Allied council orders dismantling of Helgoland fort
The supreme allied war council decided to dismantle the fortifications on Helgoland in the North Sea. It also proposes internationalizing the canal with tolls to cover maintenance and possibly keeping German sovereignty on the waterway. Consideration is given to Helgoland’s future as a peaceful port.
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Paris
Helgoland
Germanny
North Sea
Supreme
Allied War Council
Helgeland
Weimar Assembly Reconvenes Soon in Berlin Plan
Associated Press reports from Berlin dated March 17 say the national assembly, adjourned until March 20, will reconvene this week if Pan peace negotiations proceed by March 20. The cabinet will return to Weimar at week’s end and the plan to move the assembly to Berlin is abandoned. May end will see a constitutional parliament sit in Berlin amid complex Prussian financial safeguards and looming food shortages.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Nosaische Zeitung
National Assembly
Pans
Weinard
Oto
Prussia
Protest Statements of Gen Blatchford in Panama
Panama March 19 Amer can canal employees circulate a petition to the secretary of war protesting General Richard M Blatchford remarks on moral conditions in the canal zone. Former Representative Daniel J Gaffin of New York with a congressional party visiting Panama protests General Blatchford for forbidding an Irish meeting on St Patrick's Day to urge Ireland inclusion in the League of Nations as a free nation.
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Panama
Amercan Canal
Secretary of War
Cermun
Richard M. Blatchford
United States
Canal Zone
Cone
Daniel J. Gaffin
New York
Congressional
Pana
Blatchford
Irsh
St Patrick's Day
League of Nations
Ireland
Cabinet Discusses Extra Session Plan
Washington March 10 The cabinet discussed a possible extra session of Congress at the weekly meeting. Members do not plan further recommendations to the President, believing Secretary Glass already explained the situation to the President. The issue centers on unmet appropriation bills due to the last congress. Tre Pas March 19 A Royal Northwest Mounted Police officer Sergeant Thompson arrived here Tuesday after mushing 9098 miles over a snow trail with his sled dog team. Thompson brought the Indian from Camp Trout Lake.
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Washington
Congress
Glass
Tre Pas
Mum
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Sargeant Thompson
Mushing
Thompson
Luke
Prices of Bread In Berlin Higher Under New Plan
Berlin report on bread prices under a new plan faces a difficult fix as imports raise costs. Bread at 60 pfennigs for two pounds may rise little to avoid discontent. Food ministry plans to ration and price fix while supplementing with imported flour to balance ration needs. Pork products issue deemed less difficult.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
Food Ministry
Dt Walt
Senate pares down Chicago film censorship power
In Springfield the Illinois Senate, by 2 to 17, eliminated an amendment that granted Chicago home rule over motion picture censorship. The bill, advanced to third reading, faced heated debate as supporters and opponents argued for and against state versus local control and the scope of censorship beyond religious or educational content.
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Chicago
Springfield
HL. Marin
Senate
Essington
Streator
Othe Essington
Austin
Cmovies
Frank Bo Weindling
Shelbeville
Edward J. Glachin
John Densid
Walter J. Manny
Mt. Sterling
John Barbesti
Harold Kessinger
Aurora
London Money Market Shows Nervousness
London dealers faced nervousness after France abandoned exchange controls, with fears of destabilization spreading to New York rates. Cable transfers to London fell while dollars traded around 169 per pound sterling, and some bids reached 4.67, despite New York’s rate at 4.764. Authorities were expected to stabilize the New York exchange to prevent wider disruption.
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London
Simar
New York Exchange
New York
Negotiations Report on Panama Islands Lease Claim
The Panama Star and Herald reports United States plans a 99 year lease from Colombia for San Andres and New Providence islands off the north coast near Colón. The alleged payment is forty million dollars. The islands are valued for military importance near the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal.
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Panama
Cartanena
Panama Star and Herald
United States
Columbia
San Adreas
New Providence
Colon
Panama Canal
Powers to Put Draft in Treaty
Paris reports that Lord Robert Cecil said the Monroe Doctrine is strengthened by the League of Nations if it means noninterference by Europe without U S consent, though he doubts placing one power in a special position in the league. A Paris bulletin notes no final treaty decisions yet, with plans unchanged to complete the peace treaty within two weeks and the league of nations in view.
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United States
League of Nations
Lord Robert
League
Assectted
Paris
Wilson
David Lievd George
Marcmenceau
Imam Questins
White House
Louse
Orlando
Italy
Great Britain
France
Andre Tardien
Peter Abtoyietion
Mo Louecheur
Pren Howontsier
Arrvado
Jeps
Lord Sumner
Norman Davisy
Baron Makino
Viscount Chinda
Colonel House
League of Nations Commission
Lloyd George
Secretary Glass Approves Changes to War Time Life Policies
Secretary Glass approves conversion regulations for soldiers and sailors wartime insurance to standard government life forms. Policies include ordinary life and endowments with liberal privileges, cash and loan values, disability payments, and tax exemptions. Premiums may be paid monthly or annually, with eligibility for dividends. Attorney General Paler opinion clears final issuance obstacle.
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Washinington
Glass
Palmer
Blames Mayor Hyan For New York Crime
New York March 19 Alderman Quinn Republican held Mayor Ny lan and the police responsible for the lawless condition in the city. He warned that if his motion for a police situation investigation failed, a state legislative inquiry would rest. The motion was defeated 41 to. Quinn said crime has grown and urged action to curb it.
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New York
Nylan
Police
Qoutnn
Board of Aldermen
Quinn
Gay Smith
Railroad Property Sold to France in Paris Auction
The American Relief and Expeditionary Forces surplus properties including railroads warehouses and barracks in Paris are being prepared for sale. The War Assets Commission seeks best bid figures while negotiating disposal of these assets amid large-scale decommissioning and transfer plans involving Poland the Balkans and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washiington
American Red Crogs Commission
France
Red Cross
Associated Press
Paris
Ican
Prange
Ameren Iaund
Ation Commission
Italy Outlines Adriatic Claims At Paris Peace Talks
Italy presented its Adriatic and Alpine ambitions to the Paris peace conference delegates. It seeks Trentino and Upper Adige to Brenner, plus Gorizia Trieste Pola and Fiume with the Italian coast Dalmatian islands. It says it has voluntarily yielded most of the eastern Adriatic shore and southern Dalmatia to Jugoslavia.
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New York
Italy
Alps
Adriatic
Paris
Italian Bureau of Information
Trentininto
Upper Adige
Brenner
Gorizia
Trieste
Pola
Fiume
Dalmatia
Flood Waters Recede Across Kansas Rivers
Flood waters in central, northeastern and southern Kansas caused by unprecedented rains are receding rapidly. The Kaw river crest reached Bonner Springs with limited damage while high water in the Big and Little Arkansas rivers and the Smoky Hill at Junction City also fell. Hundreds of acres of farmland in the Kaw valley were damaged.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Kaw River
Bonner Springs
Arkansas
Junction City
Kaw Valley
Pritchard Resigns Eureka College Presidency
Bloomington TL March 18 O Pritchard has resigned as president of Eureka College Eureka TL to become secretary of the board of education of the Disciples church.
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Bloomington
O. Pritchard Hag
Eureka College
Eureka
Board of Education
The
Disciples Church
Brewers of West Will Not Resume Making Beer Now
Brews will not restart production of beer with 234 percent alcohol until legality is clear and in line with President Wilson's proclamation and New York brewers’ actions. A A Busch of Anheuser Busch says no restart without Washington ruling. Chicago Brewers' Protective president Legner says no steps toward 244 percent beer. consensus to take no action pending further guidance.
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St, Louis
Wilson
New York
A. A. Busch
Anheuser- Busch Brewing Association
Washington
Chicago
William G. Legner
Chicago Brewers’ Protective Association
Denial of Taft League Differences Reported in New York
In New York on March 19 the Enforce Peace group led by Howard Yuit denied that the Taft League is split by serious differences over the proposed League of Nations covenant. The statement noted only eight resignations among 400,000 members and said Taft supports the Paris covenant though he favors strengthening it and endorsing stricter Monroe Doctrine language.
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New York
Mic
Mt Howard Yuit
Ordered Home From France In Major Troop Move
Washington reports the largest homeward troop movement since hostilities ceased. About 30 000 officers and men of the American expeditionary forces sail aboard two cruisers Montana and Pueblo and transports, with units from the 37th and 38th divisions and the 2nd coast artillery, arriving ports between March 24 and April 2. Casual companies from Illinois Michigan and Iowa aboard ships George Washington Santa Olivia Pearl Shell and others. Tank corps units arrive in New York aboard Europa and Missouri. Additional units sail from France on four transports and cuss Montana, including casual companies from New York Illinois and other states. Newport News sees 1026 officers and men aboard the South Carolina and Louisiana with casual companies from multiple states and nine civilians.
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Washington
France
American Expeditionary Forces
War Department
Montana
Pueblo
T2nd Coast Artillery Regiment
American
Illinois
New York
Michigan
Iowa
Mllinois and
van Iowa
Pearl Shell
Tank Corps
Europa
Marseilles
306Th Brigade Tank Corps
305Th Brigade
Counry
106Th
Missouri
New York National
Newport News
South Carolina
Virginia
Texas
Indiana
Ilinois
Ohio
Louisiana
Minnesota
Alabama
Wisconsin
Allies reach armistice terms in Paris accord
Paris reports March 18 that Tha Petit Youris fon announces an agreement between the allies on the arts of occupation and the strength required. The statement signals a forthcoming arrangement shaping postwar duties and regional control.
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Paris
Tha Petit
Yourisfon
Congress May Ratify as Rebuke to Wilson
In Washington on March 19 Senator Lenroot Republican Wisconsin said Congress may pass a joint resolution ending the war with Germany without a peace treaty if Wilson does not negotiate a satisfactory treaty. He warned the league constitution could coerce Senate, urged amendments to protect American interests, and suggested Congress may declare the war ended instead.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Congress
Germany
League of Nations
Lenrort
League
United States
Lemrout
Great Britain
America
True Copy Of Soldiers' Discharge Accepted
Washington March 19 regulations on the $60 veterans bonus were amended by the war department to allow disbursing officials to accept a true copy of discharge certificates instead of the original documents. Copies must be certified by the army recruiting officers near the soldiers residence.
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Washington
War Department
Longworth Replies to Mann on House Control
Rep Longworth of Ohio answers Rep Mann Illinois by urging him to keep his hands off the organization and legislative control of the new house. He says such assurances would be welcomed by Republicans and patriotic Americans and could lead to harmony and success in 1920.
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Washington
Mann Oflinois
Longworth
Ohio
House of Representatives
Mann
Illinois River Tightens As Floodwaves Reach Rail Lines
Ottawa Illinois March 18 The Illinois river rose over the weekend flooding railroad tracks near Starved Rock. Franksie has been suspended from Ottawa to LaSalle and Princeton due to rising waters.
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Ottawa
Ulis Nevis
Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Railroad
Starved Rock
Reed Defends Caution On League Of Nations At Legislature
United States Senator James A. Reed of Missouri addressed a joint meeting of the state legislature calling the league constitution the most strangely constructed document and urging disarmament of Germany. He criticized the league amid cheers for President Wilson, prompting sixteen Democratic representatives to leave the hall.
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Efferson City
League of Nations
United States
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
League
Senator Reed
Great Britain
Germany
Wilson
Bomb Explodes Kills Mrs Greenwood in Garden
Oakland Calif March 19 Mrs George Greenwood wife of the vice president of the Savings Union Bank and Trust company of San Francisco was killed by a bomb in her garden Tuesday night. Police say a letter demanding 5000 and threatening to destroy the home was sent to Greenwood in January. They believe the initials C C and C may link to threats sent to Governor Stephens last year. No witnesses and the body was found near a brick wall indicating the blast occurred there. Deputy district attorney Myron T Harris says they have information on those responsible and expect arrests.
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Oakland
Calif
George Greenwood
Savings Union Bank and Trust Company of
San
Greenwood
Stephens
Sacramento
Greenwoal
Myron T. Harris
Danish Cabinet Resigns But King Demands Continuation
Copenhagen reports the Danish cabinet led by Premier Zahte has withdrawn its resignation after political talks failed to form a coalition. The king asked the ministers to remain in office to resolve the ministerial crisis.
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Copenhagen
Zahte
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Gen. Blatchford
Panama Islands
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Eurekka
Brewers of
West
Taft League
Whig
Jim Mann
Tion
Blackmallers
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