Premiers Turn Down President in Adriatic Settlement Row
Paris reports Lloyd George and Millerand rejected Wilson objections to a compromise with Jugo Slavia over the Adriatic. They insisted Belgrade accept the London treaty terms or the accord fail, while Wilson warned of US non participation if the settlement proceeds without Washington.
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Paris
Wilson
England
France
Maly
Adriatic
Echo de Paris
Llloyd George
Great Britain
Millerand
London
Washington
Jugo-Slavia
United States
Belgrade
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Davidovitch
White House
Entente
America
League of Nations
Senate
Fiume
State Department
Poles Propose Drastic Conditions in Peace Talks
Polish nationalists outline hard terms for a settlement with the Bolsheviks. They call for mobilization of read armies on the frontier and a Polish bridgehead over the Dvina and Dnieper rivers. An armistice plan seeks a strategic line to protect Poland if talks fail, demanding bridgeheads at Vitebsk Orsha Dvina and possibly Smolensk with Bolshivik compliance guarantees.
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Warsaw
Dvina
Dnieper
Poland
Vitebsk
Orsha
Smolensk
Eastern Storm Delays Hit Trains and Lines Across East
Heavy snows in the east delay all west bound passenger and freight trains by eight to ten hours and cripple telephone and telegraph services, officials of several roads said today.
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Cleveland
Reds to Start Branch in Mexico
A central communist propaganda bureau for the western hemisphere will be established in Mexico. The move follows a secret international conference in February, with the step taken on the initiative of an American delegate, as reported by Landensblad.
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Communist Propaganda Bureau
Western Hemisphere
Mexico
Landensblad
American held by bandits in Zacatecas for ransom
Wilson Welsh Adam of Los Angeles has been captured by bandits in Zacatecas Mexico and is being held for 50 000 pesos. The State Department was advised today. His wife and child reside in Los Angeles.
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Washington
Wilson Welsh Adam
Zacatecas
Mexico
State Department
Adam
Los Angeles
Kidnapping of Adams prompts U S action in Mexico
The American embassy in Mexico City was asked by the state department to press Mexican authorities to secure Adams's release after his kidnapping at Avalos last Friday. Saltillo Monterrey and Zacatacas officials seek his whereabouts as three Mexican troop columns comb the area. Adams supervised the Providencia mine owned by Minerales and Metales, an American company, whose warehouse was looted by the bandits.
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Mexico City
State Department
Adams
Saltillo
Monterrey
Zacatacas
Avalos
Providencia
Minerales and Metales Company
Spanish Have a Marked Regard for the Yanks
Bridgetown Barbados February 14 AP The United States battleship North Dakota has arrived from the Mediterranean bearing the body of Count V Macchi di Cellere former Italian ambassador at Washington. Later the Pennsylvania Nevada Oklahoma and Arizona sailed to Colon. Utah Florida and Delaware left Trinidad for Bridgetown. Local papers praise American sailors for their appearance and conduct, noting a strong friendly feeling in the city.
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Bridgetown
Barbarosa
United States
North Dakota
Mediterranean
Italy
V. Macchi di Cellere
Washington
Pennsylvania
Nevada
Oklahoma
Arizona
Colon
Utah
Florida
Delaware
Trinidad
French Finance Minister Sees League of Nations in Exchange Solution
Frederic Francois Marshal the French minister of finance told a London correspondent that the League of Nations has provided necessary elements for solving international exchange problems. This view comes amid discussions on monetary reform and global trade arrangements.
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Paris
Havas
League of Nations
London
Petit Parisien
Frederic Francois Marshal
Finance
Wootton Kidnap Trial Enters Third Week With 400 Jurors
In Tombstone Arizona on February 16, the trial of Harry B. Wootton, a hardware dealer, continued its third week as 400 jurors and alternates were drawn for the case involving alleged kidnapping tied to deportations of striking miners and supporters from Bisbee in 1917.
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Tombstone
Aris
Harry B. Wootton
Biebee
Venice
Dutz
Bahama Government Sees Surplus From Liquor Trade
Nassau Bahamas February 4 AP Prohibition in the United States spurs a liquor influx to the Bahama Islands. Governor Sir William Allardyce reports a shift from deficit to surplus as duty from imports funds government once strained by war. Revenue for the year is 1,085,000 with expenditures of 530,600 and a projected annual surplus of 500,000 for the next two years from duties when bonded liquors are released.
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Nassau
Bahama Islands
United States
Bahama
William L. Allardyce
Engineer killed in fog collision near Muskogee
Joe Lambert of Dennison Texas, engineer on Missouri Kansas and Texas south bound passenger train No. 7, was instantly killed when his train crashed into the rear of a freight train in heavy fog near Muskogee Oklahoma. No one else was hurt.
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Muskogee
Oklo
Joe Lambert
Dennison
Texas
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Killing Americans Within Armistice Lines
Constantinople February 15 AP report says Torrey denies responsibility for the maintenance order in Aintab where James Perry and Frank Johnson of the American YMCA were killed. The stance cites joint French and British occupation of Syria and claims Aintab lies within armistice lines.
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Constantinople
Torrey
Aintab
James Perry
Frank Johnson
Syria
Alntab
Hindenburg Promoter of a Brutal Plan
London reports German press via Copenhagen says Allied demand for surrender cites Hindenburg quote on cruel war as humane and accuses him and Ludendorff of civilian deportations and organizing labor corps. Allegations include slave like conditions for thousands of girls and punishment for refusal to work.
Bomb plots traced to Paterson in June attempt cases
Evidence from raids on terrorists in Paterson links June bomb plots to the city. Pink paper found at Magotta printing shop matches that found near Palmer’s Washington home. DOJ agents from eastern cities seize I. W. W. records at L Era Nuova and search for BE. F. Doree and Andrea Graziano.
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Newark
N. J
Palmer
Paterson
Frank R. Stone
New Jersey
Department of Justice
Benjamin Magotta
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Stone
L 'Era Nuova
Chicago
BE. F. Doree
Philadelphia
Andrea Graziano
Sultan Monarchy in Constantinople Keeps Calm After Allied Talks
London reports an Allied supreme council decision to allow the sultan to stay at Constantinople with the Dardanelles placed under international control. An Anatolian economic zone may be set, while Turkish boundaries in Europe await formal settlement. Greek Premier Venizelos was consulted and council secrecy honored amid Wilson Adriatic notes controversy.
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London
Supreme Council of the Allies
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Turkey
Europe
Anatolia
Venizelos
Greece
Wilson Note Not An Ultimatum In Adriatic Question
Paris officials say President Wilsons Adriatic note is not an ultimatum. The note is viewed as a renewal of direct negotiations by the United States, with allies continuing their current stance and ongoing talks. The Paris press previously read it as pressure for Britain and France to change course or risk U S withdrawal.
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Paris
Wilson
Adriatic
Foreign Office
France
Great Britain
United States
oMce
Mayor Lays Trap Catches Kidnapper in Hastings Nebraska
Hastings February 16. Mayor Stiner set a trap for a man who threatened to kidnap the eight year old daughter of banker L I Brandt for five thousand dollars and captured farm hand Harley Coba who has confessed to the crime.
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Hastings
Neb
Stiner
L. IL. Brandt
Harley Coba
Coast Guard Cutter Towes Disabled Steamship Near Cape Lookout
The coast guards cutter Iiasca reported she was 100 miles east of Cape Lookout lightship towing a disabled steamship into port. The steamer’s name was not given. An unidentified schooner was found sinking about thirty southwest of the lightship.
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Beaufort
N. C
Coast Guards
Iiasca
Cape Lookout
Legion calls for $50 monthly war bonus and training plan
The American Legion legislative committee meeting in Washington urged a $50 bond per month of wartime service as a government settlement. They estimated the cost at about 1.9 billion dollars and reiterated support for compulsory military training.
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Washington
Legislative Committee of the American Legion
Legion
Snow and gale cripple New York rail and streetcar system
A winter storm hit Buffalo on February 16 with six inches of snow and a 58 mph gale and subfreezing temperatures. Trains from all directions ran hours late or were canceled, interurban electric lines were halted for over a day, and rail yards required 1000 extra workers to clear.
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Buffalo
Weather predicts short cold wave across east
Weather bureau officials forecast a severe cold wave and high winds sweeping the eastern United States will be brief. Relief is expected tonight in some sections and generally by Tuesday as traffic delays ease.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Peace Treaty Debated in Senate Open Session
The Senate resumed consideration of the peace treaty with unanimous consent. Senator Lodge proposed modifying the withdrawal from league membership reservation to spark debate. Senator McCormick argued that revising Lodge reservations risks reducing the irreducible minimum while revolts in subject peoples add grounds for disapproval.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
McCormick
Illinois
Carranza Says He Is Through With Presidency
President Carranza told El Democrata he would surrender the office on December 1 and that if elections failed Congress would name the successor. He reaffirmed that the elections would be free and honest and rejected rumors he would refuse to turn over power.
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Mexico City
Carranza
el Democrata Today
Mexico
Congress
Mexican presidential hopeful urges peace program and amnesty
El Paso February 16. General Pablo Gonsalez, a candidate for president of Mexico, issued a manifesto calling for political, commercial and intellectual intercourse with foreign countries, especially the United States. He demands abolition of the military caste and a sweeping amnesty law to ensure lasting peace after the rebellion was suppressed.
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el Paso
Texas
United States
Pablo Gonsalez
Mexico
New York Man Files for Republican Vice Presidential Run
William Grant Webster of New York filed petitions with the secretary of state to appear on the Republican primary ballot on April 20 seeking the party’s vice presidential nomination. His platform opposes the league of nations and favors intervention in Mexico if necessary.
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Lincoln
William Grant Webster
New York
Secretary of State
League of Nations
Mexico
Memorial for dead at Verdun
A Verdun memorial will honor 400000 Allied troops who died in the defense of Verdun. Marshall Petain leads a committee calling on France Great Britain and the United States to join in funding. The monument sits on Document Hill overlooking much of the Verdun battlefield.
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Paris
Verdun
France
Great Britain
United States
Marshall Petain
Document Hill
Verdun Battle Field
Holland Proposes Ex Emperor Interior Detention At Doorn
The Hague reports a new allied note to Holland requests not surrender but internment of former German emperor Wilhelm II. Holland may accept guarding him at Doorn, far from cities, with tight censorship and legal safeguards to end the long-standing issue.
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The
Hague
Holland
East Indies
Associated Press
Wilhelm
Doorn
Amerongen
Rumanians Agree to Withdraw Troops Near Theiss Line
Bucharest reports the Rumanian government will pull back troops from advanced positions along the Theiss in Hungary to the postwar peace line, retreating via Arad and Czaba toward the Theiss southeast of Miskolcz, a process expected to take at least two months.
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Bucharest
Theiss River
Hungary
Arad
Czaba
Theiss
Miskolcz
Shipping Board Vessel Red Mountain Adrift in Gale
The Shipping Board steamer Red Mountain, disabled and adrift in a heavy gale about 1,000 miles east of New York, expected assistance today from the steamship Elmsport. Captain Gott said the crippled vessel would be towed to Halifax. she was en route from Galveston to Havre.
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Boston
Shipping Board
Red Mountain
New York
Elmsport
Gott
Halifax
Galveston
Havre
Dixon Acquitted of Seditious Libel in Winnipeg Strike
Winnipeg February 16 AP F J Dixon member of the provincial assembly was acquitted today of seditious libel for promoting the Winnipeg general strike last year. Jury had been deliberating since Saturday afternoon. R B Russell, linked with Dixon, was convicted of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to two years in prison.
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Winnipeg
F. J. Dixon
Provincial Assembly
R. B. Russell
Dixon
Pollard Named to Federal Trade Commission by Wilson
President Wilson selects John Garland Pollard of Virginia for the federal trade commission. The appointment marks a notable addition to the regulatory body's roster and comes amid ongoing debates over trade policy.
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Washington
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Times airplane arrives in Mongala after Cairo to Cape Town flight
The air ministry announced the Times airplane completed its leg to Mongala in southern Egyptian Sudan on the Cairo to Cape Town route as of February 16.
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London
Air Ministry
Mongala
Sudan
Times
Cairo
Cape Town
Brotherhood Meet in Detroit on Thursday
Detroit February 16 The proposed strike by more than 800000 members of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers is not cancelled but postponed President Barker says the strike will occur if President Wilson fails to provide speedy relief The executive committee plans a conference with railroad executives to discuss wage demands and a joint tribunal proposal before a March 1 deadline.
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Detroit
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Allen E. Barker
Brotherhood
Barker
Tors
Ft Brotherhood
Wilson
Brotherhood Executive Committee
Washington
Hines
T. Dewitt Cuyler
New York
Association of Railroad Executives
Phase of Brown murder resumes with teen jurors
In Maryeville California on February 16 three teen jurors will hear the testimony at the trial of Frank A. McCormick formerly of Des Moines charged with murder of Charles Brown when proceedings resume tomorrow announcements said.
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Maryeville
Calif
Frank A. McCormick
Des Moines
Charles Brown
Insurgents seize two war vessels and capturе Italian transport
Frume reports insurgents under Captain Gabriele D Annunzio seize a Gulf of Lurerro area Italian transport carrying 1 00 regular troops. The action involves two war vessels aligned with D Annunzio. Affected forces operate southwest of the city.
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Frume
Gabriele D'Annunsio
Gulf of Luernero
Witnesses describe shots heard from Seminary Hill in Centralia murder trial
Montesano Wash Feb 16 W H Cooley testified in the trial of Steven alleged I W charged with murder at Centralia on Armistice Day He said he heard many shots fired from Seminary Hill and saw three men carrying guns running from the hill
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Montesano
Wash
W. H. Cooley
Tteven
Centralia
Seminary Hill
Appeals Court Overrules Judge in Grammer Habeas Denial
The United States circuit court of appeals today overruled Judge Munger of Lincoln Nebraska and granted a writ of habeas corpus for Allen V. Grammer who faces death on February 20 for the alleged murder of his mother-in-law.
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St. Louis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Munger
Lincoln
Neb
Haebeas Corpua
Allen V. Grammer
New Mexico Legislature Convenes in Extraordinary Session
Santa Fe February 16. Governor calls extraordinary session to fund public defense ratify the woman suffrage amendment provide for public health revise the state income law and pass soldier settlement measures convened at noon today in the capitol.
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Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
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