Republicans Move To Speed Ratification Fight
Washington March. Senate agrees to final vote on all reservations to article ten of the peace treaty set for Monday with a fifteen minute limit on speeches. Irreconcilables and Lodge alter the substitute, Democrats wary of pledges, and President Wilson reportedly not backing the Republican substitute as Reed delivers a four hour attack on the treaty.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge of
Massachussetts
Lodge
Berah
Idaho
Senator Lodge
Wilson
White House
Reed
Missouri
Hoover Declines Comment on Navy War Policies
Hoover tells Senate committee he will not discuss military plans or policies. He cites food shortages and German U boat sinks as critical abroad from April 1917 to September. He says his role is to secure food to the allies and that he is not competent to testify on technical naval matters.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Senate
Navy Department
Hoover
Sims
United States
Navy
Census figures show Lancaster and Knoxville 1920 population
Washington dispatch reports census bureau data for 1920 with Lancaster Pennsylvania at 53 160 residents up 6 923 or 13 5 percent since 1910 and Knoxville Tennessee at 177 818 residents rising 41 472 or 1141 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Lancaster
Knoxville
Tenn
Congressmen Cannot Move Toddy To Their Homes From Capital
Washington March 14 Congressmen seek to carry liquor ingredients in grips from Washington cellars to hometowns under new transport rules. Officials say lawmakers are not immune from punishment for violations of national prohibition law and only expired terms with bona fide residency changes may receive permits for transport. Returns to Internal Revenue Bureau reveal dry advocates’ drinking, with whisky and wine stored in padlocked warehouses or kept for family reasons to avoid loss through burglary.
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Washington
Capitol
Internal Revenue Bureau
Ship Tonnage Beats Pre-War Record Despite Inferior Service
Washington March shows world ship tonnage higher than before the war yet service remains under half. J H Rosseter former director of operations of the shipping board told the Senate commerce committee that delays reduce vessel efficiency. He endorsed a government sale of wooden ships at 50 per ton without trade restrictions and urged cargo ships of 10000 tons at 18 to 14 knots to establish guaranteed return routes to make New York a financial center.
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Washington
J. H. Rosseter
The
Shipping Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Fletcher
Florida
Rosseter
Rossetter
New York
London
Shipping board plans to take over Hamburg routes
The Shipping Board explores an arrangement with Hamburg-American to transfer sixty prewar world trade routes to American lines. Senate commerce panel backed the plan ten to four. The board would not directly contract with Hamburg. it would assist American companies in selling or chartering ships to take over routes to the United States, South America, the Orient, and beyond.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Payne
Jones
Slamburg-American Line
Saile
Ita
Hamburg-American Inc
Germany
United States
South America
Orient
Hamburg
American Steamship Lines
Express Company Seeks Rate Hike From Board
Washington march 14 the american railway express company filed with the interstate commerce commission asking increases ranging from 10 to 75 percent to raise about 25 million dollars in extra annual revenue. they cite need for better facilities equipment and to cover rising operating costs and wage growth noting a 22 million dollar deficit for 1919 and 15.7 million for six months of 1918. the proposal would raise commodity rates by 25 percent east of the mississippi and north of the ohio, while other areas would see a ten percent rise.
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Washington
American Railway Express Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Ohio Rivers
Judge Rejects Jury Verdict In Armistice Day Murder Case
In Montesano Washington Judge John M. Wilson rejected a jury verdict in the Warren O. Crimm murder trial after ordering a new deliberation. The jury had acquitted Elmer Smith and Mike Sheehan, found Loren Roberts insane, and convicted several defendants of second and third degree murder, but the court voided it for not conforming to instruction on degree of murder. A threatening letter was noted but its contents were not disclosed.
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Montesano
Wash
I. W W
Warren O. Crimm
Centralia
John M. Wilson
Elmer Smith
Mike Sheehan
Loren Roberts
James McInenery
Ray Becker
O. C. Bland
Britt Smith
Eugene Barnett
John John Lamb
Wilson
Robbers Blow Safes In Office Buildings
Philadelphia report details three men who chloroformed and bound a watchman, robbed two safes in the Baker building and the Hydro Electric and Ocean County Electric offices. About $368,250 in securities were taken, with $115,000 negotiable, $110,000 negotiable, and $5,000 negotiable. Authorities have no clues to the robbers.
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Philadelphia
Baker Building
Chestnut Street
Sixteenth
Weghtmen
Hydro-electric Corporation
Ocean County Electric Company
Is Soviet Government Better Than Our Own
A plain explanation of Bolshevist rule by Burton TL French, Rep. from Idaho, presented as a simple comparison to prior governments. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States distributed a booklet and The Whig offers readers a free copy for study.
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Burton TL
Congress
Ddahe
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
The
Whig
New German Counter Revolt Names Kapp Chancellor
Berlin reports state a counter revolution installed Dr Wolfgang Kapp as virtual dictator with General Von Luettwitz as minister of war. A Berlin cabinet and no bloodshed through the weekend, while Ebert’s troops reportedly joined the rebels and calls for elections were suspended.
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Washington
Berlin
State Department
Wolfgang Kapp
Kapp
General von Luettwitz
Ebert
Noske Surrenders to Royalist Government in Berlin
London dispatch reports Herr Noske minister of defense in the Ebert government surrendered to the new royalist regime in Berlin. The report cites Berlin sources and notes the shift in government control amid postwar turmoil.
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London
Herr Noske
Ebert
Berlin
Troops Occupy Berlin and Baden Government Dispute
Baden proclaims nonrecognition of the Berlin government and vows support for its own at Karlsruhe. In Berlin, Chancellor Kapp ousts Ebert, creating rival German governments. Berlin troops and naval brigades secure the capital. massed units move into provinces while calls for a general strike spread.
New Chancellor Blames Socialists in Berlin Proclamation
Berlin dispatch reports Chancellor Kapp and Major General Von Luettwitz issuing a manifesto blaming the socialist government for taxation, press suppression, and failed production. They call for a lawful return to order and promise to cooperate with independents to frame laws aiding workers while stressing internal German questions.
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Berlin
Kapp
von Luettwitz
Germany
National Assembly
Erzberger
Germany overthrows Ebert in Berlin counter revolution
Berlin reports a counter revolutionary movement successful in the forenoon, ousting the Ebert government from Berlin and installing a new administration. President Ebert and his cabinet offered no armed resistance and have moved to Dresden, where the seat of government is established.
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Berlin
Germany
Ebert
Dresden
Noske's Troops Join Garrison In Berlin
Berlin March 13 The Doebrits garrison mainly Baltic troops marched past Brandenburg gate and joined Berlin security police at government buildings The Ebert cabinet fled after an all night session with the marine brigade patrolling Wilhelmstrasse Two ministers remained and formed the government Barbed wire fortifications surrounded the Reichstag and other works Placards proclaimed Halt Anyone going further will be shot.
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Doebrits
Brandenburg Gate
Iigs
Niske
Greater Berlin
Ebert
Wilhemstrasse
Tr. Schiffer
Albert
Riechstag
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Hamburg Lines
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Quincy Whig Information Bureau
Frederick J. Haskin
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Baden
Entente
Lenine
Hague
Paris
Department of State
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Neuske
Doeberitz
Cabinet
Marine Briades
Tiergarten
Wilhelmstrasse
von Kapp
Koenigsberg
von Leuttwitz
Noaske
Gustav Noske
GHECK
Karlsrune
von Davans
Friedrich Ebert
German Republic
Fatherland
Gustav Bauer
Wilhelm II
Admiral von Trotha
Field Marshall von Hindenburg
Gottlieb von Jagow
Baron von Falkenhausen
Belgium
Noske
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