Democratic split looms as Baker Wilson choice eyed
Washington dispatch reports a brewing Democratic party split with conservatives and radicals clashing over the convention. The rumor says Secretary of War Newton D. Baker could be Wilsons choice for 1920, fueling fear of a party rupture as conservatives gain southern and border state leverage.
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Martin
Virginia
Swanson
Simmons
Overman
North Carolina
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Underwood
Bankhead
Alabama
John Walter Smith
Maryland
John K. Shields
Tennessee
Baker
Wilson
Democratic National Committee
White House
Newton D. Baker
Democratic Committee
Ihru
Daniels
Furnisor M. Simmons
North
Britain Back of French Against Enemy Premier
A large multi-topic dispatch covers Methodist conference in Peru Indiana denouncing George D Herron appointment and urging recall. It also reports Lloyd George denying opposition to France guaranties and stressing Anglo French unity for future security.
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Britain
Peru
Ind
Indiana
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
George D. Herron
Foch and Erzberger Discuss Danzig Route for Polish Troops
Spa reports that Marshal Foch and Mathias Erzberger, head of the German Armistice Commission, conferred on returning Polish troops via Danzig. Foch and the allied side proposed a land route from Lunéville through Germany to Poland. Erzberger consulted Hammerstein and then reported to German headquarters.
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Associated Press
London
Haller
Luneville
Germany
Poland
Foch
Spa
Mathia Erzberger
Och
Entente
Danzig
Mathias Kréberger
Gen. Hammerstein
Paris
Havas
Marshal Foch
France
Mathias Erzberger
Weygand
Nudaut
Herr Erzsberger
Baron von Hammerstein
WAVY STEEL TO BE BOUGHT THRU BIDS
Paris reports the Italian transport Umbria with 2000 aboard struck a mine and sunk while en route from Venice to Tripoli. Several killed and 100 injured. Umbria, 5020 tons gross built in 1992, owned in Venice. It had been at Naples in December but not listed in registers since.
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Paris
Hayas
Unmibria
Venice
Tripoli
Bari
Italy
Naples
Eve's Paper Adamized After Three Month Test
In Atlantic City on April 4 the Evening Union, New Jersey’s only women edited and run paper, returned to male leadership after eight months. The editorial and reporting staff had been college women, but the venture failed due to reporters lacking a decisive news sense and grasp of current events.
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Atlantic City
N. J
New Jersey
Evening Union
Walter E. Edge
British prices of 1914 distant official view
London report states the ministry of reconstruction believes prices in Great Britain will not drop to 1914 levels soon. They warn the general price level may remain 25 to 30 percent higher for the next decade, based on a pamphlet issued by the ministry.
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London
Associated Press
Ministry of Reconstruction
Great Britain
Verdict for Sugar in Rail Disaster Loses House
A New Jersey supreme court verdict awards $413,390 to B. H. Howell, Son & Co. of New York against Lehigh Valley railroad for sugar damages from the Black Tom Island harbor explosion of July 1916. The case details sugar stored in Lehigh warehouses.
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Associated Press
Jersey City
N. J
New York
Harbor
Supreme Court
B. H. Howell, Son & Go
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Howell
Lehigh
Let U S Judge Between War Office Acts and Talk of Chamberlain
Washington April 4 Secretary Baker denounced what he called intemperate speech by Senator Chamberlain in a Matehez Mississippi event tied to the Ansell Crowder court dispute. Baker said in three years as secretary of war he had not received a helpful suggestion from Chamberlain and urged the public to decide between the War Department’s actions and Chamberlain’s remarks.
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War Office
Chamberlain
Baker
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Senate Military Tsammnittes
Matehez, Miss
Inday
Tary
Senator Chamberlain
War Department
Allies Charged With Provoking German Anarchy
A Berlin report cites an appeal to President Wilson from ethical and religious groups in Germany. It argues that continued allied blockade and wartime policies tempt Germans toward Bolshevik rebellion, claims Czech and Polish actions violate Wilsonian principles, and warns that U.S. wealth and power could fuel communism if the League of Nations is not supported.
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Neas
Berlin
Germany
Wilson
U.S
United States
League of Nations
Build a Home Week Postponed to April 13 in Waterloo
The Build-A-Home Week committee in Waterloo announced the event will start the week of April 13 instead of April 6. Calendar changes push all AM arrangements back one week, with no other details altered.
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Waterloo
Raingow Division Wins Early Return For 42nd
The War Department announced the early convoy home for most of the 42nd Rainbow division listing the Headquarters troops 149th 150th 151st MG battalions 3rd Infantry Brigade HQ 16th 166th infantry 4th Infantry Brigade HQ 128th 187th 168th infantry 67th Field Artillery Brigade HQ 149th 150th 151st FA 117th Engineers Land Train and more with hospital units only missing. Additional units on early convoy schedule include bakery companies 388 and 398 evacuation hospital No 18 air service casual company No 4 Wolverines Badgers from New York.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
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150Th
128Th
187Th
168Th
67Th Field Artillery
151St Field Artillery
117Th Engineers
Air Service
New York
387Th Infantry
National Army of Michigan
Brest
Bordeaux
iSeventeen
Fifth Corps
Grant
Sherman
Boston
Mount Vernon
President Noads
Sims
Mauretania
Ministry of Shipping
Navy tests to gauge motors for seaplane Atlantic flight
Experiments at Rockaway Beach naval air station aim to determine how many Liberty engines are needed for the planned Atlantic crossing next month. The NC type seaplanes now have three engines, but commanders believe a fourth can be added to supply 1,600 horsepower per aircraft.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Naval Air Station
Rockaway Beach
Long Island
Naval
Miners to Get Bank Stock in German Mine Plan
Berlin April 3 The S Bieichroeler Banking company owner of nearly all shares of the Great Oppeln mine at Oppela Silesia plans to turn over its stock to miners union members at par If carried out the mine will become the first in Germany owned by the employees The item ends with an advertisement for Smoke Diamond Joe Cigars good to the last puff.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Count von Bernsterff
Berlin
Altho
Noske
Spartacans
Micht Wald
Wilson
Saar
Rhine
Alsace-Lorraine
Danzig
Poland
S. Bieichroeler Banking Company
Oppeln
Oppela
Silesia
Miners’ Union
War Risk Office starts issuing checks in month due
Washington April 4 the War Risk Bureau announced checks for allotments allowances insurance and compensation will be issued in the month they fall due. 1 062566 checks totaling 39148323 05 were mailed into March since establishment the bureau has paid nearly 419 900 000. Mechanized devices sign 20 checks at once to speed handling of the large volume.
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Washington, D. C
War Risk Bureau
Burrai
Iowa legislature appoints committees for closing ses sion
Des Moines April 4 committees were appointed in both houses to select measures for the calendar during the closing weeks of the session. In the house Speaker Arch McFarlane named Griffin of Woodbury county as chairman with Langfitt Adair Gilmore Clay Klaus Plymouth Davidson Page Messer Johnson and Powers Crawford. The lieutenant governor named a general committee including Proudfoot Warren Frailey Newberry LeSCompte Coburn and Greenell. Also noted: 65,539 army discharges in the week ending March 22 and 1,447,714 total since starts.
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Des Moides
Iowa
House
Arch McFarlane
Griffin
Woodbury County
Langfitt
Adair
Gilmore
Clay
Klaus
Delaware
Wormley
Plymouth
Davidson
Page
Messer
Johnson
Powers
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Moore
Proudfoot
Warren
Frailey
Lee
Newberry
Clayton
Smith
Madison
LesCompte
Wayne
Coburn
Cher Jokee
Greenell
Clinton
Oldest Alderman in Chicago Regrets Service
Edward W. Cullerton, re elected alderman from the eleventh ward and a nearly continuous city council member since 1871, voiced regret at city hall, saying I ve wasted my whole life to an alderman and that if I could live it again I would not run for office. He criticized the council s way of doing business and urged Chicago be given the things it needs.
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Chicago
Edward WF. Cullerton
President Wilson Confined By Cold In Paris
President Wilson lies in bed in Paris with a severe cold as the Council of Four meets. Rear Admiral Grayson reports a slight illness but not serious, predicting a day or two of rest will suffice and that the peace conference work will resume promptly. Col. House occupies the president's chair at today’s meetings.
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Liu
Togo
Council of Four
Paris
Wilson
White House
Col
House
Admiral Grayson
Grayson
Spouse of Rich Chicagoan Dies by Own Action
Chicago April 4 Mrs Trving O Black wife of a wealthy Chicago businessman was found shot with a rifle bullet in the basement of their suburban home. A report to Coroner Peter Hoffman by Dr Edward Hatton concluded death by own action after eight post mortems showed powder marks crystals of powder near the wound and the gun wad in the wound channel.
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Chicago
Trving O. Black
Peter M. Hoffman
Edward H. Hatton
Hatton
Vimy Ridge Golf Area May Invite Wilson to Play
Canadians report they laid out a nine hole course on Vimy Ridge in France and a Canadian officer says President Wilson probably will be invited to play the first official game. The ridge, seized by Canadian troops after fierce fighting, may become a war memorial gift from France to Canada. San Felice Cigars, 3 for 20c.
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Associated Press
Winnineg
Man
Vimy Ridge
France
Wilson
Dominion
Frankfort Protests and Uprising Spotted Near Mainz
Cobigne reports an uprising in Frankfort with German troops ordered in. French forces under Mangin avoided action as Mainz bridgehead kept them from entering the city. Meanwhile, Frankfort sees gaiety and riotous living after armistice with ministers urging restraint. American surgeons toured under white flag permission.
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Associated Press
Cobigne
Frankfort
Mainz
White Way
Perm
Mangin
Bolshevik Attack Repulsed on Archangel Front
London reports say Bolsheviks attacked Bolshoia-Ozera and Odorzerskaia sectors with no artillery prep but were repulsed with heavy losses. Allied losses were light. Prisoners indicate many Bolshevik casualties and several Americans and YMCA worker captured. US casualties in two weeks include one officer and five men killed, seven wounded, nine missing.
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Associated Press
London
Archangel
Bolshoia-Ozera
Odozerskaig
Odorzerskaia
Ryal F Bloomfield
N. J
YMCA
Shevik
Angel
Ralskoia-Ozera
Suffrage Advances as Paris Deputies Vote on Amendments
In Paris on Thursday April, the chamber of deputies discussed two women suffrage amendments. The first would enfranchise women. it failed 3025 to 187 after limited debate. The second extended voting rights to next of kin without sex, passing 335 to 134. President Deschanel rejected a motion to debate Bouillon's report on German disarmament, and Raynaud withdrew his motion.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Paul Deschanel
Maurice Raynaud
Henry “Franklin” Bouillon
Germany
Raynaud
Strike Offin Wuerttemburg Stuttgart Says
Berlin report states Wuerttemburg government announced the strike in that region has collapsed and urged bourgeoisie counter strikers to resume work. Farmers joined the counter strike and Stuttgart reported severely reduced milk output to 80 litres instead of the usual 8 000.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Theovernment of
Wuerttemburg
Germany
Stuttgart
Et Ans
Courier Delivery Timetable and Contact Instructions
The notice urges home delivery by 5 30 PM and offers a replacement if missed. It instructs readers to call 3330 to report missed papers and ensures a copy will be sent. Calls should reach the office before 6 30 PM.
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