Allies May Have To Take Action Against Bolshevik Threat
London reports warn of Bolshevik advances in European Russia and a potential move toward Poland and the Baltic states. British leaders including Lloyd George, Churchill, Long, Beanly, and Wilson were summoned to Paris for urgent military consultations amid fears of further Bolshevik expansion and possible pressure on Warsaw.
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London
Germany
Winstom Spencer Churchill
Walter Hume Long
Ihe Admiralty
Fsaron Beanly
Grand Fleet
Henry Wilson
Imperial Staff
Paris
Lloyd George
Rast
European
Russia
Odessa
Europe
Poland
Baltic States
Warsaw
Senate talks open on treaty reservations compromise
At a bipartisan round table with Senate leaders, formal negotiations toward a compromise on treaty reservations began. No agreements were reached after a two hour session with Republicans and five Democrats, a meeting noted for progress in informal talks, with another session hoped to follow in Senate circles.
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Washington
Senate
Evacuation Notice Amid German Advances in Silesia
Fragmentary report notes German troops evacuating Silesia with references to Berlin and Jan 14. Details are incomplete but indicate movement and security actions during wartime. Names, places, and precise actions remain unclear from the readable text.
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Silesia
Berlin
High Commission Control of Occupied Rhineland Areas
The Rhineland high commission becomes the supreme allied authority in occupied Germany with Coblenz headquarters. Paul Tirard of France leads the commission while Major General Henry J. Allen issues armistice zone orders. Pierrepont B. Noires heads the American section awaiting U.S. treaty decisions.
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Coblenz
Germany
United States
Rhineland
High Commission
Paul Tirard
France
Antesican
United States Senate
Henry J. Allen
Commission
Pierrepont B. Noires
State Department
Deplores Crime Wave at Toronto Assizes
Mr Justice Middleton told the grand jury at the opening of the assizes that crime was rising despite prohibition and jail populations grew. He urged jurors to suggest practical curb measures, noting crime seemed to sweep the world.
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Toronto
Justice Middleton
Assizes
Manitoba Police Force Increased
Manitoba announces a strengthened police force to be ready April 1 with sixty trained men. Col. J. G. Rattray heads the department and elimination of special constables and their extra duties is a key feature of the new system. United States expeditionary troops in Siberia will begin withdrawal, with some returning to the Philippines before U.S. study of full evacuation.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
J. G. Rattray
U.S
Siberia
Washington
United States
Baker
Philippines
Trade slump with United States noted in dispatch
A garbled dispatch notes a downturn in trade with the United States for the month, contrasting with Britain. It mentions a decrease of about 1.5 million and references shipments and figures, though many details are unclear due to OCR errors.
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United States
Ottawa Cabinet Takes Up Newsprint Shortage Crisis
The cabinet discusses the newsprint shortage caused by the Fort Frances Pulp and Paper company defying paper controller R A Pringle. Officials indicate the Paper controller will have full support and orders must be carried out, with Mounted Commissioner Peery noted in the proceedings.
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Mounted Police
Ottawa
Cabinet Council
Fort Frances Pulp and Paper Company
R. A. Pringle
Commissias
Ten Million For Technical Education
Professor L Woon Gill, director of technical education, will visit the Pacific Coast conference on technical education with western provincial governments. Canada’s federal government has set aside ten million dollars to promote technical education over ten years, with agreements requiring provinces to match the funds from the Dominion government.
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L2 Woon
Ottawa
Profesor
L. W. ‘Gill
Federal
Department ‘of Labor
Gilde
Domision
Berlin Riots Toll Stated At Forty-Two Killed
Berlin reports confirm 42 killed and about 105 wounded in Reichstag clashes. Reuters Berlin correspondent notes Berlin papers estimate higher casualties with eye witnesses citing as many as 50 killed and 100 wounded as street patrols were reinforced and violent street clashes occurred.
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London
Reuters
Berlin
Wedresul
Reichstag
Reuter
Youths in Chicago Face Half Million Bail Bonds Set
Five youths under 22 charged with multiple robberies and attempted murder of policemen must post bonds totaling $420,000 after Judge Jarecki declared the figure would keep them from further trouble. Leader Henry Olsen faces $180,000 bond, with the next highest at $90,000.
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Chicago
Jarecki
Henry Olsen
Italian Flier Completes 435 Mile Saloniki to Adalia Flight
Caproni airplane left Saloniki on Saturday and arrived at Adalia Sunday afternoon covering about 435 miles at roughly 72 miles per hour. The Rome-Tokio route being prepared by the Italian government aims to connect Rome and Tokio via this path. Admiral Napier to Visit U S Br I Admiral Sir Trevelyan Napier, veteran of Jutland, will visit the United States within ten days en route to Bermuda to assume command of North America and West Indies stations. Bryan predicts treaty ratification Chicago Bryan, en route to Washington, says the Peace Treaty will be ratified soon by the Senate and that public demand requires swift action.
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Saloniki
Adaka
Caproni
Rome
Admiral Napier
U. S
New York
Trevelyan Napier
Jutland
United States
Bermuda
North America
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Washington
Senate
Bryan
Six Years to Force Prohibition in Midwest
Federal prohibition agents in Chicago plan a six year program to enforce dry laws. H A Gaylord deputy commissioner of internal revenue in Washington ndc addressed agents and selection in mid western states about expanding enforcement nationwide.
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Chicago
United States
H. A.’ Gaylord
Internal Revenue
Washington, D.C
Bolshevik Push Report From Siberia Battlefront
London reports a Bolshevik communique claiming rapid Bolshevik advance in Siberia along the trans-Siberian railway with seventeen Polish legion columns captured, sixteen guns, and 20,000 men, as forces seize Balaya station near Krasnoyarsk and fight continues near Reval and Jacobstadt.
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London
Siberia
Balaya Station
Krasnyarsk
Reval Station
Jacobstadt
Balshkevik
Stranded Canadian Soldiers To Be Repatriated From England
Ottawa questions reveal a plan to bring 3000 discharged Canadians from England to Canada. Hon J A Calder, minister of immigration and colonization, says some CEF members discharged abroad face hardship and will be considered individually for repatriation, though numbers remain uncertain.
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England
Onttawa
Canada
J. A. Calder
Immigration and Colonization
C.E.F
Manitoba veterans back $200 million plan for recon and re establishment
The Manitoba command of the Great War Veterans association adopted a resolution urging the federal government to set aside 200 million dollars for a reintegration policy. The plan, under the G W V A re establishment program, calls for a broad development system for Dominion natural resources.
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Winnipeg
G.W.V.A
Manitoba
Great War Veterans' Association
Dominion
Robbers Surprised as 1600 Cases Whisky Stolen
Police say a planned car raid aimed to steal 1600 cases of whiskey worth about 216000 en route from St Louis to Winnipeg. Jack Burke, a local prizefighter, was shot dead by a police officer during the incident. Harry Rabinovitch of Winnipeg arraigned on conspiracy charges, pleads not guilty, remanded without bail of 25000. Ontario forms film censorship board to oversee posters and ads in theatres with penalties. Alberta reports 1919 liquor sale profits near 100000. Saskatchewan population listed as 833267 per premier’s figures.
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U.S. St. Pap
Winnipeg
St. Louis
Jack Burke
Harry Rabinovitch
Ontario
The
Telegram
Toronto
Film Exchange
Jailer's Death and Escape Shocks Minot Jail
Ward Merrill on a bootlegging sentence shot and killed Ernie Thompson the jailer through the forehead and escaped. Prisoners and locals joined authorities in a wide search as Merrill was later arrested after aides and officials traced the incident to the jail and secured his detention amid investigations into the gunfire.
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McCrill
Minot
N.D
Ward Merrill
Ernie Thompson
Bit
Thompson
Ward McCrill
Fdllonton
Alberta
Disorder in Reichstag as Kandler denounces street tyranny
Berlin dispatch reports continued disorder in the Reichstag when Deputy Kandler moved to deliver a speech regretting the Thessay incidents. The Independents repeatedly interrupted him as he warned against minority rule and cited bloodshed since the peace treaty ratification. formal note from Melbourne on German trade and customs shifts follows.
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Berlin
London
National Assembly
Kandler
Thessay
Exchange
Herr Kanhter
Germany
Holland to join League plans on Rhine shipping
The foreign minister announced that although Hajlagé had not yet pledged full entry, gates have been sent to Paris to arrange Holland's participation in the league's Rhine shipping plans.
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Holland
League
Hague - Jonkheen Karnebeck
Hajlagé
Paris
Rhine
British mission reports halted Bolshevik advance in Odessa
The British mission at General Denikin's Ekaterinodar headquarters says the Caucasus army repulsed five frontal assaults and a left flank turn along the Aksai river. It confirms Don Cossack forces hold the Don river line and Reds failed to force river crossings. report of Denikin's supersession is false.
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Denikine
Ekaterindar
Aksai River
Odessa
Wrangie
Don River
Aksai
Nikipoitopal
Americans killed in clash with Russian armored train
A Daily Mail correspondent reports two Americans killed and three wounded after they captured an armored train commanded by General Semenoff near Lake Baikal and Verkhneudinsk in Transbaikal. The report notes the action involved All Russian armies during the incident.
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London
Sem‘anoff
Lake Baikal
Verkiendinsk
Transbaikal
Corres‘pondent
Y Farbin
Short Production Principal Cause Of High Prices
G W Warren of Coryell University argues war costs inflated values cause high prices not profiteering or wages. He predicts a very substantial price drop in five to fifteen years though prewar levels may never return. Other items note a bank robbery in Philadelphia and Sir Edmund Walker urging Canada to boost production to avoid a price surge.
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Ing
G. WW. ‘Warren
Coryell University
Manitoba Rural Credit Societies
Warren
Toronto
Canada
Edvhurd Walker
Bank of Commerce
Edrund
Sir Edmund
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Hohenzollirn
Eagainet International
Grea
Australia
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Denitein
Philadelphia
Perea
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