Wilson to Seek Congressional Backing for League at White House Dinner
President Wilson plans a White House dinner with foreign relations leaders to defend the league of nations constitution article by article. Most committee members will attend, with Borah and Fall skipping. The president aims to win Senate support and report progress before returning to France.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Congressional Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Senate
Ohio Suffrage Delegates Split On State Campaign
February meeting of Ohio women’s suffrage delegates reveals a split stance. State executive leaders favor concentrating efforts to push the nationwide amendment through Congress rather than launching another statewide campaign in Ohio this fall. They warn a new campaign could intersect with a wet and dry fight.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Executive Committee
Congress
Navy Secretary Daniels Urges League of Nations Victory
Washington February 26 Secretary of the Navy Daniels told the National Press Club that the United States must accept the league of nations or prepare for costly future wars. He warned there is no halfway choice and the league would not jeopardize American rights but strengthen them from Halifax to Terra del Fuego. He urged national unity against isolation.
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America
League of Nations
Daniels
National Press Club
Halifax
Terra Delfuego
Workers May Be Recognized in Reichstag
Weimar in February 1919 sees President Ebert backing a national workers soviet as the lower house of government to govern industrial councils. Bavarian soviets form coalition with socialists in Munich while Prussia resists sending troops. Ministers urge socialization of public utilities, railways, and telegraphs amid strong opposition.
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Frank J. Taylor
United Press
The
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Undesrat
Reichstag
National Assembly
Germany
Bava Reichstag
Munich
Eisner
Bavaria
Prussia
Preuss
Hoe
Victory loan bill advances with 7 billion note issue
The house passed the victory loan bill authorizing a 7,000,000,000 short term note issue by 248 to 3, rejecting attempts to limit powers of the war finance corporation. Senate debates a separate investigation into the alien property custodians office citing secrecy by A. Mitchell Palmer. sent to commerce committee.
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Washington
House
War Finance Corporation
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Senate
A. Mitchell Palmer
Commerce Committee
Republicans Blast Cox Hopes in Ohio Senate Row
Columbus Feb 26 The state house heard that the senate would not confirm Governor Cox appointments sent late yesterday. The move stems from Cox Republicans clash with GOP leaders. If confirmed not, the appointees might serve and Cox could replace them with new selections.
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Columbus
State House
Senate
Cox
Great Banquet Night for Athens Knights Templar
Two hundred Knights Templar from Athens and nearby towns join a grand annual banquet and ball tomorrow evening. Commander Fred Hutchinson confirms full uniform dress with swords and escorts of ladies. Dinner at 6:30, after which dancing starts, with an eleven piece orchestra providing music.
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Knights Templar
Athens
Fred Hutchinson
Columbus safety director sought for Methodist centenary event
Safety Director Thatcher is needed for the Methodist centenary celebration in Columbus next summer to determine how many extra police officers are required for crowd control and security.
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Columbus
Thatcher
Pekin Police Respond to Alarm Find Smallpox Vaccination
Peikin chief of police answered a rapid burglar alarm last night. The house contained no burglars but there was vaccination material and medical agitation suggesting a public health matter.
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Pekin
Ill
Smith
Smi
Athens County Boys Assigned to Early Convoy
Washington February 26 The Thirty seventh Division Ohio West Virginia guard units listed for early convoy include 136th machine gun battalions 73rd 74th infantry brigade HQs 145th 140th 147th 148th infantry regiments 112th engineers trains sanitary and supply trains field signal battalion train HQ military police field artillery regiments ammunition train and more Also bakery company 383rd 391st aero squadron on priority The Athens county boys in Company L and the Machine Gun Company are included in the lists.
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Washington
Ohio-West Virginia Guarde
Ion
112Th Military Police
62Nd Field Artillery
383Rd
Athens County
Reservists Set to Return to U S as War Ends
Rome reports 200000 demobilised Italian reservists ready to go home to the United States and 100000 more still under arms to depart once released. Govt urged to retain them with farming and industrial opportunities. In Washington the Senate judiciary panel backs the Sheppard bill enforcing wartime prohibition, striking the building owner liability clause.
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Rome
America
United States
Italy
Candy Machine Capacity Puts 3000 Pound Batch Note
A machine for making stuck candy with a capacity of 3,000 pounds is mentioned. The fragment notes a setup called Oh Seteeeeeee Sat nae SORE, indicating a production line or model reference within a news snippet.
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Sore
Final Plea for League Will Be in Manhattan
Wilson plans a final appeal to the American people for support of the League of Nations in New York City on March 4th or 6th before sailing for France. He aims to set the stage for league supporters nationwide while Congress debates key measures including naval appropriations and the Victory Liberty Loan Act.
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Wilson
League of Nations
France
New York City
New York
League
Paris
Capitol
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Bankhead
Congress
Soldier returns unseen by wife in Detroit affair
Detroit police seek Mrs. Susan Miller after Joseph J. Ledlake, a Canadian forces veteran wounded twice and missing in action, appears at his home window and the woman flees. Ledlake plans to apply for divorce. An acre of fishing ground claim closes the note.
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Detroit
Mich
Susan Miller
Joseph J. Ledlake
Ledlake
Foster on Job Casts Vote for Gillette in House race
Local representative I M Foster sent his vote to Representative Gillette after backing Fess initially and later supporting harmony. He plans to influence committee appointments and studies House rules to better serve the district, while praising his wife’s care during illness.
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I. M. Foster
D. Fess
Ohio
James Mann
Ilinois
F. H. Gillette
Massachusettes
Voster
Fess
Harmony
Gillette
Massachusetts
Representative Gillette
Foster
National House of Representatives
Washington
Therot Ae Ran Candi
Chicago Cons Committee Outline Inexact Plan Emerges
A fragment notes a Chicago based cons committee meeting in May or June with a plan accepted. The committee reportedly includes every state and differs from a national committee in structure.
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Chicago
City ordinance taxes tradesmen on business entries
Cincinnati officials pass an ordinance imposing occupational taxes ranging from five to three hundred dollars on butchers bakers and candlestick makers. The city council acts to regulate and tax all trades operating within the city.
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Cincinnati
Two Boys Escape Attempt Foiled by Sheriff’s Daughter
Floyd Vorhes fourteen and Howard Mitchell fifteen, held in Auglaize county jail at St Marys Ohio for horse stealing, were thwarted when Goldie Hinton thirteen, daughter of the sheriff, spotted their breakout plan. They had cut the second story floor and tried to break through the ceiling before being discovered.
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Marys
Floyd Vorhes
Howard Mitchell
Lima
Auglaize County
Goldie Hinton
Fighting renewed on Polish front near Lemberg
Polish dispatches report that Czecho-Slovaks broke the armistice on the front in the Lemberg region. Initial Polish counterattacks repulsed and fighting continues along the line.
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Paris
Lemberg
Cummins Forecasts Disapproval Of Plan In Speech
Senator Cummins warned in a Senate address that the plan he termed the international compact would be rejected by a storm of disapproval. He urged citizens to thoroughly grasp the agreement and its inevitable consequences as the public awaits a decision.
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Washington
Iowa
Senate
Cumming
Rego
Cummins
Senators Davis bill hearing in military committee
In Columbus on February 26 the first hearing on a state coast measure was set for the military committee. Representatives from Perania and New York constabulum and Rev A S Gregg urged passage while labor leaders planned opposition. Adjutant General Layton joked about Crabbe missing the airborne detail as the parade of colored troops drew scorn.
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Columbus
Davis
Perania
New York
A. S. Gregg
Clew
Anti-Saloon League
Crabbe
Layton
Soap weed mix as stock feed method described
A machine has been designed to prepare the desert shrub soap weed for stock feed, usable alone or combined with tonseed meal, aiming to streamline processing and improve ration versatility.
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