinain
Negalt
Trspeetar
Stet Liquer
Mitocney
John C. Price
Explosion at Cedar Rapids plant leaves hundreds missing
More than 100 men missing after a catastrophic blast at the Douglas Starch Works in Cedar Rapids. Six killed, 26 to 30 injured with many expected to die, as authorities deploy armed guards and crews search the ruins. Property damage estimated well over a million dollars. several blocks and hundreds of homes destroyed.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Douglas Starch Works
Olivers’ Trains Corps
Gilmore
EH. HH. Sinow
Morrison
Miremen
Doughis Co
Flowtang
Jared Tve
Treasury interprets 10 percent tax on child labor profits
The Treasury Department informs S. 8. Montgomery, Labor Commissioner, that the net profits tax applies to coal mine and quarry operators employing children under 16. Actual child labor is not required to trigger the levy. presence of a child under sixteen on premises makes the establishment subject to the tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Treasury Department
Montgomery
Commissioner of
Royal Visitors Hissed At Lake Geneva Arrival
Geneva saw former Emperor Charles and former Empress Altai arrive at Nyon with Austrian archdukes and a Himerous state envoy. The royal party was hissed by the crowd as they alighted from the train on the western shore of Lake Geneva near St Gaul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Charles Sant
Altai
Nyon
Lake Geneva
St Gaul
Fragmented OCR Summary From Obscure 20th Century Text
The document appears garbled with names and places unreadable. It mentions a peace conference and a ship but provides no clear event or outcome to confirm.
Allied Turning Movement Pushes Bolsheviks South
British and Allied forces in North Russia conducted a successful turning movement north of Medyvelyagora six miles south of Lumbushik, forcing Bolshevik troops to retreat. Several losses and prisoners were reported as the enemy suffered heavy casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Medyvelyagora
Lumbushik
Injunction Denied as Brewers Win Case in New York
Jacob Ruppert Brewing Co. wins a temporary injunction against government interference with manufacture of 244 percent beer. Judge Mayer grants the order pending appeal or permanent action, citing wartime prohibition act questions and President Wilson’s stance.
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New York
United States Brewers’ Association
Mayer
Wilson
Iessige
Congress
A. N. Hand
United States
Caffey
Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
Elihu Root
William J. Guthrie
Court of Appeals
Menntime
Jacob Ruppert Brewing Co
Internal Revenue
Wreck Delays Soldiers Near Columbus En Route to Camp Sherman
A coal car failure caused a wreck five miles from Newark Central City delaying two trains carrying members of the 322nd and 323rd Artillery to Columbus. Twelve freight cars containing cattle hogs and freight were wrecked. nearly all livestock perished and repairs tied up traffic for several hours.
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Columbus
Central City
Newark
Camp Sherman
Tax claim file centers on Louisville firms for foreign govts
A state department opinion by Alvy A. Adee holds that claims involving the Italian Regie Company and the French Mobacco Company stored in Louisville are subject to municipal taxation. The analysis addresses the arrangements through their agencies for the French and Italian governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Pobicco
Italian Regie Company
Mobacco Company
Alvy A. Adee
Presbyterians defer equality proposal to next assembly
The one hundred and thirty first general assembly of the Presbyterian Church postponed action on granting women full equality in church affairs until 120 at its closing session. A committee of five was to report to the next assembly. Commissioners adopted a resolution urging churches to make annual paid newspaper advertising appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
One Hundred and Thirty-First General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Agitators Round-Up Urged in Indian Appropriation Debate
Washington voices high stakes in the $15 million Indian appropriation bill as the House rounds to final passage after four hours of debate. Representative Albert Johnson calls for immediate cleansing of Bolshevik agitators and closing doors to new aliens while the measure advances. In Muncie Indiana detectives link Chas Satler and Bernard Hickey to a Frankfort Kentucky robbery of $700 as they chase a possible pair involved in a recent gambling room shooting and theft of $300.
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Washington
House
Albert Johnson
Immigration Committee
Muncie
Ind
W. H. Reeves
A. J. Frazier
Frankfort
Chas. Satler
Bernard Hickey
Satler
Hickey
Bellevue
Refusal to Reinstate Warden Triggers Prison Riot
Rawlins Wyoming convicts at the Wyoming State penitentiary struck after the State Board of Charities and Reform refused to reinstate former warden C L Martin. Prisoners halted factory work and shut off power, then were placed in solitary confinement pending acceptance to work.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Wyoming State Penitentiary
State Board of Charities and Reform
C. L. Martin
Martin
Bolsheviks Lose Thousands of Prisoners in Petrograd Fight
Dispatches from Helsingfors report Bolshevik resistance near Petrograd broken. Finnish capital tally lists thousands of prisoners and thirty guns captured along with many machine guns and five armored trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Rates Control Move Favored By Wire Board
Washington report says the Wire Control Board recommends privatizing the telephone and teleg raph networks. It urges coordinated operation and rate setting by the Interstate Commerce Commission and has been sent to the House Post Office Committee by Postmaster General Albert S Burleson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wire Control Board
Interstate Commercce Commission
House Post Office Committee
Albert S. Burle- Son
State May Buy Tract in Vinton County
The finance committee of the General Assembly, members of the State Board of Administration and a rep of Attorney General Joby G. Price will inspect a 7,000 acre land tract offered to the state for 200000 dollars in Vinton county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Fininee
General Assembly
State Board of Administration
Joby G. Price
Vinton County
Stamp Swindlers Sought in War Saving Stamp Drive
Columbus Ohio state headquarters for War Saving Stamps urges cooperation to stop traffickers who prey on ignorant war stamp buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
National Movement
Form Export Concern Formed in Trade Drive to Near East
New York announces creation of an export concern named Organization 6f the American Foreign Trade Corporation. Chartered as a Virginia corporation and sponsored by the Tobacco Products Corporation and major U S merchandising firms to trade with the Near East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Foreign Trade Corporation
SZO
CNQ
Virginia
Tobacco Products Corporation
United States
Near East
France's Poincare to Visit Belgium in June
President Poincare of France will travel to Belgium around mid June with plans announced from Brussels. The visit aims to strengthen Franco Belgian ties and discuss regional issues.
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Brussels
Poincare
France
Belgium
Lesoir
Buckeye State a Dry Desert
Ohio liquor trade leaders accept the prohibition amendment adopted last November and cooperate with the State Liquor Licensing Board to enforce the law. Bootleggers expected but limited, saloons shift to other lines, and no drastic new law seems imminent without a referendum. Courts may decide the present question while the Anti-Saloon League and liberals clash over law adequacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
State Liquor Licensing Board
Anti- Saloon League
Hawker and Grieve Picked Up At Sea After Atlantic Hop
London announces airmen Harry G. Trawker and Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie Grieve have been picked up at sea and landed in Scotland. They were found near latitude 50.20, longitude 9.30 after their Atlantic attempt from St Johns Newfoundland. The Mary rescued the aviators after a radiator pipe issue ended the flight. the aircraft itself was not salvaged.
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London
Harry G. Trawker
Mackenzie Grieve
Atlantic Ocean
St. Johns
N. F
Scotland
Admiralty
Mary
Norfolk
Aarhnus
Lewis
Hawker
Grieve
Ports For Wounded Given Up New York
The hospital ship Mercy arrived from St Nazaire with 386 patients after Brest and St Nazaire were abandoned as embarkation ports for American wounded. Most wounded have been returned to the United States and remaining cases will go through Antwerp. On board was Corporal Otis Speed of Collins Mississippi who, despite blindness, defeated every officer as the ship’s checker champion.
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New York
Brest
St. Nazair
Mercy
St. Nazaire
United States
Antwerp
Otis Speed
Collins, Miss
Six Are Missing From Virginia Fire Disaster
Three passengers and three firemen aboard the steamer Virginia perished when the vessel burned to the water line near Chesapeak Copy Saturday morning. Missing include Hyman Smith his six year old son Benjamin and his sister in law Miss Ida Levy all residents of Newport News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saltamore
Virginia
Hyman Smith
Benjamin
Ida Levy
Newport News
Nineteen Victims Found in Cedar Rapids Plant Disaster
Rescue teams report 19 dead in the Douglas Starch Plant explosion in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Six more bodies recovered bringing total fatalities to nineteen as searchers reach the dry room where 15 to 20 additional victims may be buried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Train strikes auto near Dialeville killing one four hurt
Mrs Emma Linnnington 48 of Indianapolis died at the scene when a touring car was struck by a passenger train at Dialeville. Four other Indianapolis residents were injured in the crash.
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Auto
Anderson
Ind
Emma Lennington
Indianapolis
Dialeville
Militia Officers Oppose Prewar Reestablishment in Ohio
More than 100 former Ohio National Guard officers met at the Capitol to oppose reestablishing the militia on a prewar basis. The meeting, called by Adjutant General Roy E. Layton, convened in the House of Representatives hall with only a few non former-organization officers present. Most attendees had served overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio National Guard
Capitol
Roy FE. Layton
House of Representatives
Wright's Vegetable Pills Promote Regularity
A historical advertisement touts Wright's core Vegetable Pills as an effective aid for bowel regularity and flushing the system. The ad emphasizes natural ingredients and consistent daily use to support digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Dubious Indignation in Speeding Stop
An American motorist, stopped by a Scottish constable for speeding, hints he might pay to avoid punishment. The constable rebukes the insinuation, insisting on integrity and asking how much the driver would offer if he were inclined to bribe.
Country Wants Bigness and More Room for Big Minds
A reflective editorial argues rural life favors large personalities, decrying constraints on ambitious figures while implying small-minded individuals find little space in the countryside. It frames the rural ideal as expansive yet demanding.
Just Retribution and Railroading Accusations
A debate over a jailed man centers on alleged railroad crimes. Protesters claim he is being railroaded to prison, while supporters label him a train robber. The exchange reflects tension around his guilt and the justice process.
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Pathe
Geri Tiedyvers
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Tered
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Cornt von Broelatorff- Rautzau
Economist
Soria
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Baron von L. Ersner
M. Chaleil
Seine-et-Oise
Reds
Brewers
America
Buckeye State
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Bright
Dean
Kentucky
William Henry Cobb
Nicholasville
Berry Picture
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
Banner Lye
Banne
Penn Chemical Works
Philadelphia
USA
Northrop & Lyman Co.,Inc
Buffalo,n.y
NEW South Wales Information Bureau
Singer Building
Broadway
New York City
New South Wales
Australia
Fecos County
Texas
Tex
Cil
Texas Amalgamated Oil Co
Houston St
Ft. Worth
Homeseeker
Virginia Farm and Timber Bulletin
Department P
Emporia, Virginia
NOMO
Nomo Chemical Co
Hardin H. Roads
Hillsboro
W.N. Y
Cincinnati
American Forestry Association
Marine Eye Remedy
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
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