Peace Conference Sets Terms and Monroe Doctrine Debate
Paris April 12 The peace conference reports agreement on Germany reparations frontiers of the Rhine and Poland with two to three days left to settle details. President Wilson defends the Monroe Doctrine as crucial against Bolshevism and absolution while opposition notes linger in the late session.
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Paris
Germany
Rhine
Poland
Petit Journal
Lloyd George
Versailles
Wilson
Robert Cecil
M. Laranade
Lord Robert
Europe
Western Hemisphere
Women Suffrage Plea in Covenant Debate Leads by Marchioness
French representatives press for printing covenant in French while no decision on language is taken. A women's deputation led by the Marchioness of Aberdeen urges recognizing universal suffrage as a principle to be applied globally as nations develop.
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Commission
Aberdeen
Millionaire Dies After Fall From Roof Garden
George W. Quintard once a Broadway fox terrier breeder and trainer died from injuries after falling down stairs to a roof garden. He inherited $1,000,000 from his father in 1908 and had a troubled marriage history including two divorces before joining the American expeditionary force in World War I.
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New York
George W. Quintard
Broadway
Quintard
James W. Quintard
France
Wilson to decide fate of price fixing board
Washington reports the industrial board of the department of commerce and the railroad administration face a decision to wind up immediately or stay dormant until President Wilson returns. Secretary Redfield and officials drafted a cable to the president to be finalized at a later conference. No price announcements will be issued on lumber brick cement or other commodities while the issue awaits his ruling.
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Washington
Wilson
Industrial Board
Department of Commerce
Railroad Administration
Redfield
Sweet
Soefter Thorman
Peek
Hungary's Aristocrats Fall To Red Rule In Elections
In Hungary’s April elections Soviet organizations formed across districts under red army coercion. Many voters appeared unaware of the purpose. Jockey Club turned laborers home, race purses plowed for potatoes, and aristocratic homes became workingmen clubs and social centers.
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Budapest
Hungary
Red Army
Park Club
Jockey Club
Red Guards
Ita
Cty
Baroness Schossberger
Jules Andrassy
Naphael
Mme
Margaret Karolyi
Stephen Karolyi
Count Andrew Tschon
Archduke Joseph's Palace
Royal Castle
Count Nemes
U S Cruisers Arrive at Murmansk and Raid Report
American cruisers Galveston and Chester with engineer troops and Brig. Gen. W. P. Richardson arrived at Murmansk to coordinate North Russia forces. Yanks and Russians raided Bolshevik positions near Bolshie Overki and Kadish road, taking prisoners and capturing two machine guns, while the army elsewhere reported quiet fronts and a Bolshevik failed push toward the Dvina.
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Sebastopol
Archangel
Galveston
Chester
W. P. Richardson
North Russia
Murmansk
Richardson
Bolshie Overki
Kadish
Memy
British Defenders and Allied Forces Engage at Sred Mekhrenga
Report details defense actions at Sred Mekhrenga with Liverpool and Yorkshire troops alongside a Russian army company, aided by Slav-British allied legion artillery under British officers. It notes Bolshie Ozerki defense, Russian national army artillery with French officers, and Allied support from Americans, Canadians, South Africans, and Russians. Also mentions minor artillery activity on the Vara and Dvina fronts and fur market results in New York with rabit pelts selling well totaling 270,008 in sales and a grand total of 8,200,008.
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London
British War Office
Sred Mekhrenga
Dvina
Sred Makhrenga
Liverpool and Yorkshire
Bolshie Ozerki
Royal Air Force
Vara
Victory Liberty Loan publicity campaign meets Chicago editors
More than 2500 editors from five states of the seventh federal reserve district gathered in Chicago to launch an unprecedented Victory Liberty loan publicity drive. In six sessions at Congress and Auditorium hotels they voiced strong patriotism and urged rapid bond sales to show peace can match wartime energy.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve District
Victory Liberty Loan
Congress
Auditorium
Auditorium Recital Hall
Playhouse
Illinois
Wage Advances For West Coast Transit Workers
Washington April 12 the war labor board granted wage increases to workers at the Los Angeles Railway San Francisco Oakland Terminal railways the Pacific Gas and Electric Company of Sacramento and the San Diego Electric company the action aims to raise pay amid wartime labor tensions.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Los Angeles Railway Corporation
San Francisco-Oakland Terminal
Pacific Gas and Electric Company of
Sacramento
San Diego Electric Company
Civilians Flee as Police Fire on Spartacans in Dusseldorf
Report from Copenhagen April 12 describes a Spartacan outbreak in Dusseldorf where government troops with machine guns killed 25 and wounded 25. A crowd of thousands erected barricades after police ordered dispersal. Spartacans fled as soldiers arrived and later darkness halted transport. The broader strike movement spreads across 387 German towns with calls for a soviet system and power transfer to workers councils.
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Copenhagen
Dusseldorf
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Spartacan
Munich upheaval as workers seize control and purge police
Sleepless night ends with a new control council formed by five workmen and five soldiers led by bricklayer Herr Klatz. The communist Lewien refused to join. Hostages are taken from trade unions and police officers are detained. Revolutionary tribunals operate with 28 judges in relay, and newspapers come under municipal control without compensation.
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Herr Klatz
Lewien
Lokal Anzeiger
Munich
Moniteur
Central Soldiers and Workmen's Committee For
Bavaria
Ex King in Priests Home in Swiss Castle Wing
Berne reports the Swiss government grants permission for former King Ludwig of Bavaria to reside in a home for aged Catholic priests at Zizers in Grisons. The king has been living in Liechtenstein. The move includes several former Austrian archdukes allowed to come to Switzerland if they refrain from political activity.
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Berne
Ludwig of Bavaria
St Zizers
Canton of
Grisons
Salisk
Liechtenstein
Switzerland
Cincinnati Firemen Resign En Mass After Union Demand
Cincinnati reports 822 members of the city fire department resigned in a mass action by the Fire Fighters' union after the city ignored a demand to restore four discharged men. The move leaves the city with limited fire protection.
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Cincinnati
City Fire Department
Fire Fighters’ Union
Dante
General Zapata Slain by Bandits in Morelos Mountains
Mexican war department announced General Emiliano Zapata, rebel leader in southern Mexico, has been killed by government troops. Bodies said to be carried to Cuautla by the Fiftyieth regiment under General Pablo Gonzales. Zapata’s movement had briefly controlled Mexico City on three occasions in recent years.
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Mexico City
Emiliano Zapata
Mexico
Mexican War Department
Zapata
Cuautla
Morelos
Pablo Gonzales
Carranza
Cunutla
Gonzales
Guajarde
War Department
Washington County Evening Journal Summary Item
Washington County Evening Journal reports local events with brief notes and community updates from the county seat. The page highlights civic notices, school activities, and town business in a concise daily recap.
Judiciary panel urges impeachment recommendation
The committee endorses impeachment action and plans to send the recommendation to the legislature for formal consideration and possible proceedings.
Impeachment Motion on Governor Harding Heads to Iowa House
Des Moines April 12 officials reveal Judiciary Committee voted 17 to 14 in favor of impeaching Governor Harding after completing the Rathbun pardon inquiry. The committee’s recommendation will go to the Iowa House early next week for action, with possible censure of Attorney General Havner in a separate vote.
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Des Moines
Harding
Iowa House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
Rathbun
House
Havner
Senate
Alderman
Beeman
Clark
Edson
Finley
Giltner
Hook
King
Misser
Mantz
Perkins
Springer
Scott
Stone
Wichman
Weaver
Harrington
Brown
Davidson
Epps
Griffin
Moore
Nebiker
Oertel
Powers
Rogers
Santee
Temple
Vander
Ploeg
Williams
Wormley
American troops guard German banks in Coblenz
Special to Moennne Journal reports American forces guarding banks in Coblenz as a precaution amid fears that a strike by bank clerks in occupied Germany could spread to the occupied zones.
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Moennne Journal
Coblenz
Germany
Boundary questions at Peace Conference to finish Monday
Paris report says the Council of Poor of the Peace Conference will complete its examination of boundary disputes on Monday and will summon the German delegates to Versailles next week for continued talks.
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Paris
Council of Poor of the Peace Conference
Versailles
Detroit unit accused of mutiny in Archangel sector
Special to Evening Journal reports that the Company of the 339th Infantry, a Detroit regiment, was identified by Gen. March as the unit that refused to return to the front in Archangel. March blames Bolshevik propaganda for the mutiny.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D.C
Three Hundred Thirty-ninth Infantry
Detroit
March
Archangel
Basel
Munich
Berlin
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Diet
Workers’ Council
Baden
Karlsruhe
Mannheim
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