Bavarian premier shot as Eisner killed in Munich
Reports from Munich and London state Herr Auer Bavarian interior minister was shot during a landtag session while discussing the Eisner assassination. Deputy Osell died and two officials were wounded. Eisner, longtime socialist leader, is said to be killed by a guard. other details list arrests and deportations to Prussia.
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Chamber of Deputies
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Amsterdam
Area Valley
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Prussia
Germany
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Berlin
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Kaiser
Copenhagen
Joachim
WAR TOURISTS NOT WANTED
Washington reports that the state department will refuse passports to travelers to Great Britain and France unless traveling on essential business. The move follows formal requests by both governments due to transport difficulties and abnormal conditions. No indication that prohibition agitators were singled out.
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Washington
State Department
Great Britain
France
North Dakota approves $15 million bond measures
In Bismarck on February 22 the North Dakota legislature approved two bond issues totaling 15 million dollars. One measure provides 10 million for a rural credits system within the proposed state bank, and the other allocates 5 million for state owned elevators flour mills and warehouses. The bills align with the Nonpartisan League program.
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Bismarck
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Champagne Growers Seek Protection for Champagne Name
Paris report Says champagne growers demand protection from misuse of the name champagne. A resolution declares the word should be reserved for products of the old province of Champagne, signaling a push at the peace conference.
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Paris
Kansas Senate blocks first woman's anti tobacco bill
Topeka Kan Feb 22 The anti bill introduced by Grinstead Kansas first woman register designed to prohibit in public eating houses passed by the house has been killed trimmed by the senate judiciary committee and failed to advance to final passage The measure aimed to curb tobacco access in public dining venues and reflects early reform efforts led by Grinstead in Kansas politics.
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Topeka
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Grinstead
Kansas
House
Senate Judiciary
Young American ace Lieut Donaldson honored by King George
Lieut John O Donaldson twenty years old one of the youngest American aces has been advanced in rating and pay for distinguished service. A native of Washington and son of an army officer he was shot down captured by Germans escaped from a prison camp and was decorated by King George.
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John O. Donaldson
Donaldson
Washington
Sand
Taft Answers Borah on Monroe Doctrine in League Pact
Former President Taft told the Pacific coast congress that he would support a league of nations covenant that includes Monroe Doctrine principles. He cited Article X extending the doctrine globally and challenged Senator Borah to vote for a treaty based on the final Paris covenant if such recognition is guaranteed. He also derided remarks by Fess Reed and Poindexter as misstatements.
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Taft
Pacific Coast
League
Paris
Borah
League of Nations
Fess
Reed
Poindexter
Allied army plans to hold field with diverse forces
Paris Feb 22 L Intransigeant reports an inter allied army will be formed to stay in the field until Germany settles finances. The force would include 650000 French 450000 Americans 850000 British and 100000 Belgians per the newspaper.
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Paris
L'Intransigeant
Germany
Aliens Barred From U S Citizenship Under Neutrality Act
Chicago Feb 22 a court barred forty three neutral aliens from becoming U S citizens for refusing military service during the war under the neutrality act.
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Chicago
America
United States
Premier Clemenceau Poised to Resume Duties Monday
Paris dispatch reports Premier Clemenceau out of danger as surgeons permit visits from the supreme council. Officials say his pulse and temperature are normal and he may resume political activities by Monday. Doctors caution 48 hours to feel fully reassured though, noting no fever and strong constitution reduce risks.
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Paris
Premier Clemenceau
Supreme Council
Georges Mandel
Clemenceau
Mob Rule Rouses Munich After Eisner Assassination
Copenhagen reports Bavaria faces turmoil with Munich hardest hit as ten thousand workers loot shops. Gunfire echoes citywide and street killings rise, pushing Munich toward near civil war following Kurt Eisner’s assassination and other prominent figures.
Mrs Henry R Rea Joins War Aid as Red Cross Leader
Mrs Henry R Rea, wife of a War Industries Board member, becomes the first field director of the American Red Cross. She holds the rank of major at Walter Reed hospital and oversees Red Cross work daily. In Pittsburgh, her home city, she built a Red Cross house shaped like a cross and led a large food conservation plant at the war’s outset.
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Henry R. Rea
War Industries Board
American Red Cross
Walter Reed Hospital
Pittsburgh
Red Cross
Riots Erupt as Russians and Germans Lead Bucharest Turmoil
Paris Feb 22 A communistic revolt breaks out in Budapest led by Russian and German agitators. Insurgents seize the Neshaus socialistic newspaper telegraph offices and railway stations. Provisional president Karoli proclaims martial law as troops clash with mobs and retake the railway station.
Would Gag President Seeks League Covenant Ban
Senator Sherman introduces a resolution to bar President Wilson from publicly discussing the proposed league of nations until details are shared with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The measure warns such talks would be unwise and disruptive to treaty processes. Senator Borah denounces the plan as a radical departure. Taft remarks on discord with Washington doctrine.
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Wilson
League of Nations
Senate Foreign Relations’ Committee
Sherman
Tinois
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Borab
May bar crain imports into effect due to grain diseases
Washington February 22. Prohibition of importation of wheat rye barley oats and rice from Australia Japan India Italy France Germany Belgium Great Britain Ireland and Brazil is under consideration by the department of agriculture. the action targets the diseases flag smut and white head or foot rot also called take-all which are prevalent in those countries.
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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 in Federal Control Move
Washington February 22 The house passed a 750000000 railroad control appropriation bill by 212 to 15 The measure adds to the revolu ing funds of 500000000 for railroads under federal control as recently urged by Director General of Railroads Hines The action expands federal control during a period of rail rehabilitation and waste elimination efforts.
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Washington
House
Hines
Doctor Mary Walker Dies at 87 in Watertown
Watertown New York February 22 Dr Mary Walker a Civil War surgeon and pioneer suffragist died here today at age 87 Her death ends a long life of medical service and public activism centered on women’s rights.
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Mary Walker
Hoover says Germans not beyond redemption in speech
Paris February 2 Herbert Hoover world food commissioner told Volney club that while Germans caused misery in Belgium and northern France, they are not beyond redemption. He stressed duty to help rebuild Germany toward league of nations membership and noted a striking lack of expressed regret.
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Paris
Belgium
France
Herbert Hoover
Volney Club
League of Nations
Wheat Guarantee Bill Passes House In 1919 Vote
Washington February 22 1919 The billion dollar wheat crop guarantee bill passed the house with 277 votes for and 15 against. The measure aims to guarantee farmers a fixed price for the crop and stabilize agricultural income amid postwar markets.
Allies Win Russia Battle Reach Sogoja on Marman Line
American and allied troops in northern Russia gained notable successes, reaching Sogoja on the Marman railway. Bolshevist casualties were reported as 50 killed and 80 prisoners, with substantial material and weapons captured. Severe weather accompanied the fighting.
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London
Russia
War Office
Sogoja
Marman
Russians Retake Kiev in Bolshevik Move
Kiev is reported to be in Bolshevik hands again as forces from Moscow bolster the city. Berlin announces armistice compliance with suspended hostilities against Poland effective Monday.
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Warsaw
Kiev
Moscow
Berlin
Violinist Lieut Hochstein Dies in Argonne Fighting
Confirmation from the American expeditionary forces reports Lieutenant David Hochstein of Rochester New York, a noted violinist, killed October 12 in the Argonne. Four days earlier he had given a concert at Nancy before joining the Sixtieth Infantry at the front.
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Coblenz
David Hochstein
Rochester
N. Y
Statistical Bureau of the American Expeditionary Forces
Hochstein
Argonne
Nancy
Sixtieth Infantry
Assembly Decides to Return Loot to France and Belgium
Basle February 24 The German national assembly decided that industrial material taken from France and Belgium must be returned according to a dispatch from Weimar.
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Basle
German National Assembly
Frances
Belgium
Weimar
Wilson to Have New Home in Paris
President Wilson will not occupy the Murat mansion upon return to Paris Col RE M House inspected a Place des Etats Unis residence under consideration as the president home The site is nearly opposite the Paris home of A J Balfour the British secretary of state for foreign affairs
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Paris
Wilson
Murat
Rue de Monceau
Col. RE. M. House
Place Des Etats Unis
A. J. Balfour
France to Probe Humbert Graft Charge In Paris
Paris February 22 Antonin Daubost president of the senate said a military governor demand asks the senate to authorize legal proceedings against Senator Charles Humbert on a charge of corrupting officials in the capital.
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France
Humbert
Paris
Antonin Daubost
Senate
Charles Humbert
Deadly Indemnity Debate at Paris Peace Talks
Paris February 22. The reparations question dominates revisions of German cost of war. Some urge including total war costs, others oppose. Capt Andre Tardieu notes France seeks 450,000 destroyed houses. allies seek Germany’s capacity-based payment. Council meeting delayed to afternoon with delegates from Denmark Poland and Russia slated to attend.
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Clemenceau
Commission On Reparations
Council of the Great Powers
Wilson
Commission
Andre Tardieu
France
M. Tardieu
Germany
Committee On Reparations
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Stephen Pichon
Tardieu
Robert Lansing
America
Trade Resumption Between U S and German Colonies Ordered
The War Trade Board authorizes immediate resumption of trade between the United States and German colonial possessions on August 1, 1864 under wartime regulations.
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United States
Germany
War Trade Board
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