Plenary Sessions of Peace Conference Pause
The report notes that plenary sessions of the peace conference are on hold until President Wilson’s return. It is practically certain no further talks on the League of Nations constitution will occur before mid March. The Armenian delegation has been admitted to the powers council discussions.
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League of Nations
Councils of the
Robert J. Prew
U. N.S
Paris
Wilson
United States
Lloyd-George
London
Great Britain
France
Greece
Constantincple
International Commission On Labor
Germany
Russia
Ireland
Mr. O'Kelly
Sean O'Callaigh
John O'Kelly
Western Boundary Clash Looms at Paris Peace Talks
Paris February 26 A major hurdle at the peace conference is the plan to redraw Germanys western boundary. Britain France and Greece press for a Rhine frontier while demobilization and labor reform also dominate discussions. Ireland Armenia and Russia issues add to the agenda as US envoy contacts with Colonel House on Ireland.
Funeral to signal uprising in Bavaria and Munich
London reports radicals plan an uprising to coincide with Kurt Eisner’s funeral and force Bolshevism on Prussia. A dice throw determined the assassin of Eisner, Count Arco Valrey failed to carry out the mission. Weimar declares Munich headquarters in a state of siege with martial law in effect, Bayern delegates halted at the frontier.
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London
Kurt Eisner
Abend Express
Prussia
Copenhagen
Bavaria
Munich
Arco Valrey
Sicce
Weimar
President Grant Arrives After Stormy Ocean Voyage
New York February 20. The transport President Grant reached port after a stormy voyage amid eight Mayday calls. Her two lifeboats were crushed by heavy seas. She had lent aid to the Polar Bear, whose engines were disabled, and crews repaired damage during two days of effort. An emergency operation saved Noble H. Imman, a wounded Marine, while aboard were units of the 148th infantry brigade and other detachments en route to Camp Merde and Camp Dix.
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New York
President Grant
148Th
Camp Merde
Camp Dix
162Nd
Union miners leader appeals US workers from London
London February 26 Robert Smillie head of the United Kingdom miners appeals American coal workers to refuse aiding British capitalists amid a strike. He demands a 30 percent wage rise a six hour day and nationalization backed by about 700000 to 800000 British miners with a 5 to 1 vote.
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London
Robert Smillie
United Kingdom
United States
America
Detroit Sunmen Open Fire on Deputies and Prisoners
Four Sicilian gangsters overtook Deputy Sheriff William Parmenter and three prisoners at the Detroit jail entrance. They opened fire wounding all three men seriously, one possibly fatally. The gunmen fled in a touring car after firing, then escaped.
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Detroit
Mich
William Parmenter
Stenred
Gun Battle Breaks Up Union Meet in Chicago
Chicago report of a gunfight at a Chicago Journeyman Plumbers Union meeting leaves organizer Steve Kiltlib er and business agent J H Smythe fatally wounded or severely injured. Both men were wounded in the back neck and thigh areas and were hospitalized unable to speak.
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UNION
Chicago
Steve Kiltliber
Moving Picture Operators’ Union
J. H. Smythe
Journeyman Plumbers’ Union
Tadey
Chicago Journeyman Plumbers’ Union
Smythe
Killiher
Big road bond bill introduced in House
Representative Dawson of Lackawanna introduces a measure to float 50 million dollars in bonds for highway improvements. The bill follows a vote on the proposal last November.
Bill authorizes 50 million bonds for road work
Harrisburg February 26 A bill to float 50 000 000 in road bonds authorized last November was introduced in the House by Representative Dawson Lackawanna. The enabling measure follows the November authorization and was drafted by Attorney General Schaft. The House finally passed a bill to boost real estate asset salaries in Philadelphia from 3000 to 4000 a year.
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Dawson
Lackawanna
Harrisburg
Five Suffragists Break Hunger Strike in Jail
Five militant suffragettes in Suffolk County jail ate a light mid morning meal of boiled rice prunes and hot coffee while four others refused to eat. The group began an eight day sentence after an alleged demonstration before President Wilson and were recorded only as Jane Doe.
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Boston
Suffolk County
Jane Doe
Wilson
Bill for Reclamation of Land for Soldiers Favored
Washington February 25 Secretary of the Interior Franklin K Lane's bill to appropriate 100000000 for the reclamation of land for returning soldiers was favorably reported by the Senate public lands committee today.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Franklin K. Lane
Senate Public Lands Committee
Democrats Push Appropriations Ahead of March Fifth
Washington February 26 Democrats in the Senate conference resolved to push all appropriations through the Senate before the end of the current session. The agreement aims to expedite spending measures ahead of March fifth.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Thirty-seventh Division Assigned to Early Convoy Homeward
Washington February 26 nearly all of the Thirty-seventh Division composed of West Virginia and Ohio National Guard troops has been assigned to an early convoy back to the United States. General Pershing notified the War Department by cable.
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Washington
Thirty-seventh Division
West Virginia
Ohio National Guard
United States
Pershing
War Department
Clemenceau Permitted a Short Walk After Improvement
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau has improved to the extent that his doctors consented to a short outdoor walk today. The update follows hospital care and ongoing recovery procedures.
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Clemenceau
Paris
Cummings Succeeds McCormick as Democratic Chair
Washington reports Homer Cummings of Connecticut elected chairman of the national Democratic committee succeeding Vance McCormick who resigned to go to Europe. The dispatch notes forecast for Western Pennsylvania shows increasing coliciness and warmer temperatures with Thursday warmer.
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Washington
Homer §. Cummings
Connecticut
National Democratic Committee
Vance McCormick
Europe
Pennsylvania
Cummins Proposes Alternate League Plan Against Paris Covenant
Iowa Senator Cummins urged in the Senate that the United States should reject the Paris covenant's league of nations while offering a substitute plan. He called for voluntary arbitration, a permanent international deliberative body, moral sanctions, disarmament, and no automatic surrender of sovereignty. He argued the Paris scheme would curb U.S. sovereignty and invite humiliation.
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Washington
League of Nations
United States
Cummins
Iowa
Senate
Turkey
Pars
Cumming
League
Paris
Indiana Bans German Language In Public Schools
Indiana Governor Goodrich Tate signed the McCray anti German bill banning German from all elementary schools. Teachers, trustees, and officers of schools of correction and benevolent or parochial institutions face fines and imprisonment for teaching German. The law follows swift passage by the Indiana House.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Goodrich Tate
McCray
House of Representa 3
Ebert Forms Presidential Cabinet As Berlin Stabilizes
Berlin reports President Ebert is assembling a Presidential Cabinet and has chosen von Holtzen dorff of Hamburg America line for a post. Disorder eases in Mannheim Brunswick Essen and Dusseldorf. Hamburg and Bremen remain quiet. Volunteer recruitment drops and Bavaria faces a difficult minority challenge limiting troop deployment.
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H. I. Greenwall
Berlin
London
Ebert
von Holtzendorff
Mannheim
Brunswick
Essen
Dusseldorf
Hamburg
Bremen
Bavaria
Russia
Twenty Seventh Division Ships Out From Brest
The Twenty seventh division of the American army ships from Brest aboard the Leviathan for New York City. The vessel, formerly the German Vaderland, is among the era's largest transports. Brigadier General Alfred H. Blanding lauded the division as fearless fighters and equal to any allied soldiers in France.
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Brest
France
New York State
York City
Vaderland
New York
Alfred H. Blanding
Bartow
Fla
Blanding
Wheat Stocks Near 223 Million Bushels in Elevators
Washington reports 223,927,000 bushels of wheat stored in elevators, warehouses and mills as of February 1. The Bureau of Markets notes holdings are about 289.6 percent of the 1918 stock, with cereals totals across firms and related figures listed.
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Washington
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Reasons Why Bolshevism Will Not Win Out in Great Britain
London reports that Bolshevism will fail to take hold in Britain as industrial unrest rises. Observers say most workers resist Bolshevik horrors, the radical left is a small minority, and the government with public support will crush Bolshevism while pursuing reforms for labor, housing, education, farming, and unemployment.
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Great Britain
England
London
British Isles
Europe
Issues to be shaped at dinner
The Senate and House Foreign Relations Committee will shape the dinner agenda on foreign policy. The discussion centers on freedom of seas and its relevance among nations.
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Senate
House Foreign Relations Committee
Plan for League of Nations Draft Explained to Congress
Washington February 26 President Wilson will detail that freedom of the seas concern has faded as the league of nations includes all nations. He will outline how the tentative draft was formed by attaining unanimous purpose among allied powers and outline six key points he plans to convey to Senate and House committees.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
House Foreign Relations Committee
White House
League
League of Nations
Congress
Europe
United States
Paris
Pall
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