Peace Conference Faces Key Decisions In Paris
Paris April 10 After a week of pessimism the peace conference returns to cautious optimism as progress is reported on German reparations guarantees and the Saar valley. Wilson faces demands to modify the league covenant to preserve the Monroe doctrine while Lloyd George and Clemenceau push hard for payment and security terms. The trio weighs concessions to bridge American, British, and French aims.
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New House of Commons
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Fifth of Teut Debt Due in 2 Years, Best to the 15-Year Bonds
Paris April 14 The council of four did not meet this morning. President Wilson held a long conference with Premier Orlando and other Italian leaders on the Adriatic question. Orlando suggested informal exchanges over Fiume and Italy's eastern Adriatic claims. Wilson promised personal study of the matter. Germany under the peace treaty must pay 5 000 000 000 in cash or commodities before May 1 1921 and issue 20 000 000 000 in interest bearing bonds. Bonds will pay 2 or 3 percent until 1926 and 5 percent thereafter, over 15 years, under central control to stabilize prices. Germany also must pay other damages via a mixed commission.
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Republicans urged to suspend politics for Victory loan
Washington April 14 Chairman Will Hays issued a call to all Republicans to unite in support of the Victory loan and suspend political activities until its success is assured. The appeal was sent to national committeemen state chairmen workers county chairmen precinct committeemen and Republican newspapers with a emphasis on patriotism and duty.
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Stand Oil of Indiana Hearing Postponed Before FTC
Chicago April 14 Indefinite postponement was taken today in the proposed hearing of the Standard Oil company of Indiana before the federal trade commission. It was said there might be no hearing whatever because the oil company claimed it had stopped the alleged illegal acts and unfair prices.
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Federal Trade Commission
Korea Riots Prompt Japanese Reinforcements In Korea
Japanese war office says six regiments of infantry and 400 gendarmes dispatched to Korea as riots widen and threaten workers. Four American missionaries in Seoul arrested by Japanese authorities amid Korean revolutionary unrest. A Tokyo dispatch reports gendarmes took three Korean patients wounded by police from the Severance Hospital in Seoul.
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Washington, D. C
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Haver Escapes Punishment In Pardon's Case
Des Moines April 14 Attorney General Havyner escaped punishment in a House Judiciary Committee recommendation. The panel voted 21 to 9 not to censure the chief law officer for alleged bickering in a felonies compromise at Ida Grove. Impeachment charges were not to be recommended. censure of Trayner was debated but defeated 21 to 9 though some supported it.
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Tents Give Selves Gold Chevrons in France Hoax
German prisoners of war in the Breta area forged gold service chevrons after six months of work on American army projects. A military police officer questioned the insignia bearing P W letters. The men could not justify their unauthorized decoration.
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Victory Loan drive details and regional quotas announced
The Victory Loan 1 issue will be 4.5 billion dollars with a 4.25 percent rate, convertible notes maturing in four years and redeemable in three. Seventh district quotas include Chicago and Cook County at 189.225 million, with Iowa and Wisconsin districts showing varied allocations. Quotas are three fourths of the fourth loan, with governors and organizers aiming for broad participation and a large parade of returning service members set for Waterloo.
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Parlor Dates Stir Landladies Wrath at Urbana
Landladies protest frequent dates by University of Illinois women. A rule limiting visits by class standings is presented to sororities for April vote, aiming to curb parlor monopolization in women students’ social routines.
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Trotzky Admits Defeat on East Front in Moscow Message
London reports Bolshevik war minister Leon Trotzky concedes defeat on the eastern front. The admission comes in a wireless message from Moscow that has been picked up here.
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Burleson Wins First Round On Illinois Rates
Federal Judges Baker Landis and Page granted an interlocutory injunction halting the Illinois state subtask committees and the Attorney General from interfering with the new telephone and telegraph rate schedule promulgated by Postmaster General Burlas on April 1.
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Harding Claims 65 to 70 Votes to Stop Trial
Des Moines April 14 Friends of Governor W L Harding in the Iowa house of representatives asserted today an informal poll showed 65 to 70 votes would be cast against impeachment. Supporters said 65 would suffice to defeat the judiciary committee’s recommendation in the Ernest Rathbun pardon case, with action possible before Thursday night if the senate acts on joint restitution for adjournment sine die.
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Kansas food law upheld by Supreme Court ruling
The Kansas pure food act provisions enabling the state health board to regulate and enforce labeling were upheld by the Supreme Court which refused to restrain the board from requiring manufacturers of proprietary foods to disclose ingredient percentages on labels.
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Pact Meets Cold Front in British Capital's Papers
London April 14 Associated Press summary notes the amended league covenant pleases few London papers. The Chronicle condemns the unanimously required council and assembly rule as inferior to the first draft. The Daily News doubts league efficacy. Daily Herald insists it remains an alliance of states. The Post skewers Wilson, claiming he fosters confusion and vanity, calling the covenant monstrous without public and parliamentary scrutiny.
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Bulgarians Fire On Greeks Near Stramnitza
Greeks protesting near Stramnitza were fired on by Bulgarian police. Reports say numerous Greeks were arrested in the Strumnitea area and 20 shipped in irons to Sofia. No casualty figures are available. Also noted is New Zealand Cities Day with Wellington opposing prohibition.
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Victory Fleet Reaches New York Harbor with 103 Vessels
The Atlantic fleet, largest warship gathering in U.S. port history, steamed into New York harbor to grant 6000 sailors and marines a shore leave. Ambrose Channel entry followed by 13 destroyers and 10 dreadnoughts, led by the Mississippi Oklahoma and Wyoming with the Pennsylvania flying Admiral Mayo’s flag. Naval planes greeted the arrival, wings flashing in the sun as the armada anchored in the North River.
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Ratification debate on league of nations noted in early reports
AP dispatches from New York and Paris trace mixed progress at the peace conference centering on the covenant amendments. Iowa senator Albert Guininios signals support for ratification while France and Japan seek security on the Rhine frontier and Monroe doctrine concerns shape opposition. Versailles talks expected to run April into May with President Wilson possibly remaining through the sessions.
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Lloyd George Faces Backlash From Electors In Britain
Paris reports indicate Lloyd George's return to England will be brief as talks about postwar financial terms unfold. British voters react to the bye election and press warnings on conscription, while newspapers discuss peace plan implications and German reparations.
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