Senate Opens On Japan Ties Behind Closed Doors
The U S Senate discussed relations with Japan for two hours in secret then debated naval funding. Leaders warned the bill could not pass before adjournment as Poindexter took charge and Lodge urged public discussion on other matters. A conference call on naval disarmament was approved by 58 senators.
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Ashington
Associated Press
Senate
United States
Japan
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Senator Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Great Britain
Empress of Russia applies in port after gold theft report
Victoria reports $20,000 in gold bullion stolen from the Empress of Russia mail during its voyage from Far Eastern ports. Vancouver customs authorities dispatched an airplane to trail the liner after reports that water tight packages were discarded overboard from incoming ships. The Empress of Russia arrived in Victoria from the Orient.
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Ictoria
BG. C
Vancouver
B. G
Victoria
Orient
Governor Authority To Cut Appropriation By Wording Change
Legal question asks whether a governor can reduce funding by altering the wording of an enrolled act. It inquires if the chief executive has legislative authority to reform statutes through veto power by changing enacted language.
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Robert D. Carey
Saratoga Hot Springs
Saratoga Springs
Vacation of Rail Agreements Rift Faces Hearings at Chicago
In Chicago on March 1 the railroad labor board heard K K P Dee of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks state that scrapping national agreements would spark civil war among workers. He argued the existing deals ensure orderly dispute handling without traffic interruption, contrasting with pre 1918 strife.
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Railroad Labor Board
Kk. P. Dee
The
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Petrograd Revolt Spreads as Sailors and Workers Rise
Reports from the Russo Finnish frontier say Vassily Ostrov near Petrograd is held by insurgents with fighting ongoing between sailors and workers and officers. Rumors place Lenin and Trotzky fleeing to Crimea as about 40 communists were killed and 200 arrested February 25. Demonstrations occurred as strikers freed sailors from Djabine prison. Washington reports sailors and laborers uniting in revolt since February 24 with martial law declared in Petrograd.
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Elsingfors
Finland
Vassily-Ostrov
Petrograd
Lenine
Trotzky
Crimea
Djabine
Washington
Vassily- Ostrov
Allies Amazed By German Proposals At Rhine Conference
March 1 reports from London say Germany presented reparation offers of about 30 billion gold marks at the Allied conference. PM Lloyd George responded in substance after Dr. Simons, the German foreign minister, spoke. Allies expressed amazement at the eggerness of the proposals though some expected a feasible basis for discussion.
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Simons
Germany
London
Dr. Simons
Lloyd-George
National Parks Saved From Commercial Dams Bill
Washington March 1 The House passed the Senate bill exempting national parks from the provisions of the federal water power act. The measure goes to the president and would prevent construction of commercial dams and power houses in western national parks.
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Washington
House
Senate
Death by Own Action in Green River Lodger Case
Edgar Loffell aged 25 shot and killed his roommate at Green River then took his own life. His body arrived in Cheyenne yesterday with meagre information available in the city.
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Edgar Loffell
Cheyenne
Green River
Charges of Armistice Day Slaughter Divide Parties
In Washington on March 1 republican and democratic members of a house sub committee on war expenditures issued majority and minority reports accusing and denying the needless slaughter of American troops on Armistice day. Chairman Johnson of South Dakota prepared the majority report as part of the Graham general investigation. A meeting was set for tomorrow to decide further action and possible changes before the house submits a final report.
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House
Johnson
South Dakota
Graham General Investigation Committee
Graham
League plans to grant open door in African mandates
League of Nations deliberates mandates for former German East Togoland and Kamerun with open door rights for member nations. Texts show France may raise native troops for Europe while Britain and Belgium are limited. U.S. as non-member faces potential impact.
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Belgium
France
Europe
York
League of Nations
East Togoland
Kamerun
Supreme Council of the League
Paris
Great Britain
Council
Togoland
United States
League
Railroads Cut 1481 Jobs In Three Months In Colorado
A 50 percent drop in business over the last quarter leads the Denver and Rio Grande, Colorado and Southern, and Union Pacific to lay off 1,481 shopmen. Across the three lines in the state the three months total layoffs reach 4,046 workers.
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Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado & Southern
Union Pacific
Champ Clark’s Illness Reported Grave
Asiinaton March 1 reports Representative Champ Clark in extremely grave condition. The physician Dr Jesse Shoup says Clark had a slight rally in the afternoon and took liquid nourishment and is conscious. His pulse was stronger tonight as messages pour in about his health.
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Asiinaton
Champ Clark
Jesse Shoup
Clark
Michigan Central blames crew for Porter wreck
Henry Shearer, Michigan Central general manager, announced that an internal inquiry found engineer W S Long and fireman George S Block of train No 20 responsible for the Porter Indiana collision that killed 37. The two will be dismissed for failing to observe signals and obey rules after joint reviews with employees and officials.
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Michigan Central
Hicago
Henry Shearer
Michigan Central Lines
Porter
Indiana
Shearer
New York Central
W.S. Long
George S. Block
Henry Shharer
South Dakota Warden Charged with Cruelty
Pierre March 1 Charges of cruelty to prisoners mismanagement careless and inefficiency on the part of the management of the South Dakota penitentiary at Sioux Falls under former Warden G C Redfield were contained in the report the legislative investigating committee submitted to the legislature today.
England Refuses New Seizures on Rhine
London March 1 In talks with Allied delegates over German indemnity proposals the German counter offers fell short of the Paris plan. The British premier warned Germany showing a misunderstanding of the realities as adjournment followed and Allies prepared to decide further measures with judicial and military advisers.
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Rhine
Associated Press
War Office
Marshal Foch
England
Ondon
Paris
Simons
Upper Silesia
Germany
Weather Forecast for Wyoming Turns Colder Late Week
Wyoming forecast calls for generally fair conditions Wednesday ahead of a likely Thursday change to colder air. Strong high pressure supports dry skies with steady temps, while overnight lows dip as a cold front approaches later in the week.
Bitterly Attacks Soldier Bonus as Unpatriotic Policy
Senator Thomas of Colorado denounces the soldier bonus bill as sordid mercenary and illegal arguing it costs 8.5 billion dollars, harms Liberty bonds, burdens taxpayers, and subordinates duty to profit. He warns of a taxpayers' strike and likens the army to mercenary soldiers for fortune.
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Thomas
Colorado
Senate
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