War Leaders Plan Naval Ship Types and Europe Trip
Secretary Daniels and a party of American naval experts will depart for Europe to discuss the best capital warships to build, with a definite recommendation due to Congress in December. Secretary Baker will sail about April 1 to close AEF operations, leaving Wilson and top officials abroad simultaneously for the first time.
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Army
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Irish question threats halt on league ratification
Irish delegates at the peace conference doubt any league can form and warn that if the Irish question is unresolved, friends of Ireland will oppose ratification in the U S Congress. Berlin fighting endangers Red Cross, typhoid surges in Petrograd, and French plans fund popular restaurants as relief.
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League of Nations
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John O'Kelly
Irish Republic
Paris
Wilson Jong
Berlin
Red Cross
Taylor
Palace Hotel
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Adlon
Petrograd
Stockholm
Jules Siegfried
National Council of Women of France
Clementeau
Peace Conference
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National Assembly
Ebert
William
pan-German League
Lemberg
Bavaria
Germany
Spa
Switzerland
Across the Rhine
Austria
Hungary
French Chamber of Deputies
Clamenceau
Final Revision of Treaty Awaits President's Arrival
Paris reports progress on a preliminary draft of the peace treaty as President Wilson heads to Paris. Key divisions are outlined including military, reparations, boundaries, economic provisions, and war responsibility. Talks touch on German ship disposal, Helgoland, Kiel canal, and the league of nations covenant to be treated separately.
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Council of the Great Powers
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Foch
Helgoland
Kiel Canal
League of Nations
League
Peace Conference Nearing Final Draft of Treaty
Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Balfour report the peace conference has nearly finished its work. A new treaty draft will be signed by end of March and presented to Germany in Paris for signing. No discussions on core articles. minor details may go to special commissions.
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Londons
Lloyd George
Balfour
Evening News
Paris
German Fleet Personnel Limited to Fifteen Thousand Men
London dispatches report the supreme council has decided to cap the German fleet personnel at 15,000. Allied conditions require no tanks or poison gas production, and the surrender and destruction of all German war material under supervision by allied commissions.
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London
Supreme Council
Paris
Germany
Allied
Unemployment in U S Shows Slight Decrease
Washington March 12 Improvement in employment conditions during the current week was reported by the United States employment service The decrease in the number of unemployed though slight was the first since the armistice The total unemployed were 356560 down 8830 from last week Net gains in the midwest contrasted with a stable Pacific coast and mixed south conditions reflecting a gradual return to normal
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Employment Service
Cleveland
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Punishment Questioned by War Responsibility Commission
Paris reports the war responsibility commission has not finished its findings. It is said officials of the central powers bear grave crimes, but physical punishment would be retroactive. Americans refuse any questionable expedients, leaving Europeans to act alone. A possible option is denouncing central empire officials in the preliminary peace treaty.
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Paris
Commission On
United States
House
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Black
Only Two Army Flying Fields Remain Open
Washington March 12 orders restrict aviation training to two U S fields starting March 15. Major General William Mitchell replaces William Kenly as director of military aeronautics. All other fields will store and maintain equipment only.
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Washington
Wuam Ds. Kenly
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William Mitchell
United States
Market snapshot from Minneapolis grain report
Minneapolis March 12 Wheat receipts 257 cars versus 75 last year. Cash Wheat No 1 northern 2.21 38. Corn No 3 yellow 1.43 1.35. Oats No 3 white 0.94. Flax 3.64 3.66. Flour higher in carload lists standard flour 1.40 per barrel in 98 lb cotton sacks. Shipments 61,160 barrels.
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Minneapolis Grain
Minneapolis
Hogs and cattle prices rise at St Paul market
St Paul Livestock report from March 12 shows hog receipts at 7,300 with prices up 40 to 50 cents. Range public bids from 17.75 to 18.60, bulk 18.35 to 18.46. Cattle receipts 3,800 with killers steady. steers 6.19, cows and heifers 5.25 to 13.50, veal calves 6.05 to 16.86, stockers and feeders steady at 5.50 to 15.00.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Chicago Livestock Market Report March 12 Hogs Cattle Sheep
Chicago livestock prices show hog receipts at 30 000 with higher currents across the board. Hogs bulk and butcher pricing rise to 18 19 dollars. cattle receipts 11 000 with beef steers and butcher cattle up 18 to 25 cents. sheep receipts 11 900 with prime lambs up to 19 75.
Omaha Livestock Market Reads Mixed Results
Hogs receipts 18 000. prices 15 to 40 cents higher with heavy and mixed lots advancing. Cattle receipts 900. market weak 15 to 20 cents lower, various classes priced from 5 to 18 dollars. Sheep receipts 12 000. market steady with culls 7.49 to 9.50, wethers 13 to 16.50, lambs 18 to 19, feeder lambs 10 to 17.50.
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Omaha
Texas
Ecuador Peru Dispute May Be First Before League Nations
The Ecuador Peru territorial clash may be among the first cases handled by the League of Nations. Ecuador asks President Wilson to arbitrate, but it is expected Wilson will prefer League mediation.
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Ecuador
Paris
Peru
League of Nations
Wilson
Efficiency bill passed by Montana legislature.
The Sixteenth Montana assembly enacted an efficiency measure to create a three member commission to audit state government costs and report to a special session. It also established tax, grain grading, and public utility oversight while addressing prohibition, primary law changes, new counties, and oversight on living costs. Governor Stewart vetoed one advisory commission bill and race track betting.
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Minnesota
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Roosevelt
McCone
Powder River
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Packers
Montana
Joint Committee On
Livestock Commission
Livestock Sanitary Board
State Board of Health
Rural teachers scarce says employment agent
Great Falls Montana scarce rural teachers alarm level says Earle W Crawford director Great Falls division of the United States employment service in charge of vacancies statewide and he notes the service could place 71 teachers if they were available in rural schools across the state.
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Great Falls
Montana
Earle W. Crawford
United States Employment Service
Postage Rates Will Drop After July 1 1919 Helena
Postage rates return to prewar levels after July 1 1919 with two cents for letters and one cent for postcards according to post office department data received by local officials. War revenue measures had kept higher rates since November 1 1917 and businesses sought stamp savings through revised mailing lists and reduced advertising.
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Postoffice Department
Asany
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