Berlin Diet Opens Under Guarded Air Amid Riot Charges
Munich dispatch reports the opening of the Munich diet with heavy security as militia and police fill the house and machine guns top the roof. Colonel Reinhardt defends government troops against brutality charges, cites seized arms and a high weapon count in Adlershof, and condemns insurgent violence.
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Reinhardt
Berlin
Munich
Diet
Gustave Noske
Reinnhardt
Adlershof
Chicago Bandits Take Payroll From Sykes Roofing
Four masked men burst into the Sykes Roofing offices at 980 West Nineteenth place at 3 PM. They lined 18 workers and officers, stealing a payroll reported between 6000 and 7000 dollars. They fled in a waiting car as police chased with rifle units but failed to catch them.
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Chicago
Sykes Roofing Company
West Nineteenth Place
Allies to guard the Rhine commission formed
Paris reports an allied commission will control Rhine navigation under the international regime of ports railways and waterways. The body will replace the German Holland commission in effect before the war.
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Paris
Rhine
Peace Conference Commission
German-Holland Commis‘sion
Wilson Wins League Plan Ties Germany to Peace Pact
Paris March 19 A majority plan among the big five contends to attach the league of nations covenant to the peace treaty as an appendix. This would let Germany sign the treaty without admission to the league while accepting declaratory principles. Wilson and the American commission push to embody the league plan in any new German deal.
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Paris
League of Nations
Germany
League
Wilson
Austria-Hungary
United States
Turkey
Bulgaria
Supreme Court to rule on telephone rate increase case
The Supreme Court will decide the authority of Postmaster General Burleson to raise telephone tolls nationwide. Kansas has been granted permission to sue, challenging the validity of his December 18 order establishing new toll rates. A return is to be filed at the next term in October.
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Washington
Burleson
Supreme Court
State of Kansas
Bad meat served on ship causes troop complaints
New York March 18. A scandal over provisions for troops returning from Europe unfolded as the Fabre Hner Patria docked with 2,110 men. Enlisted men charged rotten meat and rations of spaghetti and beans infested with worms and maggots, with embalmed beef among the meals.
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New York
Europe
Legal Cones Over Beer Becomes Legal Question
Washington seeks the precise definition of beer and the allowable alcohol content. Internal revenue officials, relying on statutes and precedents, clash over whether beer with two percent alcohol is intoxicating. Commissioner Roper plans to seek Justice Department guidance before New York brewers resume near beer production under Wilson’s order. The May 1 cutoff looms for prohibiting higher alcohol beer under the 1918 act, while wartime laws influence anti alcohol groups.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Palmer
Roper
New York
Wilson
Acts of Congress
of Revenue Bureau
Department of Justice
Anti-Saloon League
Brewers Seek 2 Percent Alcohol Content Declared Non-Intoxicating
William Guthrie of the United States Brewers Association announced that the opening legal battle begins today in Federal Courts. Brewers contend beer at two and three quarters percent alcohol should be considered a non intoxicating beverage as the contest starts.
Asquith May Be First President of League of Nations
London dispatch reports Premier Asquith may be invited to serve as the first president of the League of Nations per the Daily Mirror. The note reflects early speculation about Britain’s role in the new international body.
Policy on Germany reparations stated by Bonar Law
London reports that in parliament Andrew Bonar Law said the government would not demand more than it believed it could obtain from Germany. He refused to assure a full bill would be presented or that a partial payment would be treated as payment on account.
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Herr Reinhardt
Adolf Hoffmann
William
Holland
Paul Hirsch
Noske
Spartacans
Herr Hirsch
London
House of Commons
Claude Lowther
Andrew Bonar Law
Germany
Bonar Law
Coal prices up 42 to 44 percent since 1918
Washington reports in the March issue of the labor review by the bureau of labor statistics that coal prices have risen 42 to 44 percent since 1918.
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Labor Review of the Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Labor Review
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Allied Forces Evacuating Odessa Amid Critical Situation
London reports a critical Black Sea situation with alarming conditions at Odessa as Allied forces begin evacuations. The update notes the evacuation order and rising concern over the region's security and strategic stability.
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Odessa
Black Sea
Russia
Red Flag Is Raised as Police Break Up Textile Parade
In Lawrence Massachusetts on March 19 police dispersed a textile workers parade as strikes entered six weeks. Shots came from tenement houses, officers were stoned, and crowds clubbed. Twenty-two arrests followed for inciting to riot.
Storm claims thirty five lives in Mississippi region
Memphis reports indicate thirty five people died as a severe storm swept through central and northern Mississippi, prompting casualty tallies and ongoing investigations.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Koreans Rise in Seoul and Provinces as Demonstrations Grow
Reports from Tokyo dated March 19 describe widespread Korean independence demonstrations spreading from major cities to provinces. Police report clashes at Pingyang station with mobs estimated at about 10,000, and several arrests in Seoul including foreigners and nurses from an American hospital.
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Tokyo
Japan
Pingyang
Seoul
Korea
M. Hoiki
Yi Heui
Pagoda Park
Conqueror of Hun Ace Home
Captain A R Brown a Canadian aviator famed for downing Baron von Richthofen in 1918 arrived at St John New Brunswick aboard the Minnedosa. He bears the Distinguished Flying Cross with a bar in recognition of his victory over the German ace.
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St. John
N. B
A. R. Brown
Baron von Richthofen
Minnedosa
Richthofen
Discharge 36 From Prison Fort Leavenworth
Thirty six inmates at the disciplinary barracks Fort Leavenworth were discharged and departed for their homes after a War Department review. Each man received a uniformed ticket to his home and five dollars as the government allowance for a discharged prisoner.
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Leavenworth
Wan
Fort Leavenworth
War Department
Medals for Yankee Heroes in Third Division Review
In Coblentz on March 19 the Third division soldiers who fought Germans on the Marne during the last drive were inspected and decorated by General John J. Pershing. The review occurred at a large aviation field near Audenarde on the west bank of the Rhine.
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Coblengz
Marne
John J. Pershing
Audenarde
Rhine
Hanks Ordered to Raze Helgoland as Peace Talks Move
Paris dispatch reports the supreme war council ordered dismantling of Helgoland fortifications. Kiel canal to be internationalized and warships’ disposal not likely in peace treaty. Wilson, George, Orlando, and Clemenceau meet to reconcile views on league of nations and broader terms for early peace.
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Paris
Helgeland
Germany
North Sea
Supreme War Council
Kiel Canal
Supreme Council
America
Wilson
Lloyd George
Orlando
Clemenceau
Paris White House
League of Nations
U S Army Strength Figures March 15 Decline Since Armistice
Washington reports the total American army on March 15 at 2,268,537, down 1,402,351 since armistice. The War Department lists 1,508,133 officers overseas in Europe France Germany and Russia, with 640,018 in the United States and 64,208 at sea. Additional totals show 5,670 in Siberia and 47,218 in insular possessions.
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Washington
War Department
Europe
France
Germany
Russia
United States
Royalty to Visit Pershing in Chaumont Visit
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium travel from Brussels to General Pershing in Chaumont for a three day visit. They may fly if weather allows and will inspect a guard of honor near Clearmont before dining with General Pershing at his château.
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King Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Belgium
Chaumont
Albert
General Pershing
Brussels
Slugged and Robbed Man Found in Jersey City
Charlies S. Greenwood of Washington DC private secretary to Representative James P. Glynn of Connecticut was found dazed in an automobile in a Jersey City street. He said two men in soldiers uniforms demanded a ride to New York, struck him with a revolver, robbed him of $26, and then drove the car into Jersey City during a trip from Baltimore to Hartford Connecticut.
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Jersey City
N. J
Charlies S. Greenwood
Washington
DPD
James P. Glynn
Connecticut
Greenwod
Hartford
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