United States Keeps Army of At Least Six Hundred Thousand
Paris February 14 United States under the society of nations plan as amended will maintain an army of not less than 600000 men after Senate action could be used wherever needed. This provision was agreed by the society of nations commission as a solution to constitutional difficulties.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
Ander
Society of Nations
United States Senate
Havas
Society of Nations Commission
United Press
Commission On the Society of Nations
League of Nations
Wilson
General Peace Congress
Paria
Iowa Man Released For War Prisoner News
The War Department released information on American prisoners of war. Melvin A. Franks of Claire City South Dakota, and D. Willard P. Tuteman of Beatrice Nebraska, were released from German camps and returned to France. Private Erwin W. Dickson, previously reported killed in action, has been released from Camp Germersheim in Germany and is wounded in hospital in Biloxi.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
France
Melvin A. Franks
Claire City
Willard P
Tuteman
Beatrice
Neb
Erwin W. Dickson
Camp Germersheim
Germany
Bilewu
Russians described by professor as misdirected Bolshevists
Washington report says Prof. Ralph Dennis of Northwestern University testified before the Senate inquiry that the Bolshevist central cabinet in Russia were “fairly able men who truly believed theirs could be the best way to bring about heaven on earth.” Dennis, a former Y M C A worker and consular agent, added that there was no real sympathy between Germans and Russian Reds, only mutual exploitation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Russia
Ralph Dennis
Northwestern University
Senate Committee
Dennis
Rusela
Armistice Renewal Talks Pin Pointed February Seventeenth
Paris reports the supreme war council plans a brief armistice renewal on February seventeenth with Germany barred from hostilities against Poland and a fixed German force cap. A special commission will draft longer terms including demobilization and disarmament supervised by the allies. Marshal Foch will meet Clemenceau in Treves to prepare proposals as Wilson signals unity among allies on essential terms.
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United Press
Paria
League of Nations Committee
Paris
Wilson
Germany
Mathias Erzberger
Associated Press
Supreme War Council
Havas
Special Commission
National Assembly
Weimar
Treves
Foch
Marshal Foch
Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Council
Berlin requests aid of American troops
Berlin reports the Danzig railway authority cannot furnish troops to guard the first Polish relief ships due next week. The German government refused American troops, citing the American commission’s demand that Germany protect and indemnify food shipments. Absence of French or American forces delays policing from Danzig to the Polish frontier. The Danzig railways urge Berlin to dispatch troops promptly.
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Berlin
Danzig
Kreuz Zeitung
Chasmander
Clerman
Germany
1400 Wounded Soldiers Arrive in New York
More than 1,400 wounded soldiers arrived in New York today aboard the transport Santa Teresca. The men came from various parts of the country and were received with a formal welcome.
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New York
Santa Teresca
Carranza’s message to Americans calls for cordial ties
In an exclusive interview, President Carranza says Mexico remains friendly to the United States but foreign interests have sown distrust. He notes Mexico will begin paying interest on foreign debt, including railroads, and aims to convert foreign obligations. He affirms peace and blames outside interference for lawlessness in isolated areas.
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United Press
City of Mexico
San Antonio Express
San Antonio Evening News
Carranza
United States
Mexico
Trains and Wires Disabled by Severe Snowstorm
Heavy snows and high winds disrupted Chicago to the coast telegraph lines and rail traffic from Omaha to Kansas City. Nebraska towns reported standstill business and paralyzed western lines, while Denver and Grand Island suffered a fierce blizzard with outaged wires.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Fig
Omaha
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Kansas
Lincoln
Neb
Reading To Return To America Soon
London February 14 The Associated Press reports that the Earl of Reading Britain's ambassador to the United States will return to America in about a week.
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Reading
London
Associated Preas
Earl of Reading
United States
America
Libau Dispatch: Bolshevists Cleared From Honian Republic
A Libau dispatch via Berlin reports the entire Honian republic territory cleared of Bolshevists by the Fisthonian and Finnish advance, signaling a decisive move against Bolshevik forces in the region.
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Copenhagen
Libau
Berlin
Honian Republic
Bolsheviate
Fisthonian and
Finniah
Bolshevists Try to Break Polish Lines
Warsaw dispatch reports Bolshevists occupying Zeliva between Bialystok and Brest Litovsk. Rebels attempted to infiltrate Polish lines in Polish officer uniforms. those seized were brought to Warsaw. Estimates place Bolshevik strength at two to twenty divisions, with higher figures likely closer to reality. General Bartelmya seeks a Ukrainian Polish armistice, conditional on Drohabycz fields, awaiting peace conference decision.
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Warsaw
Bolshevista
Zeliva
Bialyctok
Brest-Litovak
Bolshevist
Bartelmya
Germans Halt Food Officials
Warsaw reports German forces refused entry to Lithuanian border districts, denying Allied officers from the American Food Commission access to Grodno border areas. Lieutenant Colonel Grove pressed for passage, but Captain von Schroeder ordered the two back to Poland with no stated reason, marking a second instance of Allied mission obstinacy.
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J. M. N. Jeffries
Warsaw
Germany
Grodno
Bacluty
Grove
Bialystock
von Schroeder
Hussarsen
Poland
Japanese diplomats deplore suspicion at peace talks
Japanese officials in Washington expressed disappointment that Tokyo is not accorded equal standing with Britain France and other powers at the peace conference. They cited Japan's roles in handling Chinese interests during the Siberian accord and warned that mistrust threatens joint aims in the Far East.
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United Press
Washington
Japan
Inter-Allied War Council
Siberian
Paris
Tokyo
Great Britain
France
Arrest Russian Red Karl Radek in Berlin police raid
Basel Switzerland Feb 13 Karl Radek Russian Bolshevist emissary linked to radical outbreaks in Germany has been located and arrested by Berlin police after a period of mystery surrounding his whereabouts.
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Associated Press
Basel
Switzerland
Karl Radek
Germany
Berlin
Hla
Two Women Elected in Polish Assembly Victory
Basel February 18 final results of Poland elections show two women among the elected candidates to the national assembly. The Warsaw dispatch reports 34 democrats, 19 socialists, eight Jews and two Germans among the winners.
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Basel
National Democrates
Poland
Warsaw
Forty Hour Week Granted for Clothing Workers in District
Boston reports a forty hour working week to begin March has been granted to clothing workers in the district. The Amalgamated Association of Clothing Workers accepted the schedule, reducing from 48 hours weekly. The note also references Ireland with cautious hope for improved conditions and a durable Gaelic settlement.
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Boston
German ships will bring Yanks home
New York reports German ships of about 300000 tons will soon sail to aid troop movements, with a capacity to transport over 60000 men monthly, per Edward N. Hurley after his return from Europe. He says an agreement at Treves January 17 on the German fleet’s turnover was reached by allied and German representatives.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Leviathan
Hurley
Herbert Hoover
The
Food Administration
Wilson urged arbitration over Istria frontier row
Paris reports President Wilson received three Jugoslav delegates and discussed Italy Jugoslavs differences over Istria Fiume and Dalmatia. Wilson suggested arbitration if no agreement, while Premier Orlando warned renouncing Fiume could spark grave trouble. Italy moves to areas in Asia Minor and Black Sea per allied suggestions.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
N. P. Pachiteh
M.trumbitch
Jugo- Slav Committee
M. R. Vesnitch
France
Italy
Istria
Adriatic
M. Trumbitch
Orlando
Fiume
Dalmatia
Istra
Parley
America
Bajon Salandra
Signor Barvilal
England
Adalia
Konieh
Vilayet
Asia Minor
Greece
Smyrna
M. Venizelos
Dodecanesus
Stampolia
Great Britain
Gaku
Baku
Batouni
Black Sea
Harncleum
Suffrage Leaders Seek Fresh Vote In Session
Washington dispatch reports suffrage leaders announce plans to reintroduce the suffrage resolution in the current session aiming for another legislative vote. The move follows failure to advance previously.
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United Press
Washington
Siberian Casualties Reported for American Forces
A Washington dispatch cites a cablegram from AEF in France totaling U S losses in Siberia through February 8. Ten officers and 314 men are dead or missing. wounded and missing in action are included in the tally.
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Washington
France
Siberia
Meade
Trial Flight Today Over Bayonne Atlantic Plan By Aviator
Bayonne New Jersey reports that Captain Hugo Bunstedt plans a trial flight today as a rehearsal for an Atlantic crossing. He will be joined by Lieutenant Mal Miewill and others from the army aviation unit. A broken guide prevented yesterday’s test.
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United Press
Bayonne
N. J
Pel
Hugo Bunstedt
Atlantic Ocean
Aplane
Sunstedt
Lient
Mal Miewill
Army Ayer
W. Tlarig
Baal
Senate considers meat packers bill at full hearing
Washington reports favorable progress on a bill to regulate the meat industry. The Senate agriculture committee, led by Chairman Gore, heard testimony from farmers’ groups and industry representatives as it plans action. The Kendrick bill focuses on licensing and removing stockyards from packer control, while the Sims bill proposes government ownership for some facilities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committer
Gore
Federal Trade Commission
Senate Agriculture Committee
Benjamin C. Marsh
Farmers’ National Council
Marsh
Kenyon
Iowa
Grenna
North Dakota
Norris
Nebraska
Kendrick
Wyoming
House
Sims
Tennessee
E. A. Cudahy
Frederick Atherton
Boston
Charles E. Hughes
Francis J. Heney
John
Great Increase in Meat and Butter Storage Revealed
Washington February reports from the United States Bureau of Markets show large year over year gains in storage of meats and butter. Compared with 1918 levels, frozen lamb and mutton up 92.7 percent, frozen pork 80 percent, frozen poultry 78 percent, dry salt pork 30 percent, frozen beef 64 percent, lard 12 percent, creamery butter 40 percent, cottage cheese 100 percent, and other items climbing or fluctuating. apples and American cheese fell by 20 percent and 14 percent respectively. Ownership details of stored goods were not released.
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United Press
Washington
United States Bureau of Markets
Proposed Flat Mileage Freight Rate System
Washington February 1 Detailing a proposed freight rate system based on a flat mileage charge plus terminal costs was submitted to the Senate interstate commerce committee by Robert W Woolley. He said amendments to the Interstate Commerce Act would be needed to allow minimum as well as maximum rates. Woolley warned current methods create nationwide discriminations while outlining the plan. Lieut Theodore Roosevelt helped organize American Veterans of the World War and said all men who wore the U S uniform during the war would be admitted on Arm of equal standing.
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Washington, DC
Terminal Co
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Robert W. Woolley
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Woolley
Senate Committee
Theodore Stoosevel
United States
Analule
EU Lality
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