France Wins Promise Backing From WW Peace Pact
Paris dispatch explains the Paris conference reaching a compromise on the league of nations and a guaranteed defense. Britain will move to support France if Germany violates the peace terms, and Wilson will seek Senate backing for a similar pledge. The deal blends Wilsons ideals with French assurances against future German aggression. Continued on page six.
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France
Great Britain
League of Nations
Wilson
League of ‘Nations
Versailles
Rhine
American Senate
America
Senate
Victory Loan Subscriptions Near Half a Billion
Across the Seventh Reserve District Michigan nearly meets its Victory loan quota and Iowa surpasses it with seventy five counties over the top. Chicago reports unofficial subscriptions near 24 million, while nationwide totals approach 500 million. Communities push “Finish This Week” as unsolicited pledges flow in though payments lag. Foreign language meetings draw 20 000 in Chicago, New England towns hit goals, and Avalon reports 160 percent in the Pacific district.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Michigan
Iowa
Reserve
Minis
Indiana
Wisconsin
New England
Boston
Cleveland
Avalon
Catalina Island
Pacific Coast
Camp Dodge Commanded by Gen Wright in Iowa
Army orders release Maj. Gen. William W. Wright to command Camp Dodge Iowa relieving Col. Charles C. Ballou who returns to permanent rank May 15. Brig Gen Ira A Haynes takes North Pacific coast artillery district HQ Seattle. Also Gen Guden G Berry to Camp Grant Illinois and Gen Frank M Caldwell to Camp Shelby Mississippi. Discharges announced for Generals Blakely Foote Cole Gerhardt.
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Washington
D.C
William H. Johnston
Camp Lewis
William W. Wright
Camp Dodgy
Iowa
Charles C. Ballou
Ira A. Haynes
North Pacific Coast Artillery District
Seattle
Guden G. Berry
Camp Grant
Ilinois
Frank M. Caldwell
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
George Blakely
Stephen M. Foote
Charles H. Cole
Charles Gerhardt
2.75 Beer Kickless Test in Newark
In Newark an experiment tested 2.75 per cent beer by having ten men drink ten large steins each. Afterward all were sober, supporting the conclusion that the beer is not intoxicating. Dr Charles A Rosewater of the health department vercotic clinic led the test.
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Newark
N. J
Charles A. Rosewater
Vercotic Clinic
Health Department
Quarrel Over $3 Leads to Murder in Latimer
In Latimer, Mason City area, April 23, A A Hamsley 30 or 31 was shot and killed after a quarrel over $3 with ST LT King who then killed himself while pursued by a posse. Hamsley, foreman from Forest City, had refused payment and King claimed the debt. King, about 60, died by suicide, leaving a village shaken by the fatal incident.
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A. A. Hamsley
Latimer
Here
King
Hamstey
Forest City
Hamsley
Hohenzollern Jinx in Figure Eight Haunts Kings
Berlin April 15 A student of history notes the figure eight links misfortune to the Hohenzollerns. Two German emperors died in 1888 and two assassination attempts occurred in 1878. Frederick William IV yielded power in 1858 due to illness while 1848 brought revolutions and humiliation. The narrative traces losses from Hochkirch 1758 to rulers Johann Sigismund 1608 and Johann Georg 1598.
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Associated Press
Frederick William
Frederick the Great
Hochkirch
Hohenzollerns
Johann Sigismund
Johann Georg
Overseas Men Bound for Home on Monday
Washington April 23. An official War Department notice states that on April 21, 120,178 army overseas men were en route to the United States. The total landed in the country up to and including that date reaches 431,889. Since the armistice, 302 vessels with 2,000,000 tons deadweight have been turned back to the Shipping Board.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
War Department
Cate
Shipping Board
New Free Hotel for Yanks in Paris Was Once Tent Hospital
The American Red Cross has repurposed fifty canvas buildings that served as hospital wards for wounded American soldiers from the Chateau Thierry drive. Set on the Paris exposition site, they shelter and feed about 1,800 troops on leave daily. It is the sixth free hotel established for soldiers visiting Paris.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Chateau Thierry
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Peace Unity Urged by New U S Envoy to Poincare
Paris April 22 Hugh Wallace American ambassador presented credentials to President Poincare saying peace requires united public support. He saluted victorious France and stated the temple of peace will be dedicated in the name of the league of nations. He urged enduring peace and a united Allied effort for reconstruction.
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U.S
Associated Press
Paris
Hugh ©. Wallace
France
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Wallace
togJetters
League of Nations
America
United Energy
Revised World War casualty totals issued by War Department
Washington April 21 revised casualty figures place army and marine dead at 75 8444 with 33 887 killed in action and 4 791 prisoners including 15 held by Bolsheviks. Records show 281 died while interred and 118 of doubtful status among former central powers prisoners. Wounded total reaches 201 230 with an estimated over 5 percent returned to duty.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
Army
Marine Corps
Central Powers
Cossacks Trim Reds They Take Several Points
Ural Cossack troops allied with Siberian forces under Kolchak advance in the Urals region southeast of Samara, capturing several villages west of Uralsk. A Plussian wireless statement dated April 22 notes Bolshevik retirements farther north under enemy pressure. In Krasnoyarsk area, Bolsheviks seek to cut the Siberian railway east of Krasnoyarsk, with daily fighting near Taished and Yard and heavy losses among ambushed Russians.
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London
Ural Cossack
Admiral Kolchak
Uralsk
Russia
Samara
Plussian Wireless
Ural Cossacks
Kails
Krasnoyarsk
Siberia
Vladivostok
Siberian
Krasamoyarsk
Taished and
Yard
Victory Loan struggles in Waterloo drive as Rainbow unit arrives
Des Moines reports show slow pledge cards for the Victory liberty loan with Waterloo short of its $1.2 million quota. Iowa’s Rainbow division unit, formerly the Third Iowa National Guard, expected to land in New York Friday en route via Waterloo. Commands urge workers to meet targets, with Subscriptions and oversubscriptions updating from New York to Black Hawk county towns. Berlin sees Hoover arrival with Allied food mission in progress.
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Bike
Laws
CO. H. McNider
Federal Reserve District
Chicago
Waterloo
Rainbow Division
Service League
Iowa
Iowa ‘National Guard
New York
Therr
N.Y
Mount Vernon
Black Hawk
Union
Orange
Lincoln
Lester
Washington
Cedar Heighty
la Porte City
Big Creek
Eagle
Cedar
West Waterloo
Spring Creek
Barclay
Hamburg Riots Delay Landing of U.S. Relief Food
London dispatch reports rioting stalled unloading of American relief ships in Hamburg for a time. Work resumed with voluntary strike breakers mainly merchants and professionals who see the need to unload food. Navy had controlled German laborers until the outbreak.
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Associated Press
London
Althou
Sheriff raids I. W. W. hall in Sioux City mob action fear
Sheriff W. H. Jones leads 150 deputies to raid the I. W. W. headquarters on Fourth and Jennings Streets, closing and padlocking the door. The National Convention of the agricultural section was called off for a week, records seized, and literature confiscated as federal agents warned the group to disperse. Serbia honors Iowa man with hospital named Fox Military, bodies buried in Belgrade following Red Cross hospital service. Cash-in ad text and delivery note follow.
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Sioux City
W. H. Jones
Fourth
Jennings Streets
Agricultural Section
Industrial Workers of the World
United States
Milton Perry Smith
Serbia
West Union
Walter H.fox
Waucoma
Smederevo
Red Cross
Anarchy in Budapest Feared as Allies Hatred Grows
AP reports fear of a violent swing to anarchy in Budapest as Socialists lose control to Bolshevik leaders. Looting rises and hatred of the Allies grows while Communists fail to stop Allied occupation, heightening tensions among the Tungarinos.
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Budapest
Associated Press
Velo Kun
Red Guard
Bela Kun
Iowa Methodists to Give 6 000 000 to Centenary Cause
Delegates from Nebraska and Iowa attended the opening session of the Methodist centenary conference in Dubuque. Dr. Howard Musser will be the principal speaker as Iowa Methodists aim to contribute about 6 million dollars toward the church's 108 million global reconstruction program. A separate Easter program at St. Paul’s Methodist school in Cedar Rapids pledged over 2 100 for foreign fields, climaxing a centenary effort across the Sunday school. In Wichita Falls, Lieut. Ralph G. Koontz, a radio officer, died when his aircraft crashed near Callheid Tate after dropping from about 200 feet.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Howard Musser
India
Methodists of
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul's Methodist School
Liha Sunday School
Wichita Falls
Tex
Ralph G. Koontz
Newark, O
Postfield
Law~ton
Okla
Spain's Mail Strikers Return But Key Men Stay Away
Madrid April 22 The government dropped plans to seize the postal service by force as many workers return to duties. Efforts to restore Spain's telephone service progress. talks with striking telegraphists stall. Alfoy textile strike worsens with martial law. Russian Bolsheviks allegedly prepare propaganda currency and bank notes.
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Spain
Madrid
Alfoy
Russia
Manu
170 Percent Boost in Smelter Freights Alleged by Mines
Washington April 23. Eleven large mining and smelting corporations filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission charging that railroad administration freight increases were unfair. They claim general rates rose 25 percent while smelter product freight costs surged 170 percent. They seek relief from alleged unjust rates and overcharges by Director General Hines and federal carriers.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Railroad Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hines
Federal
European nations eye Mexican oil fields near Chihuahua
Commissions from nearly all European nations study investments in Mexican oil lands. American experts survey districts in Chihuahua near the Durango border for potential oil production as the industry department reports 82.75.
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Mexico City
Europe
Chihuahua
Durango
Department of Industry and Commerce
Peace conference notes mix of China Japan and Italy at Versailles
Paris dispatch reports allied governments ready to receive German delegates on April 28 as Italy shifts from hard line on Fiume and Dalmatian coast. China and Japan debate over Kiao Chau and Shantang peninsula, with fate to be decided by league of nations after victory is declared. Hungary’s soviet government crumbles, with uncertain control and Budapest factories operating, while Poles capture Vilna and threaten Bolshevik lines as Hamburg sees mob clashes with police in St Pauli.
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Associated Press
Paris
Havas
Allied
Associated
Nudant
Spa
Versailles
Altho
Italy
Togo-Slavia
Fiume
Dalmatian
China
Japan
Kiao Chau
Shantang Peninsula
League of Nations
Council of Four
Budapest
Turkey
London
Constantinople
Vilna
Germany
Murmansk
Hamburg
St. Pauli
Ure
Couress
Premier Orlando Urges Paris Accord on Adriatic
Paris reports Premier Orlando threatens to return home for a satisfactory settlement of the Fiume and Dalmatian issues. Lloyd George and Clemenceau press for conciliation as Italy resists London treaty terms. The Italian delegation stands firm on Fiume while Wilson favors a free city status and potential revision of the London pact. Hog price hits a Chicago high at $21.10 per hundredweight.
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Orlando
Tily
Lloyd George
Great Britain
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Fiume
Italy
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Haly
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China
Japan
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Petit Parisien
Wilson
London
Sonino
France
Baron Son=nine
Nas Es
ORIO
Chicago
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