Dierkes Trial Defeat of Political Motive Trial Drags On
In Cincinnati United States Court Judge Hollister ruled that past political matters and conspiracy claims are not material to the loyalty and sedition charges against J Herman Dierkes. Defense witnesses including Mayor Galvin ex-Governor Harmon and Scott Small testified to character and reputation as testimony focused on Dierkes personal integrity.
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J. Herman ‘Dierkes
Cincinnati
Hollister
United States
Dierkes
Judson Harmon
John Galvin
Charles L. Swain
John L. Richey
Scott Small
William Geoghegan
Bowdle
Brink
Galvin
Harmon
New York
Mr. Small
Small
John Ll. Richey
American Protective League
Geoghegan
Mr. Dierkes
Hunt
Fenton Lawson
Lawyson
Bolin
Bolin Wanted To Know If Mr. Lawson
Lawson
Weather summary and temperature readings across states
The bulletin notes fair and warmer conditions in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky with cloudiness and possible rain Thursday. West Virginia looks for rising temperatures while Nashville Memphis and Cincinnati report varied readings and a March 18 1919 record at Cincinnati ending at 7 p m with cloud cover and light precipitation.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Hoston
Kansas City
New Orleans
Omaha
Galveston
Denver
Nashville
San Francisco
Memphis
Winnipeg
Cincinnati
Doughboys Prayer From France Iterated In Letter
A World War I era letter to James J. Casey describes a Doughboys prayer from Paris. The poem mocks pay delays and army life, naming ranks like M P and Q M while venting homesickness and fatigue. The piece notes the prayer came from a home sick soldier who visited Knights of Columbus in Paris.
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Washington
Army of Occupation
M. P
Q.m.s
France
James J. Casey
Knights of Columbus
K. C
Paris
Men's Fashion Forecast Aboard the 1920s Style Show
The Cincinnati Association of Designers of Men's Clothing showcased spring in the Hotel Linton exhibition with a military inspired coat line medium length and form fitting. Palm Beach and silk suits return amid light colors and checks as Norfolk coats and knickerbockers remain popular. Trousers trend natural, with double breasted light topcoats ending in a wide flare, while the wide box shoulder fades per committee chair George Bittner.
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Cincinnati Association of Designers of
Hotel Linton
Mamma
Palm Beach
Norfolk
George Bittner
Style Show Committee
Man in Georgia chain gang kills father's killer
Douglas Ga March 18 Robert Merritt a chain gang road worker today snatched a shotgun from a guard and killed Walter Harper a farmer who had killed Merritt's father several years ago in a revenge shooting on the chain gang route.
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Douglas, Ga
Robert Merritt
Walter Harper
Merritt
Presidents demand strong national river and rail coordination
A Toledo gathering under the Ohio Valley Improvement Association pressed for honoring President Wilson and Director General Hines on river and rail freight coordination. Speakers urged national cooperation of waterway agencies to compel railroads to align freight transfers and rates, warning against piecemeal river associations.
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Ohio River
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Wilson
Walker D. Hines
Fetter
Ohio River Improvement Association
Lansing H. Beach
Albert Bettinger
Hines
Mr. Bettinger
Wealthy socialites back Social Unit plan amid Bolshevism claims
New York social leaders Mrs Willard Straight widow of J P Morgan partner says Cincinnati must accept the Social Unit. She and other backers defend Mr and Mrs W C Phillips against charges of Bolshevism, praising the plan and its aims for communities.
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Cincinnati
Mrs. Willard D. Straight
J. P. Morgan
Mrs. Phillips
New York
Willard D. Straight
No. 1130
Fifth Avenue
Paris
Straight
Dorothy P. Whitney
Social Unit
W. C. Phillips
Daniel Guggenheim
Philips
Secret meeting held behind closed doors in Federal Building
A two hour closed gathering in Judge Hollister's private office convened to discuss procedures for hearings on publications in the weekly Comment. Attendees included Americanization Executive Committee members, Judge Hollister, publisher Henry A. Tarvin, Commonwealth Attorney Stephens L. Blakely, and lawyers John O’Neal and Tarvin’s associates. No statements were released, and Judge Hollister refused further comment.
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Hollister
Howard C. Hollister
Federal Building
George Wisler
Judge Hollister
Americanization Executive Committee
Henry A. Tarvin
Comment
Stephens L. Blakely
Covington
John O’neal
Tarvin
O'Neal
Blakely
Mr. Eisler
President Holds to Decision To Include League in Treaty
Secretary of War Baker told San Francisco officials that the wartime cost reached 197 billion dollars, with 9 million total army deaths. He warned that without a League of Nations structure, disease hunger and despair could overwhelm the world, and that future generations would share the war debt. Baker and General March left San Francisco for San Diego.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
North America
Newton D. Baker
Commercial Club
Peyton C. March
League of Nations
Baker
General March
San Diego
Dry emergency clause hangs in the balance
The Crabbe prohibition enforcement bill faces a House vote with the emergency clause in doubt. Advocates from both sides press for or against immediate effect, while soldiers urge a referendum. Governor Cox shows support for companion relief measures including taxes and city aid.
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Columbus
Soldiers and and Sailors’s League
J. A. White
Antisaloon League
Hogan
White
Wets
Cox
Special Taxation Committee
Conference Held by Wilson With Clemenceau and Lloyd George Brings No Change to Plan
Paris and Washington reports say President Wilson, Prime Minister Lloyd George, and French Premier Clemenceau held a prolonged meeting but made no final decisions and kept the plan to complete the peace treaty within two weeks including a League of Nations. The conference ran from 3 to 6 pm at American headquarters with no attendance by Vittorio Orlando. The talks touched on major questions of the peace conference and signaled no shift in the agreed path toward a German treaty.
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Wilson
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Associated Press
Paris
David Lloyd George
M. Clemenceau
League of Nations
White House
Edward M. House
Vittorio Orlando
Great Britain
France
United States
Erih Sumner
Norman Davis
Baron Makino
Viscount Chinda
Colonel House
League of Nations Commission
Robert Cecil
Lord Cecil
Germany
Lord Robert
Helgoland
North Sea
Supreme
Allied War Council
Kiel Canal
Hillsboro Murder Mystery Deepens as Husband Arrested
Hillsboro records a second murder in a week after Mrs. Homer Barnes is found dead with her throat cut in her Southeast Street home. Her husband, last seen away from home, is captured in a woods nearby, muttering incoherently and jailed pending inquiry, with suspected links to a prior store owner murder.
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Hillsboro
Homer Barnes
Mrs. Ochs
Barnes
Forum Theater
Bomb Explodes Killing Bank President's Wife in Garden
Mrs. George Greenwood, wife of the San Francisco Savings Union Bank executive, died in a Oakland home garden blast. Police say a January 1918 letter demanded 5000 dollars and threatened destruction of the house. No other persons were harmed.
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Oakland
Cal
George Greenwood
Savings Union Bank and Trust Company of
San Francisco
Greenwood
Mohawk-Brighton Residents Back Social Unit
Four hundred district residents gathered at Bloom School to consider charges against the Social Unit by Mayor Galvin. Wilbur Phillips and Mrs. Phillips urged support and the meeting voted unanimously to keep the Social Unit in Mohawk-Brighton and Cincinnati. A district-wide secret-ballot vote was proposed.
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the Commercial Tribune
Dr. McGurk
Burton R. White
R. M. Ochiltree
Christian Women’s League
Mohawk- Brighton
League
Mohawk-Brighton
Bloom School
Social Unit
Galvin
Cincinnati
Wilbur Phillips
Phillips
Gustav Schneider
Taft Backers Say League United On Paris Covenant
The League to Enforce Peace led by President Taft released a statement denying splits within its ranks over endorsing the Paris covenant. It noted only eight resignations from 300000 members, with three officers leaving, while Taft supports the covenant but seeks stronger terms and Monroe Doctrine emphasis. amendments before Paris ratification are discouraged.
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Taft
League
Paris
New York
League To Enforce
William Howard Taft
League of Nations
Missouri lawmakers walk out during Reed address on League
Sixteen Democratic Representatives leave the Missouri joint assembly in protest of President Wilson and the League of Nations during an address by Senator James A. Reed. Tolson later announced plans to introduce a resolution tomorrow endorsing the league and supporting Wilson.
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Jefferson City
Mai
Wilson
League of Nations
United States
James A. Reed
Missouri
Missouri House
Senate
Reed
Tolson
League
International body offers amendments to League proposals
In Paris on March 18 representatives of the International Conference of League of Nations Societies, meeting in Berne March 6 to 13, outline telegram amendments for neutrals and propose twenty six articles to create an international tribunal. Delegates from England Italy Germany Austria Denmark Holland Hungary Sweden Switzerland and others including France United States Russia Egypt Estonia Greece India Lithuania Macedonia Romania Turkey and Ukraine participate.
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Paris
Committee On the League of Nations
Wilson
International Conference of the League of Nations Societies
Berne
England
Italy
Germany
Austria
Denmark
Holland
Hungary
Sweden
Switzerland
France
United States
Russia
Bulgaria
Egypt
Esthenia
Greece
India
Lithuania
Macedonia
Rumania
Turkey
Ukrainia
Council of the
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E. E. Williamson
Washington, D. C
John Stewart
United States Engineer Corps
Eisler Tarvin
Gage
O. O. McIntyre
The
Commercial Tribune
Christian League
Joint Legislative Committee
Kryder
Judiciary Committee
House
Elecu Tor Frank B. Whittemore
E.J. Hopple
Cleveland
Whit
Price
Whittemore
Holden
Warren
Chester
Paulding County
Representative Foutz
Morgan County
Beetham
Brown
Cecil
John Moses
Brighton
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