Draft of the Peace League Now Complete
The draft covenant of the League of Nations is finished with 27 articles, but final action is delayed as President Wilson cannot attend. Paris reports say the conference aims to finish in several days, with Versailles meetings likely within two to three weeks and Geneva chosen as the Society of Nations seat.
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League of Nations
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Commission On Reparations
George Washington
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Matin
Petit Parisien
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Versailles
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Echo de Paris
Tates
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Society of ‘Nations
That Land of Sorrows Irish Problem at Paris
London reports final decisions at Paris near. The Irish question returns to the forefront as the British press devotes extensive coverage in public interest.
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Paris
Britain aims to push settlement of Ireland crisis
The Times notes the English remorse over Ireland and urges a just permanent settlement. It argues the Irish conflict harms Britain’s relations with its dominions and the United States and says London must impose a solution after Irish factions fail to agree among themselves.
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United States
Army strength on April 1 1919 reported at 2 055 718
Washington April 9 The war department reports the American army total at 2 055 718 on April 1 excluding 17 738 marines with expeditionary forces. European forces number 1 566 610 Siberia 8 894 United States 562 064 overseas 38 214 men in hospitals on March 31.
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Beware Homemade Whisky Causes Mysterious Deaths
Freeport HL reports three deaths tied to illicit whisky. Victims include Mrs. Oscar Ruthe and Mrs. John Soliday. a third, known as Red Galbraith, died after being connected to the whisky. Galbraith reportedly compounded the beverage and was found dead in his room as investigators probe the case.
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Oscar Ruthe
John Soliday
Red” Galbraith
Galbraith
Packer executive Edward Troost under federal indictment
Edward H. Troost, president of Consumers' Packing, with fiancee Mise Elin May Terry and three stock salesmen, faced a grand jury on a conspiracy charge. Judge Landis set May 6 for a report by the receiver Central Trust on missing stock proceeds and warned Troost over conflicting testimony.
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Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
Landis
Consumers’ Packing Company
Oak Park Monument
Mise Elin May ‘Terry
Cornelia Avenue
Central Trust Company
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Troost
United States
John H. Haskell
Daniel FE. Mulvey
Louis A. Bigelow
Joseph Weissenbach
Frank Terry
Terry
Canadian Catholic Leader Dies in Montreal
Word arrives that Mgr Emile Roy former vicar general of the Montreal Catholic archdiocese died in Atlantic City. He was born in Lacadie Quebec in 1868.
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Record Wheat Crop Forecast Sets New Domestic Peak
The Agriculture Department forecasts the largest winter wheat crop on record at 837 million bushels valued at about 1.892 billion dollars at 2.26 per bushel. April 1 condition was 99 percent of normal, with expected yield 192 million bushels above 1914’s record.
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Department of Agriculture
Danzig Pact Signed At Spa Desk Of Abdication Claim
Berlin reports that the Spa talks produced an agreement on the use of the port of Danzig linked to Polish troops returning from France. Mathias Erzberger, head of the German armistice commission, spoke with Marshal Foch privately for the first time during these negotiations.
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Danzig
France
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Zeitung Am Mittag
Mathias Erzberger
Elief
Germany
U S to Deport I Won’t Works Leaders
Warrants call for the deportation of twelve LW W leaders and other inmates serving sentences at Leavenworth Kansas. Chicago LW W members Charles Ashleigh Charles Plein and Charles Rothflischer are named along with Rag ia Johnson Louis Varenti Lee Laukki John Avila Vladimir Lossieff Walter T Neff Fred Nelson Francis Miller Siegfrie d Sternberg. If acquitted they get hearings on deportation charges. if not they return to prison after appeals. None has posted bail yet.
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Charles Ashleigh
Charles Plein
Charles Rothflischer
Rag“ia Johnson
Louis Varenti
San Francisco
Lee Laukki
John Avila
Paterson
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Vladimir Lossieff
Walter T. Neff
Philadelphia
Fred Nelson
Francis Miller
Siegffried Sternberg
Circuit Court
Landsberg Arrest Sparks Bavarian Soviet Turmoil
Berlin reports say Bavaria rejects the soviet republic and recognizes Hoffmann as legitimate. Landsberg and General Kleist were seized at Magdeburg prompting a state of siege. Hamburg area radical leaders gain influence as strikes spread in Magdeburg Muelheim and beyond.
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Americans Leaving Hungary Amid Government Push to Aid Foreigners
Budapest reports indicate Americans and foreign residents are being evacuated as Gen. Jan Smuts departs to negotiate armistice. British residents and American wives of Hungarians will travel to Paris via Vienna, with money and effects allowed. Government emphasizes discipline to protect bourgeois stability and discusses communist arguments as a remedy for Europe’s crisis.
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Jan Christian Smuts
Paris
Hungary
Vienna
Red Guard
Jules Alparl
Jules Sevresi
People's
Central
Europe
Sidney Drew Seriously Ill in New York After Detroit Collapse
Actor Sidney Drew, known for film and legitimate stage work, is seriously ill at his home in New York after collapsing in Detroit last week during a grueling engagement with his wife as co star.
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New York
Sidney Drew
Detroit
Allied Army May Be Asked to Aid HMS
An appeal for help to keep order is making rounds as Allied forces may be called in to assist HMS in maintaining public stability. The report centers on potential military support and the request from authorities.
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HMS
Odessa Evacuation Confirmed and Seven Villages Captured
Special to Evening Journal reports in Paris on April 9 that the German Government weighs asking Allied armies for help to maintain order in Germany. It also notes the appointment of General Hullbert, former commander of the third French army, as commander of Allied troops in Central Europe and mentions the evacuation being officially confirmed.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Germany
Europe
Hullbert
Odessa Evacuated by Allies Confirmed in Paris
Special reports from Paris on April 9 confirm that Odessa has been evacuated by the Allied forces after word from headquarters.
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Paris
Odessa
Esthonian Army Captures Seven Villages and 500 Prisoners
An official Esthonian army statement reports seven villages captured and five hundred prisoners taken, along with a large cache of war material, in a new offensive update from Copenhagen dated April 9.
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Evening Journal
Copenhagen
Esthonian Army
Government Enjoined Over Illinois Telephone Rates
Chicago April 9 The United States Government was enjoined today by the Superior Court from fixing telephone rates in Illinois. The order makes permanent a temporary injunction issued some time ago.
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Evening Journal
Chicago
United States
Ilinois
Sidney Drew Dies In New York
New York reports the death of Sidney Drew the actor in the city on April 9 marking a loss in the entertainment world.
Yankee airmen did good work in France
Capt Craven reports US naval aviators damaged or destroyed a large number of German submarines, with a conservative tally of two sinks and eight damaged. He notes the rapid growth from nine seaplanes to a fleet of over 200 battle seaplanes based near Brest, whose patrols helped curb submarine successes off the French coast.
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United States
Thomas C. Craven
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France
Agamemnon
Craven
Brest
French
Conat
Sinn Feiners Defy Britain at Mansion House Meeting
About a thousand Sinn Fein supporters gathered at Dublin’s Mansion House to elect a permanent executive committee. Professor de Valera vowed the government could remove a hundred men and be replaced by another hundred, and could remove women but would have to face their children.
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