Shipping board weighs sale of thirty German ships
In Washington on February 13, the Senate commerce committee prepared to review recommendations on selling thirty German passenger ships. Bids were weak with only one offer for the Otsego at 5 million dollars. The auction faced legal delays and political opposition from Hearst litigation to block sales and a Senate bid to halt disposals.
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Shipping Board
Senate Commerce Commmittee
Payne
Senate Committee
Leviathan
George Washington
Agamemmon
Mount Vernon
Acme Operating Corporation
Otsego
Senate Commerce Committee
House Merchant Marine Committee
William Randolph Hearst
Senate
Jones
Commerce Committee
Wilson
Great Britain
Utilities Men Claim Public Paying Wage Increase For Miner
Washington reports public utilities executives testifying before the coal strike settlement commission and a Senate subcommittee say the 1 percent wage rise for coal miners will be passed to consumers. They warn utilities’ narrow profit margins prevent absorption of the higher costs. They suggest storing coal in summer if double handling costs are offset by prices and lower freight. Some call for continued government control of coal distribution until normal conditions return, criticizing railroad administration. They also accuse coal confiscations of forcing utilities to buy high priced special coal.
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Washington
Prble
Public Utilities
Coal Strike Settlement Commission
Senate Commerce
M. Os. Aylesworth
National Electric Light Association
Robinson
Aylesworth
Railroad Administration
Dutch Refuse Conceding Emperor William’s Custody
The Hague February 17. Holland will reiterate its original position and refuse to surrender former Emperor William by agreeing to guard him closely. The Dutch answer to the Entente note on his status will be dispatched within a few days.
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Hague
Holland
Fry
William
Wilson Proposal Suits Poindexter Tells Press Club
Senator Poindexter of Washington, a Republican nominee candidate, praised President Wilson for proposing withdrawal from European affairs over the Adriatic dispute. He urged allied powers to back the plan, warning it could spare the U.S. from Europe’s turmoil while sparing no heart in the treaty talks and lamenting Secretary Lansing’s stance. He quipped the cabinet as the ground hog cabinet and urged backing for the Adriatic settlement to possibly end U.S. involvement in Europe.
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Washington
Poindexter
National Press Club
Wilson
United States
Lansing
Nho
Adriatic
Europe
America
Polce
Turkey
Mexican Disorders Will End Next Year Says Publisher
NEW YORK Feb 18 General Salvador Alvarado publisher of El Meraldo de Mexico and El Heraldo Semanario predicts that disorders in Mexico will end in 1921. He says a powerful current of opinion favors reorganizing the country and that peace will follow the Mexican presidential election next July if the vote is respected. He urges U S cooperation to boost production and education for mutual understanding and says the United States should avoid conquest and pursue frank cooperation with Mexico.
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New York
Mexico
Salvador Alvarado
el Meraldo de Mexico
el Heraldo Semanario
Mexio City
United States
Ober Konous
Women Voters League Honors Old Suffrage Leaders
CHICAGO Feb 18 The League of Women Voters saluted over a hundred suffrage workers including Carrie Chapman Catt Jane Addams Mary Garrett Hay and Mrs George Ross Certificates were given with praise as delegates cheered A fund of more than 44000 was raised to sustain league work.
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Chicago
League of Woman Voters
National Suffrage Association
Pioneers
Carrie Chapman
Jane Adams
Mary Garrett Hay
George Ross
Cattnetty Vas
League
Hoover backs private railways toll from state control
The February speech by ex president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers urges return of railroads to private operation March 1. He attacks government management of rail and sea shipping as socialist experiments and calls for free competition, enlarged equipment, better labor cooperation, and minimal rate increases. He warns government rates will hurt the treasury and idle ships if private fleets grow. He also stresses human factors in productivity and urges organized labor participation, warning of broader world tensions and a new push for military buildup. In Washington, Senator Watson and a Senate committee plan to recount votes in Michigan’s senatorial contest with members from Missouri New Jersey Ohio and Delaware.
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Herriet Hoover
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Hoover
National Treasury
IT Loever
America
Washington
Pol
PolSewator Watson
Miliena
Wis
New President of France Announces Farewell to Cabinet
Paris Feb 17 President Puin cave who relinquishes his office tomorrow to President-elect Deschanel said goodbye to the cabinet today. He thanked the ministers for their cooperation and wished them success in the tasks ahead.
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Paris
Puincave
Deschanel
American Socialist Hillquit Affirms Stand Against Reds
Morris Hillquit, socialist leader and defense counsel, testifies in Albany on February 11 that American socialists would resist a forced Bolshevik government. He argues the socialist party is not under the Moscow Internationale and questions the secrecy of any global socialist directive. He contends the Soviet movement in Russia has little real organizational unity and that the League of Nations is opposed for failing to curb war.
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N. Y
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Socialist
Socialist Party of America
The
Internationale
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Tfilquit
Wiilquit
Party of Socialists
Russia
Communists
League of Nations
Phillquit
Paris
Olney Sees Training Clause Winning Out in House
Washington Feb 18 Representative Olney Democrat of Massachusetts urged continued push for universal military training despite opposition from House Democrats and many Republicans. He said ten of the House military committee favor the army reorganization measure, while others oppose. cited War Department costs showing training 340,000 to 465,000 men yearly across 1921 to 1924 with escalating figures.
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Washington
House
Representative Olney
Massachusetts
Olney
Tlouse Military Committee
Mendel
Qotner
War Department
British Labor Party Opposes Irish Bill
A British Labor Party delegation that visited Ireland urges withdrawing the Irish bill and redefining the Irish question. It says the issue is as much industrial as political and should be solved by considering both factors.
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London
British Labor Party
Ireland
Tomgeht
Dim Hopes For Peace On Treaty
Washington Feb 18 The peace treaty compromise talks dissolved into a tangled muddle as Republicans rebuffed all compromise proposals on article ten. Senator Hitchcock warned ratification hinges on GOP concessions while Democratic and Republican leaders weigh potential votes. no progress toward a vote occurred as debate focused on other treaty features.
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Washiington
Senate
Hitchcock
Wilson Continues To Improve, Doctor Says
Washington reports President Wilson continued to show improvement and woke early Tuesday to shave and carry on his routine. Rear Admiral Grayson, the physician, dismissed rumors of a relapse and a midnight conference with Dr. Francis X. Dercum. The cabinet may not meet this week unless the President calls it.
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Washington
Wilson
Grayson
Francis X. Dercum
Philadelphia
White House
Dercum
America to defend Yacht Title in July
England and the United States will meet in a series for the America's Cup starting July 15 off Sandy Hook. The New York Yacht Club accepts Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge with Shamrock IV as the challenger, while Resolute or Vanitie will defend the cup won in 1851.
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England
United States
Sandy Brook
New York Club
Thomas Lipton
Royal Ulster Yatch Club
Belfast
Ireland
Thomas
New York Yatch Club
Resolute
Vanitte
Sandy Hook
Benson Succeeds Payne as Shipping Board head
Washington Feb rear act. Viral Benson, chief of naval operations in the war, now retired, is chosen by President Wilson to succeed John Barton Payne as head of the Shipping Board.
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Payne
Washington
Viral Benson
Naval Operations
Wilson
John Barton Payne
The
Shipping Board
Train plunge near Florence kills many in Italy wreck
A freight train from San Lorenzo to Borgo derailed while crossing a bridge near Florence on July 4 and tumbled into a deep chasm. Local newspapers report numerous deaths and injuries among passengers and crew.
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Florence
Italy
San Lorenzo
Borge
Newpaper
Soviet Envoy Under Rigid Quiz About Propaganda
Washington February 18 Russian Soviet representative to the United States Martens began a long cross examination before the Senate foreign investigating sub committee. The questioning sought admission that the Soviet calls for revolutionary activity and attacks on established authorities contradict his stated purpose of seeking recognition and trade. The session aimed to probe Martens support for the revolution and the removal of governments recognizing capital. Ex Senator Tradrick protested but was overruled.
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Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
United States
Senate
Wade H. Ellis
Marten
Buchanin
Ellis
Martens Mito
Martens
Moson
Trardwick
Georgia
Moses
Reign Of Terror In Marash May Involve American Missions
Constantinople February 16 There is uneasiness over the fate of twenty Americans at Marash north of Aleppo in Asia Minor where a reign of terror has persisted since January 21 The latest word dated February 1 reported dwindling food and terror among Christian refugees In Cilicia French troops occupied American Mission properties and schools leading locals to regard Americans as Frenchmen Rustem Bey nationalist delegate Angera said James Perry and Frank S Johnson American YMCA representatives killed near Aintan were mistaken for Frenchmen The trouble at Marash began from Armenian Turkish tensions and spread to native tribes The statement stressed Americans would be safe if distinguished from the French
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Marash
Aleppo
Turkey
Asia
Cilicia
Rustem Bey
Angera
James Perry
Frank S. Johnson
Aintan
Amatolia
Return Of Railroads And Big Merger Talk
In St Paul Minnesota on February 1 reports say the Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington railroads may merge into one transcontinental system soon after govt controls end. The plan follows lines once used by James Hill with James J Hill having initially formed then dissolved the merger due to federal legality. The three lines run about 27000 miles and the motive cited is to manage 400 million dollars in Burlington bonds due in 1921.
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Minn
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Burlington
James Hill
James J. Hill
Congress
Hughes declines race for presidency again
Omaha February 18 Charles E Hughes writes County Clerk Frank Dewey asking that his name not be presented in the state Republican primary for the presidency He says he is utterly unwilling to undertake a second candidacy and desires Republican unity with available men.
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Omaha
Charles E. Hughes
Frank Dewey
Hughes
Radio station control ends under wartime order
The ban on private radio station control during the war emergency will be lifted at midnight February 29. Secretary Daniels released an executive order making the change public on Tuesday.
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Radeo
Wasteington
Pet
Daniels
Adriatic note fuels US debate over Versailles treaty
Washington reports say President Wilson warned allies that the United States might withdraw the Versailles treaty if the Adriatic settlement proceeded without US consent. Officials say the note reflects the act of British French and Italian premiers, not US policy, and could pull the Anglo French American pact with it. Confusion persists over language and status of the allied move, with no official Washington statement yet.
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Wilson
United States
Senate
State Department
America
Polk
Paris
Adriatic
Wallace
Jugo-Slavia
London
Lansing
White House
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