Monroe Doctrine Strengthened by League Covenant
Paris dispatch reports the labor commission an agreement on internal matters without league intervention. It notes continued work on transportation clauses for the peace treaty and Lord Robert Cecil stating the covenant will not delay signing within two weeks. Asquith is urged as potential first president of the league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cecil
Asquith
Paris
Commission On International Labor Legislation
League of Nations
Peace Conference Commission
Ministry of Public Works
Lloyd George
Wilson
Clemenceau
Orlando
London
Great Britain
Lord Robert
League
United States
America
Europe
Herbert H. Asquith
Dad@y Mirror
Prison for Still in Flat Chattanooga Moonshine Case
Kelso Haily a prominent local businessman and social figure received a year in the county workhouse and a 250 dollar fine from a criminal court jury for operating a moonshine still in the basement of an apartment house. He was released on 1500 dollar bond pending motion for a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Kelso Haily
Hailly
Pew
Gustave Noske Leads Defense Against Spartacans
Gustave Noske, the German minister of defense, wages a campaign against the Spartacans across the German republic as the crisis deepens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Noske
German Republic
Will Amend Treaty Covenant To Be Attached To Peace
Paris reports say the American delegation will accept a limited number of amendments to the league of nations covenant. Secretary Lansing will preside over a meeting of neutral delegates to hear views. The league commission will perfect amendments before attaching the covenant to the peace treaty. The supreme council discussed Galicia and will urge Poles and Ukrainians to cease hostilities under conditions. an injunction will be issued to front line armies near Lemberg. The council reviewed Poland’s western frontier and heard the Polish affairs report by M Jules Cambon. Next meeting set for Friday March 21 at 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
League of Nations
Lansing
League of Nations Commission
Galicia
Supreme Council
Supreme Allied Council
Lemberg
Poland
Commission On
M. Jules Cambon
Siberians Score Americans
Vladivostok reports widespread criticism of the United States with harsh editorials and distortions aimed at sowing discord among Americans Russians and allies. Some Siberian newspapers are subsidized and hostile to the United States. Disappointment over U S intervention led to mistrust and opposition to a proposed conference of Russian factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladivostok
United States
America
Siberia
Prince Islands
Doctor Wilkins Arrested After Baltimore Arrival
Dr Walter Keene Wilkins aged sixty seven was arrested on homicide charges after arriving from Baltimore. He was identified by a officer at Pennsylvania Station and taken to police headquarters as Nassau county officers were alerted. Wilkins disappeared Sunday amid the investigation into his wife s murder at their Long Beach home and progress remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walter Keene Wilkins
Baltimore
Breweries Seek Court Ruling to Preserve 2% Beer Under Prohibition
Jacob Hoffman Brewing Co and United States Brewers Association file for an injunction in federal court to stop the collector of internal revenue and the U S district attorney from taking action against brewing beer of 2 4 per cent alcohol. They argue a 2% beer is non intoxicating under food conservation laws and wartime prohibition, seeking a judicial decision on the government’s authority and the constitutionality of wartime prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jacob Hoffman Brewing Company
United States Brewers Association
Federal District Court
Collector of Internal Revenue
United States District Attorney
United States Supreme Court
Fliha Root
William D. Guthrie
William L. Marbury
Baltimore
Guthrie
Revenue Department
Hoffman Company
Flihu Root
Messrs. Root and
Cuthrie
Illinois River Dike Break Floods Farmland Near Rome
Ten thousand acres of farm land near Rome Illinois were inundated when an Illinois river dike broke. Two Peoria bridges were closed to traffic as water rose to 21 feet and the crest was expected today. Residents along the river sought refuge from rising floodwaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Peoria
Nil
Poles and Lettis press Russian Bolsheviks in Minsk front
Copenhagen dispatch reports a major Bolshevik reverse in Minsk province. Polish forces push the Bolsheviks back, forcing retreat and evacuation of Pinsk. Lettish troops seize Mitau, with Bolsheviks retreating along the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minsk
French Troops Quell Disorder in German Cities
Geneva reports French forces have taken control of Mannheim and Karlsruhe amid Spartican outbreaks. Berlin dispatches confirm the move as authorities seek to restore order in these German cities.
Yanks Seize Five Reds in German Propaganda Ring
Coblenz reports five individuals alleged to carry Spartacan propaganda within the American occupied zone have been arrested by U S military authorities. They are believed to be from unoccupied Germany and are in custody awaiting further investigation. Also noted, several German officers suspected of disguising origins arrived in Buenos Aires, and Munich police uncovered a plot to steal army goods valued at $250,000 with twenty four arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblenz
Germany
Buenos Aires
la Razon
Amsterdam
Frisia
Hamburg
Seidel
London
Constituent Assembly
Democrats
People’s Party
Independent Socialists
Economic League
National People’s Party
Berlin
Munich
Gas Staff Chief Dies by His Own Hand
Capt. Reginald B. Taylor chief of personnel of the gas staff chemical division U S A at New York headquarters ended his life by inhaling gas. His wife suffered a nervous breakdown from overwork during the war as the reason for his act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reginald B. Taylor
Chemical Division
Taylor
Chicago Shoe Workers Strike Over 44-Hour Week
Chicago workers from ten large shoe plants joined a citywide strike affecting over 2,000 employees to protest a 44 hour workweek. The stoppage began as labor action in Chicago on March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nobility Barred as Bavarian cabinet named in Munich
Premier Hoffmann unveiled the new Bavarian government program at the Munich diet. A bill abolishing nobility and a measure ending hereditary rights were adopted. Hoffmann named his cabinet including Endes Tes, Segitz, Werkle, Frauendorfer, Unterleitner, Steiner, and Schnettenhurst. Segitz succeeds Auer after Eisner era, amid wartime German affairs concerns. Elections in Magdeburg Thuringian and Ruhr districts favor the current government while Minden Bielfeld councils oppose councils and warn against communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basel
Hoffmann
Diet
Munich
Bavaria
Speck
Germany
Max End
Martin Segitz
Doctor Werkle
Heinrich Frauendorfer
Herr Unterleitner
Herr Steiner
Herr Schnettenhurst
Herren Frauendorfer
Unterleitner
Eisner
Herr Segitz
Herr Auer
Magdeburg
Thuringian
Ruhr
Frankfort
Minden
Bielfeld
Poisoned Luncheon Ends Life of Mrs Storr in Seattle
Miss Ruth Garrison, eighteen, confessed to murdering Mrs Grace Storr in Seattle. She said she bought poison and gave it to her rival to win the affections of Douglas Storr. The toxin was hidden in food served during a luncheon at a department store tea room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Tennant
Ruth Garrison
Grace EK. Storr
Miss Garrison
Douglas Storr
Would Be World's Capital Paris Brings Belgian Seat Request
Paris March 20 Belgian delegates present an official request that Brussels be chosen as the seat of the league of nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Belgium
Brussels
League of Nations
Allies Evacuating Odessa Rumors Stir London
London reports a critical situation in Odessa with unconfirmed rumors of Allied evacuation. Greek forces claim victory over Bolsheviks north of Odessa and capture prisoners and materiel as Soviet pressure increases along the Black Sea.報
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Odessa
Black Sea
Ukraine
Soldiers Form A Council In Chicago Meeting
Returned veterans organized a council of soldiers sailors and marines to seek immediate unemployment relief from President Wilson and Congress. A charter in the American Federation of Labor was sought. Raymond Williams chaired and warned of potential disturbances if work was not found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wilson
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Raymond Williams
Williams
Korea Declares Independence Parade Sparks Disturbance
Advices to the state department from Vladivostok state that the Korean national council at Nikolskoe on the Ussuri river in Siberia has sent the declaration of independence to all consulates. Koreans paraded through the city under Korean banners distributing translations in Russian amid a disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Vladivostok
Korean National Council
Nikolskoe
Ussuri
Siberia
Korea
Diaturbance
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paris Commission
U. S
Pept
Russia
Doctor Wilkins
Eig
Bolshevinn
U. S. Brewers’ Association
The
Illinois River
Copenhagen
Tance
Pinsk
Mitau
Geneva
Switzerland
Mannheim
Karlsruhe
American Zone
Pershing
Reginald E. Taylor
Regular Army
George R. Wales
Vermont
United States Civil Service Commission
REDS
Saloniki
Kherson
Moscow
Brezovka
Zhitomir
Dentkine
Petlura
Red Guards
Libau
Lettish
Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg
Army
Navy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!