Wilson hints at peace conference dangers and League of Nations
President Wilson, speaking in Boston, warned today that without a League of Nations newly created states may be preyed upon by surrounding powers. Advisers expect him to press for open covenants and quick passage of naval legislation during the current session before his second European trip. Senate leaders and cabinet members weigh secrecy and timing of the peace talks and military appropriations.
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White House
Boston
Wilson
League
Gmors
Deat
Bos
Nox
Tors Borah
Fall
Senate
House
Europe
Congress
British Workers Appeal to American Miners to Refuse Coal Aid
London February 26 Robert Simillie leader of UK miners appeals to American miners to refuse aiding British capitalists in importing coal during a potential strike. He backs a 30 percent wage rise a six hour day and nationalization with strong union backing 700000 miners.
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Britain
London
Robert Simillie
United Kingdom
United States
America
Simwulie
Iis
Sub Treasury Gain from Banks on Tuesday
New York reports that the sub-treasury gained 822000 dollars from banks on Tuesday, increasing the cash net gain since Friday to 372000 dollars. The report notes steady inflows in the early week trading period and highlights ongoing liquidity movements in financial markets.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
Sub-Treasry
Bankson
Suffragists Break Hunger Strike in Boston Jail
In Suffolk county jail five of sixteen militant suffragists on an eight day sentence for refusing to pay five dollar fines broke their fast with a light breakfast of boiled rice prunes and coffee. The women, kept in drab prison dresses, refused to eat meals and declined to appeal for a public court hearing.
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Boston
Suffolk County
Jane Doe
Charles Street
Betty Gram
Portland
Ore
Hovhannes BE
Detroit
Josephine A. Collins
Framingham
Rose Bower
Belmont
Martha Foley
Jane Dow
Betty Connolly
Newton Highlands
Eleanor A. Calan
Methuen
Lou C. Daniels
Graf
Camilla Whitcomb
Worcester
Katherine Morey
Brooklyn
Ruth E. Small
Berry Pottier
Jessie Anderson
Brookline
Elsie Hill
Norwalk
Conn
Lois Warren Shaw
Manchester
N. H
War Department designates bases to be discontinued
The War Department through the surgeon general designates base hospitals to be abandoned at Camp Cody New Mexico Camp MacArthur Texas Camp Johnston Florida Camp Logan Texas and Camp Hancock Georgia along with General Hospitals No 18 at Waynesville North Carolina and 23 at Hot Springs North Carolina as sick and wounded are unified into city hospitals. Further bases to be discontinued include Camps Greene North Carolina McClellan Alabama Sevier South Carolina Wheeler Georgia General Hospitals No 15 Corpus Christi Texas 17 Markleton Pennsylvania 37 Madison Barracks New York and Debarkation Hospital No 52 Richmond Virginia. Camp Kearney California will reduce to 500 beds and General Hospital No 33 at Fort Logan H Root Arkansas may become a post hospital with Edgewood Maryland and arsenals and Camps Astace and Humphries made camp hospitals. No overseas patients will be sent to these hospitals except Camp Kearney.
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Washington
Camp Cody
N. M
Camp MacArthur
Texas
Camp Johnston
Florida
Camp Logan
Camp Hancock
Georgia
Waynesville
N. C
Hot Springs
Surgeon-General’s Office
Camps Greene
N.C. McClellan
Alabama
Sevier
S. C
Wheeler
Corpus Christi
Markleton
Madison Barracks
New York
Debarkation Hospital No
Richmond
Eberts Cabinet Forms Amid German Turmoil
Berlin reports President Ebert forming a presidential cabinet and naming von Holtzendorff of the Hamburg America line to a post. Disorder in Mannheim, Brunswick, Essen and Düsseldorf is easing while Hamburg and Bremen quiet. Bavaria faces a clash of minorites and majority, with recruiting for volunteers declining. Nurserymen Elect Officers in Connecticut. Hartford meeting elects President Chester Brainard of Thompsonville and officers H W Gottschalk and Frank Lomas while W W Hunt remains treasurer.
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London
Ebert
von Holtzendorff
Mannheim
Brunswick
Essen
Dusseldorf
Hamburg
Bremen
Bavaria
Russia
Hartford
Nurserymen’s Association of Connecticut
Pres. Baker
Cheshire
Chester Brainard
Thompsonville
H. W. Gottschalk
Manchester
Frank Lomas
Meriden
W. W. Hunt
Eisner Fate Decided by Dice in Bavaria Club
A Munich dispatch reports that a roll of the dice decided who would assassinate Premier Kurt Eisner of Bavaria. The fateful game occurred in a club with participants including Rupprecht, ex crown prince, and Count Arco Valley who lost and drew the deadly mission.
Thompson Wins In Chicago Primary Victory
Thompson secured re nomination with 30 of Chicago's 85 wards and a 9946 vote plurality over Chief Justice Olson. County Clerk Sweitzer led Democrats with broad ward victory, while Hoyne seeks independent status and Harrison may join as an independent. Women voters surpassed men in participation.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Harry Olson
Robert M. Sweitzer
Thomas Carey
Maclay Hoyne
Thompson
Olson
Sweitzer
Carey
Connecticut Towns Hit War Savings Threshold in 1918
Hartford reports eighteen Connecticut towns exceeded 20 dollars per capita in war savings stamps in 1918. Ansonia led with 26.81, followed by New London 26.16 and Portland 25.36. Other listed communities include Manchester Avon Old Lyme Wingham Derby East Hampton New Canaan Vernon Unionville Simsbury Watertown Putnam East Windsor Windsor Locks.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Connecticut War Savings Committee
Howell Cheney
Ansonia
New London
Portland
Manchester
Avon
Old Lyme
Wingham
Derby
East Hampton
New Canaan
Vernon
Unionville
Simsbury
Watertown
Putnam
East Windsor
West Yi
Windsor Locks
Two Policemen Killed In Rahway Attempted Arrest
In Rahway New Jersey patrolmen James Lynch and Jacob Kraus were shot and killed while trying to arrest suspects in a Main Street tenement. The 60 year old Kraus lunged toward the room after Lynch fell, was shot beneath the heart, and died after staggering to the station. Giuseppe Musachhio is in custody and reportedly confessed to the shooting. The officers had pursued those involved in a street brawl nearby.
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Rahway
N. J
James Lynch
Jacob Kraus
Lynch
Kraus
Guiseppe Musachhio
Clemenceau Sees Wilson Opinion Conquering Opposition
Paris reports praise for President Wilson after his Boston speech. Clemenceau's paper L Homme Libre says Wilson has already conquered the most stubborn opponents and will face less difficulty in winning American support. Echo de Paris notes the League’s method, not the League itself, could be at stake if U.S. opinion wavers.
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Paris
Boston
Wilson
L’homme Libre
Echo de Paris
League of Nations
Bridgeport Carpenters End Strike With Return to Work
Bridgeport union carpenters will return to work immediately after a telegram from national union official Hutcheson confirming an umpire and an end to the strike affecting about 700 workers. The move follows actions last November and aims to restore normal operations in the city.
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Bridgeport
Martin Kane
Carpenters’ Union
Hutcheson
National Union
Transport Has Rough Voyage With Rescue and Casualties
New York February 26 The transport President Grant arrived after a stormy voyage in which eight distress calls were received from other vessels. Two lifeboats were smashed in the rough seas. The Grant aided the Polar Bear, repaired engines, and helped tow lines before both ships resumed course. Lieut Col Stewart McGuire and Major Thomas Nassau performed an emergency operation on Noble Hoffman, wounded at Belleau Wood. The Grant carried 4729 officers and men from the 184th Brigade, 164th Infantry, 162nd Supply Company, and Company K bound for camps Meade and Dix with detachments 44 to 50.
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New York
President Grant
Stewart McGuire
Richmond
Thomas Nassau
Philadelphia
Noble Hoffman
Belleau Wood
184Th Infantry
Camp Meade
164Th
Camp Dix
162Nd Infantry
Millburn Man 102 Dies After Long Illness
Andrew Kidd Howanlock of Millburn New Jersey dies at 102 following a long life marked by daily country hiking in all weather. Born in Scotland he spent years in Erie and Boston before settling in New Jersey. Death attributed to old age.
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Millburn
N. J
Andrew Kidd Howanlock
Scotland
Erie Pa
Boston
New England
New York
Freezone corn remover promises painless relief
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap, safe remedy to lift away hard corn soft corn and toe corn without soreness. It claims instant relief with a small application and markets the product as a Cincinnati invention widely available at drug stores.
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Cincinnati
Happenings In This Vicinity 25 Years Ago
A storm halted Main Street commerce as snow piled high and streets blocked. New Haven harbor froze over and a barge sank Sunday night near the harbor mouth.
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Main Street
New Haven
Sunfk
Portland
Stephen Hall
Lyme
Jams¢s K. Guy
Florida
Jersey City
Samuel Munroe
Black Pond
Horse Railroad
I. E. Palmer
Brownstone
Boston
Middletown
Business Men's Association
Chafee’s
Chicago
Armenia Relief Campaign Promises Aid Through March
Local drive to aid suffering peoples of the Near East runs February 23rd through March 3rd with checks payable to Geo. A. Tierney, Treasurer, Central Bank Building. The appeal frames Armenia as a symbol of faith and tragedy, urging monetary support for relief efforts.
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Near East
Geo. A. Tierney
Central Bank Building
Warner Brothers Co Garment Ad Boned Bust Supporters
Medium and small black and white checks stripes and figures 39c and 50c each. Made by Warner Brothers Co Of heavy Batiste boned with rust proof steel every pair guaranteed not to rust or break. Medium bust long hip 4 hose supporters Sizes 19 to 30 Price $1.00 each.
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