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Monday, March 17, 1919

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PICHON SEES OBSTACLES TO WILSON PLAN OF FULL LEAGUE DRAFT IN FIRST TREATY; MONROE DOCTRINE AGAIN DISCUSSED; PICHON'S COMPROMISE PLAN To Embody League Principles in First Treaty, Postponing Details.OUR DELEGATES ARE FIRMProceeding on the AssumptionThat the Covenant MayNot Be Abridged.PEACE WILL BE DICTATEDGerman Delegates Will HaveMerely the Option of Accepting or Rejecting Terms. ARGENTINA'S LEAGUE PLAN. Said to Contemplate Admission of Central Powers as Charter Members. KOREANS PETITION WILSON. Ask Him to Initiate at Peace Conference Action for Independence. RHINE BANK A GERMAN TEST. Delegates Said to be Ready to Resist French Claims. IRISH OPPOSE THE LEAGUE. Demand Peace Conference Give Ireland Self-Determination. SAYS PEOPLE FAVOR LEAGUE H.S. Houston Declares 150 Newspapers Want World Alliance.

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The must-have

Lincoln Logs

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1919

  • The Red Scare

Tech Check

Pop-Up Toaster, Shortwave Radio & Arc Welding.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

39,162 days ago

(107 years, 107 days)