Troop ships bring homeward units from French ports
Six transports sail into New York with 11 61 catiag ed men and 405 officers aboard. The Livithian from Brest carries 9295 personnel, while Duca Abruzzi from Marseilles holds 4177. Charleston from Brest lists 7196 regulars, Hickman from Bordeaux 31 men and 10 officers, Woonsocket and Peerless from Bordeaux carry 11 officers and 187 men. Metapan Pasadena and Duca Delgli Abruzzi arrive with nurses casuals and officers. Abruzzi carries 194 officers and 1462 men chiefly coast artillery.
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New York
Liviathian
Brest
Duca
Pai Abrussi
Marseilles
U. S. S. Charleston
Attycer
Hickman
Bordeaux
Woonsocket and Peerless
Metapan
Pasadena
Duca Delgli Abruzzi
Presbyterian Hospital
Abruzzi
Wilson to leave France for home this week
President Wilson plans to depart France for Brest and sail for the United States, with his party including Kari Reading and ambassadors Jusser and Celere. A reprint of the league program was to be read at today’s committee session as Wilson meets the supreme war council to discuss indemnities and armistice provisions. He will also hear Marshal Foelh’s plans for further military demonstrations. He is scheduled to attend an opera performance in the afternoon.
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Robert J. Bender
United Press
Paris
Wilson
Brest
United States
Kari Reading
Jusserand Cellere
Bart Veit
Eee Whilson
Toon
Supreme War Council
Supreme Economic Council
War Council
Marshal Foeh
Blind Ohio teacher inspires Murray City students
Charles Albert Chatfield, a 45 year old sightless poet and editor, serves as Murray City High School’s teacher. Despite skepticism from some, his up to date methods and broad knowledge produce disciplined classrooms and widespread student admiration with support from principal Miss Russell.
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Murray, O
Murray City
Ohio
Charles Albert Chatfield
Chatfield
Board of Education
Missie - Russell
Honored him Loraine parade honors Private Beam return
In a city wide celebration about 56 000 citizens paraded with drum corps and an impromptu band to welcome Private Frank Beam 56 home.
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Loraine
Frank Beam
Albany Legislature Passes New Provision on Prayers and Cider Bill
In Albany the legislature advances a provision on prayers and a one month old cider becomes drinkable under a new plan. The report notes the reform as part of a broader measure amid state policy changes.
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Albany, N. Y
I. Ki
Attention B B P O E 2 Meeting This Evening
A brief public notice indicates a meeting of B B P O E 2 is planned for this evening. The fragment provides no location or time details.
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Attention B&b
Mrs Roosevelt Sails for France to Visit Sons and War Grave
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt sails for France to visit her two sons in service and the grave of Quentin Roosevelt. Theodore Jr. is a lieutenant colonel and Kermit is a captain. The family boards an ocean liner as Mrs Roosevelt makes a rare public appearance since her husband’s death.
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Theodore Roosevelt
France
Quentin
Theodore Jr
Kermit
Ruler of Great Land Before People Today
In opening parliament King George urged reform to settle labor troubles through industrial and economic fixes. He called for health and communication ministries, honoring pledges to trades unions on reconstruction, constitutional reform for India, a durable Irish settlement, and continuation of cable relations with the United States.
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King George
India
Great Britain
United States
Peace terms not tied to league says Balfour
In Paris on February 11 Foreign Secretary Balfour said peace terms need not await the league of nations and that the exact signing date is uncertain. He warned against assuming an April conclusion and argued Germany should recover without impoverishing France and Belgium, adding it is in nobody's interest for Germany to become a derelict nation.
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Paris
League of Nations
League
Balfour
Germany
France
Belgium
Wilson Urges Equal Women Committee For Peace Talks
Paris Feb 11 President Wilson told a delegation of International woman suffrage representatives he favored a special committee to study women related issues in the peace settlement and in the peace conference. He proposed a 50 50 committee addressing working conditions child labor white slavery and international marriage laws.
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Paris
Wilson asks no ovation on return to Washington
President Wilson cabled to Secretary Tumulty requesting no public ovation on his U.S. return. He plans to land at an Atlantic port and go quietly to Washington to handle executive business before adjournment. He may march with soldiers but prefers recognition be for the fighters, not him. He will refrain from speaking tours until after Congress adjourns.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Atlantic
New York
Hampton Roads
Congress
Former League To Fight Heavy Expense
The joint committee in Columbus hears officers of the league oppose prohibition enforcement and police state measures as a means to relieve Ohio’s financial shortage. They advocate a state income tax law to address the budget gap.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ot Cers
League
Sinn Fein Leader Arrives in Paris
Prof Edward De Valera Sinn Fein leader who escaped from an English prison has reached Paris according to reports. He will likely present Ireland independence claims at the peace conference. He was elected to the British parliament from East Clare.
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Cork
Edward de Valera
Sinn Fein
Paris
de Valera
Thomas Edison Heads to Fort Myer for Six-Week Vacation
On his 72nd birthday Thomas Edison leaves New York for Fort Myer Florida where he will spend six weeks away from the pace of wartime duties. This marks his first vacation since the United States entered the war.
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New York
Thomas Edison
Fort Myer
Fla
Archer bill attacked again in Columbus on injury trials
In Columbus on February 11 supporters of the Archer bill argued that juries in Cuyahoga County cannot claim excessive judgments. Attorney Harry Payer of Cleveland defended the bill before the house judiciary committee stating juries are chosen impartially. Attorney William David for the Lake Shore Electric Railroad warned the measure would create unfairness while representatives of electric lines claimed lines face collapse from personal injury damage suits.
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Columbus
Cuyahoga County
Harry Payer
Cleveland
House Judiciary Committee
Payer
William David
Lake Shore Electric Railroad
Goggles Design Protect Eyes From Shattered Glass
Safety glasses offer inner shields to block fragments during impact. Intended for aviators drivers and metal workers these features reduce eye injuries by absorbing and deflecting shards.
King George Opens Parliament Urges United Action with U S
King George spoke at the throne in London opening parliament and expressed a wish for closer ties with the United States. He praised President Wilson’s visit, urged industrial reform, housing expansion, land for soldiers, and measures to curb unfair price cutting on imports. He called for India constitutional reform and voiced concern over Ireland.
Taxi driver murdered by two men near Columbus
B R Day a 46 year old taxi operator from Lancaster Ohio was beaten robbed and shot by two men south of Columbus while they hired him to bring them from Chilliscothe The car was abandoned nearby Day was found alive by passersby and died later in surgery
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Columbus
B. R. Day
Lancaster
Ohio
Here
Day
Chilliscothe
Prices fall at Detroit grocery as board altered
Food prices here dropped about fifty percent according to a price board in front of a grocery. The shop was swamped. Disappointment. Boys had changed the figures.
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Detroit
Mich
Judge Tries to Halt Flu Epidemic In Court
Judge Stewart orders a chimney to pay fines and costs as it floods his courtroom with soot. Nearby buildings purchase smoke consumers to reduce pollution in Chicago.
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Chicago
Stewart
Huns to Pay American Headquarters in Germany
Maintenance of the American army in the occupied areas costs Germans over 1 million dollars daily. Privates cost about 3.60 dollars per man per day and officers about 9 dollars. Private maintenance runs 962 thousand dollars daily while officer costs reach 76 million dollars presented today to German authorities.
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Germany
D Presen
Gormans
Ohio 37th Division to Parade in Major Cities
Adjutant General Layton reports from Washington that part of Ohio's 37th division will parade in Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati. The plan calls for local units to march in U.S. cities over 300000 population with Columbus as the capital included. A physical inability to parade whole divisions in the country is noted and details await further word.
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Columbus
Layton
Washington
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
War Department
Gene
Federal price control decried by Senator Gore in Senate
Senator Gore of Oklahoma denounced continued government control of food as a tax burden. He argued wheat price fixing caused about 400 million dollars in losses on the 1917 crop and similar loss on 1918, with minimal saving to average families, costing roughly 1.2 billion to cover a $2.26 a bushel wheat guarantee.
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Washington
Congress
Gore
Oklahoma
Senate
Agitators Deported Amid Liberty Bond Funding Clash
Fifty four alien agitators ordered deported arrived in New York from the West and clashed aboard a government barge while en route to Ellis Island. In Washington, Secretary Glass pressed for authority to issue 19 billion dollars in liberty bonds and up to 10 billion in five year treasury notes, plus tax exemption rulings.
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New York
Ellis Island
Department of Justice
Washington
Congress
Glass
Treasury
Fifty four undesirables deported from Seattle to Ellis Island
Fifty four undesirables including Bolsheviks agitators and I W W members left Hoboken today aboard a tug for Ellis Island after arrival from Seattle and other western cities.
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Hoboken
N. J
Seattle
Ellis Island
Fire Destroys Major Car Barns in South Bend
A blaze razed the main car barns of the Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway in South Bend Indiana early today destroying nine cars and causing about fifty thousand dollars in damage.
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South Bend
Ind
Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway
War Labor Board Meets in Secret Session in Chicago
The National War Labor Board held a secret meeting in Chicago with Joint Chairman William H. Taft and Basil M. Manly in attendance to discuss wartime labor issues.
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WAR Boards
Chicago
National War Labor Board
Wm. H. Taft
Basil M. Manly
Court Tomorrow To Hear Motions And Indictments
Court sessions begin tomorrow with motions to be heard and cases to be considered. Prisoners indicted by the grand jury yesterday are slated for arraignment.
Office finds offer a make shift shop with assorted items
Chief Porter notes a large variety of articles in the office to start a small five and ten cent shop for two weeks. Three youths arrested for stealing a motorcycle are detained. The junk includes searchlights matches keys chisel locks wash basin underwear a woman's light coat and a baby blanket.
Move to create Pershing County in Wisconsin
A proposal in Madison on February 11 seeks forming a new Wisconsin county named Pershing. The plan would establish a county with a population around the era’s estimate, detailing boundaries and governance to follow.
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Honor Pershing
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Pershing
Prohibition Measure Moves Toward Draft Before Senate
The temperance committee has concluded its work on the Crabbe Miller prohibition bill and will draft the measure for presentation. Amendments and conflicting provisions remain, with a vote possible next week. Representative Myers proposes unemployment bill funding of about 400 dollars.
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Columbus
Temperance Committee
Senate
Myers
Oera County
Athens Scouts Honor Eagle Scout Floyd Brow
In Athens a ceremony honored Scout Floyd Brow as the first local Eagle Scout, with Chief Morgan introducing Scout Master Dupler and forty scouts. Speakers including F. W. Bush Dr Wilton Pron M Copeland Dr Higgins and JJ Worstell lauded the youth movement and the mentors behind it as a rising force for the town's boys.
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Theos
F. W. Bush
Dr. Wilton
Pron
M. Copeland
Higgins
JJ Worstell
Athens
Eveite
Morgan
Dupler
Tuting
Floyd Brow
Almens
U S Calls Come QUEENSTOW
Feb 11 reports say calls were received early for the steamer Kwarra at Queenstown amid limited details from the incoming message stream.
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Sismeth
Heatte
Hohensollern
ETURN
Edison Playing
Archer Bill
London
Theing
Teave Agi
House of Commons
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Ireland
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