Party men refuse to add names to steering group
Washington March 14 Efforts to add four members to the Republican steering committee of the next house were defeated 165 to 286 at the final meeting of the committee on committees. Longworth of Ohio and Johnson of South Dakota criticized the outcome as a reactionary restrict. The motion proposed Anderson Nolan Slemp and Reavis as new members to reflect progressive West and labor voices.
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Washington
Committee On Committees
House
Congress
Longworth
Oha
Johnson
South Dakota
Ohio
Fie
Anderson
Minnesota
Nolan
California
Slemp
Virgenia
Reavis
Nebraska
Massachusetts
West Ningima
Maryland
Wisconsin
New York
Pennsylvana
Almears
Idaho
Iowa
Oregon
Kentucky
Michigan
Wycoming
Indiana
Montana
Rhode Island
Colorado
New Hampshke
North Dakota
Mann
Dues
Merchant Maine Committee
Poly
Curry
Ricketts
Chindboom
Inois
Crowther
Randall
Ancrens
Green
Edmons
Pennsylvania
Rowe
Scott
White
Maine
Lehrbach
New Jersey
Burroughs
New Hampshire
James R. Mann
Republican Party
Appointment of General Robertsenn as Home Forces Chief
Associated Press reports from London that General Sir William Robertson is appointed Commander in Chief of the Home Forces. General Robertson is to become chief of the army of the Rhine.
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London
Mareh Usfield
Doonglas Hates Haseen
Willhin
RL Robertsen
Home Forces
Robertsen
Treaty With Berlin First of Four Peace Treaties
Captain Tardieu of the French peace delegation said the German treaty would be the first and hardest to sign, with progress expected next week though March 20 seems unlikely. Four treaties are planned with Germany Austria Turkey and Bulgaria, detailing enemy trade and shipping resumption, while Germans being summoned to Paris remains undecided.
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Tardieu
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
Paris
Publisher Fires Broadside at Postoffice Chief
S P Preston of Gillespie, president of the Adnais Press association, opened a two day convention in Springfield HL. He condemned the postmaster general for wartime rules affecting newspapers and claimed 280 papers suspended publication under Burleson rulings. A bill proposed to pay legal advertisements at ten cents a line, affecting master in chancery notices and detailed reports of public proceedings.
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Springfield
March
Burleson
Texas
S. P. Preston
Gillespie
Adnais Press Association
Preston
Master In Chancery and Eat
Munimcipal
New York Infant Mortality Rate Declines in 1918
New York City reports 917 infant deaths per 1000 births in 1918, the lowest among the ten large cities and second lowest ever for the city. Dr. Copeland notes Detroit and Cleveland higher, with a table listing rates: New York 9L7, St. Louis 94.4, Cleveland 07.4, Detroit 100.7, Boston 1148, Buffalo 121.5, Pittsburgh 122.5, Philadelphia 123.9, Chicago 131.3, Baltimore 147.7.
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New York
New York City
Royal S$. Copeland
Detroit
Cleveland
Copeland
St. Louis
Boston
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
Baltimore
Lane Plans To Award Land To U. S. Soldiers
Secretary Lane moves ahead with a soldier land settlement plan as Congress nears, distributing questionnaires at camps and naval stations to gauge attitudes. Thirty-two states, including Illinois, have started cooperation with the Interior Department on the settlement program.
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Washington
Lane
Interior Department
Illinois
Filipinos seek closer ties with United States in Honolulu stop
The Filipino commission arriving in Honolulu en route to Washington aims to advance the cause of Philippine independence. A spokesman offered a brief statement on the mission and its purpose amid the travel.
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Honolulu
Macch
Ilippinn Commission
United States
Washington
Sporesnan Wd Ug
Take Over Boats U S Heads Act New York
March 14 reports say government officials order commandeering a harbor craft fleet to restore traffic in strike bound New York harbor. Boats would be run by union crews under eight hour day and wave scale wage policies, with private owners urged to charter to the government.
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New York
Army
Navy
United States Shipping Board
Railroad Administration
New York Boat Owners Association
National War Labor Board
BR. McLain Transportation Company
Thomas Delhauntev
Marine Workers Affiliation
Army, Navy and Shipping Board
James J. Hughes
Amny
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Usher
Third Naval District
Frank Hedley
Interborough Rapwt Transit Company
Bill to Aid Illinois Tenant Farmers Advances
Springfield March 14 Gov Lowden urges new legislation to stimulate tenant farmers to improve land. Gen John A Wheeler proposes reimbursement for landlords when tenants vacate with fair cash value of permanent improvements, arbitration if value dispute arises, and retention of landlord rights to distraint. The measure, in judiciary committee, aims to prevent soil fertility decline noted by the governor.
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Springfield
John A. Wheeler
Illinois
Committee On Judiciary
Lowden
Three Problems Yet Before Fast Flying
Major R W Schroeder an aviation authority lists three remaining hurdles to achieving 300 miles per hour flight in the near future. He cites the need to alter propeller pitch, manage higher carburetor air pressures, and overcome intense hunger at extreme altitudes discussed at the Aeronautical Society of America meeting in New York on March 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. W. Schroeder
Aeronautical Society of America
League Formed To Wage Fight On New League
Washington report outlines preliminary plans for a national nonpartisan group to inform the public about the peace conference and oppose the league of nations as drawn. Henry Watterson would be president with Pepper directing. Reed Borah Poindexter discuss coordinating local anti league bodies and a speakers bureau funded by voluntary contributions.
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Washington
League of Nations
Reed
Missouri
Democrat
Borah
Idaho
Poindexter
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Mr. Pepper
Arrest 200 Reds in Early Morning Raid
New York March 13 police secret service and immigration officers raided a building on East Fifteenth Street and arrested 198 men and two women. The detainees, all described as radicals, were taken to criminal courts for questioning. Mollie Steimer, once sentenced for espionage but free on appeal, was among the prisoners. A quantity of literature and small red books in Russian were seized.
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New York
Secret Service
East Fifteenth Street
Union of Russian Peasant Workers of America
Mollie Steimer
Supreme Court of the
United States
Richard Finright
Swann
Russia
Elizabeth Street
Criminal Courts
British awards honor 66 medical officers and men
Washington March 14 sixty six army medical officers and men were decorated by Britain for bravery and distinguished service in the war. Major Emanuel Goldstein of New York City and Captain George P. O’Malley of Cleveland were made honorary companions of the distinguished service order. Forty nine captains and first lieutenants received the military cross. 15 enlisted men were awarded the distinguished conduct medal and medal of Great Britain.
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Washington
Army
Ireland
British War Office
Emanuel Goldstein
New York City
George P. O'Malley
Cleveland
Great Britain
William Lester Smith
Toledo
Irving F. Barnett
Chicago
Earl M. Chamness
Edward A. Christofferson
Oscar H. Peterson
Lamoni
Towa
O Leary Case Heads To Jury After Rebuttal Evidence
In New York on March 14 prosecutors rested their case against Jeremiah A. O Leary former publisher of Bull accused of espionage act violations. The government presented rebuttal witnesses and the defense will offer further rebuttal before the jury deliberates this week.
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New York
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Bull
Paris Peace Talks Divided Over Trials For War Leaders
Paris March 13 A Times report notes a split in the commission over whether former German emperor and other enemy leaders should face trial. An international war crimes tribunal remains unsettled with Americans opposing such a court. A compromise proposal favors mixed nationality military tribunals. Greece Presses Thrace Position At Peace Conference Greek officials present Thrace priorities in agriculture and industry. The Greek and Armenian patriarchs petition Venizelos to push for enforcement of Greek and Armenian rights under Turkish rule. They seek unity of territories, suggesting Armenian and Greek lands be adjusted for inclusion in Greece and a future Armenia with Black Sea access.
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Paris
United States
Greece
Thrace
Peace Conference Commission On
Constantinople
Venizelos
Amenia
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Smyrna
Broussa
Comedia
Bigha
Chicago Moves Toward Nonpartisan City Elections
Chicago votes approval of bills to abolish party circles in favor of nonpartisan elections with a majority winner in a preferential primary. Recall mechanisms for mayor and aldermen would be set, aldermen four-year terms at $5,000, 50 wards, and council appointments for city clerk and treasurer.
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Chicago
Trindis Goval Assembly
Party
Seven Germans Held for Internment Camp Transport
Seven Germans regarded as dangerous propagandists were taken into custody by federal officers in New York and sent to Fort Oglethorpe Ga for internment. Among them Baron Paul Von Zglinitzki a New York broker and son of a German general was arrested after a year of suspicion and alleged smuggling of munitions into Mexico. Also named were Herman C A Zebohm of Brooklyn former secretary of Boer Chemical Arthur Meyrowitz a North German Lloyd Biechip employee Dr Ferdinand Pinz said to have distributed Austrian propaganda and Adolph Henry Ney of Scarsdals New York a chemist.
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New York
Fort Oglethorpe
Baron Paul von Zglinitzki
Mexico
Herman C. A. Zebohm
Brooklyn
Boer Chemical Company
Arthur
Executions Reported Among 86th Russian Relatives
A Petrograd dispatch says relatives of officers in the 86th Russian regiment who defected to the White Guards have been executed. The killings were ordered by the military revolutionary committees at Leningrad.
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Stockholm
86Th
White Guards
Petroera
Leiragrad
Plans for 11,000-ton steamers to South America
Washington report on Pan American Union plans for regular US to Central and South American passenger and freight service using twenty-two 11,000 ton ships under construction. Hurley cites weekly trips, port calls from Buena Ventura to La Guaira, and superior South American port facilities. Cable, radio, and finance plans accompany push to expand Latin American trade.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
United States
Hurley
Pan-American Union of
Central
South America
Flarley
Buena Ventura
Guayaquil
Cubao
Tuuique
Valparaiso
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Etio
la Juaira
Latin America
Turley
William Ian Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Harding
Antin America
Europe
Rowe
England
Erie Railroad Plans Finances With War Finance Aid
The Erie railroad arranged for War Finance Corporation support to refund 315 million of two year five percent notes maturing April 1. It will issue new three year six percent notes offered at 96 with interest to holders of old notes. the WFC will loan cash to pay off non exchanged notes at 98. The new issue is secured by collateral behind the old issue plus added securities totaling 125 percent of the new issue.
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New York
Erie Railroad
War Finance Corporation
Railroad Administration Revolving Fund
Caruso the tenor pays income tax in New York
New York March 14. Caruso the opera tenor will pay an income tax of 3153 933.70 for 1918, revealed at the collector's office in the second New York district. He visited the office in person Wednesday and, using the installment plan, presented a check for 38 483.42. One fourth of the total was paid with permission to print the amount as required by law. Clerks in the district office estimated about 7,000,000 dollars received in income taxes that Wednesday.
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New York
Caruso
Return of Canadians From Kinmel Camp Riots
Halifax reports rapid repatriation of Canadian troops after Kinmel camp disturbances in Wales. Baltic has sailed with over 3,000, Carmania follows with nearly 3,000, and the White Star liner Hiner Olympics plans to sail from Liverpool carrying 5,000 Canadians. Most Kinmel troops expected home by month’s end. Paris notes British draft convention third reading nearing completion with two articles left for decision next Monday.
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Halifax
N.S
Kinmel
Wales
Canada
Liverpool
Paris
Labor Commission
Wilson and party reach Paris after Brest voyage
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson land in Paris after disembarking at Brest aboard the George Washington. Officials greet them with Manchester and Laygues present. Wilson in good health after rest and a brief mist near the voyage. plans for peace conference outlined during the voyage.
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Associated Press
Brest
Wilson
Paris
George Washington
United States
Jusserand M. Laygues
Marine
E. M. House
the Invalides Station
Grayson
Washington
Railroad Revenues In January Fall Short Of Government Obligation
Washington report notes January totals for major railroads show declines in gross and net operating revenues while expenses also ease. Net operating income stands around 20.9 million after taxes, about 10 million lower than December, with a 3.5 percent year over year rise in gross revenues and a 16 percent rise in net earnings versus January of the prior year.
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Washington
ISL
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington Favored for International Labor Conference Meeting
The labor commission recommends the first session of the International labor conference be held in Washington in October if the U S government agrees to convene it. The official announcement was made tonight in Paris.
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Associated Press
Paris
The
Labor Commission
Washington
United States
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