Two Die In Car Crash Street Car Strikes Auto
Capt Richard W Parfet U S M C and his 4 year old son died after his automobile collided with a Washington Railway street car at Massachusetts Avenue Extended and Murdock Mill Road. Mrs Parfet was critically injured and a coroner's jury was pending. Motorman Arthur Carter and Conductor Ralph Whalen were held without bond. The accident occurred as Parfet was en route to Georgetown to fetch his daughter from Sunday school.
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Heid
Bond
Richard W. Parfet
Mary Parfet
Richard Parfet, Jr
Massachusetts Avenue
Murdock Mill
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Georgetown University Hospital
Capt Parfet
University Ark
Camp American University
Dumbarton Street
Arthur Norman Carter
Reservoir Street
Ralph Leroy Whalen
Wisconsis Avenue
Porter
Macomb Street
Wisconsin Avenue
Western Avenue
Precimer
R. A Adphisaed
Parfet
Alveet
Louis Mackall
Carter
Whalenere
Capt
Parters
Capt. Parfet
Wise
Georgetown Hospital
Max Loreng
Hicott
Washington
War brides aboard Louisville as troops return home
The Louisville brings 18 war brides and 201 other passengers including 1,700 troops of the Forty first division from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. The Huntington, transports Massonia and Lonsville docked New York with 7,111 officers and men aboard. The Dante Alighieri and HSixaola reported nearby. The Matsonia lists 3,345 officers and men under Brig. Gen. Richmond P. Ravis. storms and influenza hamper voyages. Two stowaways found at sea, held for investigation.
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Lonsville
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Matsonia
Richmond P. Ravis
Stateville
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National
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151St Artillery
Illinois
Ohio
New Jersey
Iowa
Massachusetts
Washington
Alabama
Forty-first Division
National Guard
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Idaho
Wyoming
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112D
164Th
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Louisville
3S1st Field Artillery
Wells
Ot Dugier
Ala
France Seeks Amendments to League Draft and Russia Crisis
Paris reports Stephane Pichon outlined proposed changes to the League of Nations plan and ways to end the Russian crisis. He backed Alsace Lorraine plebiscite outcomes, opposed Austro German union, and noted Belgium and Holland hearing rights. Churchill urged Russia remedies as the council met with no immediate action.
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Associated Arena
Paris
Stephe Pichon
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
M. Picton Helds
Wilsons
Chamber of Deputies
France
Wife of Mount Dechantel postmaster accused in shooting
United Press reports Mrs Margaret Clater, 30, wife of Postmaster John Clator of Mount Dechantel, shot her husband to death at their home. Jealousy is cited as the motive. Clator is hospitalized in critical condition. authorities say she attempted suicide by hacking at him.
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United Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Margaret Clater
Postaster
John Clator
Mount Dechantel
Herusband
Clator
Armistice Deadline Set by Foch in German Talks
Marshal Foch declared the armistice expired at 5 o'clock Monday morning and set the last signing hour for Sunday afternoon to issue orders to troops. He warned that if the terms were not signed the armistice would end and he would withdraw to Treves. He refused Erzberger's request for a delay, saying the terms were fixed by the allied governments and could not be altered.
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Associated Press
Mathias Erzberger
German Armistice Commission
Marshal Foch
Marshal Och
Treves
Erzberger
Foch
Bolsheviki seize 140 alleged spies in Russia
Helsingfors reports the Northern Commune claims counter revolutionaries uncovered a new espionage group linked to Hongland and bolshevist commissions. One hundred forty people including 17 English and M Pokrovsky were arrested. High officers of the general staff ministry of marine reportedly shot. Industrial work halted February 10. eighty five thousand workers idle yet paid from national funds.
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London Times
Washington Post
Dubbe Ledger Co
Helsingfors
Finance
Ministry of Marine
Justice Tord resigns from Republican Club over Beck speech
New York February 16 Justice Tord of the supreme court resigns from the Republican Club citing failure to repudiate criticism of President Wilson by James M Beck former assistant attorney general in his Lincoln Day dinner address.
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Justice Tord
The
Supreme Court Today
Republican Club
Wilson
James M. Becks
Taft Praises League Covenant Reaching Peace at Paris
Missoula Montana February 15. William Howard Taft heralds the League of Nations as a real binding compact formed by Paris conference nations. He says it obliges members to submit disputes to arbitration or the executive council and to impose a complete boycott on violators, with collective military and economic measures to enforce covenant compliance. Taft urges swift Senate approval and notes the plan builds on Smuts and the League to Enforce Peace while expanding international cooperation and nondiscrimination in force.
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Executive Council
The
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Sglave
Ted
Wilson
Senate
United States
Washington
Topytight
America
Congress
Lloyd George
Battle for Lemberg renews efforts to armistice
Wireless dispatches from Kiel report fighting around Lemberg as Ukrainians push to cut Polish rail links. A new armistice mission led by Stepnicky heads to Warsaw with Ukrainian representatives, while Ukraine offers to stop border fighting with Romania for a diplomatic settlement. In Weimar, Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau urges joint German Polish Czech understanding, stressing sovereignty and social harmony amid Wilsonian points.
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Kiel
Lemberg
Warsaw
Stepnicky
Basie
Switzerland
Fepris
Associated Press
Count von Brockdorf Rantzau
National Assembly
Weimar
Germany
Poland
Germain Brgund
Alec
Wilson
League Constitution Crisis Raises US Constitutional Reform
Senate leaders from both parties oppose adopting the League of Nations constitution without recasting the US government. They argue treaty power cannot replace Congress to declare war or regulate commerce, urging constitutional amendment to restore sole legislative authority and preserve American independence.
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Senate
League of Nations
United States
Congress
Wiey Swert
League
America
Wilson
Communiques From Peace Delegates and US Treaty Debate
Paris February 15 communiques report the reparations commission meeting at 10:30 and the delegates from Belgium and France outlining their governments views. A sequel note states the next meetings set for February 17 and 4 p m. Separate coverage discusses Supreme Court limits on immigration power and the impossibility of treaties that usurp Congress authority under the Constitution.
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Paris
Commission On
M. Klotz
M. van den Heuvel
Belgium
France
Quai d’Orsay
Lebanon
Open Debate on League Likely as Senate Signals
Senators sense a shift toward open debate on the League of Nations draft with yet uncertain timing. Borah and Reed weigh speeches opposing internationalization while Wilson’s plan awaits further talks with foreign relations committees and a possible joint session. Mexico City reports Germany names Magnua to lead legation duties after the Weimer government formation.
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Senate
Associated Prean
League of Nations
Congress
Wiilson
House
Borah
Reed
Wilton
Paris
Mexico City
Arthur von Magnua
H. von Eckhardt
Department of Foreign Relations
Weimer
Mexico
Ban on exposing Hun and pro Germanism spread
A front page style critique argues against censorship of German outrages in World War I allied regions. It cites Max Eastman and The Liberator, condemns suppression under new rules, and warns the American public must know the truth about Hun atrocities to prevent forgetting past crimes and maintaining democracy.
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France
Max Eastman
Atlantic
Sour Splendid
Ferole Aies
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Volumn
Liberator
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Wraece
America
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