Hearst Bidant Banked Sailings as Hearst Injunction Pending
Bids for 80 former German liners were opened as injunction proceedings by Judge Bailey determine if sale proceeds. President Wilson denies any British pact while bids come in for ships with shipboard groups awaiting court action and possible sale approvals.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
W. R. Hearst
Shipping Board
Bailey
District Supreme Court
Senate
Jones
Senate Commerce Committee
Ashshurst
Wilson
White House
Brandegee
Connecticut
Payne
New York
Thomas Scott
Scott
Senate Committee
House Merchant Marine Committee
District Court
Black Arrow
Amphion
Philippines
Black Sea Service
Aervlus
Dekalb
Princess Matoika
Pocahontas
Colombia
Venezuela
Moccasin
Southampton
Leviathan
Mount Vernon
Agam J Miémnoa
Nansemond
Hamburg
George Washington
Marsha Washington
von Steuben
America
Antigone
Susquehanna
President Grant
Artemis
Powhatan
Black Sea
The
Oriental Navigation Company
Weasely
Franklin
Glass Fences Europe Credits Amid Crime Wave Talk
London observers report Secretary Carter Glass opposes new credits to Europe. A London cockney conversation reflects curiosity about the American chancellor of the exchequer who reportedly says no more money will be lent. The exchange notes disbelief that he has been captured.
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Associated Press
London
the Treasury
Carter Glass
Europe
Exposure Fatal to Student on Snowshoe Trip
Dublin New Hampshire February 16 Charles MacVeagh Jr of New York a Princeton graduate and U S Steel counsel died of exposure on Mount Monadnock during a failed snowshoe ascent with Chariton Reynders a Harvard senior. Braving blizzard winds they started Saturday, got lost at dusk, and MacVeagh succumbed around 4 AM. Reynders survived with non serious injuries. Nettleton aided them down before nightfall.
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Dublin
N. H
Charles MacVeagh, Jr
New York
Princeton
San
United States ‘Steel Corporation
Jon
MacVeagh
Reynders
Fred Nettleton
Nettleon
Outine MacVeagh
Harvard
Sugar futures bring dime for delivery in May
Trading in sugar futures resumed on the New York coffee and sugar exchange after a government suspension. The first sale was 104 tons for May delivery at 10 tents per pound, contrasting with the last 1917 sale of 4.84 cents. February and March shipments were offered at 10 1/2 cents, while immediate delivery was priced at 11 7/4 to 11 100 cents.
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New York
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Iowa Road Death Toll Falls Slightly in Three-Year Span
Ames IA February 16 1919 figures from the state highway commission show 203 Iowans killed in highway accidents in 1919 with 2 809 total accidents and 2 708 injuries nationwide. The report notes a three year decline in accidents while highlighting high crossroad and highway dangers.
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Ames
State Highway Commission
Prohibition Lifts Bahama Finances and Jobs
Nassau Bahamas Governor Sir William Allardyce announced the 1920 Bahama legislature that Prohibition in the United States turned a planned deficit into a large surplus. Revenue rose from an expected $372,000 to a surplus about $555,000 as duties on imported wines and liquors boosted circulation and employment.
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Associated Press
Nassau
Bahama Island
United States
Bahama
William L. Allardyce
Canada
Mexico
Trolley Fares Rise in 466 U.S. Cities
The Associated Press reports street car fares increased in 466 cities nationwide due to high material and labor costs. In 59 cities riders now pay 10 cents, while the Illinois committee notes that 48 companies with 8,781 miles of track went to receivers in 1919 and 98 firms in the last three years faced bankruptcy.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois Committee of Public Utility Information
Market Turmoil After Adriatic News Shakes Stocks
New York traders reacted to international tensions centered on the Adriatic as stock prices fell sharply at the open, with declines of 2 to 5 points and renewed selling after a brief morning recovery. British exchange slipped nearly ten cents from the prior week's high as call money remained tight.
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New York
Wall Street
British Exchange
Frozen engines spur a strike tale in Columbus shops
In Columbus Ohio on February 16 freezing of 63 locomotives at the Pennsylvania railroad roundhouse sparked reports in railroad circles that shop men walked out. Extra crews worked to restore traffic as trains on all divisions ran two to four hours late due to engine shortages.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Pennsylvania Railroad Roundhouse
Xtra
Legion Aims $80 Monthly Bonus in Massive Bill
Washington dispatch reports American Legion leaders plan a universal military training bill plus an $80 per month adjusted compensation for every service member. The push totals about $1.9 billion, sparking GOP worries as Franklin D Olier announces a lobbying group to press Congress.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
Congress
America Legion
Legion
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Franklin D'Olier
Washington
House
Senate
Cold Wave Grips East From Atlantic to Mississippi
An other cold wave grips the eastern portion of the country extending from Canada to the gulf and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River. The Weather Bureau said the cold snap would be short and temperatures would moderate all night with readings already below freezing and near zero in some places.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Uno Coh Aera
Canada
Gulf
Atlantic
Mississippi River
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic
Middle Western
New England
Allies reportedly decide to keep Constantinople under international Dardanelles control
Paris and London reports claim the supreme council decided the sultan would remain in Constantinople but the Dardanelles and adjacent straits would be placed under international control. Officials caution the matter is unconfirmed and secrecy notes warn against responsible attribution.
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Associated Press
London
Paris
Supreme Council
Constantinople
Daredanelles
Enineides
Daily Mail
Bosphorus
Beieves
the Times
Dardanelles
Supreme Council of the Allies
Turkey
Europe
Council
Robert Cecil
House of Commons
Neaks
Wilson
Adriatic
Germany
Strike Postponed Not Canceled by Railroad Workers
The United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railroad Shop Laborers says its proposed strike for tomorrow is postponed not canceled. Allen Barker, president, states a strike will occur if relief is not provided. Directors and vice presidents are to meet Thursday to decide next steps after a Saturday night postponement urged by the executive committee.
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Detroit
Mich
Feo
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Allen BE. Barker
Brotherhood
Barker
Brotherhood Executive Committee
Washington
Women Voters Push Laws On Packers and Worker Rights
The League of Women Voters backs Kenyon Kendrick Anderson bills to regulate meat packers and improve labor standards. It urges pledges from party conventions, supports a women’s bureau, 44 hour week, night work ban, minimum wage, and unions for women workers.
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Chicago
Laapue of Women Voters
We National American Woman Suffrage Association
Kenyon-Kendrick-Anderson
Women’s League
Tring
Committee On
AnthIt. C.L. Fight
Farmers’ National Council
American Livestock Association
Fi. G. Tn
Department of Labor
United States
German suffragist Henriette Goldschmidt dies in Berlin
Associated Press reports in Berlin that Henriette Goldschmidt, noted advocate for women’s emancipation, has died. She organized the 1866 general assembly of German women and in 1872 founded Germany’s first high school for kindergarten teacher training.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Henriette Goldschmidt
General Assembly of
Holding of Hands by Evanston Girls No Longer Fashion
Evanston society girls read Mrs William Howe article in Vie Bulletin of the Evanston Women's Club. She says this generation of debs and sub-debs has shifted from the butterfly of mothers to the norah of grandmothers. They are learning thrift, making hair and clothes, and living on 160 dollars a month for two. Mrs Howe slipped and broke her ankle while writing.
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Mvanston
Bvanston Society
Willian TL Howe
Vie
Evanston
Polish Demobilization Plans and Polish Front Strategy
Polish nationalists push for demobilizing the Red Armies on the Polish front and for bridgeheads over the Dvina and Dnieper as conditions for peace. Bolshevik troops improve positions near Smolensk and along rail corridors toward Kiev and Borisov. Two DAnnunzio warships seize an Italian transport carrying 1,000 troops in the Gulf of Lurnera.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Duina
Dnieper
Poland
Germany
Vitebsk
Orsha
Smolensk
Paris
Geonel
Kiev
Russia
Novgrad-Volinsk
Bobruisk
Borisov
Polotz
Disna
Baltic Sea
Fiume
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gulf of
Luernera
Waterloo considers independent daylight saving plan
Discussion grows in Waterloo over a proposed city wide daylight saving plan to start at 6 am and end in October. Business leaders like E C Litchfield push for an agree ment to extend daylight for workers, avoid late day heat, and preserve schedules without turning clocks back.
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Waterloo
E. C. Litchfield
Litchfield Manufacturing Company
Allied OAID to Act on Wilgon’s Jugoslavia Kick
Paris report says Premier Lloyd George and Millerand pressed Jugo-Slavia to accept a compromise on the Adriatic dispute or see the London treaty take effect. Wilson objects and Washington notes indicate US stance remains unchanged though no final position is issued.
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Oaid
Wilgon
Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
England
France
Italy
Adriatic
Echo de Paris
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Millerand
Treaty of London
United States
Belgrade
Premiera Lloyd George
Clermenceau
Davidovitch
Alexander
Washington, D. C
Senate
Fiume
State Department
Jugo-Slavia
London
America
Supreme Council
Dalmatia
Juga
Slavia
Trieste
Entente
Washington
Lansi
Balmatia
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Green Bay
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John Garland Pollard
Virginia
Willson
Federal Trade Commission
Mississippi
M. Trumbitch
Davis
Hines W Day
T. Dewitt Cuyler
Chaiman
Association of Railroad Executives
San Felice
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