Democrats Clash With GOP Over One Term Presidential Limit
In Washington March 26 Democrats in the House applauded Representative Humphreys of Mississippi as he argued for a one term limit on the presidency to block Woodrow Wilson’s renomination. He cited Jefferson and Washington and warned that rotation is key to the Republic’s spirit, contrasting past leaders who resisted a third term.
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Representative Humphreys
Mississippi
Woodrow Wilbon
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Longworth
Ohio
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Thomas Jefferson
New York Tribune
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Meliiley
Roosevelt
United States
George Washington
Lafayette
Madison
Jeferson
Jackson
McKintey
Congress
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Democratic leaders praise third term ambitions debate
In a crowded chamber, Democrats surrounded the speaker as he praised unity and warned that a third term could morph into perpetual power. Rep Kitchin cautioned against any third term, while others suggested Wilson might announce a bid within ten days.
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Clark
Representative Kitchin
Kitchin
Wilson
Nine Hurt In Rail Wreck Attoona Pa
Keystone Express No 20 on the Pennsylvania Railroad derailed at Longfellow. A Pullman, a diner car and a coach left the tracks. nine injured were taken to a hospital in Huntingdon.
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Pennsylvania Line
Longfellow
Attoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Huntingdon Pa
Kaiser in Financial Straits
Dutch officials say former Emperor William is nearly penniless and owes Count Bentinck for the castle at Amerongen where he has resided since November 1918, clarifying reports of monetary support to the March 15 revolt.
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Germany
Berlin
William
Count Bentinck
Af Amerongen
Warning on Typhus Plague Threat Reaches U S Officials
Washington reports Henry P. Davison of the Red Cross warns that European typhus and bubonic plague threaten the United States. Dr. Hugh S. Cumming says the danger is grave and may be the greatest since the deluge, with Dr. Rupert Blue heading U S efforts in Europe.
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Paris
Henry P. Devison
American Red Cross
United States
Public Health Service
Hugh S. Cumming
Davieson
Europe
Davison
Rupert Blue
England
London
Cumming
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Poles Hold Against Soviet Spring Offensive Across 400 Mile Front
Reports from the front say Bolsheviks launch a broad spring assault along a 400 mile line in Poland. Poles resist fiercely, with heavy artillery and armor supporting counterattacks. Rovne and Kamenetz Podolsk key targets as fighting continues and supplies reach the army.
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Kamenetz-Podelsk
Reecycza
Kalenkowiz
Mozir
Zasiava
Rovno
Stare-Konstantinov
Strutch River
Kamenetz-Podolsk
Ern Front
Teetist Uiis
Pontes
Stutch River
Bubar
Ostropol
Slutech
Father Plans Ransom Payment in Kidnapping Case
In Lexington Kentucky E R Little a prominent capitalist confirms intention to pay a 25000 ransom for his 11 year old son Paul who was kidnapped by an unidentified man after being lured away in the late afternoon. The kidnapper threatened to kill the boy if the money is not paid.
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E. R. Little
Lexington
Lexington Capitalist
Paul Little
Little
Pistol shot hits Virginia Supreme Court room in Richmond
A pistol bullet was fired into the Virginia Supreme Court chamber in Richmond as the court sat. No injuries occurred though clerk H Steward Jones narrowly escaped shattered glass. Police search for the shooter. previous days saw a bullet hit the secretary of the commonwealth’s office. Other war-torn region notes describe Bolshevik offensives and heavy fighting near the Slutech river with Polish forces repelling advances.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court
H. Steward Jones
P.O. James
the Commonwealth
Rebels Take Large Fort on the Rhine
Reports from Berlin and Rotterdam state Wesel near Dusseldorf has fallen to revolutionary workers. The armistice is described as not being fulfilled with Wesel bombarded by a nine inch gun while red troops advance across the Lippe. Belgian positions at Fort Binecher near Wesel are shelled and a train carrying 70 wounded reaches the Dutch frontier.
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Dusseldorf
London
Times
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Niewwe Rotterdam Courant
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Lippe
Hagen
Dortmund
the Hague
Handlesblad
German Crisis Declared Substantially Over by Officials
Washington reports that officials believe the German crisis has passed with a general resumption of work and traffic in Berlin. Newspapers reappeared for the first time since the Von Kapp revolution as a national assembly meeting was noted in the capital.
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Berlin
Washington
Germany
State Department
von Kapp
National Assembly
Seized arms sent to Ireland by foreign vessel
A plan to smuggle German made rifles machine guns and ammunition into Ireland was uncovered. A foreign ship carrying beer barrels hid the weapons and was detained at a northern port. The captain failed to explain the cargo discrepancy and will be examined in London. A second ship’s cargo is under suspicion and its captain is cooperating with authorities.
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London
Ireland
Evening Standard
Standard
Census Bureau lists 1920 city populations with gains
Population data show Davenport Iowa at 56,727 up 13,690 or 21.2 percent since 1910 and other cities like Steubenville Ohio Bloomfield New Jersey Sheboygan Wisconsin and Asheville North Carolina also posting sizable increases with percentages ranging from about 6.7 to 46.1 percent.
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Census Bureau
Davenport
Iowa
Steubenville
Ohio
Gloverville
N. Y
Sheboygan
Wis
Johnstown
Bloomfield
N. J
Shamokin
Enfield
Asheville
German cabinet reshuffle names Gessler defense minister
Doctor Gessler former burgomaster of Nuremberg and late reconstruction minister is named minister of defense replacing Gustav Noske. Doctor Cuno becomes finance minister succeeding Matthias Erzberger as the rebuilt cabinet is set before the national assembly. The coalition remains SD centrists and democrats with independent socialists staying out.
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Gessler
Nuremberg
Berlin
Germany
Gustav Noske
Cuno
Albert Ballin
Tihe
Mathias Eroberger
National Assembly
Bauer
Kapp-Luettwitz
Paul Little Found In A Hotel Room
Local police report the discovery of Paul Little in a hotel room today. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident and have not released details about events leading to the discovery.
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Paul Little
Cabinet Resigns as Bauer’s Government Faces Crisis
Special to the Evening Journal from Lexington reports the German cabinet led by Premier Bauer tendered resignations amid a political upheaval. In Lexington a local incident involves the kidnapped son of prominent financier BE Little, who was held for ransom at 25 million dollars. Police rescued him from a hotel room as the abductors fled.
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Evening Journal
Lexington
Little
BE. Littl
German cabinet resigns in Berlin report
Paris dispatch reports the German cabinet led by the premier resigned today as of a Berlin patch. The sweeping political move comes amid mounting pressures in Germany's government and signals a major change in leadership.
Coal conference arranged between operators and miners
President Wilson had urged a joint conference and John Lewis of the miners association secured acceptance from Thomas T. Brewster for a conference to be held in New York early next week. Operators delayed awaiting legal advice after indictments in Annapolis but have now been advised they may participate.
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Washington
Wilson
John Lewis
Miners’ Organisiation
Thomas T. Brewster
New Yorks
Brewster
Anapolis
Mr. Lewis
Warships Sail to Honolulu for Centennial Mission
Twenty nine warships led by cruiser Brooklyn under Rear Admiral Henry Riley depart San Diego for Honolulu to take part in the Hawaiian mission centennial celebration. Seven destroyers from San Francisco accompany the fleet en route, after which eight destroyers proceed to the Philippine islands for station assignment.
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Cal
Brooklyn
Henry Riley
Honolulu
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
Two Americans Captured by Bolsheviks in Siberia
Washington reports geologist Dr. Al Stickney and H. D. Reynolds, both American workers abroad, have been captured by Bolsheviks in Siberia. The State Department has informed Ambassador Davis and is seeking inquiries in London.
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A. W. Stickney
MH. DT. Reynolds
Siberia
Washington
AL. Stickney
H. D. Reynolds
Davis
London
Cork Barracks Explosion Damages Gortatlea Facility
Fire destroyed the pelios racks at Gortatlea seven miles east of Tralee in County Munster. Three were seriously injured and two civilian casualties were reported in the Cork area after the blast at the Irish barracks.
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Tralee
Cork
Gortatlea
County Akince
Munster
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