Wilsons arrive in Paris for residence in Place des Etats Unis
President Wilson landed in Paris from Brest at noon and was greeted by President and Madame Poincare at Invalides station. The entourages included wives chatting on the platform and an honor guard as a band played the American anthem and the Marsellaise. The Wilsons moved to their new residence with cavalry escort.
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Paris
Wilson
Brest
Madame Poincaire
the Invalides
Guard of Honor
Wilson Heads to Paris After Restful Atlantic Voyage
United Press reports President Wilson left Brest at 11 09 pm and due in Paris by 11 55 am tomorrow. He appeared rested from the voyage and was welcomed aboard the George Washington by Leygues and Jusserands.
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United Press
Brest
Mar
Wilson
Paris
Leygues
Jusserand
Colonel House
8Th Infantry
Red Cross
Beaver plant seized by U S government two shell contracts
Beaver Pennsylvania March 14 The Metal Products Co munition plant is now in the possession of the United States government guarded by an armed force. Company workers were ejected without violence and officials say they are mystified by the action. Russell Thompson denies delays in contracts and notes two shells completed for the government with a third in progress when the armistice was signed. Army and government officials would not comment.
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Beaver
The
Metal Products Co
United States
Russell Thompson
Nen
Army
Simms Arrival in Paris Reverberates Across Europe
William Phillip Simms’ Paris visit signals a starkly changed Europe since his December departure. European observers, led by the Geneva Journal, say his voyage to the United States will have a profound impact on both sides of the Atlantic. They warn that opposition to Wilson could spell disaster for mankind as the final settlement nears and anticipation mounts for momentous days ahead.
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WILLIAM PHILLIP+SIMMS
United Press
Paris
Mar
Wilson
Europe
United States
Geneva Journal
Atlantic
France
America
Smallpox Widespread in Northern Ohio Counties
Health authorities urge vaccination as smallpox remains prevalent in mild form across the county. Dennison reports thirty cases, Urichsville five, and New Philadelphia two, with physicians noting many probable walking cases.
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Ohio
New Philadelphia
Dennison
Urichsville
Texas farmer asks $10 000 an acre for land in West Texas
Ol’ Deleon Texas March 14 Joe Duke plans a NYC trip against his will as wife and eight children push a Broadway flier. Seventeen years ago he bought 160 acres at one dollar an acre and now the land may fetch over a million dollars.
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Deleon, Texas
Joe Duke
New York
Joe
Broadway
Duke
Georgia
West Texas
France says new German map to be complete by next week
Paris March 14 Captain Andre Tardieu official spokesman for the French government said the new map of Germany will be completed by the end of next week. He added that the term and the eastern boundaries will be fixed and that the league of nations will not be part of the preliminary treaty.
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Paris
Germany
Andre Tardieu
Tardieu
League of Nations
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
Western Germany Republic Sought by Rhenish Provinces
The Frankfurter Zeitung reports a Rhenish committee asks the Allies to recognize a Republic of Western Germany to secure pacific east west relations. A buffer state via independence is considered part of a preliminary peace plan with favorable local sentiment indicated.
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Basle
Mar
Frankfurter Zeitung
Western Germany
Senator Jones Urges National Help for Merchant Fleet
Washington March 14 Senator Jones predicted he would chair the senate commerce committee in the sixty sixth congress and said the whole American people should apply collective thought to the merchant fleet. He urged farmers businesses and citizens to support putting the merchant fleet on its feet as an American institution alongside shipping men.
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Washington
Mar
Jones
Senate Commerce Committee
Agitation for German Strike Set for March 25
Talk of a nationwide German strike gathers pace with dispatches from Berlin reporting plans to call the action on March 25, as agitation intensifies across the country.
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Copenhagen
Mar
Germany
Berlin
Navy declines to commandeer New York tugs in strike
The Navy stated there is no plan to commandeer naval tugs in New York Harbor. Officials hope the strike will be settled without drastic action.
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NAVY
Washington
Mar
New York Harbor
Relief workers held up in Vienna amid border clash
The American Red Cross mission to Poland is stalled in Vienna after a Czech Austrian dispute blocks crossing. Capt. Frank America reports the Czechs refused transit and Austrians feared confiscation of engines. A Swiss captain proposes running the blockade and arming workers as Vienna experiences famine.
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Vienna
London
American Red Cross
Poland
Frank America
Buffalo
America
Young Martins Ferry teens drank poison to gain courage
Donald Shane and Paul Poulin, Martins Ferry youths jailed in Jefferson County for the Yorkville Union Savings Bank hold up, admitted to authorities they bought a drug labeled poison in Martins Ferry that "makes you feel funny so you don't care what happens" and used it to be brave.
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Steubenville
Donald Shane
Paul Poulin
Martins Ferry
Jefferson County
Union Savings Bank
Yorkville
Shane
Poulin
Major Johnson Addresses Largest Athens Parent-Teacher Meet
Major Sam Johnson spoke to a jammed Central School auditorium of Athens parents on cooperation with teachers. Scouts in full uniform listened as he awarded the Eagle medal to Robert Jones and shared observations from his France service and wartime troop movements.
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Athens
Central School
Sam Johnson
Miss Grover
Major Johnson
Robert Jones
C. L. Jones
France
Johnson
Delegates to League of Nations societies sail for Paris
Delegates from London left for Paris to present recommendations for amendments to the covenant at the peace conference. Arthur Kuhn, an American delegate, said the London conference strengthened the chances of the league’s formation and that amendments aim to address Republican concerns, including avoiding automatic U S war entanglements.
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London
League of Nations Societies
Paris
League
Arthur Kuhn
United States
The
Peace Conference
Colonel House Praises Brest Camp Pontanezen
Colonel House approved conditions at Camp Pontanezen where American troops await transport home. He told General Helmick, I am glad you brought me out, and said he had seen many camps but marveled at what had been accomplished there.
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Brest
Mar
House
Camp Pontanezen
Helmick
Veterans Meet At Governor Cox Office In Columbus
Four officers back from overseas encounters meet in Governor Cox's office in Columbus Ohio They include Brigadier General Chas X Zimmerman Major John M Bingham Major M Johnson and Captain Tom Jones all with the 37th Division None had met since the western front days
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Columbus
Cox
Greens
Chas. X. Zimmerman
John M. Bingham
M. Johnson
372Nd
Tom Jones
Son of a Pioneer Ames Resident Dies
AMESVILLE March 14 Mrs A C Painter received a telegram about the death of her brother C D Moore of McConnelsville who passed away last evening. He and Mrs Painter are children of the late Dr J W Moore who came to Ameresville and remained here until he.
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Amesville
Mar
A.C. Painter
C. D. Moore
McConnelsville
Bootlegger feud turns deadly in Memphis clash
One black man was killed and three others wounded in early morning clashes between whites and blacks in Memphis Tennessee. Authorities described the incident as part of an ongoing bootlegger dispute.
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Memphis
Tenn
Wilson urges cities to address unemployed with reduced federal service
Secretary Wilson told cities welfare labor and business groups to act on unemployment as federal employment service cuts to 80 percent. With mostly closed offices after March 22 the aim is to provide work for returning soldiers and keep 56 of 750 officers in major industrial centers. He cited cooperation from national defense council state municipal agencies and welfare groups. The president’s radiogram said his personal war fund is exhausted and he cannot save the employment service.
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Washington
Wilson
Federal
Council of National Defense
Ludendorff Denies Criticisms Of His Book
Berlin March 14 General Ludendorff repudiates a New York American summary of his book calling it entirely untrue and misleading. He protests that the paper has no knowledge of his views on the Kaiser’s role in unrestricted submarine warfare.
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Berlin
Ludendorff
New Yorkerican
New York
Newark
Cleveland Woman Nominated for D A R Vice President General
Mrs. Edw Harte of Cleveland, Ohio, state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was endorsed today for vice president general in 1920. Her nomination puts her in contention at the national meeting in Washington in 1920.
Exmie Cottin Faces Clemenceau Assassination Trial
Exmie Cottin goes before the third war council under Col Hyver on charges of attempted homicide with premeditation in the Clemenceau assassination bid. The government seeks the death penalty, while Clemenceau may request life imprisonment. Cottin says he acted as society’s representative and struck only to oppose anarchist meetings.
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Paris
Exmie Cottin
Clemenceau
Third War Council
Pelicy
Col. Hyver
Mornet
Bolo Pahsa
Prem
Cottin
Jottin
Building material prices unlikely to fall soon
Washington March 14 officials in the labor department report building activities are rising this month with no expectation of major price cuts. The notes indicate producers and contractors are continuing work without awaiting lower costs.
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Washington
Mar
Labor Department
Yankee Soldiers Clash With Japanese on Chinese Soil
A clash occurred at Tianjin involving American soldiers Japanese police and civilians. The State Department confirmed the incident is under investigation with minimal details and noted the events happened Wednesday into Thursday. No further specifics were released.
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Washington
Tien Tzin
State Department An
Department
Ment
Tzin
Mass executions as Spartacan revolt crushed in Berlin
In Berlin on March 14 more than 100 Spartacans were killed by machine guns in the prison yard with Noske ordering similar executions of prisoners. Government troops captured Lichtenberg suburb and stormed the insurgents final station while 200 casualties were counted. Rallying workmen and soviet delegates faced rifle and machine gun pressure as Noske refused troop withdrawal. Over 2,000 Spartacists were rounded up amid atrocity charges denied by the government. American missions reported unmolested so far. Americans in uniform urged to stay out of fighting zones. Berlin shows rising spirit with news of peace and food aid.
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Frank J. Taylor
United Press
Berlin
Mar
Noske
Lichtenberg
Aldand
Bolsheviks Aim to Recapture Archangel by May 1
An official Moscow communique says the Red Army expects to recapture Archangel by May 1. It notes that in January and February they occupied territory covering more than 200,000 square miles, roughly the area of France.
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Hellinfors
Archangel
Moscow
France
Ireland Under British Guard 200000 Bayonets Reported
United Press dispatch from New York cites Sinn Fein officials claiming England holds Ireland with up to 200000 bayonets. Sentries guard public buildings. Dublin police number 2000. Royal Irish Constabulary 11000. Sinn Fein leader Edward DeValera appears in propaganda images as unrest grows.
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United Press Staff
United Press
New York
England
Ireland
Sinn Fein
O’neil
Dublin
Michael O’flanaghan
Te Fein National Council
Royal Irish Constabulary
Islands
Father O'Flanagan
Curch
Jack O'Dowd
America
Dublin Castle
Edward DeValera
New Type Highwayman Reported in New York Robbery
Police say a new style thief surfaced as Simon Fine reported a theft of a gold tooth and water hidden in his pocket as the alleged loot. The incident points to an unusual street crime pattern in the city.
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New York
Simon Fine
Aonee
Largest windmill in the world reported in Holland
For drainage purposes a steel windmill fifty feet in diameter has been installed in Holland. The device is described as the largest windmill in the world and is intended to aid drainage.
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Holland
Postmaster Warns Against Accepting Soldier Uniforms
Government order to postmasters bans accepting packages from former soldiers containing uniforms and equipment from service. The rule applies nationwide as veterans may keep their uniforms, a move likely to be welcomed by many ex servicemen.
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Lash
Former Athens Veterinarian Heads to Panama
Dr. C. W. Secoy, a former Athens veterinary surgeon and U. S. Army first lieutenant, departed Athens yesterday en route to Ashville and then to the Isthmus of Panama. He leaves New Orleans to join a remount station unit and may soon sail for Panama within two weeks.
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C. W. Secoy
United States Army
Houston
Texas
Athens
Ashville
Panama
New Orleans
Secoy
Romies Ae Saktae
Tin
North Jersey Trolley Strike Keeps Traffic Tied Up
North Jersey remains fully paralyzed by the trolley strike with no immediate chance of service resumption. Few streetcars run as violence bursts disrupt operations and threaten workers and passengers in Newark.
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North Tare
Newark
N. J
North Jersey
Agg Ae Pi
Idath
Agers Srt
Ser
Delegation Talks in Berlin Prompt Peace Efforts
Fragmentary notes report a Berlin delegation meeting related to MOT 2.4 and OW DELEGATIC. The text mentions Brockdort Rantses and a lapse in progress toward a 60 day peace goal, with a signer and actor unnamed.
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Berlin
Ao Atorff
Caonsain
Ieee Brockdort
Public safety incident near Moonie reported
A report from Moonie describes a distressing public safety incident involving a farmer and a family. Authorities are investigating and no further details are available at this time.
German Delegates Named for Peace Conference
A Weimar dispatch lists German delegates to the peace conference: Foreign Minister Brockdorff-Rantzau, Dr Edward Davis, first president of the national assembly, Herr Giesbertz, Asian minister of post and telegraph, Max Warburg, Adolf Mueller, German minister to Switzerland, and Prof Shucking of Marburg University.
Supreme Court bars appeal on workmen's comp cases
In Columbus on March 14 the Supreme Court ruled that workmen's compensation cases cannot be brought to the Supreme Court for constitutional questions after the law's constitutionality has already been decided. The ruling followed an appeal by the Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company regarding a case resolved by the court of appeals.
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Columbus
Mar
Supreme Court
Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company
Court of Appeals
Florida Special Derails Near Kress. Rail Service Halted
The Seaboard Air Line tourist train Florida Special leaving West Richmond at 1 AM wrecked at Kress fifty one miles south of the city shortly before 2 AM. Four sleepers, the diner, and the engine derailed. Initial reports indicated no fatalities though communications are down.
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Richmond
Seaboard Air Line Railway
West Richmond
Kress
Here
Chicago Supreme Court Judges Ordered Robes by Design
Chicago officials ordered that judges in the superior court wear black robes of specified length and width. The directive mandates dignity by the yard, detailing robe design requirements for all standing judges.
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Chicago
Superior Court
Paris peace talks move toward finishing preliminaries
Paris dispatch reports the peace process behind and ahead of pace as President arrives and the Allied Supreme War Council prepares for ratifications. Lloyd George and Clemenceau plan conferences to finalize terms while committees work on all treaty details and a formal arena.
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Fred
Ferguson
United Press Staff Co
Paris
Son
Supreme War Council
Lloyd, George
Cle
Reachin H
Lawmakers Debate Workmen’s Compensation Bill
Ray states the aim to weaken the workmen's compensation law as the bill moves to the governor. Friends of the governor plan to veto it, requiring a three-fifths vote to override the veto.
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Ray
Cliff Dwellers Strike Threat Over Wages
A van driver warned of a strike by Cliff Dwellers over their contract with a Furniture Movers Association, seeking higher wages and an eight hour day after the current agreement ends April 1.
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Furniture Movers Association
Pole Claim Wins in London Danzig Move
Paris correspondent reports London Telegraph says the supreme council plans to grant Poland's claim to Danzig. The decision marks a shift in the postwar settlement and affects Baltic region tensions.
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Pole
London
Paris
London Telegraf
Suprar Council
Poland
Danzig
Frank Bos Faces Charge for Carrying Thoughts on Buildings
Talk of cutting remarks in Chicago on March 14 led to Frank Bos being pegged for carrying his thoughts on buildings. The note implies a controversial perch on architectural matters sparking attention.
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Chicago
Frank Bos
Special Carrier Service Ensures Timely Athens Delivery
Regular subscribers missed by carriers may call the Messenger up to 6 PM and a special carrier will deliver by bicycle at no extra charge. Routes are arranged so each subscriber is served by 5 PM. if not arriving by 6 PM, contact Messenger Office by both phones.
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Athens
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