Wilson In Paris Amid Guarded Welcome On March Day
By John Edwin Nevin Paris March 4 crowds cheered as President Wilson and Mrs Wilson arrived at the Gare de l Est aboard a special train. French President Poincare greeted them and Shouted Vive Wilson as they passed under a ceremonial canopy. Police kept watch for suspicious individuals after threats against Premier Clemenceau. Wilson was described as a highly guarded figure during the day in Paris.
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Aris
Fagerits
Sta
Mincare
Seine River
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Croisset
Paris
London Worries Over League of Nations in Paris Return
London sentiment says the League of Nations faces trouble as President Wilson returns to Paris amid mixed emotions. Critics claim peace details will surface soon and that European reactions will test Wilsons plans while American opposition questions the reach of his diplomacy.
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League of Nations
Wilson
Paris
James Douglas
Star
France
England
Italy
Peale
Douglas
Leon
Senate
A At
Europe
Pon
Lansing
Paris Welcomes President Wilson at Peace Conference
The article notes Paris reception of President Wilson on March 14 as he arrives for the peace conference. It cites L Homme Libre predicting opposition in the American senate would hinder his work, but asserts renewed public support in the United States and growing participation in the movement for a world organization. Wilson travels with firm resolve.
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Etree
Paris
Wilson
Rejas
Saate
L’homme Libre
Senate
United States
Amer
E of
Nations Organization
Reds Try 10 Blow Up Warsaw Bridge
London report says Spartacides at Berlin attempted to blow up the Warsaw bridge over the Spree but were frustrated. Twenty four Spartacist marines were executed and two hundred fifty others jailed, including leader Jogischer. Noske says insurrection in Berlin may be suppressed. martial law spreads to central Germany. Lichtenberg captured. strikes feared in Berlin factories. western Germany secession movement grows.
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London
Spartacides
Berlin
Warsaw
Spree
Amsterdam
Spartacist
Herr Jogischer
Red
Lichtenberg
Handelsbladt
Basle
Gustave Noske
Weimar
Freiheit
Rote Fahne
Yourder
Noske
Frankfurter
Germany
Cologne
Rhenish Nassau
Hesse
Millionaire Manufacturer Testifies in Inch Extortion Case
Eugene P. Herrmann, a wealthy motor truck maker, testifies in New York about being bilked by Mrs. Betty Inch. He repeats claims of phone conversations with a woman named May Hayes that led to a meeting and payment in the presence of detectives. Defense says May Hayes may testify. Inch remains jailed at the Tombs.
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New York
Eugene P. Herrmann
Betty Inch
Supreme Court
Herrmann
Miss May Hayes
Mrs. Inch
William Fallon
Miss Hayes
Tombs
Bolsheviks Occupy Much Land Reported in Helsinki Dispatch
A Helsingfors dispatch to the Times quotes an official Bolshevik statement saying Bolshevik forces in northern Russia occupied territory larger than France during January and February. The Red army is said to reach Archangel by May 1, while British and American troops repelled the Reds in the Vaga sector during the week of March.
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London
Russia
France
Helsingfors
The
Times Today
Archangel
Times
Vaga
Reason for Armistice Break in Dantzig Dispute
Paris notes the rupture in armistice talks between Poland and Germany arose from Berlin’s refusal to withdraw artillery from the Dantzig region. After a week to answer, the Germans abandoned negotiations and evacuated Poser. A Polish division will depart France for Dantzig soon.
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Paris
Dantzig
Poser
France
German Women Scalped Soldiers in Berlin War Dance
Rotterdam dispatch to the Daily Express reports German women fighting with the Reds in Berlin stabbed and scalped wounded officers and held a war dance around the bodies. The piece notes more than 1,200 Spartacist prisoners are confined in Berlin jails with overcrowded facilities.
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London
Berlin
Rotterdam
Daily Express
Clearinghouse Statement
New York on March 14 reports sub treasury credit totaling 2 306 788 dollars with exchanges 671 240 dollars balances 62 557 436 dollars balance figures and related totals.
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New York
Sub-treasury
United States urged to take over Turkey mandate says Daily Mail
The Paris edition of the London Daily Mail reports in informed circles that solving the Constantinople problem would come if the United States accepted mandatory power for Turkey under the League of Nations. The British desire for U S involvement is noted, though the paper flags uncertainty about outcomes.
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United States
Turkey
Paris
London
Daily Mail
United ‘States
Four Separate Peace Conventions Set for Former German Alliance
Paris reports that the peace conference will issue four individual peace conventions for the former German alliance rather than one general treaty. M. Tardieu says the preliminary German terms may not be ready by March 20 without President Wilson, but should be ready for German submission by end-April. The article notes no Allied military occupation plan and hints Germany may seek to evade obligations, with Austria Bulgaria and Turkey to have parallel term efforts.
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Andre
M. Tardieu
Germany
Wilson
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
League of Nations
Constantinople
Poland
Dantzig
Prussia
Pneumonia Rising Among Overseas Troops in France
Washington reports pneumonia cases among American troops in France rose to 1,924 in the week ending March 7, with 11.4 death rate, up from 9.6. US forces number 540,525 at home, while Siberian postings show excellent health.
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Washington
France
Iresent
United States
Siberia
Government to commandeer tug boats and lighters
New York march 14 government likely to seize enough tug boats and lighters to coal army transports and trans Atlantic liners carrying soldiers after boat owners refused to lease them. Federal officials met with owners amid a strike by more than 7 000 marine workers and accused officials of pressuring owners to grant terms.
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New York
Railroad
Baby Wished on Doctor on New Haven Train
Captain Marcus Beck of Bridgeport Connecticut a medical corps officer aboard a New Haven train was asked by a well dressed woman to hold her baby for a moment at Grand Central station. After the train arrived the woman disappeared. police searched unsuccessfully and a general alarm was sent out.
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New York
Marcus Beck
Medical Corps
Bridgeport
Local manufacturers refuse blame for US employment service closure
Waterbury March 14. Local manufacturers at a conference declined responsibility for keeping open the United States employment service office set to close March 22. They praised the office but said its fate is a government, state, or community matter.
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Employment Service
Waterbury
United States Employment Service
Miss Slater Engaged in Boston High Society Notice
Boston society columns report the engagement of Miss Ray Slater daughter of Mrs. Mabel Hunt to a suitor from Baltimore. The couple has not disclosed wedding plans and details remain unrevealed.
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Miss Slater
Boston
Ray Slater
Pie
Mabel Huntee
Washington
One Murphy
Baltimore News
Pe Sreenewest
Violence Flares As Newark Trolley Strike Strikes
Three attacks on Public Service Railway Co. trolley crews in Newark amid a strike. Wires shorted reported to police. crews beaten at Bloomfield avenue and 12th street and attacked at Bergen street and Hawthorne avenue. Former President Taft ordered strikers back to work as the War Labor Board prepares conferences with the company and union leaders in Newark.
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N. J
Public Service Railway Co
Bloomfield Avenue
12Th Street
Bergen Street
Hawthorne Avenue
Avon Avenue
Washington
Taft
National War Labor Board
New Jersey
James H. Vahey
E. W. Wakelee
Chelton Ogburn
War Labor Board
Robert N. McCarver
Creel Not At Odds With President After Resignation
George Creel, former chairman of the Committee on Public Information, says he will take an active role in politics not as an office seeker but as a helper in public life reform. He returns from Europe after winding down CPI work. domestic offices are cut to Paris and London as settling agencies. The CPI service bureau and official bulletin will end after April 1. The bulletin has raised 84294.30 in subscriptions. Creel calls reports of strain with President Wilson absurd.
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George Creel
Committee On Public Information
Europe
Paris
London
America
Service Bureau
Creel
Wilson
Florida Special Derails Near Richmond injures porter
A south bound Florida special from New York derailed 50 miles south of Richmond on the Seaboard Air Line. The engine tender and five sleepers jumped the tracks. No fatalities reported. A sleeping car porter suffered a minor facial injury from shattered glass. passengers were returned to Petersburg. Train left New York yesterday at 3 PM.
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Washington
Richmond
Railway Administration
Petersburg
New York
National labor protest to mark Debs imprisonment
Akron Ohio March 14 New York City will center a nation wide labor demonstration protesting the imprisonment of Eugene V Debs convicted socialist leader. Local socialists meeting with Debs present included Mrs Margaret Pavey John Reed bolshevik speaker recently returned from Russia and James Larkin Sinn Fein leader from Ireland. The date of the demonstration was not announced.
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Akron
New York City
Eugene V. Debs
Margaret Pavey
John Reed
Russia
James Larkin
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Allies would feed Germany if mercantile fleet surrenders
Admiral Sir Rosslyn Weimyss told German representatives that the Allies would provide food for Germany supplied the German mercantile fleet is surrendered. Lists of securities were shown to be used as payment for the food.
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Germany
Brussels
London
Rosslyn Weimyss
Allied Armistice Commission
Havana Strike Still Serious in Cuba
Washington reports the Havana strike remains serious and uncertain even as workers return to most industries including docks. Streetcar service has resumed and trains are operating out of Havana, per a State Department dispatch.
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Havana
Washington
State Department
International Labor Conference Aims Washington Start
Paris dispatch reports that the first meeting of the international labor conference, created under the peace conference, is planned for Washington in October if the United States agrees to convene it. The committee issued today's communiqué announcing the proposal and seeking approval.
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Paris
Washington
United States
Hartford Assembly News Highlights and Budget Actions
Reports favoring land sale bonds for street and utility development. Casey Beach association tax share and local budget hearing set for September. Unfavorable on clerks’ salary increase for Waterbury district courts. state and national committee ban for state attorneys rejected. House favors pension for Naugatuck policemen, higher treasurer clerk pay, Manchester planning commission, boosted state police ranks. Waterbury Bar Library appropriation up to 3000. Bridgeport financial matter pressed aside. Senate OKs Waterbury high school bonds 600000, name change for Commercial Trust Co Bridgeport, Waterbury water supply expansion, and one year closed season for partridge and grouse. Resolution to investigate pauper law and Mannfeld training schools lost. two senators and three representatives to investigate. Laurel Club announces annual dinner and mock session in Hartford on Thursday evening in April.
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Senate
Casey Beach Association
Long Island Sound
Hast Haven
John W. Banks
Ernest L. Simpson
New Haven
Manchester
Waterbury Bar
Bridgeport
Sherwood
Westport
House
Waterbury
Commercial Trust Co
Bantam Lake
Housatonic
Manfeld
Governor Nominates Judges and State Board Members
Governor Holcomb announced appointments to state offices and judgeships. M. Francis Hope of New Haven named to the state board of pharmacy, replacing Harry Purdy of Derby. Alphonse Bordeau of Plainville joins the state barber commission. John Sirica of Waterbury and F. W. Neumann of New Haven remain on the same board. Christopher L. Avery of Groton nominated for eight years as superior court judge beginning December 15, 1920. John R. Booth of New Haven nominated for four years as judge of New Haven county common pleas court starting August 8, 1920, with Isaac Wolfe moving to the superior court bench.
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Holcomb
M. Francis Hope
New Haven
State Board of Pharmacy
Harry C. Purdy
Derby
Alphonse A. Bordeau
Plainville
Barbers.commission
John Sirica
Waterbury
F. W. Newmann
Christopher L. Avery
Groton
D. T. Warner
John R. Booth
Secret treaties between Japan and China uncovered
Montreal witnesses testified at the Chen Shue Yen trial that copies of secret China Japan pacts were found in the Chinese National League. A police agent said the league had threatened killers to prevent translation of the treaties, a claim that caused a sensational uproar amid recent Chinese peace conference delegations in Washington noting thefts of such copies.
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China
Montreal
Chinese National League
Chen Shue ‘Yen
Captain Reid
Dominion
League
Washington, D. C
Transport Due March 24 From France to New York
Washington announces the Susquehanna carrying the 27th regiment of railway engineers with 28 officers and 1,435 men has sailed from France and is due in New York March 24. Total returnees reach about 2,400 including two casual companies for New Jersey and Iowa and over seven hundred sick and wounded. The engineers will be split among Camps Gordon McClellan Grant Pike Hancock Greenleaf Sherman Custer Devens Lee Upton Dix and Sheridan.
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Washington
Susquehanna
27Th Regiment of
Railway Engineers
France
New York
War Department
New Jersey
Iowa
American Soldiers Die in German Prison Camps
Washington March 14 The War Department announced the death in German prison camps of nine American soldiers. Among the deceased are Lieut Henry Bradley Frost of Arlington Massachusetts Sergeant Joseph Baley of Chestnut Hill Massachusetts Privates Herbert Hapwood of Shrewsbury Massachusetts Edward B Trecher of New Haven Connecticut Jarl Vaughan of Shrewsbury Massachusetts. Vaughan had previously been released from a German camp and returned to France on a hospital ship.
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Washington
War Department
Henry Bradley Frost
Arlington
Mass
Joseph Baley
Chestnut Hill
Herbert B. —Hapwood
Shrewsbury
Edward B. Trecher
East St
New Haven
Jarl Vaughan
France
Salvation Army First in Hearts of Soldiers in New York
Senator Hazen distributes copies of education bills. Salvation Army leaders praise the Salvation Army as first in the hearts of American soldiers. Dr Karl Reiland, rector of St George's Church, spoke at the opening of Salvation Army Booth Memorial Hospital at 314 East 15th Street, describing collaboration with the Red Cross and praising Army work in France.
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Salvation Army
American Red Cross
Karl Reiland
St. George’s Church
Booth Memorial Hospital
East 15Th Street
Home Service Bureau
The
Red Cross
Reiland
France
U. S. Troops In Clash At Tien Tsin
Washington reports a clash between American troops and Japanese police and civilians in Tien Tsin. No further details or confirmation of marines raid. Major General Barnett seeks a detailed report from Pekin and officials caution the matter is too serious to discuss until full information arrives.
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Tien Tsin
State Department
Paul
Reinsch
Pekin
Legation
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Barnett
United States Marine Corps
Cabling Coleodore Kane
Legation Guard
Daniels
Meriden Woman Dies from Burns in Home Fire
Meriden March 14 Miss Mary A Couch aged 68 died at her home this morning from burns received when her night clothing caught fire from a match. Her nurse smothered the flames but could not save her. Survived by nephew Henry B Levi of Meriden and niece Mrs Dorothy Doolittle Holcomb of Waterbury, daughter of ex Mayor E J Doolittle. Sister of the late George W Couch former health officer and assessor and principal beneficiary of his estate.
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Mary A. Couch
Miss Couch
Henry B. Levi
Dorothy Doolittle Holcomb
Waterbury
E. J. Doolittle
George W. Couch
Canadian Town Swept By Fire
Montreal reports a major blaze in Petit Codiac near Moncton destroying a bank several stores the post office railway station and numerous homes. Firefighters aided by the Moncton department battled the flames driven by a strong east wind with damage estimates not yet available.
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Petit Codiac
Moncton
N. B
Moncton Fire Department
Stamford Carpenters Demand 80 Cents Hour in Pay Dispute
Stamford carpenters union serving notice that at contract end they will push for 80 cents an hour, up from current wages. About 400 members. Masters expect refusal and a compromise is anticipated. Glass to tour for Victory Loan starting April 20 with stops in Minneapolis St Paul and Chicago.
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Carpenters’ Union
Stamford Master Builders
Glass
Victory Loan
Washington
Leaps to Death on Manhattan Bridge
Morris Kroll leaped from the guard rail to his death during the Manhattan bridge rush hour today. He had left his home moments earlier seeking work.
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New York
Manhattan Bridge
Morris Kroll
Kroll
One Troop Ship Due Today Arrives With 62 Returning Soldiers
New York March 14 The Cobra with 62 returning soldiers aboard including 4 officers and 47 enlisted men of the 801st tank center is the only ship expected to arrive today.
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New York
801St Tank’ Centre
Education bills proposed for March 25 hearing in Hartford
A March 25 hearing is set to review three education bills drafted to reform appointment, supervision and apportionment for school districts. The bills would expand the state board, form town supervision districts, and adjust state funding shares by class, with special grants possible for towns unable to meet school costs.
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Hartford
Hazen
Education Committee
Morrison
Committee On Education
General Assembly
United
Board of Control
Rail Clerks Strike Paralyzes Atlanta Freight Traffic
About 1500 railroad clerks belonging to all lines serving Atlanta walk out at 10 am following a secret executive board vote. The nationwide stoppage cripples freight and most traffic, affecting general, local and yard offices, baggage and ticket staff, and train clerks.
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Nashville
Chattanooga & St. Louis
Tennessee Central
Birmingham Northwestern
Srk
Reds Sing as They March to Death in Berlin
Two Spartacist prisoners were marched to their deaths through Unter den Linden in Berlin as soldiers escort them. Bedraggled prisoners with wrists cuffed were paraded past armored cars while guards shouted warnings and fired blank cartridges to deter rescues. Earlier, twenty four Spartacides were reported executed at Moabit pits during the day.
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Berlin
London
Unter den Linden
Moabit Pitts
German peace envoys named by Weimar cabinet
A Copenhagen dispatch reports the German cabinet at Weimar approved appointing peace envoys including Foreign Minister Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Dr Edward David former National Assembly president, Dr Adolph Muellery, Prof Schucking and Herr Geisberg.
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London
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Today
Weimarkt
Lowing
Rantzau
Count von Brockdorff-Ranzau
Edward David
National Assembly
Adolph Muellery
Schucking
Herr Geisberg
German Editor Acquitted in Cleveland Trial
Richard Brenne editor of a German newspaper in Cleveland Ohio was acquitted today after a trial on espionage act violations. Federal instructions urged a verdict of not guilty as the jury found no intent to violate the act.
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Ohio
Richard Brenne
Federal Actitts
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