Italian Delegates Return as Paris Prepares Pact
Paris May 6 Italian delegates Orlando and Sonnino will arrive in Paris Wednesday morning to rejoin the talks. The peace treaty to be handed to Germany by Premier Clemenceau is set for 2:15 pm Wednesday. The treaty outlines 14 chapters including frontiers reparations trade and war crimes. Belgium’s government decides to sign while Clemenceau is to deliver the pact at Versailles Thursday afternoon.
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Versailles
Paris
Pichon
Orlando
Sonnino
Marcel Hutin
Hutin
Exkaiser
Fiume
League of Nations
Belgium
Brussels
Paul Hymans
Emile Vandervelde
M. Vandenheuvel
M. Hymang
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Wilson
Clemencieu
Lloyd George
Council of Three
Peace Conference Steps Toward Italian Reengagement
The council of three weighed Italy’s status over two days and approved a friendly initiative. Details of the communication to Rome are not disclosed, but the aim is to remove personal conflict and enable a territorial adjustment once talks resume.
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Council of Three
Allies Beat Red Gunboats on Dvina River Front
Allied forces repulsed the Bolshevik gunboat attack on the Dvina near Archangel on May 6. American British and Russian units on the river’s right bank held positions as their guns covered the channel. Artillery fire continued from both sides at Tulgus with no allied casualties reported to date.
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Archangel
North Russia
Dvina
Tulgus
Chicago to bar W W convention with strict restrictions
Chicago voters and officials move to force decorous conduct at a World War veterans convention. Chief Garrity warns arrests for any unlawful acts as the city council adopts a resolution directing police to break up any illegal gathering and maintain respect for the United States and the flag.
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Chicago
United States
Garrity
Steffen
Armitage
John C. Kennedy
Hungarian Reds Quit Budapest Surrender Accepted
Vienna reports Premier Bela Kun accepted surrender demands for Budapest. Paris says the Hungarian Soviet government capitulated. A Budapest dispatch says Romanian forces crossed the Tisza and are within 50 miles of the capital.
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Bela Kun
Budapest
Vienna
Paris
Tiza
Noske's Forces Seize Munich After Major Battle
Berlin reports complete occupation of Munich by Noske government troops. Official casualties: 150 killed, 900 wounded, total 1,050. Five thousand arrests. In Washougal Washington two masked men robbed Clarke County bank of 87,000 in currency and silver and fled by car.
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Berlin
Munich
Noske
Washougal
Wash
Clarke County
Chinese Envoys Quit the Meet Over Shantung Policy
The entire Chinese peace delegation cabled to the Peking government resigning in protest over the Shantung decision favoring Japan. They say they were barred from active talks and treated as vanquished, and they await orders on whether to stay or sign a separate peace with Germany.
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Paris
Peking
Shantung Province
Japan
Germany
Shantung
Pailen
City council bans ILW convention in Chicago
The council adopts a resolution denouncing an Industrial Workers of the World ten day convention in Chicago. It cites daily papers reporting delegates with prior jail sentences and agitators active nationwide and states no convention under ILW auspices shall be held in Chicago.
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Steffen
Industrial Workers of the World
Chicago
IL. W. W
Ludendorff Called Liar by Former Crown Prince
Frederick William, ex crown prince of Germany, told a Scandinavian correspondent that Ludendorff and his supreme army command lied during the last six months of the war before the armistice. He contrasted their reports with those of Tirpitz and his navy successors.
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Copenhagen
Ludendorff
Tirpitz
Frederick William
Merlinese Tidende
Lusitania sinking observed with memorial services
The Chicago Cunard office marks the fourth anniversary of the Lusitania sinking with half mast flags and a nationwide funeral observance. Clubs, societies and patriotic groups organize additional memorial exercises.
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Chicago
Cunard Steamship Company
United States
Cunard
Clbs
Red revolt erupts in Bulgaria with anti dynastic aims
Berlin reports a Bolshevist uprising in Sofia against the Coburg dynasty and Ferdinand’s monarchy. Clashes between anti dynastic forces and government troops flare in the streets as dispatches give no clear victor.
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Berlin
Coburg Dynasty
Bulgaria
Acht Uhr Abendblatt
Sofia
Ferdinand
Amsterdam
Achtur-Abendblatt
Supreme Court Hears Rail and Wire Federal Control Case
Arguments were heard in the Supreme Court over federal power to regulate intrastate rail and wire tariffs under joint congressional actions and presidential orders. Cases from five states prompted broad view on government authority with a possible decision before next month’s adjournment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
Illinois
Massachusetts
King
Postmaster General
Timeis
Burleson
Justice McKenna
Solicitor General
United States
Griffin withdraws proclamation on Limerick military area
In Limerick Ireland on May 6 General Griffin the military commander withdrew his proclamation that made Limerick a special military area. The action ends the temporary status and returns control to civilian authorities.
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Limerick
Ireland
Griffin
Special Military Area
Supreme Court upholds steel rate injunction rulings
Federal court decisions upholding dismissals in junction proceedings to enjoin interstate commerce orders of December 30, 1916, increasing iron and steel freight rates from Pittsburgh and other eastern points to the Seattle district. Ohio conviction of Dennis Kelley and three Capital City Dairy officials for defrauding taxes on oleomargarine sustained. Petitions for review denied.
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Iron and Steel
Pittsburgh
Seattle
Wash
Supreme Court
Ohio
Dennis Kelley
Capital City Dairy Company
Boldt Glass plant shuts, 700 workers laid off in Cincinnati
Seven hundred men lose jobs as Boldt Glass works closes its plant citing impending prohibition. The company says operations would resume the day after a lift in war time prohibition if the president allows.
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Cincinnati
Boldt Glass Works
Italian leaders deem Fiume demands premature
At a three hour conference Premier Orlando Foreign Secretary Sonnino and King Victor Emmanuel decide it would be premature to demand annexation of Fiume or other territory until the allies sign a separate peace or refuse Italy's guaranteed rights, forcing Itan to safeguard its position.
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Rome
Epoca
Orlando
Sonnino
Victor Emanuel
Fiume
Italy
Itan
Thieves steal $11000 from Has kell & Barker plant safe
Michigan City report says thieves robbed the paymaster's safe at the Has kell & Barker Car company plant and escaped with $11000 in currency. A second brief notes Maj Alexander W. Dillard of Brooklyn killed in a Nashville auto crash and Mrs Lloyd Creger injured when their car hit a telephone pole.
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Haskell & Barker
Michigan City
Ind
Haskell & Barker Car Company
Dillard
Nashville
Villa’s Rebel Forces Threaten Northern Mexican Cities
Washington reports indicate renewed activity by Villa's army with 5000 American miners evacuated from Santa Eulalia to Chihuahua City. Carranza garrison defected at Parral and Villa nears Chihuahua City and Torreon. Conchos bridge at Ortz destroyed. Dieguez moves to aid Catron against Villistas.
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Washington
Mexico
Mexico City
State Department
Santa Eulalia
Chihuahua City
Villa
Parral
Carranza
Fl Paso
Villistas
Torreon
Conchos
Ortz
Manuel M. Dieguez
Tampico
Catro
Chihuahua
Dieguez
Pelacé
Germany Faces Likely Economic Isolation Penalty
Editorial notes Germany could endure strict economic isolation as a probable consequence of current policy, signaling a severe penalty that may impact trade, industry, and international relations.
Council Ministers Debate Aggressive Peace Penalty for Germany
Paris May 6 The Council of Foreign Ministers at the Peace Conference considers enforcing full economic isolation on Germany as a likely outcome if the German government refuses to sign the Peace Treaty. The decision is not final but seems probable.
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Tevening
Paris
Germany
Chicasd Publisher Fatally Shot Over Washington Portrait
Paul Frederick Volland, head of the P F Volland Co art publishers, was shot dead in his Chicago office by Vera Trepagnier. The widow from New Orleans allegedly claimed ownership of a $50,000 miniature George Washington portrait she provided three years ago for Volland to reproduce and blamed unpaid royalties for the confrontation.
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Chicago
Paul Frederick Volland
P. F. Volland Company
Art Publishers
Vera Trepagnier
New Orleans
George Washington
Volland
Troops Sail for Germany On Trans port Agamemnon
A first contingent of 1,000 men from the 50 000 troops volunteering to relieve doughboys in Germany sailed for Europe today aboard the transport Agamemnon. Army embarkation authorities at Hoboken announced the departure.
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New York
Germany
Europe
Hoboken
Bank Robbery Delivers $3000 Heist in Chicago
Four men in US Army uniforms held up the Austin Savings bank soon after opening and escaped with $3000. They fled in an automobile as detectives search the city for the bandits.
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Austin Depository
Chicago
United States
Austin Savings Bank
Wilsons Take Motor Trip to Montainebleau Forest
President Wilson leaves the White House for a morning excursion by automobile to the Montainebleau forest. He is joined by Mrs. Wilson and Rear Admiral Grayson. The party visits the Hotel Barbizon, a renowned rendezvous of French painters.
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Paris
White House
Wilson
Grayson
Barbizon
Two Naval Flyers Die In Rockaway Collision
Two naval aviators Fosign Adams and Chief Machinist’s Mate Corey were killed when their naval scout plane collided with the top of a hundred foot hydrogen tank at Rockaway Beach naval air station.
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New York
Fosign Adams
Corey
Rockaway Beach Naval Air Station
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