Republicans Not to Blame for Bills Delay Claims
A Colorado Democrat Senator Thomas said both parties share responsibility for stalled measures and advocated an extra session. Senate leaders debated Navy and Army appropriation delays as President Wilson delayed an extra session until after his Europe withdrawal.
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Bolshevism Starvation Conspiracy Says Keeling
London Feb 26 Premier Lenine and War Minister Trotzky and their higher officials of the soviet government know that the game is up and do not know how to get out of it according to H V Keeling an English trade unionist in an interview with the Westminster Gazette. He spent five years in Russia and now says Bolshevism is a starvation conspiracy with the aim of denying food to the many to privilege the few.
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Lenine
Trotzky
H. V. Keeling
Westminster Gazette
England
Russia
Keeling
Hog Price Policy Decision Deferred
Washington February 26 The decision on whether to continue the food administration minimum hog price policy after midnight Friday is deferred. Frank S Snyder chief of the nov a division reports no immediate action. President Wilson and the War Trade Board discussed embargoes with food administration officials and the War Cabinet.
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Frank S. Snyder
Nova Disvision
Wilson
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War Trade Board
White House
War Cabinet
France Resumes Army Demobilization in 23 Districts
Paris reports the demobilization of the French army is being gradually resumed with twenty three districts replacing twenty one. Headquarters will be at Metz Lorraine and Strasbourg Alsace as the reorganization proceeds.
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University of California
I. C. Schroeder
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Y M A Secretary Displays Kamerad Gun in Court
New York police arrested Alexander P. Watson, a YMCA secretary from Knoxville Tennessee, after he displayed a Kamerad gun in court. The weapon, said to be easily concealed in one hand, was linked to German troops using surrender gestures to shoot captors. Watson was charged under Sullivan law but discharged by the commissioner.
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Tenn
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Peace Conference Finance Commission Completes Probe
The financial commission of the peace conference has finished its investigation into financial conditions and will submit its report to the council.
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Havas
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League of Nations debate urged U S entry to avoid chaos
President Wilson pressed congressional leaders to join the league of nations, warning the world would descend into chaos if the United States abstained. Senators from both parties questioned provisions on sovereignty and disarmament while noting possible weaknesses if major powers fail to support the plan.
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Senate Deliberates League of Nations Plan All Week
Senate debate on the League of Nations constitution renews with remarks by Cummins and Owen. Hitchcock and Lodge plan speeches as Knox Hardwick and Borah also prepare, while White House dinner participants include multiple senators and representatives.
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Mississippi
Claude A Swanson
Virginia
Atleen Pomerene
Ohio
Marcus A. Smith
Arizona
Willard Lautsbury
Delaware
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Nevada
John K. Shields
Tennessee
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Michigan
Porter J. McCumber
North Carolina
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Connecticut
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Pennsylvania
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Henry JD. Floed
J. Charles Linthicum
Maryland
Wim. S. Goodwin
Arkansas
M. Stedman
Pat Morrison
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Charles B. Smith
New York
Charles C. Sabbath
Ilinois
J. Willard Ragsdale
South Carolina
George Studdleston
Alabama
Tom Connolly
Texas
Thomas F. Smith
Henry Allen Cooper
Wisconsin
Stephen ‘G. Porter
John Jacob Rogers
Henry W. Temple
George Edmund Foes
Minois
CB. Miller
Minnesota
Luther W. Mott
Ambrose Kennedy
Rhode Island
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Cummins
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Laran Opposes Constabulary Police Plan in West Virginia
Walter S. Hallanan state tax commissioner warns against a proposed constabulary police system to be considered in an extraordinary session. He argues the plan would cost about 600000 for one year, burden state finances, and provoke industrial unrest rather than prevent it. He supports National Guard reorganization or sheriffs act expansion for emergency protection.
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W. Va
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
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Hallanan
Virginia
National Guard
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Senators Clash Over World League Draft Provisions
Senator Cummins attacked the draft as unconstitutional and dangerous to American sovereignty while proposing a penal tribunal with moral force. Senator Owen endorsed the general principles but urged amendments to bar the tribunal from meddling in domestic affairs and to keep the league’s aims focused on universal peace.
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Owen
League
Bluefield Boy Named for Naval Academy
West Virginia senators announced naval and military academy appointments for several youths. Names include Frank Ro Campbell New Cumberland principal and John JH Pitzer Morgantown selected, with alternates James G Evans Kermit and John S Elden Charlestown among others, and Scott Hough Wheeling noted for principal appointment announced earlier.
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West Point
Frank Ro Campbell
New Cumberland
James G. Evans
Kermit
John S. Slapperton
Laindate
John JH. Pitzer
Morgantown
Goff
Annapolis
Frederick Mackay Trapnell
Charlestown
John S. Eldeon
R. Harmon
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House Adopts Reserve Act Amendment Proposal
A conference report approved in Washington on February 26 proposes removing appointive Federal Reserve Board members from holding office in any Federal Reserve bank. It also requires 90 percent of each bank’s net earnings to go to the United States as a franchise tax after dividends and a surplus fund equal to subscribed capital stock are set aside.
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Federal Reserve Bank
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Bolshevik Atrocities Reported in Harrowing Tale
An official report details killings by Bolsheviki with grisly specifics. Graves at Weenenburg held eighty two bodies. victims battered and shot, thrown into graves, and riverside corpses displayed. Eyewitnesses cite looting, beheadings, and mass drownings near Narva.
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Daylight Saving Law Saved Lives and Work
Washington reports that labor leaders predicted daylight saving hours would reduce industrial accidents, a view affirmed by AFL Secretary Frank Morrison in urging retention of the law. A repeal rider was added to the annual agriculture appropriation bill by the Senate agriculture committee.
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Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Senate Agriculture Committee
Two Submarines for Canada and Destroyers Offered
Wahler Yume Long, first lord of the admiralty, told the House of Commons that Britain had presented two submarines to Canada and offered Australia six modern destroyers and six modern submarines. He pledged sympathetic consideration for other dominions' requests.
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Palmer declares record on alien property custody
Alien property custodian A Mitchell Palmer releases a formal statement on Senator Calder’s information resolution. He notes the report outlines officers and salaries, property held valued at up to 760 million, and administration costs under 1.0 million, a claim of economical management. He defends against fees cited for a New York lawyer and cites contributions of custodian and staff.
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Mitchell Palmer
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New Jersey
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Colmar Council Declares No Plebiscite Needed in Alsace
The Colmar city council in Alsace adopts a resolution stating Alsace Lorraine residents are French and will remain so. It also adopts a sympathy resolution for Premier Clemenceau and gratitude for his escape.
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Railroad changes assign new Huntington and Logan division chiefs
Changes in the operating management of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad were announced in Huntington. W. T. Webs will become superintendent of the Huntington and Logan divisions. Fletcher, previously Huntington superintendent, moves to Logan as assistant superintendent.
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W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
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Kf. Fletcher
Conference Report Adopted on $32 Million Public Works Bill
Washington February 26 The conference report on a 32 million dollars power and harbors appropriation bill was adopted in the senate without a recorded vote. The measure authorizes seventy five new projects and now goes to the president for approval.
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Windau Recaptured by Germans in Joint Attack
Copenhagen reports Windau port in Courland has been recaptured by German forces in a coordinated land and sea assault after its capture by Poles on January 3. Berlin dispatch notes a violent battle and successful retaking at Windau on February 26.
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