Crisis of Paris Peace Conference and American Influence
Paris dispatch outlines European reaction to American involvement in Versailles talks. It notes British hopes for a US partnership and France seeking security and reparations. The league of nations looms, with material issues delayed until Wilson’s return, as Paris weighs future Anglo American cooperation.
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Paris
America
Europe
United States
England
League of Nations
Wilson
Great Britain
France
Germany
Nation's League
Mrs Hearst Is Buried Marks Honor From Courts
Funeral for Mrs Froebe Apperson Hearst in San Francisco drew attendance from state and municipal officials including a legislative committee. Simple services were held at her Pleasanton home and at Grace Cathedral with a private Cypress Lawn ceremony. courts and University of California activities were suspended in her honor. The federal district court also closed for the first time to honor her.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Froebe ‘Apperson Hearst
William H Randolph Hearst
Hearst
University of California
Federal District Court
Rock Island Railroad Reports 1918 Deficit After Charges
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific report for the year ended December 31, 1918, shows a deficit after charges of 1,185,791, versus 7,527,145 in 1917. Total rail revenues rose to 104,289,505, an increase of 14,180,843, while operating expenses grew 23,504,222. from government rental of 15,588,891 the company paid full dividends and still had surplus earnings of 1,915, NTh, equivalent to 25.5 percent on common stock.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago, Rock -Island & Pacific
Killing of Hungarian Former Regime Heads Denied by Red Chief
A Vienna dispatch to Acht Abr Blatt, Berlin, reports Herr Boehm of the Soviet ministry at Budapest stating Archduke Joseph, Dr. Alexander Wekerle, and Baron Joseph Szteprenyi were not executed as Berlin claimed. The archduke is with family at Alesuth while Wekerle and Szteprenyi are guarded in Budapest prison.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Vienna
Acht Abr Blatt
Berlin
Herr Boehm
Budapest
Archduke Joseph
Alexander Wekerle
Baron Joseph Szteprenyi
Archduke
Alesuth
Dr. Wekerle
Baron Szteprenyi
Pilot of Death Train on Michigan Central Gets Disagreed Jury
In Gary Indiana April 16 a jury disagreed in the trial of Alonso Sargent engineer of a Michigan Central troop train that crashed into a circus train near Gary on June 21 1918. Eighty two people died and about a hundred were injured. Sargent faced murder charges. Fireman Abbott Harrington testified signals were faulty. Sargent admitted dozing in the cab while on continuous duty for 23 hours. A new trial will be started.
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Associated Press
Gary
Ind
Alonso Sargent
Michigan Central Railroad
Sargent
Abbott Harrington
Commonwealth blocks shipping from Australian ports over influenza
The Australian commonwealth government halted all shipping from Australian ports due to severe influenza outbreaks in Australia and New Zealand. The notice appeared in Melbourne on Tuesday April 15, as reported by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Commonwealth
Australia
New Zealand
Fate of Harding hinges on vote in Assembly today
Des Moines April 16 Gov William Harding ill with diabetes at his home not in office for two days but not seriously ill. Final action awaited in Iowa house on impeachment or censure linked to Rathbun pardon. Minority report urged censure. majority backed impeachment. Welter of debate as seats filled.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
Harding
Rathbun
House
Wardings
W. F W. Moore
Guthrie County
W. G. Vander Ploeg
Marion County
Guy. Harding
Ernest Rathbun
Marian County
Havner
I. M. Havner
van der Ploeg
Ploeg
Ida County
George Clark
Revised army casualty totals raise major losses to 274 860
Washington April 16 Associated Press revised army casualty records show 274 860 major casualties an increase of 1 765 over the figure a week earlier. The update reduces missing to 337 by identifying dead and releasing prisoners with a large share of wounded returned. Killed in action 32 384 died of wounds 23 435 died of disease 22 656 died from accident and other causes 4 248 Wounded in action 197 874 Missing in action total 274 860.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Soldiers Vote Shifts New Zealand Prohibition Margin
London reports that New Zealand soldiers swung the vote against prohibition, erasing the ruling majority. Dispatches from Christchurch note the prohibition side led by over 12,000 votes, while 40,000 soldier ballots remained uncounted. In England, Kiwi soldiers favored anti prohibition by a wide margin.
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New Zealand
England
Public Timber Lands Urged For Nation
Chicago April 16 immediate federal and state action to place timber lands under public ownership was urged by speakers at the open session of the American Lumber congress. Col Henry Graves U S forest service warned that without public conservation steps the lumber industry cannot regain stability and Culbertson urged export policy to stabilize domestic conditions and avoid future shortages.
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Associated Press
Chicago
American Lumber Congress
Col. Henry §. Graves
United States Forest Service
Congress
America
Willliam Smith Culbertson
United States Tariff Commission
Polish Troops Cross Into Germany Under Allied Liaison
Paris reports Gen Haller’s Polish contingent began crossing Germany with liaison officers from the United States Army and British French and Italian forces. In Lissa Posen Gen von Hammerstein warned against disruptions as trains bearing Polish troops move under entente terms to maintain order in former Russian lands.
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Associated Press
Paris
Haller
Germany
United States Army
Ie Associated Press
Lissa
Posen
Baron von Hammerstein
German Armistice Commission
People’s Council
Entente
Haber
von Hammierstein
Berlin Flour Controls Tighten as Debarred Dealer Is Named
Berlin officials implement strict flour distribution to ensure exact allotments. A dealer already convicted of violations is barred from sales. Imperial food control struggles with imports as a 1500 ton shipment to Berlin went missing and surfaced in a private storeroom.
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Berlin
Associated Plans
German claims on Antarctic islands dominate Paris talks
In Paris on Tuesday April 15 the four council discussed questions on Schleswig Holstein Helgoland and the Adriatic while foreign ministers considered Germanys claims to islands in the Antarctic Ocean. They drafted treaty articles recognizing Britains position in Egypt and smoothing Suez canal questions. President Wilson met with Bliss and House at American HQ to review related matters.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Schleswig-Holstein
Helgoland
Adriatic
Germany
Antarctic
Egypt
Morocco
Wilson
Gen
Tasker H. Bliss
Col
HE. M. House
Boston Phone Tie-up Mostly Tight Strikes Continue
Boston reports indicate telephone service disruption across New England except Connecticut as operators strike for higher wages and collective bargaining. Union leaders say all inside workers support the wage raise, while substation and non-striking departments attempt to maintain some services. An American mission plans to monitor developments in Berlin as Bavarian unrest grows following German political turmoil.
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Boston
New England
Connecticut
New Hingland
Providence
May Day Strike Plans By French Unions For May 1 Work Abstention
Paris reports that six major French unions including railroad, miners, dock workers and metal workers resolved to press for eight hour day wage increases and official recognition, planning a general work abstention on May Day if their demands are met. London reports the death of Rev John Neville Figgis noted as a renowned English theologian and author who lectured at Harvard and Lake Forest.
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John N. Figgis
London
Associated Press
Paris
France
Iowa Rainbow troops not to be welc omed in Washington
Washington April 16. Iowa troops of the Rainbow division will be sent to Camp Dodge within five days after arrival at American port, after the war department changed plans from a Washington review. Delousing to take five days, trains will move them to parade before their folks. Gen. Anderson said cooperation would aid any Iowa demonstration for the One Hundred Sixty-eighth regiment.
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Washington
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D.C
Iowa
Rainbow Division
Camp Dodge
American Port
War Department
Rainbow
Camp Mead
Maryland
National Capital
Wilson
Baker
France
Pennsylvania Avenue
Gen. Anderson
General Staff
One Hundred Sixty-eighth
Fee Payment Demanded for All War Damages by French Budget Panel
The chamber of deputies budget committee unanimously adopted a resolution calling for complete reimbursement of all war damages from enemy nations with priority on reparation claims. It urged guarantees to ensure indemnity payments reflect Germany’s current capacity and future prospects.
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Paris
Havas
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Unions Vote to Force Recognition by Telephone Workers
Louisville April 16 Harry Henderson business agent of the Telephone Operators union says nationwide vote by telephone employees seeks government recognition with a nationwide strike as the alternative.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Harry Henderson
Telephone Operators’ Union
Circulator of Red Pamphlet Caught in New Jersey
In Paterson New Jersey April 16 thousands of circulars styled The Anarchistic Soviet Bulletin were mailed and left on doorsteps. Robert Parsons 28 Montreal Canada was arrested and may aid federal authorities in tracing the antigovernment propaganda. Parsons admits distributing copies in many cities and evaded Canadian immigration on entering the United States.
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Paterson
N. J
Robert Parsons
Montreal
Canada
Tracy
Parsons
United States
Iowan Killed in Action Names Private Edward Tripp
Washington April 16 Private Edward Tripp of Randalia Ja was listed killed in action in the war department casualty report. The dispatch notes his death as part of the latest military notifications.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Edward Tripp
Randalia, Ja
War Department
World War Forecast for 1926 United in June
London April 7 A.P. Correspon dence reports a British Journal of Astrology writer named Sepharial predicts another world war starting in June 1926. He claims prior accuracy about 1914 dates and foresees Prussia driven conflict influencing Greece Turkey and Russia with a first phase involving Turkey and a final overthrow in 1921-22 and a broad chain across Vienna Berlin Petrograd and the Black Sea regions. Another allied victory is predicted by Sepharial.
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Associated Press
British Journal of Astrology
Sepharial
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Greece
Russia
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Prussia
Vienna
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Petrograd
Black Sea
Asia
Syria
Palestine
Order in India Restores Markets After Disturbances
London April 16 dispatch reports prompt measures by Indian authorities restoring order after disturbances in Bombay and Ahmedabad. Cotton and other markets in Bombay reopen. Government buildings burned in Ahmedabad and a troop train was derailed by rail removal. Telegraph and telegraphic communication disrupted but no casualties.
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Pike's Peak deflates tank ascent attempt
The attempt to ascend Pike's Peak in a battle tank was abandoned today after the tank broke down yesterday at an altitude of 11,200 feet. Repair at that height proved impossible, so the effort to reach the summit was called off.
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Associated Press
Colorado Springs
Coro
Whole Navy to Aid Transports If Strike Occurs
Washington April 16. Transports will be operated in and out of New York harbor if it requires the entire United States Navy official statements said in connection with harbor workers plans to strike starting tomorrow to tie up traffic completely.
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Associated Press
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Navy
Britain and Russia in Peace Talks Collapse Threats
Premier Lloyd George told the house of commons the Paris peace conference faces perils yet progress is made toward a German peace. He warned Bolshevik Russia risks bankruptcy and urged calm, declaring the league of nations would save time by enabling postwar adjustments.
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John R. Clynes
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