May Day Riots Sweep Paris Chicago and New York
A wide scale May Day riot across Paris Dublin Square and East Ninth Street ends with injuries and arrests. In Chicago the Red May Day celebration closes in rioting with one policeman injured and many arrests. New York sees clashes as soldiers sailors and marines beat workers and destroy socialist literature during occupation of the Socialist Call offices.
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Chicago
New York
East Ninth Street
Public Square
Dublin Square
Huron Road
Prospect Avenue
Superior Avenue
Boliver Avenue
Central
Woodland Avenues
Woodring
Fred
Gob
New York Call
Fourth Avenue
Call
Get Workers for Prisoners
Paris May 2 German prisoners held in France under armistice conditions will be returned to Germany under the peace treaty terms. In exchange Germany will pledge to send France a specified number of skilled artisans and laborers to work on reconstruction in the devastated districts.
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Paris
France
Germany
Times
16 U. S. Sailors Lost On Gypsum Queen Sinking
Two officers and fourteen enlisted men of the gypsum Queen drowned when the naval tug struck a rock and sank near Armor Light off the coast of France on April 28 while aiding mine sweepers. Red Flags torn from Socialists in Montreal parade as police intervene.
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France
Washington
Armor Light
Brest
Montreal
Belgium Says No to Terms at Peace Conference
Belgium rejects terms proposed by the council of three, demanding full fulfillment of France Britain Italy and Japan promises and complete independence plus full indemnity. The Salian delegation in Rome meets to weigh a united proposal acceptable to Italy and allied governments.
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Brussels
Belgium
Soir
Council of Three
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Wilson
Ktome
Griaado
Page
Giornale d'Italia
Germany Peace Delegates Arrive for Allied Congress at Trianon
At Vervailies May 2 delegates from Germany begin credentials review with George N. Barnes and Jules Cambon confirming German envoys. The Hotel Trianon hosts a grand peace congress setup with long green cloth tables and a central seating for Poincare or Clemenceau, as questions about German plenipotentiaries and Bavarian authority arise.
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Congress
Hotel Trianon
Poincare
Premier Clemenceau
Treaty Stroll by German Delegates in Versailles
German delegates led by Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau stroll in inclement weather as preparations for the peace congress continue. Subordinates buzz between three Versailles hotels while the public pays little heed. Paris May 2 telegraph reports that peace preliminaries are expected to be communicated to Germany next Monday afternoon.
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Count von Brockdorff-Rantzeau
Versailles
Yaris
League Not Party Issue Sparks GOP Senators Clash
Washington May 2 Several progressive Republican senators voiced opposition to treating the League of Nations covenant as a party question. Senators Joineon Jones McNary and Barah said the league should not be a partisan matter, declaring it transcends party lines and won’t be swayed by Lodge Root or others.
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Paris
Place de la Concorde
Place de la Republique
Place de la Bastile
Washington
Progressive
Joimeon
California
Jones
McNary
Oregon
Barah
Idaho
League
Lodge
Root
Johnson
Hungary Offers Territorial Concessions to Romania
Budapest reports the Hungarian communist government has offered territorial concessions to Romania and asked for an immediate cessation of hostilities. Berlin dispatches say government troops close on Munich with Schongau and Umfing captured from Soviet forces about 40 miles northwest of the city.
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London
Bonar Law to Discuss Kaiser Trial in Paris
London May 2 A Bonar Law former chancellor and government leader in the house of commons is leaving for Paris to consult with Premier Lloyd George on the trial of the ex Kaiser of Germany, the Daily Minister announced.
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A. Bonar Law
Paris
Lloyd George
London
Infernal bombs sent from New York resemble German mines
Thirty nine bombs mailed from New York targeted prominent men including United States Senators Overman and Smoot. Investigators say the devices mirror German war mine design, with inspectors listing suspected German origin and possible importation by anarchists.
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New York
United States
Overman
Smoot
Polie
Naval Intelligence
Department of Justice
Germany
Jersey
Long Island
Jarsey
Roeste
May Day Holiday in Berlin
Berlin reports workers across Germany observed May 1 as a socialist holiday after enduring several earlier holidays. The piece notes the widespread rest from labor and references upcoming holidays slated for the end of May.
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Industrial Workers of the World
Berlin
Germany
Petrograd Falls as Bolsheviks Advance Across Dvina
London reports indicate unconfirmed moves by Finnish and anti Bolsheviks into Petrograd while Bolshevik gunboats depart Kotlas on the Dvina to bombard Allied positions. Helsingfors notes evacuation of Petrograd and strict measures to hide events from Olonetz. Rail lines near Murmansk see Bolsheviks pull back west of Petrozavodsk as Archangel frontline presses.
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Dvina
London
Petrograd
Kotins
War Office
Hungary
Russia
Budapest
Helsingfors
Olonetz
Murmansk
Petrozavodsk
Lake Onega
Archangel
Orenburg
Bavarians Drive Out Communists in Munich
German government troops seize Munich after brisk fighting as Bavarians drive out Communist forces. Heer and police consolidate control amid clashes in the Bavarian capital.
Bavarian troops take Munich from Communists in May battle
Paris dispatch reports Bavarian government forces captured Munich, driving out Communist troops who had held the city. The note discusses naval terms and the Pesce treaty not calling for sinking German ships.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Munich
Peace Treaty naval terms omit sinking large German warships
Paris May 2. The Peace Treaty terms with Germany do not require sinking the large warships. The disposal of these vessels will be decided at a later date.
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Wvening
Paris
Germany
Carinthia Mobilises to Halt Austrian Invasion Front
Geneva May 2 report that the Carinthia government orders mobilisation of twenty military classes to stop the Jugoslav advance in German Austria. Jugoslavs attack along a fifty mile front aiming to seize Klagenfurt and Villach.
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Eyvening
Geneva
Carinthia
German Austria
Jugoslavs
Klagenfurt
Villach
Topeka speaker Ole Hanson attacks IWW and LWV policy
Mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle denounces government policy toward IWW and LWV as weak and vacillating. He warns of a national effort to overthrow government by violence and calls for harsh action against anarchists. He criticizes conferences over the IWW and vows to act if the government does not.
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Topeka
Ken
Topeka Chamber of Commerce
Ole Hanson
Seattle
LW. W
Tle
Washington
Irene Castle to wed Captain Robert K. Tremen
Ithaca details Mrs Irene Castle widow of Vernon Castle and famous dancer will marry Capt Robert K Tremen son of Mr and Mrs Robert H Tremen of this city in New York's Little Church Around the Corner. Captain Tremen's father governs the federal reserve bank for the New York district and the family is prominent and wealthy in central New York.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Irene Castle
Vernon Castle
New York City
Robert K. Tremen
Robert H. Tremen
Captain Tremen
Federal Reserve Board
New York District
New York
Pogrom Kills 56 Jews in Pinsk
London May 2. Fifty six Jews killed in a pogrom at Pinsk according to an announcement from the central office of the Zionist association received via the organization’s Copenhagen bureau.
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London Central Zionist Association
Russia
London
Pinak
The
Zionist Association
Vreanization
Copenhagen
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Reed Smoot
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Utah
Gimbel's Department Store
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Bertillon
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Hanson
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