10 Apr 1919
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1919
Page
1
Paris reports a council of four fixing German accountability for the war and setting reparations at 5 billion dollars with another 30 year damage assessment. Wilsons transport George Washington to Brest triggers renewed momentum toward a settlement amid French press accusations of blackmail.
Citizens recount a bold faced attempt at intimidation by friends of France who warned that if Americans did not yield they would retaliate by pressuring the president to return home and leave others to manage their own troubles.
The War Department released an updated casualty table showing 273 105 total American Expeditionary Forces deaths and injuries. Killed in action including 381 lost at sea total 2 292. Died of wounds 13 420. Died of disease 22 505. Died of accident and other causes 4 086. Wounded in action 195 902. Missing in action 4 909.
Rear Admiral Sims personally delivered to the navy department a report on his services as commander in chief of the American naval forces in European waters during the war. He conferred with high officers and is expected to go to Newport for rest before assuming duties as president of the Naval War College to which he was recently assigned.
Paris April 10 the chamber of deputies adopted proportional representation as the basis for electoral reforms in a 25 to 201 vote. The move establishes a system intended to distribute seats more fairly among parties.
London reports the advance guard of a British relief expedition sails from Tilbury heading to the Archangel front. Estonian forces claim seven villages taken, 500 prisoners, and heavy materiel. Narva line and Gdov town fall with hundreds captured as fighting spreads. The War Office in London issues an urgent volunteer appeal for North Russia relief troops.
Paris April 10. At the latest session of the German cabinet council the government considered appealing to the allied armies to maintain order in Germany in the interest of the whole of Europe, according to the Zurich correspondent of Le Journal.
A Polish dispatch details a flood of fugitives into Warsaw with tales of Bolshevik rule. It reports starvation among Petrograd's 600000 residents, looting of art, churches burned, and mass executions for minor faults. The piece notes famine, arson, and alleged sexual suppression as the Bolshevik regime tightens its grip.
The piece notes that women accept their nationalization and men must treat all alike though some men refuse to nationalize a specific woman. It mentions turmoil within Bolshevik circles and reports cities as plagued by dirt, filth, and widespread moral anarchy across classes.
Armed crowds looted Red Cross storage sheds in Nuremberg on Tuesday. Dispatches place the value of stolen goods at about 175000 dollars from multiple food depots.
Reports from Dallas indicate more than fifty deaths in a violent cyclone that swept northern Texas and southern Oklahoma Tuesday night. Widespread damage to telephone and telegraph lines hindered full casualty verification, with several towns naming multiple fatalities and heavy injuries.
Berlin reports a state of war in Nuremberg Bavaria with curfews and blocked streets as new Bavarian government formed. Spartacist leaders in Hamburg plot a secret republic while railroad workers threaten strikes provoking government warnings. Banks in Darmstadt move to support the economy amid worker demands and potential wage hikes.
April 10 report from Sadoniki says Bulgarian troops have been dispatched to Struma to suppress an uprising by Greeks described as irridentists. The action follows tensions between Bulgaria and Greece with Eyewitness accounts from Saloniki.
Reports from London and Copenhagen describe Spartacans occupying Magdeburg and Esen as German government troops move toward Berlin. Large casualties are feared after an attack on police headquarters while Krupp munitions plant is seized by strikers. Paris notes a general Berlin strike and troop mobilization as Bavarian envoy Ritter Prager is recalled.
Paris reports quote President Wilson as pursuing peace efforts while domestic unrest continues. Berlin dispatch claims German troops seized the Krupp plant at Essen after strikes, forcing grenades into crowds. workers returned to labor. Russia and the Bavarian Soviet government establish diplomatic relations.
Washington reports President negotiates in Paris with solid progress at the Peace conference. Officials at the White House say advices received today confirm advancement in key talks and diplomatic efforts.
Special to Evening Journal from London reports nine hundred Bolsheviki soldiers killed and two Bolshevik regiments defeated by anti Bolsheviki forces near Sarapk on April 10.
Special to Eventing Journal reports violent fighting between Hungarian troops and Czechs at Angver. About 150 Hungarians were killed and Czech forces suffered considerable losses.
Stuttgart dispatch notes the Wurttemberg government along with Baden and Hesse still recognize Premier Hoffmann as the sole legitimate Bavarian government. The dispute centers on Bavaria and its leadership.
Kansas City officials report government orders for daily goat quotations amid rising meat demand. The Kansas City market, the nation’s largest, may receive about 8,000 goats daily by May 1 as the live stock industry expands.
Advices to the state department from Tampico report a passenger train derailed by bandits 140 kilometers from Tampico. Among the injured is American J. P. Menuet. The department wired Tampico for further particulars.
Italian steamer Duca Degli Abruzzi sails from Genoa for New York carrying 800 members of the American Red Cross and 500 fallen reservists aboard as reported from Genoa.
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