Congress ends with push for national preparedness
The Sixty-fourth Congress emphasized national defense over domestic policy, expanding naval power with plans for 118 warships and a three year shipbuilding program. Army strength rose to 216000 regulars, while debates over a continental army and National Guard federalization shaped the defense strategy.
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United States
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Wilson
Representative Hay
Virginia
House Military Committee
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National Guard
Hay
Heavy mail shirt worn by Wong Chee in arrest
The Chinese highbinder Wong Chee wore a 25 pound steel mail shirt at arrest. Guatemala produces 4,000,000 quintals of corn for domestic use and beans follow as a staple. Jefferson’s dinner on signing the Declaration was cured in a basket now with J A McDonald of Lee County Virginia. Burrinjuck dam in New South Wales promises irrigation, steady water, and benefits seven thousand farms.
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Wong Chee
Guatemala
Thomas Jefferson
J. A. McDonald
Lee County
Virginia
Burrinjuck
New South Wales
Wilson Unable to Protect U S Issues Appeal
President Wilson denounces Senate paralysis as 76 senators sign a manifesto urging passage of an armed neutralities bill. The majority faced obstruction from La Follette and a minority filibuster, with 408 to 18 vote in the House and crisis looming over export and defense policy.
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Johnson
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Lewis
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Martine
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Myers
Newlands
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Owen
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Pittman
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Ransdell
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Senate Chamber
Senators who blocked armed neutrality bill
The 12 senators who by their filibuster killed the armed neutrality bill are Clapp Rep Minnesota Cummins Rep Iowa Grenna Rep North Dakota Kenyon Rep Iowa Kirby Dem Arkansas La Follette Rep Wisconsin Lane Dem Oregon Norris Rep Nebraska O Gorman Dem New York Stone Dem Missouri Vardaman Dem Mississippi Works Rep California.
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Minnesota
Cummins
Iowa
Grenna
North Dakota
Kenyon
Kirby
Arkansas
la Follette
Wisconsin
Lane
Oregon
Norris
Nebraska
O'Gorman
New York
Stone
British destroyer sunk with all hands in North Sea
London reports the destruction of a British destroyer in the North Sea with all crew lost, likely from a mine. Berlin notes multiple Allied transports sunk by German submarines in the Mediterranean, including a 84404 ton vessel with colonial troops, plus several other ships totaling about 216,000 tons.
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London
North Sea
Admiralty
Berlin
Mediterranean
Malta
Stemmmer
Grin
Italy
SOBOG
Statendam
England
Five Firemen Dead In Detroit Building Blaze
Five firemen perished and three were injured in a three‑alarm blaze at the Yield Cloak and Sulut company building on Woodward Avenue Detroit. The fire spread to the St Fyfe company building. a collapse of three lower doors trapped twenty firefighters. Total loss estimated around 600000 dollars.
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Detroit
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Yield Cloak and Sulut Company
1St Woodward Avenue
Tt. St. Fyfe Company
Cept
Pershing to Visit Mexico in Brownsville Exchange
Major General John J. Pershing, commander of the southern department, arrived in Brownsville on an inspection trip and is expected to visit Matamoros across the border, with Col. Warzo Gonzales planning to return Pershing's call in the Mexican town opposite Brownsville.
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Tex
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John J. Pershing
Southern Department
Groops
Armerend
Mex
Teun
Matchorus
Mexico Town
Warzo Gonzales
da Matamoros
Genel Pershing
Wife and two children die in Lansing house fire
Mrs Ennetht Vien Epps aged thirty and her two children Louis six and Everett three months perished in a Sunday fire in Lansing Michigan. Husband Wilba Lipps was badly burned but expected to recover. A man named Van Bypps started the fire by pouring something on the tire. The house was soon in flames.
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Ennetht Vien Epps
Louis
Everett
Wilbta Vir Lipps
van Bypps
Steve
Kaiser's Last Trump Aimed at Entente in Mexico
The Hague March 6 The news of German intrigues in Mexico caused little sensation yet was seen as a stroke for the Entente and as weakening public support for Wilson.
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Wilson
Villistas Claim Villa Died of Pneumonia Near San Andres
One Villa faction at Base Texas asserts Chia Villehia died from pneumonia near San Andres. A second faction claims he is still alive.
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Base
Tex
Marek
Villa Junta
Chia Ville Hia
San Andres
Made $5,000 Out of Hogs in Western Canada
A. E. Merriam of Devil’s Lake North Dakota recounts his move to Alberta in 1909 with six horses two cattle and $1 500 and growing his venture to include hogs cattle horses a four room home and modern farm equipment His hog feeding last year yielded $3 000 and he now views hogs as a stable focus noting land value gains and milder winters than North Dakota The piece notes rising farm labor demand in Western Canada with top wages and government guarantees against conscription for workers seeking work through November 1917.
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A. E. Merriam
Devil's Lake
N. D
Western Canada
North Dakota
Dalroy
Dakota
Alberta
Datroy
Canada
Monotony in Market Pitch Sparks Desk Debate
A Birmingham Age-Herald item quips about a salesperson pounding on a desk. The exchange shows one side accusing the other of relentless persuasion, while the other insists the move was to drive home arguments and remove idle risk with a few air passes.
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Variecy
Birminghim Age-Herald
Cascarets promise cure for liver and bowels in ad
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent cure for liver and bowel problems claiming relief from constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches with a promise of lasting health and happiness. It also mentions other products and general health tips in a typical late era ad layout.
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California
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