Wilson to sail March 5 amid talks of speaking tour
President Wilson plans a public appeal before his Europe voyage on March 5 and may launch a nationwide speaking tour if opposition to the League of Nations remains unresolved. He will work on reconstruction, confer with governors and mayors, and reply personally to messages from League leaders as he resumes duties at the White House.
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France
Wilson
Congress
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White House
League of Nations
Theore E. Burton
New York City
League of Nations Union
Burton
World Court League
New - York Peace Society
League of Nations Movement
Theodore EF. Burton
Theodore E. Burton
Prac
Woodrow Wilson
Frans
McCauley
Gentro
Washington
Marshall
Belof
Boston
Peace Monument
W House
Ted
League Rest in Wilson's Absence at Paris Conference
Paris reports that the League of Nations draft will not be altered without President Wilson, delaying neutrals’ statements to mid March. Britain advocates quick council action, but American stance preserves the text. Talks on Germany’s military limits, Rhine frontier, and Polish troop movements continue amid logistical hurdles.
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Robert J. Prew
Paris
League of Nations
Wilson
Council of Ten
Germany
Boundary Commission
Rhine
France
Haller
Poland
Dantzig
Dantzig-Thorn
Yale Prom Tonight Amid War Welfare Social Events
New Haven dates Yale ushers in a week of social activities after the war with a junior promenade in the Yale dining hall this evening at 10 15. Earlier today a university tea ran from 4 to 6 pm and a Yale Glee and Mandolin clubs concert followed at 8 30. Many guests had attended this afternoon’s Yale Wesleyan swimming meet and Yale Brown basketball game in the gym.
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Yale
New Haven
President signs massive revenue bill and eyes League debate
The president signed a $6,000,000,000 revenue bill before retiring and celebrated a Boston reception. He plans further speeches to argue for the League of Nations while coordinating peace talks with Col. House and Secretary Lansing in Paris. Cabinet meetings, personnel appointments, and diplomatic posts loom as Senate debates unfold this week.
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Col. House
Lansing
Paris
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Stamford Man Held in Reno
Mrs. Robert Miller, wife of Stamford resident Robert Miller, is jailed in Reno for impersonating an army officer. She claims he was discharged from the air service as a buck private and last saw him Dec 27, 1918. She describes a troubled marriage, mentions Mrs. Jeremiah Miller and a church singer past, and recounts disputes over support leading to police intervention and a car seizure.
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Robert Miller
Reno
Nev
Air Service
Buck Phote
Robert Jr
Sound Beach
Miller
Bridgeport
New York
Soldier Arrested for Fake Overseas Hero Banners
New Haven police arrested Harold M. Thomas a Meriden native and former member of Company L 102nd U S infantry 26th division on breach of peace charges for posing as a returned veteran and selling Welcome Home banners. He claims Armenian nationality and naturalization in Hartford after coming to this country. Authorities say he never left the country and that a similar case weeks earlier fueled suspicions.
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New Haven
Harold M. Thomas
Meriden
102Nd U. S. Infantry
102Nd Regiment
Thomas
Hartford
102Nd
Yale Field
William D. Smith Dies In Stamford at 82
William D. Smith former president of the Citizens Savings Bank of Stamford dies at age 82 after a career in banking and coal business. He served on the common council and as burgess under the old borough government. His daughter is married to Assistant State's Attorney Galen A. Carter.
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William D. Smith
Stamford
Citizens Savings Bank of
Galen A. Carter
Changes In German Envoys
Berlin reports wholesale changes in Germanys diplomatic representation to neutral countries announced by foreign secretary count von Brockdorff Rantzau who just returned from Weimar No details were given Toepfer who returned from Berne said hundreds of German espionage agents were dismissed in Switzerland
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Berlin
London
Germany
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Weimar
Toepfer
Berne
Switzerland
Maine House backs six months bonus for veterans
Augusta Feb 25 The Maine House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution urging Congress to grant an honorably discharged soldier or sailor six months pay as a bonus. A similar Massachusetts resolution had been approved recently.
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Augusta
Congress
Maine
House of Representatives
Massachusetts of Representatives
Legislature Deliberates on Bills and Nominations at Hartford
Hartford bills touch driver licenses age, street railroad investigations, and a reform school project funded by an $80,000 appropriation. Senate rejects a teen license age reduction and a house smoking ban faces defeat. Governor Holcomb nominates trustees, charity commissioners, and prison directors for several terms.
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Delaney
House
Senate
Boys’' Reformatory
Cheshire
Higgins
Coventry
Woodbury Electric Company
Donald L. Ross
Stamford Gas and Electric Company
Pine Grove Cemetery Association
Waterbury
General Hospital Society of Connecticut
New Haven
Felix O. Rost
Morris Creek
Hast Haven
King
Connecticut
Holcomb
Mansfield State Training School
I. M. Lee
Norwich
Louise H. Merritt
Stamford
Oscar M. Leonard
Telland
George Blumer
William O’connor
Norfolk
Nathan B. Prince
State Board of Charities
Robert H. Fife, Jr
Middletown
Stanley H. Edwards
Norris G. Osborn
Frederick M. Sallmen
Westport
William C. Cheney
Manchester
Robert W. Post
Suffragists Demand Public Hearing in Boston Court Case
In Boston on February 25 militants from the National Woman's Party refuse to plead to charges of sauntering or staring aimed at heckling President Wilson. Nineteen women spent the night in detention. Judge Bolster orders trial. a pale woman in purple and yellow sash pleads not guilty and insists on a public hearing. She is fined $5, held for superior court on March 2.
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Boston
Bolster
Wilson
National Woman's Party
Ludendorff Returns to Germany from Sweden
Stockholm reports General Ludendorff former German quartermaster general has left southern Sweden where he lived incognito while writing a war book and has returned to Germany.
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Ludendorff
Germany
Stockholm
Sweden
Blaze destroys four story Chicago building bloc firms
Fire in Chicago leveled a four story building housing Crown Fuel Savings, F. W. Whitcher Leather, and A. C. Craft Sheet Metal Works. Loss pegged at 250000 dollars. The blaze caused extensive damage and disrupted adjoining businesses.
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Chicago
Crown Fuel Savings Co
F. W.whitcher Leather Co
A.C. Craft Sheet Metal Works
Hungarian Premier to Be Tried for War Crimes
Zurich dispatch reports former Hungarian Premier Wekerle and other officials of the old regime will be tried on war crime charges. The Budapest bulletin confirms the planned prosecutions.
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Zurich
Wekerle
Hungary
Budapest
Martial Law Declared at Gratz Amid Riots
A Vienna dispatch reports martial law proclaimed at Gratz in Austria Hungary due to riots with Bolshevik backed communists reinforced in the area. The measure follows unrest and aims to restore order.
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Gratz
Amsterdam
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Moderates Control at Munich Reported by Copenhagen
Moderate workmen in Munich have apparently gained the upper hand, according to information received in Copenhagen today. The report notes increased influence of moderate factions in the city's administration and labor circles, signaling a shift in local control amid ongoing unrest.
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Munich
Copenhagen
Stenographer Testifies She Was Trapped In Will Case
New York Feb 25 Mrs Louise Godber of Stamford Conn testifies at the trial of Miss Edith Ranger over a will that left 300,900 to Ranger She says she was duped into signing an affidavit recognizing a fraudulent copy and later repudiated it She says Wexler urged her to sign another affidavit and Miss Ranger pressed for a third affidavit while Daley describes efforts to summon her to Wexler's office
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New York
Louise Godber
Stamford
Conn
Edith Ranger
Henry
Ward Ranger
Godber
Louise Langdon
Charlies Wexler
Wexler
Ranger
Mannheim Declares Republic Amid Baden Crisis
Berlin dispatch reports Mannheim proclaimed a republic by Spartacides, cutting Baden off as railway traffic to Karlsruhe is suspended. Baden radicals seized the palace and public buildings while Munich workmen and soldiers form a republic council and a revolutionary court. Dr Muehlen rumored as radical foreign minister candidate.
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Alfred G. Anderson
Berlin
London
Mannheim
Baden
Karlsruhe
Munich
Workmen’s and
Council of
Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Council
Dr. Muehlen
Krupps
Three Officers Wounded in Springfield and Palmer Shootout
An 18 year old Frank Walter Potter of Cambridge discharged from the navy shot three officers in Springfield and Palmer. He shot Det. Lt. Daly in a hotel, then fled and was captured after wounding Deputy Bliss and Patrolman Thomas in Palmer. Potter was wounded in the exchange and arrested.
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Springfield
Mass
Palmer
Frank ‘Walter Potter
Cambridge
Navy
James M. Daly
Potter
George A. Bliss
Charles Thomas
Burglar Escapes From Branford Jail
Branford February 25 Joseph Gall alias Joseph Virag arrested in Bridgeport and brought here yesterday afternoon on burglary charge, escaped from town lockup in town hall during night by sawing three steel padlocks. He was to be tried today. authorities believe he is part of a burglary gang active in five local stores. Missing man stands five feet six inches and weighs about 130 pounds.
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Branford
Joseph Gall
Joseph Virag
Bridgeport
International Labor Meeting in Paris Highlights Draft Debate
Paris officials report the 18th meeting of the international commission on labor legislation discussed the British draft articles and the issue of economic penalties for states failing to fulfill obligations under the international labor convention.
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Paris
International Commission On Labor Legislation
Clemenceau's Wound Healing Progress Reported
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau's wound is healing rapidly. Doctors are struggling to keep him from walking, while he declares he is all right and aims to attend theater. He hopes to resume full peace duties by Thursday.
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Clemenceau
Paris
M. Clemenceau
John Mook of Essex Dies in Hospital
John Mook 25 of Essex Conn died in St. Lawrence hospital from pneumonia after being moved from the jail to the hospital yesterday afternoon. He had been brought from Denver Colo and held on a charge of issuing forged checks. He had lived in Essex.
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Essex
New London
Denver
Col
St. Lawrence Hospital
Conn
Comment On British Strike Sparks Editorial Fire
London February 25 Daily Express editorial condemns miners strike threats as senseless. It argues a government inquiry should precede action and warns the British public may resist and oppose movement to the death if the dispute continues without investigation.
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London
Daily Express
Cape Cod Canal Bill Reported to Senate
Washington reports a bill to allow immediate government possession of the Cape Cod canal once condemnation starts, allotting 10 million dollars to deepen the channel to 25 feet at mean low water and fund improvements. The War Department would operate the canal under the river and harbor act of 1909.
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Washington
Cape Cod Canal
Senate
Commerce Committee
Baker
Fletcher
Railroad Administration
United States
War Department
Baldwin on league contends self government may include colonies
Simeon E. Baldwin former governor and chief justice says people should assent to the league of nations but membership rules lack clarity. He favors enforcement by executive council capable of blockades and boycotts without formal war declarations and warns self government could extend to Alaska Porto Rico and possibly the Philippines.
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New Haven
Simeon E. Baldwin
Supreme Court
League of Nations
League
Executive Council
Alaska
Porto Rico
Philippines
Speakership Fight Surges With Unseen Republican Votes
Washington February 25 Republican speakership dispute grows as Madden campaign chief for James R Mann says 31 extra votes exist beyond prior count. Gillette camp claims 140 votes, Mann forces 130, totaling 270 for 239 Republicans in the next Congress. Madden asks where the extra came from as caucus set for Thursday night.
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Gillette
Washington
House
Madden
James R. Mann
Illinois
Frederick H Gillette
Massachusetts
Liquor Boom Strikes Baltimore Before Dry District Law
Washington visitors swarmed Baltimore on February 25 spending hundreds of thousands on liquor before the revenue bill would render the District of Columbia dry. Cars, trains, and trucks carried crowds into the city, making it the largest one day liquor sale in Baltimore’s history as buyers paid any price.
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Baltimore
District of Columbia
Boarding House Keeper Slain in New York
George H. Robee, owner of a fashionable boarding house at 228 Madison Avenue across from J. P. Morgan’s home, was found murdered in his bedroom with a deep gash over the left eye. Three diamond rings worth 1000 dollars were stolen. No weapon or clues were found, leaving police mystified.
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New York
George H. Robee
Madison Avenue
J. P. Morgan
General Strike Called in Central Germany
The workmen's and soldiers' council at Halle has called a general strike in central Germany to pressure the government to recognize it. Potash mines are closed, and factories, railways, gas, water and electric plants are expected to close immediately.
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Germany
Berlin
London
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Council
Halle
Pennsylvania Joins Prohibition States By Ratifying Amendment
Harrisburg Pa February 25 Pennsylvania joined the list of prohibition states when the senate approved the resolution 29 to 16 ratifying the proposed constitutional amendment. The house had passed the resolution weeks earlier.
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Pensylvania
Ory
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
Extra Session Is Probable March 15
Reports suggest an extra legislative session is probable on March 15. Officials expect debated topics include budget adjustments and policy tweaks. Formal announcements may specify dates and agendas.
Senate to Face Brief Window for Appropriation Bills
Washington February 25 President Wilson, advised by Senator Martin of Virginia, plans an extra session of the 66th Congress after March 15 as the senate has only five days left and will devote little time to supply and appropriation bills. More than half of the major supply measures are expected to fail.
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Washington
Wilson
Martin
Virginia
Senate
66Th Congress
Nun Murder Case Ties Priest to Cold Case Disappearance
Mrs Stanislawa Lypchinski is jailed on first degree murder charges connected to Sister Superior Mary Johns who vanished from the Isa dor convent near Traverse City eleven years ago. Rev Father Andrew Bienoweski faces an accessory charge. police say a confession links a priest to moving a body from the convent basement to a cemetery. The nun's body was reportedly found last week after a long mystery.
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Manister
Mich
Stanislawa Lypchinski
Mary Johns
Isador
Traverse City
Father Andrew Bienoweski
Fathernoweski
Father Bienoweski
Lypchinski
Mr Lypchinski
Isadore Convent
What Germany Shall Pay Reparation at Peace Talks
Paris February 25 reparation by Germany is the lead question at the peace conference with France seeking indemnities to cover Allied costs. The French position is to put everything on the bill and extract maximum payment while neutrals are delayed in joining until President Wilson returns next month.
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Paris
Germany
League of N
Wilson
League
Clemenceau Convalesces in Paris as Bulletin Ends
Paris Feb 25 Premier Clemenceau is convalescent and his condition was so satisfactory that no further official bulletins would be issued unless something unforeseen developed. He spent an excellent night and received several visitors including Foreign Secretary Stephen Pichon Minister of Finance Louis Klotz and Minister of Colonies Henri Simon.
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Clemenceau
Paris
Emenceau
Stephen Pichon
Louis Klotz
Minis
Henri Simon
Jersey City Man Held as Accessory in Connecticut Murder
Francis Murphy of Jersey City was returned to Hudson county jail to await extradition to Connecticut charged as an accessory to the murder of William Madden chief of special police at Cheney silk mills Manchester. A federal judge denied Murphy's habeas corpus petition to block extradition.
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Madden
Newark
N. J
Francis Murphy
Jersey City
Hudson County
Connecticut
William Madden
Cheney Silk Mills
Manchester
Murphy
Bennett Will Filed With Cash Legacies In New Haven
In New Haven on Feb 25 the will of Mrs Grace Imogene Bennett widow of Philo S Bennett was filed. The document leaves Oliver Ed manager of the Politheater a cash legacy of 20000 dollars and his son Oliver Edwards Jr 5000 dollars. Constable Roscoe Brown is left a 20000 dollar trust. All beneficiaries are relatives of Mrs Bennett.
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Bennett
New Haven
Grace Imogene Bennett
Wifw
Philo S. Bennett
New York
Oliver Ed Manager
Politheater
Oliver Edwards, Jr
Roscoe Brown
Report on Army Bill Narrowly Sets Enlistment Terms
Washington February 25 Congress moved toward reestablishing volunteer enlistments in the regular army with a two or three year term and a reserve force abandoned. The conference report on the army bill limits the army to 175,000 men and now goes to the Senate for adoption.
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Washington
House
Senate
Three More Troop Ships Sail for Homeward Return
Washington reports three troop transports sail from Hampton Roads including the hospital ship Comfort with 750 aboard and the battleship Ohio each carrying about 750, bound for New York around March 3 to 5. The Cuban port Siboney and the Mexican ship carried hundreds more troops, with voyages announced by the War Department.
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Tra
Siboney
Comfort
Hpe
Atroad
New York
Newport News
Tively
Department
Treasury Report Noted Cash Net Loss Near Half Million
Sub Treasury Report from New York dated February 25 reports a cash net loss of 450000 dollars. The item notes the last seen to the a Monday and indicates the financial impact of the loss.
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Sub-Treasury Report
New York
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