Filipinos Seek Independence Briefing to Secretary Baker
A 40 member Philippine mission, led by Manuel Quezon, presents to Secretary Baker the push for independence. They cite a stable government and U S policy of recognizing self rule, urging immediate grant of independence and noting wartime principles of liberty. Baker reads a letter from President Wilson and receives the mission's document outlining their case.
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Washington
Baker
Wilson
Europe
Francis Burton Harrison
Philippines
Mr. Baker
Islands
United States
Menuel L. Quezon
Philippine Commission
Quezon
Philippine Senate
Mr. Quezon
America
Chargers
United Stes
Philippine
Most Modest War Hero Is Private Edgar Pennington
New York reports Private Edgar Pennington of Alta Oklahoma, a member of Company K Third Hundred fifty seventh regiment Ninth division, is cited as the army’s most modest hero. After disembarking from the cruiser Frederick he wears the D G on his breast when asked about the decoration. He says he did his duty and actually rescued four officers.
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New York
Edgar Pennington
Alta
Okla
Three Hundred and Fifty-seventh Regiment
Ninetieth
Frederick
Pennington
U S Court Frees John Reed in Espionage Case
Indictments charging violation of the espionage act against John Reed, magazine writer, and Abraham I Shipiacoff, former state assemblyman, were dismissed in federal district court by Judge Knox on a district attorney motion. Reed and Shipiacoff were indicted in September 1918 for alleged seditious utterances condemning U S policy toward Russia.
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New York
John Reed
Abraham I. Shipiacoff
Federal District Court
Knox
Reed
Shiplacoff
Russia
Ford loses libel suit plea in Michigan case shift
The Michigan Supreme Court denied Henry Ford’s mandamus request to force Wayne County to keep venue in Detroit. The ruling sends the $1,000,000 libel case against the Chicago Tribune to trial in Mount Clemens at the May term.
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Lansing
Mich
State Supreme Court
Henry Ford
Circuit Court
Wayne County
Detroit
Wayne
Macomb County
Mount Clemens
Ford
Chicago Tribune
Supreme Court
Convict Two of Krueger Murder in Nettisville Wisconsin
Convicts Prank and Leslie Krueger were found guilty of murdering Harry Jenssen Withee a station agent last fall. Their mother Caroline Krueger was acquitted in the case.
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Krueger
Nettisville
Wis
Prank
Leslie Krueger
Harry Jenssen Withee
Caroline Krueger
Wilsons direct wireless talks with Germany in 1918
C M Ripley recounts President Wilson breaking diplomatic norms by direct wireless contact with Germany on October 20 1918. He states the New Brunswick station and the German Nauen station exchanged coded calls and Wilsons plain English messages announcing no peace talks until Hohenzollern stepped down, with the president maintaining ongoing wireless contact until armistice.
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New York
Wilson
C. M. Ripley
N. Ry. FF
New Brunswick
P.O. ZZ
Nauen
William Hohenzollern
Ripley
Germany
Wilson ill with severe cold at Paris White House during peace talks
Paris April 5 President Wilson confined to bed with a severe cold. Admiral Grayson, his physician, monitors his condition as officials and premiers meet nearby. Visitors barred from the sick room and the president remains focused on work despite illness amid the council of four discussions.
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Wilson
Admiral Grayson
Bb. M. Hote
King Albert of Bella
Council of Four
Finess
Moemenceau
Lloyd George
Lpector Grayson
Grayson
Supreme Council
White House
K. M. House
President Wilson Stricken With Severe Cold in Paris
Reports from Paris say President Wilson is confined to bed with a severe cold. Rear Admiral Grayson, his physician, told Secretary Taft that the president caught cold yesterday but is not considered seriously ill. White House officials expect a brief rest and no long interruption to his peace conference duties.
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Turulty
Washington
Pesiient Wilson
Paris
Grayson
Tywall
Wiete House
Wisconsin Michigan Men Arrive in New York From France
Twenty eight officers and 1535 men from the 307th infantry and medical department of the 78th division, national army, all from Michigan and Wisconsin, arrived aboard the cruiser Frederick from Brest. The Arizonian carried 2620 troops from Bordeaux and the Fifth corps artillery park with 17 officers and 712 men. Remaining troops formed area squadrons Nos 19 21 30 31 32 43 37 43 101 172 174 257 and 640.
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New York
307Th Infantry
Sth Division
National Army
Michigan
Wisconsin
Breet
Fbordeaux
Fifth Corps Artillery Park
Grant
Sherman
Three men rob Pittsburgh restaurant. officer killed
In Pittsburgh Iowa on April 5 Policeman Robert M Hasallion was shot and killed Peter Sampus a waiter was probably fatally wounded and one bandit was shot during a suspected restaurant robbery in East Pittsburgh The robbers escaped without loot
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Pittsburgh
Robert M. Hasallion
Peter Sampus
Restores Order in Egypt After Allenby Arrival
Cairo reports that order is restored in Egypt after the arrival of Gen Sir Henry H. Allenby, conqueror of the Turks, marking a return to control and stability in the region.
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Egypt
Cairo
Hl. H. Allenby
Allies Repel Bolshevik Attack on Archangel Front
London reports say Bolsheviks attacked Bolshoia Ozera on the Archangel front but were beaten back with losses while allied forces sustained slight casualties. News notes U S General Richardson heads to Murmansk with 200 troops as supplies reach Econmia with a 10000 ton British vessel and Red Cross aid.
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London
Archangel
Bolshoia Ozera
Russia
Murmansk
Ernest Shackleton
Martyansk
Sir Ernest
Murvounsk
England
Paris
W. P. Richardson
Tasker H. Bliss
Economia
White Sea
Denmark to regain Schleswig-Holstein land from Germans
Paris reports the peace conference favors Denmark and will return prisoners who served in the German army to Denmark. Indications suggest Denmark will recover the portion of Schleswig-Holstein she desires and the natives held there are to be returned without delay.
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Paris
Denmark
Matin
Schleswig-Holstein
Allice
Queen Victoria in Spain Reports Recovery After Operation
Spanish report from Madrid dated April 5 states Queen Victoria remains in satisfactory condition after a minor operation. The procedure followed a two month illness, with officials noting the operation was required to relieve that condition.
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Madrid
Spain
Queen Victoria
Germans Threaten Desperate Path If Peace Fails
Berlin leaders and German religious and ethical groups appeal to President Wilson warning that abandoning Wilsonian principles risks renewed militarism and adds that Germans might turn to bolshevism if driven to desperation. They accuse allies of condoning Czech and Polish actions and provoking conditions in Germany. The note also claims wealthy Americans should back the League of Nations. A separate dispatch says the first 6,000 of the homecoming Yankee division landed at Mount Vernon.
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Berlin
Germany
Wilson
United States
League of Nations
Trotzky Orders Baltic Fleet Out With Death Penalty
Soviet leader Trotsky has ordered the Baltic Fleet to depart under threat of death, signaling a severe military purge or punitive action within the armed forces during ongoing upheaval and power struggles.
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Trotzky
Baltic
Wilson Instructs Sailors to Land With Troops if Needed
Rear Admiral Grayson reports President Wilson improved and warns of potential Murmansk front shifts as Finnish forces threaten movement. American detachments aboard two cruisers prepared to land with troops if required amid Bolshevik pressure from the Baltic fleet led by Trotzky, who vows swift punishment for disobedience.
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Journal
London
Murmansk
Russia
Wilson
Trotzky
President Wilson Still Confined to Bed in Paris
A Paris dispatch reports Rear Admiral Grayson, Wilson's physician, says the president is in Paris this morning but remains in bed. The message adds there is no cause for worry.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Tumulty
Grayson
Wilson
Paris
Allies to Use Danzig as Port for Troop Movements
General Foch informs the Peace Conference that the Allies have the right to use Danzig as a port for troop movements. The agreement was reached in a conference with the Germans.
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Danzig
Ventne Journal
Paris
Foch
Four Sailors Die in Explosion Aboard Submarine Chaser 205
Four sailors were killed when Submarine Chaser 205 exploded today off KLY West Pennsylvania. The incident occurred during routine operations and the cause is under investigation by naval authorities with rescue and salvage efforts ongoing.
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Kly West
Pla
Korean Death Battalion Crosses River into Korea News
Cable dispatch reports a 600 man Korean death battalion crossed the Tumaukeng river from Manchuria into Norea pledging not to return until Korea is free. Jon Vyung Hi named president of the Korean provisional government and an entire cabinet appointed.
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San Francisco
Mail Over Million Checks From War Risk Bureau
Washington April 1 The war risk bureau pow is issuing checks for allot ments allowances insurance and com pensation in the same months that they fall due Announcement wag miede that 1 062 506 checks were mail e t in March representing 880 148 828 0 Since the bureau's establishment only S4io 000000 has been
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Washington
War Risk Bureau
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