Fiume to be Italian mandate for four years
Paris May 7 Italian delegates resume seats and accept a plan making Fiume a League of Nations mandate for four years then returned to Italy. Italy will build a harbor at an Adriatic port for the Jugoslav nation to give it a sea outlet for commerce. The treaty also includes a provision on Kaiser trial and responsibility for starting the war.
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Italy
Paris
League of Nations
Associated Press
Chinese Cabinet orders delegates not to sign Paris treaty
In Peking on May 7 the Chinese Cabinet instructed delegates in Paris not to sign the peace treaty and to assign German rights of Shantung Peninsula to Japan. Also dated May 7, a report states Mrs. Wilson may attend Paris as the Germans receive the treaty to be signed at the Peace Conference begun January 18.
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Peking
Paris
Shantung Peninsula
Japan
Germans Threaten Peace Pact If Indemnities Drop
Paris May 7 reports say German delegates today stated they will sign the peace treaty if Germany is not forced to pay war indemnities. The Germans will sign the treaty today. Today is also the fourth anniversary.
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Paris
Germany
Charles Goldstein Leaves on Buying Trip to Stikine
Charles Goldstein departs on the City of Seattle bound for Wrangell and Telegraph Creek on the Stikine River to buy furs for his Juneau business. He expects to be away several weeks.
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Charles Goldstein
Stikine
Seattle
Wrangell and
Telegraph Creek
Stickine
Juneau
Steamer Arrivals And Departures In Juneau Area
Jefferson and Admiral Farragut are due in Juneau tomorrow while Princesa Mary arrives Friday night. Alaska and City of Seattle depart Seattle Monday. Princess Mary sails Southbound Sunday and Alameda sails Southbound Tuesday with further Juneau area movements planned.
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North
Jefferson
Juneau
Admiral Farragut
Princesa Mary
Princess Mary
Alameda
Italian Delegates Meet German Counterparts at Versailles
At Versailles on May 7 Italian delegates were introduced to the German delegation. The greetings were brief and informal as they prepared for the impending peace treaty signing and formal negotiations.
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Paris
Versailles
France England and US reach anti German aggression pact
Paris reports an agreement among France England and America providing additional guarantees against German aggression in the future. President Wilson will meet General Pershing to discuss whether the pact should be made public.
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Paris
France
England
America
Wilson
Gen Pershing
Economic Council Suspends Blacklist to Ease German Credits
Paris May 7 The Supreme Economic Council, awaiting peace treaty signing, suspends the financial blacklist allowing neutral Nations to extend credits to Germany and to German citizens.
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Paris
Eonomic Council
Germany
Labor Conference Organizes for Washington Meet
London May 7 An organized International Labor Conference committee formed under the peace treaty held its first meeting to tabulate information for the first conference to be held in Washington in October.
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London
International Labor Conference
Washington, D. C
American Army in Germany to Get Supplies Direct
Washington May 7 The American Army of Occupation will be supplied through Antwerp and Rotterdam. This plan removes the need to maintain a 700 mile communications line from Brest France and streamlines supply routes for the army in Germany.
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Germany
Washington
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Brest
France
German bomb depot explosion kills Belgian soldiers
Perussels May 7. A German bomb depot exploded near the city killing Belgian soldiers and German prisoners, according to Associated Press dispatch.
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Perussels
Associated Press
Victory Loan Reaches 2.15 Billion in U.S. Fund Drive
Washington on May 7 reports the Victory Loan total has reached 2,150,000,000 dollars for the nation. This milestone underscores strong support from investors and the public, signaling broad participation in the wartime financing effort.
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Washington
Germans shell Picardy and push in Flanders and Aisne
One year ago today German bombardment of Picardy with 15 000 gas shells smothered American lines while fierce fighting in Flanders bent British lines and Germans crossed the Aisne canal. Americans rush aid as ships are found urging readers to subscribe to the Victory Liberty Loan.
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Picardy
Flanders
Aisne Canal
Victory
Howard Ashley Elected Mayor in Skagway Election
Skagway voters yesterday chose How ard Ashley as mayor while Clyde Rogers and Oscar Selmer were re elected Clerk and City Treasurer. Co C Cole became school treasurer and councilmen named M E Rogers M Goding and L C Gault. Defeated were Fr Feero for treasurer and Dr Keller and J N Hansen for council.
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Skagway
Empire
Howard Ashley
Clyde Rogers
Oscar Selmer
Co. C. Cole
M. E. Rogers
M. Goding
L. C. Gault
Fr. Feero
Dr. L. Keller
J. N. Hansen
Pershing to Receive British Honors Arrival in England
London May 7 Gen Pershing will come to England May 22 on a British destroyer to be greeted by a guard of honor for British officers who earned honors with the Americans. Preparations are under way for the reception of Gen Pershing by the British.
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Gen. Pershing
London
England
Soldiers to return from France at 300000 monthly
Secretary Baker announced that the last American Expeditionary forces will leave France by August. More than half are home, with arrivals at about 200000 a month.
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Washington
Baker
France
Pictures and Egyptian Relics Moved From Unfinished Postal Tube
London May 7 Valuable pictures from London galleries and Egyptian mummies from the British Museum along with King George’s personal property are being removed from the unfinished postal tube where they were stored during the war to protect them from air raids.
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London
British Museum
King George
Wilson calls Congress special session for May 19
President Wilson cabled for a special session of Congress to convene May 19 in Washington. He will not attend the opening. the session is needed to push through appropriation measures blocked by Republican filibustering at the close of the regular session.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Government Railways Losses Reach Billions in Two Years
Washington May 7 Director Mines of the Government Railway Administration reports that last year’s railway operations incurred 226 million dollars in losses. For 15 months of this year the deficit totals 418 million dollars. Reduced freight and traffic drive the losses with no rate increases planned. An 14 million dollar deficit persists for eight months of the American railway and express business.
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Washington
Government Railway Administration
American Railway and Express
Government Purchases Twelve Army, Eight National Guard Camps
The Government announces the sale of twelve Army camps, eight National Guard camps, and four small miscellaneous camps for 548000 dollars. The sites will serve the Regular Army for base hospitals and storage warehouses for government supplies.
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Washington
National Guard
Moscow Crowd Suppressed by Red Guards
London dispatch reports four hundred people in a Moscow crowd shouting down with Lenine and Trotsky were killed by Red Guards as they gathered to demand food.
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Lenine-Trotsky
London
Moscow
Lenine
Trotsky
Red Guards
Allied river flotilla reaches fighting front at Vaga and Dvina juncture
The first unit of the Allied river flotilla has arrived at the front at the junction of the Vaga and Dvina rivers, signaling a move into active combat zones as coordinated by Allied command.
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Archangel
Associated Press
Vage
Dvina
Col Knight Honored by Yukon Pioneers
Dawson May 7 The Yukon Order of Pioneers has conferred honorary membership on Col. Knight commander of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police and Charles Sattlemier editor of the Dawson News
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Pioneers OF the Order OF the Yukon
Dawson
Yukon Order of Pioneers
Col. Knight
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Charles Sattlemier
Dawson News
Queen's Brother May Succeed Devonshire Duke for Dominion
London May 7 It is understood the Duke of Devonshire will retire as Governor General of Canada The post will be offered to Earl Athlone the brother of the Queen
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Devonshire
London
Duke of Devonshire
Canada
Earl Athlone
Germany Shorn of Military Power At Versailles
The eighty thousand word treaty was handed to the German delegates this afternoon at a 20 minute session attended by the delegates of the 27 powers. The document’s extensive preamble embodies the assertion of authority on which the treaty is based, and the covenant of the League of Nations then follows.
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Versailles
Associated Press
League of Nations
Peace Treaty Terms Outlined By Public Info Committee
The World War I peace terms are summarized as Germany to return Alsace Lorraine to France, renounce non European territories, recognize new nations, and drastically cut armed forces. The navy and air capabilities are limited, fortifications along the Rhine are removed, and key routes like the Kiel Canal open to all nations. Allied occupation forces would be reduced at set intervals.
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New York
Committee On Public Information
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Saar Valley
Europe
China
Africa
Poland
Upper Silesia
Rhine
Heligoland
Kiel Canal
Germany to Pay War Damages and Terms of Treaty
Paris reports the German peace terms assign full responsibility for war damages, with 20 billion marks to civilians and subsequent payments via bonds. Shipping damages on a ton-for-ton basis, rebuilding obligations, and a trial for high officials are outlined along with a League of Nations framework, plebiscites, and the Saar Valley governance plan. The treaty excludes German membership in the League but establishes a labor body and international oversight. The League’s Geneva HQ, Washington conference, and the Executive Council composition are specified.
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Paris
Germany
League of Nations
Saar Valley
Dazig
Schleswig
East Prussia
League
Washington
American flour saves lives in Romania through relief effort
In Bucharest on May 7 the United States Food Administration reports nearly 20 000 tons of flour delivered to Romania. The American Red Cross operates a large mission, distributing clothing and general relief supplies to destitute people in need nationwide.
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Bucharest
Rumania
United States Food Administration
American Red Cross
Allied mission favors Poles blamed for armistice failure
In Weert Ukraine on May 6 Premier Isadore Holubowitz says the inter Allied mission to end fighting between Ukrainians and Poles at Lemberg failed due to Ukrainian leaders suspecting the mission favored the Poles.
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Stanislav
Weert Ukraine
Lemberg
Isadore Holubowitz
Ukraine
Ice Breaking Up Signals Navigation Soon
River rapidly breaking up as ice conditions deteriorate for navigation. Authorities warn that the river will soon open to traffic, enabling vessel movement and facilitating planned waterways activity.
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Dawson
Yukon River
Adolph Joffre Sentenced and Executed by Polish Forces
Copenhagen May 7 The Poles captured Vilna and shot Adolph Joffre former Russian Ambassador to Germany Joffre first attracted attention in Berlin by refusing ceremonies for a new ambassador and by snubbing German officials Later he and his delegation were expelled from Berlin
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Copenhagen
Vilna
Adolph Joffre
Germany
Joffre
Berlin
Captain charges Germans robbed Red Cross parcels
Sydney May 7 Captain Alexander Donaldson of the steamship Matunga says Germans who handled Red Cross parcels for Australian soldiers in German prisoner camps robbed the prisoners of their parcels. He was captured when the Matunga was seized by the German raider Wolf and sent to a prison camp in the Hartz mountains.
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Sydney
Australia
Germsn
Red Cross
Alexander Donaldson
Wolf
Hartz Mountains
Civilian Germans protest by killing pets at camp
In Holdsworthy near Sydney six hundred German civilians interned in a concentration camp killed all dogs and cats in the compound to force the camp commandant to lift a food and water ban. Reports say they ate or pretended to eat the pets and raised their heads on pikes as a grim show of defiance.
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Sydney
Holdsworthy
Sydney spends heavily on influenza relief funds
Sydney reports spending nearly $100,000 since the Spanish influenza outbreak began to address unemployment and distress caused by the disease. Local authorities note substantial allocations across public works and relief programs as the epidemic impacts daily life and jobs.
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Sydney
Yukon Council Meets
Wason May 7 The Legislature convened here yesterday Allan McMillan of Ionanza is the speaker
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Yukon Council
Wason
Allan McMillan
Ionanza
Anti-American agitation kept up in Japan
Tokyo, May 7. The Japanese press continues an anti American campaign with renewed force. The agitation stirs popular feeling and could lead to open demonstrations. Japanese representatives critique the government for failing to curb anti American critics in the press. The fear of growing American influence threatens Japan's aims in China and Siberia.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Japan
China
Siberia
Ability tests for discharged soldiers seeking positions
New York May 6 Ability tests for discharged soldiers seeking executive or clerical positions has been authorized by the War Department for the 22 large demobilization camps. Sherwin Cody managing director of the National Associated Schools of Scientific Business announced here today.
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New York
War Department
Sherwin Cody
National Associated Schools of Scientific Business
Havana Port Tightens Watch on Fishing Vessel Supplies
The captain of the Port of Havana announced that firms supplying fishing vessels will face inspections to ensure ships leave port with only necessary food and liquor for personal use. Watch will be kept over such shipments to curb smuggling.
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Havana
Cuba
Russian Soldiers Return Home Through Bolshevik Lines
March 7 report notes Russian soldiers rejoining families in northern Russia after serving in Germany travel via Bolshevik lines to American and Allied outposts. The journey reflects a homeland altered by the war as they pass through foreign control to reach their destinations.
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Russia
Germany
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