Wilson to Sign Bills Only as Peace Conference Nears
Paris reports President Wilson will return to Paris by March 15 for brief stay in Washington to sign bills. He plans to focus on the supreme executive council at the conference, while Belgians press protection measures and Essen industrial towns may be occupied to curb munitions. The American view favors cash indemnities and authorized inspections to curb Germany’s munition output. Roosevelt to return home, China-Japan disputes seen as unlikely to delay the League of Nations plan.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
Society of Nations
Washington
Supreme Executive Council
Supreme Council of the
Peace Conference
Supreme War Council
Altho
Germany
Supreme Economic Council
Essen
France
Belgium
Cuse
Rhine
F. D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States Navy
America
George Washington
Japan
Marshall
Caroline Islands
Pacific
China
Shantung
League
Pacific Islands
Society of Nations Project
Shanghai
Chinese Society For A League of Nations
Peking
Slaying Foreman's Firm Ordered to Pay Kin Damages
Arkansas Supreme Court upheld an $8,000 award to Mrs Minnie Bryeans after her husband was killed in a fight with a foreman of Chicago Mill Timber Company. The circuit court had ruled the firm employing the foreman is responsible, and the verdict was affirmed.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Supreme Court
Minnie Bryeans
Chicago Mill l Timber Company
Crittenden County
Unrest Outside Lawrence Textile Strike Over Bolshevik Propaganda
Lawrence Massachusetts February 11 leaders of a 48 hour work week strike report no net gain in workers at mills while officials say more employees are at work than since the strike began Central Labor union cites Bolshevist and I W W propaganda among non English speaking workers as the cause and asks unions to aid textile workers facing refusal to grant the 48 hour week while funds are not diverted to political propaganda that harms the United States peace efforts and honors four dead soldiers.
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Lawrence
Mass
Central Labor Union
United Textile Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Bolshevist
Organized Labor
United States
Congress adjourns after debate on German prisoners of labor
At Herne Switzerland on Monday February 10 the international trades union congress adjourned after agreeing to reconvene in May at a yet to be chosen location The prior discussion centered on German prisoners used for forced labor and the blockade with French leader Leon Jouhaux opposing forced labor while noting German deportations and Russian prisoner treatment since Brest-Litovsk impacted French intervention.
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Associated Press
Herne
Switzerland
International Trades’ Union Congress
International Socialist Conference
Werr Scheneberger
Leon Jouhaux
iRetium
Rance
Brest-Litovsk
Martial Law Not Needed In Butte Maj Jones Says
In Butte the federal troops commander Maj A M Jones declares no need for martial law amid the Butte Metal Miners Union strike. Wage cuts have tied up ore production as Seattle general strike winds down and other cities report labor tensions and related actions.
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Butte
Maj. Jones
Mont
A. M. Jones
Butte Metal Miners’ Union
Independent
Metal Mine Workers’ Industrial Union
LW. W
Seattle
Wash
Althoit
Hanson
Jerome
Ariz
New York
Building Trades Employers’ Association
William L. Hutcheson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Hutcheson
Ronald Taylor
Typhus Ravages Russian Towns amid Red Cross Aid
From Vladivostok January report by AP corro: about 25,000 typhus cases in Ekaterinburg Cheliabinsk and Omsk. Maj Jack Hellgulder says relief trains reach crowded cities as 10 new cases daily at Ekaterinburg station. A 450 bed Sted Cross hospital in Tinumen aids afflicted. Grace Moebride, an American nurse, died of typhus in a Russian isolation hospital.
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Vladivostok
Associated Press
Ekaterinburg
Cheliabinsk
Omsk
3Jack
Hellgulder
Red Cross
Red Crass
Sted Cross
Tinumen
Grace Moebride
ERIE HITS COP AS ILLEGALS SHIPPED TO ELLIS ISLAND
A train from the west delivered 53 men and one woman linked to the IWW and radical groups to Hoboken for detention before Ellis Island processing. A clash occurred when an IWW member struck a policeman, guards used clubs, and army troops were called aboard to keep order during the transfer to the immigration boat and voyage to Bill Island.
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New York
Industrial Workers of the World
Hoboken
Bing Island
Mis Island
Bluevont
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
EW. W
TW. W
Billis Island
United States Army
Army
Hudson River
Refugees Flee Omsk Amid Chaos and Bolshevik Threats
A Canadian unit in Omsk reports chronic disorder with blocked trains and a large Bolshevik presence. Refugees huddle, gangs guard movements, and Americans note the Red Cross aiding amid ruined roads and scarce food.
Navy building plan death coup foiled by rule
The House Rules Committee ordered the rule reports to advance the three year naval building program, authorizing 10 battleships and 10 scout cruisers, as part of a 720 million dollar naval appropriation. Champions and opponents geared for a test of strength with a vote on the rule after debate. no recorded vote was taken, with three Republicans opposing the viva voce decision.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House Rules Committee
House Committee
Income Tax Filing Extended And Army Discharges Limited
The International Revenue Commissioner Roper will extend the time to file income at the source reports by about 20 days beyond March 15. Reports apply to payments over 1000 in salaries rents or similar items used to verify income or profits. In New York Col. J Br McAndrews said no new US discharges of soldiers will occur for months, with only overseas returnees among those discharged.
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U. S. Army
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
International Revenue
Roper
New York
United States
J. BR. McAay Drews
Staf
McAndrews
Pierson Picked Speaker in New Jersey House Deadlock
The New Jersey house of assembly ended its speaker stalemate on February 11 when Arthur N. Pierson of Union County was drawn as speaker. The vote followed a deadlock with a final lot drawing to decide the leadership amid the smoke of cigars and party maneuvering.
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Belfast
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
House of Assembly
Arthur N. Pierson
Union County
Courier delivery deadline and remedy if late
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 3 20 or clock. If through carrier error you do not receive the paper by that time, call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls reach this office before 6 30 p.m.
Foe Not Continuing Demobilization Says Paris Correspondent
London dispatch cites Paris cor respondent claiming Germany delays demobilization to bolster armament. Von Hindenburg on western front leads troops while economic needs justify keeping 3,000,000 men under arms. Marshal Foch reportedly made a serious remark at the supreme war council meeting.
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London
British Wireless Service
Daily News
Paris
Germany
von Hindenburg
Foch
Supreme War Council
Bolsheviks Repelled Near Archangel in Northern Russia
Allied forces repulsed a Bolshevik infantry assault near Sredmakrenya southeast of Archangel. American British and Russian troops advanced on the Petrograd road south of Kudish, while Bolsheviks suffered heavy losses in Friday’s fighting, according to an official Allied statement.
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London
Bolsheviki
Sredmakrenya
Archangel
Russia
Petrograd
Kudish
Three Transports in From Overseas With More Fighting Men
The Italian ship Daca D'Abruzzi arrived from Marseilles with 1648 troops including 46th coast artillery and a 164th field hospital detachment. Matapan and Pasadena carried additional officers and men. A further eight transports and a cruiser carried over 10,000 troops, due to reach New York and Newport News by Feb 16–20. Pershing ordered the 26th New England division to prepare for return home, signaling possible early convoy reassignment.
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Assoclled
New York
Marseilles
46Th Regiment Coast Artillery Corps
164Th Field Hospital
Casital
Utah
Matapan
Pasadena
Bordeaux
Washington, D. C
France
Newport News
Pershing
War Department
New Woogland
Irregular Newberry Election Charge Probed
The Justice Department continues probes into irregular practices tied to Tru man Newberrys U S Senate election in Michigan. Senators Townsend and Attorney General Gregory are involved as a resolution seeks clarity on the presence of secret agents during the election.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Trusman Newberry
United States
Michigan
Department of Justice
Department
Senate
Townsend
Gregory
Save Our Ship Call Near Cape Race
A wire from Halifax reports the American oil tank steamer J. M. Guffey taking on water in the forehold and sending out S O S. The vessel, owned by Gulf Refining, sailed from Inverness on January 24 bound for Hampton Roads, Virginia, with a reported position near Cape Race.
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Sulifax
N. S
J. M. Guffey
Cape Race
Gulf Refining Company
Inverness
Scotland
Mumplon Roads
Gore urges price support for wheat at 2.26 a bushel
Senator Gore of Oklahoma told the Senate that the government must sustain a 2.26 dollar price for 1919 wheat and cover the difference to prevent economic instability. He warned the proclaimed price creates a sacred government obligation akin to a thrift bond and cited $800 million in_losses to farmers from past policies while noting potential bread savings for families.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Gore
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committed
Senate
United States
Department of Agriculture
Eight-member committee to study armistice terms
Paris reports say the supreme war council formed an eight member committee to study the complex armsistice questions. American members Norman Davis and Gen Bliss will help draft conditions for Germany. A draft will be reviewed on Wednesday by the supreme war council for final approval.
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Associated Press
Paris
Supreme War Council
Germany
Norman Davis
Gen. Bliss
Doctor Dies of Shot in Capital Office
In Susegons Mich a doctor died within 45 minutes after being shot by an unknown man who fled the private office as four others waited nearby. A New York University student, Ziang Sen Wan, confessed in Washington to killing Ben Sen Wu tied to the Chinese educational mission murders, claiming Wu killed Dr Theodore T Wong and C. H. Asie. Wan exonerated his brother J L Wan who was held after a hotel guard.
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Susegons
Washington, D. C
Ziang Sen Wan
New York University
Ben Sen Wu
Wan
Theodore T Wong
C. H. Asie
J. L. Wan
Child Labor Under 16 Frowned on by Paris Board on World Law
Paris on February 10 reports the commission on international labor legislation accepted two key elements of the American and British labor program. The ban on child labor under 16 and standardization of seamen wages are to be part of the broader plan for international labor regulation to be presented to the peace conference.
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Paris
Commission On International Labor Legislation
Berger Plea Delayed In Espionage Trial Ruling
In Chicago on February 11 Judge Law postponed a decision on the defense motion for a new trial for Victor Berger and four others convicted under the Espionage Act. The continuance until February 20 was requested by the defense. Holiday Nutmargarine is mentioned as a brand reference.
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Berger
Associated Press
Chicago
Victor
China’s Paris peace role tested as Japan pressure rises
Washington reports Japan threatens war over publicizing secret treaties and seeks to deny China full rights of Germany in Shantung. Chinese delegates in Paris push for treaty disclosure amid Japanese pressure, while U.S. and Britain vow support for China and reassurances from Reinsch in Peking.
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Washington, D. C
Japan
China
Germany
Paris
United States
Great Britain
Orient
Americ
Reinsch
Peking
Thi
Réed
Chin
Inister
Tala
Shantung
League
Bf Neons
Sena
Miniater Relesch
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