Navy delays blamed for heavy war losses and costs
Admiral Sims told a senate committee failure of the navy department to act promptly cost half a million lives and vast shipping losses after America entered World War I. He cited delayed convoy use, slow dispatch of destroyers, and ignored recommendations to deploy to the eastern Atlantic and British waters.
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Erecial
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Navy Department
America
Germany
Sims
Senate Investrigating Committee
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London
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England
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Admiral Sims
Page
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Lansing
Viixon
Eason
United States
Daniels
Iline
Bima
Naval
Irish
Arctic
Weather synopsis from Denver and Arizona reports
Weather notes report scattered rain in Alaska south and north, colder conditions in the south and far east. Friday is expected to be partly cloudy to snowy in the east with cold air. Arizona forecast calls for generally fair conditions Thursday, colder Friday.
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Denver
Celo
Alaska
Mountaines
Arizona
Weather Report for Yesterday at the University
Local report shows twenty four hour conditions ending 6 p m yesterday. Highest temperature 50 likely. Humidity at 6 pm 84 percent. Precipitation 0.4 inches. Maximum wind velocity with direction from the south. Day described as cloudy.
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Aeeaeee -Vloudy
West Virginia Ratifies Federal Suffrage Amendment
Charleston March 10 The West Virginia legislature ratified the federal suffrage amendment after a dramatic session in which the Senate adopted the House of Delegates ratification by 15 to 14. Senator Jesse A. Bloch of Wheeling, rushed from California, provided the decisive vote. Senator A. R. Montgomery was declared seatless and did not vote.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
House of Delegates
Jesse A. Bloch
Wheeling
California
A. R. Montgomery
Anthony
Bloch
Reston Destroyers Sail for Great Britain Cited
Testimony shows six destroyers departed Reston for Britain with no detail on other forces. Admiral Sims expresses despair as committee adjourns after two hours and a brief session.
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Reston
Great Britain
Admiral Sims
Tommorrow
Caillaux Friends in Italy Testify at Peace Trial
Two witnesses testified at the senate trial of former Premier Caillaux regarding his Italy connections with pacifists. M Noux and M Noblemaire described Caillaux as engaging with critics of the war and considering 1916 peace proposals from von Bethmann Hollweg and Wilson.
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Paris
Joseph Cailliaux
Senate
Germany
Charlies Roux
Commandant Nobiercaire
Italy
Ae. M. Froux
Caillaux
von Rethmann+ Hollweg
Wilson
Cuillaux
Cier
Rebuttal Testimony Concluded In Trial Of Alleged
The morning Journal reports the rebuttal in the trial of the alleged 1 W W charged with murdering Warren V O Trimm in Centralia, Armistice Day parlay victim. Defense rested after several witnesses in rebuttal and may call two more witnesses tomorrow before the jury.
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Maontesane
Wash
March
Ice
Warren vO.trimm
Centralia
Tbeir
Wage Demands Conference On Railroads Suspended
Washington, March 14. Negotiations between the railroad executive committee and railroad representatives on wage demands were suspended tonight. The first session adjourned after brief discussion with neither side fully prepared. Resumption date left to the executive committee. second meeting likely not before Friday.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Railroad Executive Committee
Ban on sale of olives by Montana health board
The state board of health prohibits sale of ripe olives and olive preparations in glass containers in Montana. The ban follows five deaths in Java from bacilli botulinus several months ago.
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Hidiena
Mont
Muarch
Montana
State Board of Health
Java
Suffrage Won as West Virginia Ratifies Amendment
Carrie Chapman Catt hails West Virginia ratification as a turning point promising nationwide victory for women’s suffrage. She asserts the nation is won and the long battle for enfranchisement is over, with the movement hailed as secure and future reforms carefully considered.
Man is convicted of complicity in attempted robbery
George Selakovich brother of one of the bandits killed in the Rocky Mountain Fuel payroll robbery was found guilty by a district court jury of being an accessory to the crime. Nick Selakovich was fatally wounded. fellow bandits Perkovich and Verslin received 10 to 12 year sentences.
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Trinidad
Colo
George Selakovich
Rocky Mountain
Nick Selakevich
Nick Berkovich
Nick Perstin
Albert Tyler
Forbes
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
Tyler
Nick Selakovich
Perkovich
Verslin
George Salakovich
Des Moines
N. M
Airplanes to lead future wars says Maj. Gen. Menoher
Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher, director of the army air service, told the Society of Automotive Engineers at a national aeronautical show dinner that air power will be the first defense arm in future wars. He warned that a belligerent with sufficient aircraft could strike government centers and production early, and that the sea has become a highway, shortening time to resist invasion.
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New York
Air Service
Charlies T. Menoher
Army Air Service
Society of Automotive Engineers
Menoher
Eleven Jurors Tentatively Chosen in Scanland Murder Trial
Las Cruces March 19 Eleven men were tentatively selected as jurors in the Scanland murder case. Beanland an army officer faces murder charges in the death of John Hutchings who was shot on the El Peso Phoenix road race last November. A separate trial will be held for Chalk Aultman of El Paso who is also charged in the shooting.
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Las Cruces
S. M
Mai
Beanland
John Flutchings
Heanland
No Further Loans To Allies, Says Secretary Houston
Washington march 10. Secretary Houston announces no more loans will be made to the allies. Treasury credits authorized total ten billion dollars but about nine point six billion have been lent already. Officials favor deferring interest payments at five percent for three years or more to ease debtor nations.
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Peace Time Army Sized at 299000 Enlisted Men 17820 Officers
The house rejected pleas for a smaller force and approved a peace time establishment of 299 000 enlisted men and 17 820 officers. The plan expands the regular army by 160 000 over the 1916 act and lets the president prescribe tactical organization. It also creates separate corps for air service chemical warfare and the finance department while keeping transportation and construction within the quartermaster system. Debate on details and timing suggests passage unlikely before week’s end.
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Morning Journal
Washington
House
Air Service
Chemical Warfare Service
Finance Department
Quartermaster Department
Newberry trial nears end as defense rests in conspiracy case
Grand Rapids March 16 defense in the Newberry elections conspiracy trial largely rests as their case closes. Judge Sessions says the long case is near its end. James W Helme testifies for himself amid mixed objections and courtroom contention over exhibits and testimony timing. Helme asserts no dealings with the Newberry campaign committee and claims democrats supported his candidacy against Ford.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Paul King
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Henry Ford
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James ©. Murfin
George F. Nicholas
Salvation Army to discuss social conditions at Arizona convention
Phoenix March 10 Salvation Army state advisory board will meet March 14 to address social conditions in Arizona including pauperism unemployment prison work delinquency and dependent maternity cases with 159 expected attendees. A list of county advisory board chairmen and secretaries was released listing Cochise C A Lindsey and Frussell Meadows Douklas etc.
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Arizona
Salvation Army
Cochise County
C. A. Lindsey
Frussell Meadows
Douklas
Coconines
M. Gold
Thomas Ll. Fees
Flagstaff
Gila
Joseph Ll. Mayer
F. L. Gates
Globe, Graham
A. Arpistrond
Peck Named District Forester in Mountain District
Allen S Peck former lieutenant colonel in the Twentieth Engineers U A is appointed district forester for the mountain district succeeding Smith Riley who held the post since 1905 Hiley resigned due to poor health The district covers Colorado Wyoming South Dakota Nebraska Michigan Minnesota and surrounding areas Peck previously served as assistant district forester and at times held offices at Albuquerque
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Denver
Calo
Allen S Peck
Twentieth Engineers
U. A
Mountain District
Smith Riley
Hiley
Colorado
Wyoming
South
Dakota
Nebraska
Michigan
Minnests
Peck
Albuqueryug
Aida Delights With Beautiful Rendition by Sonora Opera
The Sonora Opera Company presented Aida to a good house with strong vocal performances. Alfredo Grazzeni impressed as Rhadames, Beatrice Pizzorni sang Aida, and Francisco Cruz plus Lejarazu and Speria Castel supported the cast. A matinee of Lucia di Lammermoor with Consuela Medina and Carlos Mejia is set for today as Mejia charmed local high school students.
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Sonora Opera Company
Metropolitan
Alfredo Grazzeni
Rhadames
Beatrice Pizzorni
Aida
Luigi Mariani
Lejarazu
Speria Castel
Asneris
Francisco Cruz
Lucia di Lammermoor
Consuela Medina
Lucia
Carlos Mejia
Edgar
Senor Mejia
Mrs. Faw
Strike spreads in Teschen district coalfield
The Mariech Ostrava coal field in Teschen district sees a widening strike with 26,600 workers walking out. Reports describe it taking a communist or spartacan character with red flags at pit shafts and hand grenades used in clashes between Polish and Czech workers. The action began as protest against the plebiscite commission replacing worker members on the local committee with bourgeois elements.
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Associated Press
Mariech Ostrau
Teschen
Plebiscite Commission
Greece Demands Stern Measures Against Sultan
London dispatch reports the peace conference weighing military and naval plans on Turkey with focus on Armenia. Admiral Beatty Churchill and others were urged by Greek Premier Venizelos to enforce stern measures on the sultan while the allied plan allows military control over Turkish governance without immediate overthrow. The Greek position cites protecting Armenians and fears for Avia Minor where 1.5 million Greeks reside. A French force of 7000 heads to Silesia.
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Armenia
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Spencer Winston Churchill
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Greece
Constantinople
War Department
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M. Benezelos
Mustapha Kemal
Asia Minor
Avia Minor
Silesian
Colorado retailers brace for possible price drop and plan for future sales
Denver reports from the semi annual convention show Colorado clothiers warned to conserve capital as possible price declines loom. Mark Skinner explained income tax basics while Pueblo secures next year’s convention. Officers elected include J W Davis as president and Bani Wheeler as treasurer with several directors named from Colorado and neighboring states.
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Coloe
Colorado Retail Clothiers
Mark Skinner
Pueblo
Association
Colorado
Retail Clothiers’ Association
J. W. Davis
Delta
E. Mosher
Rawlins
Wyo
W. A. Weick
Silver City
N. M
Bani Wheeler
BE. M. Russell
Fort Morgan
Colo
C. C. Anderson
Lafayette
Calo
M. B Miller
Leadville
M. Goodman
la Junta
M. H. Keffier
Grand Junction
Delph i farm boy confesses to murder of father
Layton Devault 17, son of Boad Devault, of Delphi, confessed after exhumation of his father’s body that he killed him with a hatchet after being attacked with a billy. The incident occurred February 6 in a barn stall as officers investigated the case.
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OY Morning Journal
Chillicothe
Layton Devault
Boad Devault
Delphi
Devault
Ling
Young Women See Value in a University Degree
London reports a surge of applications to Oxford and Cambridge women’s colleges Bomerville Lady Margaret's Newnham and Girton as young women seek well paid professions. Employers now view a modern university education as business like with Oxford women praised for clear letters and practical sense. University graduates are entering welfare work and roles as inspectors with opportunities from America and good salaries.
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London
Oxford
Cambridge
Bomerville
Lady Margaret's
Newnham
Girton
Carnoet
Womn
Aawood
America
Wootton Trial Opens In Tombstone Kidnapping Case
Tombstone March 16 The trial of Harry E. Wootton Bisbee for kidnapping tied to 1917 Warren mining district deportations began with defense counsel framing a broader conspiracy claim tied to industrial workers of the world. Prosecution argued government reports show the deportations were unlawful.
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Tombstone
Ariz
Warren
Harry C. Wheeler
Cochise County
Bisbee
United States
Frank E. Curley
Harry E. Wootton
Robert French
Ilness
Arizona
Wootton
Curley
William TD. Haywood
Vincent St. John
Industrial Workers of the World
Germany
Pact Situation Tangled Delays Final Vote On Article Ten
Treaty talks collapse into uncertainty as negotiations stall over Article Ten postponing the final vote. Officials say timing remains unclear and committees await new directives from representatives.
Disagreement Among Democrats Grows Over Treaty Course
Washington March 10. The peace treaty talks enter a fevered phase as final senate action on Article XX nears. Democratic defections and Republican reservations spark cross fire and delayed votes while leaders seek to corral enough votes to accept a compromised substitute.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Senate
Owen
Oklahoma
Wilson
Former Saloonkeeper Fined for Reed Amendment Violation
Allman a former Los Angeles saloonkeeper was sentenced in federal court to pay a 1000 fine for allegedly shipping liquor into Arizona. Francis P who was charged with receiving liquor in the state received credit for time already served in county jail.
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Morning Journal Special Lawire
Phoenix
Aria
Tt Allman
Los Angeles
Appigona
Francis P
German birth rate rapidly recovering across Germany
Berlin reports birth rates are rising across Germany with monthly births now double those a year ago. American Red Cross representatives note Berlin shows the strongest improvement among cities while overall health conditions show steady betterment.
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Germany
American Red Cross
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