Ruhr Plan Splits Allies at Versailles Conference
A sharp split emerged among France Britain and Italy over how to enforce the Versailles reparations pact for Germany. Briand pressed the Paris occupation plan while Lloyd George and Count Sforza favored a staged payment scheme with a timed ultimatum. Experts will report at a Sunday panel meeting with talks continued amid warnings France may act alone in the Ruhr if no accord is reached.
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Lon’ Messares
Associated Press
Tongon
sudrama council
Germany
Briand
France
M. Jaspar
Paris
uhr
Lloyd George
Count Sforza
supreme panel
Boscriquié
siti
marl Curzon
dea
Ruhr
Thay
te supreme
punch
M. Srland
M. Jasper
Hythe
Lloud George
M. Briand
Downing street
Italy
supreme council
diplomata
Loyd George
Earl Curzon
M. Loucheur
M. Berelot
for
Mar |uis Della Torreta
Baron Hayashi
Great Brit
Koko
Allies and United States Seek Germany Reparations Accord
The United States aligns with Britain and France on German reparations and agrees Germany must pay to the limit of its ability but fears excessive terms that blunt Germany’s recovery. Officials say the door to negotiations remains open while U S action may follow if the supreme council rejects the German offer. Presidents Harding and Hughes monitor developments with no major moves expected before Monday.
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supreme council
London
Hughes
Briey
Germany
Lloyd George
Great Britain
U. S
Berlin
United States
Harding
White House
Anastasia Plans Second Operation and Son's Engagement Fallout
Princess Anastasia, weakened after illness, plans a second Paris hospital operation. Her son William Leeds Jr and Princess Xenia face an engagement that she resists due to youth. Heir’s funds and future trust terms frame the family’s delicate arrangements amid Greece’s tensions.
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Athena
Associated” Press
Anastasia
Prince Christopher
Greece
William B. Leeds
Newark
Wiliam &B., jr
Marie
Xenia
jis
Leeds
Brindisi
Paris
America
Christopher
Asia Minor
oferson
Anastacia
young Leeds
President Ebert refuses Simons resignation in Berlin note
A Berlin dispatch reports Dr. Simons, Germany’s foreign minister, offered his resignation to President Ebert, who declined it. The note says Ebert reminded Simons the cabinet and Reichstag approved his reparations proposals.
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Associated Press
Paris
Berlin
Simons
bert
reichstag
German President Ebert Thanks Americans for Relief Aid
Berlin, April 29. President Ebert expresses sincere thanks to Herbert Hoover for American relief administration aid. He notes with regret the end of food ticket sales and food package distribution at April’s end and credits relief for aiding numerous distressed families and mothers and children of Germany.
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Berlin
American relief administration
Ebert
Herbert Hoover
relief administration
Europe
Germany
Passengers Removed From Stranded Steamer Mormugao
The Block Island coast guard crew today evacuated the remaining passengers from the Portuguese steamer Mormugao and transferred them to the destroyer Cowell bound for New Bedford. Captain Vidinko and crew stay aboard as efforts to refloat the ship may wait for favorable wind, possibly until Monday.
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Block Island
Mormugao
coast guard
Cowell
New Bedford
Mass
othera
McCalla
Grebe
Vidinko
serew
Woman Faith Healer Ruthlessly Murdered in New Jersey Drive-By
Mrs Celeste Cassese, a faith healer, was killed by four masked bandits who leaped onto her car in South Orange N J as she returned from a patient. One attacker stabbed her while three subdued the driver Michael Setito at the steering wheel. The incident triggered the car horn alarm and bystanders alerted police.
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South Orange
N. J
Associated
Presa
Mra
Celeste Cassese
Michael Se‘ito
Cassese
Setito
gese
iniatakon
Mra. Joseph
Patronage Clash Hints at Texas Political Shakeup
President Harding seeks harmony among factions as Texas Democrats split over patronage. The piece notes Oklahoma agreements, potential appointments, and Texas figures like John H. Kirby eyeing a Senate run, with talk of Republican gains in 1922 and coalitions shaping the state’s party dynamics.
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United States
Harding
Oklahoma
leasanlnevenee
White House
Washington
Texas
John H. Kirby
Houston
Culbernon
Biresty
Bailey
sre
May Day Threats Foreseen by Police in 1921
A 1921 Washington Post dispatch notes expected May Day unrest abroad and in the United States. It cautions radicals, including I. W. W. and communists, could exploit labor disturbances, with organized labor blamed for provoking strikes in seaports and seamen unions.
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Marie Walkonut
Mexico
GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN
Washington Pour Ca
United States
Russia
Ameri
Moscow
New York
Providence
Hartford
Concord
N. H
Toledo
Detroit
Salt Leake City
England
Great Joritan
reda
revolutoriata
Philadelphia
May Day arrests unveil underground party literature
Police seized radical material and communist flags during busts at two homes linked to Siebert and two others. Officials say papers describe an underground party connected to communist groups and detail training to infiltrate police forces, with a Carnegie Hall meeting plan and a Harding letter on schedule.
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Wyant
Teettie Jurson
police fc
Siebert
Edquard Linderen
Chicago
William Brown Loyd
Cornell university
Pittsburgh
Moscow
Louis"C. Fraina
Lenine and Trotzky
Proletarian Revolutionary Party
Santerri Nuorteva
Fraina
Department of Justice
Nuorteva
Benson Orders DOT in Marine Wages
Wage dispute over 15 percent cuts sparks talks among American shipowners Shipping Board and marine workers. Benson orders government craft operators to slash pay by 15 percent effective midnight. Union leaders push for a mediating three man commission as Harding and Secretary Davis weigh the move.
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Benson
Harding
Secretary of Labor and Commerce
Davis
Wuruseth
Browns
shipping board
Henson
Moscow
Haywood in Russia and Wage Talks Drag On
News notes from Washington and Chicago report mixed bets on a proposed commission and wage cuts for government ship workers. Secretaries Davis and Hoover may influence a future commission while Davis travels to Philadelphia. In Moscow, Haywood arrives for a conference as his return to the United States looms and a Leavenworth espionage term awaits his surrender.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Bill
Haywood
Russia
Otto Christensen
Christensen
Moscow
Third International
United States
Leavenworth
Supreme Court
tie
Shipowners refuse arbitration over 16 percent wage cut
Capt Eugene H O'Donnell of the American Steamship Owners association said ship owners have reached the limit of concessions and will not arbitrate the 16 percent wage cut effective at midnight. If workers accept the cut ships will run. if not, they will stay at the docks. He warned of a choice between an American and a union merchant marine. The cut was adjusted from 16 to 15 percent at Admiral Benson's request after talks in Washington.
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shige
d&g
shipping board
Wurnseth
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Eugene H. O'Donnell
American Steamship Owners association
Capt.O'Donnell
Admiral Benson, jhairman
Senate approves Knox peace plan in 49 to 28 vote
The Senate adopted the Knox peace resolution by 49 votes to 28 after a tense session. Three Democrats voted for it, with no Republicans voting against. Reed and Walsh were noted as supporters or paired. The measure repeals war declarations against Germany and Austria-Hungary and directs treaties with former adversaries.
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SENATE
United States
Knox
Nelson
Minnesota
Myers
Montana
Shields
Tennessee
Watson
Georgia
Reed
Missouri
Walsh
Massachusetts
House
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Townsend
Michigan
Lodge
Repubican
foreign relations committee
King
Lah
France
Mariland
Ball
Borah
Brande
gee
Bursum
Cameron
Capper
Coit
Cummins
Curtis
Dillingham
Viking
Fernald
Frelinghuysen
Good+ing
allo
Herreld
Johnson
Jones
Washington
Kenyon
Keyes
Hitchcock
Mexico
Kendrick
McKellar
Pomerede
Robinson
Sheppard
Stan~ley
Swanson
Trammell
Underwood
Williams
Massachus¢tte
wee
BS ‘p
Minenesota
Knoz
Penndyvania
Pace
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Fairbanks
HARRY N. PRICE
Washington Posts
Victor Locke
Antlers
Chowtaw National
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Indian affairs
Alva McDonald
El Reno
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Henry Cooper
A. C. Alexander
internal revenue
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Walker
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American Legion
National Security league
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American Indian League
National Association for ‘Constitutional Government
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