Orlando Refuses to Sign Peace Pact in Early Treaty Draft
From Rome Ambassador Page reports Premier Orlando will not return to Paris to sign the peace treaty. Italy fears internal unrest if he participates, while Allies may proceed without Italy. Japan insists on Kiao-Chau and opposes concessions. Final treaty draft nears 80 000 words with a 10 000 word summary prepared for worldwide release.
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Paris
Rome
Orlando
Page
Italy
Wilson
Kiao-Chan
Japan
Kiaochan
Wilsons
Baron Makimo
Viscount Chinda
Baron Makino
Yanks Clash With South African Black Soldiers at Winchester Camp
A Winchester dispatch reports a clash at the British army camp used by American forces and South African black soldiers. One or two Americans were injured, none seriously, during the confrontation.
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London
Winchester
Exchange ‘Telegraph Company
Blacks Attack Sparks Disorder with Americans
A crisis erupted as blacks attacked Americans with sticks before British troops restored order. Early reports from Winchester claimed three killed and thirty injured, though later dispatches to the Evening News said there were no known casualties. The incident involved rough horseplay escalating into light confrontations.
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Winchester
Evening News
Judge Landis denies habeas corpus for 14 soldiers at Camp Grant
Judge Kenesaw M. Landis refused the writ to free 14 colored soldiers held at Camp Grant for a second trial on a charge of assaulting two Bloomington women last May. He ruled the court martial board appointed by the secretary of war is competent and has jurisdiction for the re trial, without ruling on the case merits.
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Camp Grant
Kenesaw M. Landis
Bloomington
Landis
Secretary of
Waft
Wilson approves return of wires and cables to owners
President Wilson approves Burleson plan to return telegraph and telephone systems to their owners after necessary legislation. American cable lines to be restored immediately. Burleson hopes to complete cable returns by May.
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Washington
Wilson
Burleson
White House
Fifteen Dead in Majestic Coal Mine Blast
Fifteen miners at the Majestic Coal Mining company mine near Birmingham are believed dead after a gas explosion. Officials report fourteen rescued and badly burned as rescuers work to confirm the final death toll.
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Birmingham
Ala
Majestic Coal Mining Company
Majestic
Rome Leaders Endorse Capitoline Oath of Unity
In Rome on April 20 Premier Orlando and American ambassador Thomas Nelson Poege met to ease tensions sparked by press criticism. Demonstrations on Capitoline Hill urged annexation of London treaty gains and support for Spalato and Trau. A solemn oath to stay united followed a Colonna chaired rally, then a Quirinal balcony appearance by the king and queen with wounded soldiers nearby.
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Rome
Thomas Nelson Poege
Orlando
Wilson
Adriatic
Prince Colonna
Capitoline
Italy
Spalato
Trau
Quirinal
Piuwel Dalam
Wilsons First President to Lead League Inauguration
The article reports that a meeting of the League of Nations may occur in Washington next October with President Wilson expected to serve as its first president. A nine member committee is to organize the inaugural events in the White House East Room and Geneva plans.
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Paris
League of Nations
Washington
Wilson
League
Tbe
White House
Tis
Geneva
Versailles
Palace
German Flags Raised in Coblenz Prompt Polish Response
Sixteen women on the Coblenz commission attended a peace report gathering with officials including Von Bismarck and Rudolph Brand. Five locals briefly raised German colors before military police lowered them, in a city where army rule restricts flag flying to special permission seen once since American arrival.
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von Bismarck
Rudolph Brand
Coblenz
Cologne
Versailles
Hughes or Taft Likely American Judge for Kaiser Trial
Washington reports either Charles Evans Hughes or William Howard Taft as the probable American judge to sit on the international tribunal to try the former Kaiser. President Wilson may announce the choice for congressional confirmation. Elibu oot was named as another possibility, while Lord Reading is the favored British candidate. Geneva is seen as the trial venue.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
William Howard Taft
International Tribunal
Kaiser
Heleiver
Wilson
Congress
Elibu
Witte
Lord Reading
England
Geneva
League of Nations
Palestine Approved for League Status by Amsterdam Conference
The international socialist conference in Amsterdam passed a resolution calling for Palestine to be an independent state and admitted to the League of Nations.
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International Socialist Conference
Amsterdam
Arnham
Palestine
League of Nations
Bolsheviks Disarmed by Ukrainians in Galicia
Vienna reports state a force of 2,006 bolsheviks marching from Russia into Hungary has been disarmed in Galicia by Ukrainian forces. The incident is noted in April dispatches from Zurich.
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Zurich
Hungary
Russia
Galicia
Vienna
Savy
Martial law declared in Linton during miners strike riot
Governor Goodrich proclaims martial law in Linton Greene county Indiana as 500 miners riot at the telephone office forcing strike breakers to flee. One militiaman is hit by a rock and a worker Casey Jones is shot in the head as militia fire on the crowd. Federal authorities plan arrests and possible troops.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Linton
Greene County
Indiana
James P. Goodrich
Terre Haute
Casey Jones
Adjt
Harry Smith
Earl Houck
Department of Justice
United States Marshal’s
Indianapolius
General Smith
Mit
Goodrich
United States District Court
Smith
Bloomington
Ed Stewart
Eleventh District
United Mine Workers of America
Charles Fox
Indiana Federation of Labor
Germans Fight Ship Seizure at Port of Rorasio
Buenos Aires reports the prefect of the port of Rorasio clashed with German officers when attempting to board the steamers Lunenburg and Santa Clara to be handed to the United States. He boarded only after threatening force as crews resisted. inspections revealed wrecked machinery aboard the vessels.
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Argentine
United States
Buenos Aires
Rorasio
Lunenburg
Santa Clara
Bavaria under martial law as government forces push on Munich
Martial law is imposed east of the Rhine as government troops advance from the south toward Munich and capture Murnau. Spartacist leaders in Nuremberg are executed or arrested after a plot to depose the Hoffman government is uncovered, while encirclement of Munich tightens with Landshut occupied to the southeast.
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Berlin
Rhine
Munich
Murnau
Mepmten
Augsburg
Nuremberg
Albert Schmidt
Third Army Corps
Hoffman
Landshut
Cable systems ordered returned to owners at midnight May
Postminster General Burleson orders American cable networks turned over to owners. The directive takes effect at midnight on the first of May, clarifying control and ownership shifting. The move details the handover process and involved parties across the industry.
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Washington
Postminster Geners! Burleson
Red Leaders Seek Safety Elsewhere
Soviet government causes flight of leaders as safety concerns prompt evacuation.
Bolshevik Leaders Seek Refuge as Soviet Threat Grows
Official advices report Lenin and Trotsky seeking refuge outside Russia due to fear of imminent overthrow. Sweden Denmark and other neutral nations have refused them asylum. no further details on the Red Army engagement are provided beyond the mention of a prior attack and prisoners.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Lenine
Trotsky
Russia
Sweden
Denmark
American and British troops repulse Bolshevik attack at Jargoman
Archangel report states American and British forces at Jargoman repelled a major Bolshevik assault and captured thirteen prisoners.
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Evening Journal
Archangel
Jargoman
Formula for Kiaochow peace found by powers
Paris reports a formula for solving the Kiaochow dispute aiming to prevent a definite break and gain acceptance from both Chinese and Japanese. The Peace Conference is cited as having reached this preliminary solution in authoritative quarters.
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Whyvening Journal
Paris
Kiaochow
Yokohama Fire Roars Through Sixty Blocks
A great Yokohama fire caused 15,000,000 yen loss about 87.47 million prewar dollars. The blaze left thousands homeless, with two killed and thirty injured. Sixty blocks of Japanese quarters burned including sidings and houses, marking the disaster as Yokohama’s worst configuration.
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Yokohama
Swiss Prohibits Meat Eating for Two Weeks
Berne reports the federal council bans eating meat from May 5 to May 19 due to provisioning difficulties. During this period the killing or sale of cattle is also forbidden nationwide.
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Berne
Switzerland
Federal Council
Strike May Delay Peace Terms in Paris Report
Paris reports a two hour strike set for May 1 creates doubt about when peace terms will be presented to the Germans. The function may be postponed until Friday May 2 as planners reassess the schedule.
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Paris
Hazardous device detonates at Hardwick home in Atlanta
A hazardous device passed into the Hardwick residence in Atlanta on April 30 and exploded when a Black servant girl opened the wrapper. The girl suffered severe hand injuries and Mrs. Hardwick endured serious facial cuts and burns.
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Atlanta
Thomas W. Hardwick
United States
Georgia
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