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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1919

Page

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Germany Prepares For New War In Bavarian Turmoil

Munich faces a fresh crisis as Hoffman governs amid Soviet remnants. Bavarian Diet delegates arrive as government forces repulse Spartacists near Dacha and guards are posted at rail hubs. A Munich proclamation urges workers to reject the central Soviet system.

Hoffman London Bavaria Dacha Munich Ingolstadt Germany Ernest Toller Doctor Levien M. Alexirod Herr Nissen Rosenberg Augsburg Wurttemberg Geneva Exchange Telegraph Paris Daily Mail Lipp Wachsser

Tavarians Back Lawful Government Rally Cry

A terse call urges Tavarians to support the lawful government to restore order and bread. Food trains stand outside Munich ready to move, as the message warns against reaction and urges socialist government support.

Tavarians Munich

Allies Gain Twenty Miles Near Lake Onega in Murmansk Advance

Archangel reports Allied Russian forces push 2 miles south along the Murmansk railway reaching near Lake Onega, with successful captures at Vojmoealma and Ptroviik while inflicting heavy Bolshevik losses. Allied casualties remain light as they move toward Povienets.

Archangel Murmansk Lake Onega Petrograd Vojmoealma Urosodero Povienets Ptroviik Yam Urosodern

Soldiers Get $3 500 Homes Under War Service Act

Melbourne plans 3 500 dollar maximum government assistance for soldiers sailors and their dependents to buy homes under the war service act now in effect. The act allows rent purchase at cost plus a small percentage with mortgage advances and house erection on applicant land.

Melbourne Australian Land and Sea Forces War Service Act Eet

General Alvarez Executed by Rebel Forces in Vera Crya

Gen. Francisco Alvarez of the antigovernment forces was executed here by a fringe quad. The action occurred in Vera Crya on April 23 with a note of almost bravery in the report.

Vera Crya Mex Francisco Alvarez Antigovernment

Revolution in Turkey Declares Soviet Government

A telegram from Kiev reports a revolution in Turkey with a Soviet government proclaimed in Constantinople. A revolutionary committee is said to have taken power, and Turkish consul officials reportedly announced the change.

Constantinople Amsterdam Augsburg Bavaria Munaich Reichart Paris Turkey Kiev Odessa Bela Kun Vienna Berlalmali Budapest Hungary Sigmund Kunff

Italian Delegates Withdraw From Paris Peace Talks

Rome reports that Italian delegates will refuse further conferences unless their demands are met. Italy insists on the territory promised in the London pact including the Dalmatian coast and Flame. Prime Ministers Clemenceau and Lloyd George and President Wilson weigh future of Kiao-Chau as Japanese leaders discuss the matter.

Paris London Flame Rlando Council of Four Clemenceau Lloyd George Wilson Kiao-Chau Haren Makino Viscount Chinda America Italy France Great Britain

Italians Await Concession in Paris Peace Talks

Italian delegates refuse to leave Paris and expect a compromise before a German peace accord. French British and American delegates remain firm and continue to brief Italians on meetings as if they remained.

Paris Germany

Vilna Recaptured from Bolsheviks in Russian Dispatch

London reports Vilna has been recaptured from Bolsheviks according to a Russian wireless dispatch. The message says enemy forces attacked Vilna, pierced lines, and occupied the town. Dock workers strike hits Liverpool with about five thousand workers idling.

London Vilna Liverpool England Castrias

Italy at War with Albanians in Albania and Saloniki

Dispatches report Italian occupation authorities relocate the Albanian provisional government capital from Durazzo to Tirana. Thousands of Albanians flee to mountains while Italians press artillery but fail to seize Kretas Kinafa or Bouli. Meetings against Essad Vasha Greece and Serbia drawn up in Italian then Albanian translation.

Saloniki Albania Turkhan Pasha Durazzo Tirana Athens Kretas Kinafa Bouli Essad Vasha Greece Serbia

Patrick Maloney Arrested by Military Order in Tipperary

In Tipperary Ireland on April 23 Patrick Maloney son of P J Maloney MP was arrested by military authorities without a formal charge filed.

Tipperary Ireland Patrick Maloney P. J. Maloney

Ansell Urges Army Reform To Protect Soldier Rights

Lt Col Ansell, former acting judge advocate general, testifies before the American Bar Association committee on the Army court martial system. He argues the system favors officers, denies soldiers equal rights, and calls for codified protections while rejecting dependence on department regulations. He challenges Gen Crowder and criticizes committee members as biased.

Washington Ansell American Bar Association Congress Hor War Department Crowder Baker Army S S. Gregory Chicago Mr. Gregory Martin Conboy New York Conboy Cowboy

Huns to vote on treaty in rapid German plebiscite

Berlin reports say election appurtenances including voting booths stations and clerks are ready for an immediate plebiscite on peace terms. If terms are published one morning the referendum could be held the next day and the result sent to the entente within 48 hours.

Berlin Sta Germany

Nationalization of Women Law Sparks Outcry in Russia

London dispatch reports that Vladimir province suspended the law for nationalizing women amid popular protest. A committee of women will investigate its operations and report soon. The decree required girls at eighteen to register and wed a partner from ages nineteen to fifty.

London Russia Stockholm Vladimir Krasnaya Gazeta Bureau of Free Love Gazeta Chssen

Italians Reassert Stand on Piume Question

Italians reaffirm firm stance on the Piume issue as Congress discusses regional security. Orlando’s absence from the conference noted amid ongoing diplomatic tensions.

German date set for reception by Allied governments

Paris April 23 Italian delegation to the Peace conference reasserts it will stand firm on Fiume. With Orlando still absent, Clemenceau Lloyd George and Wilson resume talks on China and Japan concerns.

Evening Journal Paris Fiume Orlando Italy Clemenceau Lloyd George Wilson China Japan

Allies to receive German delegates at Versailles on April 28

Paris April 23 The Allied and Associated Governments notified the German Government via General Nudaat at Spa that they are ready to receive the German delegates at Versailles on April 28.

Paris Upper Silesia Munich Journal Des Debats Gleiwitz Liebnitz Stresslitz Oppelm General Nudaat Spa Versailles

Orlando Threatens to Leave Paris Over Dalmatian Piave Issues

April 23 report says Premier Orlando threatens to return to Italy today if Piave and Dalmatian questions are not satisfactorily adjusted.

Orlando Evening Journal Paris Italy

Treasury reports show loan subscriptions near half a billion

Unofficial reports from Washington indicate loan subscriptions have reached the half billion dollar mark as of April 23, signaling strong demand for government borrowing.

Evening Journal Washington, D. C The Treasury

Nationalized women abduction crisis sparks widespread outrage

The Gazeta cites brutal formationalization of women and raids that seize young girls as proof of a harsh legal operation. In Kovrovy a historic confrontation erupts between relatives of an abducted nationalized woman and her persecutors. Only two women registered for state marriages as of February 1.

Gazeta Kovrovy

Three Navy Seaplanes to Attempt Atlantic Flight

Three naval seaplanes NCI NCB and NG will try an Atlantic crossing. They plan to leave Rockaway Beach early next month and may fly Newfoundland to Ireland directly or via the Azores.

Washington NCI NCB Atlantic Ocean Rockaway Beach Newfoundland Ireland Azores

Fire at Pontiac Reformatory Shop Believed Deadly

A blaze at the Pontiac reformatory for boys is believed to have burned many inmates to death in the chair shop. The fire caused an estimated loss of $100,000 and left several witnesses in shock from the fatal incident.

Pontiac Everal State Reformatory For Boys Reformatory Herale

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Bavarian Diet Assembly Australian War Service Act General Alvarez Orlando Qut Rome Sonnino BIG REDS Pat Maloney Gen. Ansell Rablonowsky Gurtagin Ans Ation Atlantic United States
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