Wilson Adheres to Adriatic Settlement Contingent
President Wilson replies to British and French premiers on the Adriatic issue, says he must consider withdrawing the Versailles Treaty and French alliance from the Senate if settlement terms are not restored to the December 9 proviso. State Department releases public exchanges and outlines the disputed borders and governance for Istria Fiume Zara and Dalmatian islands.
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Senate
Washington
Wilson
Adriatic
London
Jugo-Glavia
State Department
France
Great Britain
United States
Istria
Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Albona
League of Nations
Assling
Fiume
League
Zara
Pelagosa
Lissa
Lussia
Anie
Albania
Greece
Varona
Dalmatian
Regula
Lagosta
Tittoni
Annnex
Italia
Greatin
Wilon
Unitedes
Susak
Wilson Plan Alters Adriatic Borders and Italy Roles
The proposal redraws the Italy Serb Croat Slovene boundary with a corridor through Senesecchia and a line to protect Trieste. Zara would be independent under the league, Albania under Italy with a northern boundary shift, and Adriatic islands demilitarized. Dalmatian Italians could choose nationality. Wilson protested the plan.
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Italy
Senesecchia
Trieste
Zara
League
Valona
London
Albania
Greece
Koritza
Argyrokastron
Luassia
Lissa
Pelagosa
Adriatic
Dalmatia
Wilson
Europe
United States
Clemenceau
Lloyd- George
Fiume
Iron River Feud Draws Federal Prohibition Probe
George F Crummerford a Justice Department agent will arrive in Iron River to investigate the prohibition disturbance sparked by an armed federal expedition led by Major A V Dalrymple. Iron county prosecutor Martin H McDonough has become the focal point of tense standoffs as state and federal officials converge for tomorrow’s inquiry.
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Department of Justice
Iron River
Mich
George F. Crummerford
Crummerford
Myron H. Walker
Grand Rapids
Marquette
United States
Hatch
Iron County
A. V. Dalrymple
Central States
Converse
Michigan
Martin H. McDonough
Major Dalrymple
Upper Peninsula
McDonough
Edward Swann
New York County
Dalrymple
Stambaugh
Baker declines to run as Ohio delegate at large
Secretary Baker announced he will not seek the delegate at large seat for the San Francisco convention. He declined petitions and said as a national administrator he should not participate in a state preference primary. Senator Pomerene withdrew, leaving Governor Coy as the remaining candidate in Ohio.
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Washington
Baker
Ohio
San Francisco
National
Pomerene
Coy
Books Loaned to Libraries for Veterans by Meyers
Approximately 3,800 volumes from the American Library Association in France and Germany were received by State Historian Clifford R. Meyers. The books will be loaned to libraries in industrial communities and other places where they will aid former service men.
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Charleston
American Library Association
France
Germany
Clifford R. Meyers
Soviet Union Offers Peace Plan Tied to Russian Reforms
The Moscow proposed peace package would set up democratic principles in Russia, call a constituent assembly, restore part of foreign debt, pay arrears, and grant mining concessions to an Anglo American syndicate. It asks Britain and others to abandon intervention and suggests U S credits with concessions. Officials note no official communication yet.
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Associated Press
Washington
Soviet Russia
Russia
Moscow
United States
Japan
Roumania
Supreme Council At
London
Cox to File Candidacy for Democratic Nomination
Governor James M. Cox is expected to declare his candidacy for president by filing a nominating petition with the secretary of state tomorrow. Ohio’s delegation is solid for Cox while Warren G Harding and General Leonard Wood vie for Republican delegates in Chicago.
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Columbus
James M. Cox
Ohio
United States
Warren G.harding
Leonard Wood
Buckjeye
Chicago
Cox
William Cooper Brocter
Cincinnati
Wood
Senator Harding
General Wood
Mexican Soldiers Arrested in Robbery Case at Juarez
Four Juarez garrison soldiers were arrested on charges of robbery and attempted murder in an attack on J. M. Bailey of Asheville North Carolina the American Consul Aguirre announced. Bailey was robbed of jewelry and clothing but not injured.
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Jurrez
Mexico
Juarez
J. M. Bailey
Asheville
N. C
Aguierre
Bailey
Amendment to Lever Act Declared Unconstitutional
United States District Judge Faris in St. Louis dismissed the L. Cohen Grocery Company case finding the Lever food control act amendment violates the Sixth Amendment by being vague and failing to inform defendants of the charges. The company was accused of charging 19.8 cents a pound for sugar last November.
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St. Louis
United States
Faris
L. Cohen Grocery Company
Memorials Urge President to Veto Railroad Bill
Washington February 26 members of the railroad brotherhoods the farmers national council and the American Society of Equity presented memorials urging President Wilson to veto the railroad bill. Delegations met Secretary Tumulty who said he would bring the requests to the president. The rail administration opposed labor clauses but joined others in opposing a provision granting five and one half percent on property value to railroad security owners.
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Washington
Wilson
Railroad Brotherhoods
Farmers’ National Council
American Society of Equity
Tumulty
Railroad Administration
Edwards Urges Bryan to Join Prohibition Effort
New Jersey Governor Edwards told a New York audience that William Jennings Bryan should leave the Democratic Party and join the Prohibition party to help square the prohibition issue for the nation. He predicted a forthcoming beer bill in the New Jersey senate and argued constitutional prohibition curtails personal liberty and self-determination.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
Edwards
New Jersey
Society of Arts and Sciences
Bryan
Prohibition
House of Assembly
Senate
Ewards
Democratic state convention names delegates at large
Albany. The unofficial state convention selected as delegates at large Governor Smith Elizabeth Marbury Harriet May Mills and Louis Deshbecker. Alternates at large were Edward Ridgelmann Mrs Maurice J Connolly Winfield A Huppuch and Nellie M Hewitt. The delegation was instructed to vote as a unit. Wood files for Republican presidential nomination in West Virginia.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Elizabeth Marbury
New York
Harriet May Mills
Syracuse
Louis Deshbecker
Buffalo
Edward Ridgelmann
Brooklyn
Maurice J. Connolly
Queens
Winfield A. Huppuch
Washington
Nellie M. Hewitt
Jefferson
Senate Adopts Reservation on Mandates Without Change
The Senate approved the Republican reservation on mandates attached to the peace treaty by a vote of 68 to 4, with Democrats and Republicans largely aligned. The action, readopted after lawmakers withdrew opposition, confirms Congress consent as a prerequisite for any mandate.
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Washington
Senate
Hitchcock
United States
Congress
Jones
New Mexico
Kendrick
Wyoming
Walsh
Montana
Williams
Mississippi
Waleh
Llitebeeck
France
Maryland
Reed
Missouri
Wilson
Bainbridge Colby
Colby
Ashurst
Arizona
United efforts urged to fight radicalism in schools
J P Garber of Philadelphia urged the National Education Association to unite in countering radicalism during a Cleveland convention address on Americanization in public schools. He warned against spurious democracy and loss of respect for authority amid high living costs, noting schools alone cannot solve the issue. The afternoon featured the Cleveland pageant of public school children, The Light, witnessed by thousands.
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Cleveland
Department of Superintendence
National Education Association
J. P. Garber
Philadelphia
Skeleton Found in Woods Near Elkins West Virginia
A hunter found the skeleton of a man Wednesday in woods near Elkins, partly hidden in a hollow log. Identification hinges on a brass tag reading No. 72, prompting Justice M. M. Smith and others to suspect the man was a foreign worker employed in some capacity.
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Elkins
W. Va
M. M. Smith
Unknown shooter blamed for miner’s death verdict
A coroner's jury ruled that a miner died from shots fired into the head by an unknown person. Medical exams indicated multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of death in the mining community.
Prosecute Seeress Over Failed Love Charm Case
Mrs Myra Ison of Huntington West Virginia asked federal authorities to prosecute an Ohio fortuneteller for mail fraud after her promised love charm failed to return her husband. Ison says she spent a large sum on love shields the prophetess claimed would bring back her husband whom she had not seen for months.
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Seeress
Huntington
W. Va
Portsmouth
Myra Ison
Ohio
Public service adjusts schedules for misconnecting trains
Charleston West Virginia February 26 The public service commission arranged with the Chesapeake and Ohio railway to hold train No 24 at Kenova for thirty minutes to await Norfolk and Western train No 2 when it is late due to the Bluefield Charleston sleeper connection missing.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kenova
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Norfolk and Western
West Virginia to Play Washington and Jefferson Next Spring
Washington and Jefferson College of Washington Pa today closed negotiations for two baseball games with West Virginia University in Morgantown next spring. W and J is West Virginia's biggest baseball rival.
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W. Va. U
J. Morgantown
W. A
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Handwriting Experts Probe Signatures in Newberry Case
Grand Rapids, Mich February 26 testimony from four handwriting experts questioned whether 106 signatures on nominating petitions were the edhlrogra phy of Richard R. Fletcher state labor commissioner The witnesses also linked the same handwriting to Fletcher on a hotel register and on petitions opposing Henry Ford in 1918 The defense fought the expert's conclusions while Detroit witnesses denied signing the papers and one said his name was misspelled on the petition.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Richard R. Pletche
Fletcher
Lansing
James W. Helme
Henry Ford
United States
Helme
Detroit
Francis &. Courtney
Geo. L.houser
Auditor General's Office
Commissioner of Labor
Stills Destroyed in McDowell County Prohibition Raid
Six men were arrested and three stills were raided by prohibition agents in McDowell county. Two men were arrested at each of three stills, three others were not at the sites. Several gallons of liquor were confiscated.
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Huntington
W. Va
McDowell County
Mississippi Legislature Votes Purvis $5000
The Mississippi House approved compensation of 5000 for Will Purvis a Lamar county farmer who faced gallows twice for the Buckley murder near Columbia twenty six years ago. After the death trap failed his plea of not guilty was upheld and he was pardoned following exoneration by Joe Beard whose confession led to Purvis's release.
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Jackson
Miss
Will Purvis
Lamar County
Will Buckley
Columbia
Purvis
Baptist Board Boosts Broaddus College Aid to Fifty Thousand
Rev F E Brinninstool announced that the Northern Baptist convention board of education increased its allotment to Broaddus College at Phillips West Virginia to 50000 dollars.
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Broaddus College
Clarksburg
W. Va
F. E.brinninstool
Northern Baptist Convention
Convention Board of Education
Phillips
West Virginia Suffrage Vote Fight Builds in Charleston
Charleston reports a tense Capitol scene as suffrage supporters and opponents mobilize. With under a quarter of lawmakers present, leaders project a tight battle over ratification of the federal amendment. Senate support appears likely but margin uncertain, while House Speaker J Luther Wolfe weighs caucus needs amid a GOP majority environment.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dot
Siation
House of Representatives
West Virginia
J. Luther Wolfe
House of Delegates
House
Cornwell
George W. MacClintic
Kanawha County
A. F. Wysong
Mercer County
Nin
Harvey W. Harmer
Clarksburg
Senate
Wallace Gribble
West
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