President asserts opposition to Adriatic settlement terms
Washington notes reveal President requests no secrecy in wartime strategy and rejects London pact and December 9 memorandum. He vows to oppose Adriatic solutions based on such terms and criticizes Allied secrecy during the war. Rhinelander man, denied citizenship, commits suicide after court ruling.
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Rach
Lenton
Liles
Ile
Supreme Council
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Rhinelander
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Mareh
Jaynes Gable
Elocuit Court
United States
Marshall not a candidate for Democratic nomination
Vice President Marshall stated he will not be a presidential candidate and plans to retire after his current term. Reports of petitions to place his name on the Indiana primary ballots were noted. The Marshalls are at their winter home near Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Marshall
U S Saving Russia Refugees On Prot Island Aid Effort
The American Red Cross and U S Navy work to shelter and feed refugees from Russia on Prot Island near Constantinople. Three hospitals and refugee homes are opened along with soup kitchens to aid penniless arrivals aboard warships. Large warehouses handle supplies shipped by American submarines led by the Scorpion.
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Refi
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American Red Cross
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Toledo Population Sees 243,109 In Census Now
Washington bulletin reports census 1920 figures for Toledo Ohio at 243 109 residents, showing a rise of 44.5 percent from 7910 and Charlotte North Carolina at 46 518 with an 86.2 percent increase according to Wareat.
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Toledo
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Courts Martial Reforms Move Ahead In Congress
Representative Jolinkon along with Senator Chambers push an Army reorganization amendment this week to overhaul abuses in the courts martial system. Johnson, a former Army man in France, wrote to all House members urging support for the bill highlighting injustices faced by enlisted men.
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Moreh
Jolinkon
Regudiean
Southney
Senator Chambers
Johnson
House
France
Prohibition and suffrage bills fail in Philippine Assembly
Manila March 8 reports show prohibition and women's suffrage measures failing in both houses of the Philippine island territorial assembly. This action marks a setback for reform efforts amid ongoing political debate.
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Manila
Philippine Island
Italy Passes Law to Punish Idlers With Taxes and Deportation
A proposed chamber bill would tax any fixed income earner not engaged in useful work and deport those refusing work to an agricultural colony. It envisions Benadir and Cyrenaica lands opened for farming to cut Italy’s cereal imports and aid independence. Divorces Mount McKinley Sealer in New York see divorce decree for Evelyn Parker from Prof Herschel Parker after reports of his pole climb.
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March S
Chamber of Deputies
Benadir
Cyrenaica
Italy
Mount McKinley Sealer
New York
Mareh S
Evelyn Parker
Herschel C. Parker
Mount McKinley
Cook
Parker
White Terror in Hungary reported as brutal prison and mob killings
Descriptions from Journal Des Debate au Populaire detail brutal acts in Budapest and rural Hungary during the White Terror. Victims were tortured and executed. prisons overflow, epidemics spread, and guards abuse prisoners as hundreds are reported executed or detained.
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Paris
Hungary
Journal Des Debate Au Populaire
Hiaubrich
Budepest
Vaccov
Eugene Fazer
Executions Reported as White Guards Crackdown
The article describes more than 100 executions by white guards in the wreck and details efforts by a new regent to arm the white army via Vienna, with smuggling through Poland now a concern. It notes deaths of journalists Bretance Mela Somogyi and M Bacho amid terror exposé and disappearances of Az Kast editors.
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Relatecime
M. Bacho
Neps Zawa
Cervinks
Az’ Kast
Bitter Pill for Sick Man
Allied dispatches signal drastic measures for Turkey if needed as ministers in Whitehall discuss the Turkish settlement. The western line from the Aegean toward Vidda may be abandoned in favor of a broader eastward approach, potentially compromising European possessions north of the Sea of Marmora.
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Anite
Cilletan Massiere
Turkey
Whitehall
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Vidta
Black Sea
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Sea of Marmora
Strike on Rent Protest Spurs NY Union Action
The Central Federation of New York urges 100000 workers to refuse rent demands defy eviction and strike if lawmakers fail to act. The plan includes seeking AFL support if the strike moves forward and questions government price controls on whisky to fund denatured alcohol under prohibition repeal ideas.
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Marcel S
Smith
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Prohibition urged as truth to curb whisky temptation
Westerville Ohio March Purchase by the federal government of bonded stocks is urged by the Teague executive committee to aid enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. The statement notes over 60 million gallons of whisky in bonded warehouses tempt use and demand repeal efforts.
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United States
AnthSaloon League
Westerville
Teague
Ernest WH. Cherrington
Leggads Coxecutive Committee
Supreme Court to Hear Challenges to Prohibition Amendments
The Kentucky Distillery and Warehouse Co files in the Supreme Court arguing the Eighteenth Amendment and enforcement act are unconstitutional. The brief claims states retain powers not delegated to the federal government and that the amendment lacks valid ratification and referendum. It also argues the prohibition measure violated constitutional procedures in the House and Senate.
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March S
Supreme Court
Kentucky Distilevies and Warehouse Company
Inape Petts
Two Die in Virginia Fight on Kentucky Virginia Border
Ashland Kentucky March 8 Milford Hubbrd oodoo brother in law Jerry Slubbard were killed and Willard Slubboard Milford’s brother was wounded in a war duel at Pounce Virginia near the Kentucky border. Milford killed Jerry then wounded by Willard and Milford before dying fired two shots.
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Milford Hubbrd Oodoo
Jerry Slubbard
Willard Slubbaard
Milford
Pounce
Kentucky-Virginia
Jerry
Willard
Savannah Strikers Riot Over Wage Dispute at Sea Terminals
A lomeshoremen strike at ten Ocean Steamship terminals in Savannah, Georgia sparked rioting as workers from Merchants and Miners Transport tried to persuade them to join. Wage questions were cited as the cause of the strike.
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Savannah
Ocean Steamship Company
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company
Peace fight to go to a finish
President Wilson resists further talk on treaty reservations with Democratic senators and signals readiness to stand firm on Article Ten. White House disclosure follows Senator Hitchcock letter proposing full discussion with Senators Smith and others. Glass reports Wilson accepting Article Ten reservation and ratification with that proviso, though ratification remains doubtful. Swiss vote May 16 on League proposal nears.
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Washington
Marck S
Wilson
Inestauch
Senator Glass
White House
Hitchcock
Sihomons
Senate
Glass
Senator Lodge
Villas Band Asked Fifty Thousand For Captive
A report notes a band known as Villas demanded 50000 dollars for the release of captives taken from a Mexico City train. Authorities are investigating the kidnapping case and tracking the ransom claim.
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EL Paso
Tex
Williams
Villa
Mexico City
Dynamite Blast Injures Score at Chicago Lime Works
A dynamite blast at the Chicago Union Lime Works Quarry injures about twenty people and shatters thousands of windows. The incident occurred today as reports from the mill describe the blast and its chaotic aftermath.
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Evening Journal
Chicago
Chicago Union Lime Works
Switzerland Wins League Entry After Plebiscite Tie
An extra session of the governing body approved Switzerland's entry into the league, contingent on a plebiscite, but the meeting adjourned to scheduled date April 12 for final confirmation.
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Switzerland
Billion Spent, No Planes in War Aviation Oversight
Representative Magee of New York told the House that despite over a billion dollars spent, no American built battle or pure bombing plane during the war. The session examined the aviation inquiry reports as debate focused on major and minor findings.
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Washington
Magee
New York
House
American Air Service
United States
de Haviland
France
Little Feather arrested as vagrant in Lincoln Nebraska
Fragments report the arrest of a Native American man named Little Feather alias 1g 7RIMMED from the Osabore tribe in Lincoln Nebraska on vagrancy charges He claims to have funds but says white gamblers took his money and police pursue verification The report also mentions a wreck involving the Newport or Hoboken express and engineer William Sells with four deaths in New Jersey and a chilly March day in Denver with a low of three degrees below zero.
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Obabore
Tlizaheth
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Marele Rint Wihifs
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Byport
William Sells
Waltee L Hetfield
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