Adriatic Question Reopened by Wilson Note
President Wilson's note to the allied supreme council reopens the Adriatic issue as London premiers respond. The note seeks U S participation in the Adriatic settlement despite Versailles and the League, and hints at practical steps if Italy and Yugoslavia accept. Officials note any London decisions await Paris review with U S input likely.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Allied Supreme Council
Supreme Council
State Department
London
Adriatic
Jugo- Slavia
United States
Jugo Vs
League of Nations
United Sates
Davis
Waregean
Paris
Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Fiume
D’annunzio
Ability of President to Discharge His Duties
Washington reports two House proposals to clarify presidential succession and ability during emergencies. A Fess Ohio resolution and a Rogers Massachusetts bill both urge Supreme Court determination of the president’s capacity when Congress authorizes it, with vice presidential power to convene a special session if needed.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Representative Fess
Ohio
Republican Congressional Committee
Supreme Court
Congress
Representative Rogers
Massachusetts
Judicial panel to rule on presidential inability under constitution
The judiciary committee with the Fess resolution would allow the Supreme Court to determine if the president is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office upon request by the Senate or House. It could also decide if the president's inability is removed, restoring him to office.
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Judiciary
Fess
Supreme Court
Senate
House
Case Against Clemans Dismissed in West Virginia
United States Commissioner Joseph Ruffner dismissed the case against Lorey Clemans, an attache of the state department of agriculture, held on charges of violating internal revenue laws in illicit liquor sales. The dismissal followed testimony from the police court trial regarding the disappearance of 700 pints from the state prohibition department cupboard in the capitol.
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Clemans
Charleston
W. Va
United States
Joseph Ruffner
Lorey Clemans
State Department of Agriculture
Internal Revenue
State Prohibition Department
Capitol
Garfield Not 10 Testify Before Coal Commission
Washington February 18 The Senate coal committee heard T H Watkins of the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corp say wage increases for bituminous miners were not justified if rail transportation to mines was adequate He estimated $3 75 billion would be needed to provide rolling stock when railroads return to private management He alleged several operators were forced into bankruptcy by the railroad administration Garfield told the coal strike settlement commission that private matters hindered his testimony and Chairman Robinson noted he was not required to appear
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Washington
T. H. Watkins
New York
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corporation
Senate Coal Committee
Watkins
Railroad Administration
Garfield
Coal Strike Settlement Commission
Robinson
Edward J Williams Dies. Mining Leader in Scranton
Edward J Williams of Scranton a prominent mining industry figure in this region for years died today at eighty He testified before the United States Senate leading to the ouster of Judge P W Archbald the first judge of the United States commerce court from the bench Williams age eighty was a notable industry leader in northeastern Pennsylvania.
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Edward J. Williams
Scranton
Kedward J. Williams
Williams
United States Senate
P. W. Archbald
United States Commerce Court
Passenger train collision at Gibsland kills two
Shreveport, La February 18 two persons killed and nine injured three seriously when a westbound Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific passenger train struck a freight car at the Louisiana and Northwest rail road crossing at Gibsland forty miles east of Shreveport. The wreck hurled the car onto the station platform where a number of people stood.
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Shreveport
Vicksburg
Pacific
Louisiana and Northwest
Gibsland
Specialist to operate on children at Romney school
Charleston physician Dr V T Churchman of Charleston travels to Romney West Virginia to perform numerous small operations on children at the state school for the deaf and blind. Procedures include adenoids and eye nose throat and ear diseases.
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Charleston
W. Va
Vv. T. Churchman
Romney
State School For Deaf and Blind
Suits Filed Against Chesapeake and Ohio Railway over Cattle Shipment
Charleston West Virginia February 18 Twenty three suits were entered today in federal court by the district attorney against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway charging violation of the twenty eight hour law relating to shipment of cattle without unloading within this time.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
General William E Mickle Dies at 74 in Mobile
Mobile Alabama February 18 Gen William K Mickle adjutant general of the United Confederate Veterans and one of the best known men of the Confederacy died at his home after an illness of two weeks He was 74 born in Columbia South Carolina
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William E. Mickle
Mobile
Ala
William K. Mickle
The
United Confederate Veterans
Confederacy
Columbia
Railroad wage protections tied to six month period
Senate and house conferees report a redrafted railroad reorganization bill promising no wage cuts before September 1. The measure also guards against rate reductions by state commissions before then, aiming to stabilize the industry as March 1 property control resumes. A conference meeting is set for Saturday a day earlier to finish before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Conference
Capitol
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Quigalists Hehe Not Bolshevists in Russian Alliance Testimony
Morris Hillquit, Socialist leader, testifies in Albany at the disloyalty case against five suspended Socialist assemblymen. He denies being a paid counsellor for the Russian soviet bureau or for L. C. A. K. Martens while admitting he advised Martens and helped organize his office. He asserts no payments were received and argues American Socialists are not Bolshevists though they sympathize with Soviet Russia as a social experiment.
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Albany
N. Y
Morris Hillquit
Russia
United States
K. Martens
Martin Cowboy
Hillquit
Soviet Russia
Socialists Refute Claim of Chaos Endorsed by Nation
In response to charges that Socialists support chaos and anarchy, party spokesmen defend their platform and call for orderly governance backed by reform. They argue the movement seeks structured policies to address inequality and defend democratic processes.
Faulkner Dismissed as State Evidence Found Lacking
Bert Faulkner, among alleged 1 W W members, was dismissed in Montesano Washington after Judge J M Wilson ruled the state presented insufficient evidence in the Warren Grimm murder case. Prosecution signaled it would rest. Ten co defendants’ motions to dismiss were denied. The state had called seventy five witnesses over eight days.
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Montesano
Wash
Bert Faulkner
Rank and File Voters to Direct West Virginia Memorial
Charleston affair centers on Memorial Commission decision to heed rank and file American Legion members for the form of a state memorial. Governor Cornwell chairs with George H. Williams as secretary. university representatives propose a building at West Virginia University but pledge cooperation with the commission’s final choice. The university has fifteen days to propose plans before a further report.
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Charleston
W. Va
American Legion
West Virginia
Cornwell
Capitol
George H. Williams
Romney
Public Service Commission
O. S McKinney
Fairmont
Burk
Attorneys engage in open warfare in Newberry election trial
Grand Rapids, Feb 18. Open conflict flared between government and defense lawyers in the Newberry elections conspiracy trial as Judge Sessions presided. Government investigator Edward Ridley faced cross examination by Martin Littleton over five statements read from witnesses including Guy Ingalls Detroit treasurer and others. Wageley said he received $19.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Newberry
Clarence W. Sessions
Edward Ridley
Martin W. Littleton
Guy L. Ingalls
Detroit
W. H. Smith, Jr
State Free Employment Bureau
Muskogen
Bruce Laing
Dowagiac
Cass County Republican Committee
George Carrigan
la Peer
John Wageley
Cross Village
Wageley
Profiteering Cited as Sixth Reason for High Living Costs
Howard E. Figg at the National Dry Goods Association convention lists six causes raising prices with profiteering as the least of them. He urges labor cooperation and warns retailers risk overstocking as public appetite for higher costs wanes, noting women lead in price resistance while men are slower to act.
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New York
Howard E. Figg
United States
National Dry Goods Association
Myr. Wigg
Pies
Figg
Removal of Mayor Hylan Real Object
Albany report states the extraordinary grand jury passed charges against three assistant district attorneys Dooling Smith Kilroe. Dooling allegedly conspired to indict Gaston B Means for murder. Smith and Kilroe face neglect of duty in gambling and disorderly houses probes. Governor Smith and District Attorney Swann challenge the motive as aiming to remove Mayor Hylan and target William Randolph Hearst.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Raymond F. Almirall
New York County
John T. Dooling
James K. Smith
Howard P. Kilroe
Dooling
Gaston B. Means
Kilroe
New York
Swann
Hylan
William Randolph ‘Hearst
Newton
Alferd L. Becker
Almirall
Becker
William Randolph Hearst
Interborough
Traction Combination
Allies Face Strain as Vladivostok Sees Revolution
In Vladivostok on January 31 revolutionaries seize government buildings as Allied troops, mainly Americans and Japanese, enforce neutral stance. A Japanese commander and an American officer clash over city entry, while General Graves lodges a protest with the Inter Allied Railway Board over Japanese train delays on American rail lines.
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General Graves
Inter-Allied Railway Board
Associated Press
Vladivostok
Rosanoff
Maritime
Admiral Kolchak
Kolchak
Zemstvo
Nikolsk
William 5. Graves
Siberia
Interallied
Martinsburg man accused of stealing mail bag
Accused of theft of a mail bag containing $2,000 from a truck in front of the Baltimore and Ohio depot at Harper's Ferry Lewis H Staubbs of Martinsburg W Va was arrested by federal officials and jailed awaiting hearing
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Harper's Ferry
Lewis H. Staubbs
Conductor Killed in Wreck Near Bu Ford Virginia
Conductor J. H. Barksdale was instantly killed when a Vanville and Western train derailed near Bu ford Virginia early today. Several other persons were shaken up in the derailment.
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Richmond
J. H. Barksdale
Vanville and Western
Buford
Adriatic Controversy Outlook From London Officials
London sources report Andrew Bonar Law denied any modification to the draft reply to President Wilson on the Adriatic dispute. Officials expect the supreme council to settle the issue with Premier Nitti’s moderation guiding Italy while the Serbian minister believes Italians and the Jugoslavs can reach a satisfactory arrangement.
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London
Supreme Council
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Wilson
Adriatic
Viscount Grey
Robert Cecil
Buxchequer Chamberlain
Great Britain
United States
Paris
Washington
John W. Davis
Council
Supreme Coucil
Todig
Nitti
Italy
Nine Men Arrested in Coal Run Communist Raid
Agents of the department of justice and state troopers arrested nine men at Coal Run in the Coal Run mining district. Evidence said to show a regular organization of alleged radicals under the Ukrainian Branch Local No 59, Communist party, was seized during the raid.
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Indiana
Department of Justice
Coal Run
Communist Party
Inauguration Ceremony Marks French Presidency Transfer
Paris February 18. President Deschanel is formally invested as president in a ceremony noted for a cordial exchange with retiring President Poincare. Poincare praises Deschanel’s merit and impartial guidance, Deschanel pledges to follow precedent and uphold the rule of law and the republic’s glory.
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Paris
Havas
Deschanel
M. Poincare
M. Deschanel
France
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Coal Commission
MR. Watkins
Edward Ripley
Mr. Figg
J. P. Morgan & Company
Mearst
America
Bonar Law
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