World League Born at Last Creates International Body
Reports from Paris and Paris area detail the formal birth of the Society of Nations as Wilson and the league committee finalize the first draft of the constitution. The plan includes an executive committee an international army and the potential for economic pressure to enforce peace.
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League of Nations Committee
Hotel Crillon
London
Committee For Adoption
Congress
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U. S
Chicago
League of Nations
Great Lakes
Parnes seeks broad powers for wheat program
Julius Parnes head of the grain corporation urged Congress to delegate grand powers to President Wilson to enforce the 1919 wheat price guarantee. He asked for at least 1 billion dollars to borrow more if needed and authority to buy and sell wheat domestically and abroad for cash or credit. He also sought import export embargo power storage facilities licensing dealers and to control exchange trading with preferential service.
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Julius Parnes
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Food Administration
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House Agricultural Committee
Grouad
Wilson
Barnes
Lcense
Job for Every Soldier at Rivers and Harbors Meet
Secretary Baker declares that every veteran who wore the U S uniform will have a job if he wants one and urges business leaders to cooperate with government efforts. Frank Morrison of the AFL pushes immigration pause for four years as 500000 workers remain unemployed in the United States.
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United States
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
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Retary
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Board of Trade
House Rules Committee
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
U S Reds Cause Chaos in Russia
Testimony before a Senate subcommittee links anarchist activity in the United States to the lower East Side of New York and the Yiddish element. Rev G A Simons says German influence aided labor leaders in Petrograd and cites the Rand School as a hotspot for seditious material. He notes a mix of New York and Jewish figures in Russian revolutionary circles.
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Lower East Side
New York
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
United States
Doctor Simons
East Side
Petrograd
Professor Gordon
Simons
Rand School of Social Science
Plot to Kill Wilson Tied to I W W Leader Pierre
Kansas City reports Pierro Pierre an alleged IWW leader connected to a conspiracy to kill President Wilson. Federal officers say plans were developed in Chicago, with trial set in Kansas City Kansas on conspiracy charges. secret service probe to determine if danger existed.
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Pierro Pierre
Cleveland
Ohio
Wilson
Chicago
Secret Service
France
Fred I. Robertson
Kansas
Pierre
Kas
Cancel 116 Naturalizations in U S Says Bureau
Washington reports more than 100000 naturalization applications in the last year with 116 cases pending for cancellations due to fraudulent statements. No charges involve J W W or propaganda. alien deportations have been ordered.
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Washington
Bureau of Naturalization
Andrassy Leaves Berne for Talks with British Leaders
Viennese and Budapest papers report Count Andrassy, former Austro Hungary foreign minister, has left Berne and plans to travel to England to confer with senior British statesmen about the crisis.
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Paris
Vienna
Budapest
Count Andrassy
Berne
England
Record mail service reported from San Francisco to Treves
General Pershing notified the War Department that a letter mailed in San Francisco on January 20 arrived in Treves Germany on February 4. The message called the service exceptional and regarded it as a record mail delivery.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
San Francisco
Treves
Germany
Extension on Source Income Tax Reports in Washington
Washington February 13 The time for filing of income at the source reports may be extended by Internal Revenue Commissioner Stoper for about 80 days beyond March 15 when they would normally be due.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Stoper
Federal judge to rule on Berger case February 20
Federal Judge Landis will deliver a ruling on February 20 in the case charging Congressman-Elect Victor Berger and four co-defendants with violations of the Espionage Act. The decision will determine whether the defendants are found guilty or not guilty on all counts.
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Chicas
Landis
Victor Berger
Lloyd George Says U S Won't Send Aid to Russia
London reports Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that America would not send troops money or materiel to Russia. He warned Britain and France would bear the burden if intervention proceeds and rejected any proposal to recognize the Bolsheviks while labeling them ruthless and brutal.
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Russia
Lloyd George
House of Commons
America
Germany
Mr. Lloyd George
Deportees Guarded On Ellis Island Vessel Riot Costly Show
On a boat headed to Ellis Island, fifty four I W W members and other radicals faced armed guards and an Army guard present to maintain order. Washington officials stated about five thousand Bolsheviks and I W W members are to be deported once logistics allow.
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Ellis Island
United States
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Hudson River
Washington
Department of Justice
John Lord O’brien
Department
Congress
Anarchists Attack Allies In Sredmakrenga Region
Anarchist forces resumed the offensive in Sredmakrenga region and briefly occupied several allied blockhouses after entering the town but were driven out.
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Teb
Sredmakrenga
Alfonso to Visit South America
Paris reports King Alfonso of Spain will tour South America visiting Buenos Aires Montevideo and Rio Janeiro. A definite plan is not set and dates remain undecided per the Gau lois.
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Paris
Spain
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Montevideo
Rio Janeiro
Russ Army Forms to Fight Reds in Finland
Stockholm reports a 70,000 strong Russian army organized in Finland to march on Petrograd and topple the anarchists who are retreating from the capital.
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Stockholm
Finland
Petrograd
Allied orders halt Polish German hostilities
London reports dated February 18 state that allied governments have ordered Poland and Germany to cease hostilities. News comes via German capital through Copenhagen.
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London
Copenhagen
Treasury Plans 6 Billion Loan and Higher Rates
Secretary Glass proposes a $6 billion Victory Liberty loan to be issued in April with short term bonds offering higher returns. The plan seeks authority to raise interest rates on bonds maturing within ten years, issue up to $25 billion in bonds, issue up to $10 billion in short term notes, and tax exemptions for war-savings certificates as part of an extended financing framework.
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The
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Kitchin
House Committee On Ways and Means
Smoot
Secretary of the Treasury
War Finance Corporation
Ebert Is President as Weimar Sets New Government
The German national assembly at Weimar elected Friedrich Ebert president by 277 votes with 879 attendees. Philipp Scheidemann named chancellor. cabinet to include August Mller, Bauer, Landsberg, and David with Fehrenbach to replace the presiding duties. The assembly adopted a provisional constitution and split ministries among Socialists Democrats Centrists with Brockdorff-Rantzau named foreign minister.
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Basle
Switzerland
German National Assembly
Weimar
Friedrich Inbert
German Republic
Herr Ebert
Count von Posadowsky-Wehmer
Philipp Scheidemann
August Mueller
Herr Bauer
House Passes Navy Bill in Three-Year Expansion Plan
Washington on February 18 reports that House leaders secured approval for a policy of naval expansion and a three-year program adding ten battleships and ten scout cruisers. The naval appropriation bill totals 721 million dollars for the next fiscal year, with 179 million for unfinished portions of the 1916 program.
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Washington
House
Congress
Naval
Suffrage Bill Is Defeated in Senate Test
Washington February 11 The federal constitutional amendment for woman suffrage failed in the senate and the house resolution for submission fell short by one vote of a two thirds majority. Leading advocates expected defeat yet packed galleries attended in force. Admission to the senate chamber was by card due to high demand.
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Washington
House
Congress
Jersey Strike Nears End Returns to 40 Hour Week
Paterson New Jersey February 13 ten thousand silk dyers and seventeen thousand weavers and other workers ended a month long walkout by resuming the prewar forty hour week. Seattle's general strike also ended at noon Tuesday with troops kept on duty to prevent disorder.
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N. J
Seattle
America
Lawrence Duck Company Resumes 54 Hour Schedule
Lawrence Massachusetts February 14 The Lawrence Duck company which normally employs about 2800 operatives resumed operations on a fifty four hour schedule officials claimed that a good working force reported breaking the work lull and resuming full production
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Lawrence
Mass
Lawrence Duck Company
Australia Accepts Warships From Britain
Melbourne reports the Australian government will accept six destroyers and six modern type submarines tendered by Britain to the commonwealth amid official announcement.
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Australia
Melbourne
Commonwealth of Australia
Passage of French ships bring thousands to U S shores
Washington reports four transports and a cruiser carrying more than ten thousand troops have sailed from France. They are due to reach New York or Newport News between February 16 and 20, underscoring shifting Allied strength.
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Essen
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Bromberg
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Danzig
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New York
Newport News
Franchise Fixes Des Moines Streetcar Fare
Federal Judge M. J. Wade ruled the Des Moines City Railway franchise fixes the streetcar fare and bars any rise. The decision interprets the franchise as controlling the charge, preventing a fare increase.
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Des Moines City Railway Company
M. J. Wade
Germany to Lose Colonies and Western Boundary Rights
London reports in the House of Commons that it is unanimously decided Germany will not have its colonies restored. Complete agreement exists among the powers on the western boundary of Germany.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Germany
American casualties in Siberia reach 324 by Feb 9
A cable from American expeditionary forces in France reports 10 officers and 314 men killed died of wounds and disease wounded or missing in action in Siberia through February 9.
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Washington
France
Siberia
Government to wield the anarchy act against anarchism
Washington reports that on February 13 the government plans use of the Anarchy Act, a strong tool granted by Congress, to suppress anarchism in the United States.
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Washington
Congress
Machine Guns Sent to Butte to Support Strike Duty
Tacoma report on February 13 states twelve men and one officer departed Camp Lewis to join Forty fourth Infantry units in Butte Mont where they will reinforce strike duties.
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Tacoma
Wash
Camp Lewis
Mont
Fortyfourth Infantry
Denver Schools Closed Amid Stationary Engineer Strike
Twenty-five of Denver's sixty-five public schools were closed when the stationary engineers employed by the school district began a strike at eight o'clock.
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Denver
Colo
Portuguese Leader Wounded in Royalist Resistance
From Averro reports Capt. Henrique de Paiva Couceiro, royalist leader, has been wounded likely in fighting at Lamego or Vizeu, towns captured by republican forces.
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Averro
Henrique de Paiva Couceiro
Lamego
Vizeu
Woman Faces Trouble as She Reflects on Unbecoming Hat
Anna mutters she will face the trouble and make it the subject of thorough reflection. She is seen looking in a glass at an unbecoming hat, prompting her declaration.
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Anna
Garfield Tea Ad Claims Health Benefits
An old health ad promotes Garfield Tea as a remedy for constipation biliousness liver and kidney troubles. It asserts the tea can improve digestion and overall well being. The snippet reflects period advertising language and product branding.
No Red Tape Formal Call Ends with Maid’s Help
Two ladies visited a distant acquaintance and waited while the maid checked if the person was in. The maid returned with news the lady was not at home. One caller offered to write her name on the card but the maid declined, saying she had already named the visitors.
Cheney declares oath for Hall's Catarrh Medicine
Frank J. Cheney proclaims as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo that the firm will pay $100 for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary public A. W. Gleason swears and signs this December 6. The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood portable remedy with testimonials available from Druggists and BH. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
BH. J. Cheney & Co
Ohio
Man’s ears seen bold as world notes, Toledo Blade
Quote from Toledo Blade on ears and gender criticism. Man’s ears deemed to stand out to face the world, while girls with ungraceful ears hide them with hair knots.
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Man
Toledo
Blade
Stop the Pain Cole’s Carboni salve ad
Burn or cut pain ends when Cole's Carboni salve is applied. Heals quickly with no scars. 25c and 50c at all druggists. Free samples available by writing The J. W. Cole Co. Rockford Illinois.
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Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockford, Il
Suitable Concession
A brief exchange features a father and child negotiating over a rubber coat. The humor hinges on the dad offering a concession by stretching a point to supply the coat.
Tailors Discounting Law Firms in Suspect Suit Talks
A convoluted dispute emerges as some tailors allegedly offer discounts to lawyers over suit related negotiations. The matter highlights thorny ethics in professional services and potential conflicts of interest.
Police Court Sits As Continuous Bench Show
A court scene described as a continuous bench show unfolds with police presence and routine proceedings. The report notes orderly conduct and procedural steps observed in the session.
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