Wilson presides over Nations Society commission
Paris February 5 President Wilson presided over the commission of the Society of Nations as it reviewed the completed project for a league. Two main plans reflect American views with democratic features and an executive council, stirring debate between great and small powers and potential amendments. The commission considers representation in legislative and executive branches and arbitration or a tribunal for issues. The Greek territorial question is referred to a commission of experts for recommendations.
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Paris
Wilson
Commission
The
Society of Nations
League
International Supreme Council
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Council of the Great Powers
Great Powers
Supreme Council
Venizelos
Butler
Pennsylvania
Slayden
Texas
House
Representative Butler
Senate
Hitchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilken
Jules Vedrines Plans Roof to Roof Flight Across U S
Jules Vedrines, famed for a Paris building landing, aims to fly non-stop from the Equitable Building in New York to the Marshall Field Building in Chicago within six months. He previously carried French secret service personnel behind German lines during the war and is now in France.
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Jules Vedrines
Paris
Equitable
New York City
Marshall Field
Chicago
France
Congress Hears Draft Wheat Control Proposal
Washington February 5 The food administration draft for controlling the 1919 wheat crop faces opposition in hearings before the house agricultural committee Chairman Lever says the plan grants broad powers over all food and may not be introduced without a committee vote Members warn the measure is being discussed before official proposal and information is limited
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Washington
Congress
Food Administration
Lever
House Agricultural Committee
League to Save the Kaiser Plans in Germany
The Volkszeitung reports societies aim to preserve the Kaiser from Allied handover. Eitel Frederick, son of the former emperor, allegedly urges Premier Ebert to back the plan. In Koenigsberg, anarchists seize most government buildings prompting a state of siege and courts-martial in East Prussia.Thorn district.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Volksgzeitung
Osnabruck
Eitel Frederick
Ekbert
Copenhagen
Koenigsberg
Eest Prussia
Berlin
East Prussia
Thorn
Weeks Seeks Senate Input on British Embargo Criticism
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts introduces a resolution condemning the new British import embargo order. It asks the State Department to inform the Senate about steps toward measures taken, arguing the prohibitions hurt American manufacturing employment and contradict Wilson's peace principles.
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Washington
State Department
Senate
Weeks
Massachusetts
Wilson
Nation Leagues Preamble Fixed and Honor Roll Named
Washington Feb 5 the War Department announced 31 congressional Medal of Honor recipients from the army in France 2 officers and 29 enlisted with many posthumous awards all for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity to be awarded on General Pershing recommendations and by act of Congress the list includes Capt Marcellus H Chiles and Privates Jesse N Funk and Charles D Farger among others and the ceremony carries gratuities and privileges. First train from Paris arrives Brussels as war moves.
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Washington
France
War Department
Pershing
Congress
Army
Secretary of War
Marcellus H. Chiles
Denver
356Th Infantry
Jesse N. Funk
Calhan
Cole
Charles D. Farger
Stotts City
354Th Infantry
Sergt
Reidar Waaller
105Th
Sergus
Alan Louis Eggers
Summit
N. J
07Th Infantry
John Cridland Lathan
Westmoreland
England
107Th Infantry
Thomas EB. O'Shea
O'Shea
James I. Mestrovitch
Fresno
Cal
111Th Infantry
Frank Gaffney
Lockport
N. Y
Harold J. Johnson
David B. Barkeley
San Antonio
Tex
Meuse
Paris
Brussels
League of Nations charter progress reported in Paris
The Paris committee drafting the League of Nations constitution announced progress today. They have provisionally agreed to the preamble and two articles, with satisfactory progress noted on other parts of the draft.
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Committee ON Constitution
Paris
League of Nations
Americans serving abroad near armistice period
The War department announced that nearly four million Americans were in overseas service. The U S army strength on November 11, the date of the armistice, stood at 3,703,273 officers and men.
CAPTAIN REED LANDIS BACK FROM WAR FLIGHTS
Captain Reed Landis of Chicago, a bold aviator described as a daredevil, returned home on the Agamemdon after flying for Britain on the Flanders and Arras fronts. He is credited with twelve German aircraft fallen and six more engagements, though he declined to discuss specifics, saying he was trained and paid to do his job.
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New York
Reed Landis
Chicago
Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
United States District Court of Chicago
Flanders and
Arras
United States
Agamerdon
German gov prepares to crush Spartacist plot at Weimar
The German government readies blood and iron measures to stop the Spartacist bid to disrupt the national constituent assembly in Weimar this Thursday. Spartacans are disarmed in the city while authorities guard newspapers. Some loyal troops show sympathy and several army corps refuse to support assembly protection amid rampant industrial unrest.
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Weimar
Amsterdam
National Constituent Assembly
Battle in Bremen Suburbs
Anarchists and government troops clash on Bremen outskirts with reports that government forces entered the city at multiple points. Dispatches from Copenhagen dated February 5 indicate ongoing fighting and contested control around Bremen.
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Bremen
Copenhagen
Senators Expand Probe Into Propaganda Activities
Washington February 5. The senate approved a resolution to extend the powers of the committee investigating German propaganda to probe other activities aimed at overthrowing the government. Senators Kellogg Myers Thomas Borah and Poindexter spoke on anarchist influence and the I W W.
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Washington
Senate
Kellogg
Minnesota
Myers
Montana
Thomas
Colorado
House
District of Columbia
Poindexter
Industrial Workers of the World
L W. W
Borah
Idaho
Kelloge
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Lenine
America
Wisconsin Chief Menaced by Gunman at Governor Office
Ralph Kennan of Portage invaded Gov. I L Philipp’s private office in Madison with a .22-caliber pistol demanding 20 million dollars. He returned after a promise of payment, but was seized after a brief struggle. Letters found in his pockets urged payment to various prominent figures, suggesting mental instability from telepathy studies.
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Madison
Wis
Ralph
Kennan
Portage
I. L. Philipp
Kanaan
Demand Packers Disgorge Texas Legislature Resolution
The Texas lower house adopted a resolution denouncing packing houses and urging disgorgement of profits. It calls on the Texas delegation in Congress to push laws imposing penitentiary sentences for packing-house graft, noting no named individuals in the measure.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Conness
Navy Expansion Gains House Committee Approval
President Wilson pressured for a three year naval program as the House naval committee unanimously approves a $750 million annual naval appropriation bill. Cablegram from Paris to Secretary Daniels kept private amid questions about its substance. The debate touches broader policy and international considerations beyond U S domestic affairs.
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Edorsement
U. S
Washington
Wilson
House
Naval Committee
Wedgett
Padgett
Rogers
Massachusetts
Rep
Mr. Padgett
Graham
Illinois
Daniels
Congress
Sinn Fein Leader Escapes From Prison
Edward de Valera Sinn Fein leader is reported to have escaped from prison according to the Exchange Telegraph Company. The notice states he fled Lomion February 5.
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Sinn Fein
Edward de Valera
London
Says Exchange Telegraph Company
Lomion
the Exchange Telegraph Company
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