Four Peace Possibilities Face the World Says Simonds
Frank H. Simonds argues in a 1919 dispatch that the Paris peace conference faces four likely outcomes. He warns Bolshevik expansion westward within weeks, German collapse or Bolshevik alignment, Augusting unrest in England France and Italy, or the conference finally forming and enforcing peace terms. He notes Bolshevik agents in Alsace and predicts German nonpartnership with a harsh treaty.
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Germany
Austria
Paris
England
France
Italy
Rhine
Conference of Peace
Colmar Jast
Alsace
Europe
Hungary
Lenina
Karolyi
Gergmans
Alsace-Tor- Taine
Prussia
Posen
Silesia
Schleswig
Trotzky and Lenine
Brest-Litovsk
Thirteen Miners Trapped In Empire Mine Blast
Trinidad Colorado reports thirteen men buried in the Empire mine near Aguilar after a gas explosion. Twenty three of 236 miners escaped via a connecting shaft an hour after the blast and said the fan remained functional and conditions for the trapped were good.
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Trinidad
Colo
Empire
Empire Coal Company
Aguilar
Safe Crackers Kill Kenosha Policeman Then Escape
Three safeblowers killed Tony Pingatore the Kenosha police officer during a safe cracking at the American Brass company in Kenosha Wisconsin late last night. They commandeered a car and headed toward Chicago with a rifle squad in pursuit. Pingatore was slain in a gunfight at a garage while the bandits fled west and reportedly ditched the car three miles west of Burlington. They are believed to have boarded a train near Burlington and are said to have taken about 50000 dollars in cash and liberty bonds.
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Chicago
American Brass Company
Kenosha
Wis
Tony Pingatore
Wisconsin
Pingatore
Racine
Ypres
German financial talks move toward Versailles amid rising indemnity doubt
Paris reports the German financial sub-commission has arrived for talks with the Allies as Paris notes possible final decisions this week. German officials are urged to show the financial situation to the Allies. observers expect rising indemnities paid over two years in cash or products, with France seeking security along the Rhine.
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Paris
Denman
Soto
Germany
Havas
France
Echo de Paris
French
Rhine
Strikes Spread Across Essen District Coal Miners Walkout
Reports from Essen and nearby towns note a serious rise in coal miner strikes with 30,000 out and 30 shafts closed. Witten Dortmund meetings demand higher pay and stops, while railway workers threaten a general shutdown by April. Anti Bolshevik sentiment surfaces in Dortmund with Spartacists seizing a meeting.
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Associated Press
Cologne
Essen
Witten
Dortmund
Westphalia
Allies demand Reds quit Hungary rule in upheaval
London dispatches report the allies demand the resignation of Hungarys soviet government and call for a national assembly election under supervision of rallied troops, with information relayed via Berlin and Copenhagen.
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Hungary
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Copenhagen
Allies Receive Peace Proposal From Russia Hushed Claim
George Lansbury editor of the Daily Herald says allies have a proposal for an understanding with Russia. It calls for withdrawal of allied troops and noninterference, while Russia would let Finland Estonia Ukraine and other former empire republics choose their governments and pay debts. Lansbury minimizes Bolshevik violence and defends Lenin Trotzky and the present regime as clean and incorrupt. Reorganization of industries is under way across Russia.
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Associated Preas
London
George Lanabury
The
Daily Herald
Thussia
Russia
Finland
Esthenia
Ukraine
Nikolai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Mr. Lansbury
Yanks' Graves Searched by 4000 AEF in France
In the American Battle Area on March 24 the graves registration section of the AEF organized 4000 troops to locate and identify American fallen. They mark graves with tags, probe dugouts, clear brush, and plot each cemetery on maps to ensure proper burial, marking, and recording of heroic soldiers.
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Associated Press
Congress
Cedar Falls Man Badly Hurt In Train Collision
Paul Bergstrom an employee of Larson garage was seriously injured when a Rock Island train struck his car about 4 15 p m in Cedar Falls. He suffered severe head cuts, multiple bruises, and two broken bones. The car was thrown about 60 feet. Bergstrom, 35, married with three children, remained unconscious early today at Sartori Memorial hospital.
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Cedar Falls
Paul Bergstrom
Larson Garage
Rock Island
Bergstrom
Mr. Bergstrom
Sartori Memorial Hospital
Estimated 1919 US tractor output hit 314936 units
Washington D C March 31 Producers report to the agriculture department estimate 314936 tractors manufactured in 1919 up from 122697 in 1918. The figures reflect January February submissions and detail on hand and sales for 1917 1918.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Department of Agriculture
Department
Corn Products Appeals Dismissed in Sherman Act Case
The Supreme Court today dismissed appeals by Corn Products Refining in Sherman Act proceedings brought by the government. Attorney General Palmer announced a decree would be rendered today in the federal district court in New York, where the appeal originated.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Lpon
Supreme Court Today
Corn Products Refining Company
Palmer
Federal District Court
New York
Supreme Court
War surplus car policy to favor government, firms first
The War Department announces its surplus motor vehicle policy. Vehicles will first go to government agencies, then to manufacturers to avoid market disruption, and finally to the public. Public sales will be by auction or sealed bids. Smoke Diamond Joe Clears.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
Courier Delivery Deadline Notice
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 6 30 o clock. If you do not receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please phone 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p.m.
Japanese Land Grants Rumor Alarms U S As Mexico Probe Sought
Embassy in Mexico City ordered to investigate reports that Mexico granted agricultural concessions in Lower California to Japanese interests. The tract, over a million acres, was once owned by an American company whose rights were forfeited in 1917, with settlers driven off during revolution. Senator Phelan urged congress to press for action to curb such grants near California borders.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mexico City
Lower
California
Department
Amado Aguirre
Jaz
California & Mexican and ‘Company
Los Angeles
H. G. Otis
Colorado
Mexico
Diaz
Gen. Aguirre
State Department
Phillips
Los Angeles Lompany
Phelan
San Francisco
Japan
Congress
United States
James D. Phelan
Moxica
San Pedro
San Mego
Hungarian Reds Take 350 Polius in Neutral Zone
Reported dispatches say 350 Poilus were seized by Hungarian Reds in a neutral area. General Manin is to command allied operations in the Balkans and Musia after a conference with Premier Clemence. The German diplomatic agent in Budapest urged Germans to leave Hungary amid rumors of mobilization and Czech Slovak tensions.
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Hungary
Associated Press
Varis
Hayes
Manin
Balkans
Mussia
Naval ship Culgoa reported under distress near New York
The U S Navy supply ship Culgoa carrying 103 returning troops and air casualties was reported hove to in a strong northeast wind off New York. French wireless says Hungarian forces attacked Roumania and captured prisoners. The Culgoa sailed from Brest March 5 and was about 600 miles south of New York March 21 with troops from Arkansas Texas North Carolina Pennsylvania and others aboard.
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Associated Preas
Hallax
N. 8
United States
Culgoa
Aca
Air
Paris
New York
Hungary
Roumania
Brest’ Tor
Azores
Ilens
Dry Town Council to Decide Personal Liquor Quota
Ashland Wis March 31 The circuit judge ruled the city council in a dry town may designate the amount of liquor a citizen may legally possess. The decision will be taken to the state supreme court, attorneys said today.
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Ashland
Wis
Risjord
State Supreme Court
Treat Em Rough Tanks Tour Iowa for Bond Drive
Four of the “Treat Em Rough” two man tanks bound for Iowa to aid Uncle Sam's Victory Liberty bond campaign. Tanks head to Davenport Des Moines Sioux City and Mason City with plans to exhibit in each county seat for a day of meetings and stunts. Local authorities will stage barricades and mock shell holes for demonstrations.
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Des Moines
Towa
Sam
Davenport
Sioux City
Mason City
Lberty Loan Organization
Iowa
Chicago
Thhem
Germany Seeks Chile Lease On Interned Vessels
Germany pressed Chile to renew negotiations for leasing interned ships that would be turned over to the United States under a peace congress agreement. Chile says the contract was never completed and objects to the claim halfheartedly, recalling negotiations begun in 1918 and halted after German crews damaged ships.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
Germany
United States
Koreans in American Employ Charged With Disturbances
Seoul dispatches report that Koreans employed by Americans were arrested amid disturbances tied to Korea's independence movement. The American consul general asked for justification and was told the arrests target men held as Japanese subjects under law.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Seoul
Korea
Quick Discharges Order of March Emphasizes Demobilization
Gen March issues circular to demobilization officers urging rapid discharge of all men spared from the army and whose enlistment contracts end with the war. The directive instructs officers to interpret prior orders to release personnel when no specific retention reason exists, even if not in priority classes. Godsol Habeas Upheld. DC Court of Appeals upholds habeas corpus order dismissing Frank J. Gadsol custody amid French extradition efforts over alleged profits from motor truck contracts. The note closes with a carriage-like advert line about preserving ad quality.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
Godsol
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Frank J F.gadsol
District Court of Appeals
Vessel in Distress Off Hatteras as Gale Strikes
The United States shipping board wooden freighter Alapaha, 3,500 tons gross, sprang a leak and remained in distress for hours south of Cape Hatteras after sending distress signals at 4:30 p m Friday. Santa Marta stood by through the night and left after receiving word Yamaca was en route to aid. Alapaha was en route from Norfolk, Virginia to Mollendo, Peru via the Panama Canal. No latest location was reported by 10:30 a m today.
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Associated Press
New York
Cape Hatteras
United States Shipping Board
Alapada
United Fruit Company
Santa Marta
United States Coast Guard
Yamaca
Norfolk
Mollendo
Peru
Panama Canal
Bermuda
Maui
Brest
Peace parley in China expected to resume soon
Reports from Peking indicate the peace conference between Eastern and Southern China representatives in Shanghai is set to reopen. A separatist move in Sian, Mongolia, was reported as discredited. delegates met in Shanghai to adjust internal affairs, but the conference soon adjourned in March.
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China
Peking
South China
Shangha
Sian
Mongolia
Eattern
Shanghai
Gendlocken
Canadian Flier Aims 20 Hour Trans Atlantic Flight
A Canadian aviator plans a 20 hour trans Atlantic attempt from Newland in May. The aircraft will use a 400 horsepower engine and carry up to 500 passengers, staying aloft for about 30 hours.
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Atlantic
Ifor
England
Wil
Newland
Ac Phish
Thousands Die of Smallpox in Italian Province
AP dispatch reports a severe smallpox outbreak in the Apulia region of Italy. In Bari city alone about 1,500 people perished as the disease spread despite censorship.
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Italy
Associated Press
Berne
Java
Apulia
Bari
Trial on Kaiser verdict marks war responsibility action
Paris March 31 The commission on responsibility for the war has condemned the violation of neutrality and crimes by the empires. It also suggests the appointment of an international tribunal to judge those responsible including the former German emperor. Harwich March 31 Four German submarines convoyed by the US submarine Konder Bushnell sail for the United States. Dozens of officers pursue the trans Atlantic telegraph mission from the captured craft.
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Associated Press
Paris
Lloyd George
Wilson
Council of Four
Commission On Responsibility For
International Tribunal
Harwich
England
United States
Konder Bushnell
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