Japan warns she will not endure insult at peace talks
Baron Makino, head of Japan's delegation, declares Japan not too proud to fight but refuses inferiority. He calls for simple justice in a League of Nations, notes no objection to Root plan, and stresses equality with other nations.
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Makino
Paris
Baron Makino
Japan
United States
Commodore Perry
Townsend and Harris
League of Nations of the World
America
League of Nations
Erry
Elihu Root
Weighing the League of Nations and personal choice
The passage argues for alliance duties toward a free world while preserving individual freedom. It contends equity guides government conduct, not private taste, and warns that marriages of convenience undermine trust, urging mutual respect among contracting parties for a lasting league.
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League
League of Nations
Plans to reorganize the National Guard on sixteen division basis
Washington reports tentative war department plans to restore the National Guard to its pre drafted status if Congress approves continuing state service. The force would include 144 infantry 16 cavalry 32 field artillery regiments plus coast artillery with a peace strength over 500000 men across districts.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
Congress
Japanese Rush To The U S For Citizenship Papers
Japanese veterans in Hawaii rushing to complete naturalization papers head for California and other coast points as they gain citizenship. Immigration inspector Richard Halsey notes several scores have already left or are preparing to depart.
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Honolulu
T. H
United States
Hawaii
California
Richard Halsey
United States Immigration
Nassave
U S Will Assist In Building Roads Plan Expands Funds
A federal highway program could push a record amount of road building this year if states match apportionments totaling 343 8 million dollars. Secretary Houston announced after a March 1 conference with eastern and midwestern highway officials. He also discussed freight rates with the railroad administration and the possible release of army highway engineers.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Highways Commissioners
Eastern
Middle Western States
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Public Roads
Railroad Administration
War Baker
Army Highway Engineers
Rhode Island Asks Ruling on Prohibition Amendment
The Rhode Island Senate adopted a resolution directing the state attorney general to seek a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the prohibition amendment to the state constitution. The House had already approved the measure.
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U. S.S. Supreme Court
Providence
U. S
Senate
United States Supreme Court
House
Yanks Arrive Aboard Leviathan In Big Vessel Voyage
New York reports 10 238 troops of the Eighty fifth division from Michigan and Wisconsin on the steamship Leviathan arriving with 77 officers and 1 044 sick or wounded aboard a total of 14 426 souls the largest ever transported. Liberator docked with more Ninety first division troops including the 368rd infantry headquarters and companies D FE K L and M for Camp Kearney. Units of the Eighth Fifth Division listed with artillery and infantry detachments for multiple camps. Thirty seventh division detachments include engineers and artillery officers.
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New York
Michigan
Wisconsin
Leviatham
Brest
Leviathan
William C. Rivers
160Th Field Artillery
St. Nazaire
Camp Kearney
San Francisco
Liberator
Georgia
Eighty Fifth Division
Eighty-fifth Division
Three Hundred Twenty-ninth Field Artillery
Custer
Upton
170Th Infantry
Camp Custer
340Th Infantry
337Th Infantry
National Guard of
Ohio
West Virginia
112Th Engineers
134Th Field Artillery
Troop Returns and Assignments From European Shipping Movements
The 135th Field Artillery and nine officers of the 145th Infantry at Camp Sherman. Base hospital units 12 and 94 returned and were assigned to Camp Grant and Camps Bowle Dodge and Funston. Orizaba brought 8,301 troops including 3,301 from Orizaba and 592 sick or wounded. Ulna carried 978 from the 328th and attached detachments to Camp Custer. Culgoa arrives with 104 casuals from Brest amid distress reports en route to ACTOS.
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135Th Field Artillery
Camp Sherman
Camp Grant
New
Massachusetts
New York
Orizaba
St. Nazaire
Bowle
Dodge
Camp Custer
328Th Field Artillery
Ulna
Brest
328Th
Allies Repulse Bolshevik Attacks Near Archangel Front
Bolshevik forces attacked along the railway near Odozerskaia and east of Bolshola Ozera but were repulsed by heavy machine gun and artillery fire. They briefly cut telephonic links near Bolshola Ozera, yet forces were driven off. Both fronts report unchanged Dvina and Vega activity as they seek to reach Odozerskaia before thaw closes roads.
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Archangel
Odozerekaia
Ines
Bolshola Ozera
Odozerskaia
Odozerskaian
Bolshevi Ozern
Dvina
Vega
Frankfort Riot Death Toll Mounts Across City
Berlin reports forces of law and order now master the Frankfort on the Main situation after violent rioting killed dozens. Stuttgart saw a crowd attack the town hall as government troops fired, three people died, and a general strike threat spread.
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Stuttgart
London
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Frankfort
Berlin
Altstadt
Essey
Bochum
Germany
Ruhr
World turmoil grows as miners clash and cities clamp down
Reports from Germany and Paris describe deadly clashes between miners and security forces amid a Spartacist movement. Kas trop violence and a state of siege in Stuttgart lead to shop closures and suspended services. In Frankfurt rioting leaves several dead and many wounded with dozens arrested.
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Kastrop
Westphalia
Tageblatt
Kastrop Anzeiger
Chinese Merchants Meet in St Louis Convention Opens
The annual On Leong Tong convention opened in St Louis with 150 delegates from across the United States. Discussions will cover closer US China trade relations and other matters affecting Chinese merchants. In Johannesburg a settlement ends a general strike as workers return to work.
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Leong Tong
America
St. Louis
United States
Chinese Merchants’ Association
China
Johannesburg
South Africa
Prohibition Agents Held for Grand Jury After Slayings
Four Virginia state prohibition agents faced a grand jury after being charged with murdering Lawrence D. Hill and Raymond Shackleford near Woodstock. Held without bail, Harry F. Sweet, J. K. Sullivan, W. Hall, and W. M. Dunleavy were moved to Fredericksburg jail under militia protection as courthouse security stood vigilant. Local tensions rose amid fears of violence after the killings.
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Woodstock
Lawrence D. H
Raymond Shackleford
Harry F. Sweet
J. K. Sullivan
W. €. Hall
W. M. Dunleavy
Fredericksburg
Richmond
Codurthouse
Whiting
Circuit Court
Dicker on Food to Bavaria Negotiations Under Way
Berlin reports negotiations between Bavaria and Italy over food deliveries. The Tages Zeitung says stalemate arises from Malian demands, hindering a final agreement.
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Dicker
Bavaria
Berlin
Italy
Tages Zeitung
Harding Succeeds Allen After Resignation
Harding is named successor to Allen who resigns, ending his tenure and paving the way for new leadership immediately.
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Allen
Iowa to appoint Walter Ramsey as secretary of state
Des Moines reports Walter Ramsey of Belmond will become Iowa secretary of state on July 1 1919 after W S Allen resigns. The senate committee cites mismanagement incompetency and failure to publish a suffrage amendment as charges, with no corruption alleged. Ramsey’s appointment announced by Governor Harding.
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Eventing Journal
Des Moines
Walter Ramsey
Belmond
Iowa
W. 8
Allen
Ramsey
Harding
Iowa Senate
Secretary of State
Ofice
State Automobile Department
Senate
Committee On Departmental
Thirty-seventh General Assembly
Arney, White
Rule
Fifty Thousand Volunteers Enlisted for Overseas Service
General Pershing was informed by the War Department of a plan to enlist fifty thousand volunteers for overseas service. The men will be sent in detachments of a thousand to the army of occupation, with Pershing ordered to return an equal number of already enlisted or drafted men, selecting the most meritorious cases.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Pershing
War Department
Army of Occupation
Rhine to be Held by Allied Forces Neutralized
Paris April 3 reports a Council of Poor deciding the left bank of the Rhine will be neutralized until indemnities fixed by the Peace Conference are paid. French and Belgium troops will hold the territory.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Poor
Rhine
Germany
Belgium
Things Evened Up and Bobbie's Sweetheart Comment
A short scene shows Bobbie walking home from school with a neighbor girl described as his sweetheart. A big brother questions the match, contrasting the girl’s head and feet in a playful exchange from a dated local voice.
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Bobbie
Kind Ten
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