War Tax Bill Signed by Wilson and McAdoo
Washington reports President Wilson signed the 6 billion dollar war revenue bill with a District of Columbia bone dry rider. The measure expands taxes on liquor soft drinks tobacco luxury goods and various services while retroactive provisions affect income excess profits and war profits taxes. Officials anticipate significant revenue and swift tax administration nationwide.
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Wilken
Selock
Boston
George Washington
Mrs. Wilson
White House
Wilson
District of Columbia
U. S
Wiser
Emass
Uqnor
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury
Hondholders
Gittian
Treasury notes discuss sinking fund provision and authorization
Congress has not yet authorized establishment of a sinking fund as recommended by Secretary Glass. Treasury officials say if authorized, bonds might be bought up on the market annually or called for redemption at the periods specified in the original sale terms.
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Congress
Glass
Treasury
Clemenceau Poised for Early Return as Convalescent
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau shows strong convalescence and wishes to go outdoors as doctors manage his exertion. In a Paris military court Emile Cotton, the would-be assassin, was questioned by Captain Benchardon amid multiple arrests of suspects with political leanings.
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Paris
Emile Cotton
U. S. Plans Record Highway Aid If Congress Approves
New York February 26 United States legislation seeks two year federal aid totaling 200000900 for highway construction. St John Wilson head of the Bureau of Public Roads told the American Flood Builders Conference that 1919 and 1920 will mark the greatest highway program in the nation’s history. Jones H MacDonald former Connecticut highway commissioner proposed a resolution on action delayed in committee.
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New York
Congress
T St. John Wilson
Uoited States Bureau of Public Roads
Ass Clavien
Airelal
Jones H. MacDonald
Conerticut
Roosevelt Highvons
Three Die In Depth Bomb Accident At Rockaway Beach
Three men attached to the naval aviation station at Rockaway Beach were killed when a depth bomb exploded. The incident occurred near the station and involved the men who were carrying the device.
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Naval Aviation
Rockaway
New York
Rockaway Beach
U S Navy and Army Vets Eligible for $60 Bonus
The Treasury announces a $60 bonus for all honorably discharged soldiers sailors and marines. Officers and enlisted personnel including naval reservists qualify. About 2 million former service members may apply. submit discharge papers and service records to proper finance or paymaster offices with fast processing planned.
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Washington
Fed
United States
Treasury Department
War Department
Tioga CAL Refinery at Clarendon Destroyed by Fire
A large blaze leveled the Tioga CAL Refinery at Clarendon Warren county causing about 1600000 in damage. One firefighter was seriously burned as an explosion sparked the blaze.
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Warren
Tioga Cal
Clarendon
President Wilson Signals Peace League Move and Home Return
President Wilson accepts a march on foot at the head of a parade of District of Columbia troops and predicts no early return from Europe. Senator Martin of Virginia says home by June 1 is likely, while 28 bills signed include a war revenue act and a $100 million food relief appropriation.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Europe
Martin
Virginia
Senate
White House
House
Theodore Roosevelt
President presides as cabinet meets amid appointments debate
The president leads a cabinet session at two o'clock with Vice President Marshall invited to participate as deliberations consider an attorney general replacement for Gregory. The president plans to march on foot Thursday with District of Columbia troops to honor returning soldiers and sailors. Flo will head the parade along Pennsylvania Avenue toward the White House. Secretary Wilson says a governors conference is planned for March 4.
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Gregory
Colnmita
Flo
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Wilsen
Department of Lobber
Fighters to Keep Uniforms and Five Cent Mileage Benefit
Washington accorded discharged soldiers sailors and marines the right to retain their uniforms and receive a five cent mileage allowance for railroad travel. The conference report on the uniform bill passed the house by a recorded vote. The measure sets the mileage token for men and outlines eligibility and charge.
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Washington
Henn
Sators and
Marihes
Cvt
Renart Nes
Navy Seaplane Ne. THOS Lost With Crew
The Navy announced the loss of the big seaplane Ne. THOS off the Virginia coast with three Navy Reserve officers and two machinists aboard. Ensigns Stuart McDonald Terrier of Baltimore Clifford A Bell of New York City and Robert F Dibble of Valley Stream New York and Chief Machinist Mates Albert Hazel of West Roxbury Massachusetts and Roy J Hobdy of Bowling Green Kentucky were on board. The plane departed Norfolk Sunday on a flight and did not return. a radio report said it plunged into the water near Fisherman’s Island and was not seen again. Searches failed to locate any trace and the loss was officially recorded.
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Thos
Nival Reserve
Virginia Coast
Navy Department
Stuart McDonald Terrier
Baltimore
Clifford A. Bell
New York City
Robert F. Dibble
Valley Stream
N. Y
Albert ¥. Hazel
West Roxbury
Mass
Roy J. Hobdy
Bowling Green
Norfolk
Fisherman’s Island
Spartacans Seize Auto Plant Amid German Crisis
Berlin reports Spartacan forces have seized the Reng automobile works at Mannheim and blocked elections in several cities. Spartacan leader Faldzennth killed resisting arrest as government troops move to restore order in Westphalia and Bremen. The Welnoar Assembly debates a national defense bill creating a democratic national guard with no conscription.
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Faldzennek
Westphalia
Berlin
Herr Faldzennth
Bottrop
Gerstenberg
Bremen
Willemshaven
Duesseldorf
Spartacia
Welnoar Assembly
National Guard
Reds
Spartacans
Reng Automobile Works
Mannhets
Bavarian Premier Scheid Installed After Assassination
Scheid named Bavarian premier succeeding Kurt Eisner who was assassinated last week. Segitz, a majority socialist, becomes interior minister replacing Auer who was shot during Munich disturbances. Rail and telegraph lines between the city and Karlsruhe are cut.
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Scheid
Herr Scheid
Kurt Eisner
Herr Segitz
Interior
Herr Auer
Munich
Counterfeiting Up Amid Job Decline Treasury Report
Washington reports a rise in counterfeiting in recent months tied to reduced industrial employment. The Treasury Secret Service says operations focus on higher denomination notes, with little coin falsification. Many arrested counterfeiters say they turned to fake money after wartime production ended and they lost work.
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Washington
Treasury Secret Service
Radicals Lead in Berlin Municipal Elections
In Greater Berlin the Independent Socialists led the poll by several thousand votes, outpacing regular Socialists who fared poorly versus the national and Prussian results. The shift is linked to the killings of Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, and Kurt Eisner, which pushed many regular socialists toward the Independent camp.
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Berlin
Greater
Karl Liebenecht
Rosa Luxembourg
Kurt Eisner
Overseas club seeks globe bonfire peace night
London February 26 The Overseas club appeals to members worldwide to join in a world wide illumination by a chain of bonfires on peace night the anniversary of the peace treaty signing.
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London Overseas Club
London
Secret China Japan pacts aired at Paris peace talks
Pekin reports the foreign office sent a cable to the Chinese delegation listing all China Japan agreements. Copies cover the twenty one demands and the China Japan military convention, plus drafts on Kirin forest loans and Manchurian Mongolian railway loans.
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Foreign Office
Paris
Japan
China
Tsinan- Shuntefu
Kinsochau
General Strike Proclaimed as Saxony Rail Lines Cut
A general strike is proclaimed in Saxony causing widespread disruption as railway lines to Berlin are cut. Authorities urge calm while workers press demands for relief and negotiations continue.
Spartic radical takeover disrupts Mannheim and Saxony
Special to Evening Journal reports Spartacans in Saxony declare general strike and seize post office and railway stations in Mannheim. Government troops briefly dislodged. a reaction against radicals expected as rail links to Berlin are cut and public buildings remain under control.
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Evening Journal
Berlin
Spartacans
Saxony
Mannheim
Chinese Premier thanks United States for peace conference support
Premier China Non-Hsun expresses gratitude to the United States for the help extended to Chinese delegates in Porto at the peace conference. The Chinese nation conveys thanks to the United States.
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United States
Porto
China Non-Hsun
Expel All Germans Interned by British Order
London reports the home office will expel all interned Germans without exception as they are released from detention camps. Repatriations have begun and many former waiters at fashionable London hotels and restaurants are included among those sent away.
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London
British Home Office
Alrea
Five Spenland Suspects Reported Ill While Under Watch
Philadelphia February 28 five of eleven Spenlands held on suspected NSRA plot against President Wilson are ill and detained by government. The rest released after hours of questioning by secret service and Department of Justice agents. Joseph McDevitt said he will recommend deportation for the five men.
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Spenlands
Nsra
Wilson
Department of Justice
Joseph McDevitt
Department of Jutlee
Pennsylvania Ratifies National Prohibition Amendment
The state senate voted 20 to 16 to pass the house joint resolution ratifying the national prohibition amendment. Pennsylvania becomes the forty fifth state to ratify after the house adopted the measure three weeks earlier.
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Senate
Hous
Starrisburg
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House
Fighting at Lemberg ends as Polish Ukrainian hostilities cease
Warsaw reports a telegraph from Lemberg stating that Poles and Ukrainians agreed to stop fighting, effective six o clock Monday evening. The truce can be denounced by either side with 12 hours notice. In Berne, the former king and queen of Württemberg appeared before the bar as Herr and Fran une 2 without an escort.
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Lemberg
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Wurttemberg
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Fran
Une
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