British Parliament Opens with Mixed Opposition Front
London reports the new British parliament opened with James W. Lowther re-elected as speaker. Sinn Fein members from Ireland failed to attend. A compromise has created a shared opposition bench by Labor leader William Adamson and Liberal chairman Donald McLean. A heavy work agenda includes financial measures and social industrial reconstructs, with plans for new ministries and government departments after Easter recess.
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James W. Lowther
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William Adamson
Donald McLean
Asquithian Liberals
British Wireless Service
Loyal Russians Urge U S to Fight Bolsheviks
The Russian Economy league issued an address to Americans calling against withdrawing troops from Russia. It warns abandonment would betray tens of thousands and invite radical influence. Leaders Behr and Boublikoff praise U S troops as defending humanity and American homes, linking Bolshevik gains to broader global threat.
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New York
Russian Economy League
League
Alexander W. Behr
Russia
America
Denial of Reprimand for Gen Crowder Stated
Washington reports say Provost Marshal General Crowder was not reprimanded by General March. A March letter phrasing caused confusion over medical exam provisions during the second draft plan, leading to a clarification from Secretary Baker that no reprimand existed.
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March
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Baker
Senate contest delayed by debating senators
Washington Democrat leaders failed to advance the Pord Newhberry senatorial contest as planned amid protracted debate on Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
Democrats Call Caucus on Woman Suffrage in Senate
Senator Martin of Virginia summoned a Democratic caucus to tonight to discuss the woman suffrage resolution pending in the Senate. The meeting would be the first Democratic majority caucus since the U.S. entry into the war. Opponents said they would not be bound by any caucus action. Senator Hollis of New Hampshire circulated the petition. Supporters said the vote would record that a Democratic majority favors the measure even if nonbinding.
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Senate
Martin
Virginia
United States
Hollis
New Hampshire
Senator Sherman Attacks Wilson Over Man Government
In Washington on February 5 Senator Sherman of Illinois denounced President Wilson as a super-man who usurps authority. He attacked Henry Ford as an alleged super-man and said the nation drifts amid war risk, imperial spending, and shifting policies while the president entertains kings and tours palaces.
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Sherman
Illinois
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Henry Ford
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Situation at Weimar Showing Improvement
The Weimar situation improves as the local soldiers council returns arms to government troops. Premier Ebert and ministers Scheidemann Noske Wissel and Lansberg head to Weimar to support the national assembly meeting planned for Thursday.
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Weimar
German National Assembly
Ebert
Philipp Scheidemann
Gustav Noske
Herr Wissel
Herr Lansberg
Attempt To Reconcile Greece-Italy Claims
Paris reports Foreign Minister Sonning of Italy and Premier Venizelos in talks to resolve Greek and Italian territorial disputes. Greece seeks Aegean islands seized from Turkey in the Tripolitan War, while Italy would relinquish those islands if given mandtory power over part of Asia Minor.
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Sonning
Italy
Venizelos
Greece
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Aegean
Turkey
Asia Minor
Many Arrests in Cologne Reported by British Occupation
A British Wireless Service dispatch says in two months of occupation Cologne the British have arrested 8 000 German citizens on various charges. A frequent accusation cited is for stealing government property or receiving such goods.
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Cologne
London
British Wireless Service
Navy budget debate outlines three year build plan
In Washington on February 5, Naval Committee Chairman Padgett disclosed a cable from President Wilson urging passage of a 750 million dollar three year program for ten dreadnoughts and ten scout cruisers. Republicans pressed for the cable's text while Padgett refused citing foreign policy.
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Wilson
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Congress
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Huddlestone
Alabama
Kelly
Michigan
Miller
Gillett
Massachusetts
United States
Mr. Padgett
Germany’s Food Twist Recounts From Berlin to Cassel
An eyewitness diary recalls two weeks in Germany 1915 showing higher prices and better meals than British reports suggested. The group notes costs in Berlin and Cologne, luxury in Frankfort, eggs scarce but obtainable, and bribery for fresh eggs and chocolate amid wartime rationing.
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Unter den Inden
Lyon
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Eyre
Treves
Cologne
Frankfort
Cassel
The Self Made Man and the Whig Want Ads
A column extols the self made man who overcomes obstacles and achieves heart’s desires. It encourages readers to seek better opportunities through daily ads and to become self made with help from The Whig Want ads.
Gompers Declines Berne Labor Conference Meeting
The American Federation of Labor led by Samuel Gompers says it will not attend the Berne international labor conference. They argue the Berne proposals would be German made and that American labor should present its demands at the final peace table. They may meet German delegates after the treaty and will work with the peace conference meanwhile.
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Associated Press
Paris
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Berne
International Labor Committee
Bogus $20 Bills Reported Circulating With Wrong Portraits
Bankers warn that counterfeit twenty dollar notes show familiar faces like Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Jackson. Real twenties should bear Grover Cleveland, and clipped ends hide pasted face images. Secret Service notes many circulated forgeries use raised bills and damaged edges.
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Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Washington
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Lincoln
Jackson
Grover Cleveland
Secret Service
Young Bride Accuses Soldier Of Murders
In Chicago an 18 year old bride, Celia Haensel, alleges her husband Arthur Haensel of the eighty sixth division shot her and her mother after a quarrel over government insurance papers. The wife died hours later from two chest wounds. The police report she exclaimed I hope he hangs.
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Arthur Haensel
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Wilson Disclaims Involvement In Bolshevik Reply
Paris reports President Wilson had no role in sending the Bolshevik reply to Tchitcherin about Bolshevik participation in the Princess Island conference. M Longuet's Populaire says the Bolshevik government sent a semi official statement and France refused to allow wireless transmission.
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Wilson
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Tchitcherin
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Populaire
Siegel Asks Pershing About War Investigation
Washington February 5 Representative Siegel cables General Pershing asking whether he favors a congressional investigation of war conduct as provided by Siegel’s resolution. He states congress should examine efficiency and fairness and asks for Pershing's view on an immediate inquiry.
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Pershing
Siegel
Congress
Russian Reds Take Lithuanian Town Captured Vilkomir by Bolsheviks
COPENHAGEN February 5 Bolshevik forces advancing from Dvinsk have captured Vilkomir, a town 45 miles northwest of Vilna, the Li cce capital reported from Vilna.
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Dvinsk
Vilkomir
Vilna
Licce
Soviet summons army calls men ages twenty to forty five
A decree from the central soviet of Moscow calls all men aged 20 to 45 to the colors. The order directs them to prosecute the war should the proposals be on Spekive tail.
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Heisingfors
Central Soviet
Moscow
Army reorganizes American expeditionary force units
Washington reports January 16 troop table shows no change in the army of occupation. The 5th 7th 28th 33rd 79th and 88th divisions form the line of communications. New organization names First Army Second Army and Third Army with assigned corps and divisions.
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Ashington
American Expeditionary Forces
War Department
Army of Occupation
First Army
Second Army
Third Army
Estimates Direct Cost of Big War at 40 Billion Pounds
London reports the direct cost of the war at 40 billion pounds sterling with indirect costs another 50 billion pounds as per a Daily Telegraph special article. The piece notes vast destruction and debts, two thirds of global production paused, and questions the moral impact while hoping Prussian militarism ends and a brighter world may emerge from the ruins.
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London
British Wireless Service
Daily Telegraph
Ford Tribune libel trial faces potential delay in venue fight
In Detroit the Ford case against the Chicago Daily Tribune inches toward delay as documentary evidence is fed into the venue motion. The trial, set for February 10, hinges on Judge and jury bias over Ford’s prominence and wartime Tribune files and depostions.
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Mich
Chicago Daily Tribune
Henry Ford
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Tribune
Ford Motor Company
Chicago Tribune
Budget body planned in House for uniform spending method
Representative Mann of Illinois introduces a resolution to form a 12 member congressional committee six senators and six representatives to draft a uniform method of appropriating federal funds. The plan proposes a $100000 appropriation for the committee’s expenses.
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Washington
Mann
Illinois
House
Two Plans for League Discussed by Commission
The Associated Press reports the commission of the society of nations weighing two main plans for a league. One plan aims for three branches with equal small and great power representation, including an arbitration system. The revised plan concentrates executive and judicial power among great powers, sparking small-power resistance.
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Wilson
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League
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Italy
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Soldier takes House seat after war wounds
Captain Victor Heints, congressman from Ohio’s second district, who was wounded twice in the Argonne, returned to his House seat in uniform on a Tuesday to resume duties and was warmly applauded. King receives Navy secretary brussels.
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Victor Heints
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