Disagreement at Peace Conference Reported Shocks Europe
Paris dispatch details a rift between Wilson and Lloyd George as talks stall. Wilson seeks Washington timing while French insistence on security hardens. The British premier faces domestic pressure over surrender terms, risking a breakdown of the conference and any chance for a quick peace.
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McClureewspaper
Calle
the Courier
Paris
Wilson
George
Washington
Freeks
Lloyd George
Mr. Wilson
Germany
England
France
Fr. Wilson
George Washington
Iowa Boys to Pass Thru Waterloo on Way From Coast
A Washington dispatch says the 168th Infantry formerly the Third Iowa guard regiment will stop in Dubuque for an hour on its way to Camp Dodge for demobilization in May as part of the Rainbow division.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Vies Moines
Wasington
168Th Infantry
Third Jows Guard
Dubuque
Camp Dodge
Third of First Draft Rejected for Being Physically Unfit
Washington April 1 Two and a half million men in the first draft were unfit for military service according to the annual report of the National Physical Education service executive committee. Thirty three percent were rejected for physical unfitness and at least 60 percent of school age youths show defects impeding normal development.
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Washington, D. C
National Army
National Physical Education Service
Trolley bribe offered to aid Carter-M“artin trolley bill
Albany hearing reveals Senator George F. Thompson testimony that Richard H. Burke offered a $504,666 campaign fund if he supported the Carson Martin trolley fare bill. Thompson also said he met with former Governor Charles Whitman at the St Regis hotel, who urged Thompson to back the measure. Whitman denied mentioning any governor bid in a later comment.
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N.Y
Judiciary Committee
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Niagara
Richard H. Burke
New York
Carson- Martin
Thompson
Charles $ Whitman
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Whitman
Theodore P. Shants
Interborough Company
Whitman Daniel
Charley
St. Regis
Senate Judiciary Committee
Three Dead Chilean Diplomats Carried by Boat in One Voyage
Havana reports on the steamer Maino arriving from Boston with the body of the Chilean minister to the United States. Today the ship carried Dr. Rafael Blanco Viel, then Chilean minister to Cuba, and will stop at Barranquilla to add the body of the Chilean minister to Colombia.
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Maino
Boston
United States
Rafael Blanco Viel
Guba
Barranquilla
Colombia
Munich Reds Order Slavs Freed
The Munich revolutionary council orders immediate release of all prisoners of war in Bavaria. The measure frees thousands of Russian prisoners including the Russian Communist Axelrod. The report notes accompanying misalys and misinterpretations in Budapest.
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Berlin
Munich Revolutionary Council
Bavaria
Axelrod
Yanks Grab Tin Lids From Heads of Rhine Police
Paris reports that American soldiers in occupied German cities seized German police helmets as they were issued to officers. The captures followed rash assaults on policemen, prompting American officers to ask German officials to stop the practice.
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Associated Press
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Rhine
Meat prices to stay high until Europe restocks
The American Meat Packers Association says meat prices will remain elevated as war-disrupted European production lags in resuming quotas. It cites heavy demand, reduced livestock abroad, and armistice effects, noting Germany Belgium and Austria losses and that the United States, South America and Australia bear much of the burden. Prices depend on European recovery and shipping availability.
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Australia
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Rome Disperses Red Flag Crowd Amid Spartacan Clash
In Rome on April 10 a Spartacan crowd with a red flag was dispersed after attacks by locals. Several Spartacans were hurt and some arrested as troops protected Socialist offices. Demonstrations honored army victories while anti war and prowar Socialists faced bans and a 24 hour general strike observance. The city nationwide celebration followed the fiasco of the planned Socialist event.
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Associated Press
Rome
Lenine
Trovzky
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Karl Diebknecht
Rosa Wuxemburg
Berlin
Nikolai
Cenine
More Daylight Bill Defeated by Canada Farmers
Winnipeg April 11 reports show western farmers defeated the federal more daylight bill but a new movement to reconsider it has begun in parliament. Eastern business houses railroad men and city officials urge re enactment at once. Some eastern cities threaten to push clocks ahead regardless. Farmers say they do not want to go to bed in broad daylight as dusk lasts beyond 10 p m in northern regions and early rising hours require insufficient sleep.
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Winnipeg
Man
House of Commons
Manitoba
Victory loan plan details to be announced Tuesday
New York April 11 Secretary of the Treasury Glass will make the first official announcement of the Victory loan amount interest rate and bond duration at a public mass meeting next Tuesday night at the Metropolitan opera house announced by the liberty loan campaign
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Glass
Metropolitan Opera House
Liberty Loan Campaign
Alien Leash Is Being Loosened By Uncle Sam
The Department of Justice orders release from parole and cancellation of bonds for more than 10,000 enemy aliens across the United States as wartime restrictions end. As records are checked in Washington, removal orders go to U S attorneys. Some aliens remain restricted until peace is declared.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
United States
Washington
Red tribunals rise in Munich across day and night
A dispatch to the Moniteur reports revolutionary tribunals set up in Munich with 28 judges in seven relays around the clock. Sentences executed immediately. Bavaria's central soldiers and workers committee has issued a provisional military mandate. All newspapers are under municipal control with no compensation to owners.
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Associated Pres
Copenhagen
Munich
Moniteur
Bavaria
Pvt John H Weaver of Marble Rock Killed in France
Marble Rock Ia April 11 Special Pvt John H Weaver son of Rev Townsend Weaver Methodist minister at this place died in France between April 1 and 3 his father advised by the war department He was 22 years old and a member of the medical department He was a sophomore at the University of Iowa when he entered service
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Marble Rock
John H. Weaver
Townsend Weaver
Pilace
France
War Department
Weaver
New Fokker Airplane Probed by U S Authorities
American aviation officials broaden inquiries into the Fokker type used by Germany. Army orders authorize two officers to investigate the craft in the Netherlands, signaling heightened scrutiny of the aircraft amid wartime developments.
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U. S
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Netherlands
Peace progress reported at peace conference
AP from Washington says progress in Paris over 48 hours surpassed the prior two weeks with key points accepted by the Allies. Paris reports indicate agreement on peace with Germany, reparations, indemnities, and Rhine and Poland frontiers, with details to be settled in days and German delegates to be summoned to Versailles soon.
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White House
Paris
Eel
Havas
Germany
Rhine
Poland
Petit Journal
Lloyd George
Versailles
Mutiny Threat in Archangel Involves One Man
Washington April 14 There were no new reports on Archangel where a U S company faced a threatened mutiny refusing to entrain for the front until authorized by their regimental commander Only one member persisted in disobedience after Col George W Stewart assumed control Some say the agitation sprang from a single agitator and could have spread through the unit The war department noted the isolated nature of the act and the colonel’s decision to release the mutineer to calm the others
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Russia
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Iis
France
Commune Ousts Reds and Seizes Munich Control
Report from Copenhagen dated April 10 says Munich fell to Communist forces who dispersed local authorities and formed a new council led by bricklayer Herr Klatz. The process included disarming police, taking officers as hostages, and removing union leaders while a parallel council kept session past 4 a.m. The Stalinsk regime in Berlin confirmed the session.
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Bolshevik Spread Reported in Buenos Aires and Central America
A Buenos Aires paper Bandera Roja advocates Bolshevik methods and attacks capitalist tyranny as it praises Soviet regimes. In San Salvador authorities note Bolshevik agents arriving in Nicaragua to secretly reach capitals and major cities, with frontier posts ordered to detain suspected Bolsheviks.
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Central America
San Salvador
Fair Commission Probe Starts Even as New Member Joins
Des Moines April 11 A senate special committee began examining Iowa commission expenditures for the Panama Pacific Exposition. Chairman M B Pitt said the inquiry targets charges by James M Pierce publisher of the Iowa Homestead, alleging misused funds. Senator C W Reed of Howard replaces Senator I E Thompson who recused himself over bias related to Woodworth Clum. Sessions are held behind closed doors and aim to finish by tomorrow night.
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Des Moines
Iowa Commission
State Senate
C. W. Reed
Howard County
I.’. E. Thompson
Des Moines County
Woodworth Clum
M. B. Pitt
Logan
James M. Pierce
Iowa Homestead
Motor Truck Lines For Rural Districts Defense Body Object
Washington April 11 announces the highways transportation committee of the council of national defense has been reorganized to form a permanent organization to promote motor truck lines in rural districts and for short haul service. It will include representatives from government departments with an interest in improved highway transportation.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
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Highways Transportation Committee
Council of National Defense
25 Killed in Soviet Riots in Dusseldorf
Copenhagen reports a Spartacan outbreak in Dusseldorf where government troops fired on demonstrators, killing 25 and wounding 25. The Lokal Auszeger of Berlin cites the figures.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Lokal Auzelger
Berlin
Teats' 70 pay asked as German finance demands rise
Berlin reports Count Brockdorff-Rantzau stating Germany would not sign a peace deviating from Wilson's points. He pledges to disclose finances to opponents and insists blockades must be lifted to allow imports of foodstuffs. He warns allied demands threaten German stability and urges pressure to end food shortages.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Brockdorff-Ranzau
National Assembly
Weimar
Germany
Wilson
West
Iowa Woman Found Shot Dead Near Fort Madison
A coroner's jury in Chicago returned an open verdict in the case of Mrs. Irving C. Black who was found fatally shot April 2 in the basement of her suburban home with a private shooting gallery. One musician believed it accidental, another agreed, and the jury split on the first ballot but settled on a nonaccidental conclusion. Mrs. Black was buried at her girlhood home in Fort Madison, Iowa.
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Chicago
Irving C. Black
Avril 2
German Regime Abandons Berlin Assembly Transfer Plan
A special dispatch from Weimar reports the government will not move further sessions of the national assembly to Berlin for now due to the Reichstag building’s poor condition. Restoring ventilation would cost about 600000 marks and take four months. Also, Pittsburgh reports two downtown fires causing $150000 to $200000 in losses, brought under control after hours.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Pittsburgh
Bolshevism Spreads to Baden from Bavaria
Copenhagen reports Bavaria's revolutionary movement has reached Baden. Agitators in Karlsruhe, Mannheim and other large towns are said to be attempting to spark a revolution and proclaim a soviet republic in Baden, with hopes to unite Baden with the Bavarian soviet government.
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