President Wilson seeks decisive role in peace talks
President Wilson meets with three American experts and reports from Premier delegates as talks on postwar terms accelerate. He pushes for a prompt, united stance from all powers, aims to avoid further delays, and weighs commissions on resources reparations and the League of Nations while signaling reservations on the Monroe Doctrine.
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England
France
United States
Pesident
America
Ameria
And
Baruch
Thomas —_ eves McCormick
Colep
Lloyd Ondesjean
Orlando
Germany
Son
Saare
Marshal Rot
Danzig
League of Nations
Japan
Efph
Dent Wilson
Mbears
Con Gunday
Immedi
Wisconsin March 1 Yeggs Blast Safe at American Brass Co
Police say two men opened fire on officers while attempting to break a safe at the American Brass Company plant. One officer was shot during the confrontation as suspects fled with an estimated loot prior to the blast.
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Wis
Tony Pinga
American Brass Co
Yeggs
Phalian Miners Strike At Westphal March 31
Twenty three miners at Westphal stage a strike on March 31 amid unresolved labor tensions. Officials report halt in coal production as workers demand better safety standards and higher wages. No injuries reported. negotiations expected to resume next week with union leaders present.
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Tphalian
Westphal
Wealthy widow Chadwick vanishes with mysterious Baroness
Chicago reports a wealthy widow Mrs Chadwick vanished after dining at the Congress Hotel with a woman identified as the Baroness. She wore $8,000 in diamonds and carried $2,500. Nephew Bur nett Shaw fears foul play and possible kidnapping.
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Wick
Fornia
Congress Hotel
Burnett Shaw
Shaw
To Make Salesmen of Soldiers at Camp Lee
Washington action notes a five lecture course by F R M Benjamin of Boston a salesmanship school division superintendent assigned by the department of labor to Camp Lee. The program spans a week with open forum lectures aimed at teaching returning soldiers how to market themselves and their value to the community for better job prospects.
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Washington
F. R. M. Benjamin
Boston
Department of Labor
Camp Lee
Cargo Carrier in Distress Off Cape Hatteras
The cargo vessel Northern Pines, 4500 dead weight tons, is badly disabled about 300 miles off Cape Hatteras. Wireless messages to the navy department state distress and request for help. Navy dispatched the tender Cyprus from Charleston. Northern Pines left Boston for Newport News on March 26 with no passengers aboard.
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Washington
Northern Pines
Cape Hatteras
Navy Department
Navy
Cyprus
Charleston
S. C
Shipping Board
Boston
Newport News
Four German Ships Commissioned for U S Navy Update
Four more German passenger vessels recently assigned to the United States have been placed in commission the navy department announced. The ships are the Patricia Graf Waldersee Zeppelin and Pretoria Cleveland renamed Mobile to avoid duplication with another vessel.
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Washington
United States
Navy Department
Patricia
Graf Waldersee
Zeppelin
Pretoria
Cleveland
Th Mobile
Navy
Conference on Americanization Methods Set for May 12
Washington officials announced a four day conference on technical methods of undertaking work in Americanization starting May 12. Secretary Lane of the interior department said specialists and workers in Americanization are invited to attend and compare methods. The program is being drafted by a committee including E B Bach of Pittsburg Allen T Burns of New York Frank M Cody Clinton Dewitt of Detroit W M Roberts of Chicago and W C Smith of Albany.
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Washington
Lane
Department of the Interior
EB. E. Bach
Pittsburg
Allen T. Burns
New York
Frank M. Cody
Clinton Dewitt
Detroit
W. M. Roberts
Chicago
W. C. Smith
Albany
Regular Sailings Resumed Between Boston and Baltimore
Regular sailings between Boston and Baltimore were resumed by the Merchants and Miners line as the steamer Ontario departed with a substantial cargo and passengers. The resumption had been announced only shortly before departure, signaling a restart of the service.
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Boston
Baltimore
Merchants, and Miners Line
Ontario
Mexicans Grant Japs Concessions in Lower California
Washington officials declined comment as Japanese corporations allegedly obtained rights to agricultural lands in Lower California. The Mexican government reportedly granted concessions to exploit land near the Imperial Valley held by the California and Mexican Land Co. No official identification of the tract was provided, and the State Department said it had no confirmed information.
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Washington
State Department
California
Mexico City
Californian and Mexican Land Co
Imperial Valley
General Aguirre
Paris
Lansing
Polk
California and Mexican Land Co
Senate
William Howard Tait
Lower
Sig. Aguirre
California and Mexico Land Co
Los Angeles
Humbert on trial echoes Bolo Pasha case in Paris
Paris reports that Senator Charles Humbert owner of the Journal faces trial for commerce with the enemy. Prosecution claims Humbert, in 1915, secured 2 million dollars from a German source to buy the Journal for propaganda. Bolo Pasha, linked to Humbert, was executed a year earlier for similar charges.
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Paris
Bolo Pasha
Charles Humbert
Humbert
Italy
United States
Oyster Bay man faces trial over alleged Wilson killing remark
Marshall Clark of Oyster Bay Long Island was tried on the charge that he stated he would kill President Wilson for a dollar fifty. The remark was said to have been made in a restaurant with friends. Clyde A. Capson caused his arrest. Clark was released on bail and his wife defended him saying he never spoke such words and that he was discussing the League of Nations with western politicians.
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New York
Marshall Clark
Oyster Bay
L. I
Wilson
Clyde A. Capson
Clark
League of Nations
Soldier Solicitors Arrested in Hartford Court
In Hartford a police court judge fined Wesley Bayard of Bridgeport 25 dollars and gave ten days in jail for false pretenses. James T. Shee of Bridgeport had suspended judgment. Fifteen other Bridgeport soldiers were discharged after a raid by federal and local police over the weekend for fraudulent misrepresentation of subscription terms of a soldiers' magazine.
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Hartford
Wesley Bayard
Bridgeport
James T. Shee
Steamer in Distress Off Cape Cod
A coast guard cutter Ossipee rushed from Boston to aid the Norwegian liner Ocean 150 miles off Cape Cod. The Ocean, en route from Liverpool to New York, reported broken balance blocks and a disabled pump, moving only two miles per hour in a stiff gale. The Ossipee reached the liner and took the vessel under control.
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Boston
Naval Headquarters
Coast Guard
Ossipee
Ocean
Cape Cod
Liverpool
New York
First Food For Germany Arrives Under Armistice Plan
The first consignment of food secured under the Brussels armistice agreement will arrive in western Germany early this week, with a considerable quantity of British merchandise expected at Cologne shortly. German merchants seek to contact British trade and many have applied to travel to England to place orders.
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Germany
Cologne
London
Brussels
England
Entente To Deal With Lenine Rumors
Paris dispatch to the Daily News reports rumors that the Entente powers may open fresh negotiations with Vladimir Lenin, premier of Russia, as London notes March 31. The tip suggests renewed diplomatic contacts amid ongoing unrest and shifting alliances in Europe.
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Lenine
London
Nicholas Lenine
Russia
Paris
Daily News
Fake Harvard Man Held in Boston
Boston prosecutors reveal Charles Cresser, described as a pseudo Harvard man, is jailed on forgery and burglary charges. His travels span New Haven, Portland, Providence, and Cambridge with alleged cross country frauds including bad checks and a failed marriage license attempt. Authority warns warrants extend to Utah as Pinkerton operatives search for missing “Alice Feeley.”
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Charles Cresser
Harvard
Cresser
City Hall
Alice Feeley
Winthrop
Pinkerton
Massachusetts
Dresser
Pacific Coast
Utah
Cambridge
Gold Coast
Providence
New Haven
Harvard Glee Club
Taft
Glee Club
Yale
Securin
New Iayem
Portland
Industry Dead in Budapest
Washington reports complete standstill in Budapest with new authorities taking inventories of factories banks and shops and deeming every house state property. Arms and ammunition are requisitioned and wholesale arrests continue though names are not released. Concurrent dispatch notes anti Bolshevik forces defeat Hungarian communist troops in German West Hungary per Vienna central dispatch.
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Washington
Budapest
State Department
Vienna
London
Hungary
Medals From Captured Guns For Liberty Loan Workers
A treasury department shipment includes three medals made from captured German cannon. The medals, similar in size to a silver half dollar and bearing the treasury building on one side, will be presented to President Wilson Secretary Glass and former Secretary McAdoo. The obverse awaits recipient engraving.
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Liberty Loan
Washington
Germany
Treasury Department
Victory Loan
Wilson
The
Treasury Glass
McAdoo
Treasury Building
Yale graduate George MacArthur added to American air ace list
Washington March 31 The air service announced that Second Lieut George MacArthur formerly of Buffalo has been credited as one of 64 American aces with at least five enemy planes destroyed He received the Distinguished Service Cross in June 1918 and previously served on the border as an artillery officer before joining the air service.
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Washington
George MacArthur
Air Service
Buffalo
War Department
MacArthur
Yale
Liner La Lorraine Collides At Sea
London reports the French liner La Lorraine was involved in a collision at sea per a Paris dispatch received today. The vessel is described as safe after the incident.
French Liner LaLorraine Returns Troops After Collision
New York on March 31 reports the French liner LaLorraine, carrying about $99 returning American troops and a heavy passenger list, has arrived off quarantine and will dock at noon. A London dispatch said La Lorraine had been in a collision at sea.
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New York
London
la Lorraine
Army autos to be sold after war surplus sale planned
Washington March 31 surplus automobiles belonging to the army will be disposed of in the near future. Manufacturers will be asked to take over the cars of their own make and the surplus will be sold to the public, either at auction or by sealed proposal. Full details to be announced soon.
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Washington
Army
War Department
35th Assigned For Convoy At Washington March 31
The War Department announced this afternoon that all of the 35th Division except the artillery has been assigned to early convoy at Washington.
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35Th
Washington
War Department
Epidemic Meningitis Reported in Patras Greece
Washington March 31 An epidemic of meningitis in Patras Greece was reported to the state department this afternoon No details were given.
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Greece
Washington
Patras
State Department
Metal Prices Report From New York Market
Lead remains dull with spot prices at 515 to 530 and April 515 to 527. Spelter shows quiet activity with spot, April, and May figures from 618 to 1 4 and May to June 615 to 630.
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New York
Germany Likely to Accept Danzig Neutral Port Plan
Berlin reports say Germany may acquiesce to making Danzig a neutral port and allowing General Haller's two Polish divisions to land without opposition. A conference is planned with Marshal Foch to decide guarantees for the landing, as Germany bolsters the Danzig garrison amid Poland's claim to the city.
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London
Danzig
Berlin
Daily Mail Today
Marshal Foch
Spa
France
Poland
Baltic
Paris
Derelict Sighting Leads to Rescue Attempt Aboard Maui
New York March 31 Officers of the Maui returned from Brest reporting a sighting of a derelict about 280 miles north of Bermuda during a heavy snow storm last Friday. Lieutenant Sanderlin and 18 men volunteered to aid but found the schooner badly damaged with no signs of life aboard. A shopping box from Panama City Florida and a pair of blue trousers marked C. M. were found on the deck house along with a smashed life boat and evidence of repairs.
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New York
Maui
Brest
Bermuda
Everett H. Sanderlin
Sanderlin
Panama City
Florida
C. M
Complaint Dismissed Against Morris & Co Meat Packers
Washington reports the federal trade commission dismissed the complaint against Morris & Co of Chicago for selling unwholesome meat to soldiers at Camps Travis and Logan in 1917. The panel found no imminent danger or likely recurrence and ruled without prejudice to future action if needed.
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Washington
Morris & Co., Meat Packers of
Chicago
Travis
Logan
Tex
Federal Trade Commission
Brooklyn Woman To Testify In Mann Act Case
United States deputy marshal was sent from New York to Springfield to fetch Sarah Cantor for the Cohen Mann act case in Brooklyn federal court. Cantor, the government's chief witness, failed to appear as directed. Cohen is accused of taking Cantor to Chicago in December 1917 and has prior robbery convictions.
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New York
United States
Springfield
Mass
Sarah Cantor
Brooklyn
Reuben
Robert) Cohen
Garvin
Miss Cantor
Cohen
Chicago
Bridgeport Town Clerk Dies After Year of Illness
Bridgeport reports the death of Joseph Schultz aged 62, serving his third term as town clerk. He had been ill for a year but worked at City Hall on Saturday. Born in Germany, he immigrated 40 years ago and became active in local politics. Survived by his widow and four children.
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Bridgeport
Joseph Schultz
Germany
Admiral Sims Leaves London for Home
Admiral Sims United States Navy commander of American forces in European waters since 1917, departed London for the United States today. Bells rang as crowds cheered his arrival and he received a horseshoe entwined with colors for good luck.
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Simms
U. S. London
Sims
London
United States
Report on Trolley Situation in Hartford
A special commission of senators representatives and citizens examining the state street railway problems will file its report with the legislature tomorrow the final day permitted under the act creating the panel.
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Hartford
Sub Treasury Losses Reported in New York Banks
Sub Treasury in New York reports a cash loss of $579,000 to banks on Saturday, increasing the net loss since Friday to $926,000. The daily report highlights a continued drain from cash reserves through interbank movements.
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Sub-Treasury Report
New York
World Prohibition Drive by Presbyterian Church Plan
New York March 31 a global effort to extend prohibition features the Presbyterian Church of the United States funding a New Era Movement to save nations from liquor. Plans include campaigns in Mexico Cuba Guatemala and linguistic outreach in Corea Siam and Japan with a $50,000 grant for foreign temperance work and allied missionary support.
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New York
Presbyterian Church
America
Mexico
Soverntental
Mexican Republic
Cuba
Guatemala
William B. Allison
Presbyterian Mission
Presbyterian Board of Temperance
Corea
Siam
Japan
Odds on Germany Seek Russian Alliance Preview
A Berlin dispatch reports bets on Germany forging a peace alliance with Nicholai Lenin before the peace congress. Berlin denies overtures, while Noske in Weimar says Bolshevik leaders demand an alliance or refuse peace. A new Spartacus coup is feared before April ends.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Nicholai Lenine
Russia
Bolstreviks
Daily News
Herr Noske
Weimar
Spartacus
Woman Attempts Suicide From Bridge In Hartford
A well dressed woman about 30 wearing fur and lingerie identified only as L. A. Camp attempted to end her life by leaping from the Trumbull Street bridge into icy, rising waters. Rescued by James Hurley, she was taken to the city hospital where doctors could not determine her identity and she repeated that nothing could save her.
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Hartford
L. A. Camp
Trumbull Street Bridge
James Hurley
City Hospital
Habeas Corpus Writ To Godsol Court Affirms Release
The court of appeals affirmed the district supreme court ruling granting a writ of habeas corpus for Frank Godsol. He had been sought by France to answer charges of obtaining over 1.5 million dollars by misrepresentation through auto truck contracts placed in the United States.
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Godsol
Washington
Court of Appeals
District Supreme Court
Frank Godsol
France
Express opposition to a Hungary campaign proposal
London editorial criticizes Col. Winston Churchill and other "fire eaters" for pushing to extend conscription and fund a large army for a potential Hungary and Poland campaign. The Daily Express argues sending 600,000 troops into eastern Europe is risky and warns about the difficulty of withdrawing such forces while Germany remains armed.
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Hungary
London
Winston Churchill
Poland
The
Daily Express Today
Europe
Germany
Supreme Court Rules for Government in Cotton Claims Case
Washington March 31 Isabell Kouns of New Orleans lost in the United States Supreme Court which upheld the government’s seizure procedure for cotton shipments held at terminals for a certain period. The ruling affirms a prior Court of Appeals decision in the case.
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Washington
Isabell Kouns
New Orleans
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of Appeals
Corn Products Suit Settled Amicably in NY Court
Washington March 31 The government antitrust suit against the Corn Products Refining Co. is being amicably settled in the New York district court. The company has withdrawn its appeal from an adverse decision, as announced in the U S Supreme Court this afternoon.
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Corn Products
Washington
Corn Products Refining Co
New York District Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Contests Father's Will In Oyster Grower Case
Stamford March 31 John McGuinness son of Captain John McGuinness a prominent oyster grower began a contest of his father's will alleging testamentary incapacity. The son John was cut off without share for the estate.
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Stamford
John McGuinness
John
Welcome Home Brig Gen Cole Sparks Boston Welcoming Tide
Boston March 31 GeneraI Charles H Cole and the 26th Yankee division return from France as New England prepares a grand welcome. Delegations from Waterbury Hartford and other towns seek boats outside the three mile limit. A special Pullman train, marching bands, decorations, and official dinners mark the homecoming event.
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France
Charles H. Cole
New England
Waterbury
Conn
W. H. Sandland
101St
Bunting
General Cole
New York
Channing Cox
War’s Council
Edwards McCain
Admiral Wood
Mail Service Restored to Luxemburg Washington March 31
Postmasters were notified that money orders may be issued for Luxemburg in the same manner as Belgium and Italy after the United States resumed mail service to Luxemburg. No formal suspension existed, but wartime mail disruptions with central powers had blocked transfers via intermediaries.
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Luxemburg
Washington
United States
Post Office Department
Belgium
Italy
United Staes
Germany
Wholesale Theft Ring Brought to Light in Waterbury
Police cracked a large theft ring at Hudson's hotel and restaurant system in Waterbury. Char Beigler, a clerk, and several workers were arraigned as continued custody awaits more evidence. The scheme since November 1917 involved thousands of dollars. over $2,000 was found in a valise belonging to Bergler.
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Waterbury
Char Beigler
Hudson's
Bergler
Portugal forms new cabinet with diverse party representation
Washington dispatch reports the Portuguese cabinet resignation was accepted by the president. Colonel Sacardoso, ex-chamber of deputies president, is tasked with forming a new ministry from Lisbon. The new cabinet will include Unionists centrists and evolutionist party representatives.
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Washington
Sacardoso
Chamber of Deputies
Loya
Lisbon
Debs Must Serve Ten-Year Espionage Sentence
Eugene V. Debs must serve his ten-year sentence for violation of the espionage act after the Supreme Court denied his petition for rehearing. The court handed down its decision, indicating the petition for reconsideration was rejected.
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Debs
Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Supreme Court of the United States
Hedare
Wine Bout Stabbing in Stamford Leaves Man Wounded
In Stamford last night a quarrel during a wine drinking session at the home of Salvatore Farlenzio, of 4 Rose Park, led to a shooting. Anthony Russo was shot in the chest, the bullet piercing his body. The assailant fled and was later found in Stamford Hospital in serious condition.
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Stamford
Salvatore Farlenzio
Rose Park
Anthony Russo
Picketing restrained by city judge at Sam & Ash factory
Judge Samuelee of Stamford City Court issued a restraining order preventing certain Ladies' Waist Makers from patrolling and picketing the Sam and Ash factory. The ruling halted peaceful picketing at the site as of March 31.
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Stamford
Samuelee
Sam & Ash
Clearing House Statement NY March 31 figures
The New York Clearing House reports totals for the period ending March 31 with sub treasury receipts of 940,136 and exchanges valued at 470,793,483 while ances stand at 65,062,366. The figures reflect interbank settlements and related monetary movements across member institutions.
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New York
C House
Sub-Treasury
Exchanges
Ances
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