Italians Back Premier Orlando With Unanimous Confidence Vote
In Rome the Italian senate gave Premier Vittorio Orlando a unanimous vote of confidence after his address and the deputies had earlier supported him 382 to 40. He defended Italy's claims to Fiume and the Dalmatian coast, urging calm amid the Paris peace conference. The premier detailed exchanges with President Wilson and noted France and Britain did not fully back Italy’s demands, but stressed willingness to seek conciliations and maintain allied unity. The scene in the chamber was charged with enthusiasm as Orlando spoke to a packed house.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
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Italy
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London
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France
Great Britain
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Kiao-Chau plan of powers said to be accepted
Paris, April 30. An announced settlement on Kiao-Chau was reported after 2 PM, with no details disclosed. A plan to resolve the issue aims to yield Kiao-Chau to Japan in the peace treaty and allow its return to China later under fixed conditions. The council of three met, with expected Japanese involvement for further discussion.
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Paris
China
Council of Three
Wis
Seventeen Bomb Packages Target Prominent U S Officials
The Associated Press reports New York postoffice inspectors found 17 internal bomb devices mailed to prominent federal officials and others. Labels bore Gimbel Brothers stamps. some exploded during inspection. Targets included Postmaster General Burleson and Justice Holmes, amid fears more parcels may still be in circulation.
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Postoffice
New York City
Hardwick
Georgia
Morgan
Rockefeller
Gimbel Brothers
New York Telephone Rates Ruled Illegal by Albany Judge
Albany April 30 Associated Press Supreme Court Justice Rudd upheld the public service commission second district claim that and proposed increases by New York Telephone and Western Union Telegraph were illegal and enjoined enforcement ordered by the postmaster general. Vienna April 26 Cafe International riot resort wrecked by agie mob injuring 16. Cadvaruapmant note about Cinco product pricing included.
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Albany, N.Y
Supreme Court
Rudd
Public Service Commission
Second District
New York Telephone Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postmaster General
Heavy, Heavy Superfine Baby Heals Family Rift
Chicago April 30 Marion Superfine four months old has started her peacemaking career by reconciling her parents. Max H Superfine salesman for the New York Fashion Co. has returned to wife Ruth after a March 24 separation. Mrs Superfine plans to seek dismissal of the separate maintenance suit, predicting better days ahead for the Superfine family.
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Marion Superfine
Max H. Superfine
Prastia Avenue
New York
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Marion
Fifteen Quake Shocks Recorded Within Three Hours
Washington DC and St Louis report fifteen distinct earthquake shocks between 2:30 and 6:20 am centered between 4,060 and 4,100 miles from Washington. A separate California quake near San Jose lasted 48 minutes with a north south path.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Georgetown University, Seismograph Observatory
St Louis
Louis
Sesamograph
St. Louis University
California
San Jose
Cal
Lick’ Observatory
Mount Hamilton
William Wallace Campbell
Governor names Iowa soldier aid commission members
Des Moines reports Gov. Harding appoints Jerry Sullivan New York and Henry Meyer Chicago to a commission to administer a 25000 appropriation for aiding returned Iowa soldiers. A third member, An Tuwan, to be named soon. Sullivan to receive 5000 to assist about 300 veterans in New York hospitals.
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Des Moines
Jerry B. Sullivan
New York
Henry Meyer
Chicago
W.L. Harding
An Tuwan
Belgium must sign peace treaty amid Belgian crisis
Belgium faces pressure to accept terms as reparation claims threaten to block the peace treaty. A German delegation at Versailles may still hold talks while internal meetings slip toward Friday or Saturday. A broken window from a German train car marks possible demonstrations during the journey. In Munich, government troops surround the city as Prussian columns move against Soviet forces, raising the prospect of a converging attack at any moment.
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Associated Press
Versailles
Vaucresson
France
Belgium
Council of Three
Munich
Vote to Strike Ignored at New York Piers by Freight Men
By the Associated Press New York April 6 a strike vote by 3000 members of the International Longshoremen and Freight Handlers union directing 12000 to 15000 men to stop work on piers in Manhattan and Brooklyn today appears to have been ignored by many freight handlers who arrived at hours ready to work. The mass meeting demanded higher wages and a uniform starting time for all workers.
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New York
International Longshoremen’s and Freight Handiers’ Union
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Gata
Officers Shine Shoes in Budapest for Food
Benin reports in Budapest officers, university graduates, lawyers and judges shining shoes to earn meals as propaganda for the Red Army fails. Judge Soelling of Kiel, just back from Hungary, notes few recruits join out of necessity and Hungarians await Romanian, Czech, and Serbian aid. government clings to hostages, with many former MPs jailed including editors Josef Uizi and Legradi, former Premier Esterhazy, and poet Herozey.
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Benin
Budapest
Soelling
Kiel
Hun-gury
Red Army
Jit
Pester Lloyd
Josef Uizi
Pester Hirlap
Legradi
Count Esterhazy
Franz Herozey
Lenine Trotzky Seek Refuge Abroad Reported
AP dispatches from Washington say Lenin and Trotsky sought refuge outside Russia fearing a Bolshevik overthrow. Sweden Denmark Norway refused refuge. Switzerland and Spain also rejected. Germany advised against their stay. Hungary had not replied.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Lenine
Trotsky
Russia
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
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Trotzky
Switzerland
Spain
Hungary
Prohibition Start Looms as Brewers Face Unknown Prosecutions
Chicago reports on the eve of May 1 1919 as saloon licenses lapse and federal agents seek evidence on which brewers may continue beer production after the prohibition deadline. Prosecutions hinge on a New York court ruling and the near beer question remains undecided. Northwest brewers in St Paul await eastern test cases before resuming production.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
New York
United States
Department
Northwest
St. Paul
St.Paul
Drummond to Draw 25000 Yearly Pay as League Secretary
The salary of Sir Eric Drummond as secretary of the league of nations will be 25000 yearly with an equal amount for office expenses and staff. Plans are underway for the first league of nations meeting in the White House East Room with President Wilson presiding. A nine member committee will be appointed to arrange the inauguration and permanent Geneva work, with Washington as a proposed site. Delegates from several nations approve holding the meeting in Washington, effectively agreeing to the plan.
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Associated Press
Paris
Eric Drummond
League of Patrons
Reuter
League
Geneva
Washington
Robert Geei
Col
J. M. House
Courier Delivery Hours and Error Contact Line
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you do not receive your paper by then due to carrier error or other calls you may phone 300 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 20 p m.
Actress in Court Mimics Witnesses in Trial
In Chicago April 80 a courtroom drama closed as a jury neared verdict. Actress Venita Gould Jones, in the lead, staged a final performance by mimicking witnesses who testified against her husband Harold R. Jones. She accused him of infidelity, drunkenness, and cruelty.
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Chicago
R. O
John J. Sullivan
Superior Court
Venita Gould Jones
Harold R. Jones
Sitorneys
British Flyers Aim Transatlantic Flight Today
St Johns Newfoundland April 10 Frederick P Raynham British aviator announced plans to start a trans Atlantic flight to Ireland at 3 PM. Harry G Hawker an Australian rival expected to follow an hour later.
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Frederick P. Raynham
Ireland
Harry G. Hawker
30000 German Army for Order Cannot Be Raised
Berlin April 29 Minister of Defense Noske said in an interview that Germany cannot raise 30 000 troops to defend eastern frontiers He backed Lloyd George’s claim that Germany could not muster 80 000 for order Bolshevik danger was said to be overcome and Noske warned against conditions from the Entente that could ruin Germany’s effort to preserve a law abiding state and peace
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Associated Press
Berlin
Nouske
Germany
Noske
David Lloyd George
Rainbow Boys of Iowa Still Held at Eastern Camp
Des Moines reports indicate the 168th Infantry may depart Camp Upton on May 8. Officers at the camp say paperwork is complete and veterans await home discharge. Iowa towns hope to route the unit through recruitment areas, while Iowa groups organize reception and aid for returning soldiers.
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Des Moines
168Th Infantry
New York
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Iowa Society
Camp Upton
Rainbow Veterans
World’s most powerful battleship Tennessee launched in New York
The super dreadnought Tennessee was launched at 4 a.m. at the New York navy yard before more than 75,000 spectators. The 32,000 ton vessel is expected to cost about $15,000,000 on completion, with the ceremony marking a milestone in naval power.
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French American Banking Corporation to Promote Franco American Trade
An alliance of French and American bankers with over 1.25 billion dollars in resources formed to foster trade between France and the United States. Albany filings disclose a 2 million dollar capital, equal American and French stock, with 12 directors split evenly. The Comptoir National d Escompte de Paris backs the French half. the American side includes the First National Bank of Boston and National Bank of Commerce New York.
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United States
Albany
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Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris
First National Bank of Boston
National Bank of Commerca
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Alexander
National Bank of Commerce
Daniel G. Wing
Maurice Silvester
Comptoir National ¢’Escompte de Paris
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Ethical Evolution to Aid Business by Redfield
William C. Redfield, secretary of commerce, told the Chamber of Commerce of the United States that American business will become more cooperative than competitive. He called extreme competition destructive and stated that ethical evolution, not just anti-trust laws, will solve current difficulties as business has outgrown existing law.
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St. Louis
William C. Redfield
Chamber of Gom Pte
United States
600 WHO SCORN BRIBES HELD BY HUNGARIAN REDS
AP reports mass arrests by Soviet authorities in Hungary with financiers editors publishers and ministers jailed for refusing bribes to back the Soviet cause. Noted hostage list includes Count Albert Apponyi Count Hadik and others. executions and life sentences also cited. Islands around Dodecanesus proclaimed to join Greece as Italy claims rights. Hamburg faces a new wage strike threatening port and factory activity. San Felice Cigars advertised.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Hungary
Albert Apponyi
Count Hadik
Peace Plan Advances Despite Italian Absence
Reports from Parle indicate peace talks proceed without Italy, with the treaty text to be presented to Germany in a first session and a possible May signing. Delays may occur for interpretation questions as the French caution on possible two week postponements.
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Italy
Weimar
Germany
Versailles
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Gemans
Prese Paris
Transportatio Communications
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Corn Price Movements at Board of Trade Opening
Unclear OCR reads boards as Corn Kee and Chicago, with yesterday’s closing prices and today’s opening bids. Prices show ascending levels to around 1.53 to 1.62 dollars with options sold, and nearby contracts near 1.49 dollars, reflecting mixed activity across pits.
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