FIGHTING BEGINS AGAIN AS BERLIN BATTLES RESUME
Fighting flares in Berlin as government troops clash with Spartacists in districts near Alexanderplatz and surrounding suburbs. Air bombardments drive residents to basements while troops seize munitions and reclaim key areas including a brewery fortress and the palace, where the imperial flag was torn down. Casualties run high with reports of 1,500 to 1,600 killed or wounded last week, and executions of German soldiers in reprisals cited by Amsterdam dispatches.
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London
Berlin
Nat Prison
Spitzelmarket
Alexander
Spartacides
Arket
Ber
Amsterdam
Sparta
Beetzok
Alexanderplatz
Kal Anzeiger A5
Berliner Tageblatt
Halle
Berlin Zeitung Am Mittag
Debs Sentence Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court sustained Eugene V. Debs's sentence, ruling his Canton speech last year aimed to obstruct army recruiting and violated the Espionage Act. Debs, a three time Socialist presidential candidate, was sentenced for his anti war remarks.
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Debs
Eugeni ‘V. Debs
Supreme Idea Court of the United States
Canton
United States Army
Moscow Maniac Abode Described by Visitors
Reporters arriving from the east describe Moscow under bolshevik rule as an abode of maniacs. Public executions and shootings are staged for mobs as bolshevik guards lead prisoners from prisons. Unspeakable outrages against upper class women are noted.
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Moscow
Discharged after arraignment in grim Bellevue case
John Grigs of Rutland Vermont was discharged after arraignment for attempted death by action. He reportedly told authorities he had changed his mind while a patient at Bellevue, suffering from drug poisoning during a personal crisis. The report notes plans to bring Edith Cavell’s body to London on a Dover steamer after her execution in Belgium.
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New York
John Grigs
Rutland
Mtrateseoch
Bellevue
Cavell
London
Edith Cavell
British
Red Cross 2
Belgium
Dover
Brussels
Terms Discussed By War Council On German Limitations
Paris March 10 the supreme war council studied military terms for Germany to form part of the preliminary treaty. Marshal Foch will report on Lloyd George plan to limit Germany to 70000 long service men. Civilian delegates favor abolition of conscription to prevent a secret army of 200000 men and strengthen anti-armament cases. Premier Lloyd George acted with American delegation and President Wilson's backing. Supervisory measures for enforcing decrees against munition manufacture and destruction of German artillery munitions and fighting aircraft are planned. A cable commission will decide if seized cables qualify as prizes of war and how to distribute them among allied powers.
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Robert J. Prew
Paris
Supreme War Council
Germany
Marshal Foch
Lloyd George
Teutons
Wilson
Cable Commission
Naval conferences set on ship types and costs
Secretary Daniels announces abroad talks with naval chiefs on future fleet mix. A heavier armed ship faster than a dreadnought is under study with an estimated $32,000,000 cost per vessel. The Leviathan sails Saturday for Brest then Paris, Rose, London, aiming home in May with a report to Congress. He will not disclose plans for the surrendered German fleet.
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Daniels
Brest
Washington
America
Paris
Rose
London
Congress
Charges Against Tague in Campaign Funds Case
Boston March 10 former Congressman Peter F Tague faced charges that his campaign manager took 1500 from Pneumatic Tube Co officials, presented by Martin M Lomasney at a federal court hearing disputing Tague's fraud claim over ex mayor John Fitzgeralds election. Pneumatic Tube Co figure in recent congressional funding fights over underground mailing service funds.
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Tague
Boston
Peter F. Tague
Pneumatic Tube Co
Martin M. Lomasney
Lomasney
Federal
John Fitzgerald
Sinn Fein Members Plan Active Opposition in Ireland
A Cork dispatch reports a Sinn Fein cabinet member plans an active shift from passive to hostile stance. A republican parliament meeting in South Ireland aims to submit schemes for a government. About twenty Sinn Fein MPs, released after arrests, will attend.
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Sinn
Noted Irish Leader Here
Cambridge Massachusetts March 10 Sir Horace Plunkett noted Irish leader was the guest today of President A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard university Tomorrow he plans to visit Yale university at New Haven Later he will go to Washington He plans to sail on the steamship Adriatic on March 19 Sir Horace has spent a greater part of his time since his arrival in this country over a month ago at a health resort in Michigan His health has been affected by his labor in behalf of self-government for Ireland.
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Cambridge
Mass
Sir Horace Plunkett
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Sir Horace
Yale University
New Haven
Washington
Michigan
Ireland
Railroad Finance Plans in Washington Discussed
Director General Hines of the railroad administration met with members of the United States warning corporation to map a definite plan to meet railroads financial problems caused by Congress not passing the $750,000,000 appropriations. He was to confer with railroad executives and leading bankers tomorrow.
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Washington
Hines
The
Railroad Administration
Congress
United States Warnance Corporation
Republicans appoint new members to House Rules Committee
Washington March 10 new Republican members named to the House Rules Committee by the Republican Committee on Committees are Schal of Minnesota Wason of New Hampshire Johnson of South Dakota and Kreider of Pennsylvania with Campbell of Kansas Snell Rodenberg and Fess named as chairmen and carry over members in the panel.
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Washington
Republican Committee On Committees
Schal
Minnesota
Wason
New Hampshire
Johnson
South Dakota
Kreider
Pennsylvania
Campbell
Kansas
Snell
Rodenberg
Fess
Wabash Railroad President Edward Kearney Dead
Edward F. Kearney 53 president of the Wabash Railroad died at St Luke's hospital in St Louis of pneumonia after a three day illness. The death occurred today in St Louis March 10.
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Wabash Head
St. Louis
Edward F. Kearney
Wabash Railroad
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mr. Kearney
Fate of ex Kaiser unsettled as peace talks stall
Paris March 10 The fate of the ex Kaiser remains unresolved as peace delegates struggle to find a criminal case against him and weigh options from banishment to exile. Debate centers on legal reach over von Tirpitz and other leaders, with concerns Germany may relapse into chaos if the former ruler remains free.
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John T. Parkerson
Paris
Exkaiser
Committee On Responsibilities
Napoleon
Holland
Germany
von Tirpitz
Irish Aliens Led in Draft Exemption Waiver in New York
In New York March 10 Irish aliens led all nationalities in waiving draft exemptions, with 45 percent placed in class 1. Italians 41 percent, Canadians 35 percent, English 32 percent, and French 31 percent. Director Martin Conboy testified in the Jeremiah A. O’Leary espionage case, denying any Irish obstruction of the draft.
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New York
Martin Conboy
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Cowboy
Draft of
O'Leary
Leipzig Bombed as Government Forces Close In
Government airmen bombarded Leipzig from Weimar as troops surrounded the city and expected to secure it today restoring domination. Spartacides had erected barricades while Halle was recaptured after rioting left shops plundered and widespread destruction.
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Copenhaen
Leipzig
Politiken
Dresden
Weimar
German National Assembly
Halle
Disturbances Mark Opening of Sixth Week in Lawrence Strike
Disturbances in Lawrence Massachusetts marked the sixth week of a textile strike. The day saw several clashes including the stoning of an electric car carrying workers to the mills. No one was hurt. Five arrests were made with two defendants fined $50 in district court. Pickets remained large but police kept them moving. The strike committee hinted at a mass meeting this week in defiance of authorities.
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Lawrence
Mass
Brussels league seat proposal stirs wartime politics
March 10 reports the municipal council offering President Wilson and the peace conference the Egert castle as the League of Nations seat. Once the Duke of Aranburg residence, Germans closed the castle during their invasion, using the park for motor lorries and horse training. Belgians have cleared and organized the site, hoping the offer will be accepted.
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Senate
League Brussels
Wilson
Egert Castle
League of Nations
Duke of Aranburg
Belgium
Admiral Wemyss Arrives in Brussels Pushes German Fleet Surrender
A Paris dispatch to the Evening News reports Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss visiting Brussels as the allied armistice commission representative. He will demand the immediate and unconditional surrender of the German merchant fleet on Wednesday, with assurances that Germany will not starve.
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Wemyss
Brussels
London
Rosslyn Wemyss
Allied Armistice Commission
Paris
Germany
Predicted settlement of New York marine strike
Thomas Delahunty, head of the marine workers affiliation, met with federal conciliator James L. Hughes to discuss a settlement of the 7,000 marine workers strike against private boat owners, following a prior settlement between strikers and railroad management.
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N. Y
New York
Thomas Delahunty
Marine Workers’ Affiliation
James L. Hughes
Railroad Administration
Unfilled steel orders drop in February figures
United States Steel Corporation reports unfilled orders totaling 6,010,787 tons as of February 28, down from 6,684,268 tons on January 31, a decrease of 673,481 tons. The monthly statement highlights slimmer demand and stock levels for the steel maker.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Waterbury I W W raid nets 180 freed. 10 held as leaders
Waterbury police on March 9 conducted a mass arrest at 305 Bank Street, releasing all but ten alleged I W W members. The ten ring leaders, including Alexander Chernoff of New York and Chicago, faced city court on bonds of 500 each. Deputies seized I W W literature, charter packets, and related materials from Waterbury New Haven and Hartford branches, with 50 officers conducting the raid without incident.
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Waterbury
Bank Street
Alexander Chernoff
New York
Chicago
New Haven
Hartford
Joseph McLean
Attempt to cross ocean in rowboat thwarted again
New York March 10 A second attempt by Mrs Victoria Neilson to cross the Atlantic in a row boat was thwarted as she prepared to depart for Denmark from the Ocean Yacht Club pier Staten Island The 15 foot craft was spotted ten miles off Sandy Hook and she was brought to Staten Island Then she escaped from Sex View hospital overnight and was rearrested today while again packing to sail Her remark I ll get to Denmark yet aired amid the chase and arrest efforts by authorities.
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New York
Victoria Neilson
Atlantic
Denmark
Ocean Yacht Club
Staten Island
Sex View Hospital
Neilson
Mrs. Neilson
President Wilson Aboard USS George Washington Sick Briefly
President Wilson contracted a slight cold aboard the USS George Washington en route to Europe and expects to resume his normal routine on Tuesday. He will land at Brest on the 18th and proceed to Paris where he will meet the American commission and review peace developments. Wireless messages from Col. House and Secretary Lansing discuss the ongoing peace work and anticipated changes after his Washington trip.
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George Washington
Europe
Wilson
New York
Brest
Paris
American Commission
Wilsor
Washington
Five Convicts At Large From Illinois Prison Chase Across Iowa
Five escaped prisoners from Rock Island Illinois are being hunted across Iowa after beating a guard and locking him in a vacant cell. The fugitives are Peter Delaney Ira Hodge Earl Frazier Earl Mossiron and William Daniels. Two are reported hidden near Muscatine la. No trace of the remaining two.
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Rock Island
Ill
Iowa
Peter Delaney
Ira Hodge
Earl Frazier
Earl Mossiron
William Daniels
Muscatinela
Vanguard of 26th division to land in America on April 13
News from the department of the northeast reports the first complete unit of the Yankee division, the trench mortar battery of the 101st field artillery, arrive in New York on April 13 and be landed in Boston. The unit, more than 200 strong, is chiefly composed of men from Maine.
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Boston
America
Department of the Northeast
101St Field Artillery
New York
Maine
Plan for Danube neutralization to be worked out in Paris
Vienna dispatch reports a plan to neutralize the Danube with navigation companies merged into a single international concern under a Danube commission. The venue for finalizing the plan is Paris with international cooperation urged.
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Danube
Geneva
Paris
Vienna
Danube Commission
Clearing House Statement from New York March 10
Clearing house report shows sub-treasury credit of 1 669 371 dollars and exchanges totaling 380 931 610 dollars. Balances stand at 50 291 370 dollars.
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Clearing House
New York
Sub-Treasury
Monroe Doctrine May Be In Treaty
Paris reports say the Monroe doctrine could be written into the peace treaty if President Wilson prevails. Delegates fear changes to the League of Nations draft, but supporters say incorporating the doctrine would not alter the covenant materially and could invite additions by other nations.
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Paris
Wilson
League of Nations
Japan
China
United States
League
Bess
France
Explosion Kills One in Worcester Plant Blaze
Worcester March 10 Charles Berthiaume a steam fitter was instantly killed and three other men seriously injured when a naphtha tank exploded at the Baldwin Chain Co Chandler street plant. The blaze wrecked four tenement buildings and damaged property estimated at fifty thousand dollars. Fourteen people were made homeless as families fled in panic and a search was made for additional casualties.
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Worcester
Mass
Charles Bethiaume
Chandler Street
Baldwin Chain Co
Berthiaume
Baldwin Company
Strike in Willimantic Evidences Union Labor Split
In Willimantic on March 10 about 100 Ameri can Thread Co mill workers struck after an operator refused to cut non union labels and was discharged. The box shop remains the only unionized section and the walkout could affect the whole plant. John Golden and other textile union officers have been notified and strikers plan a meeting.
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Willimantic
American Thread Co
John Golden
Textile
Seek Two for Murder in Chicago Police hunt two suspects
Police search for Tiarry Rochette and Private John A. Chance in connection with the murder of 19 year old James Cavanaugh who was shot three times outside his home late Sunday night. Rochette is tied by family to Virginia Rochette who allegedly made a serious accusation against Cavanaugh.
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Chicago
Tiarry Rochette
John A. Chance
Fort Worth
Tex
James Cavanaugh
Rochette
Chance
Virginia’ Rochette
Cavanaugh
Hitchcock Knox Debate Set for Newark in April
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock of Nebraska and chairman of the senate foreign relations committee will debate Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania on the League of Nations in Newark between April 5 and 10. Hitchcock will argue the affirmative and Knox the negative.
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Hitchcock-Knox
Washington
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
League of Nations
Newark
N. J
Capitol
Hitchcock
Senator Knox
Seizure Order Targets German-Owned Railroad Securities
An order signed by Judge Knox directs alien property Custodian Garvin to seize about $4,000,000 in German owned railroad securities, mainly first mortgage bonds and preferred stock of American railroads, held in downtown banks. The seizure was to take place this afternoon.
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Sieze
New York
Allien
Garvin
Knox
Federal Court
Munich Bavaria Re- Insurance Co
Airplane Crashes Into Passaic River Near Elizabeth
A government aeroplane carrying seven officers crashed about 300 feet from the Passaic River near Elizabeth New Jersey around noon. Initial reports said none of the officers were injured. The craft was en route from the Standard Aircraft plant to Philadelphia when the engine failed and the plane fell like a rocket.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Passiac River
Standard Aircraft
Philadelphia
Stolen Auto Recovered in Greenwich Five Minutes
Stamford reports a car owned by Dr. O. T. Rule of Glenbrook was stolen at 12 15 p m from Bank Street. Five minutes later Greenwich officers arrested Frank H. Gordon of San Francisco in the car as he sped through the village.
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Stamford
O. T.rule
Glenbrook
Bank Street
Greenwich
Frank H. Gordon
San Francisco
Cal
Fitztroy
Train Plunges From Embankment Near Chambers Mills
Several passengers were seriously injured when a Washington and Waynesburg narrow gauge train derailed from an embankment near Chambers Mills south of Eliro this afternoon. A relief train has been dispatched to the scene.
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Washington
Washington and
Waynesburg
Chambers Mills
Eliro
President Wilson faces busy week at Paris talks
Paris reports that if preliminary peace terms are ready by March 22, President Wilson will confront a heavy workload upon arrival, with numerous reports and decisions to digest while guiding League of Nations covenants. Commissions on reparations and Rhine issues lag, amid Franco British Italian disputes and Spa armistice disruptions.
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Paris
Wilson
League of Nations
Rhine
Clemenceau
Col. E. WM. House
Lloyd George
Spa
Council
City Court Arraigns Three Defendants Before Judge Edlin
In Middletown city court this morning Edward Kirk was arraigned for intoxication and released from Haddam jail after asking for a chance to reform. He pledged to go to Hartford immediately and avoid Middletown, with sentence suspended pending compliance. An East Hampton trader, also drunk, was fined $2 plus $3 costs. James Nolan faced a wife’s complaint of abuse. the case was continued for one week with a warning.
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Edlin
Edward Kirk
Haddam
Hartford
Middletown
East Hampton
James Nolan
Nolan
Salaries Raised for City Prosecutor and Clerk at Court
The committee on cities and boroughs of the state legislature approved a bill to raise the prosecutor’s pay to 900 dollars a year and the city court clerk’s to 600 dollars, from 500 and 400 respectively. The judge’s salary stays at 1000 dollars and the assistant judge at 300. Also, the incor porations committee favors a Wesleyan charter amendment for Xi of Psi Upsilon Fraternity to hold real estate up to 100000 dollars.
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Legislative Committee On Incorporations
Xi of Psi Upsilom Fraternity
Wesleyan University
Mess Sergeants Held For Graft in Rockford Camp Grant
Rockford Illinois March 10 George W Stump from Cumberland Ohio and Roy Jones from Park Falls Wisconsin Camp Grant mess sergeants held today as agents probe a wide graft conspiracy in the sale of government meat at the cantonment. George Brennan driver for Morris and Co is alleged to have admitted delivering meat orders at the camp ranging from 200 to 800 pounds short. The accused sergeants are said to have signed for short meat and divided proceeds from the sale of the short meat Brennan held out.
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Rockford
Ill
George W Stump
Cumberland
Ohio
Roy Jones
Park Falls
Wic
Camp Grant
George Brennan
Morris and Co
Breman
Drum Corps Plans Banquet at Red Men's Hall After Dance
At a T. M. Russell Drum Corps meeting the Red Men's hall was booked for the annual banquet after the March 17 dance for visiting corps. Participating groups include Century Drum Corps Meriden Silver City Meriden Father Matthews Hartford St Pauls Fife and Drum Band Kensington Torrington Drum Corps Torrington New Britain Tales New Britain Sacred Heart Drum Corps Hartford The Thread City Fife and Drum Corps Willimantic with three truckloads of men.
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T. M. Russell
Red Men’s ‘Hall
Century Drum Corps
Meriden
Silver City
Father Matthews
Hartford
St. Paul’s
Kensington
Torrington
New Britain
Sacred Heart Drum Corps
Thread City Fife and Drum Corps
Willimantic
Return Visit Highlights Changes in Colchester
John F. O'Connell spent Sunday at his old Colchester home, first return in 25 years. He observed major shifts since his departure, noting shoework thriving then with about 3,000 workers, now shops closed and many long-time families relocating. He also saw improvements absent during his residence.
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Colchester
John F. O’connell
O’connell
Sailors Force Opera Cancellation Amid Threats at City Theatre
Mayor John F. Hylan ordered the Lexington Theatre to halt the revival of Der Vogelhandler after a protest by American sailors led by the Sailors Club. About 2000 sailors threatened to block entry, planning a 6:30 pm gathering and a march with a band, vowing to deter attendance by force until police intervention. Dr. Max Winter announced the German opera revival was indefinitely postponed.
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New York
John F. Hylan
Lexington Theatre Management
Sailors’ Club
Hylan
Navy
Lexington Avenue Theatre
Grover Whalen
Max Winter
Lexington Theatre
Mayst Rylan
Winter
World Loop Record Sparked by American Aviator in France
Major R. G. Bates reports from Washington that an American aviator in France set a world record with 318 successive laps in 67 minutes. Lieut. Maynard, who broke the record, later joined the army as a chaplain. Bates, back from the American expeditionary forces, says the flyer is en route to Detroit for two weeks’ leave. The former record was 300 loops in 66 minutes.
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Washington
France
Dare Deviltry
R. G. Bates
Detroit
Lieut
Maynard
Bates
Berlin Workers Back in Brief Strike Fallout
Idle workmen returned to work in Berlin as independent socialists split over extending the strike to gas and electric works. President Ebert and Justice Minister Landsberg arrived from Weimar to pursue punishment of prisoners amid delayed reports of government troops mistreating civilians, including many women.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
Ebert
Landsberg
Weimar
Sinn Feiners clash with police in Crossgar Down Ireland
Sinn Feiners in Crossgar County Down attack a police cordon at the railway station after a raid by authorities. Several constables are injured as the mob breaks windows at the barracks and police wield batons to disperse the crowd. Sinn Feiners reportedly freed from English prison were due to arrive but did not show up.
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Sinn
Attempt to pacify Senate over League of Nations clause
Paris reports a possible bid to insert a clause in the League of Nations constitution giving the United States permanent mandate power in American affairs to preserve the Monroe doctrine. Japan may seek privileges in the Far East and northern Pacific, likely drawing Chinese opposition. Britain faces a delicate position.
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Senate
Paris
United States
League of Nations
Japan
Far East
Pacific
China
Britain
Train Crash In Ohio Hurts Passengers At Wreck Site
A passenger train on the Clover Leaf railroad crashed into a Toledo Bowling Green and Southern Interurban near Marmes Ohio injuring several people. Emergency crews report many injured and traffic on the line halted while taken to hospitals.
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Ohio
Marmes
Clover Leaf_railroad
Toledo
Bowling Green
Leensett
Ex Kaiser Trial Nod in Inter Allied Court Report
The Kaiser could be tried by an inter allied court for war responsibility, according to L Intransigeant in cablegrams from Paris last week. Earlier cables claimed he could not be tried, creating conflicting reports on the matter.
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Kaiser
Horde
Pars
Commissio
Paris
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