Five Great Powers Form League of Nations Covenant
Paris dispatch summarizes the proposed League of Nations covenant drafted by the executive council led by President Wilson. It lists United States Great Britain France Italy Japan and four other states as founders with annual meetings and arbitration rules. It covers admission, armament limits, collective security, economic measures, and governance of mandates and labor standards.
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Uncil
Aague of Nations
Wilson
Econst
United Sates
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
E League
United States
League
Executive Council
Bureau of Labor
New German Government Plans Equal Rights and Rationing
From Copenhagen on February 1, reports outline the new German government program. It calls for equal rights for men and women, educational reforms, conscription of domestic labor for a people’s army, maximum price rationing, life-sustaining food, and care for widows and families of those killed in the war.
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Copenhagen
Severe storm moves east after disrupting Midwest rails
Chicago February 14 The severe storm that brought snow high winds and rain across the region from the Canadian border to Oklahoma and between the Missouri River and the Rockies continues to move eastward today with diminishing severity, after twenty four hours of disrupted wire communications and railroad traffic.
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Chicago
Missouri River
Rocky Mountains
Canadian
Oklahoma
Allied push at Archangel Front improves, Kadish sector reassures
British War Office reports a calmer Kadish area with Allied forces driving back about 800 Bolsheviks in the Shredmakrenge region on February 16. A February 11 assault in freezing conditions was repulsed, and overall the Archangel front situation is described as more satisfactory for the moment.
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London
Pritish Wireless Service
Kadish
Archangel
British War Office
Shredimakrenga
Shremakrenga
Shredmakrenge
Funds Come in Slowly for Boy Scouts' Home
The News Star reports slow fundraising for a local Boy Scouts hut. Six contributors total 33.06 dollars, building cost estimated at 1500 dollars plus donated material from Herman Meunive. Scouts urge broader donations, noting support from business leaders and wartime service.
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Boy Scouts
News-Star
Herman Meuive
America
PLAN 10 AND ALL WORKMEN COMMISSION DRAFTS MEASURE
Drafts by PLAN 10 and the All Workmen Commission lay groundwork for a measure on the Sepula status of the international labor order. Officials seek to formalize new standards impacting workers across jurisdictions.
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Commission
Labor Conference Advances Broad International Labor Plan
Paris reports that the commissions on international labor legislation approved Article IV of the British draft, allowing government, employer and worker representatives to speak and vote independently at the proposed international labor conference. The plan covers uniform rights for workers abroad, unemployment relief, factory inspections, child and youth protections, and limits on youth shifts with no overtime. Continued on page six.
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Paris
Commission On International Labor
Peace Conference
Hrtitich
Society of Nations
Cade pleads guilty and gets life in Pen
In Rayville Louisiana Cameron Cade pleaded guilty to murder without capital punishment in the Reichert case. Judge McIntosh sentenced Cade to life in the penitentiary after the plea was accepted amid family pleas. Cade admitted shooting Lieutenant Reichert before he planned to wed Mabel Langford. Two more killings are slated for court this session.
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Cameron Cade
T. Reichert
McIntosh
George Wesley Smith
The
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Mabel Langford
Langford
Cade
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Mable
Reichert
Panic in Hamburg as bands loot city in armed car raids
Berlin dispatches report panic in Hamburg due to bands of thieves roaming the city. The groups travel by motor car, are heavily armed, and loot residences and shops while police are unable to stop them.
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Amsterdam
Hamburg
Berlin
Fire Department Responds to Two Early Morning Calls
The Pike department answered two calls this morning. One was a cabin at 403 North Fourth Street owned by Mrs. A J Keller and the second on North Ninth between Arkansas and Pine Streets owned by Mrs A H Bernhardt. No hose needed and total loss likely under 5006 dollars.
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North Fouth Street
A.J. Keller
North Ninth
Arkansas
Pine Streets
A. H. Bernhardt
Fund For the Scout Hut Campaign Receives Small Donations
The treasurer reports new cash contributions to the Boy Scout Hut fund including Dr G M Snellings 10.00 and Miss Virginia Russell 1.00. Additional names appear as Lady Friend contributing 2.00 and Gina ticka Say 10.00 amid scattered entries.
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Boy Scout Hut
G. M. Snellings
Grreore
Gina Ticka
Gina
Lady Friend
Virginia Russell
Prisoners Transferred to Caddo Jail from Shreveport
Deputy D. L. Roper returned from Shreveport with four more Ouachita parish prisoners moved to the Caddo jail. They are Neal R. Rigsby and Will F. Fanin for theft from the Bohemia Hotel and other merchants, Tom Maxwell charged with beating James Head on DeSiard street, and Irma Netherby an insane woman from the West Side interdicted Thursday.
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D. L. Roper
Shreveport
Quachita Parish
Caddo
Neal R. Rigsby
Will F. Fanin
Bohemia Hotel
Tom Maxwell
James Head
DeSiard Street
Irma Netherby
West Side
Berlin strike paralyzes 20 000 store workers
Berlin on February 13 reports 20 000 store employees striking for higher wages. Leipzigerstrasse sees closures with troops maintaining order as Spartacans engage in sporadic firing in the newspaper quarter amid widespread clashes between workers and counterstrikes by doctors and other professionals.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
Leipzigerstrasse
Spartacans
German Leader Announces Plan for General Disarmament
Weimar February 14 President Frederich Ebert told reporters the government is arranging details for complete disarmament and demobilization across Germany.
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Weimar
Frederich Ebert
Germany
men _ today
President Wilson to Sail Saturday From Paris
Paris February 14 Associated Press preparations are set for the homeward voyage of President Wilson. The presidential party will be served in Paris tonight for Brest on a special train and sail Saturday on the George Washington. The party is smaller with many department staffers remaining in Paris. The Society of Nations charter was agreed on President Wilson’s lucky day the thirteenth and contains exactly twenty six articles.
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Paris
Associated Press
Wilson
Brest
Society of Nations
Demand on Germany for war material stocks
A wireless from London quotes the German armistice administrator at Spa being asked on February 10 to declare all stocks of war materials available or under construction in Germany, including guns airplanes and motors, tied to the Polish question and armistice extension.
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London
Spa
Germany
Supreme council holds three hour meeting in Paris
The supreme council met for three hours in Paris this afternoon. It heard Rev. Howard B. Bliss of the American colony at Beirit and Chekri Gahem, head of the Syrian national committee.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Howard
Bliss
Beirit
Chekri Gahem
Syrian National Committee
Protective Body Seeks Receiver for Railroad Company
A petition in equity filed in New York seeks appointment of a limited receiver for the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The move alleges excess outside spending of 204 million and cites the Adams suit as futile. Federal Judge Knox set February 1 for a hearing. New Haven stock rose on news. Petitioners are New York state residents representing 1,758 stockholders holding 51,919 shares.
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New York
Equity
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Adams
United States
Tor Harold Norris
Knox
New Haven
Wing Street
New York State
January cotton ginned totals and lint output
Washington reports January cotton ginned totaled 556,721 running bales of lint and 7 159 bales of seed cotton as announced by the Census Bureau.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Secretary Glass Aims to Boost Victory Bond Interest
Secretary Glass desires authority to fix interest rates for Victory Bonds to make loans more popular and attract wider investment.
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Glass
Treasury Secretary pressures for bond terms in Liberty Loan appeal
Secretary Glass told the House Ways and Means Committee that action is needed to make Liberty Loan bonds more attractive and to set interest rates and tax rules as the April issue approaches. He urged authorization of up to 5.6 billion more in bonds beyond existing unissued amounts, while noting cash disbursements drop and wartime debt rising. He proposed alternatives if bond issuance proves impractical.
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Glass
House and Means Committee
Liberty Loan
Congress
Treasury
McAdoo
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