Italy Threatens Exit Over Fiume Dispute at Peace Talks
Italy's delegation in Paris votes to withdraw from the peace conference unless Fiume is assigned to Italy. The flare up centers on the Dalmatian coast and the fate of the port city, with Jugoslav claims stressing Fiume as essential to their commerce. Italy warns it cannot yield on Fiume while pursuing conciliation. An earlier Italian stance, referenced by Premier Orlando, emphasized defending Fiume against dual nationality laws amid ongoing incidents and a blockade earlier in the postwar period.
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Trieste
Fiume
Orlando
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Gulf
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Juge Slavia
Supreme Council
Wilson
Memenceau
Lloyd George
Beieve
Frame
Hungary
Lloyd George Foresees Swift Peace as World Stands Guard
David Lloyd George, in the Excelsior, stresses peace as the sole aim for all nations and says he will stay in Paris until the peace preliminaries are drafted and ready for signature not discussion. He notes global events hinge on peace and ongoing commerce suffers under uncertainty.
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Excelsior
Paris
Rathbun affidavit claims $5000 offered for pardon
A Iowa farmer William Rathbun testified to the Lowry house judiciary committee that he paid his attorney George Clark 5000 dollars to deliver to Governor Harding for Ernest Rathbun’s pardon after a criminal assault conviction. The February 25 affidavit, dated and dictation noted, was read by H M Haypore as the first witness.
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Des Moines
William Rathtun
Ida County
Lowy House Judiciary
Ernest
George Clark
Harding
H. M. Haypor
Rathbun
Women Vote in Minnesota Senate Grants Presidential Elector Suffrage
In St Paul Minnesota the senate approved a bill granting women the right to vote for presidential electors by 49 to 11. The measure had cleared the house earlier and now goes to the governor for signature.
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St. Paul, Mion
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Railways Receive $100 Million War Dept Advance
Washington March 22 The War Department advanced one hundred million dollars to the Railroad Administration to tide the railroads over until further funds are provided by Congress.
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War Department
Railroad Administration
Congresa
Poland Urges Strong Nation to Halt German Rise in East
Premier Paderewski warned Poland must stay united to keep Europe at peace as Germany, though beaten in the west, remains undefeated in the east. He warned Germany could gain control of Russia and others, using cheap labor and vast resources to dominate the globe.
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Germany
Europe
Poland
Jan Ignicc Paderewski
Paderewski
Russia
Turkestan
America
China
Egyptians Threaten Revolution Blame Beheira Unrest
Beheira province sees large armed Bedouin forces from the west robbing villages as Cairo reports rioting on March 12. Despite police and troops suppressing clashes in Cairo and Tanta, no military casualties reported though several Egyptian police and officials are killed. General Allenby heads to Cairo amid reinforcements.
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London
Egypt
Renter
Cairo
Allenby
Palestine
Paris
Behera
Tower Egypt
Behetra
Tanta
War Department selects 15 Cantonment Sites for permanent camps
Washington reports Acting Secretary Crowell announces definite decisions to purchase 15 original cantonment sites for use as permanent military camps. National Guard camps will be abandoned except Camps Kearney in California and Mevers in South Carolina. Retained are Bragg, Custer, Devens, Dix, Dodge, Gordon, Grant, Jackson, Kinox, Lee, Meade, Pike, Sherman, Teytor and Upton.
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War Department
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Natonal
Kearney
Cal
Mevier
S.C
Bragg
Custer
Devens
Dix
Dodge
Gordon
Grant
Jackson
Kinox
Lee
Meade
Pike
Sherman
Teytor
Upton
U S Lost 554 Aviators in Frontline Service
War department released the official casualty report listing 554 United States air service personnel numbers from American and allied forces. Of the total 171 were killed in combat, 120 wounded, 73 missing, 42 killed in accidents, 15 prisoners, and 4 by other causes.
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Washington
United States Air Service
War Department
Belgium Claims German Debt For Requisitions And Cash
Brussels March 22 Belgium asserts Germany owes 10,000,000,000 francs for requisitions and related money transactions in occupied territory. The sum includes 410,000 francs in German currency circulating in Belgium after the occupation and additional fines and monthly payments levied on towns cities provinces and public institutions.
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Germany
Belgium
Foch Sees Rhine Front as Key in Victory
Paris reports Marshal Foch declares the Rhine line the main defense and says he did not seek annexation but if the frontier is not secured France cannot call the victory complete. He praises soldiers who won the war and notes the armistice spared more deaths. Berlin reports a note from Spa asking if Germany may believe promises that a peace treaty will be ready with Wilson approval yet discuss or modify it is forbidden.
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Paris
Rhine
Marshal Foch
Peace Treaty Float Shows 25000 Per Life Loss Claim
The United States seeks a total near one billion for war losses and assigns 25000 for each life lost. Col House expects the peace treaty including the league to be ready for signature by March 24. Lloyd George jokes about waiting another week. Wilson meets Lloyd George and other leaders to discuss mandates in Asia Minor and Armenia, with no decisive conclusions yet.
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United States
Col
FE. M. House
Versailles
Towse
Lloyd George
Wilsom
A. J. Balfour
Clemenceau
Stephen Pichon
Foreige
Orlando
Allenby
Diaz
Turkey
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Syria
Armenia
Wilson
M. Clemenceau
Lloyd George and Lloyd George meet to settle reparations frontiers
David Lloyd George and another statesman hold talks on adjusting differences over wartime losses and the French German frontier. They consider ahead of the League of Nations. The reparations issue centers on Germany's capacity to pay, with commissions reducing claims to about 40 trillion dollars.
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David Lloyd George
League of Nations
Germany
Illinois draft list shows 12000 men labeled delinquent
Springfield March 22 Indications are that 12000 men of war age in Illinois will be classified as delinquent under the draft law as a corps of assistants works to check registrations. The task includes 8 Cook county boards and downstate counties already checked. Most who failed to report are said to be foreigners.
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Illinois
Stte Arsenal
United States
Whitty
Chicago
John Daugherty
Peoria
Cook County
Promine
Baker aid to I W W criticized by Major Foster speech
Secretary Baker was secured by Maj Dick B Foster in a speech asserting he aided the I W W international socialists and humanitarians in hindering army construction. Foster, a member of the court martial that tried 135 conscientious objectors at Camp Funston, claimed Congress was extended to protect obstructionists.
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Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo
Paker
War Department
Dick B. Foster
Congress
Bolsheviks Beaten by Yanks on Front Near Archangel
Archangel reporting increased patrol activity on the Vologda railway and Dvina front. American and allied troops defeat Bolshevik forces in both sectors after raiding parties are repulsed. several Bolsheviks killed and prisoners taken. Separately, Petlura forces resume offensive near Proskuroff and recapture Barny and other railway junctions as Bolsheviks retreat along the Sarny Vilna line.
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Dvina
Dyme
Berne
Petlura
Tivices
Proskuroff
Bolshevski
Ukraine
Barny
Brest- Litowes
Sarny
Vilna
Dombrovitsa
Stalin
Gorny River
Both Houses May Convene Ist of May From Europe
A terse notification states that both houses may convene on the first of May, with the communication originating from Europe. No further details accompany the note.
Red mobilization amid Esthenian-Lettish clash and Bolshevik threat
A dramatic world crisis unfolds as Esthenian and Lettish forces push toward Bolshevik fronts while Trotzky commands. In Washington a special session of Congress may convene May 15 as President Wilson eyes a return home and the Senate weighs an earlier start if the Peace Treaty advances.
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America
Congress
Wilson
Bolshevik Offensive Threatens Petrograd Prompts Mobilization
Special to Eventing Journal reports the Hebonian Lettish offensive against the Bolsheviki looming over Petrograd with Protzky ordering mobilization of all men up to age forty six.
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Paris
Petrograd
Protzky
Uncle Sam buys many autos in wartime orders
Washington reports 96,551 trucks delivered to the war department with 115,187 orders remaining after war cancellations. Of the delivered trucks 51,854 went overseas. Nearly all of 20,055 motorcars on order were delivered by February 1 with about half sent overseas. Ambulances and motorcycles also nearing completion with 14,073 and 39,239 units respectively.
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Washington
War Department
Department
WILL SETTLE ALL CLAIMS
Washington March 22 All obligations of the war department will be paid Acting Secretary Crowell announced despite the deficiency appropriation bill failing to supply funds to meet millions in claims Payment will involve shifting the department s account He said we may all have to go to jail but we will pay every obligation.
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Washington
War Department
Crowell
Justice Dept Finds No Indictment In Ward Hospital Charge
Assistant Attorney General Porter told the War Department that after careful investigation the Department of Justice found no sufficient violence to warrant action against J. Milton Trainer of Envo Solicited a commission of note in connection with the Chandway hospital project.
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Porter
War Department
Department of Justice
J. Milton Trainer
Envo
Cho«dway Hospital
Western storm isolates region. Denver reports disruption
A heavy snow and sleet storm blankets the western United States. Western Colorado is cut off and Denver wire communications have ceased amid deteriorating conditions. trains are running behind schedule due to the disruption.
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Venter
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