Hoover Declines Pledge as He Navigates Party Stand
In New York Hoover says he is not a candidate and will not pledge allegiance to any party until party managers state their platforms. He favors support for the League if reservations safeguard constitutional rights and warns against socialism or group domination. He emphasizes acting as a citizen and considers the two-party system essential to national policy.
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League of Nations
League
Hoover
Washington
New York
Europe
Economic Effects of Prohibition in Ithaca
Fewer arrests and idlers along with improved home conditions are reported in Ithaca due to prohibition. No welfare statistics have been prepared yet by the city commission of charities.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Commissioners of Charities
Bridgeport Police Force Considered Shrinking After Prohibition
Bridgeport Connecticut, the state's largest city, reports a 75 percent drop in police business since prohibition. Talks have risen about reducing the police force as Saturday night news gathering slackens. Charities see few applicants and about eighty percent of saloons have closed.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Connecticut
Charities Department
Court Sessions Suspended Providence R I
Prohibition reduces arrests and crime in Providence R I with fewer cases and lower intoxication rates reports say. In Olneyville no assaults larceny or motor vehicle violations were recorded last month marking a first for the district. Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children notes fewer cases investigated amid higher costs of intoxicants and sales curtailment. Volstead Act impact on figures unclear but expected to help community. Saloons convert to business spaces for merchants as prohibition sweeps through.
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Olneyville
Rhode Island Society For the Prevention
Thomas B. Maymon
French Concern Over Ger Pars in Roques Estimate
General Roques in Avenir argues the unified German army now exists as the Reichswehr, with militia and police as reserves. He cites a 100,600 man limit from April but reports 400,000 to 800,000 active. He warns Europe faces danger and urges occupation of the Rhenish region, colonial protection, and an Allied contingent under League of Nations decisions.
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Pars
France
Avenir
Roques
Germany
German Empire
Riechswehr
Ministry of the Interior
Europe
Rhenish
League of Nations
North Carolina Casualty Figures And 28th Infantry Drive
The war department released North Carolina casualty totals for the American Expeditionary Forces and announced a recruiting push to fill the 28th Infantry at Camp Taylor Kentucky. NC reported 72 officers and 1 647 men killed or wounded with 7 officers and 58 men captured and repatriated.
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Washington
North Carolina
War Department
American Expeditionary Forces
Camp Taylor
Secretsarry Baker
Adjutant General
New York
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Kaiser Quite Dressy at a French Town
Berlin reports details from Charleville France where former German Emperor William II stayed at the world war headquarters. He altered uniforms daily and favored silk, slept in a field bed in a villa, built a steel safe for sleep, feared air attacks, and faced bombings. His meals were simple though he treated himself on his birthday with caviar and pate de foie gras. He cut down trees for wood to aid the poor, provoking mixed local reactions.
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Berlin
William
Charleville
France
N. Demelier
Lile
Alleged Slayer and Two Others Are Now in Jail
Winston Salem Feb 14 Sheriff Van Zachary of Yadkin county was shot and killed at a moonshine distillery eight miles from Yadkinville. Robey Baity, Cleve ONeal, and James Brown were arrested and jailed in Forsyth for safekeeping. Rev T A Caudle says Baity fired the fatal shot wounding the sheriff as powder burns marked his overcoat. A $1000 reward had been offered for the arrests.
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Winston-Salem
van Zachary
Yadkin County
Yadkinville
Forsyth
Yadkin
T. A. Caudle
Alls Catarrh Medicine Beats Deafness By Blood Remedy
Catarrhal deafness is described as caused by inflamed mucous surfaces and Eustachian tubes. The only cure claimed is Alls Catarrh Medicine taken through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore hearing.
New Jersey Ratifies Anthony Amendment in 1919
New Jersey Assembly ratified the federal Suffrage Amendment with a 34 to 24 vote after a lengthy Democratic filibuster. The article lists ratifications by state and date through 1920, noting a total of 29 states in favor and 5 opposed as the country neared the 36 needed for passage.
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N. J
New Jersey
House of Assembly
Senate
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Kansas
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Texas
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
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Nebraska
Minnesota
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Utah
California
Maine
North Dakota
South Dakota
Colorado
Rhode Island
Kentucky
Oregon
Indiana
Wyoming
Nevada
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Allies Agree Germany May Try Persons At Leipzig
London reports the allied reply to Germany's January note proposes Leipzig as the trial site for accused persons while preserving treaty Article 228. Allies will abstain from court intervention, but reserve rights to judge Germany’s good faith and to assign a mixed Allied commission to collect publish and communicate charges.
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London
Leipsic
Germany
Supreme Court
Ately
Lansing Quits Cabinet at Wilson's Request
Robert Lansing resigns as secretary of state after President Wilson accuses him of usurping presidential authority by calling cabinet meetings during Wilson's illness. Lansing defends actions as necessary and pledged loyalty. Wilson accepts the resignation after confirming no confidence.
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Washington
Robert Lansing
Wilson
Lansing
Republic
Million dollar bids on German ship auction in Washington
Bidders including Maj Gen Goethals and P A S Franklin vied for six vessels at the Shipping Board auction as the White House senate and district court weighed legal and procedural hurdles. Hearst sought an injunction while hearings and rulings stretched into Friday with bids continuing tomorrow.
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P. A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine
Scott
Senate Commerce Committee
House Merchant Marine Committee
William Randolph Hearst
Senate
District Supreme Court
Bailey
Heart
Shipping Board
White House
French Wife Is Sane But Awfully Worried
Mrs Ewar Sauer a young French bride was declared sane by a panel of examiners in Council Bluffs Iowa. She blamed American extravagance for nervous strain and said her husband’s pay is spent as soon as it arrives. She complained meat was delivered by automobile and she could not afford it.
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Iestallments
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