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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1919
Page
1
A developing program may lead to a plenary peace conference session at the end of the week. This would be the first since President Wilson's return, and could confirm ratification of the league.
President Wilson discusses disarmament plans and League of Nations covenant details. reports suggest Germany may surrender war material while the German army is limited to 126,000 volunteers with 12 year service. debates over immigration and naturalization complicate the covenant. presidents Lloyd George and Cecil meet to finalize preparations ready by Saturday.
An article notes that a famed French ace faces a breach of promise suit. The brief report mentions the plaintiff among Fre mens, detailing the legal action and current status of the case.
Exclusive cable from the London Express reports Bolshevik premier Lenin inviting Bolshevist leaders to a Moscow meeting to spread Bolshevism worldwide starting with Italy, Egypt and Ireland. The piece claims Bolshevist gold flows into these countries and hints at planned attacks on England and America aided by German manufacturers seeking global trade influence.
In a brief item from Berlin dated March 17 via Mare, reports say incoming papers fail to arrive while residents express a thankful spirit. The sheltering lines convey a cautious note about distribution and gratitude amid uncertainty.
March 18 reports say communications are cut in many areas as a tornado struck the Midwest leaving a rising death toll and extensive property damage. Dubuque and Milwaukee areas report casualties near swollen rivers. searches in several rivers continue for missing people as authorities gauge the total dead and damage.
March 18 report a general alarm issued eastward to apprehend Dr Walter Keens Wilkins accused in a murder warrant. Authorities and investigators, including two detective agencies, are involved in locating him as they review the Long Branch case in which Mrs Witkins was killed.
Washington reports an mail-order poultry style scheme by the Pittsburgh and Reny VaHey Hog Company ends in disaster after the Post Office Department denies mail usage. E H Croyle devised a plan to sell brood sows at 50 dollars each, promising breeding profits and refunds. associates Pat Broach Buffington and John Pitcairn directed a Delaware corporation with 100000 dollars in stock. Croyle allegedly collected about 48128.50 from patrons, but 744 sows remain unfunded and only 107 sows are on hand to fulfill contracts.
President Wilson faces a financial jam as government departments and bureaus are drawn into the crisis. The likely sudden alteration of the decision not to call Congress until after his overseas return unfolds amid pressure from executive agencies and fiscal anxieties.
A Washington conference reports bipartisan support for an extraordinary session to address government finances and reconstruction. Senators Poindexter and Mandel note pressure from proposed legislation and discharge service member needs, with leaders expecting Congress to convene soon.
An article notes American belief that Japan will not block last minute changes as the League of Nations covenant is expected to be included in the peace treaty. Washington, London, Paris and neutrals reportedly agree on the draft, with a time limit for American troops in Europe likely a Republican demand.
London reports a grave crisis with only a month's coal supply and a looming strike by miners and transport workers. The threat of a nationalization push and a potential general strike alarms ministers as Lloyd George prepares from Paris for a possible national effort to avert a standstill.
Paris reports President plans to boost 1% transport to move American troops home quickly. Source says he will return to the United States by May and tour the court in support of the peace treaty including the League of Nations, with Senate opposition noted.
Washington March 18 Wayne B Wheeler general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League comments on the New York Brewers Board decision to resume brewing beer of 24-4 percent alcohol. He argues the move will be restrained by courts and doomed by local statutes and public policy.
March incident as textile workers and sympathizers clash with police, shots fired, several arrests reported. Details incomplete due to damaged OCR but notes violence and arrests among Lawrence strikers.
Floyd MacGrif reports on Bolshevist advances and the Allied response in northern and southeastern fronts. Bolshevists push toward the Don and Volga basins while Denekin’s Cossacks drift toward Bolshevist influence. Archangel and Murmansk remain focal points as Allied forces assess positions and potential redeployments. White forces face stiffening resistance along the Baltic and Trans-Caspia fronts with strategic rail disruptions and ammunition shipments shaping actions.
London reports J H Thomas head of workers union arrived by airplane this morning to confer with Premier Lloyd George in Paris as labor tensions mount.
France March 18 artillery of the Twenty sixth Yankee division began moving from Lemans to the embarkation area near Brest for the voyage home. Other units will follow. Also March 18 police investigate theft of Miss Margaret Wilson’s automobile as she sang in a village near the front. Miss Wilson is the President’s daughter.
Washington dispatches report nearly 17,000 American troops headed home on seven transports and one U S officer per the War Department. The espionage case against Jere O Leary proceeds as defense counsel resumes summation in federal court. The Felgian government seeks to buy arm ve clothing worth 10.5 million pounds from the U S War Department and France hunts surplus evaporated milk stock from the same department.
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