Belgian Losses and War Requisitions Highlighted by Baron
The Belgian baron warned that occupation harmed industry and agriculture. He cited idle machinery, forced contributions, and mass deportations. farms stripped of stock, land degraded, and saltwater floods in Flanders rendering land infertile for years. He noted 120,000 workers deported and 100,000 returned emaciated, with tuberculosis risk rising.
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Belgium
Germany
Walloon
Flanders
France
War responsibility debate from Bavarian premier Eisner
Bavarian Premier Kurt Eisner says much German war responsibility remains to be examined. He cites a 1914 conversation between King Ludwig and Count von Schoen about conquering Belgium, Rhine access, and Alsace Lorraine. He blames Emperor William and the military caste, urging a German tribunal and noting the Berne conference as a step toward Paris talks.
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Associatas Press
Berne
Kurt Eisner
Ludwig of
Bavaria
Count von Schoen
Paris
Count von Hertling
Germany
Herr Eisner
Belgium
Rhine
Alsace-Lorraine
Baden
Hesse
William
Ancient Roman Republic Rediscovered in ruins
Archaeologists report uncovered remains in a rural site attributed to the Roman Republic era. The discovery includes foundations and pottery fragments suggesting civic life and workshops. Further analysis aims to confirm dating and historical context.
Senate Organizing Talks Signal Incoming Majority Shifts
The debate over organizing the next Senate grows as Republicans prep conferences on seniority committee chairmanships and conference duties. Lenroot's modified plan limits chairmen of the ten major committees to one chair role and excludes ex officio conference representation. Five senators were named as possible president pro tempore contenders, while House Republicans in New York discuss the speakership amid splits among Gillett Mann and undecided members.
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Congress
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Lenroot
Wisconsin
Norris
Nebraska
Hardling
Ohio
Borah
Idaho
Curtis
Kansas
Watson
Indiana
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
House
New York
Gillett
Massachusetts
Mann
Illinois
Paper Clothes and Hard Times in Germany
In Paris after a Germany tour Mr Corey reports Berlin’s clothing crisis. Paper uniforms cost 50 marks, garters and collars vary in price, two-suit limits apply, and many Germans wear cotton lookalikes. The piece contrasts wartime shortages with postwar inflation and notes authorities confiscate excess wardrobe items. It also covers political tensions as Ebert defends reforms and unity while addressing food shortages and armistice terms.
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Gennan
Berlin
America
Leading French Ace Rene Fonck Heads to United States
Rene Fonck, the leading French aviator, was promoted from lieutenant to captain and honored at a luncheon by the Aero Club of America's foreign service committee before sailing tomorrow aboard the La Touraine to attend the club’s annual banquet in America. Ambassador Sharp praised the ace and speculated Fonck might return to France by air after his U S visit.
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Paris
Rene Fonck
Foreign Service Committee
Aero Club of America
United States
Extension of Armistice Terms Discussed in Paris
Paris officials issued a bulletin noting the supreme council discussed extending the armistice with Germany. The discussion will continue Saturday. The labor legislation commission considered representation for governments and employer and worker organizations for a proposed permanent international conference. It was decided that women should be equally eligible as men as delegates.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Lys
Germany
Labor Legislation Commission
Red Cross Hospital Neuilly Closes in Paris War Era
A Tet Amer ican Red Cross hospital at Neuilly near Paris, prominent for caring for the wounded during the war, was closed today in the first week of September. The facility had been a conspicuous wartime establishment run by several prominent Americans.
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Naan D Cross
Paris
Seattle Ends Ten Big Strikes with Mayor’s Hopeful Tone
Seattle Mayor Hanson said a general strike settlement seemed possible before tomorrow after talks with a businessmen committee and a seven member union committee. Friday saw no disorders, one barber shop open, and schools partially run with staff not striking. Public utilities still functioning and newspapers adapted. Seattle Star published under guard. Tacoma officials said streetcar service would resume as the strike impact remains the main local disruption.
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Seattle
Wash
Hanson
City Electricians’ Union
Seattle Star
The
Post-Intelligencer
Associated Press
Acquit Auto Accessory Robbers in Sherman Case
The National Association of Automobile Accessory dealers and twenty individuals on trial in New York were found not guilty by a federal jury on Sherman anti trust charges after weeks of proceedings.
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Acquit Auto Jodbbers
New York
National Association of Automobile Accessory Robbers
Delay in final action on naval three year program
Washington reports the House postponed final action on the three year naval building program likely until next week due to a decision against a night session. Also postponed was voting on appropriations totaling 236 million for unfinished parts of the 1916 program.
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Washington
House
Kitchin
Padgett
Tennessee
Naval Committee
Senate Seeks Final Vote on $400 Million Postoffice Bill
In Washington the senate after another day of debate reached an agreement for a final vote on the $400,000,000 annual postoffice appropriation bill. Efforts to mend the measure were largely unsuccessful.
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Vota
Washington
Senate
Ebert Defends Wilson Faith in Wartime Policy
The slogan asserts Ebert will not be enslaved by the foe and places faith in Wilson's wartime leadership. It reflects a period stance praising allied resolve and condemning enemy influence in domestic affairs. The message emphasizes unity and loyalty amid conflict.
Helpers In The Home The WHIG WANT ADS Help
The WANT ADS provide quick help for household needs from a missing maid to a dismissals. They offer slightly used modern conveniences like electric cleaners at reduced prices, proving real helpers for the home.
Paderewski Urges Return of Polish Army
Paderewski asks the Polish national committee in Paris to obtain allied consent for sending the Polish army in France back to Poland. Czech-Slovak troops have invaded Poland from the south through Galician fronts, committing atrocities against civilians. Paderewski has been appointed a delegate to the Paris peace conference and will join Polish colleagues soon.
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Paris
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Poland
France
Paderewski
Chyrow
Galicia
Nowtarg
Labor to admit women delegates at Paris conference
Women will be admitted as delegates to the permanent international labor conference in formation at Paris. The decision was made at a meeting of the International labor legislation commission this morning under the presidency of Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor.
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Paris
International Labor Conference
International Labor Legislation Commission
Samuel Gompers
American Federation’ of Labor
Huge Stock of War Stores at Eastern Ports
Major General Goethals told the House Military Affairs Committee the War Department seeks a 60 million dollar appropriation to store surplus war supplies. He proposed 30 million for rental of storage houses and 30 million for maintenance as thousands of tons are returned from France and eastern ports become congested.
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Washington
Goethals
War Department
House Military Affairs Committee
Department
Rebuke Attempts To Get Money for Tadpole Ditches
Washington Feb 8 Federal supervision of water transportation and broader ICC power over water and rail rates were urged by the National Rivers and Harbors congress at its 14th annual meeting. The group called for systematized waterways serving commerce with rail and water cooperation and praised the aeroplane as a transportation factor. It favored trunk streams, free interchange of traffic by rail and water, and federal supervision under a transportation department or a bureau. Senator Ransdell of Louisiana was re elected president for his 13th term. Hines and Senator Lewis spoke at the morning session.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
National Rivers and M Harbors Congress
Department of Transportation
Department of Commerce
Ransdell
Louisiana
Hines
Lewis
Illinois
Socialists Discuss Territorial Affairs
BERNE February 6. The international socialist conference took up territorial questions today. A committee resolution urged self determination by plebiscite in disputable cases and called for a society of nations to protect minorities. Deliberations will be submitted to the Paris peace conference. Indications point to an adjournment on Sunday.
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Berne
International Socialist Conference
Society of Nations
Paris
Socialist Conference
Red Cross votes money for relief works in Belgium
Washington February 8 The American Red Cross announces appropriation of 1 616 660 dollars for relief works in Belgium for the two months ending March 1.
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RED Cross
Washington
Belgium
American Red Cross
Roosevelt Holiday Bill Introduced in Congress
Washington February 8 A bill proposed by Representative Hemonds of Pennsylvania seeks to set aside October as a national holiday in honor of Theodore Roosevelt. The proposal highlights Roosevelt’s legacy and aims to establish a fixed observance nationwide.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Representahemonds of
Pennsylvania
Will Not Sit Belgium Visit Seems In Doubt
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson will not proceed with a planned visit to Belgium. It is understood that if events change he would accept the Belgian invitation upon returning to Europe.
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Belgium
Paris
Wilson
Ita
Europe
U.S Losses in Russian Force Figures Cables
Washington reports total American casualties in the Russian force figures from a cable. The brief item notes 409 as a figure, with details limited by the wire service transmission. This entry records a military casualty count update from the February 8 dispatch.
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U.S
Archangel Cablegram Details Bolshevik Attacks and Losses
A February 4 Archangel cablegram made public Friday reports 63 Allied casualties from January 19 to 31 as Bolshevik forces attacked allied lines. On January 31 American strength in Archangel was 161 officers and 4764 other ranks, with 11 killed in action and 3 wounded officers among the losses.
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Conta
Archangel
Vaga Front
Root explains why league fought Ford
Elihu Root, honorary president of the National Security League, told a special committee the public pressed Congress to back Wilson's war program, that the league opposed Henry Ford's Senate bid as pacifist and dangerous to war unity, and that it opposed Mayor William Hale Thompson's Illinois Senate candidacy as a blow to America. He also noted opposition to Jeanette Rankin for voting against war.
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Washington
Elihu Root
National Security League
League
Congress
Wilson
Root
Henry Ford
Michigan
Ford
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Illinois
Security League
America
Jeanette Rankin
Montana
Electrical Trades Return To Work
London February 7 The electrical trades union ordered an immediate resumption of work by its members pending national body action on the government attitude shift regarding the strike.
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London
Electrical Trades Union
Foreman Union Tie Triggers Shipyard Strike
Philadelphia Feb 8 A labor dispute over foreman union membership sparked a strike at Merchants Shipbuilding in Bristol involving about 4,000 metal workers. The union business agent said an appeal has been sent to the War Labor Board in Washington. Boiler forces in the foundry and plate shops iron workers on ships and their helpers joined the walkout.
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Merchants’ Shipbaneing Corporation
Bristol
War Labor Board
Wason
L and Plate
Ayers
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