President Wilson Prepares Return as Peace Talks Progress
Paris and Washington report indicate President Wilson plans to sail home soon on the George Washington after rapid progress at the peace talks. White House and State Department officials offer no interpretation of the move, while French leaders promise a treaty by Easter and May signatures. Premier Lloyd George may issue a statement on completion of the peace work.
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Paris
Wilson
George Washinston
United States
Brest
George Washington
France
American Commission
Washington
State Department
America
Hoboken
Sfar
New York
Roosevelt
Presiit
White House
George
League of Nations
Ese
Atend
Ted States
Ition
Widson
Lloyd 7
Gaoland
Nws
Lloyd George
London
Bela Kun Shot and Hungarian Soviet Government Overthrown
London dispatch reports Bela Kun, foreign minister of the Hungarian Soviet government, assassinated and the government overthrown. Kun led the Hungarian Reds from Budapest, with the regime lasting less than three weeks. Vienna and Amsterdam sources note allied leaders seeking boundary talks.
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Vienna
London
Bela Kun
Hungary
Paria
Paris
Munich
Bavaria
Budapest
Copenhagen
Smuts
Bundapest
Prague
Woman Dies of Injuries in Milford Assault Case
Mrs Louis H Bradley 71 dies at Griffin hospital from injuries suffered when an unknown masked man assaulted her and her sister in law 81 Miss Franscania Bradley remains in serious condition. Both women were attacked at their Milford turnpike home after answering a knock. No suspect located. police under Coroner Mix of New Haven investigate.
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Derby
Louis H. Bradley
Milford Turnpike
Griffin Hospital
Franscania Bradley
Coroner Mix of
New Haven
Bavarian Government Flees Munich as Soviet Move Looms
Berlin reports Bavarian government aboard a flight from Munich to Bromberg amid last hour talks on a Soviet takeover. Berlin dispatches say funds moved to Bavaria to restore the monarchy by propping former Crown Prince Rupprecht and clericals, with peasant backing possible.
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Berlin
London
Munich
Bromberg
Munch
Bavaria
Rupprecht
Varia
Strikers Spread in West Germany Report
London reports a general strike spreading in western Germany amid Communist propaganda. Westphalia faces a serious food shortage while Essen street railways halt over free rides. Stuttgart sees order restored yet a counter strike persists as radicals resist the strike order.
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West Germany
London
Germany
Rmal
Westphalia
Essen
Stuttgart
Audubon Society Sued for Libel Damages Stated
William A. Wetzler principal of Trenton High School sues the Audubon Society in New York Supreme Court for 100000 dollars claiming libel over accusations of pro Germanism. Wetzler had been tried by the Trenton board of education, was acquitted, and rewarded with a 500 dollar salary raise for patriotic service.
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Audubon Society
New York
The
American Defense Society
Supreme Court
William A. Wetzler
Trenton, N. J
Germany Faces Indemnity Payment Range in Paris Dispatch
Paris dispatch reports the first annual indemnity Germany must pay ranges from 400 million to 500 million pounds sterling. The amount was to be decided by the big four at today’s meeting, per Central News.
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Germany
London
Paris
Wife Beaten by Husband Held on $10,000 Bond
Fritz Speilman struck his wife with a gun barrel Saturday night in Bristol. He was held on $10,000 bond to await his wife's injuries, taken to jail. Mrs Speilman is hospitalized at St Francis Hartford with a fractured skull. Doctors attempted trepanning to save her life.
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Genter
Bristol
Fritz Speilman
Rioting in Delhi Claims Casualties in March
A dispatch from London reports rioting in Delhi, India, beginning March 31, with a few casualties noted. The brief indicates clashes amid unrest and mentions a return to normal conditions after the disturbances.
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Delhi
India
London
Trans Atlantic Flight After Easter
British aviation notes report an attempted trans Atlantic flight after Easter with details obscured by OCR. The item mentions London and a jet or aircraft event but lacks complete data on the flight, crew, or outcome.
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London
The
Attem
Brigadier General Charles H. Cole Returns as Hero
Brigadier General Charles H. Cole, commander of the Fifty second Infantry Brigade, Twenty sixth Division, who rose from private, arrived on the transport Aquitania. He led troops in the Marne, St Mihiel, and Meuse Argonne offensives and wears the French Croix de Guerre with Palm. Before the war he was Adjutant General of Massachusetts and later ran for governor against McCall.
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C.h.cole
Charles H. Cole
Fifty-second Infantry
Twenty-sixth
New England National Guard
Aquitania
Cole
Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Camp Devens Bustling for 26th Division Parade
April 7 report from Camp Devens notes influx of two Y D contingents from overseas as Major General Hale meets with press. Boston parade plans underway, city committees opened headquarters, crowds of families and sweethearts mingle with soldiers. Traffic and shop activity surge. pay lines, telegraph, mess halls, bakeries operate at full tilt.
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YY. D
Quartermaster’s Corps
One Sided Street Fight on North High Street
A jealous husband attacked a traveling pedlar on North High Street at 11 am. The pedlar was knocked to the ground after a rapid exchange of blows, until fly Charles Johnson, a Con necticut Company motorman and constable, intervened to stop the assault. The confrontation began after the pedlar spoke to a woman in the area and her husband confronted him.
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North High Street
Charles Johnson
Connecticut Co
Cotton Market Opens Firm on Peace Outlook and Belgium Sales
New York April 7 cotton prices rose at the open on optimism over peace and heavy spot cotton sales to Belgium. New contracts opened 20 to 50 points higher. old styles varied from 29 points up to 45 points down. Spot demand and Wall Street activity supported buying, while realizing sales from the South checked further gains, leaving an steady undertone.
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New York
Belgium
Wall Street
Paderewski At Conference Pressing For Easter Peace
Paris April 7 delegates at the big four seek to finalize the peace treaty by Easter as Admiral Grayson may permit President Wilson to resume deliberations. Paderewski and Polish concerns push for Danzig status while Germany’s terms stir dispute and warnings of a prolonged process surface.
Violence in Lawrence as Textile Strike Erupts
Violence erupts in Lawrence as textile workers clash with police in a pitched confrontation. Gunfire is reported as officers and demonstrators collide in the street, with injuries and arrests possible amid the tense unrest.
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Lawrence
Riot at Millis mill: twenty strikers arrested in Boston suburb clash
In Lawrence Massachusetts on April 7 police halted a stoning at the Everett mill. A high powered bomb wrecked a nearby house while officers faced bricks and clubs. More than twenty strikers were arrested as rioting continued, and city Marshal O'Brien was targeted by bullets.
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Millis
McLeod
Daniel Garvey
O’brien
Common Street
Thomas Mahan
Lowell
Union
Newbury
Domingo Street
Natalie Quirinale
Trinity Professor Missing in Meriden Woods Search
Meriden authorities and practically the entire Boy Scout organization scour the West Mountains for Professor William L. Squire of Trinity College Hartford. The 35 year old, unmarried professor disappeared from his home last Friday after a spring nervous breakdown and had been at a Hartford retreat. The family believes he may have wandered toward West Peak near the Squires summer home. If not found soon, city reservoirs in West Mountain may be dragged.
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Meriden
William L. Squire
Boy Scout Organization
West Mountains
Trinity College
Hartford
Wilbur H. Squire
West Peak
Squires
West Mountain
Squire
Norwalk Tinner Dead in Car Poisoning Tragedy
Norwalk on April 7 reports Charles G. Reardon a well known tinner of South Norwalk was found dead in his auto yesterday his wife made the discovery He had been ill with the grip the past week and it is thought gasoline fumes overpowered him Also William E. Ritch of East Norwalk dropped dead in his motor launch in the harbor yesterday afternoon indicating a second fatality in local waters
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Norwalk
Charles G. Reardon
South Norwalk
William E. Ritch
East Norwalk
Peace negotiations hinge on big four leaders and writing draft
The article details progress in peace talks with the League of Nations constitution finished and a labor accord reached. Reparation demands are in writing and reports from financial experts are ready. One or two plenary sessions are planned this week to approve completed programs as leaders Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau, and Orlando seek agreement to draft the peace treaty within 24 hours after reconciling differences. outcomes rest on their decisions.
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League of Nations
Big Four
Wilson
Lloyd-George
Clemenceau
Orlando
Yankee division to be mustered out April 28 at Camp Devens
Camp Devens Mass April 7 the 26th Yankee division will be mustered out of service on April 28 with a victory parade likely on April 25. The first four demobilization days list units and numbers including 101st and 104th infantry, 102nd infantry, field artillery and machine gun battalions, each with staff and support elements. Telegraph money orders totaling eighteen thousand dollars were received for the division today.
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Camp Devens
Mass
101St Infantry
52Nd Infantry
F. A
Heavy fog cripples New York harbor traffic and docking
A dense morning fog halted harbor movement in New York with ferries and freight unable to dock. Only the freighter Charybdis from Bermuda reached quarantine while ships awaited clearer weather and the Leviathan could not clear Hoboken pier until high tide.
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New York
Charybdis
Bermuda
Hoboken
Leviathan
Secretary of War
Baker
Europe
Barn Fire Destroys Two-Story Structure on Washington Street
About 8 o clock Saturday night a western sky blaze drew shoppers toward Main Street. A barn owned by an Italian occupant burned to the ground behind the Dunn property at the Air Line crossing on Washington Street. The loss was about $500 with hay inside. the owner had not entered since Friday and cannot explain the fire. The Chemical responded after a 20 minute blaze, leaving only a skeletal ruin.
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Main Street
High Street
Dunn
Air Line
Washington Street
Hill Street
Fogs Delay Ship of Vice Admiral Sims at New York port
Heavy fogs delayed the liner Mauritania bearing Vice Admiral Sims commander of the European fleet of the United States Navy. Arrival was expected late this afternoon as harbor craft waited near Sandy Hook. The Mauretania remained unseen off Sandy Hook at 1 p.m., trailing several hours.
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Sims
New York
United States Navy
Sandy Hook
No Mercy For Bolshevism Case In Stamford Court
In Stamford on April 7 city court Judge Samuel Young remarked that those who hold bolshevik theories and seek mercy in court deserve none. The case against Alexander Niznick, accused of wife beating, was continued for further investigation.
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Stamford
Alexander Niznick
Samuel Young
U. S. Gunboats Ordered to Murmansk
London april 7 the united states navy instructed the commanders of two gunboats carrying colonel richardson and seventy engineers to proceed to murmansk they were told to land the crews if reinforcements were required and authorities confirmed the order this afternoon
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U. S
Murmansk
London
United States Navy
Col. Richardson
Tornado Hits Omaha Towns
Omaha suburbs Dundee and Clifton Hill assess property damage after a small tornado yesterday that ripped roofs from several houses. No injuries were reported.
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Omaha
Neb
Dundee
Clifton Hill
Treasury Report Totals Lost Cash Claim in New York
The Sub Treasury in New York reports a loss of about $493,000 to the banking system. The cash net appears missing from records, with authorities investigating the discrepancy and tracing the funds.
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Treasury
New York
02nd Infantry Arrives in Port for Welcome Home
The 02nd Infantry is in port as officers from Company leave to greet travelers. State officials Waterbury Hartford and New Haven prepare to receive the unit in Boston at 1 30 this afternoon.
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Port
Transport Agamem
Boston
Ernor Holcomb
STATE
Waterbury
Hartf den
New Haven
Victory parade plans by Yankee Division announced in Boston
Boston officials announced today that the Victory parade of the Yankee Division will march in the city on April 25 starting at 5 PM. Chief of staff Goll Williams of the northeastern department and army officials from the state committee were present for the briefing.
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Goll. Williams
Northeastern
Depa
Army
Bers
State
Connecticut Heroes Return From War T Asian Harbor Welcome
Boston marks a homecoming as the transport Agamemnon arrives at Commonwealth Pier with 5824 Connecticut troops aboard. Crowds cheer as ships and boats escort the vessel while a tolling lightship signals the first wave of veterans' homecoming. Governors, generals, and local officials greet returning officers and wounded officers who served in France.
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Commonwealth Pier
Conneé
Bella Ton
Ma Bay
Non
Connecticut
England
Agamemnon
Imp
Sturgeon
Bost i
Sturgeon Bay
Naval Service Ag
Holcomb
Bosinn _Desment
Commonwealth
Bury
William Hartford
T. W. Eford
James
Hurley
France
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