President Wilson and Lloyd George Push League Plan
Paris February 7 1919 President Wilson and Premier Lloyd George conferred on the Russian situation the league of nations and peace conference issues. The plan for the league is rapidly advanced with a plenary ratification eyed before Wilson departs to the United States.
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John Hdwin Nevin
Paris
Wilson
Lloyd George
England
League of Nations
United Tes
America
Great Britain
American Congress
London
Russia
Prince’s
Sea of Marmora
Foreign Office
Supreme Inter-Allied War Council
United States
Germany
Berlin
France
League
Alsace
of Nations
Cretaly
Lansing
Anne
Sorcce
First Humor in Peace Parleys at the Conference
Paris February 7 Prince Feisal, backed by Rustem Haidar, proposed a vast Arab empire over non Turkish Asia Minor including Mesopotamia Syria Arabia and Baghdad. Diplomats called it a pleasantry, noting Hedjaz ruler would be a British/French mandate under the League of Nations. Feisal’s pay and influence were linked to British support and the empire’s feasibility remains doubtful.
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Robert J. Prew
Paris
Prince Feisal
Rustem Haidar
Hedjaz
Asia Minor
Aden
Gulf of Alexandretta
Diarbekr
Persia Gulf
Kurdistan
Mesopotamia
Syria
Arabia
Yemen
Aleppo
Damascus
Bagdad
Mcedina
Great Britain
France
League of Nations
England
United States
Allenby
Palestine
Germany Growing Aggressive Again
Paris reports the supreme inter allied war council at Versailles discussed Germany's rising aggression after the Spartacists' defeat. They plan to question the Berlin government over troop movements toward Poland and blocking supplies via Dantzig. German passports for a mission to list seized property were denied until Alsace Lorraine grip loosens. Haircuts 50 Cents in Chicago.
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Paris
Germany
Inter‘allied War Council
Versailles
Poland
Dantzig
Ebert
Berlin
Alsace
Lorraine
Alfred Helfferich
War Council
Mediation, arbitration clash in world peace plan
The piece discusses the scope of an empire like Britain and potential controversies, noting France's objections to compulsory arbitration unless the league can enforce decisions and uphold global peace. It recalls that US treaties depend on congressional action for force, citing the Danish West Indies purchase as an example.
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United States
France
Leagues
America
Congress
Danish West Indies
Lansing
Brotherhoods Seek Government Run Railroads Plan
Washington reports the Big Four railroad brotherhoods urged in the Senate Commerce Committee for direct government ownership and a single operating trust. Glenn Plumb outlined a federal, director controlled railroad company with labor and government dividends, rate adjustments, and a five percent net revenue cap to drive rate cuts.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce
Glenn E. Plarshh
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of
Brotherhood of
Ratway
United States
Board of Directors
Plumb
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reunen
Government Exchange
Congress
Husband Convicted Fined as Wife Curses Detective
In Waterbury on February 7 Anthony Alafano was fined 200 dollars and costs and sentenced to six months in jail for assault on Louis Leroy chief detective of the Oakville Pin Co. The accused man struck Leroy with a pick handle when told there was no work. The wife of Alafano cursed Leroy and caused a courtroom scene. An appeal bond of seven hundred dollars was set.
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Waterbury
Anthony Alafano
Louis Leroy
Oakville Pin Co
Leroy
Alafano
Paterson Strike Agreement Reached For Silk Mills
A tentative agreement for 30,000 silk mill workers to return to work was reached in Paterson New Jersey by a joint committee of strikers and employers. The plan would set a 47 hour work week until the National War Labor Board renders a decision, and will be reviewed for final ratification at tonight’s session.
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Paterson
N. J
National War Labor Board
Stamford Nurse Returns From Front After 18 Months
Stamford resident Miss Dorothy A. Finley, a trained nurse, has arrived home from France after eighteen months serving as a United States Army nurse. She was aboard a torpedoed boat en route to France and worked in hospitals bombed by German air forces, yet she returns unharmed and in excellent spirits and health.
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Stamford
Dorothy A. Finley
France
United States Army
France Restores Diplomatic Ties With Finland
France, awaiting allied powers on Finland's independence, has decided to resume diplomatic relations with Finland. The dispatch reports this move as part of ongoing allied discussions and signals a formal restoration of ties.
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France
Finland
Washington
High Commission
Monroe Doctrine in danger as guardianship plan debated
Washington in February debates defend the Monroe Doctrine while considering U S guardianship over Armenia and Constantinople. Senators Johnson Borah and Reed criticize mandatory powers and fear a shift in U S stance as Wilson returns from Paris with details likely to ease opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Armenia
Lithuania
Europe
League of Nations
Paris
Uncle Sam
Constantinople
Johnson
California
Borah
Idaho
Reed
Missouri
United States
American
Wilson
Legislators Eye Europe Trip as June Session Looms
Washington reports indicate many senators and representatives plan a European trip after the presiding term ends and before a likely special session. They aim to observe battlefields and assess peace conference progress while seeking to influence the delay of the session. Democratic leaders anticipate no special session before the first week of June, amid possible filibusters and ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Senate
New Trinity Head Candidate Keppel Discussed by Alumni
Hartford February 7 The name of Dr Frederick Paul Keppel former dean of Columbia College and now assistant secretary of war is under serious discussion by Trinity alumni and trustees as a possible successor to President Flover S Luther No advances have been made but his name is receiving attention from the special trustees committee Keppel who served seven years as Columbia Dean before joining the War Department in 1917 is regarded by many Trinity alumni as having exceptional qualifications for the presidency.
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Hartford
Frederick Paul Keppel
Columbia College
Trinity
Flover S. Luther
Keppel
Columbia University
War Department
Baker
Clash in Hamburg Kills Four Civilians and One Sailor
Berlin reports that government forces and Spartacides clashed in Hamburg killing four civilians and one sailor and wounding twelve others. Two thousand Spartacides marched on the government headquarters to protest Kiel to Bremen food shipments intended for the fighting forces in Bremen.
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Berlin
London
Hamburg
Kiel
Bremen
Louisiana Senator Re-elected at Rivers and Harbors Meet
Senator Joseph B. Ranedell of Louisiana, twelve times president of the National Rivers and Harbors congress, was unanimously re-elected at the annual convention in Washington. S. A. Thompson of Washington and John S. Martin of St. Louis were re-elected secretary-treasurer and sergeant at arms respectively.
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Washington
Joseph B. Ranedell
Louisiana
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
S. A. Thompson
Washington, D. C
John S. Martin
St. Louis
Metal Prices Vary Across Months and Regions
Lead prices show unsettled trends with East St. Louis spot and February and March offers at 6. Speller firm. East St. Louis spot for February and March at 350 to 650, while April May and June range from 635 to 645.
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New York
East St. Louis
Speller
Mine Sweeper Erin's Isle Sunk at Thames Mouth
London reports the mine sweeper Erin's Isle sunk by a mine at the mouth of the Thames today with 39 lives lost and 28 survivors landed at Penarth.
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London
Erin’s Isle
Thames
Penarth
26th Division To Be Relieved Soon In France
Economy France Feb 7 The 26th division US army Yankee division to be relieved from duty soon. General order states relief follows establishment of new embarkation area. Details recap St Mihiel Meuse Argonne actions from Sept 1918 to armistice Nov 13. No definite sailing date set, likely around March 12.
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France
United States Army
Liggett
St. Mihiel
Les Liparges
St. Remy
Dormmertin
Vigneulles
Hannonville
Bois Dormant
Beileau Bois
Ville, Devant
Chaumont
Hermes Bois
LaVille Bois
la Chaume
eben _Moon
Jugo Slavs Recognized by U S Peace Effort
Secretary Lansing announced that the United States recognizes the union of Jugo Slavs and Serbians into a greater Serbia. The note recalls U S sympathy for Slav peoples and freedom from Austro Hungarian rule, while frontier borders remain to be settled by the peace conference.
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Lansing
America
Paris
Robert Lansing
American Peace Commission
United States
Serbia
Kingdom of
Servia
Conquest of Hamburg outlined by Weimar cabinet
The Ebert government plans a Hamburg operation similar to Bremen against the Spartacides. It aims to maintain port control due to incoming Entente food ships. Hamburg Spartacides are said to be organizing fiercely for defense against government troops.
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Hamburg
Weimar
Germany
Ebert
Bremen
Shipping Board Relggies Released to Shipping Firms
The United States Shipping Board today released several steamships from requisition. Parismina went to United Fruit Co. in New Orleans and then Venezuela to the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. at San Francisco. Fairmont was released to Coastwise Transportation Co. in New York. Clare was released to A. H. Bull Steamship Co. in Philadelphia.
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Shipping Board
Shi
Washington
Sournae
United States Shipping Board
United Fruit Co
New Orleans
Venezuela
Pacific Mail Steamship. Co
San Francisco
Fairmont, Coastwise Transportation Co
New York
Clare, A. H. Bull Steamship Co
Philadelphia
Czecho Slokaks Break Agreement Invasion Of Galicia
Paris reports the Polish national committee says Czecho Slovak forces have breached a pact and are invading Galicia from the south. Premier Paderewski telegraphed the committee seeking immediate Polish army dispatch to save Poland from a great calamity.
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Paris
Polish National Committee
Galacia
Paderewski
Poland
Five Thousand Troops Sail From France
The United States cruiser Huntington and transport Mercury have sailed from France carrying about 5,000 homecoming American troops. They are due in New York on February 15 and Newport News on February 15 as well, officials announced today.
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Washington
United States
Huntington
Mercury
France
New York
Newport News
Rift in New York Republicans widens in speakership fight
Washington dispatch reports growing rift among New York state Republicans as they caucus over who should join the crucial ways and means committee. Fess’s entry muddies plans while Gillett and Mann vie for speaker, with Longworth, Fordney, and Pennsylvanians seeking a possible compromise slate.
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Washington
New York
House
Congress
Simon D. Fess
Ohio
Ways and Means
George W. Fairchild
Norman J. Gould
Luther W. Mott
Bertrand H. Snell
Gould
Mott
Frederick H. Gillett
Massachusetts
James H. Mann
Gillett
Illinois
Gillette
Mann
Fess
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
United States
Boss Penrose
Pennsylvania
Joseph W.W. Fordney
Michigan
Appropriations
Longworth
Fordney
James W. Good
Iowa
House Appropriations Committee
Good
Agriculture
Gilbert N. Haugen
Rivers and Harbors
Charles A. Kennedy
Horace M. Towner
Prohibition Enforcement Bill Submitted by Treasury Secretary
Secretary Carter Glass presented a bill to the House Judiciary Sub-Committee calling for thorough enforcement of wartime prohibition. The proposal serves as a substitute for the Berkeley bill and urges Congress to empower the Internal Revenue Bureau with strong enforcement, receiving endorsement from Anti Saloon League representatives as ensuring stricter prohibition.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Carter Glass
House Judiciary
Anti-Saloon League
Glass
Internal Revenue Bureau of the Treasury
Congress
Berkeley
German Presidential Race in Weimar Nears Dark Horse Pick
In Weimar two main candidates contend for Germanys presidency. Prince Maximilian of Baden with Catholic, nationalist and democrat backing faces Demobilization Minister Neuske supported by the socialists. Rumors name former Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann and Berlin burgomaster Weirmouth as other possibilities. Berliner Tageblatt forecasts Chancellor Ebert victory.
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Amsterdam
Weimar
Germany
Maximilian
Baden
Neuske
von Kuehlmann
Herr Weirmouth
Berlin
Berliner Tageblatt
Ebert
Spartacides Threaten Railroad Worker's Resistance
Hamburg on February 7 reports Spartacide threats against railroad workers refusing to move Red troops toward Bremen. They threaten to execute one in three and imprison one in five, and to withhold bread cards. Rebels seized bears from four patrols of the Seventy-sixth Infantry and attacked food stores but were repulsed, then threatened to burn warehouses.
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Hamburg
Bremen
Seventy-sixth Infantry
The deserving poor are often those who don't deserve to be poor
A terse reflection questions fairness as the poor bear burdens unseen by merit. It contrasts supposed deservingness with hardship, implying systemic factors, and invites contemplation of whom society labels as worthy recipients of aid.
Labor Leaders Refuse Conference Amid Seattle Strike
Seattle faces a broad metal trades strike with 25 000 workers idle as labor leaders refuse to confer with federal mediators. The uprising label, Bolton measures, and troop mobilization frame a tense response as city streets run quiet, utilities pause, and Tacoma reports similar disruption with troops deployed to maintain order.
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Seattle
Iti
U. S. al i
Gon
Troops From Camp Lewis Headed to Seattle and Tacoma
War department orders 1500 soldiers of the First Infantry and a machine gun battalion from Camp Lewis to proceed to Seattle and Tacoma to protect government property and intervene if disorder arises. Regulars armed with rifles and grenades. six guns per company in the machine gun battalion. Leave cancelation indicates authorities fear a key situation. Officers and men warned to be ready for duty.
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Tacoma
Wash
War Department
Seattle
First Infantry
Camp Lewis
New Treasury Bond Offering Announced by Secretary Glass
Washington February 7 a new offering of treasury certificates of rotation in anticipation of the next national loan was announced by Secretary Glass. The issue totals 600 million dollars dated February and to mature on the 15th of this year. They carry 4 1/2 percent interest. Opportunities to buy will close on the 20th. The issue has the same exemptions and nominations as prior issues.
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Treasury
Washington
Glass
Revenue Bill Returns and Tax Revenue Projections
Officials report seven conference amendments to the revenue bill, with returns this afternoon illustrating income and business profits tax effects. The bill would yield $6.0772 billion in the twelve months to enactment, and $3.050 billion of the $4.1845 billion expected for 1920.
Sub Treasury Report Shows Cash Flows in New York
New York Feb 7 report outlines cash movements including a notable $1,149,000 sum and a Friday disbursement of $4,772,000 as part of the latest Sub Treasury accounting.
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Sub
Treasury
New York
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