Peace conference plans loom as Wilson may travel
Washington reports President Wilson plans to sail for Europe within six weeks for the peace conference opening and talks. Italian ambassador Count Dij Cellere and French envoy Jusserand may accompany him. personnel for the delegation to be announced soon. Belgium presses demand for left bank of the Scheldt and compensation losses estimated at 38 billion francs. German fleet terms and Luxemburg demobilization also discussed.
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Robbery Disturbs Woman as Police Chief Dines Nearby
Miss Marvy H. Riley reports a purse theft in the Bat shop at Lake and State streets. The loss included $1, five keys, two bank books, two pairs of glasses and other items. Acting Chief Alcock was dining in the same room during the incident.
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Reverend Harold E. Parr Dies After Illness
Rev Harold E Parr former pastor of First Congregational Waterloo died after pneumonia influenza at his Aurora Illinois home. He came to Waterloo in 1915 from Princeton and married Ruth Makutchan. He resigned in February to lead First Congregational Anoka Illinois. His death ends a noted ministry with survivors his widow and one child.
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Sweden Grants Asylum to Former German Army Leader
Copenhagen reports that General Luendorff, once said to be the directing head of Germany's military affairs, has left Sassnitz for Sweden. His official title was first quartermaster general in the German military system.
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Jugo Slavs name Prince Alexander regent
The Jugo Slavs appoint Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia as regent and plan a provisional cabinet in Agram. Governors will be named for Belgrade Cettin Herzegovina Spalate Dalmatia and Agram. Elections for a constituent assembly will follow to decide the state's form.
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U S Control of Turk Finance Urged by Ottoman Newspapers
In Constantinople a group of seven Turkish and two French newspapers urges American control over the Turkish gendarmerie and finances. They call for American supervision of education and the separation of church and state and plan to seek a meeting with President Wilson in Paris.
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Schwimmer named Hungarian ambassador to Switzerland
Rosika Schwimmer, Ford peace party figure and first woman named Hungarian ambassador to Switzerland, says Hungary's food needs are not urgent but coal shortages risk disruption. She urges acceptance of peace conference decisions, notes extremism and reactionaries seek democratic order, cites loss of Croatia Fiume and Pesistrkees, and warns of danger from returning battlefront troops.
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Lloyd George and Law Urge Ballots on Peace Platform
Premier Lloyd George and Chancellor Bonar Law issue a joint manifesto to electors in Great Britain and Ireland calling for unity and support. The program includes a free peace, new Europe, reduced armaments, housing schemes, land for soldiers, agricultural and afforestation plans, preferential colonial tariffs, and legal reforms.
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Sinking German Ships as Friction Solution Considered
Washington officials say they have no confirmation of a London report claiming surrendered German warships may be sunk to avoid sharing. If ships were distributed by loss, the United States would receive one destroyer and one armored cruiser, with major vessels going to England France and Italy.
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Germany Austria Conspired to Bring War as Entente Warned
Munich reports from July 1914 claim Count Von Lerchenfeld warned that Austria planned a drastic Serbia ultimatum to provoke war and delay by delaying responses from France and Russia. The Bavarian minister alleged Germany aimed to strike through Belgium and warned Grey’s peace efforts would fail. The Red Flag called for revolutionary tribunals against the Hohenzollerns and other German leaders.
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German Soviets Poll Few Ballots Against Socialists
Berlin reports show conservative elements hold edge over Bolshevik independents as Dresden election yields 56 400 votes for old Socialists and 4 300 for extremists. Bremen Hanover Hamburg Oldenburg Flensburg and others back government, calling for national assembly. Soldiers arriving in Berlin express confidence in order and flag demonstrations favor the conservative cause.
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Wounded Yanks Held by Germans to Have American Attendance
Sick and wounded American soldiers held by the Germans and unable to move will be cared for by the American Red Cross through Alfred Ney a Swiss neutral delegate. A Paris dispatch says the plan is to place these Americans in a central hospital and provide American medical attendance if possible. Paris base port instructions ordered exchange of soldiers French money for American currency before sailing.
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Delivery note requests phone notice for undelivered paper
If the newspaper is not delivered by 6 o clock send a phone call to 3330 and a copy will be sent. Calls must reach the office before 6 39 p m for prompt redelivery.
Allies pool stocks and buy through shared agency after armistice
Tours reports that contracts totaling about 1 billion dollars have been cancelled by American forces since the armistice. Going forward the United States Britain and France will pool surplus stocks and buy via a common agency. Forty thousand supply service troops will be reassigned, while construction projects including a deep water dock and railroads are cancelled.
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Navy Hospital Casualties and Costs Amid War Decline
The Navy reports 1,233 deaths from war causes and 15,000 patients in naval hospitals with New York Philadelphia Boston and Norfolk crowded. Surgeon General Braisted tells the House Naval Committee that disease deaths are zero and requests $3.2 million for the medical department after cuts from $15 million.
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Roosevelt Jr In Occupied Moselle Front Room
American forces hold the west banks of the Moselle near Wallendorf and Remich as the third division fronts toward Germany. The 26th Infantry with Lieut. Col. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. occupies a room in Ennen, once used by Hindenburg’s son, overlooking the Moselle valleys and grape bluffs.
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Atlantic Air Mail Forecast to Follow Franco British Route
London reports Lord Morris leads a movement for an Atlantic liner port on Ireland west coast. He says all France United States mails will be carried by airplane and a daily air service already operates between England and France without weather interruption.
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Butter prices rise in Chicago amid war caused shortages
Chicago reports show butter selling at 73 1 2 cents a pound and strictly fresh eggs at 78 cents a dozen as dealers discuss war driven shortages. Officials deny profiteering while blaming reduced production and higher costs for price spikes and noting government purchases for the armed forces.
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German Navy Ruined for All Time and Relief of Teuton
A German lieutenant on a surrendered warship says Germany’s navy is ruined for all time and that only a dishonorable record remains. Inspectors report deplorable conditions aboard the vessels with dirty clothes and idle sailors, though the Derfflinger shows strict discipline. In Chicago, officials move to curb red flags to prevent Bolshevism from gaining headway per city council directive.
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