Early Peace to Save the World Declares European Machine
Paris reports Frank A. Vanderlip warning that Europe risks a collapse of civilization without restarting production. He stresses peace terms and indemnity, cites Bolshevik danger, and urges America to act in international terms to resume industry and avert a broader catastrophe.
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Paris
America
Europe
Frank A. Vanderlip
England
France
Switzerland
Italy
Germany
Building activities rise in Washington in March
Washington reports that labor department officials see continued growth in building activities in March with little likelihood of price reductions for building materials. The indication suggests prices will not fall soon while construction activity increases.
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Labor Department
Washington
Suit Yer Day U S If Passed Action Against All States
Washington March 14 If Rhode Island legislatures passes the Eaton resolution to test the prohibition amendment in court it would lead Rhode Island to sue every other state that has ratified the amendment and the federal enforcement body An unprecedented move would challenge the sovereign police powers of states and the dual federalist system warned by local lawyers
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Washington
Rhode Island
Jacob Eaton
Union
Big Undertaking Underway for British Navy Transport
London reports that from August 1914 to March 2 1919 the British navy moved over 26.5 million soldiers and personnel involved in the war. Walk er Hume Long notes in the house of commons that naval transports also carried nearly 200,000 prisoners, 2.25 million animals, over 500,000 vehicles, 48 million tons of military stores and 5 million tons of live stores.
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London
Walker Hume Long
Admiralty
House of Commons
Germany Backing Austria in War Mood, Dispatches Reveal
Paris reports two cipher dispatches from Count von Szogyeny Marich, Austrian ambassador to Berlin, sent before the conflict to Vienna show Germany supported Austria in a warlike stance toward Serbia. The disclosures were made public by M. R. Vesnitch, Serbian minister to France.
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Paris
Count von Szogyeny- Marich
Berlin
Germany
Austria
Serbia
I Hgve
M. R. Vesnitch
France
Socialists Plan British Revolt and Bolshevism in Chicago
In London a Socialist Labour Party plan seeks a Soviet style rule and nationalization of women, while in Chicago Alderman Kennedy proposes a city Soviet government granting districts and unions direct alderman representation. heckled as Bolsheviks as council debates ward changes.
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Kennedy
London
Leon Trotzky
Bolshevist
International Anarchists Society
Socialist Labor Party of Britain
Great Britain
Daily Express
Russia
Express
Chicago
Clark
Marines raid Japanese concession at Tientsin
U S Marines in Pekin report March 14 raid on the Japanese concession at Tientsin. Marines forced entry into the Japanese consulate after disorderly incidents. two Japanese wounded. Next day 200 off duty Marines attacked Japanese they met, entering the consulate. Unknown impact in Japan. Also New York: Enrico Caruso to pay 152983.70 income tax for 1925. paid 38383.42 on installment. tax office expects 7 million in income taxes received Wednesday.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
WLS
Caruso
Kentucky Equal Rights names militant suffragists unwomanly
At Louisville annual convention the Kentucky Equal Rights association adopted resolutions denouncing militant suffragists as fatuous unwomanly and reprehensible. Another resolution praised President Wilson for loyalty to enfranchisement and for guiding the nation to a peace dawn after the war.
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Louisville
Kentucky Equal Rights Association
Wilson
Canadian Troops Path Back Home From Kinmel Riot
Halifax reports that in response to the Kinmel camp riot in Wales arrangements are made to reuse big Canadian troopships. The Baltic has left Liverpool with over 8,000 men, the Carmania nears 3,000, and the Olympic is slated to sail from Liverpool Saturday with 5,000 troops aboard.
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Halifax
N. S
Kinmel
Wales
Canada
Liverpool
U S Shoes Shut Factories In Norway
Christiania March 14 The importation of American made shoes has grown so large that a significant portion of Norwegian shoe factories have had to suspend operations. Worse conditions for local factories are foreseen as a Norwegian American firm with 5,000,000 kroner plans to build factories in Norway modeled on the American system.
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Christiania
Norway
Mixed commission to report on Gallipoli defenses
A mixed naval and military commission will shortly move to the Dardanelles to report officially on the Turkish defenses as they stood in 1915 during the Gallipoli campaign and on related Gallipoli operations.
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London
Dardanelles
Gallipoli Peninsula
Gallipoli
Roosevelt Birthplace Bought for Memorial Restoration
New York on March 14 reports the 28 East Twenty first street site of Theodore Roosevelt's boyhood home has been purchased by the women's Roosevelt memorial committee to restore it as it appeared during his youth.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
East Twentieth Street
Women's Roosevelt Memorial Committee
Liquor Firm Chief Jailed In Indiana Case
Fred Gray president of Hannah and Hogg liquor dealers in Chicago was sentenced to 90 days in jail and fined 100 dollars for selling 1000 half pints of whisky later brought into Indiana. Wolf Muarcovich a prominent Indiana politician was sentenced to six months and fined 1000 dollars.
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Hannah & Hogg of
Chicago
Indiana
Hammond
Ind
Fred Gray
Hannah & Hogg
Wolf Muarcovich
Indianapolis
A. J. Anderson
Marcovich
President Wilson Reaches Paris After Brest Welcome
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson arrived in Brest aboard the George Washington at 7 45. They went ashore at 8 20 aboard a tug and left for Paris at 11. Decorations in Brest marked the visit with banners and flags. President Poincare and an honor guard awaited them at the Paris station for an unofficial reception.
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Poincare
Guard of Honor
Paris Station
Brest
George Washington
President Wilson
President
United States
Wilson
Paris
Kept Order in Liberia: Canadian Return from Siberia
Toronto reports Captain W. J. Dunham of the Y M C A notes the first Canadian return from Siberia under Brigadier General Kinsley. He argues withdrawing allied forces would be calamity, describes a stable military dictatorship replacing soviet chaos, and says life and travel are safe though Bolshevism remains present but checked by allies.
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Toronto
W. J. Dunham
Kinsley
Vladivostok
Siberia
Dunham
France Faces Large War Debt Budget Increase
Paris March 14 Louis Klotz minister of finance opened his speech to the chamber of deputies denying France had grown richer by the war. He said resources increased but the invaded departments show a poor condition. The yearly budget would be three or four times prewar, with a deficit of 21 750 000 000 francs.
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Paris
Louis Klotz
Chamber of Deputies
France
M. Klotz
Barnes to Remain Head of Grain Corp Until Crop Marketed
A telegram from Julius Barnes head of the United States Grain Corporation states he will not resign before the current crop is fully marketed. He said he will not leave the post before July 15.
German Envoys Named for Peace Conference
Reports from Paris say the postwar treaty may cede Danzig to Poland and create a Rhine buffer state stirring German editors. Berlin reports list Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau and five others as the German delegates. London coverage notes the disarmament terms include ending conscription, signaling a decisive move in the peace talks.
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Berlin
Paris
Poland
Danzig
Rhine
Germany
Tagebhatt
Lokal Anzeiger
Wilson
Weimar
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Eduard David
National Assembly
Adolph Warburg
Adolph Muller
Switzerland
Walther M. A. Schuecking
Marburg University
Herr Geisberg
London
Daily Telegraph
Supreme War Council
Great Britain
Strikers Riot in Newark After Wage Dispute
Newark March 14 Rioters attacked two Public Service Railway street cars after officials said the wage controversy would be submitted to the War Labor Board in Washington. Crews clashed with rioters and two assailants were injured.
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Newark
N. J
Public Service Railway Corporation
War Labor Board
Washington
Harbor Strike Near End Predicts Settlement
Washington reports the harbor strike could end early as some private boat owners are willing to accept employees proposals. Officials did not state how many owners had reached this decision.
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Washington
New York Harbor
Department of Labor
Paris Plan Bans Military Use Of Planes And Dirigibles
Paris March 14 the supreme war council adopts aerial terms of German disarmament forbidding military use of airplanes and dirigibles It allows commercial use of airplanes.
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Supreme War Council
Paris
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Japan
British Naval and Military Commission
T. R
Lady Sarah Wilson
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Gordon Wilson
Ypres
Colonel House
Liberia
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