Wilsons Fight Talk Wins With The West
Des Moines dispatch notes Presidents Wilson tour draws crowds cheering his barrages at Senate delays and reservations. Voters dislike Senate handling of the treaty and league of nations, with Republicans and Democrats wary of delays. Report cites calls for mild reservations to move treaty forward while preserving league intact.
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Iowa
Wilson
League of Nations
Washington
Sénate
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Antrey
League
Senate
Knox
Wilson Uses Cussing Story To Sell League War Guard
President Wilson told a humorous anecdote to illustrate how arbitration clauses in the League covenant could deter future wars. He recounted two acquaintances fond of profanity who agreed not to swear inside town limits, then left town to swear only if anger pressed them, ending with the point that they learned restraint.
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United States
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Wilson
Deplore Delay
Robert T. Small
Washington Post
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Public Ledger
Iowa
League of Nations
EL Remember
British Admiralty
England
Hell Fire
Jack Fisher
Lord Fisher
London Times
Kilverstone
the Public Ledger Co
London
Lord Rosebery
Nelson
Ben Troyato
Elijah
Moses
Neilson
Elisha
Moody and Sankey
Shakespeare
China
Hays Says Wilson's Treaty Fight Hits Wall of Patriotism
Secretary Will Hays declares President Wilson faces a stone wall of patriotism in seeking treaty ratification with reservations to safeguard U S independence. Hays says Republicans and some Democrats back the committee stance, urging prompt resolution and responsibility rests with the administration. A medicated warning at end unrelated to the political item appears in the text.
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Cetzersdorf
H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Wilson
Hays
America
Antis Gain In Senate Democrats For Changes
A 1919 Washington Post style report notes the presidency faces Senate opposition to the League covenant and treaty ratification. It highlights Democratic desertions, concerns about patriotism versus loyalty, and senators like Shields Smith Simmons weighing reservations.
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Hoke Smith
Simmons
Republicana
America
Shields
Elso
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Smith
Carolina
Admiral Fisher Reforms Navy and Faults Timid Tactics
Admiral Fisher argues his radical 1900s reforms rebuilt Britain’s fleet introducing turbine engines and fast dreadnoughts, shifting to engineer leadership, and stressing speed and firepower. He claims the blockade won the war despite cautious conduct and laments missed opportunities amid neutral pressures.
Aero crash near Austin claims Lieut Bateman
Lieut Malcolm A. Bateman of Camden South Carolina was killed when the airplane he was flying crashed into a house north of Austin Texas at about 11 p m yesterday He was believed to be en route to Kelly Field San Antonio Texas causing a fatal air accident near Austin Texas.
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Tex
Malcolm A. Bateman
Camden
S. C
Kelly Field
San Antonio
24 Die as Destroyer Sinks in Baltic Action
Helstingfors reports the British destroyer S-13 attacked a Russian mine on Wednesday. The captain and another officer plus 90 sailors were saved. It is feared eight officers and sixteen men were lost in the sinking.
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Helstingfors
Two Killed in Riot at Illinois Reformatory
A riot at the State reformatory in Pontiac Illinois left one officer and one inmate dead and three inmates plus two officers wounded. Inmates seized revolvers but were subdued within three hours by guards with assistance from police and armed citizens. all were returned to their cells.
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Reformatory
Irish Ambush Kills Soldier in Fermoy Attack
Eight Irish soldiers returning from church at Fermoy were ambushed by about twenty assailants using revolvers. One soldier died and three were wounded as the others were overpowered and disarmed. The attackers fled in automobiles after taking the soldiers' rifles.
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Belfast
Fermoy
Ferney
Cork
U. S. Shells Sold to Germans Explode at Camp
In Coblens near Nieuwied a blast destroyed 50 buildings on a 40 acre storage area used by Germans and later Americans for shells. Ammunition worth 2,000,000 marks sold to a German firm was wrecked. thousands of shells and rounds detonated with no American casualties. Six German girls were knocked unconscious by the initial blast and rescued. Explosions followed by fire. cause undetermined.
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Associated
Brese
Americana
Nieuwied
Huns Defy Berlin Order in Courland
Berlin dispatches report German government noting Baltic province evacuation blocked by insubordination of troops in Courland. Von der Goltz recalled from Mitau as efforts fail. Cabinet orders unconditional subordination, threatens to withhold pay and rations as outposts retreat toward East Prussia.
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Courland
Germany
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Mitau
East Prussian
Bolshevik Take Tobolsk Amid Eastern Front Fighting
A Bolshevik message reports Tobolsk seized, Aktiubinsk captured, with about four thousand prisoners and many guns. In Siberia, three Russian armies clash along a front near Yalutorovek Ishim and Iskhim Kurgan highways as Reds press and Whites counter. The American Red Cross mourns Surgeon Captain Conor who died of typhus on duty.
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London
Tobolsk
West Siberia
Aktiubinsk
Turgai
Robert Wilton
London Times
Washington Fast
The
Public Ledger
Omsk
Siberia
Sherp
Somtac
Biseeneng Tiumen Kurgan Rahwaya
Iskhim Kurgan
Sakharoff
Piherlaeff
Reda
Dietrichs
American Red Cross
Conor
Luden dorr declares peace failure in 1916 war policy
Report notes General Ludendorff asserts peace failure in 1916 and vows ruthless war to force victory. Wilson expected to push for peace was seen as unlikely after Allied gains in manpower and wartime material. Food shortages hurt morale, prompting defense measures.
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Ludendorff
Wilson
German High Command Embraced Submarine War in 1916
In 1916 Germany faced inevitable defeat as Allied pressure grew. Ludendorff reveals the army and government sought peace terms via Wilson but chose ruthless submarine warfare when Allies refused negotiations. He cites this as the only path to victory, detailing his reasons in a book excerpt.
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Kaiser
Wilson
Braten
Germany
Ludendorff
Entente industrial might and German defense debate 1916
General von Ludendorff argues that entente nations harnessed industry and manpower to gain massive war capacity in 1916. He notes open seas, US aid, and rising Allied munitions while Germany lags. German plans focus on defense, rear positions, and training as Somme and Verdun lessons loom.
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Somme
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