Peace Congress evolving into Nations League not Wilson plan
Paris dispatch notes the peace conference shifting toward a real league of nations, though lacking a definite, unified American plan. Wilson arrives without a concrete scheme, leaving Europe to translate aspiration into a workable international organization through ongoing debates and private committee reports.
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League of Nations
Leon Bourgeois
France
England
Great Britain
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General Smuts
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Paris
Europe
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United States
Japan Denies It Would Throttle Chinese at Paris
Tokyo, Feb. 10 AP report quotes Kijuro Shidehara, vice foreign minister, saying Japan has no plan to throttle China at the Paris peace talks. He notes a published Chinese treaty procedure and states Tokyo will not interfere with China’s approaches. Uchida is ill with pneumonia.
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Paris
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Peking
New US Liquidation Commission to Settle Overseas B usiness
Secretary Baker announced the United States liquidation commission to wind up the army’s business and financial affairs in England and France. Edwin B Parker of Houston chairs with Senator Hollis and Lom er Johnson. Brig. Gen. Daw es a member. The group will handle claims, dispose of properties, and settle obligations tied to the American expeditionary forces abroad.
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France
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Houston
Tex
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Cleveland
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Chicago
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Rail supplies in tax exemption list in Indiana
Indianapolis Feb 13 Exemption claims for all railroad operation materials and supplies such as coal oil machine shop iron and locomotive parts will be filed. Officials warn the action may cost the state or several counties in revenue and notes notices served on local assessors by railroad officials.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Doctor Slayer Gets Life Team Within 24 Hours
August Forenda, 30, an Italian, pleaded guilty to shooting Dr. L. M. J. Horvedt in Muskegon Michigan. He waived examination, was sent to Jackson prison for life with hard labor and solitary confinement. He claimed the doctor neglected him and described his motive as revenge after illness and a hospital visit.
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Forenda
L. M. J. Horvedt
Michigan
Jackson
Ming
Ferenda
Hotvedt
Foerenda
Milwaukee
Navy Building Plans in 721 Million Bill Passed by House
The naval appropriation bill totaling 721 million dollars for the next fiscal year, approving a three year building program of 10 battleships and 30 scout cruisers, was sent to the senate after a 281 to 50 House vote. A rider bars using funds to buy wireless stations or pay for already purchased stations.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Navy Department
Polish Leader Praises Allies in Assembly
General Joseph Pilsudski, former Polish dictator, addressed the assembly today praising close ties with the allies. His remarks drew cheers. Before adjournment, Prince Radziwill prepared to read a telegram announcing that East Prussia Littovsk had been occupied by Polish troops.
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Tilsudskt
Associated Press
Warsaw
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Poland
Radziwill
Hrost-Litovsk
Truck Driver Killed at Grade Crossing in Dubuque
In Dubuque Iowa this morning Porter Campbell driver of a McDonald Manufacturing Co truck was instantly killed when the vehicle carrying employees to work was struck by a Great Western passenger train at a grade crossing. Two girls were seriously injured and another man fatally hurt as the train, traveling at high speed, collided after the truck failed to hear the approach due to obstructed side tracks. The injured man’s arm was severed and internal injuries are likely fatal.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Porter Campbell
McDonald Manufacturing Company
Great Western
Campbell
U S Generals Welcome at Royal British Spectacle
London on February 11 marked the royal procession as United States generals were seated in the Lord's gallery to witness the opening of Parliament. The Marquis of Lincolnshire in address conveyed the king's warm welcome to Westminster Palace.
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Associated Press
London
House of Lords
United States
Marquis of Lincolnshire
Westminster Palace
Ally War on Reds Costly in Lords Speech
London February 11 Lord Curzon as president of the council told the house of lords none of the allies would invade Russia to extirpate the Bolsheviks. He warned such action would trigger a new European war and noted a proposed Prinkipo conference as an alternative.
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Associated Press
London
Lord Curzon
Council
House of Lords
Russia
Paris Peace Conference Debates Labor and Debt Plans
Paris reports focus on labor legislation headed by Samuel Gompers and a push for an international debt pooling system. Delegates wrestle with currency stability, reparation terms, and open waterways while US resistance to monetary commitments grows amidst tensions over tax and wartime debts.
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Wilson
Society of Nations
Germany
Committee On International Labor
Commission
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Ifit
U.S
America
France
Belgium
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Great Britain
Boeycott
Peace Conference
Only Yank Baby Born in War Zone Sees Free Goddess
The sole American baby born in a French war zone is shown the Statue of Liberty by his mother aboard the transport Metapen. Baby Peter B. Hobbs, six months old, shares the tribute with his late father Dr. Peter B. Hobbs of New York, who died of pneumonia a year earlier while serving to aid wounded soldiers in France.
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New York
Lie
France
Hin
Peter 8
Hobbs
Butte Picketing Resumes as Troops Aid Dispersal
Picketing by the Butte Metal Mineral union and the Metal Mineworkers' Industrial Union No 300 resumed after a day of inactivity. Police dispersed several organized groups while troops aided in controlling crowds. three arrests were foreigners for obstructing workers. Delegates in Washington recommended all men return to work amid wage cuts of one dollar per day. boilermakers rescinded their strike support and voted to stay at work.
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Associated Press
J Butte
Mont. Pebb
Butte Metal Mineral Union
Independent
Metal Mineworkers’ Industrial Union No. 300
LWW
Goleliers
Butte
Washington
George Tucker
Kale
Lincoln Birthday Observed Across Nation
Washington report notes Lincoln's Gettysburg Address read in the House as Representative Hussainy misses due to illness. Madame Catherine Breshkovsky to speak at Lincoln Memorial Dinner. Chicago marks the 110th birthday with municipal and civic observances. Illinois assembly remarks recall Lincoln’s enduring contributions.
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Lincoln
House of Representatives
Representative Hussaly
Missouri
Clark
Russell
Representative Rober
Russ “Grandin
Catherine Breshkovsky
America
FoE Officers Toast Kaiser in Lucerne Amid Entente Rift
German officers, interned in Switzerland, toasted the former emperor's birthday at Lucerne praising his return to power. They drafted a telegram meant for Amsterdam or Am Goren claiming insult to the Entente. the telegraph company refused to forward it.
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Switzerland
Lucerne
Germany
Amorongen
Weimar Welcomes Ebert as Germany's President
The Weimar assembly elected Friedrich Ebert president of Germany amid cheers and gala attendance. A ballots voting saw one solitary Erzberger vote and a lone Scheidemann vote, provoking laughter. The session adjourned as plans for a new cabinet began, with Ebert acknowledged amid a festive crowd outside.
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Weimer
Weimar
Friederich Ebert
Germany
Ebert Batongs
Terry Hibert
Reichatag Tribune
Mathias Erzberger
Phillip Scheidemann
National Assembly
Austria
Wilsons Gala Night at Opera in Paris Is to Aid War Cripples
Paris February 12 President and Mrs Wilson attended a gala performance at the Paris opera in their honor. Proceeds will be added to funds devoted to the care of war cripples. Mr and Mrs Lansing accompanied the Wilsons in the presidential box as the audience rose in cordial applause. Count Andrassy, former Austro Hungarian foreign minister, is reported to have left Berlin to confer with British leaders in Barland.
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Opera In
Paris
Associated Press
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Havag
Vienna
Budapest
Count Andrassy
Berlin
Barland
Tae
Wisconsin Board Pushes End to Five Day Marriage Wait
Milwaukee county officials seek a law letting marriages occur in Wisconsin without the current five day interim between license and ceremony. They also call to remove the eugenic clause from the law, while others want the eugenic provision kept but extended to women.
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Milwaukee
Government ownership prompts railroad wage strike talk
Garretson, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, told Senator Cummins that railroad workers would strike under government ownership. He argued wages should be set by a balanced tribunal and warned against minimum wage fixes, saying higher wages would raise costs and hurt workers. He cited 1910 versus 1890 wage comparisons and urged a cushion between classes to avoid tyranny.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
A. D B. Garretson
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Cummins
Iowa
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Garretson
Seattle
Miners Reject Government Terms in Six-Hour Day Battle
At Southport the Miners Federation conference, with 800000 members, rejected government terms for a six hour day and 30 percent wage rise. President Smillie said the committee would report next steps, while the government pledged to study costs and consider a joint inquiry into coal production and distribution and whether nationalization is needed. The reply signals a willingness to meet miners in every possible way and applies demobilized miners to the general demobilization plan.
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Associated Press
Lendon
Miners’ Federation of Great
Britain
Southport
Miners’ Federation
Smillie
London
Montreal
Miners' Federation
Lloyd George Labor Split Sparks Debate in London
London February 12 The press broadly backs Prime Minister Lloyd George’s labor program but the parliamentary labor party amends the throne speech reply, calling for concrete proposals to ease industrial unrest and raise wages and living standards. The radical press terms the plans vague and likely unworkable in a "reactionary parliament."
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London
Lloyd George
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Labor Party
Mr. Lloyd George
Courier Delivery Prompt by 5:30 PM Preference
Notice to readers about home delivery by 5 30 PM with reprint option if the paper arrives late due to carrier error. Readers are asked to call the office before 5 30 PM to request a duplicate copy. The message emphasizes timely phone contact for late delivery remedies.
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