Wilson Holds View On Immigration In League of Nations
Paris report outlines President Wilson’s stance that America cannot intervene in Irish questions and would not bind itself to free immigration rights. It notes Navy and military terms for Germany, a possible Saturday session on the League covenant, and ongoing talks with Lloyd George. The piece emphasizes Wilson’s preference to resist any compelled commitments and to push speed on covenant finalization.
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League of Nations
Wilson
America
Paris
Germany
Gether
Quai d'Orsay
United States
Sitin Fein
Great Britain
League
Lloyd George
Robert Cecil
Work for Soldiers Ship Yards Urged
Washington March 18 direct appeal to ship yards to hire returned soldiers and train them for shipbuilding duties was issued by the United States Shipping Board after a War Department meeting. Chairman Hurley cited 242 veterans employed at one yard, with only twenty not meeting standards, and urged broader imitation of the Island platform for disabled veterans.
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Edward N. Hurley
Arthur Wood
War Department
Hurley
Hos Island
Redfield Committee to Meet in Washington
New York March 18s A program for a conference in Washington to morrow with the so called Redfield committee on stabilization of industry was mapped out here today by members of the committee of iron and steel manufacturers appointed two weeks ago for their purpose. Today’s meeting was held in the offices of E H Gary president of the American Iron and Steel Institute.
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Redfield
New York
Washington
Redfield Committee On
Committee of Iron
E. H. Gary
American Iron and Steel Institute
Japan Will Not Relinquish Korea Proclamation
Dien-Tsin China March 18 Japan issued a proclamation asserting it would not relinquish Korea despite revolutionary disturbances at home. Advices reach Tokio detail the stance and resolve.
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Japan
Korea
Dien-Tsin
China
Tokio
Clearing House Credit Transfer Report Summary
Clearing House statement from New York dated March 18 notes treasury credit of 872,211,900 dollars. Figures reflect large interbank transfers and federal reserve settlement activity for the period.
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Clearing House
New York
Ouse Tycaub-Treasury Credit
26th Units Move Toward Homeward Voyage
Yankee division artillery and other units begin shifting from Le Mans toward embarkation near Brest as officers attend a Paris convention. Brigadier Generals Sherburne and Cole plan sails for Boston, with Logan's 10th Infantry marking St Patrick's Day. Casualty totals for the 101st and 26th divisions reported, including 24 officers and 332 enlisted killed and 3,024 total killed or wounded.
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Bert Ford
Eccomoy
France
LeMans
Brest
Paris
John Sherburne
Charles H. Cole
52D Infantry
Boston
Edward L. Logan
10Th Infantry
St. Patrick’s Day
Logan
101St Infantry
Japan Seen as Dark Horse in League Talks
Paris dispatch notes Japan as the sole potential obstacle in League of Nations negotiations. Americans express optimism that Japan will not block the pact, and that the covenant will be added to the peace treaty with a draft possible by Saturday. A protocol to clarify clauses may appease Republican senators while Americans seek a troop time limit in Europe.
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League of Nations
John T. Parkerson
Paris
Japan
United States
Europe
Protest Dry Measure Set for April 19 in CT Cities
Hartford and New Haven join Bridgeport as Connecticut sites chosen by the Association Opposed to Prohibition for demonstrations on April 19 against the federal prohibition amendment. The Connecticut branch will be formed in New York within ten days with officers and an executive committee. Seymour C Loomis of New Haven was named to the legal committee and says he has not been officially notified.
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Hartford
New Haven
Bridgeport
Connecticut
New York
James Arthur Spavey
Spavey
Arguments in Winchester Case Heard in New Haven
Judge Edwin S. Thomas hears Demarest petitioners minority stockholders of Winchester Repeating Arms Co seeking a permanent injunction against company reorganization. Annual meeting delayed by this injunction. Judge Thomas denied Demarest permission to examine specific books at this stage. Arguments will run two hours total.
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Winchester
New Haven
Edwin S. Thomas
Elmer W. Demarest
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
Demarest
Thomas
Britton Knocks Out Lewis In Canton Bout
Canton Ohio March 18 veteran welterweight Jack Britton defeated English challenger Ted Lewis by a ninth round knockout in a scheduled twelve round world title bout. Britton forced the count with a solid right to the jaw after Lewis was knocked down six times.
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Britton
Lewis
Canton
Ohio
Jack Britton
Dayton
Ted Lewis
England
Belgium to buy uniforms from United States and France
Belgium seeks to purchase army clothing from the U.S. war department valued at 10.5 million dollars and to obtain surplus stocks from France. The request was announced by the war department this afternoon in Washington.
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Belgium
United States
Washington
American War Department
Wolk
War Department
Margaret Wilson’s Auto Stolen Near Front Village
Paris reports the theft of Miss Margaret Wilson’s automobile while she sang to American soldiers near the front. Wilson is the president’s daughter. Police pursue the thieves as the case unfolds past a war frontline village.
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Margaret Wilson
Paris
Miss Margaret
Sub Treasury Report Shows Loss At New York Banks
Sub Treasury report notes a cash loss of eight thousand dollars at New York banks, reducing the overall cash position for the period. The narrative references a deficit incurred during the ad period, with details incomplete but indicating financial shortfall.
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Treasury
New York
Extra Session Now Imperative
Washington March 18 President Wilson faces a financial crisis across government departments and bureaus and may call Congress in extraordinary session sooner than planned. Congress members from both parties, led by Senators Poindexter and LaFollette, urged early action on urgent supply bills and reconstruction plans for discharged service members. Mondell and Good predicted leaders will stay in Washington to push the program regardless of April June timing.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Glass
Secretary of the Treasury
Poindexter
Senate
LaFollette
House
Good
Iowa
Appropriations Committee
Mondell
Champ Clark Weighs Minority Leadership Return
Former Speaker Champ Clark returned to Washington from a southern tour and met with Democratic leaders as he considers running for minority leader. Backers say opposition votes are limited, with about 30 scattered votes cited. Clark plans to stay in Washington to lead his leadership campaign until the next Congress convenes.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Missouri
Lever
Mays
Clark
Bolshevik Meeting Aims to Spread Doctrine Worldwide
Lenine called a Moscow meeting with Bolshevist leaders to spread bolshevism starting in Italy, Egypt, and Ireland. Bolshevist funds are said to be flowing into these nations as attacks on England and America may follow. German manufacturers reportedly back the movement to capture global trade. Paris reports Wilson favors Kiel canal linking with Suez and Germany to surrender most war materials under a 100,000-strong force with twelve-year terms under Allied oversight.
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Lenine
Geneva
Nicholai Lenine
Russia
Moscow
Italy
Egypt
Ireland
England
America
Kiel Canal
Suez
Paris
Wilson
Germany
Berlin
Coal price jump in 1918 uneven across grades
Washington reports that in 1918 stove coal prices rose 17 percent, chestnut coal by 16 percent, and bituminous coal by 3 percent. The department of labor notes these increases amid wartime energy pressures.
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Washington
Department Ct
Isbor
Riot Act Read as 100 Strikers Riot in Lawrence
In Lawrence Massachusetts on March 1 City Marshal Timothy O'Brien read the Riot Act before about 1000 textile strikers and sympathizers. Mounted police charged after the crowd refused dispersal, several shots were fired but no injuries from gunfire reported. Twenty two prisoners were later rounded up on rioting charges after officers surrounded a house on Elm Street.
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Union Street
Haverhill Street
O’brien
William Carey
Dunn
Elm Street
Tey
Charles Pinae
Tower Pacific Mills
Pinae
Geddes Pushes Unified Transport Ministry in Commons
Sir Eric Geddes, in the house of commons, introduced a bill to create a ministry of transportation. He said the country’s transport system was semi paralyzed financially except for street railways, with railways losing over a quarter of a million pounds daily. He urged government led unified control to avoid taxpayer costs and to set a real transportation policy.
Sentence Commuted for Conscientious Objector at Devens
Private Clifton S. Watrous of Mystic, Conn., a Quaker, was convicted by court martial for desertion and sentenced to ten years. Reviewing authorities commuted six months of the term. Watrous, with a wife and children in need due to illness, had been furloughed to labor on a Lebanon farm before returning to Camp Devens to surrender.
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Camp Devens
Mass
Clifton S. Watrous
Mystic
Conn
Watrous
Lebanon
N. H
Resigns as Fuel Solicitor in Washinton D C
Washington March 18 William B Symmes resigns as solicitor of the United States fuel administration. He will return to legal practice in New York with the firm Davis Symes and Schreider. The resignation, effective March 31, is accepted as administration affairs near completion.
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Washington
William B. Symmes
United States Fuel Administration
Symmes
New York
Davis, Symes and Schreider
Garfield
Machinists Strike Begins in Dansville NY
Washington reports a machinists strike has begun at the Power Specialty Co in Dansville New York threatening to spread across the state. Labor Department announced today that conciliator Joseph R Buchanan has been sent to the scene to settle the dispute.
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Washington
New York
Power Specialty Co
Dansville
N. Y
Joseph R. Buchanan
Department of Labor
Ace Fonck Schedules Suit for Breach of Promise
Paris report says Rene Fonck famed French air ace was sued today for breach of promise. The case stems from a personal agreement as the noted pilot faces a lawsuit filed in a civil court.
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Fonck Sched
Paris
Rene Fonck
Bolshevists Now on the Offensive
London reports the Bolshevists advancing across Ukraine and Don basin aiming to cut off anti Bolshevik forces and push allied units from Archangel and Murmansk. They seek control of Baltic provinces, threaten areas near Karischin and Mariupol, with British and American forces under 20,000 amid strategic reversals and potential redeployments to Murmansk.
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Floyd MacGriff
London
Ukraine
Don
Volga
Black Sea
Baltic
Archangel
Murmansk
Arctic Ocean
Russia
Don Basin
Denekin
trans-Caspia
Siberia
Orenburg-Orsk
Esthenia
Murmansky
Petchenga
Samara
Strength of navies as Daniels stirs British admiralty
Paris reports British officials drafting a memorandum on sea strength after Secretary Daniels stated the United States may police the seas under the League of Nations covenant. The issue of the covenant and its role in the peace treaty looms, with potential clashes between Wilson and Lloyd George delaying proceedings.
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Daniels
Sidney Dark
Paris
United States
League of Nations
Wilson
Lloyd George
England
Cheney Gunmen Plead Not Guilty at Trial
Hartford March 18 William 5S Miller of West Haven Fred Klien William Bossler Michael J Mc Donnell and John Neuss of Hoboken New Jersey indicted March 6 by a grand jury for the murder of Captain William F Madden a guard at Cheney mills South Manchester January 30 pleaded not guilty to the indictments read in superior court on the first day of their trial Ninety six men were found liable to jury duty The first juror accepted was 3H Dana Willy of this city connected with the Society of Savings
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Cheney
Hartford
William
Miller
West Haven
Fred Klien
William Bossler
Michael J. McDonnell
John Neuss
Hoboken
N. J
F. Madden
Cheney Mills
Manchester
Dana Willy
Society of Savings
Influenza Takes Two in Family in Meriden
Meriden report notes influenza claims two lives in one family. Mrs Caroline Phelps Ransom, 37, Windsor native and wife of Dwight F. Ransom, 37, a wholesale meat dealer, died four days after her husband. Their daughter Lois, 11, is seriously ill at Bradley Park home.
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Meriden
Caroline Phelps Ransom
Henry Phelps
Windsor
Americans Captured by Villistas in Mexican Raid
Washington reports James E. Whetton an American citizen and Joseph Bentley a naturalized Mexican bishop were seized by Villa forces at Cruces fifty miles east of Pearson. The dispatch notes Pearson was raided on March 6 and adds limited details about the incidents.
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Villistas
Washington
James E. Whetton
Joseph Bentley
Villa
Cruces
Pearson
State Department
10000 More Troops Homeward Bound
Washington reports over 10,000 additional American troops are en route home aboard four transports and one cruiser. The von Steuben carries 147th infantry to Camps Sherman, Dodge, Upton, Grant, Dix, Bowie, Pike, Custer and Ler. The Mercury sails with 118th infantry for multiple camps including Jackson and Funston. The Montana transports 112th sanitary train and military police to several camps. The Rome holds miscellaneous casual companies for Kansas and West Virginia. The Alaskan sails with 364th infantry units to multiple camps and scatterings.
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Washington
United States
War Department
von Steuten
New York
Montana
Roma
Mercury
Newport News
118Th Infantry
Jackson
Pike
Travis
Dix
Lee
Gorton
Sherman
Dodge
Upton
Grant
Bowie
Custer
Ler
Tig
37Th Division
74Th Infantry
Sherman, Grant, Dodge, Taylor and
112Th Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop
Camp Sherman
112Th Engineer
Texas
California
364Th Infantry
Taylor and Dodge
Watchmen In Duel At Bridgeport Plant Ends In Death
At Harvey Hubbell plant in Bridgeport Thomas Pendergast fifty was shot and killed early today by fellow watchman Michael Sweeney fifty four who was wounded twice by Pendergast Sweeney is hospitalized with non life threatening injuries under police guard A feud between the men preceded the quarrel with no eyewitnesses reported to the scene
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Harvey Hubbell
Bridgeport
Thomas Pendergast
Michael Sweeney
Harvey Hubbell Company
Sweeney
Pendergast
Seeney
Clemenceau Recovers Overcoat From Cottin Case
Paris reports that Georges Clemenceau, known as The Tiger, had the overcoat worn during the Cottin assassination attempt returned after the anarchist was convicted and sentenced to death. The court kept it for possible future use while Cottin appealed, then the coat was promptly sent back.
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Clemenceau
Paris
M. Clemenceau
France
Emile Cottin
Cottin
Forger Arraigned in Waterbury on Worthless Check Charge
James Greer alias Dr Charles Neff and Robert Reed was arraigned in Waterbury city court on passing worthless checks. He admits to being wanted in many states. He was held under two thousand dollars bond for the next superior court term.
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Waterbury
James Greer
Charles Neff
Robert Reed
Superior Court
Auto Thief Arrested in Stamford For Stolen Cars
Stamford March 18 Harry Greatback of Springdale a suburb was arrested for attempting to sell an expensive automobile bearing Utica New York markers and confessed to stealing this car and another stolen a week earlier. A loaded revolver and cartridges were found during a search.
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Stamford
Utica
N. Y
Harry Greatback
Springdale
Food Dominates German Press Amid Mixed Reactions
Berlin reports on March 17 with London on March 18 shows incoming United States food as the leading newspaper topic and among the people. Reactions are not wholly thankful as Hungarian claims and domineering attitude appear in the discourse.
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Germany
Berlin
London
United States
le Hgp
Four Men In Car Open Fire In Stamford Chase
A Stamford motor cycle officer, Policeman Hugh Grogan, was wounded as four alleged automobile bandits shot their way through Stamford Rye Greenwich and Bedford Hills before fleeing toward Bedford. Grogan followed to Shippan Point where they opened fire. The bandits, in a touring car with plate 70 330 NJ linked to H A Daycock of Westfield New Jersey, escaped after a lengthy gun battle. Grogan, in hospital, said he fired and believed two bullets struck one attacker. A posse searched Bedford Hills for the foursome. Grogan is expected to recover if infection does not set in.
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Stamford
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Hugh Grogan
Rye
Greenwich
Conn
Bedford
Grogan
Shippan Point
New York
Stamford Center
Boston Post
Crogan
Stamford Hospital
Mt. Kisco
N. J
H. A. Daycock
Carlton Road
Westfield
Shippan Avenue
New Haven
Tom
Police
Antis predict failure of beer movement in new ruling
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, says the New York Brewers board decision to resume brewing beer at 2.34 percent alcohol will fail, arguing prohibition remains strong nationwide and that any beer sale is banned in over ninety percent of the country.
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Drys
Enne
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
New York Brewers Board
Wheeler
Yale Autoist Arrested For Auto Law Violations
New London on March 18 Richard Webb Bishop a Yale student was arrested twice for automobile law violations. He was fined $20 and costs in police court. He was first held for lacking registration card, released after leaving his watch as security. Later he was arrested on the outskirts with no lights on his car.
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Yale
New London
Richard Webb Bishop
26th Division Bound for Camp Devens Ayer Mass
Boston report states the 26th division known as New England's own will go directly from transports to Camp Devens Ayer Mass upon arrival. After sanitation at about 2,400 men daily, the unit will be moved to Boston in sections for a ceremonial celebration in its honor.
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Devens
Boston
New England
St Boston
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
Army Headquarters
O Leary Espionage Trial Near Verdict in New York
Defense counsel resumed summing up in the Jeremiah A. O Leary case on charges of violating the espionage act. The trial at Josen adjourned with the jury set to hear the arguments by March 8 or 1.
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O'Leary
Near End
New York
Jeremiah A. O’leary
Josen
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