Hands Off Policy for U S Borah
Senator Borah opposes plans from Paris to internationalize former German colonies and cautions against U S obligations to control German possessions. He warns a league of nations founded on secrecy would undermine national sovereignty while other senators defend quiet diplomacy. London papers debate if Britain concedes empire interests to the proposed scheme.
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Paris
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Idaho
United States
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League of Nations
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England
King
Utah
London
Globe
South Africa
Wilson
France
Italy
Baker Seeks Purchase Of Two Guard Camps In War Policy
Secretary Baker and Assistant Secretary Crowell urged Congress to abandon fourteen of sixteen national guard camps and have the government buy the sites of all national army cantonments. Camp Kearney and Camp Sevier would be acquired, others returned to landowners. The plan treats land acquisition as a business matter and favors training in large camps, not immediate universal training. A special act would be needed for such purchases.
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National Army
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Crowell
House Military Committee
Camp Kearney
Calif
Camp Sevier
S. C
War Department
Caldwell
Department
McKenzie
Illinois
Congress
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Kearney
California
Seviers
Cromwell
Anthony
Senate approves 400 million post office budget
The Senate passed the 400 million post office appropriation bill with minor debate. It includes pay raises for clerks, letter and rural carriers, and railway mail employes for the next fiscal year. Disputed items on road construction funding and aerial mail service were temporarily passed over. Senator Swanson backed road funds as a job creator and a better plan than broad public works.
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Senate
House
Senator Swanson
Virginia
Labor Conference in Capital Today
In Springfield Illinois a fifteen member labor committee meets with a thirteen member employer panel to curb postwar strikes and disturbances. Governor Frank O Lowe will preside and seek amicable agreements with permanent committees likely to advise on future delibera tions behind closed doors. Roger C Sullivan leads the employers panel and George R Perkins heads the Illinois Cigar Makers union delegation.
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Illinois
Frank O. Lowddh
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Emloyes
Illinois Federation of Abor
Roger C. Sullivan
Chicago
George R. Perkins
Illinois Cigar Makers Union
Plan for Allied War Debts Presented in Paris
Paris reports the French finance minister M. Klotz discussed Deputy Jacques Sterns proposal for an international financial society to liquidate allied war debts. He said France supports a financial section of the society of nations and the plan will be examined by a conference appointed financial committee.
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Chamber of Deputies
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Jacques Stern
Society of Nations
War Costs Chronicle 26 Billion After 22 Months
Washington reports 22 months of war expenses totaled 26.356 billion dollars with 7.875 billion lent to allies. January outlays reached about 1.6 billion as manufacturers bill for long delivered materials while ally loans dropped to 190 million. Officials urge another 5 to 6 billion dollar loan in April to cover ongoing costs.
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Washington
Treasury
Great Britain
Germany
Manchester Pleased Over Statue Offer
The Manchester Guardian reports that the Anglo American Society will donate Barnard’s Lincoln statue to Manchester. The paper praises the gift as fitting and notes historic ties with America and Lancashire’s Civil War trials as factors supporting the memorial.
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America
Lancashire
Influenza Threat Spurs Demobilization Pause at Camp McClellan
The Surgeon General recommends delaying further troop demobilization at Camp McClellan Alabama due to virulent influenza and pneumonia. Outside this camp and Camp Hancock Georgia, health conditions are reported good with a general weekly decline in both illnesses across camps, though southern and southwest camps show higher incidence than northern camps.
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Washington
Camp McClellan
Ala
Irelani
Camp
McClellan
Camp Hancock
Southwest
Northwest
Automobile with airplane motor speeds 135 mph at Daytona Beach
Palma tests a car fitted with an airplane motor at Daytona Beach aiming to break the 142 mph record set by Bob Burman in 1911 next week. The run demonstrates accelerated speed capabilities on the beach course.
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Fia
Alma
Daytona Beach
oPalma
Bob Burman
The Germany That Met Defeat in Paris Tour Summary
Covey writes after a two week tour through Germany visiting many cities and interviewing leaders from Hindenburg to Haase. He traveled about 1200 miles and assessed the political mood following defeat.
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Paris
Germany
Hindenburg Still Idol of Germans and Silent Guest
A wartime observer recalls efforts to interview Field Marshal Hindenburg, noting his enduring popularity among Germans, the reluctance of his staff, and the political tension of 1915. The account describes Hindenburg’s plain, robust character and why he resisted American requests.
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Koenigsberg
Prussia
Kuhn
Altman
Frankfort
Walter Loeb
Ladenburg, Thalman & Co
New York
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Loeb
Loeb Hindenburg
Army lifts promotion limits with Pershing authority
Secretary Baker announces removal of armistice era caps on army promotions. General Pershing may promote line officers up to colonel to match command, with similar policy for the U S army and staff corps. Surplus officers to be returned home. Authority extends to medical, chaplain, and other corps as needed to align rank with duties.
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Washington
Baker
Pershing
United States
General Pershing
Department
Army
Universal Conference to Admit States into League
Paris January 31 A universal gathering to decide participation in the league of nations will close the league’s formation after the peace conference approves the draft. Leon Bourgeois says the conference will decide each state’s admission and enemy states will be treated the same, provided they prove they renounce conquest and repay for damages.
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Paris
League of Nations
Leon Bourgeois
Bourgeois
Socialists Win 142 Seats in Prussian Assembly Returns
Unofficial returns from the Prussian election report 142 socialists 24 independent socialists 87 Christian People's Party 41 German Nationalists 18 German People's Party 61 democrats 6 guelphs and one democrat peasant. The socialists likely hold at most four Posen delegates leaving 150 socialist versus 231 bourgeois seats. Socialists lose 21,600 votes in Berlin while the nationals gain 7,000.
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Associated Press
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Posen
Christian People’s Party
German People’s Party
Democrats
Nation
Christian People’s
National Assembly
Assembly Adjourns At Noon For Recess
Springfield reporters note both houses adjourned at noon and will reconvene Tuesday. Governor Lowden plans to present the first state budget and may call a joint session to explain it to lawmakers.
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Ill
Lowden
Fussy Men’s Styles Embrace Tight Fits at 1919 Salon
Atlantic City reports the National Association of Merchant Tailors promoting a bold shift in men’s fashion. Fitted, sprightly styles with high waistlines and long back vents appear in suits, dinner jackets, and evening wear while casual and outerwear move toward roomy, easy silhouettes.
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Atlantic City
National Association of Merchant Tailors
Allies 10 Occupy Disputed Region On Frontier Pact
Paris dispatch reports a French statement says the conference committee ordered an immediate end to frontier incidents and for a period the disputed zone be occupied by the allies. Poland and Czecho-Slovakia agreed to halt clashes while the question of Silesia’s control and Posen remains undecided.
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Paris
Silesia
Bohemia
Slesia
Poland
Posen
International socialist conference called for February meeting in Berlin
In Berne on January 30 the international socialist and labor conference was officially set for February 3 in Berlin. Delegates from seven countries attended preliminaries with German majority leaders Muhlkenbuhr Mueller and Welz and minority Krotsky, plus French Socialists Johaux and Demoulin. Camille Huysmans warned that accountability for the war would arise. Hjalmar Banting urged neutrals and small nations be included in a future league of nations.
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Berne
International Socialist and Labor Conference
Herman Muhilkenbuhr
Herman Mueller
Otto Welz
Karl Krotsky
Johaux
Demoulin
Camille Huysmans
Hjalmar Banting
League of Nations
Caillaux To Senate Under Police Guard
Paris reports Joseph Caillaux former premier charged with treason was brought from prison to the senate. A special commission examined him as three detectives guarded Caillaux while five policemen stood watch outside the senate building.
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Senate
Paris
Joseph Caillaus
Special Commission of the
Peace Conference Delivers Interim Turkey Order
Paris January 30 31 The supreme council announces provisional arrangements for German colonies and Turkish occupied lands in Asia Minor. Allied military delegates at Versailles to report on fair burden sharing for maintaining order in Turkey pending further decisions. Next session set for tomorrow at 3 p m.
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Supreme Council
Turkey
Asia
Versailles
United States
Quai D'Orsay
Pacific
Africa
M. Simo
Salvago Raggi
Italy
M. Hymans
Vandenhetuvel
Vandervelde
M. Ortz
Congo
Kenyon Bill Wins Labor Endorsement for Federal Commission
Secretary of Labor Wilson endorses Kenyon's bill creating a federal commission to work with states and municipalities on unemployment. He urges resumption of public utilities, highway construction, and river and harbor projects to provide jobs, noting wartime mobilization lessons and demobilization needs. Blakeslee backs road construction and expanded motor truck mail service to employ returning soldiers.
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Washington
Kenyon
Labor
Wilson
Senate
House Labor Committees
Mr. Wilson
Germany
West Front
Chateau Thierry
James I. Blakeslee
Turkiish Cabinet Resigns Over Expulsive Acts
Constantinople January 31 report says the Turkish cabinet resigned due to alleged volatile powers against Greeks and Armenians amid internal political strife and unrest in the region.
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Turkiah
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