Big German Army framework to be entirely razed
A Washington AP report notes wartime terms of the peace treaty aim to stamp out militarism in Germany. The plan calls for a 100000 man army, restricted military education, and disarmament measures to dismantle the army and prevent expansion. Naval terms reduce Germany to a minimal fleet and prohibit heavy ships while opening room for air development.
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Associated Press
Shington
Warmyg
Germany
Lince
Russia
Great Britain
Naval Service
Night News In Brief From Around The World
Serious troubles in China as factions clash over Shantang and Kino Chan per reports from Peking. Refugees in the Southern Caucasus face cannibalism as mothers kill and eat children in distress per the American Armenian Relief message. An American officer dies as allied forces seize Mesalskaya. Sinking of the Lusitania memorial service held at St. John the Divine Cathedral. Berne imposes tax on incomes over 4000 francs with a higher rate for larger earnings. Woods Millinery advertises big hats sale.
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China
Council of Three
Peking
Paris
Caucasus
Argerican ‘Committee
Ssian
Oma
Sheviki
Mesalskaya
Juusitania
Clemency Granted to Fifty More Espionage Convicts
The Associated Press reports President Wilson pardoned one man and commuted sentences for fifty others convicted under the espionage act. Clemency applied to cases in Alabama Colorado Iowa Wisconsin Missouri and South Dakota, with reductions ranging from several months to several years.
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Associated Press
Washington
D.C
Wilson
Palmer
C. E,manke
District Court of
Alabama
Doe
New Hampshire
Colorado
Frank Beal
Iowa
August Weissensel
Pavia Gerds
Emil Schiller
Wisconsin
Carl Gleasser
Missouri
Thomas Carnell
Sam‘ Jacobs
South Dakota
Stolen Buns Case Leads to Money in Vest
Max Himmelsbach 52 of 140 Linden St Brooklyn was arrested after stealing 13 buns and found with $264 in a bag sewn to his vest. He claimed poverty and need while magistrate Dale at Gates Avenue court ordered $200 bail. The bag also held Victory bonds.
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New York
Max
Himmelsbach
Linden Street
Brooklyn
Dale
Gates ‘Avenue Court
Yahena ‘Himmelsbach
Half Youth of France Fallen on Battlefield
Paris report says Capt Andre Tardieu led an investigation into French soldiers aged 20 to 31 who died in battle. He announced that 58 percent had lost their lives, meaning over half of France's young men have disappeared.
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Paris
Associated: Press
Andre Tardieu
General Commission
France
Iowa Dean Discusses Problems From Visit to Russia
Iowa Dean W F Russell of the University of Iowa spoke at the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations in Kansas City. He based his address on his recent visit to Russia and emphasized the role of parent teacher associations in improving conditions for children in Europe and Asia.
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A.W. Harned
Iowa Public Welfare League
Des Moines
Des’ Moines
Harwod
Harned
Adaline Palmer
Mabel Meek
College of Commerce
Grace “Ament
Iowa
Russia
Associated Press
Kansas City
National Congress of Mothers
F Russell
College of Education
University of Iowa
America
Isotia
Terms Plebiscite Considered For German Peace Terms
The Associated Press reports four council members preparing peace terms for Austria Hungary and Bulgaria and possible German plebiscite on the terms. Germany may accept reject or submit the settlement to a nationwide vote while Berlin faces objections over financial responsibilities and other treaty features.
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Council of Four
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Stument ‘Ia
Tran Empire
National Assembly
Berlin
Germany
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Woods
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Fitzgerald Bros
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Fitzgerald
Opa
Moni Fae
Jaine Bidat
Count-von Brockdorft-Rantzau
Clemencea
Yeking
Japan
Shantung
Oes
Hayes
New
York
Patrick
J. Hayes
New York Archdiocese
St. _ Patrick's cathedral
Cocos
First National Bank Building
Oxfords
Gila
Federal Farm Loans
Federal Land Bank
Federal Land. Bank
Security Trust & Savings Bank
Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls, Iowa
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