Premiers Reply To Wilson On Adriatic Settlement
London leaders Lloyd George and Millerand declare they never contemplated a settlement without U.S. approval. They note American absence hindered talks and invite Wilson to join in proposing talks with Italian and Ruthenian authorities to withdraw earlier plans. If successful, U.S., Britain, and France would revisit concrete proposals. Albania stance and the London treaty are also discussed.
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London
Lloyd George
Phwtvad
Millerand
Wilson
Waly
Jugo-Slhma
Fimme
United States
Great Britain
France
Albania
Russia Seeks Peace in New Soviet Proposal
Washington outlines a peace plan where Soviet Russia pledges democratic principles and a constituent assembly, to withdraw the decree annulling foreign debt, restore 60 percent of liability, pay arrears, and offer mining concessions to an Anglo American syndicate as guarantees. It asks Britain and others to abandon intervention and proposes U S credit conditioned on concessions.
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Washington, DC
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Colby Named Secretary of State Succeeding Lansing
Washington reports Bainbridge Colby, an independent with democratic leanings, appointed secretary of state by President Wilson to replace Robert Lansing. Colby, once considered a progressive Republican, supported Roosevelt in 1916 but shifted to Wilson as Roosevelt declined. The move prompts talk that party lines may be eroding.
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Washington, D. C
Bainbridge Colby
Wilsen
Robert Lansing
Washington
Colby
Roosevelt
Wilson
Oil Land Bill Signed Opens Vast Western Lands
President Wilson signed the oil land leasing bill opening millions of acres for development in the western United States. The Geological Survey estimates more than 6,700,000 acres of oil lands are now available for lease, with California and Wyoming holding the largest withdrawn tracts.
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Washington
Wilson
California
Wyoming
Food shortage forecast by agriculture department
Washington reports warn of reduced food production due to rising farm wages, high equipment costs, and migration from farms to cities. New York state data show a 38 percent drop in farm laborers and 17 percent fewer hired men, with wages up 14 percent from 1919. Farmers may cut plantings to rely on family labor.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
New York State
Department
Federal Bureau of Crop
New York
Russians Face Hard Life in Soviet Cities Says New Dispatch
Amsterdam reports G Ny pels describes crowding and dirt at stations where soldiers lie on ground and smoke cigarets from torn paper. A bar maid sells meat and pastries while rich and poor coexist. Officers' pay ranges 3200 to 6000 rubles monthly and cigarette paper costs two rubles. 3000 Die Daily In Petrograd Typhus Cholera Influenza. coffin factories run 1000 daily as bodies are moved by sleds.
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Amsterdam
Moscow
Fandelsblad
G. Nypels
Russia
Tressingfors
Petrograd
Hermann Zeddler
Viborg
Governor Chimes In On Nebraska Liquor Permits
Governor McKelvie intervenes to block J H Hanley Omaha director of federal prohibition from issuing liquor licenses to Nebraska druggists and physicians. He asks U S Revenue official J H Roper to ensure Nebraska law prevails and licenses are not issued. U S District Attorney T B Allen of Lincoln rules permits cannot be issued where state dry law is stricter than federal law.
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Lincoln, Neb
McKelvie
J. H. Hanley
Omaha
Nebraska
J. H. Roper
Internal Revenue
Washington, D. C
United States
T. 8. Allen
Lincoln
Edwards declares anti prohibition plank bid at Democratic Convention
Atlantic City Governor Edward J. Edwards of New Jersey says he will attend the national Democratic convention in San Francisco to fight for an anti prohibition plank. He is prepared to challenge William J. Bryan or any opponent, denouncing Bryan as the paid representative of the Anti Saloon League and a man without a state.
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Atlantic City
Edward J. Edwards
New Jersey
San Francisco
William J. Bryan
Edwards
Bryan
Anti- Saloon League
Military Training Omitted From Army Reorganization Bill
The house military committee refused to include universal military training in the army reorganization bill. Chairman Kahn reported the measure as is. Sharp opposition to the reorganization program is assured in the house. The committee voted to defer training to separate legislation to be drafted by a seven member subcommittee named by Mr. Kahn.
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Washington, D. C
House Military Committee
Kahn
House
Bry
Nebraska News Condensed From Grand Island Ledger
Influenza hits over 100 soldiers in Grand Island. one third of Cage county farmers need seed corn. Fremont mourns the death of William T. Turner at 77. Falls City ex-governor John Thorehead seeks Democratic governor nomination. Norfolk raises 100000 for a new hotel in six days. New community club plans welcoming for new settlers. Reverend Charles W. Savidge of Omaha performs his 4500th marriage. Omaha grocers to sell flour at wholesale to boost home baking. Valparaiso State Bank receiver authorized to pay out 108000 in claims. Table Rock rebuilds after fire. debris cleanup advances. U P System reorganization hints vigorous business drive. Selmer E. Youngs named Republican governor candidate by non partisan league. Reverend A G G Brown dies of influenza in Hastings. Leper at Madison county poorhouse, suspect escaped from local colony. Deshler fair attendees offered free camping with electric light and water. Lincoln records first death from sleeping sickness. Miss Jessie Franklin dies at 23. Robert G. Ross seeks Democratic presidential primary slot. Republican filing contested. Save sales slips to prove price profiteering, says Mrs. Ryan. Nebraska Masons to support Washington memorial at Alexandria. New national weekly Public Sentiment debuts in Omaha. Dirt road contract let east of Broken Bow for 32 miles. High school debates planned on railroad strike prohibition. McCook teachers’ salary schedule set. minimums $1100. Fire at Kearney Boys’ Military Academy causes over 10000 damage. March 15 is last day to register for University of Nebraska power farming courses. Bids for Douglas county road paving range 525 to 550 per sq yd for brick, 435 to 540 for bituminous, and 4 per sq yd for concrete.
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Charles W. Savidge
Omaha
HL. C
Valparaiso State Bank
Valparaiso
Table Rock
U. P
Selmer E. Youngs
Farmers’ Shipping Association
Lexington
A. G G. Brown
Methodist Church
Hastings
Charles Young
Madison County
Clements
Neligh
Thayer County
Deshler
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Lincoln
Tessie Franklin
Robert G. Ross
C. G. Ryan
Washington Memorial Association
National Capital
J. J. Tooley
Broken Bow
Alexandria
Thomas McMahon
Nebraska school fund apportionment details released
The Nebraska state superintendent announces a semi annual apportionment totaling 414,225 dollars for school age children. Of 7,168 districts only 6,014 participate and 274 children are counted in this allocation. County by county apportionment figures follow.
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Nebraska
Nebraska News Briefs From Around The State
Kearney votes $100000 bonds for municipal auditorium. David City teachers get wage hike. Nebraska bowling state championship set for Fremont March 6 to 13. West Point paving to begin in spring. Myron Learned to lead Republican central committee. Devoe resigned. Fifty years of Masonic lodge in North Platte and dedication anniversary observed. Buffalo County poor farm abandoned. inmates moved to Kearney hospital. buildings and land to be sold. Milford Soldiers' Home chief and staff resignations tendered for April 1. A E Wickhorst wins $10000 prize in California for fruit and nut branding device. Surprise Bethseda Baptist church marks fortieth anniversary. first country church in Butler County. Government warns of food shortage due to high farming costs. corroborated by Nebraska farmer leaders. Official bonds filed for Nebraska code bill officials. clerical delay admitted. Price reports on brown and granulated sugar vary across state. profiteering concerns noted. Crop Growers plan yield contests statewide. prizes for oats and wheat. Elks lodge in Tecumseh earns near 100 members. Governor seeks to curb intoxicating liquor licenses via IRS. Poisoned olive shipments seized. menaced brands destroyed. Lincoln grocers expect sugar under 18 cents per pound within a month. Hickman to build new $20000 elevator for 25000 bushels. Spinal meningitis closes Crete schools. Doane College operating. no new cases.
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David City
Fremont
West Point
Myron Learned
Omaha
R. W. Devoe
Republican State Central Committee
Devoe
Masonic Lodge
North Platte
Buffalo County
Kearney
W. N. Hensley
Milford
Walter Rowden
Schultz
A.“E. Wickhorst
Hooper
California
Bethseda Baptist Church
Nebraska
Amsberry
McWhelvie
Dc. G. Ryan
Nebraska Economy League
Lincoln
Nebraska Crop Growers’ Association
Nuckolls
Knox Countic
Pool hall massacre by three Councy Bluffs boys
Three men were killed outright and others injured during an attempted hold up at the Potkonak pool hall in Council Bluffs. The three bandits, all masked, fired as about 25 railroad workers were inside. Two robbers were wounded, one inmate killed, and two bandits were seriously hurt as the scene turned into chaotic gunfire. Local details note the venue in Little Austria and the mixed reactions of witnesses and authorities.
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Council Bluffs, Ta
Potkonak
Fifteenth Avenue
Councy Bluffs
Little
Austria
Plaece
Adopt Pact Clause in Senate Peace Treaty Reservations
Washington D C senate by a vote of 66 to 4 readopted the republican peace treaty reservations on mandates after Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska Democratic leader announced administration forces would not oppose it. The reservation, which bars any mandate without Congress action, was unopposed by the Democratic side and seen as a bipartisan accord.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Congress
Holland Uncertain on Wilhelm Extradition Settlement
The Hague reports the Dutch government hesitates before replying to the allied extradition note. It wants assurance that former Emperor Wilhelm will settle at Doorn for life and not threaten world peace. The prior extradition response was given without Count Hohenzollern’s consultation, and a different approach may be taken now.
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Holland
The
Hague
Wilhem
Doorn
Count Hohenzollern
Jersey Solons Vote for Beer Bill in Turbulent Assembly
In Trenton the New Jersey assembly passed a compromise bill fixing alcohol at 3.44 percent by volume, said to be slightly stronger than wartime 2.7A beer. The measure aims to upend the nation’s Prohibition and the Volstead Act as supporters cheer.
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Jersey
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
House of the Assembly
Dempsey Indicted Over Selective Service Violations
San Francisco reports True bills were voted against heavyweight world champion Jack Dempsey and his manager Jack Kearns by the U S grand jury. Indictments allege conspiracy to violate the selective service law and direct violations based on letters and documentary evidence presented to the jury.
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Dempsey
San Francisco
Cal
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
United States Grand Jury
Maxine Dempsey
Predict German Bolsheviki Peace Diplomacy in Berlin Dispatch
London reports a Berlin diplomatic dispatch asserting that forthcoming negotiations on prisoners between Germany and Soviet Russia will inevitably evolve into peace talks, signaling a potential shift toward settlement.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Soviet Russia
German Cabinet Member Quits in Berlin
Berlin reports Finance Minister Mathias Erzberger has resigned from the cabinet amid testimony in his libel suit against former Treasurer Dr Karl Helfferich. The testimony alleges Erzberger smuggled private funds to Switzerland and engaged in questionable imports and exports.
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Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Finance
Karl Helfferich
Treasury
Tirzberger
Switzerland
Knowledge as wealth meets grocers' cash demand
A fragment citing Boston Transcript quotes the phrase knowledge is wealth and notes schoolteachers say grocers refuse to accept it in place of cash for supplies. The remark emphasizes tension between education ideals and practical commerce.
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Boston Transcript
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Clear Complexion
Cuticura Soap daily plus Cuticura Ointment as needed keeps complexion clear scalp clean and hands soft. Add the Cuticura Talcum for a fragrant finish in the popular toilet trio advertisement.
Hydraulic Brake A Four Wheel System Invention
A note on an English development introducing a hydraulic brake that operates on all four wheels simultaneously. The concept marks a key step in automotive braking technology.
Garfield Tea Adverts Illness Relief
When constipated or afflicted with sick headache or biliousness, take a cup of Garfield Tea. A medical ad promoting Garfield Tea by Adyv.
Salt as Medieval Abyssinian Currency Highlighted
Salt served as the standard medium of exchange in historic Abyssinia, functioning as ordinary money in daily trade and payments. The piece notes salt’s value, trade networks, and cultural importance that anchored early Ethiopian economies.
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