Five Bavarian chiefs shot as premier Eisner dies
Munich reports Herr Auer Bavarian minister shot during landtag session. Osell deputy killed. two officials gravely hurt. Eisner shot and killed in Munich. Lieut Count Arca Valley wounded and believed dying. Copenhagen says Prince Joachim and wife deported to Prussia.
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War Tourists Not Wanted
Washington reports that the state department will refuse passports for travel in Britain and France except for essential business. The move follows formal requests by both governments to limit passports amid transport and condition problems. No denial of requests for prohibition agitators was made.
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Washington
State Department
Great Britain
France
Worth Dakota Votes Big Bond Issues in Legislature
Two bond issues totaling 15 million dollars win final approval in North Dakota. The rural credits system receives 10 million to support the state bank plan, and 5 million funds state owned elevators flour mills and warehouses. Bills align with the Nonpartisan League program.
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Bismarck
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North Dakota State Bank
Nonpartisan League
Champagne Growers Seek Strict Protection for Name
Paris February 22 the peace conference will receive a new demand for protection from champagne growers. The association has passed a resolution insisting the name champagne be strictly reserved for the product of the old province of Champagne.
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Paris
Champagne
Kansas Senate Defeats Woman Legislator Tobacco Bill
Topeka Kans Feb 22 The antitobacco bill introduced by Grinstead Kansas first woman legislator to ban smoking in public eating houses passed the house but was defeated by the senate judiciary committee.
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Kan
Ae Grinstead
Legis of
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House
Senate Judiciary Committan
Young American Ace Donaldson Earns Distinction and Escape
Lieut John O Donaldson twenty years old and native of Washington is among twenty aviators given higher ratings and pay for distinguished service He was shot down and captured by Germans escaped from a prison camp and was decorated by King George
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John O. Donaldson
Donaldson
Washington
Taft Backs Monroe Doctrine in League Covenant
Former President Taft, addressing the Pacific coast congress of the League to Enforce Peace in San Francisco, defends the Monroe Doctrine within the league of nations covenant. He cites Article X as extending the doctrine globally and challenges Senator Borah to vote for a treaty based on the Paris draft if the covenant acknowledges the doctrine. He condemns remarks by Fess, Reed, and Poindexter as unfounded and humorous.
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Taft
Pacific Coast
League
League of Nations
United States
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Paris
Fess
Reed
Poindexter
Allied force to remain in field under new settlement plan
Paris reports L Intransigeant says an inter allied army will stay in the field until Germany meets a full financial settlement. The force would include 650000 French 450000 Americans 850000 British and 100000 Belgians under the plan.
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Paris
Germany
L'Intransigeant
Neutrality act bans forty three alien resisters from U.S. citizenship
A federal court ordered forty three neutral aliens who refused to bear arms during the war to be barred from United States citizenship. They had sought freedom from military service under the neutrality act in Chicago on February 22.
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Chicago
America
United States
Premier Clemenceau Expected to Return to Duty Monday
Paris February 22 The scientists treating Premier Clemenceau report he is out of danger and may resume his political duties on Monday. The official bulletin notes normal pulse and temperature as doctors caution a 48 hour period remains key for full reassurance. Georges Mandel cites confidence despite a remote risk of pulmonary congestion.
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Paris
Georges Mandel
Clemenceau
May Bar Crain Imports
Washington reports a proposed prohibition on importing wheat rye barley oats and rice from Australia Japan India Italy France Germany Belgium Great Britain Ireland and Brazil due to grain diseases flag smut and white head or foot rot also called take all disease, under review by the department of agriculture.
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Washington
Australia
Japan
India
Italy
France
Germany
Belgium
Great Britain
Ireland
Brazil
Department of Agriculture
Big Rail Bill Passed by House Amid Large Vote
Washington reports the House approved the central railroad appropriation bill by 272 to 15. The measure authorizes 750 million dollars to supplement the 500 million already allocated for railroad funding under federal control, matching Director General Hines's request.
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Railroad Central
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Hines
Munich Turmoil Deepens After Eisner Assassination
Copenhagen reports Bavaria and especially Munich in a state of crisis following the assassination of Kurt Eisner. About ten thousand workers strike, shops close, shots are fired, and street killings occur as Munich approaches civil war conditions.
Riots in Bucharest and Budapest Sparked by Russian German Agents
A communist revolt erupted in Budapest on Thursday night led by Russian and German agitators. Insurgents seized the Neshaus newspaper office telegraph stations and rail facilities as martial law was proclaimed by Provisional President Karoli. Troops clashed with mobs and retook the railway station.
Death of Dr Mary Walker A Civil War Surgeon At 87
Watertown New York February 22 Dr Mary Walker Civil War surgeon and suffrage pioneer died here today. She was 87 years of age.
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Mary Walker
Hoover Says Germany Has Not Yet Earned Redemption
Paris February Hoover world food commissioner told the Volney club that 70 600 000 Germans could not wash away the misery they caused in Belgium and northern France. He added forgiveness may be possible but Germans have shown no regret.
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Paris
Belgium
France
Herbert Hoover
Volney Club
League of Nations
Wheat Guarantee Bill Passes House With Clear Vote
Washington February 22 The billion dollar 1919 wheat crop guarantee bill passed the House today by 277 to 15. The measure aims to stabilize prices and support farmers amid market fluctuations.
Reds Capture Kiev and Berlin Suspends Hostilities
Reports from Warsaw claim Kiev is back under bolshevik control with reinforcements from Moscow. Berlin announces compliance with the armistice with hostilities in Poland suspended as of Monday.
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Kiev
Moscow
Berlin
Poland
Violinist Lieutenant Hochstein Killed at Argonne
Confirmation from the American Expeditionary Forces bureau reports Lieut. David Hochstein of Rochester New York was killed October 12 in the Argonne while serving with the Sixtieth Infantry. Four days earlier he gave a concert at Nancy before returning to the front.
German Assembly Orders Return of Loot From France and Belgium
Weimar dispatch reports the German national assembly has decided to return industrial material taken from France and Belgium. The ruling aims to restore seized goods as part of postwar restitution efforts.
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German National Assembly
France
Belgium
Weimar
Mrs Henry R Rea First Red Cross Field Director
Mrs Henry R Rea wife of a War Industries Board member is the first and only field director of the American Red Cross at Walter Reed hospital where she works daily. She built a Red Cross house in Pittsburgh and led a major food conservation plant project at the war’s start.
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Henry R. Rea
War Industries Board
American Red Cross
Walter Reed Hospital
Pittsburgh
Red Cross
Senate Foes Move To Bar Wilson League Talk
Senator Sherman introduces a resolution to bar President Wilson from publicly discussing the league of nations until the administration submits details to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Borah condemns the plan as a radical departure and criticizes Taft’s statements as misleading amid entangling alliance concerns.
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Wilson
League of Nations
Senate Foreign Relations’ Committee
Sherman
Ilinois
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Borab
Allies Win Russian Battles Reach Sogoja on the Marman Line
American and Allied troops in northern Russia report success with light own casualties and 50 Bolshevik deaths and 80 prisoners. They reached Sogoja on the Marman railway and captured material, rolling stock, rifles, and machine guns amid severe weather.
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London
Russia
War Office
Sogoja
Marman
Wilson to Have New Home in Paris
President Wilson will not use the Murat mansion on Rue de Monceau. Col. BE M. House inspected a Place des Etats Unis residence under consideration as the president's home, located opposite the French Pavilion of A. J. Balfour.
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Wilson
Murat
Rue de Monceau
Col
BE. M. House
Place Des Etats Unis
A. J. Balfour
France to Probe Humbert Graft Charge
Paris February 22 Antonin Dubost president of the senate announced a military governor of Paris request that the senate authorize legal proceedings against Senator Charles Humbert on a charge of corrupting officials.
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Humbert
Paris
Antonin Dubost
Senate
Charles Humbert
Indemnity and War Cost Dominates Peace Talks
Paris peace conference faces debate over including wartime costs in reparations. Capt. Andre Tardieu notes France seeks 190,000 destroyed houses plus factories. Denmark Poland and Russian factions are invited to participate as talks extend toward a March 15 meeting.
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Clemenceau
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Commission On Reparation
Council of the Great Powers
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Andre Tardieu
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Germany
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Tardieu
Robert Lansing
America
Plebiecite
Denmark
Supreme Council
Schleswig- Holstein
Blawmarck
Kiel Canal
Nicholas Tshaikovsky
Archangel
Princes’ Islands
William Allen White
George PD. Herron
Trade relations resume with German colonial possessions
Washington February 22 The War Trade Board orders the immediate resumption of trade between the United States and German colonial possessions held since August 1 1904.
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United States
Germany
War Trade Board
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