Allied ministers plan peaceful exploitation of Peschen districts
Paris dispatch reports the inter allied commission authorizing allied delegates to Peschen to secure peaceful exploitation of Peschen industrial districts in cooperation with Czech and Polish representatives, while awaiting a territorial settlement by the conference. The session also heard views on the Banat of Temavar involving Romania and Serbia, with meetings set for tomorrow.
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United States of America
Japan
Poland
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Peschen
M. Noulens
Gothe
Rumania
Serbia
Banat of
Temavar
M. Bradfang
M. Pachiteh
Vesnitch
M. Crumbiteh
Paris
Peachen
Mayor of Quaker Ty Is Acquitted
Thos B Smith mayor of Philadelphia was acquitted by a jury of misdemeanor in office and conspiracy to violate an election law after long trial tied to the fifth ward political row that led to the killing of a policeman at the September 1917 primary election.
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Philadelphia
Jan
Thos. B. Smith
Fifth Ward
Bonuses for Yankee Troops Tie Up War Revenue Bill
After long talks in the Congress conference, a compromise adds fifty dollar enlistment and nurse bonuses and two hundred dollars for officers on discharge. House managers agreed to modifications of the Senate plan and the final redraft is delayed until next week.
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Jashington
House
Senate
Columbia
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Arrow
Uncle Sam Sets Down Bars on Foodstuffs
Washington report outlines the food administration proclamation removing most import and distributor licensing on foodstuffs effective tomorrow. Remaining controls cover meat canned beef pork and mutton, cottonseed products and butter rules repealed. storage margins limited. Old price ceilings on eggs and other items continue under wartime food control act enforcement.
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Uncle Sam
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Food Administration
70 000 Acres Reclaimed In Washington Irrigation Boom
In Washington irrigation has transformed arid land into fertile fields with values rising from 50 cents to 200 dollars per acre. The Yakima Valley hosts many completed projects, and plans like the Big Bend Columbia Basin aim to irrigate over two million acres using Pend Oreille river water and reservoirs in Idaho and Montana. Government and state funds back major schemes, with user ownership expected for ditches and water rights. E F Benson and R K Tiffany have led the Washington irrigation initiative.
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Washington
Walla Walla Valley
Okanagan Valley
Hill
Big Bend
Columbia Basin
Pend’Oreile
Pend'Oreile Lake
Idaho
Flathead Lake
Montana
Federal Reclamation Service
State Irrigation Institute
Washington Irrigation
E. F. Benson
R. K. Tiffany
Reclamation Service
Yakima
Ukraine Ready to Assume Debt and Seek Recognition
Paris dispatch reports Ukraine’s new government will not attend the conference on the Princess Islands. Minister Fedorinke says Kiev seeks recognition and, if granted, proposes an alliance with France and the transfer of part of Russian debts, with France paid in wheat.
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Paris
Princess Islands
Petit Journal
Fedorinke
Ukraine
France
Russia
Premier Leaders to Leave as Wilson Returns
Paris reports Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain and Premier Orlando of Italy will depart for their capitals when President Wilson returns to the United States in mid February. The conference will continue its work with most commissions already active on their assigned problems despite the absence of the leaders.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
United Staton
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Orlando
Maly
Gal Ir
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West 17Th Street
Cheyenne
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