Mitigation Plan For Army Court Martial Sentences
Major General Crowder told the Senate military committee that all harsh army prison sentences from wartime would be reviewed and mitigated via presidential remission within sixty days. About 5,000 cases, chaired by Brig General Ansell, will be examined, with many dishonorable discharges already revoked and 1,200 Leavenworth terms honorably restored. Crowder warned against broad powers in a Chamberlain bill and described how conscientious objectors were to be treated under war department guidance and reports to be filed back to the War Department.
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Washington
Crowder
Senate Military Committee
Samuel T. Ansell
Senate Committee
Leavenworth
Kansas
Chamberlain
Judge Advocate General
Martal
General Crowder
Unite States
Baker
Secretary of War
United States
War Department
Government Resells Army Lumber For War
War department announces contract with J L Phillips and John Stephens of Jacksonville Florida to sell all surplus lumber held by the department. They are authorized as representatives of major U S lumber producers and will resale at market prices, returning net proceeds to the department. Estimated surplus timber on hand about 125000000 feet.
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Washington
War Department
J. L. Phillips
John Stephens
Jacksonville
Fla
United States
Hayes Archbishop of New York Succeeds Farley
New York Feb 27 Appoint ment of Bishop Patrick J Hayes as archbishop of New York succeeds the late John M Farley announced at the arch episcopal residence He is 51 a New York native with a 27 year priesthood Champ in 1913 as chancellor and 1914 as auxiliary bishop He administered the world s largest diocese and served as Catholic chaplain general in the war He was to voyage to France but illness of Cardinal Farley canceled the trip He follows Cardinal Farley and Archbishop Corrigan in the line of leadership.
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New York
Patrick J. Hayes
John M. Farley
Arch Episcopal
Monsignor Dunn
Hayes
Ile
France
Cardinal Farley
Corrigan
Daylight saving law cuts industrial accidents says AFL official
Washington February 27 Labor leaders predicted a nationwide daylight saving law would reduce accidents and the AFL secretary Frank Morrison says the pattern holds. He cites Pennsylvania figures showing 43,036 fewer accidents in 1919 than 1917 and 70,772 fewer than 1916 after the law's operation. He argues later hours of low energy are freed for recreation.
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Washington
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Senate Agricultural Committee
Morrison
Pennsylvania
Iqis
Army gas mask of no value to miner
Washington reports that army gas masks offer no protection to coal miners against mine gases and only slight protection against ammonia fumes. Lieut. Col. B C Goss of the army chemical welfare division warns buyers and dealers that many masks sold after the war are misleadingly valued as souvenirs. He notes the masks guard mainly against ordinary smoke and fire fumes and mentions plans to distribute masks to city fire departments for this use.
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Washington
Army
B.C. Goss
Army Chemical Welfare Division
Co. Goss
Clemenceau Leaves Home After Shooting Visit
Paris February 26 Premier Clemenceau stepped from his residence at 1 53 pm for the first time since being shot last Wednesday. A large crowd gathered despite the secret hour and serenaded him with Vive Clemenceau as he rode away in an automobile with Mr Labrey. The premier’s face showed signs of fever but he smiled at the cheering crowd.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Labrey
Appropriation Bill Sent To President
Washington February 27 With adoption by the senate and house of the conference report on the 08,000,000 legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill the measure ready for President Wilsons signature. The bill provides for continuation of treasuries in nine cities and for pay increases of 240 yearly for government employees.
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Washington
Senate
House of the Conference
Wilson
Five-Day Deadline to Pass Budget in Washington
Washington reports pressure to wrap up all remaining appropriation bills within five days as President Wilson delays an extra session until after his Europe return. Senate and House clash over pacing and blame, while key measures including naval and army appropriations face doubt.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Europe
Capitol
Senate
Deserts Navy for Marines in War Prisoner Return
Cornelius Fiske an 18 year old New Yorker deserted the navy after enlisting in the marine corps soon after the United States entered the war. He served with the sixth regiment Marines and saw action at Chateau Thierry Belleau Wood and Soissons before returning as a prisoner on the steamer President Grant. His commander could not prevent arrest though he acted as attorney at trial and sought acquittal.
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New York
Cornelius Fiske
Navy
Marines
United States
President Grant
Fiske
Sixth
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Soissons
Police hunt gunman wounded in hospital
Chicago report says Maurice Moss Enright, labor agent and suspected gunman in a feud among Journeymen Plumbers, lay wounded in a downtown hotel as police guard his bedside. Enright had killed two men in 1911, was sentenced to Joliet for life, and pardoned by former Governor Dunne in 1913. He was linked to Wednesday night’s shooting that wounded Smythe and Kelligher, with Bubal lightly hurt.
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Chicago
Maurice ‘Moss
Enright
Journeymen Plumbers’ Union
William
Vincent Altman
Steam Fitters’ Union
Joliet Penitentiary
Dunne
J. H. Smythe
Stephen Kelliher
Charles Bubal
English Measure For Control Of Carriers Bill Introduced
In the house of commons Edward Shortt announced a bill to create a ministry of ways and communications. It would coordinate railways tramways canals waterways roads and power, retaining wartime rail control with house sanction. The bill received its full reading.
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London
House of Commons
Ministry of Ways and Communications
Edward Shortt
Home Affairs
Immigration Restriction Urged by AFL Leader
New York February 26 Frank Morrison AFL secretary urged complete immigration restriction for the next few years to Americanize aliens and protect American living standards. Inventor Hudson Maxim proposed tightening laws to bar Bolshevism and discontent while inviting one million Chinese workers for farm and domestic labor.
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New York
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Hudson
Maxim
Republicans Set Tonight for House Speaker Selection
The Republican conference plans tonight to select a party candidate for speaker as final efforts intensify by campaign managers for Frederick H. Gillett James R. Mann and Philip Campbell to win over holdover and new Republican members. Managers for Gillett and Mann claim victory on the first ballot while Campbell supporters predict a caucus compromise on the Kansas member.
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Washington
Republican
Mann
Gillett
Campbell
Frederick H. Gillett
Massachusetts
James R. Mann
Illinis
Philip Campbell
Kansas
Nation Must Back Up School With Wealth
Chicago February 27 Unequal wealth distribution hinders democratic education Dr George D Strayer president of the National Education Association told the department of superintendents and allied bodies urging a federal department of education with a cabinet secretary at its head He argued equalized educational opportunity requires wealth backing for the nation s children.
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Chicago
George D. Strayer
National Education Association
Department of Superintendents
Department of Education
dDemocracy
Ministry of Education
Germany Will Reject Democracy, Ex-Emperor Claims
London telegram quotes former German emperor saying Germany will not repent overthrowing the monarchy. Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau allegedly conveyed funds to him in Amereingen, with Herr Hohenzollern described as cheerful and hopeful about patriots preventing bankruptcy.
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London
Germany
Mail
Copenhagen
Exie
Count von Brockdorff- Rantzau
Herr Hohenzellern
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Amereingen
Herr Hohenzollern
Open Legal Contest To Break Large Will
In Philadelphia on February 27 two sisters one a baroness began a legal contest over their father Henry Welchmann Bartel’s $3,000,000 estate. After a brief hearing the case was continued to March 26. The sisters Mrs James M Farr and Bar oness Katherine De Conclos seek a share while a brother Henry G Bartol stands to receive about $5000. The bulk of the fortune goes to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Henry Welchmann Bartel
James M. Farr
Wilkes Barre
Katherine de Conclos
Bartol
Nice
France
Henry G. Bartol
Franklin Institute
Peace League Wires Approval To Straus
New York February 27 Official approval of the proposed covenant for the league of nations was cabled by the League to Enforce Peace to Oscar S Straus in Paris. The message said resolutions urged ratification by the U S Senate and the United States to join others to create the league and guide its affairs for America and mankind.
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New York
League of Nations
League
Oscar S. Straus
Paris
Senate of the
United States
America
Fails To Win Opposition On League Of Nations
Washington February 27 Republican members of the congressional foreign relations committees who opposed the proposed league of nations constitution remained unchanged after a lengthy dinner conference with President Wilson at the White House. Democratic and Republican senators reported that the President answered questions freely while noting guests could discuss the conference with press. A key issue was whether a nation could withdraw. Wilson said withdrawal was possible, Brandegee argued it would be unconstitutional as drafted.
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Capitol
Wilson
Congress
District of Columbia
Martin
Owen
Oklahoma
Hitchcock
Nebraska
League of Nations
Senate Naval Committee
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Foreign Relations Committees
White House
Hitchcock and Overman
North Carolina
Kellogg
Minnesota
Ashington
Congressional Foreign Relation Committees
Brandegee
Connecticut
Lodge
Knox
Pennsylvania
Washington
Congressional Foreign Relations Committees
United States
League
Europe
Poland
America
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
General Smuts
Danish Red Cross Passports Issued To Russian Reds
War saw dispatch reports that Danish Red Cross passports were issued to Bolsheviks in Moscow and used to try to move money for Russian prisoners. The inter allied mission noted two months of practice, with a Dane Dr Jean Barner and Bolshevik delegates Alexia Orsivich and Gabriel Stickgold aboard. They claimed to aid prisoners with relief stations at Pinsk Minsk and Grodno and offered thirteen million rubles if funded by major powers and international Red Cross. Poles refused recognition and advised return to Moscow as relief work proceeded without Bolshevik approval. A prior December effort by Wilhlofs ky and others with 1500 rubles ended with murder and robbery at the frontier.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Orsivich
Stickgold
Germany
Pinsk
Minsk
Grodno
International Red Cross Societies
Moscow
Wilhlofsky
Fifteen Governors to Attend Meeting at White House
Washington Feb 27 Fifteen state governors two lieutenant governors and 32 city mayors have accepted Secretary Wilsons invitation to a White House conference opening Monday. The three day meeting in the East Room will discuss postwar business and labor problems. Secretary Wilson to open at 10 am with President Wilson to speak at 10:30 am Governor W L Harding of Iowa and the Illinois lieutenant governor listed among attendees.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Roosevelt
President Wilson
Roger W. Babson
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Illinois
Wilson Sets Stakes for League of Nations Debate
President Wilson told foreign relations committees that without U S entry the league would fail and Europe face chaos. Republicans pressed on sovereignty and disarmament while he argued the league would respect Congress powers and require unanimous council decisions.
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