Soviet Factions to Attend Peace Conference Discussed
Paris February 7. The Soviet government is expected to be represented at the peace conference, with the Bolshevik regime likely sending delegates to Paris on a plan to restore a government representing the country. Talks at Versailles focus on war council decisions and the size of occupations for Germany, as the Allies push for a viable League of Nations and compulsory arbitration.
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Princes Island
John Fdwin Nevin
Paris
Russia
Bolsheriks
Kaves Island
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Berlin
Robert J. Prew
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Ebert
Alsace
Lorraine
Alfred Helfferich
War Council
Zione
France
League of
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League
League of Nations
Britain
Tava
Nimey
Man Killed in a Clash at Lawrence
Lawrence Mass Feb 7 The first death in the textile strike occurred when Biaggio Venture 41 though dying from a bullet found died. Police believe he was shot by a fellow countryman during a wrangle. Attack methods included missiles from windows as mills opened. Arrests were made for throwing missiles at police attacking workers and loitering.
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Mass
Biaggio Venture
Venture
Britain faces red terror as subway strike ends in setback
The London subway strike ends with a victory for workers as subways resume, while government aims to arrest leaders and avert further upheaval. Glasgow strikers vote to return to work. foreign waiters brace and women fill positions. The Daily Express calls for action and deportation of foreign strikers. National Union of Railwaymen repudiates subway settlement with traffic at a standstill.
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G. Earle C. Reeves
London
Great Britain
Jeaders
Glasgow
J. Bromiey
Subway
Dai Express
London Daily Express
England
America
Bae
Daily Express
National Union of Railway Men
London Subway
House Gables Congratulate Paderewski Polish Premier
Paris Feb 7 Colonel House of the American peace mission aided his congratulations to Igance Paderewski the Polish premier on the democratic victory in the Polish national election. Warsaw reports 220000 votes cast with 50 percent for democrat candidates. Jews 34 percent Socialists 16 percent.
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Paris
Colonel House
American Peace Mission
Igance Paderewski
Warsaw
Indemnity Pact Report From Paris Headlines Belgium Damages
Paris February 7 United States France Great Britain and Italy have agreed Belgium shall receive an indemnity amounting to 2 009 000 0000 dollars from Germany with the first installment to be paid immediately per L intransigeant newspaper reports.
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Paris
United States
France
Great Brittain
Italy
Belgium
Germany
GOP Leaders Divided Over House Speakership Fight
Representative Simon D. Fess of Ohio chairs the Republican National Congressional Committee as GOP leaders split on who should become Speaker of the House. The dispute centers on strategy and leadership choices amid ongoing congressional maneuvering.
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Simon D. Fess
Ohio
Republican National Congressional Committee
Pennsylvanians Favor Gillett for the Office
In Washington on February 7, Pennsylvania Republicans largely back Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts for the speakership as NY factions debate who will head crucial committees. The split among New Yorkers over the ways and means chair and possible compromise candidate shapes the party’s path to leadership amid Fess’s Ohio bid and Longworth’s Ohio linkage.
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J. Bart Campbell
I. N.S. Star
Washington
New York
House
Congress
Simon D. Fess
Ohio
Republican National Congressional Committee
Ways and m Means Committee
RepresentativeGeorge
Pennsylvania
Republlican
Frederick H. Gillett
Massachusetts
James Rmann
Gillett
Illinois
Gillett and Mann
Fess
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Joseph W. Fordney
Michigan
House Appropriations Committee
Longworth
Ways and Means Committee
Fordney
Ways and Means
James W. Good
Town
Senate votes down motion to call for all troops withdrawal
Washington February 7 Senate rejects Senator Johnsons resolution to record favoring withdrawal of all American troops from Russia as soon as practicable. The 38 to 32 vote splits along party lines with Republicans for and Democrats against.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Russia
Weather Forecast for Western Pennsylvania
Washington reports a fair night and likely Saturday with no significant temperature change.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Big Four Lawyer on Stand in Rail Ownership Debate
Glenn E. Plumb testifies before the U S Senate committee arguing for outright government ownership of railroads and for operation by a single corporation. The stance aims to centralize management and accountability in national transportation policy.
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BIG
Lawyer
United States Senate
Glenn E. Plumb
Federal Law Proposed Corporate Takeover of Railroads
Glenn J E Plumb testifies before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee for Big Four railroad brotherhoods proposing a government owned operating corporation. A board of directors would be split among employees officials and the President with full regulatory power over railroads. Net earnings would be shared equally between government and the corporation.
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Washington
Feb. T
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Glenn J E. Plumb
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhoods of Locomotiviremen and Enginement
Order of
Brotherhood of
United States
Board of Directors
Plumbol
Plub
Propaganda Chief Discusses Evidence With Justice Officials
Washington reports say the chairman of the propaganda investigating committee met with Department of Justice officials to review evidence for next week’s opening inquiry into Bolshevik propaganda in the United States. He indicated William Rhys Williams, ex minister of propaganda under Lenin and Trotzky, traveling on a lecture tour, will be investigated by secret service before testifying.
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Washington
Chaiman Overman
Propaganda Investigatng Committee
Department of Justice
Bolsheviki Andl. W. W
United States
Wiliam Rhys Wiliams
Lenine and Trotzky
Williams
Treasury certificates announced for national loan
Secretary Glass announced a new offering of Treasury certificates of indebtedness to fund the next national loan. The issue totals 609 000 000 dollars, dated February 13 and maturing July 15, bearing 4 percent interest. Purchases close February 20 and the tax exemptions and denominations match prior issues.
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Washington
Treasury
Glass
Ato
United States Troop Ships Huntington and Mercury Sail Home
Washington reports the cruiser Huntington and the transport Mercury carrying about 5000 extra homecoming troops have sailed from France. They are due in New York February 15 and Newport News February 16, according to General March, chief of staff.
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Washington
Huntington
Mercury
France
New York
Newport News
General March
Sproul Declines Presidential Candidacy in 1926
Harrisburg reports Governor Sproul told the Pennsylvania school directors association that he has no presidential ambitions and will not seek a 1926 nomination. He said his work in the executive department is mapped out for four years and he is not looking beyond the governor's office.
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Harrisburg
Sproul
Pennsylvania
Directo Association
Assembly Opens at Weimar
The Weimar Assembly opens amid ceremonies and local officials present. Citizens gather to hear speakers and mark the start of proceedings with expected votes and community activities planned.
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Weimar
Protests Over German War Losses And Alsace Debate
Reports from Weimar and Amsterdam describe tensions in Germany as the National Assembly debated the postwar settlement. Ebert faced interruptions while denouncing German Austria union and Alsace Lorraine separation, amid rioting by Spartacists near Weimar and clashes in Hamburg.
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London
Germany
Ebert
National Assembly
Alsace
Lorraine
Philip Scheidman
Bherce
Amsterdam
Saxony
Dusseldorg
Sigmaringen
Conference May Reform the Calendar
Paris February 7 The peace conference will not adjourn until it reforms the calendar. The French academy of science proposes two plans to fix dual dating from the Gregorian and Julian systems. One makes thirteen months of 28 days four weeks with one undated day each year and a leap day. The other divides the year into four quarters with months of 31 and 30 days, omitting undated days.
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Paris
French Academy of Science
Felthhat
Prohibition Enforcement Proposals Debated in Congress
Washington debates a Barkley proposal to empower the Internal Revenue Service to enforce war time and national prohibition. Secretary Glass submits a Treasury bill for stronger enforcement and a stricter regime, aiming to remove liquor and moonshine violations and ensure the country remains dry.
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Washington
Judiciary Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Carter Glass
House Judiciary
Anti-Saloon League
Glass
Internal Revenue Bureau of the Treasury
Czecho Slavs Break Pact, Invade Galicia from South
Paris Feb 7 Polish National Committee reports Czecho-Slovak forces have broken the recently formed agreement with Poland and are invading Galicia from the south threatening the region and triggering alarms in European capitals.
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Paris
Polish National Committee Today
Galicia
Troops From Camp Lewis Ordered to Seattle
War Department directs 1500 soldiers from First Infantry and a machine gun battalion from Camp Lewis to Washington cities to defend government property and quell disturbances.
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War Department
First Infantry
Camp Lewis
Washington
Tacoma
Wash
Seattle
Belief grows that strike signals Bolshevik revolt begins
Seattle awoke amid a broad city strike in sympathy with 25,000 metal workers idle two weeks. Citizens fear Bolshevik revolt as 1,500 Camp Lewis troops, machine gun units, and federal officials prepare to intervene if disorder grows.
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Ash
Henry M. White
United States Immigration
White
Atile
Wash
Metal Trades Union
Sea Tattle
America
Ole Hansen
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
War Department
France to resume diplomatic relations with Finland
Washington dispatch reports France will restore diplomatic ties with Finland as Allied powers decide Finland's independence. Senator Joseph Ransdell of Louisiana re-elected president of the National River and Harbors campaign at the convention in Washington. Chicago labor leaders vow to resist any wage cuts while expecting living costs to drop. Chicago barber shops to raise holiday prices for coming weekends and holidays starting tomorrow.
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Washington
France
Finland
Ranci
Toseph Ransdell
Louisiana
Filvers and Harbors
Chicago
John A. Hichert
Chicago City Council
Senate Education 2Nd Labor Committee
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