Draft Men Favor New Army Plan
Washington March 18 Overwhelming endorsement of universal military training plus support for officer enlisted relations from 1330 selectives in Camp Devens mass just before demobilization. Report shows 79 percent glad of training 85 percent patriotism 79 percent support universal training. views on discipline show many criticisms of young officers.
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Washington
Camp Devens
Mass
War Department
Qur Military System
America
Reples
Hoden
Two Deaths Attributed To Lethargic Encephalitic Illness
Reports from local health officials indicate two fatalities linked to a lethargic encephalitic illness. Authorities are tracing possible contacts and urging vigilance amid Monday’s linked deaths. Medical examiners confirm cause pending further tests.
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Bonton
Elly
Brewers Told To Sell Beer By Attorneys
The Lager Beer Brewers board of trade of New York representing 42 brewing concerns said they would resume selling beer of 23 4 percent alcohol at once. Attorneys Root and Guthne advised that the action is not contrary to law, arguing the revenue department acted beyond authority and that near beer permits production before May 1.
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New York
Lager Beer Brewers Board of Trade of
New Jersey
Internal Revenue Department
Wilson
Elihu Root
William D. Guthne
Internal Revenue
Revenue Department
Messrs Root and
Guthne
Surrou Equity
Suburbs Cleared as Spartacans Hunted in March Uprising
Government troops report arrests of two independent leaders and a resident commander in Friederichshaven amid a general strike. Also seized are two aldermen, two workers, and one soviet member linked to the uprising. Troops found arms and ammunition in Lachtenbere. the suburb, cleared of Spartacans, is now under control.
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Radiosderf
Poederehshaver
Sparticans
Suetubet
Thane
Ta Viene
Ecuneray Woiheta Dnaven
Soenibret
Friederichshaven
Soviet
Msdo i
Lachtenbere
Stern
Associated Press
Berlin
Defense
Herr Noke
Spartacan
Froud
Daniels speaks to crew of Leviathan
Secretary Daniels who left New York Saturday on the transport Leviathan for France spoke to the ship's officers and crew in a radiogram to the navy department. He thanked the crew for hard work bringing back to America the soldiers who fought in France and said once all soldiers were returned they would be free to go home.
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Marcel
Daniels
New York
Levithan
France
Navy Department
America
High Waters Threaten Homes on Fox and Illinois Rivers
Ottawa March 18 Flood warning as Fox and Illinois rivers rise beyond banks forcing evacuations in river valleys. State armory wall rumors quelled as builders deny danger of relapse.
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Illinois
Ottawa
Tus
State Armory
Roper grants leniency on late income tax returns
Washington, March 18. Taxpayers who missed the first installment of income tax last Saturday must now pay the full tax on demand of a revenue collector unless they submit belated returns with a sworn explanation for delinquency. The 25 percent penalty may be avoided if the affidavit is filed within ten days. Delinquent returns accepted after March 13. full payment required if filing after March 19. Office crowds delayed processing as many small taxpayers faced a rush to resolve overdue taxes.
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Internal Revenue
Roper
Revenue Bureau
Roo
Mayo
Galesburg Seeks Federal Support for Soldier Employment Service
Dr BP TL Prenus, special representative, and Mark Crawford of the U S Employment Service urged Congress to fund three months of federal labor service for returning soldiers and sailors. The service may then return to pre war basis with local support from landlords and utilities paying staff salaries.
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Mavers
TL Prenus
Mark [Oo Crawford
United States Employment Service
Federal
Congress
Peentis
Galesburg
Steel Report Shows Decreased Earnings
Bethlehem Steel Corpo ration shows 1918 net income of 47,188,789 versus 53,979,360 in 1917, with net earnings of 14,930,000 down from 27,320,736 due to higher operation costs. Gross sales reached 448,419,808, up from 298,929,530. much of 1918 business was for the United States and Entente allies.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
IMIS
Charman Charles M. Schwab
P. K. Grace
United States
Drafting committee named for war responsibility report
Paris March 17 a drafting committee to prepare the final report of the commission on responsibility for the war was appointed by the commission today. The report after approval will be referred to the peace conference. One member each of the Italian British and American delegations comprise the committee
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Paris
Commission On Responsibility For
Danish Journalist Finds Keokuk a Typical American Town
Washington dispatch reports Anders Vigen, Danish journalist, returning home from a U.S. tour. He recalls New York as a disease and Pittsburgh as suffocating, yet notes Keokuk, Indiana, as a representative American town. He cites widespread home ownership and social welfare progress as a glimpse of a new America.
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Washington
Anders Vigen
Berlingske Tidende
Copenhagen
New York
Pittsburgh
America
Vigen
West
Keokuk
Emergency committee on employment for soldiers and sailors formed
Washington reports government agencies allied under the Council of National Defense organize the Emergency Committee on Employment for Soldiers and Sailors to mobilize rapid job placement using the existing United States Employment Service skeleton and 2000 volunteer bureaus. Colonel Woods stresses avoiding mass layoffs while aiding readjustment. Elliott Goodwin calls on employers to support the effort.
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Conncil of
National Defense
United States
Congress
Ted
Grasvye
Clarkson
Arthur Woods
Elliott Goodwin
Chamber of Commerce
Sucee
Germans Will Resist Advances In Silesia
Paris dispatch reports German military and civil authorities in Upper Silesia preparing to resist Polish and Czech claims. General Grosner leads the efforts as volunteers pour in from across Germany. Prague sources say trenches and barbed wire entanglements line the southern Silesian frontier with Germans well supplied with guns and ammunition.
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Paris
Upper Silesia
Warsaw
Silesa
Grosner
Germany
Prague
Silesia
Supreme council creates aeronautics commission
Paris March 17 The supreme council appointed a commission on aeronautics with American members Rear Admiral Ferry 8 Knapp and Brig General Mason M Patrick. The council named Belgium Greece Portugal Brazil Cuba and Romania to represent small nations.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Ferry 8
Knapp
Mason M. Patrick
Belgium
Areecea
Portugal
Brasil
Cuba
Rumania
Gemall
Recall of Old Ruler Debated in Prussian Diet
In Berlin the new Prussian diet debated restoring the office of the president of Prussia in the provisional constitution. Conservatives warned it would imitate a monarchy, while socialists pressed for a parliamentary inquiry into Berlin police damage. Troops guarded the diet opening as crossings were checked for weapons. the cabinet prospects centered on Herr Hirsch and Albert Suedekum amid a likely socialist-democrat majority.
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F’ress
Berlin
Prussian Diet
Prussia
Herr Hirsch
Interior
Albert Suedekum
Diet
Germany
Hhe
Twenteen Miemarks
Lichnowsky Named Likely U S Ambassador Candidate
Berlin dispatch reports Prince Charles Max Lichnowsky, former German ambassador to Britain, as a probable U S ambassador after peace. He created a sensation by blaming Germany for starting the war and saying Britain tried to avert hostilities, leading to his expulsion from the Prussian House of Lords.
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Ston Ragolm
Berlin
Svenska Dne Niadet
Charles Max Lichnowsky
Great Brita
United States
Prince Lichmowsky
SQIS
Germany
Great Britain
House of Lords
Chicago Santa Claus Fatally Injured in Auto Crash
Chicago officials report Santa Claus figure John M Wabbard a longtime assistant postmaster was struck by a car Monday near the post office. The 70 year old man known for distributing Christmas mail in a philanthropic role died from injuries.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
John M Wabbard
Mabbard
Mr. Hubbard
John McCormack Seeks Second Papers for Citizenship
Irish tenor John McCormack applied for his second papers for American citizenship in New York on March 18. He previously took out first papers in Philadelphia two years ago and marked St Patrick’s Day by singing The Wearing of the Green and The Star Spangled Banner at the Friendly Sons of St Patrick dinner. Born in Athlone Ireland, he arrived in the United States in 1909.
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New York
John McCormack
St. Patrick's Day
Philadelphia
the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
McCormack
Athilene
Ireland
Poland Given Route to Sea and Baltic Ports
Paris reports a plan by the peace conference commission on the Polish question for a corridor to the Baltic Sea. The corridor runs from the Baltic coast west of Danzig through Frische Nehrung to Frische Staff, marking borders with Germany and Poland and including Silesian regions Oppeln and Kewpen. The northern, eastern, and southern borders remain unfinished.
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Baltic Ports
Baltic
Danaig
Pomerania
Lauenburg
Konitz
Schneidemuhl
Frische = Nehrung
Frische Staff
Elbing
Osterode
Germany
Schneidemuh
Bernbatum
Lisa
Krotoschin
German Silesia
Oppeln
Kewpen
Netstedt
Ukraine Forces Take Przemyсл After Victory Claim
Associated Press reports Ukrainian troops entered Przemyśl with Poles in the northwest part of the town. Ukrainian advances also reach Lemberg suburb and the Przemysl Lemberz line, with traffic reportedly blocked.
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Associated Press
London
Przemiysl
Lemberg
Glass Requests War Risk Funds for Bureau Operations
Glass asked President Wilson to set aside over 3 million dollars from the Presidential War Emergency Fund to cover administrative costs of the War Risk Insurance Bureau for the coming months until Congress can appropriate funds. The President has not replied and funds for May and April payrolls and checks may be delayed if no early relief is found. The bureau employs about 16,000 staff, with payroll above 1 million monthly, and processes roughly 1.2 million checks monthly totaling over 40 million dollars, largely from the War Department for soldiers allotments. funds exist for allotments but not for added allowances beyond them.
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Secr
Tt Glass
Pressdent Willson
Tisk Insurance Bureau
Congress
War Department
Princess Pats Home Returns From Overseas Fight
HALIFAX March 18 The famous Princess Pats Canada s first troops to fight on French soil returned home aboard the Carmania from England The 49th battalion and the 40th and 6th Canadian mounted rifles also were aboard Only 32 of the arriving regiment were among the original unit overseas since 1914 The home comers are replacements to keep the regiment up to normal strength Fierce fighting and 13 notable engagements marred the unit s strength
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Halipax
Canada
Carmania
England
6Th
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Information on European reconstruction methods to be studied
Washington March 18 Information on how European nations are addressing reconstruction problems will be provided from a special study by the Employers Industrial Commission sent abroad by the Department of Labor. The commission sailed Monday from Mingland.
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DAPA
Washington
Employers Industrial Commission
Department of Labor
Commission
Mingland
Riots in Saxony Killings and Loot Spread Across Regions
Berlin dispatch reports 55 killed and 170 wounded in Halle riots with 280 arrested for pillaging and property stolen valued at 18 million marks. State of siege proclaimed in Ditterfeld Dititzsch Mersburg Koennern as peasants loot stores and authorities clamp down.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Halle
Ditterfeld
Dititzsch
Mersburg
Koennern
Windschlag
Offenburg
Bavaria
Food Commission
Germans Will Be In Paris by 1925
Paris dispatch reports Dr. Richard Von Kuehlmann declares in Echo De Paris that Germany will be rehabilitated quickly and former rulers hope to retain power. He predicts Germans will be in Paris before 1925 under favorable conditions.
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Paris
Kuehlmann
Cilavas
Richard von Kuehlmann
Echo de Paris
von Kuehlmann
Germany
von Ruehmann
Plan Cotton Export Body Under Webb Act
Washington March 18 Governor Harding of the federal reserve board urged creation of a cooperative cotton export corporation with about 50 million dollars capitalization. The plan, to be organized under the Webb act for foreign trade, would be financed partly by the War Finance Corporation. Southern cotton producers could pay for stock with liberty bonds they hold, and an appropriation of up to 1 billion dollars to exporters was discussed.
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Washington
Co-Operative Cotton Export Corporation
W. T. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Harding
Webb
Em. Roe
War Finance Corporation
Congress
Labor Body Studies Problem In Nations
In Paris on March 17 the commission on international labor legislation of the peace conference discussed difficulties in applying labor conventions across states with federal constitutions and remitted the issue to a sub committee. The panel also reviewed labor clauses for inclusion in the peace treaty, with Samus CG vipers presiding.
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Paris
Commission On International Labor Legislation
Peace Conference
Samus CG Vipers
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