German Envoy Faintly Awaits Peace Treaty Credentials
Paris May 3 German foreign secretary Count von Brockdorff Rantzau, pale and nearly fainting, presented credentials to a committee of the United States and allies at the Trianon hotel amid tense peace talks. Belgium’s reparations claim priority to 500 million dollars was reportedly agreed.
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Paris
Italy
Council of Three
Organization of
League of Nations
Belgium
M. Clemenceau
David Livya George
Wilson
Versailles
France
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
United States
Trianon
Supreme Military Council
Count von Brockdorff Rantzau
Herr Landsberg
Professor Schuecking
Jules Cambon
Berlin
Henry White
Lord Harding
Great Britain
Ambassador Matsui
Japan
British protest over Libau overthrow provokes German reply
Paris dispatches report British protests against the overthrow of the Letts provisional government at Libau and demands to reestablish the situation. German government on the other side issues a haughty reply through Berlin advices, arguing their position.
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Paris
Letts
Libau
Jierin
Baltic Intrigue At Libau Attributed To German Barons
A report in the Zweelf Uhr Blatt of Berlin claims the volt in Libau was engineered by German barons in the Baltic provinces with agents, contrasting with Letts credited by local sources. It argues Germany seeks peace while continuing intrigue that led to ruin.
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Libau
Zweelf Uhr Blatt
Berlin
Baltic
Germany
All Reds Are Foreigners Rioting Suspects In May
Chicago May 3 more than a score of May day rioters were foreigners with one naturalized. Most pleaded through interpreters. Judge Haas sentenced nominal fines. four held for the grand jury. He urged Congress to empower deportations and to force choices between citizenship or leaving.
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Chicago
Haas
Congress
U S Loan Flyers Fall In Chicago Demonstration Crash
An army airplane carrying Lieut Cameron Wright and Sergt David Julian collapsed after a Victory Liberty loan demonstration near the Khaki and Blue club. The plane nosedived into an automobile, wrecking it and injuring the driver. Wright and Julian crawled from the wreckage and escaped into a car.
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Chicago
Cameron Wright
Chanutefield
David Julian
Victory Liberty Loan
Robbed of $20,000 Linens in Los Angeles
Rosya Joseph a wealthy linen importer from New York said to be of a firm here was robbed in Los Angeles of linens valued at about 20 600 and an automobile. The incident occurred May 3 and the victim is described as a wealthy member of a New York linen firm.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mrea
Rosya Joseph
New York
Labor program as part of peace treaty hailed by Wilson
President Wilson cabled Secretary Tumulty praising the labor program adopted by the peace conference as a landmark step to safeguard and promote workers' interests. He said it would help stabilize labor conditions worldwide and ease widespread hardships, calling it one of the conference's most gratifying achievements.
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Washington
Wilson
Tumulty
White House
Conference of Peace
Romanian Ultimatum Pushes Bessarabia Evacuation
London May 3 The Russian soviet government issues an ultimatum to Roumania demanding withdrawal from Bessarabia within 48 hours. Roumanians claim troops occupy the region after German forces left. belts of fighting along the Dniester give context to the dispute. King Ferdinand reportedly leads Romanian forces into Budapest amid wider upheaval. Bela Kun recognizes territorial claims and calls for halt to hostilities and noninterference.
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Roumania
Bessarabia
Moscow
Ukraine
Dniester
Hungary
Budapest
Basle
Ferdinand of Roumania
Bela Kun
New Nation Wants War Over Carinthia Invasion Threat
Geneva reports the Carinthia government orders mobilization of 20 military classes to halt a Jugo Slav invasion. Jugo Slav on a 50 mile front seeks Klagenfurt and Villach. Vienna may aid Carinthian troops as allies try to settle the conflict. Carinthia lies east of Tyrol with Kla genfurt as capital. two thirds German, rest Slavs.
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Budapest
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Carinthia
Geneva
German-Austria
Berne
Klagenfurt
Villach
Vienna
Austria
Tyrol
Carniola
Disorders in Paris Leave 250 Hurt Including Sergeant Injured
Paris May 8. The prefecture of police reports 250 policemen injured in the May day disorders with one sergeant stabbed in the back in dangerous condition. One youth named Lorne reportedly killed by revolver bullets. An arrest was made but the shooter’s identity is unknown. Several American soldiers were also hurt in the Place de la Concorde.
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Paris
Lorne
Place de la Concorde
Riot crowd arraigned after May Day disorders in Cleveland
Two hundred prisoners, one of the largest crowds before police court, were arraigned in Cleveland after May Day disturbances. Ruthenberg, former socialist mayoral candidate, among those detained. About thirty seriously injured. many trampled or clubbed by police.
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Cleveland
C. BE. Ruthenberg
Wilson to Return to America About June First
President Wilson told the House Military Affairs Committee at Versailles that the treaty of peace would be presented to the German delegates on Monday and that he hoped to return to America around June 1. The statements came as committee members toured battle fronts.
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Wilson
Versailles
Tie
America
House
New York Doctor Held After High Explosives Found in Office
Police and Justice Department officials raid the office of Dr. Charles Baldwin at 135 West Forty-fifth Street and discover nine bottles holding ten ounces of high explosives. The materials include TNT and ammonia nitrate while authorities verify his identity and charges involve possession of explosives without a license.
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Department of Justice
Post Office
Charles Baldwin
West Forty-fifth Street
Dotter Baldwin
Faurot
Charles J. Pinchel
Pector Baldwin
E. B. Dobbs
Internal Revenue Department
Customs House
Clarence Hall
H. C. Traunce
Bureau of Mines
Washington
New York Post
Senator Hardwick
Atlanta
Bomb plot inquiry reaches Chestnut Street suspect
Police traced explosive bottles to a man on Chestnut Street Philadelphia who allegedly supplied Baldwin with the devices. Detectives searched for the unnamed man while paper packaging by Louis De Jonge & Co New York linked to bomb evidence. The firm provided purchaser lists as investigators pursue leads across several cities.
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Baldwin
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Philadelphia
Louis de Jonge & Co
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
US troops to be sent home as occupation forces stay
Paris reports the American expeditionary force will be reduced to occupation duty along the Rhine. About 300000 soldiers will sail home in May with a larger number in June. After July 1 American ports and railroads will be handed back and police withdrawn. Antwerp becomes American supply base under Brig Gen W D Conner with communications via Belgium.
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Paris
Rhine
France
Antwerp
W. D. Conner
Belgium
Asher C. Hinds Dies Former Congressman and Clerk
Washington mourns the death of Asher C. Hinds former congressman and author of Parliamentary Precedents He served as clerk at the speaker's table for years and was widely known for his legislative work The notice comes from Portland Oregon indicating the death occurred in Washington
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Washington
Portland
Asher C. Hinds
House of Representatives
Congress
Revolution in Costa Rica Exiles Defeat Frontier Guards
Revolutionary Costa Rican exiles defeated frontier guards at the Rio Frio near Lake Nicaragua’s southeastern shore. Reports say others attack the Costa Rica Panama border while a small schooner carrying revolutionists capsized in Lake Nicaragua. all aboard were rescued.
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Rio Frio
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Washington
President 10 Calls Special Session Soon
Confidential dispatches from Paris today indicate an intention to convene a special session.
Peace Delegates From Austria Arrive in France Today
Special to Evening Journal reports Austria’s peace delegates arriving in France amid talk of a special session of Congress called by President Wilson. Dispatches from Paris suggest the session could convene June 1 or earlier if Paris developments demand.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Congress
Wison
Paris
Austrian Delegates Arrive in France
Austrian peace delegates arrived in France and were housed at St. Germain, according to dispatches filed from ARTA on May 8. The arrival signals progress in ongoing diplomatic efforts with representatives staying at the royal retreat outside Paris.
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Arta
Pesce
France
St. Germain
Explosion Kills Fifty in Ilkesbarre Mine
An explosion of mine gas in Ilkesbarre Pennsylvania on May 3 raises fears that about fifty men were killed. Rescue efforts search the rubble and authorities await confirmation from mine officials.
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Ilkesbarre
Bolsheviki Retreat Reported on Eastern Front
May 8 dispatch says Bolsheviki forces along the eastern front are retiring in disorder under pressure from Siberian troops. The retreat marks a shift in the line as Siberian units press the enemy back toward their positions.
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Helsinepor
Siberian
Sidis Impostor Jailed After Roxbury Riots
A young man claiming to be William Sidis is held in a Boston detention cell after Roxbury riots that led to the arrest of more than 100 people. Sidis, famed as Harvard's child prodigy who defined the fourth dimension, is said to be the son of Dr Boris Sidis, a psychopathologist.
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Boston
William Sidis
Harvard
They Wonder
Roxbury
Prodigy
Boris Sidis
Haywood to Stay in Prison for Bond Failure
William D. Haywood and four I W W leaders imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth must remain jailed after the United States Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to approve their bonds for freedom. They face espionage act charges and must supply acceptable bonds.
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Chicago
William D. Haywood
Federal Penitentiary
Fort Leavenworth
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Haywood
No Yank Beheadings Claim Debunked by Officials
A London report claimed Bolsheviks captured Chenkursk and decapitated 60 Americans. The British War Office and American HQ said the report was untrue and unsupported by evidence.
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Chenkursk
British War Office
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