Armistice terms discussed by supreme war council
Paris Feb 8 the supreme war council continued talks on armistice renewal proposing a supreme economic council in Paris to handle non military issues with finance food blockade control and raw materials a 5 member per government council and civilian reps added to the permanent armistice commission the next meeting set for Monday at 3 pm.
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Paris
Supreme War Council
Quai D'Orsay
Wilson
United States
Supreme Economic Council
Economic Council
International Permanent Armistice Commission
Allied High Command
Spartacan bands menace Germany in new uprisings
Berlin reports say Spartacan groups are active in the north and east coast cities and across central and southern Germany. Riots flare in Hamburg Kiel Lubeck and ambitious actions mount in Dusseldorf Gotha Jena Erfurt Eisenach. Government troops search houses for weapons as communists threaten a new insurrection while money funds the insurgents and local councils orbit around military pullouts.
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Ay Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Bremen
Hamburg
Kiel
Lubeck
Dusseldorf
Gotha
Jena
Erfurt
Eisenach
Spartacans
Workingmen's Council of
Weimar
Thuringian
Pershing Delegated To Purchase Cemetery
Boston February 9 Acting on orders from the war department General Pershing has been in communication with Marshal Petain for months to purchase property in France for a national WWI cemetery. A chateau or castle is to be provided as a museum to honor America’s war dead and memory. The plan will not affect families wishing to bring loved ones home.
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Boston
War Department
General Pershing
Marshal Petain
France
War Baker
America
Baker
David Elected to Preside at Weimar Parley
The German national assembly elected Dr Eduuard David to preside with near unanimity. Fehrenbach Haussmann and Dietrich were named vice presidents. Fehrenbach and Haussmann each received 374 votes while Dietrich had 356. A later dispatch corrected a report that Kautsky was president.
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David
Weimar
Associated Press
Eduuard David
Social Democratic Party
German National Assembly
Fehrenbach
Reichstag
Haussmann
Dietrich
Kautsky
Berne
Weimar Assembly Begins With Party Caucuses
Weimar on February 5 saw MPs from the centrist and other parties meet in caucuses to shape the agenda for the forthcoming German national assembly. Debates focus on republic structure, Prussian division, and potential creation of a West German state from western Prussian Catholic territories.
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Prussia
Adolf Hoffmann
German Democratic Party
Democrats
Richthoefen
National Liberals
National Assembly
Tlugo Preuss
Guelphs
Preuss
First Service Cross Worn In U S Saturday
Corporal Newell B. Davis of Rochester New York, I Company 28th Infantry, First Division, wore the first Distinguished Service Cross presented in the U S to an enlisted man for gallantry overseas. He received the decoration at Walter Reed Hospital where he recuperates from wounds after rescuing a wounded comrade at Cantigny under heavy machine gun fire cited by General Pershing.
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Washington
Newell B. Davis
Rochester
I Company
28Th Infantry
Walter Reed Hospital
General Pershing
Davis
Cantigny
Boston Sculptor At Work Mending Faces
NEW YORK February 9 Mrs Maynard Ladd a Boston sculptor who has served with the Red Cross overseas as a maker of faces for maimed soldiers has arrived here on the White Star Miner Baitio. She says she has made new faces for seventy French and five American soldiers taken plaster casts of disfigured faces filling in with plaster the missing portions and then by electrolysis constructing these portions in copper Copper noses ears and chins can be enameled so realistically and attached so skillfully as virtually to defy detection.
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New York
Maynard Ladd
Boston
Red Cross
White Star
Baitio
Allied Forces Attack Bolsheviks South of Kadish
Archangel dispatch reports British and Russian troops with American units attacking Bolsheviks on the Petrograd road south of Kadish. Five miles advanced, two Bolshevist guns captured as infantry pressed forward after Canadian artillery silenced enemy guns. No final results yet. American positions at Sredmakrenga protected. Bokteviki bombarding the Vaga sector.
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Associated Press
Archangel
Petrograd
Kadish
Sredmakrenga
Bokteviki
Vaga
Trans Atlantic flight plans favor Azores stop
Washington reports on a proposed first trans Atlantic flight stating the shortest route from Newfoundland to the Irish coast, about 2000 miles, needing a 100 mph plane. Azores stop for fuel is favored, with possible sea refueling if needed. A crew of at least five is proposed and June weather is seen as the likely window for stable conditions. Cooperation between Britain and the United States is anticipated.
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Washington
Branker
British Air Service
New Foundland
Irish
Azores
Atlantic
Grand Jury Refuses To Vote Indictments
NEW BRUNSWICK N J Feb 9 The grand jury probing the fall explosions that wrecked the T A Gillespie company munition plants at Morgan and damaged many nearby buildings adjourned after five sessions without returning any presentment indictments. Jurors found evidence insufficient to warrant action.
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New Brunswick
N. J
T. A. Gillespie Company
Morgan
Operators Put Out Offer To Workers In Textile Talks
Lawrence Mass Feb 9 An offer of 51 hours pay for 48 hours work was made to the general affiliate committee of textile workers at a meeting by Charles G Wood of the state board of conciliation and arbitration following a day of conference The offer was unofficially understood to come from the manufacturers as a compromise to the workers demands for 54 hours pay Action was deferred until Monday because of small attendance of delegates.
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Lawrence
Mass
General Afrika Committee of Textile Workers
Charles G. Wood
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
The Germany That Met Defeat After a two weeks tour in Germany
Written in Paris the piece describes interactions with German leaders from Hindenburg to Haase and with a head porter in Casel. It quotes a porter asking why Americans do not feed Germany and argues Germans see themselves as the aggrieved party while forgiving if food arrives. It also contrasts the business class eager to resume trade with America and notes American soldiers as the morally righteous force.
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Paris
Germany
Corey
Hindenburg
Haase
Casel
United States
Casey
Modern Miracles and Everyday Wonders In War Time
A fragmentary note on daily extraordinary acts during conflict, urging readers to notice small advances and the readiness of many to help. The text references infantry, occupation, and the idea that miraculous progress is possible through everyday efforts and cooperation.
London as mediator in labor row amid Bolshevik claims
Premier Lloyd George returns to London from Paris as calls mount for a unified hours of work and wage scheme. Underground transport remains halted Sunday. Bolshevik influence blamed by the national labor party executive committee while Harold Yarrow stresses fair Clyde shipbuilding gains and harmony between employers and workers.
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London
Lloyd George
Paris
Board of Trade
National Labor Party Executive Committee
Workers of
Great Britain
Readjustment of War Era Unemployment Debate at Denver Conference
Denver observers discuss the postwar job problem caused by soldiers returning to civilian work. Herbert S. Hadley argues it is a readjustment issue, not reconstruction, noting no destruction but economic shift. The meeting covers immigration decline, local civic plans, and park preservation alongside new bottle labeling tech.
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Denver
Colo
United States Department of Labor
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
University of Colorado
Écora
Quincy
Ing and
Chamber of Corwould
Civic Bureau
Mendon
Parker Heights
George A. Binkert
Women Vote In Warsaw See Socialists Defeated
In Warsaw the Polish elections show women mobilizing against the socialists and the socialists facing defeat despite heavy spending. Agitators reportedly received about one hundred dollars weekly, thought to come from Berlin or Moscow. The interior minister issued a proclamation extending electoral rights to Jews and warning of severe punishment for anti Jewish actions.
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Associated Press
Asaw
Berlin
Moscow
Desertions Shrink Seattle Strike Amid Toll of Ultimatum
In Seattle 55 000 workers face a waning sympathetic strike as desertions in union ranks grow. Mayor Hanson's ultimatum to deploy troops to restore normal business pressures the end of the stoppage, with municipal streetcars running and some newspapers returning to regular editions. City officials expect most workers, except 25 000 shipyard metal tradesmen, back Monday.
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Seattle
Wash
Ole Hanson
Municipal
W.S. Richardson
Puget Sound Traction and Light and Power Company
Times
Post-Intelligencer
Calls On Patriotism To Help Fifth Loan
Pittsburgh February 9 Secretary Glass urged a Liberty loan framed as a gratitude and victory effort not a cold investment. He warned a six billion dollar issue cannot be floated purely for investment and urged Americans to act as patriots to uphold government honor. Four Liberty loans have exceeded targets and he pledged the victory loan would be a strong success.
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Pittsburgh
Glass
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Hughes Sees No Protectorate Need for Armenia
NEW YORK February 9 Charles E Hughes said there is no occasion for the United States to assume a protectorate over Armenia, comparable to Great Britain or France over Cuba. He spoke on the American day against coercive control and emphasized independence for Armenia. He also noted a quiet political climate and mentioned a police court hearing upcoming for drivers involved in small scams. The federal building flag was raised atop the staff after a 30 day mourning period for Theodore Roosevelt. Virgil Johnston urged listing all disabled soldiers seeking suitable work or training, aiding the federal vocational education board.
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New York
United States
Armenia
Great Britain
France
Cuba
Charles Ebe Y Hughes
P. O
Federal
Theodore Roosevelt
Virgil Johnston
Quincy
Federal Board For Vocational Education
War revenue bill passes House by 310 to 11 vote
The House approves the record war revenue bill 310 to 11 after six hours of debate. The conference report aims to raise six billion dollars this year and over four billion annually thereafter, with Senate action expected early next week and President Wilson’s approval anticipated.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wilson
Congress
Blackburn
Alabama
Dies
Rayburn
Texas
Humphreys
Sisson
Stephens
Venable
Mississippi
Dyer
Missouri
Langley
Powers
Kentucky
Sells
Tennessee
Representative Venable
Kitchin
Fordney
Michigan
Moore
Pennsylvania
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Rainey
Mayer Brands Heney Charge a Falsehood
Levy Mayer of Chicago, counsel for Armour and company, denies Francis J. Heney’s Senate Agriculture Committee charge that Mayer offered him Packers employment. Mayer calls the allegation an infa mous lie and questions why Heney did not denounce it during Armour’s testimony. The dispute centers on timing and credibility of the accusation.
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New York
Levy Mayer
Chicago
Armour and Company
Francis J. Heney
Senate Agriculture Committee
Washington
Mayer
Heney
Armour
Fie
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Jersey City
Glasgow Herald
Harold Yarrow
Yarrow Shipbuilding
Clyde
Department of Labor
Warsaw
Hughes
Mayer Brands
W. FL McCready
Cseres
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