Independence Movement Widens in Korea and Peking
Reports from Osaka and Peking describe growing Korean independence agitation with 3,000,000 adherents including Christians Buddhists and students. Leaders say no force will be used while appealing to Western nations for support and noting widespread unrest and torture under Japanese rule. Washington dispatches confirm a spontaneous liberal wave with demands for speech petition language instruction and local schooling rights.
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Peking
Korea
Washington
The
Orient
State Department
Anarchist Emil Cottin Sentenced to Death in Paris
Emil Cottin, an anarchist who recently attempted to assassinate Premier Georges Clemenceau, was sentenced to death by the Paris court martial. The verdict was unanimous after the prosecution urged the penalty for premeditation with no mitigating circumstances. Cottin proclaimed himself a militant anarchist and declared he has no country, only the world.
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Paris
Emil Cottin
Georges Clemenceau
Mornet
Cottin
M. Clemenceau
Approve Welfare Budget by War and Navy Secretaries
Secretaries Baker and Daniels announced a welfare budget of 205,138,381 dollars for after the war relief among American and Allied fighting men. The plan funds seven organizations from October 1, 1918, to December 31, 1919, to maintain and, in some aspects, augment welfare work.
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Baker and
Daniels
New York
War and Navy Departments
John R. Mott
United War Work Campaign
Swiss to Recognize Polish and Czecho-Slovak States
Swiss government will recognize the Polish and Czecho Slovak states and establish diplomatic relations. Poland has appointed Baron Modzelewsky minister at Berne.
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Berne
Poland
Baron Modzelewsky
Camp Johnston Is Retained As Permanent Camp
Washington reports Camp Joseph E. Johnston at Jacksonville Florida used in the war for quartermaster training will be kept as a permanent military encampment.
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Camp Johnston
Washington
Joseph E. Johnston
Jacksonville
Fila
Quartermaster’s Corps
Fall Attacks League Says 1774 Would Bar US Independence
United States Senator Fall of New Mexico told Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce that adopting a league of nations would allow Britain to govern the world. He argued that if the league existed in 1774 the United States might not have gained independence and warned of loss of sovereignty to self-governing nations voting through England and its provinces.
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Albuquerque
N. M
United States
Fall of
Canada
Australia
India
Ireland
England
Transfers In Navy Posts Rear Admiral Glennon To Command New York District
Rear Admiral James H. Glennon is assigned to command the Third Naval District with headquarters in New York, replacing Rear Admiral Usher who is nearing retirement. Captain Harry A. Field becomes head of Puget Sound Navy Yard. Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robinson moves from the Inter Allied Naval Armistice Commission to command the Boston Navy Yard. Rear Admiral Benton C. Decker will lead the Key West naval station and the Seventh District.
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Glennon
New York District
Washington
James H. Glennon
Third Naval District
New York
Usher
Harry A. Field
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Samuel S. Robinson
Boston Navy Yard
Benton C. Decker
Key West Naval Station
Seventh District
Bishop Quayle Criticizes Wilson Policy in Kansas
Bishop Wm Quayle told Baker University students that Germans were whipped but not defeated and that the armistice came too soon. He urged the American people to have a voice at the peace conference and criticized President Wilson for promoting open covenants abroad while practicing closed ones at home.
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Quayle
Baldwin
Kan
Wm. Quayle
Baker University
Wilson
Defense Council Forms Emergency Emploment Aid Committee
Washington March 15. An emergency committee on employment for soldiers and sailors was formed by the Council of National Defense with War and Labor department approval. It aims to meet the effects of Congress not providing funds to sustain the Federal Employment service for the rest of the fiscal year.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
War and Labor Departments
Federal Employment Service
Congress
Paris
Council of Ten
Baltimore Banker Douglas H. Thomas Dies at 72
Douglas H. Thomas president of the Merchants Mechanics First National Bank of Baltimore and a leading regional banker died in the city at age 72. He was a prominent figure in local finance and commerce.
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Baltimore
Douglas H. Thomas
Merchants- Mechanics-First National Bank
Thomas
Carranza Returns Large Land to Mexican Communities
Washington reports that over 274000 acres have been returned to various Mexican communities by President Carranza under the new constitution and executive decrees, marking a major land redistribution move.
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Carranza
Washington
Wilson Arrives in Paris as Peace Talks Tension Grows
Paris dispatch reports secret treaty challenges loom as Grecian boundary terms from 1915 face possible rejection by the allied council. President Wilson and Madame Wilson greeted by President Poincare, with Lloyd George at the new residence. Geneva praises Wilson for his voyage’s potential impact.
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Paris
Mme
Raymond Poincare
Wilson
Brest
Guard of Honor
Wilsons
Place Des Etats Unis
Lloyd George
Peckinpaugh Reaches Bargain With Yankees Holder
Cleveland March 15 Roger Peckinpaugh shortstop of the New York Yankees and Col. T. L. Huston reached an agreement ending a holdout dispute.
Spartacans Shot and War Minister Orders Executions
Berlin reports over 100 Spartacans shot by machine guns in the prison courtyard after government troops seized Lichtenberg. War Minister Noske orders all Spartacan prisoners to be executed in the same manner, amid volleys and threats as delegates protest at the soviet. In Weimar, delegates to the Peace conference will be on equal footing with cabinet final say, while Bernstorff is excluded due to Allied reception risks.
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Berlin
Neske
Lichtenberg
Noske
Weimar
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Bernstorff
Ebert
Count von Bernstorff
Deportation Planned for 37 Ellis Island Aliens
Secretary Wilson ordered deportation of 37 of 43 undesirable aliens held at Ellis Island after a conference with immigration officials. Attorneys sought review of all cases. Final judgment for the remaining six was deferred pending new evidence, with some possibly to be released.
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Washington
Ellis Island
Wilson
Daniels Starts for Europe on Leviathan Voyage
Secretary Josephus Daniels left Washington for New York to board the transport Leviathan bound for Europe. He attended a dinner in New York by the Democratic National Committee for Homer Cummins and expects to return about May 1.
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Capital
Washington
Josephus Daniels
New York
Leviathan
Europe
Democratic National Committee
Homer Cummins
Seven hundred houses destroyed in Sendai blaze
In Sendai a large fire reduced seven hundred houses to ashes. The blaze damaged the North Japan College of the Reformed Church of the United States among the noted destroyed buildings in the quake affected area.
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Japan
Tokio
Sendai
North Japan
Victory Liberty Loan campaign opens April twenty first
Washington reports Secretary Glass announces the Victory Liberty Loan will run April 21 to May 10 with short term notes maturing within five years. The note rate and tax exemptions will be set closer to launch, possibly above 4 percent, and the loan is expected to start around 5 billion dollars with over-subscriptions allowed.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Glass
Washington
Treasury
United States
Big bill against Germany May reach one billion dollars
Latin American governments estimate reparations claims total about 1 billion dollars for ships sunk by Germany. Some nations seek repayment of money deposited in Berlin and Hamburg banks, with Brazil singled out for prominent coffee trade accounts.
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Paris
Berlin
Hamburg
Germany
Brazil
Ships at Allies' disposal discussed for Brussels conference
Berlin reports the mercantile fleet in German harbors totals 723 steamers and 136 sailing vessels, 1 986 700 and 52 600 tons respectively. Allies will leave sailing craft and some smaller steamers to Germany for coastal traffic while larger vessels are to be disposed of following the Brussels food and shipping conference. Figures include wartime additions.
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Berlin
Brussels
Germany
Government reports show 57.9 million spent on Nitro plant
Government experts report that by February 1, seventy seven million? no, 57 9 million dollars had been spent on the large smokeless powder plant at Nitro near Charleston West Virginia, which has since been abandoned.
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Charleston
W. Va
Nitro
Eddie Coulen defeats Jack Douglas in seventh round at Camp Pike
Eddie Coulen of New Orleans defeated Jack Douglas of Milwaukee in the seventh round of a scheduled 10 round bout at Camp Pike near Little Rock.
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Douglas
Little Rock
Ark
Eddie Coulen
New Orleans
Jack Douglas
Milwaukee
Camp Pike
Grandma Uses Sage Tea to Darken Hair
An old time home remedy suggests brewing common garden sage with sulphur to darken gray or faded hair. The ad promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as an easier, ready made option, claiming natural, even results after a few applications.
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Wyeth
Cuticura Toilet Trio Ad Promotes Skin Care
Advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as essential daily toilet preparations for cleansing soothing healing and fragrance. The trio claims to keep skin clear and appealing with affordable 25 cents each. The closing line jokes about stage hands in life.
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Wisconsin
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Michigan
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William Tyler Page
Fall Attacks League
New Mexico
Britain
Defense Council
President
the Invalides Station
Geneva
Geneva Journal
Atlantic
France
America
Demurrer
Wichita
Pollock
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Spartacans
Secretary of Labor
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Roumania
Tresury Department
Blue
Dean
North Dakota
Patrick Keating
N. Second Bt
Stockholm
Petrograd
Military Revolutionary Committee of
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
Chicago, Ill
Valley City Welding & Mfg CO
Valley City
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Chicago
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