Three Specialists In Consultation On Clemenceau Crisis
Paris February 21 report says premier Clemenceau remains critical as three eminent specialists join consultations. Fears of embolism rise as a dangerous crisis nears, with police widening searches for anarchists after a secret press and Bolshevik pamphlets found. The attack unsettles peace conference mood and delays Lloyd George trip.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Ore Roosevelt
Libertaire
Briand Seen as Next Premier in France Crisis
In New York French circles regard Aristide Briand as likely successor to Georges Clemenceau if the crisis deepens from an assassination attempt. Reports say Briand would push demobilization, raise soldier pay, and could align with President Wilson on League of Nations terms.
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F. L. Charlton
New York
Aristide Briand
Georges Clemenceau
France
Wilson
League of Nations
Germany
Briand
Clemenceau
Keene
Receiver Appointment Delayed for NYNH Rail Suit
New York February 21 on motion by former judge Morgan J O Brien counsel for the company the argument on the motion by Harold Norris secretary of a minority stockholders committee for a limited receiver was postponed for a week in a damages case against the railroad arising from alleged misdeeds of former directors.
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New York
Morgan J. O’brien
Harold Norris
New York, New & Hartford Railroad
Seldom Gives His Health Until After Loss
A brief remark on how some individuals reveal their health only after it fails, noting a tendency to conceal well being until a decline becomes apparent. No individuals or places are specified in the fragment.
Assailant to plead insanity in Clemenceau attack
Paris reports indicate Juwith Cottin will likely plead insanity for his attempted assassination of Premier Clemenceau. Described as weak minded and swayed by anarchist literature, he trained as a laborer and carpenter after military service. Authorities oppose the defense citing his Bolshevik affiliations.
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Paris
Juwith Cottin
Clemenceau
Touay
Cottin
Compiegne
Ninth Regiment of Engineers
Angers
Loire
Lyons
Faris
Geneva
Copenhagen
Senator Fall Declines Wilson Dinner Over League Message
Washington telegram details Senator Fall of New Mexico declining President Wilsons invitation to dine at the White House. He endorses a joint public discussion of the League of Nations in Congress, arguing for full public explanation rather than a confidential briefing.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Fall
New Mexico
Borah
Idah
House
Senate
Senator Fall
Three Rivers
N. M
J. PB. Tumulty
League of Nations
Congress
Army transports Woonsocket Ancon reach port after storm
New York on February 21 report that Woonsocket and Ancon, two army transports delayed ten days by mid Atlantic storms, arrived safely. Woonsocket shows a missing propeller blade and both ships are weather beaten. Woonsocket carried an army officer and twenty enlisted men from Illinois casual company No. 17. Ancon carried six casual officers.
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New York
Woonsocket
Ancon
Illinois
Uncon
Fire Destroys Garments in Tailor Shop Blaze
A noon still alarm called the fire department to B. Stolba’s tailoring shop at 122 Main Street. Four suits drying in a heated metal cylinder caught fire from overheating and were destroyed. The ceiling blistered and a small hole burned through, but chemicals quickly subdued the blaze. Loss was estimated between 200 and 300 dollars, insured through Walter C. Jones’s agency. The smoke was dense and severe.
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B. Stolba
Main Street
Walter C. Jones
Program to push congress bills before March adjournment
Washington february 21 definite program for action before march 4 includes civil sundry appropriation rivers and harbors omnibus public building bill and 1 000 000 000 to sustain the wheat price plus 750 000 000 for railway revolving fund oil land leasing shipping board funding and related measures. shipping board and railway admin delays loom while president wilson’s return could upend plans.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Railway Administration
Shipping Board
Hurley
House Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
League of Nations
Wilson
Row
Shipping Board and Railway Administration
Safeguarding France and the Rhine Security Issue
Paris February 21 confidence rose that American peace delegates will split the idea of an international army on the Rhine as a Western Europe safeguard. The British stance favors disarmament under new armistice terms but urges France to secure continued Anglo-American military strength to deter a potential German surprise attack.
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Paris
Rhine
Europe
France
Germany
Jewel Burglar Arrested in Stamford Attempted Heist
Pasquale Mazzone of Brooklyn is under arrest here after a jeweler named Joseph Chiarappa was assaulted in his home at 30 Brook Street. Two burglars entered, demanded gems, then a third rang the bell as they attacked. a nearby officer seized Mazzone as his accomplices escaped.
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Stamford
Pasquale Mazzone
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joseph
Chiarappa
Brook Street
Mazzone
Seven hundred Spartacides killed or wounded in Ruhr fight
Berlin reports that seven hundred Spartacides were killed or wounded in clashes with government troops in the Ruhr district of Rhenish Prussia. They received heavy reinforcements from Berlin. The Deutsche Bank at Mulheim has been looted and 400,000,000 marks stolen.
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Berlin
London
Ruhr
Rhenish
Prussia
Deutsche Bank
Mulheim
Huggins Makes Trade With Vernon Club
New York on February 21 Manager Miller Huggins of the Yankees will trade four players to Vernon of the Pacific Coast League in exchange for pitcher Jack Quinn Three players named to go to Vernon are Zinn Beck Joe Finneran and Sam Boss.
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Huggins
New York
Miller Huggins
Yankees
Vernon Club
Jack Quinn
Vernon
Zinn Beck
Joe Finneran
Sam Boss
Eisner Assassination Shocks Bavarian Politics
Amsterdam reports Kurt Eisner premier of Bavaria was shot and killed in Munich. An officer fired the assassin, who was later shot by a guard. the dying gunman is named in dispatches. Eisner, born 1867, was a newspaper owner and longtime socialist leader who helped found Bavaria’s republic after the ex Kaiser fled and German states moved toward independence.
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Amsterdam
Kurt Eisner
Bavaria
Munich
Eisner
Germany
Joachim
Kaiser cm
Naval man weds in early hours in New York
An impromptu wedding occurred at 2 a.m. in a West 68th Street study as William S. Johnson, 29, a discharged Navy sailor, wed Miss Cora Dietrich, 25, of Hartford Conn. after a romance that began years before enlistment. Johnson, a Verdun veteran, plans to enlist in the U.S. Army after his honeymoon.
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New York
Wilde
West 68Th Street
William S. Johnson
United States Navy
Cora Dietrich
Garden Street
Hartford
God
Dietrich
Porter
West 139Th Street
Johreyn
Commodore Hotel
Comodore
Johnson
Edward A. Pike
Pike
John Talk
Talk
Leonia Trodeau
Navy
Verdun
United States
Crescent Beach bridegroom known as Bill Johnson
The bridegroom, familiar to Crescent Beach summer residents, has long been a member of that colony and is popularly known as Bill Johnson.
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Crescent Beac
Bill” Johnson
President Wilson to speak extemporaneously on League amid Boston visit
Washington reports the president will address the League of Nations in Boston next Monday without detailed exposition and will speak around 45 minutes from 1 to 2:30 PM. He will attend a Massachusetts legislature reception and requested a strict informal format. Paris peace preliminaries seen as unlikely to finish next week, with reports awaiting Wilson’s return.
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Washington
Wilson
Boston
League of Nations
White House
Tumulty
Massachusetts
Weimar
London
Paris
Chimes Run Through Test at Wesleyan Dedication Soon
Chimes were tried out by Professor Karl P Harrington at Wesleyan yesterday afternoon and will be played again at the dedication tomorrow. The copper covering of the dome is not yet finished.
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Karl P. Harrington
Wesleyan
Testimony in Ranger Will Case Reveals Confession
New York February 21 attorney Charles N Wexler of Stamford Conn testified to trapping Edith Ranger into confessing to a fake will aimed at gaining Henry Ward Ranger estate worth 300000 The confession occurred January 29 at Wexlers office in Stamford prior to a meeting with Judge Charles D Lockwood Richard H Cunningham and Ranger Miss Ranger admitted to drawing a false will and supporting affidavits and to seeking the banker for further action The defense objected but the judge overruled preserving the confession and Wexler described Ranger as nervous during cross examination
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New York
Charles N. Wexler
Stamford
Conn
Edith E. Ranger
Charles D. Lockwood
Henry Ward Ranger
Wex
Wexler
Lockwood
Mr. Lockwood
Miss Ranger
Ex Kaiser’s Son Interned After Munich Plot
Berlin reports Prince Joachim sixth son of the former emperor has been interned at Beyerischer Hotel Munich after arrest while masquerading as Count Merz during a failed attempt to restore the Hohenzollerns. He was later deported to the Prussian frontier amid claims of involvement.
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Berlin
London
Munich
Joachim
Count Merz
Tanfag
Lantag
Frederick August
Oldenburg Lantag
Kaiser
Hohenzollerns
Bavaria
Holland
Partenkirchen
Upper Bavaria
Bolshevik Army Size and Offensive Plans Report
German wireless dispatches picked up in London claim the Bolsheviks now command 750000 troops with 250000 effective fighters. They reportedly plan spring offensives against Poland East Prussia Bohemia Slavonia and Austria Hungary. Munitions production in Russia is speeding up and agitators are being sent to England to spread Bolshevik ideas.
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London
Poland
East Prussia
Bohemia
Slavonia
Austria-Hungary
Stockholm
England
Welsh and British Miners Vote for General Strike
Miners in Wales and northern England approve a general strike across British coal fields. South Wales ballots show 31,429 in favor, Northumberland 26,551, and Yorkshire miners vote 40 to 1 in support of a walkout.
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Walles
England
South Wales
Northumberland
Yorkshire
Tribute to Laurier stops trains nationwide in homage
Out of respect for Sir Wilfrid Laurier former premier his funeral will be held tomorrow All Canadian railways will suspend work and trains for a minute at 110 30 oclock tomorrow morning in tribute to the deceased statesman
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Laurier
Montreal
Wilfred Laurier
Canadian Railways
Liquor deluge hits Detroit after supreme court ruling
Detroit February 21 reports a whiskey flood as state and local authorities falter. Federal agents in Toledo arrest over 100 Michigan motorists carrying booze while thousands rush shipments into Michigan. The Reed amendment backs federal action to halt interstate transport of intoxicants into dry Michigan.
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Detroit
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Toledo
Michigan
Mich
Oasis
Ohio
State Supreme Court
John Barleycorn
Treasury to issue 500 Million Dollar Certificate Bonds
Secretary Glass announced a February 27 offering of treasury certificates of indebtedness totaling 500 million dollars or more at par and accrued interest. The certificates bear 4.5 percent interest from February 27 payable July 29 and are tax exempt. Denominations range from 500 to 100000 dollars issued through federal reserve banks with subscriptions closing March 6 and ten days of public notice. Subscriptions may end earlier at banks’ discretion and the notes are not negotiable.
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Secretary Glass
Washington
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Glass
Federal Reserve Banks
Lower Marine Insurance Rates Likely This Week
Washington February 21 Chairman Hurley of the United States Shipping Board said marine cargo insurance rates would be lowered soon after talks with New York brokers. He argued private companies charged excessive premiums while the government has profited $24,000,000 at lower rates through December 31. Brokers will confer with marine underwriters to readjust schedules.
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Washington
Hurley
United States Shipping Board
New York
American Freighters Reach Dantzig with Polish Aid
London dispatch reports American freighters Lake Mary Lake Danely and Lake Winsco delivering 10 000 tons of food for Poland and arriving at Dantzig according to Wireless Press.
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Dantzig
London
Lake Mary
Lake Danely
Lake Winsco
Clearing House Statement for New York Finance
Sub treasurer credits total 3 982 622 dollars with 534 453 290 dollars exchanged and balances standing at 63 656 396 dollars as of February 21 in New York.
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Clearing House
New York
Sub-treasury
Wilson to Frange Again Marh 5
Unable to determine full context from fragmented OCR dated notes. Reads as a brief notice asserting Wilson will Frange again with Marh 5 as the associated date. No additional names or verifiable details present.
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Wilson
Frange
Margh
Welcome Fleet Leaves Final Plans for President Arrival
President Wilson plans to sail from New York for a return trip to France around March 5 aboard the George Washington. The ship will reach Boston by noon Monday and the president will transfer to a special train for Washington after a brief harbor landing. A large escort of six destroyers and seaplanes will meet the fleet, with ceremonies and a parade scheduled from Commonwealth Pier to Copley Plaza.
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Washington
Wilson
France
Navy Department
Department
McCauley
George Washington
New York
Boston
North Carolina
New Mexico
President Roads
Harbor
Chatham Station
U. S
George
Denver
Geheg Washington
Iedge
President
Navy Coast Guard
Ossippee
Peters
Coolidge
New England
Commonwealth Pier
Copley Plaza Hotel
Boston Common
Joseph P. Tumulty
Mechanics Hall
Secretary Tumulty
Andretary
Andi
Peterson
American Troops Quarters In Berlin Hotel Report
Feb. 21 Berlin dispatch states American troops moved into Berlin and are quartered in a city hotel under unclear safety conditions. Extrabladet reports the situation as of today.
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