Erzberger Defends Armistice Role in Bitter Assembly Session
In Weimar on February 15 Mathias Erzberger defended the armistice negotiations before the national assembly. He blamed high command for forcing peace terms and revealed a high level demand to sign even without concessions. The session grew loud as Vogler attacked him, then backed Erzberger amid broad support.
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High Command
Erzberger
Preas
Weimar
Mathias Erzberger
German Armistice Commission
National Assembly
Vogler
German People’s Party
Hreberger
Maximilian of
Baden
von Hinderburg
House
Ereberger
Fehrenbach
Hunter
Hugo Stinnes
Treves
Belgium
Belgum
Complexions Win Beauty Contests
An advertisement proclaims Complexions win beauty contests and promotes Stuart's Calcium Wafers to banish pimples and skin flaws. The copy promises a free trial package and claims the product works wonders for clear skin.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Kaiser Delayed Too Long Drawing Sword Says Hans Kaiser
Basel Feb 19 At a German Peasants Union meeting in Berlin the president blamed the former emperor for delaying the drawing of the sword and said his weakness spurred socialism. He cited British money fostering navy discontent and militar y collapse last November. All speakers urged loyalty to the monarchist movement.
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Basel
Mathias Ergberger
German Armistice Commission
German National Assembly
Wettner
Herzogler
Wilson
Ligberger
Marshal Foch
German Peasants’ Union
Berlin
Foo
Peasants’ Union
Austrian Republic Calls for Abdication of Emperor
Vienna on February 18 reports President Leftz of the German Austrian republic declared the republic firmly established and the Hapsburg dynasty a thing of the past. He demanded formal abdication from former Emperor Charles who has only withdrawn from government so far.
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Vienna
Leftz
Charles
Britain to keep army of 300000 in 1919 says Churchill
London February 19 Winston Churchill declares the league’s effectiveness rests on allied military force near Germany. He calls for a trusted force to watch the Rhine and enforce reparations and outlines plans to maintain 300000 troops in 1919. A voluntary army to garrison the empire is being formed, with 1000 volunteers daily.
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Associated
Preas
London
League of Nations
Germany
Winston Spencer Churchill
Wilson
Rhine
Col. Churchill
Empire
Churchill
Russia
Rugeia
Anthracite Mined At Loss Amid Price Boost Plan
New York February 19 government will soon permit a 76 cent per ton rise in anthracite price. V Norris of the U S fuel administration announced at a conference of mining and metallurgical engineers. He noted 30 to 38 percent of companies were operating at a loss. James B Neagle urged miner education to combat bohiefem.
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New York
Cook BR. V. Norris
United States Fuel Administration
American Institute of Minsing and Metallurgical Engineers
Norrin
James B. Neagle
Belfast Strike Ends After 47 Hour Week Pact
Belfast on February 13 halted its month long general strike as 8 000 boiler makers agreed to return to work under terms set by employers. The agreement establishes a 47 hour work week while a national settlement of the dispute is sought.
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Belfast
Krupps War Menace 20 000 Men Making Cannon
Krupp gun works reveal Bertha secret and plan to bombard London. Fewer than ten long range guns built. each discharge about 750 dollars. Essen plant employs about 22 080 workers, with 20 000 on cannons contracts for 800 guns. British raids caused little damage. German output remains high.
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London
H. J. Greenwall
Universal Service
London Daily Express
Essen
Germany
Krupp
Hohmann
Bruno Bauer
Calais
English Channel
Rausenberger
Paris
Herr Bauer
Krupps
Entente
Sweden
Alsace-Lorraine
Oules
France to levy long term capital tax plan
Paris reports that Louis L. Klotz the French finance minister said a plan for a tax on capital would spread payments over many years to avoid burdening the present generation. He outlined fiscal policy including debt repayment, limited charges, reduced nonproductive spending, and seeking credit for relief.
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Associated Press
Paris
Louis L. Klotz
Chamber of Deputies
M. Klotz
League of Nations
M. Enots
Laird Possible Candidate For Maryland Senate Seat
Rockville Md Feb 19 Philip D Laird a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the State senate may fill the unexpired term of J Daw son Williams who died last fall of pneumonia following influenza The suggestion has aroused interest in his county Others named include Andrew J Cy Cummings State s Attorney Albert M Boule former State s Attorney Bowie F Waters Josiah W Jones Hazel Cashel County Commissioner George G Bradley Robert G Hilton and Charles W Prettyman
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Washington Post
Rockville
Philip D. Laird
State Senate
J. Dawson Williams
Andrew J
Cy) Cummings
Albert M. Boulc
Bowie F Waters
Josiah W. Jones
Hazel Cashel
George G. Bradley
Robert G. Hilton
United States
Baltimore
Charles W. Prettyman
Alien I W W Secretary Held In Butte Strike
Joseph Kennedy branch secretary of the Metal Mine Workers International Union No 800 I W W British subject in the United States 14 years was taken into custody by US immigration officers for participating in a miner strike in Butte February 7. He had never applied for citizenship papers. Fire rips Stamford plant destroying fifteen brick and wooden structures on ten acres with chemical explosions and high winds hindering firefighters. Loss estimated at 760000.
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Butte
Mont
Joseph Kennedy
The
Metal Mine Workers’ International Union
United States
Kennedy
Stamford. Conn
Fev
Stamford Extract Manufacturing Company
Brest Port Contended By Navy And Army Over Troop Handling
The Navy warned Brest would be overrun by transport shortages while the Army argued the port could only handle a small daily flow. Despite estimates, Brest moved up to 163,060 men in a month under Gen Harries, with vast numbers displaced after the armistice. Camp Pontanezen hosted tens of thousands, many in dire conditions, as reports reached Washington.
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Brest
France
Little
Europe
Atlantic
United States Navy
England
Washington
District of Columbia
Cuba
George H. Harries
Gen. Harries
Germany
Harries
War Department
Pontanezen
Owen
Refuse to Meet Reds Continuer Faces Russian Crisis
Paris reports the supreme council weighing Russian plans including a volunteer army to counter Bolshevik influence. Most favor peaceful pressure or economic restrictions rather than military force as officers assess the risks of provoking socialist wrath and delaying a durable settlement. The reparations commission pushes to submit damage estimates for Germany in the looming treaty talks.
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Paris
Supreme Council
United States
America
Germany
Wilson
France
Plans Credit for Belgium Export Credit Deal
A syndicate led by Guaranty Trust Company J P Morgan Co National Bank of Commerce and National City Bank announced a 50 million dollar commercial export credit in New York for a Belgium banks consortium. Proceeds will finance American supplies for restoring Belgian industry.
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New York
Guaranty Trust Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
National Bank of Commerce and
National City Bank
Belgium Berks
Belgium
Banque Nationale de Belgrano
America
Touraine Lands Heroes Who Battled Between Cambrai and St Quentin
The Twenty-seventh division and Thirtieth division forged the break in the Hindenburg line between Cambrai and St Quentin. Maj. Tristram Tupper recounted the Sept 29 to Oct 1 assault that yielded 6 908 prisoners, with 1 490 captured at St Soupiet and Vierstaat ridges, while 1 225 troops and more arrived aboard the Touraine and Ortega with field units. Newport News and Brest arrivals show Canopic and Pocahontas transporting Washington Oregon Montana Idaho Wyoming units to France as casualties and replacements continue.
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Touraine
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Ortega
Canopic
New York
Pocahontas
Newport News
Associated Press
Twenty-seventh Division
New York National Guardsmen
Cambrel
Tristram Tupper
Twenty-seventh
la Toursines
Hindenburg Line
Maj
Tupper
Vierstaat
Rossignol Wood
Petite Hols
Teau Farm
Flanders
St. Soupiet
Second Army Corps
37Th Division
412Th
41St Division
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
North Carolina
Virginia
Clay Starkey
Roanoke
National Guard
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Brest
Henderson
Bordeaux
France
C. W. Wickersham
United States
George W. Wi
Big Plane Lands in Georgia at Americus Field
The Handley Page bombing airplane en route from Elizabeth New Jersey to Houston Texas landed at Southern field Americus Georgia late today after a flight of three hours and twenty seven minutes. The craft carried a base crew of twenty one with eleven aboard on this leg including seven mechanics and officers Captain William S. Reyburn Captain C F Clavette Lieutenant G M Palmer and Lieutenant G L Bradford.
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Americus
Handley-Page
Elizabeth
N. J
Housaton
Tex
Southern Field
Columbia
William S. Reyburn
C. F. Clavette
G. M. Palmer
G. L. Bradford
Greeks Threaten Thrace Occupation in Mass Meeting
Greek refugees at a mass meeting in Saloniki urged immediate Greek army occupation of Thrace to halt Bulgarian cruelties and ensure repatriation. Acknowledgments were sent to Wilson Clemenceau Lloyd George Venizelos and General Franchet d Esperey.
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Saloniki
Thrace
Macedonia
Preaidant Wilson
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Venizeion
Fracittet d‘Eaperey
Belgians Decorate 4 U S Generals in Coblenz
In Coblenz at the platz by the former royal palace four American generals were decorated by Belgians. Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman and Brig. Gen. Hines received the Order of Leopold while Brig. Gen. Malin Craig and Brig. Gen. Parker were named commanders of the Order of Couronne. Maj. Tinnant of the Belgian mission presented the decorations.
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Coblenz
Platz
Royal Palace
Joseph T. Dickman
Army of Occupation
Hines
Third Corps
Order of Leopold Ff
Malin Creig
Dickman
Parker
Maj
Tinnant
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Gen
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Equador
Wueyaequil
Ecuador
Augusto Aguirre Aparico
Helladoresa
Carlos Feder Bargono
Aero Club
Arctic Trip Fund
Maj. Tupper
Ortego
Regiment of
Coast Artillery
Thirty-third Artillery Brigade
Ohio
Wisconsin
Columbus Barracks
Sixty-third Coast Artillery
Sixty-first Coast Artillery
Big Plane
Georgia
Hammond
Asro Club For America
Parsons
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Alan R. Hawley
Willem E. Vanderbilt
Charles H. Sabin
Robert A. Bartlett
Admiral Peary
North Pole
J John Hays Hammond
Mr. Hammond
U. S
H St. N. W
Shoreham Hotel
P. P. Finigandoin
St. N. W
15Th St
Thomas A. Edison
Woses & Sons
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