Bryan endorses League of Nations with amendments urged
William Jennings Bryan, from his sickbed, issued a statement endorsing the League of Nations while calling for changes. He argued for fairer U S representation and clearer autonomy for member states, and urged public discussion to improve the plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
League of Nations
United States
League
General Council
Bryan
Friends
Wilson
Ohio Home Rule petition seeks referendum on prohibition amendment
The Ohio Home Rule Association filed petitions with 197 847 names requesting a referendum on the state legislature’s January resolution ratifying the national Prohibition amendment. Signatures exceed 6 percent of voters, with the five largest counties yielding many names. Antisaloon League officials plan to contest the referendum submission as tempers rise over enforcement bills.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio Home Rule Association
Secretary of State
Ohio
Antisaloon League
Cuyahoga
Hamilton
Montgomery
Franklin
Lucas
L. H. Gibson
Ohio, Home Rule Association
Gibson
League
Althoit
Ohio General Assembly
Senate
Washington
George E. Fisher
William Miller
Senate Temperance Committee
Ohio Indiana fair Wednesday with warming trend
Ohio and Indiana show fair weather on Wednesday with rising temperatures expected. Kentucky and West Virginia also forecast fair for Wednesday and Thursday. Current station readings include Kansas City 56, New Orleans 66, Omaha 58, Galveston 65, Nashville 52, San Francisco 60, Memphis 54, Winnipeg 22, with Cincinnati reporting March 11, 1919 records and temperature readings around noon and 7 p.m. conditions.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Beston
Kansas City
New Orleans
Omaha
Galveston
Denver
Nashville
San Francisco
Memphis
Winnipeg
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German Papers Rally Against League of Nations
German newspapers echo strong opposition to the League of Nations. Vorwaerts calls the league a victor’s league and the treaty capitalist, Taegliche Rundschau cites Anglo American domination, and other papers denounce Germany being sidelined and risk of war.
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Washington
League of Nations
State Department
Vorwaerts
League
Taegliche Rundschau
Paris
Germany
Leipzig Tageblatt
Vossiche Zeitung
England
America
Robbers Kill Brooklyn Candy Store Owner
Two armed men robbed the Brooklyn candy store of Samuel Wolechock this afternoon. One robber shot and killed the proprietor after he refused their demand to raise his hands and surrender possessions. The assailants fled the scene.
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New York
Samuel Wolechock
Brooklyn
Rough Outline of Peace Text Progress in Paris
Paris reports progress on a preliminary peace treaty draft with five or six main divisions including military terms reparations and boundaries. The outline notes the word trillion entering reparations figures and initial estimates of losses across powers.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of the Great Powers
Wilson
Foch
Helgoland
Kiel Canal
Germany
Council
Committee On Reports
Neville Island Ordnance Plant Abandoned by Government
The Neville Island ordnance plant near Pittsburg, planned as the world’s largest munitions factory, is being abandoned by the War Department. Construction stops, buildings may be dismantled, and machinery moved or sold. the island reverts to original owners and will be used only briefly for storage to ease depot congestion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Neville Island
War Department
Ohio River
Pittsburg
United States
Department
United States Steel Corporation
Krupp
Germany
Créusot
France
Royal Salute on George Washington for President Wilson
President Wilson aboard the George Washington receives a royal salute as destroyers part company en route to the Azores. A Cleveland Chamber of Commerce delegation travels to England aboard the Aquitania. The ship remains in wireless contact with Otter Cliffs, Maine.
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U. S
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Washington
Wilson
Paris
George Washington
New York
Azores
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
England
Aquitania
Annam
Hollandia
Otter Cliffs
Miners Threaten Armed Resistance Over West Virginia Patrol Bill
Districts 17 and 29 miners vow to resist the patrol bill with threats of arming against the ruling class. The resolutions warn the Governor and Legislature that if enacted into law the measures will meet armed opposition, pledging to defend labor against perceived suppression.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Senate
West Virginia
Bolshevik shelling destroys Vistavka village
Archangel March 11. Bolshevik forces used ten guns to shell the village of Vistavka on the Vaga, almost wiping it out. Heavy infantry assaults followed but were repelled with heavy Allied losses. American British and Russian troops held the ruins and prepared for further attacks.
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Archangel
Vistavka
Vaga
War Secretary and General Take Local Iowa Train
Newton D. Baker and General Peyton C. March arrived at Camp Dodge and Ft. Des Moines for a visit, departing for Omaha. A two coach Ames to Des Moines local trip produced a seat scare and a two mile blind track maneuver, drawing March's curiosity about the engine’s reverse capability.
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Des Moines
Newton D. Baker
Peyton C. March
Camp Dodge
Ft. Des Moines
Omaha
War Department
Ames
Chicago
March
Polk City
General March
Berlin Uprising Bloodshed Reported in Lichtenberg
Reports from Berlin describe brutal street fighting between Spartacans and government troops. Civilians tortured and killed, with 150 or more dead. 80,000 marks stolen from a post office. authorities promise swift action and suppression of opposing papers Die Freiheit and Die Republik.
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Associated Press
London
Berlin
Ince
Exchange Telegraph Company
Spartacans
Frankfurterstrasse
Lichtenberg
Herr Noske
Defense
Herry Noske
Red Cross
Die Freiheit
Die Republik
Althe
Social Unit Plan Promoted as Antibolshevik Civic Reform
With Secretary Lane abroad, Fred G. Butler defends Cincinnati originated social unit plan as a practical tool to curb agitation and build American community life, noting Lane chairs the National Social Unit to promote integration and deter foreign-born isolation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lane
Fred G. Butler
Department of the Interior
Galvin
Cincinnati
Social Unit Plan
Butler
Motawk Brighton Workers Demand Full Light on Unit
In Cincinnati Mohawk Brighton district a social unit experiment is questioned as possibly socialistic. A Citizens Committee of black worker women plans a mass meeting at Freeman Avenue headquarters inviting all residents and requesting Wilbur Phillips attend to answer questions. Phillips is in New York at present.
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Mohawk- Brighton
Cincinnati
Citizens’ Committee
Freeman Avenue
Wilbur Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Phillips
New York
Phillips challenges mayor to allow city vote on Social Unit plan
Wilbur and Elsie Phillips of the National Social Unit demand a public Cincinnati meeting to discuss the unit and Mayor Galvin’s criticisms. If the city votes against the plan, they would urge withdrawal of national support and halt all activities locally. The group defends the unit as a community council and denounces Galvin’s charges as misinformed or false.
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the Commercial Tribune
New York
John Galvin
Cincinnati
Wilbur C
Elsie Lag C. Phillips
National Social Unit Organization
Mohawk-Brighton
Galvin
James O. White
Courtenay Dinwiddie
Fred Geier
Condon
Central Labor Council
Charles L. Tiffany
National Citizens’ Council
Phillipses
Sec Lanes Position Defended By Butler
Mayor Galvin defended his critique of the Social Unit saying a government within a government threatens to overturn U S institutions. He cited radical views by Mr and Mrs Wilbur Phillips and warned such a system could resemble Soviet Russia if allowed to spread. He noted social and charitable work is fine but not a separate governing body. He criticized seven physicians’ early meeting as autocratic and argued the plan lacked democratic input from Cincinnati’s 56000 citizens.
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I. W. Ww
New York
Courtney Dinwiddie
Mary Hicks
Landis
Phillips
Galvin
Dorothy Thompson
Miss Hicks
Community Council
United States
Russia
Social Unit
Cincinnati
Mohawk-Brighton
Miss Thompson
Dr. Landis
Gounet Sibbael Mabon
Aviation training cut away and two fields kept
Washington March 11. Orders cut aviation training across the United States to two designated fields under Major General Charles T. Menoher. All other training ceases March 15. personnel to be discharged by March 31 while retained flyers join permanent staff. General Kenly demoted to Colonel and shifted to field artillery. General Mitchell remains an aviator leader in the restructured air service.
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Associated Pres
Washington
William L. Kenly
Military Aeronautics
Army
William Mitchell
United States
Charles T. Menoher
Air Service
Mitchell
Signal Corps
Menoher
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