League Covenant Debate Stirs Wilson Monroe Doctrine Speaks
Paris April 12 The League of Nations commission finished review of the covenant with no concessions to Japanese or French demands but reserves to raise amendments later. President Wilson defended the Monroe Doctrine as a bulwark against absolutism while Lord Cecil signaled no objection to adding the amendment. Senators in Washington reacted cautiously, with Lodge silent pending review and Hitchcock expressing satisfaction over the exception to the doctrine.
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Nebraska
Hurley names aides for Shipping Board
Washington April 12 Chairman Hurley announced staffing changes to bolster the merchant marine program. L Ackerson becomes in charge of ship construction succeeding Pier of the emergency fleet corporation. A new vice president will replace Howard Coonley who has resigned. Hurley will oversee administration finance and contracts and systematize wartime yard work while planning summer visits to Philadelphia to meet shipbuilders and improve cost methods.
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Emergency Fleet Corporation
Howard Coonley
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Philadelphia
Cruisers Reach Murmansk to Relieve Tense American Forces
Washington reports the arrival of American cruisers Galveston and Chester at Murmansk to reassure troops in the Archangel region after a mutiny delayed deployment. Brig. Gen. W. P. Richardson boards the ships, with two railway engineers sent earlier. The fleet is now three cruisers strong, plus Yankton, Eagle boats, and submarine chasers, tasked with guarding withdrawal as weather improves.
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Galveston
Chester
Murmansk
Associated Press
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W. P. Richardson
Russia
War Department
England
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Eagles
Transport George Washington Sails for Brest
Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves travels aboard the transport George Washington as it sails from New York at 4 30 p m Friday en route to Brest to inspect evacuation ports abroad. He plans to visit France Belgium and England and may visit Antwerp as a potential troop embarkation port in the occupied German region. This is his first Europe trip since June 1917 when he commanded the convoy to France. A naval reserve surgeon Dr J Chalmers Da Costa accompanies the ship by order for safety due to distinguished passengers. not related to President Wilsons illness.
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Albert Greaves
George Washington
Brest
France
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Philadelphia
Wilson
Cairo Quiet Arrest Rioters And Looters
Cairo reports quiet conditions in Egyptian provinces after April 5 and 6 dispatches. A number of looting and riot-related arrests have been made, including a man accused of murdering a British official. Railways to be restored slowly, natives returning to work while holdouts are replaced by British officials. The sultan issued a precaution ordering people to end manifestations and avoid dangerous gatherings.
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Cairo
Attack legality of ruling on a New York court case
In New York on April 12 a federal court heard arguments in a bill in equity by Claus Brewery Corp challenging wartime prohibitions on enforcement of the revenue act. The complaint seeks regulations governing collection and manufacture of alcohol claiming the act is unconstitutional under Congress.
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Claus Brewery Corporation
Collec
New ships built for U S fleet
The article notes a surge in U S Navy construction with ten new destroyers and one submarine added last month, five auxiliary ships completed in March, and over 150 additional ships anticipated by year’s end. It lists planned vessels including destroyers, battle cruisers, scout cruisers, and minesweepers, plus future launches at Mare Island and Newport News and changes to ship names and yard assignments.
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Eight Bandits Drop Gold After St Louis Bank Robbery
St Louis police chase leads to abandoned Hudson coupe on Cuoux and Whittier after a $59,310.15 heist at Baden Bank on North Broadway. Inside the car officers recover $30.05 in small coins and several gold pieces. Police report more than 50 suspects questioned with no identifications yet. The bank held $100,000 theft insurance.
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France Presses Indemnity Demands After War
Paris April 11 British and French parliaments push for full indemnity from Germany for war costs. American reparations delegates doubt full collection over 30 years. French labor requisitions for restoration spark clash with council of four. Germany may supply labor and materials for rebuilding as terms are settled.
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Reparations Commission
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France
Editors Oppose Nationwide Strike Over Mooney Case
A meeting of newspaper editors from the nth federal reserve district adopted resolutions disapproving a general strike to free Thomas J. Mooney. They argued the better path is to arrest the guilty and have unions pay for the investigation, with C. O. Taylor presenting the resolutions.
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Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Mooney
Vn Federation of Labor
C. O. Taylor
Grand Rapids
Observer
Detectives To Wear Masks In St. Louis
City detectives in St. Louis will wear full face masks during the daily exhibition of police suspects at headquarters. The masks, dating from eastern practice, cover from hat brim to neck with two eye slits. Prisoners will walk a lane past masked detectives to prevent identification of the officers.
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ST. Louis
St. Leolica
Nansen Sees Wilson About Food Relief
Paris reports Dr Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Branting meeting with President Wilson and allied officials to discuss feeding Petrograd and other Russian cities. A neutral commission would oversee aid to avoid entangling recognition. Nansen cites a potential 2000000 monthly deaths linked to starvation. young children are said to be dying in Petrograd.
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Paris
Hjalmar Branting
Fridtjoff Nansen
United States
Wilson
Inter-Allied Relief Council
Russia
Petrograd
Nansen
M. Branting
Bitter French resentment over Geneva as league capital
Paris reports bitter criticism in French and Belgian circles over Geneva being chosen as the league capital. President Wilson’s stance against Brussels angered many, with Paul Hymans accusing the sub committee of neglecting Brussels’ offer. France voted for Brussels while Geneva won the majority through other nations.
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Geneva
League of Nation
Wilson
Brussels
Paul Hymans
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Egmont Palace
London
Rome
Washington
Hymans
Belgium
German American treason case opens with plea to avoid death penalty
Federal counsel told the jury in the Paul Fricke treason trial that the government would not seek the death penalty if convicted. Fricke, a German naturalized in 1912, allegedly headed the American arm of Richter a Co. and aided a network with Adolph Richter Carl Rodiger and Herman Wessels to destroy British ships. He reportedly funded Rodiger and cashed a 35000 dollar draft for a fellow spy Madame Victoria. The indictment followed Rodiger’s 1918 arrest.
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Fricke
America
Adolph Richter
Richter & Co
Carl Rodiger
Secret Service
Herman Wessels
Wessels
Richter
Rodiger
United States
Madame Victorica
Receivers of Central Union Are Dismissed
Chicago April 13 appellate court ordered the dismissal of the receivers of the Central Union Telephone Company and restored control to American Telephone and Telegraph Company ending six years of litigation. The appeal followed a July 2012 superior court ruling by Judge Wewer ousting the central union control.
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Central Union Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Teler. Company
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Rtol
Central Union
Pillagh Un Rumania Report of Transylvanian Attacks
Dispatches from Berne report Hungarian Magyar regulars attacked and pillaged Romanian villages in Transylvania. Romanian forces resisted but were overwhelmed with many killed and about one hundred wounded as the violence spread through the region.
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Rumania
Associated Presa
Qhneva
Rumanian Bureau
Berne
Indict Bootleggers Near Federal Camp
April 12 the federal grand jury returned twenty nine indictments for violations of military zones liquor and vice regulations. Former Lieut Wiley H Dohrer of Camp Grant was indicted for bribery and extortion. J H Wolfe of Rockford charged with impersonating a government agent in selling income tax account books. Hugh P O'Reilly of Springfield Mass was named in a mail fraud charge.
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Wiley H. Dohrer
Camp Grant
J. H. Wolfe
Rockford
Char
Hugh P. O'Reilly
Springfield
Mass
Credit to Great Britain established by U S Treasury
The treasury on Friday established a credit of 30,000,006 dollars in favor of Great Britain. This raises Britain's total from the United States to 4,360,000 dollars and loans to all allies to 9,089,884,000.
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Great Britain
United States
Italy
Japan
Serbia
Greece
Brazil
Poland
Geneva
China
Czecho-Slovakia
Portugal
Belgium
Chamber of Deputies
Ware Tgton
Treasury
Uniteates
Bolsheviki advance可能 force allies evacuate Sebastopol
April 11 reports say Bolshevik advancement may compel Allied evacuation of Sebastopol on the Black Sea near Crimea. Finance minister Resigns in Berlin cited as personal reasons. Italian Tyrol frontier closed to counter Bolshevism. Ruhr soviet plans thwarted by troops in Essen. Munster region votes emerge amid confusion.
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Sebastopol
Black Sea
Crimea
Berlin
Copenhagen
Schiffer
Zeitung Am Mittag
Associated Press
Geneva
Innesbruck
Tyrol
Italy
Ruhr
Essen
MulJheim-on-Ruhr
Irish delegates seek audience with Wilson at Paris peace talks
In Paris three Irish delegates Ed ward Dunn former Illinois governor Michael Ryan and Fran P Walsh arrived seeking audience with President Wilson at the peace conference They urged that Ireland be heard and that the question of self determination be dealt with per Wilsons 14 points The party was introduced by Sean O Ceallaigh and Gege G Duffy but were told Americans would not receive them at that time
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United Sta
Ireland
Paridday
Edward F. Dunn
Illinois
Michael Ryan
Philadelphia
Fran P. Walsh
Fourta Place
Wilson
Sean O’ceallaigh
John O'Kelly
Provisional
Inshepublic
Gege G. Duffy
South Dublin
Governo Dunn
America
Cohalan
New York
Paris
Paris Inc
Withoy
New York Economist Links War to Soaring Prices
April 12 report credits National City Bank statistician Q P Aus with outlining three main causes for price surges: wartime demand for food and raw materials, higher wages from increased living costs, and global currency inflation from massive paper money. Also notes critics abroad discuss unrest after strikes in Stettin on April 11.
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Q. P. Aus
New York
New Yo Business Publishers’ Association
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