Germany seeks large American loan for Paris peace terms
An interview with Count von Bernstorff, former German ambassador, outlines Germany's claims at Paris. He says Berlin will push for restoration of colonies, preservation of borders, and self determination for territories, plus a substantial American loan to cover obligations in devastated regions. He also discusses his role as intermediary to the peace delegation and his political prospects in Germany.
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Alfred G. Andersen
International News Service
Berlin
London
Germany
Belgium
Cunt von Bernstorff
United States
von Bernstorff
National Assembly
Bernstorff
Erman
Exiou
Wilson
League of Nations
Jorff
Mr. Wilson
Ccl
Discipline Gone on German Ships
A German naval officer describes the collapse of order aboard the fleet seen by Lieut. Commander Hugo W. Koehler during a six week tour of Germany. He cites sullen crews, insolent sailors, and poor maintenance across ships including the Koenigsberg.
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Hugo W. Koehler
United States Navy
Germany
Koehler
Koenigsberg
Pacific Coast Fights Orientals Diplomacy Note
Senator Jones of Washington cabled the Paris peace delegation endorsing Senator Phelan's immigration cable and urging the compact exclude such inquiries. He also urged that domestic matters not be questioned and pledged further telegraphing to ensure the delegation adopts this stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Washington
Jones
Paris
Phelan
Germany to seek self determination frontier claims at peace table
Count von Bernstorff outlines Germany’s stance on postwar borders based on ethnologic frontiers and national self determination. He predicts compensation in kind for damages, urges credits or a large loan from the United States to sustain German industry and pay indemnity, and warns of bolshevik danger if penalties are too severe.
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Wilson
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Bernstorff
United States
League Articles Considered in Paris Meeting
Paris March 25 two thirds of the amended League of Nations covenant articles have been reviewed by the commission. The twelfth and the second sessions to amend the constitution met at Hotel Crillon at 8:30 Monday night March 24. Amendments to articles nine through sixteen four were considered and about two thirds of the draft has now been examined.
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League
Paris
League of Nations
Washington views on Bolshevism debate Hungary aid
Senator Borah challenged Secretary Hitchcock and administration allies on the $100 million food aid for Europe tied to halting Bolshevism. He asked if starving Hungary would curb Bolshevik forces, while Hitchcock urged a League of Nations and economic pressure to force terms. Both warned Hungary’s crisis could speed peace conference progress and warned against interventionism.
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Washington
Borah
Hitchcock
Hungary
Russia
Paris
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
League of Nations
Europe
Federal League Suit allege Monopoly by National League
In Washington March 25 the Baltimore Federal League stockholders sue the National and American League clubs and officials of the defunct Federal League for 900000 dollars, charging conspiracy and Sherman antitrust violations. Attorney William L. Marbury says organized baseball is a monopoly and the reserve clause makes players slaves, asserting baseball as interstate commerce but with reduced competition due to monopoly.
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Washington
Baltimore Federal League
American League
Federal League
Justice Stafford
District Supreme Court
William L. Marbury
Baltimore
Negro Actor Shot in Milwaukee Tragedy
Milwaukee date March 25 George Bell known for Chu Chin Chow was shot and killed by his common law wife Mazie Easly after a night at dance halls. Police say Easly fired two shots, one into Bell’s heart and another into his left eye during a quarrel at their boarding house.
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Milwaukee
Wis
George Bell
Chu Chin Chow
Mazie Easly
Bell
Prisoner Figures From War Dept Released
Revised figures show 4 765 American military prisoners taken by central powers. Of these 4 376 are reported released 233 died in prison camps and 156 are listed as doubtful. Seventy nine marines were taken and 281 civilians. The highest officer captured was a lieutenant colonel with four majors 27 captains 262 first lieutenants and 101 second lieutenants among others.
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Washington
War Department
Bolshevik Peace Envoys Suggested for Conference
London reports March 25 that Paris sources say Nicholai Lenin the Bolshevik premier of Russia may be asked to send Soviet representatives to the peace conference. The Daily Express notes the proposal gaining attention in diplomatic circles.
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London
Paris
Nicholai Lenine
Russia
Th Daily Express
Bold Bank Robbery Strikes Des Moines Iowa
Two men entered the Iowa State Bank in Des Moines at 8 30 this morning forced the cashier who was preparing the day's funds into a lavatory and escaped with twenty thousand dollars.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa State Bank
Hungarians Detain Allied Mission In Budapest
A Vienna report says the Allied mission at Budapest, with American members, has been interned by Hungarian bolshevik forces during the crisis in Hungary.
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London
Budapest
Vienna
League Covenant Re Drafted At Paris Talks
Paris March 25 Leaders Wilson George Clemenceau and Orlando discussed boundaries and indemnities as 16 of 26 articles of the League covenant were disposed of by the League of Nations commission. Draft to go to a committee of experts. American delegates optimistic Knox objections mainly form. Hungary bolshevist danger cited, urgency to finish treaty grows. The big ten urged swift committee action to avoid delays and ensure arms control progress.
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Paris
Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Orlando
League of Nations
United States
Senator Knox
Knox
Latin America
League of Nations Commission
Hungary
Supreme War Council
Teschen
League of Nations Constitution Commission
Big Ten
5000 Arrive on George Washington From Brest
The transport George Washington docked in New York at noon today bringing nearly 5000 American expeditionary force members from France. It carried 135th machine gun battalion 17 officers 69 men 112th signal corps battalion 13 officers 427 men a detachment of 55th service company signal corps 3 officers 13 enlisted and convalescent detachments casual companies and nurses. Forty three civilians also returned. The Brest convalescent detachments 113 to 118 included five officers and 626 enlisted plus 61 nurses. Casual companies listed by unit numbers and states include Pennsylvania Ohio New York Massachusetts California Washington Illinois Kansas Kentucky Minnesota Rhode Island Georgia and others. There were 36 casual officers and 112 nurses with the detachments.
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New York
George Washington
Brest
France
112Th Signal Corps
55Th Service Company
Signal Corps
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Massachusetts
California
Washington
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kansas
Kentucky
Minnesota
Rhode Island
Georgia
Troopers complain of poor food on voyage to New York
Fifteen hundred troopers arriving on the Venezia from France report food on board nearly uneatable during the early days at sea. Captain J. H. Perry of Boston, who led the troops, assumed command of the commissary department as raw materials were deemed of inferior quality and improved only slightly after his takeover.
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New York
Venezia
France
J. H. Perry
Boston
Egyptian Railroads Suspend Amid Cairo Disturbances
Nearly all railway traffic in Egypt is halted due to political unrest. Armed mobs burn stations and tear up tracks as ten thousand students join a loud demonstration chanting Vive Egypt and Vive Wilson.
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Cairo
London
Egypt
Wilson
Peage Treaty Work Is Speeded Up At Conference
Paris March 25 The peace conference presses toward final terms amid bolshevik threats from Hungary and a large Russian population. Delegates advance on reparations and League of Nations authority while Britain tracks monitors in Budapest. Some neutrals push for group voting to curb executive power.
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John T. Parkerson
Paris
Hungary
Europe
Wilson
Marshal Foch
Council of Ten
Budapest
Russia
League of Nations
Executive Council
Poison Not Found In Wilkins Women Stomachs
New York report states no poison detected in the stomachs of Mrs. Elizabeth L. Wilkins 81 and her daughter in law Mrs. Mary Wilkins 47 of Bayonne after analysis for prosecutor Pierre P. Garvin Hudson county New Jersey. Elizabeth Wilkins was mother of nurse Bessie May Wilkins Skeels under arrest in Andover Massachusetts for the murder of Miss Florence Gay a schoolteacher. Arsenic was found in Miss Gay’s stomach. Elizabeth Wilkins died April 22 1918 and was buried in Cedar Lawn cemetery Paterson.
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New York
Elizabeth L. Wilkins
Mary Wilkins
Bayonne
Pierre P. Garvin
Hudson County
New Jersey
Bessie May Wilkins Skeels
Andover
Poison evidence calms fears in Lundgren case
Brookline reports no poison found in stomachs of the aged mother and sister in law of Mrs. Alfred Lund gren, as the Sunshine nurse lies between life and death after an operation. The accused woman recently wed Alfred Lundgren, who stood by her through thick and thin, after a court granted permission to move her from the Methuen home where her health collapsed in jail.
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Brookline
Mass
Alfred Lundgren
Bessie May Skeels
Methuen
Bolshevism in Canada Sparks Sunday Meetings
In Vancouver and other British Columbia centres Bolshevism is openly preached with sermons by speakers posing as federated labor party leaders. The doctrine calls for control by the masses socialization of industry and soviet rule, provoking Ottawa to mobilize detachments of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police to counter western radical activity.
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Vancouver
B. C
New Westminster
Victoria
British Columbia
Federated Labor Party
Ottawa
Royal, Northwest Mounted Police
Canada
Dempsey Kearns dispute over July 4 bout plans
In Long Branch New Jersey Jack Kearns denied reports that the Willard Dempsey championship fight on July 4 would be a movie production. He asserted the bout would be a real championship contest with a referee of known ability and said he would be consulted on any such plan.
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Kearns
Long Branch
N. J
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Chicago
Douglas Fairbanks
Austrian Emperor Charles Abdication to Be Published
Geneva reports March 25 that Vienna will soon publish the formal abdication of former Emperor Charles. The ex ruler reportedly withdrew from Austria to Switzerland days earlier, per dispatches from Vienna.
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Charles
Geneva
Vienna
Ausare
Switzerland
Congressman's Secret Marriage Sparks New Hampshire Gossip
Rumors swirl in Nashua and Manchester over reports that Congressman Edward H. Wason secretly wed Susie Whitney, a 25 year old, after a distant city ceremony. Wason, 52, would not confirm but hinted the woman named was not his wife Whitney.
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Nashua
N. H
New Hampshire
Edward H. Wason
Bug
Horace A. Whitney
Manchester
Susie Whitney
Amoskeag
Whitneys
Congressman Wason
Lowell
Mass
Washington
Wason
Whitney
Cyrus Sulloway
National House of Representatives
Bids Opened for War Camps Sale Plan in Washington
Washington March 25 bids will be opened April 15 for thirteen government camps and cantonments to be sold under wartime disposal rules. Bids must cover entire camps with limited exceptions, require 20 percent cash or certified check and a 25000 bond, and 80 percent remaining on signing. National guard bids get first preference for Beauregard and Sheridan. other camps include Bowie Colt Hancock Kendrick Logan Polk Sevier Jackson Shelby Wadsworth and Wheeler.
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Washington
War Department
Beauregard
Sheridan
National Guard
Bowie
Colt
Hancock
Kendrick
Logan
Polk
Sevier
Jackson
Shelby
Wadsworth
Wheeler
Germanys Peace Efforts May Follow Hungary
Berlin dispatch reports Germany may seek to influence the peace conference by allying with the Russian Bolsheviks after Hungary. The Hungarian move is praised, and there is talk Count Karolyi’s government reshuffle aimed at pressuring for lenient terms from the Entente.
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Hungary
London
Germany
Berlin
Geneva
Chronicle
Count Karolyi
Budapest
Reduction of Court Martial Sentences in War Time
Washington reports a clemency board reduced 1,147 sentences from 12,472 courts martial cases. Average time cut was 99 percent. Among offenses, 3,362 were for absence without leave with 112 reductions, 51 for mutiny with 10, 609 for sleeping on post with 63, 1,196 for disobedience of orders with 105, 208 for disobedience of regulations with 46, 173 for assault and attempted assault with 34, and 41,848 other miscellaneous cases with 200 reductions.
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Washington
Clemency Board of the Adjutant’s
Convoy Assignments Listed for March Departure
The War Department announced early convoy assignments for March 25 in Convoy Washington. units include the 304 bakery company the 408 and 411 telegraph battalions the 465 pontoons train and multiple United States Army ambulance service sections numbered 504 501 512 525 542 552 553 560 571 590 601 603 625 626 632 633 634 626 638 and 646.
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Washington
War Department
Three Hundred and Fourth Bakery Company
United State Army Ambulance Service
Daniels Arrives in Paris for Naval Talks
Josephus Daniels American secretary of the navy arrived in Paris from Brest today and will spend several days conferring with officials on the naval program. He said conditions in the American camp at Brest were satisfactory.
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Daniels
Paris
Josephus Daniels
Brest
26th Parade May Be May 5th
Major General Edwards stated the Yankee division parade in Boston could be scheduled between May 3 and May 5. He cited transport delays and sanitation and other Camp Devens preparations as causing possible postponement to that window.
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Boston
Edwards
Camp Devens
Victory Day Parade Brings New York City to Standstill
New York marked Victory Day with a massive homecoming parade for the 27th Division, drawing up to two million along Fifth Avenue. A 1972 fallen soldiers casket on a gun caisson led the march past reviewing stands from 60th to 110th streets while crowds, some sleeping in transit hubs, packed sidewalks. Despite minor injuries in crushes, officials hailed the event as unprecedented in city history with 500000 visitors from upstate, extensive decorations costing about 750000, and celebratory banquets planned at hotels and armories. Captain John Barnes died of heart failure while aiding crowd control.
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New York
Greater
National Guard
Fifth Avenue
France
Wash Square
110Th Street
Victory Arch
23Rd Street
Madison Square
Washington Square
John F. O’ryan
82Nd Street
Alfred B. S
John F. Hylan
O’ryan
Court of the Dead
Public Library
Upstate
Jes
John Barnes
Roosevelt Tal
Trackman's Leg Amputation After Train Accident
Peter Mesoul, a New Haven railroad trackman, lost his leg in a Darien area accident when struck by a train. The March 25 incident near Stamford prompted medical treatment and an emergency response.
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Stamford
Peter Mesoul
New Haven
Day
Bel Arkle
Darien
Clearing House Statement New York March
A New York clearing house release shows sub treasury figures with exchanges at 789 and 0T1s. It lists balances totaling 53 342 710 with notable activity across departments and institutions. The fragmentary data points to financial movements and aggregated sums for March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
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