Netherlands ships seized by Allies threaten official action
The United States and Great Britain plan to take control of Dutch owned ships held in Allied ports under international law. The Netherlands faces pressure from Germany and has been urged by officials to accept a formal agreement. About eighty ships are in American ports with more in Britain and other ports. The move aims to bolster Allied tonnage and compensate the Netherlands for the ships.
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Great Britain
United States
Washington
Germany
Britain
Netherlands
Hague
August Phillips
Wilson
Tolland
Woodrow Wilson
Russia
America
Empey Offfers Service to U S Government for War
Pittsburg reports Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey famed for Over the Top announced he sent his book and lecture earnings to the United States government and offered personal services. The War Department replied with a call for him to report for a physical at Camp Wheeler and await orders.
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Pittsburg
Arthur Guy Empey
Empey
Joseph Tumulty
Wilson
United States
War Department
Camp Wheeler
Esther Cleveland a Bride in Westminster Abbey
Esther Cleveland daughter of former President Grover Cleveland married Captain W. S. Bosanquet of the Coldstream Guards in Westminster Abbey. Born in the White House in October 1899, she is the daughter of Mrs. Howes J. Wreston of Princeton. The engagement had been formally announce d earlier by her mother.
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London
Esther Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
United States
Westminster Abbey
W.S. BK. Bosanquet
Coldstream Guards
Albert Bosanquet
Cleveland
White House
Washington
Hows J. Wreston
Princeton
Bo Runt Hast Crocwnitier
Japan Promises to Play Square in Pacific Ties
Japan pledges to act squarely with the United States and provide previews of policy as Tokyo awaits more knowledge on American aims. Officials say a Japanese expedition to Siberia is only a matter of time, reflecting growing tension and anticipation.
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Tokio
Siberia
United States
Siheri
Concrete Ship Launch Signals Fleet of Similar Vessels
The launching of the world’s largest reinforced concrete ship on Thursday proved so successful that builders announced plans to begin work on fifty four additional ships of larger keel and expected completion within eighteen months.
Milk shortage threatens health of babies in midwest
Dr Dorothy Mendenhall Wisconsin child welfare worker told the national conference that a milk shortage in the middle west endangers babies and children.
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Washington
Middle West
Dorothy Mendenhall
Wisconsin
National Child Welfare Conference
Secretary Baker to Discuss Casualty Tone with Pershing
At the request of President Wilson Secretary Baker Wille on Prance will take up with General Pershing personally the subject of the manner in which American casualties etc will be dealt with.
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Washington
Wilson
Baker
Wille
Ieneral Pershing
Odessa Falls to the Germans in World War I Advance
Dispatches report Odessa, a major grain port and shipping hub, captured by German and Austro-Hungarian forces on March 1. The seizure opens a corridor across Russia from Narva to the Black Sea, enabling a Black Sea lake for Berlin and Vienna and shaping plans for future drives into the Caucasus, Persia, and potentially India.
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Austria-Llongary
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Berlin
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Egypt
Suez
Holy Land
Aleppo
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Archibald Roosevelt Wounded in France Action
Archibald Roosevelt son of Theodore Roosevelt wounded in action with American forces in France. A cablegram received March 13 at the colonel's office confirms the injury. Roosevelt is identified as a captain.
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New York
Archibald Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
France
Young Roosevelt
Will Hays Rising Republican Leader From Indiana
Will Hays, age 38, newly named chairman of the Republican National Committee, is a seasoned Indiana organizer who built his rise from precinct work to state and national leadership. A lawyer with a large practice, he previously transformed a risky Indiana campaign into a sweeping Republican victory.
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Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Indiana
Australian Villages Destroyed by Cyclone in Queensland
Vancouver World reports from Sidney that several villages in Queensland Australia were destroyed by a cyclone with heavy casualties. Civil authorities and rescue efforts are not detailed in the cable.
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Vancouver
B. C
Queensland
Australia
Sidney, N. &. W
Vancouver World
British Admiralty Salutes Walker Rescue Efforts
In the House of Commons the British admiralty spokesman voiced profound appreciation for the American destroyer Walker’s rescue of survivors from the British hospital ship Glenarc Cathe. The acknowledgment marks strong Allied cooperation amid wartime humanitarian missions.
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London
Walker
Glenarc Cathe
Wis
British Admiralty
House of Commons
The German menace after Russia’s collapse map analysis
A wartime map shows how Russia’s fall extends German reach into mid home and eastern Europe Asia Minor India and even northwestern China. It traces routes toward Batum and India and notes British advances from Mesopotamia toward Kut Baghdad and Aleppo threatening Constantinople Baghdad railroad.
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Russia
Europe
Asia Minor
India
China
Black Sea
Batum
Germany
Wilsons Message to Russia Aims to Restore Sovereignty
President Wilson expresses American sympathy to the Russian people through the congress of the Soviets and pledges to aid in securing Russia’s complete sovereignty and independence. He notes the United States recognizes no Russian government but will seek opportunities to help Russia free itself from autocracy.
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Washington
Moscow
Russian Congress of Soviets
Brest- Litovsk
Wilson
Congress
United States
Russia
Amercan
State Department
Congress of the Soviets
Germany
Europe
Ship Halifax Missing Since December Near Azores
The merchant ship Halifax, sailing from an American port to a British port for Thanksgiving, has not been heard from since leaving the Azores around December 10. Wallingford, Conn., is listed as the home port or contact location associated with the vessel.
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Wallingford
Halifax
Amerlean
Azores
Finance Cuban Sugar Crop Credit Talks in Havana
A commission of American bank interests met Cuban bankers on Monday to arrange a credit of 100,000,000 dollars to finance the Cuban sugar crop.
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Havana
Baker Goes Over With Soldier Boys
Paris Newton D Baker American secretary of war traveled to France aboard a cruiser with 10 000 troops including a former German liner. The voyage featured a submarine alarm later found to be a floating spar. French forces deployed hydroplanes and dirigibles as the convoy neared port. Baker met French military leaders and toured the town before returning to Paris.
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Paris
Newton D. Baker
France
Baker
Milwaukee Faces Button Famine Amid Delayed Deliveries
Milwaukee suffers a button shortage as delays ripple through supply chains. Merchants report scarce stock, with retailers and customers alike watching shelves and shipments for relief. The disruption underscores broader manufacturing and distribution bottlenecks impacting local commerce.
General Biddle Relieved. New England Command Outlined
Major General John Biddle, recently relieved by Major General Jeyton, remains a central figure. Mareh, acting chief of staff, is designated to command all American troops in England, with the rest of the command details yet to be settled.
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Washington
John B. Biddle
Jeyton
Mareh
England
le Wit Deratoud
Second World War Draft Mobilization Orders Released
Washington announces a second army draft beginning March 29 with eight hundred thousand men to be called gradually this year. The plan includes 95 000 mobilized in a five day period, 28 000 southern black soldiers in northern camps, and industrial calls to fill vacancies. State quotas listed by number of registrants.
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Washington
Crowder
Congress
General Crowder
Invention Claims 9000 Ton Air Machine
Boston report says Minatojo Sydney, a Japanese inventor, claims a gigantic air machine can carry 9000 tons. He asserts it will revolutionize warfare and commerce. plans have been fired at Washington and the device can haul heavy cannon and many men.
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Boston
Army officers found unfit for overseas duty
Washington reports seven general officers are physically unfit for overseas duty after medical examination. Five of them currently command national guard and national army divisions in the United States and will be reassigned to other duties.
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Washington
Army
National Guard
National Army
Onl
Treasury Tax Certificates Noted for Lugorine and Excess Taxes
Washington March 13 Secretary McAdoo announced another block of treasury certificates dated March 15 maturing June 25 and acceptable in payment of lugorine and excess profits taxes due then.
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Washington
Treasury
McAdoo
Arctic explorer Stefansson in peril near Dawson City
Vancouver reports Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson is seriously ill north of Dawson City and may not recover, according to information received here Wednesday.
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Vancouver
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Seri‘ounly I
Dawson
V. T
Appeal of Bolo Pasha Rejected in Paris
Paris court confirms death sentence for Bolo Pasha after court martial treason verdict. The court of revision on Thursday upheld the original judgment despite appeals.
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Paris
Bolo Prel
Court of Revision
Ford Plans Tractor Plant to Hire 100,000 Workers
Henry Ford announced plans to build a tractor plant that will employ 100,000 workers and establish tractor manufacturing as a leading global industry.
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Detroit
Henry Ford Hie
Bride of Four Days Found Unconscious With Acid
Chicago wife Eadie Bertolini, four days a bride, lay unconscious beside a bottle of acid. Her husband spoke of the wedding as a possible cause, the article notes a crisis in the new marriage and a mysterious act under inquiry.
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Chicago
Eadie Bertolini
Americans Take and Hold Trenches in France
American forces cement trenches northeast of Badonvillers after raids and artillery fire, marking the first permanent advance in France. German gas projectors—four groups plus a reported 200 devices—have been destroyed by American artillery, aided by aerial photography and rapid intelligence work.
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Luneville Sbetch
Badonvillers
France
Toul
Garfield's Widow Lucretia Garfield Dies in California
Mrs. Lucretia Rudolph Garfield widow of James A Garfield dies at her South Pasadena winter home on March 18 she would have turned 86 on April 19. Her children include Harry A Garfield president of Williams College and national fuel administrator James K R Garfield former secretary of the interior in Roosevelt era Mrs Joseph Stanley Brown Irving Garfield and Abram Garfield. Six grandsons serve in the U S. The couple married November 11 1858.
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Los Angeles
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
James A. Garfield
United States
South Pasadena
Harry A. Garfield
Willams College
National Fuel
James KR. Garfield
Interior
Roosevelt
Joseph Stanley Brown
Irving Garfield
Boston
Abram Garfield
Cleveland
Liberty Motors a Success for U S Seaplanes
Washington reports America's first fighting seaplane with Liberty motors has been tried and accepted. Several craft are being delivered to the naval air service as the vanguard of a larger fleet for submarine patrols. Engineers have fixed lubrication issues and motors tested for many hours without trouble.
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Washington
America
Naval Air Service
Aircraft Board
Toll of the submarine deaths stated in Washington report
British authorities estimate a total of 14 500 persons killed by German torpedoes in merchant ships. The figure was cited in Washington by a diplomat who had just arrived from New York after a New York visit.
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Washington
New York
Paria Air Raid Wipes Out German Planes and Crews
Four German machines were shot down during Wednesday night’s air attack on Paria. Fifteen trained aviators mechanics and pilots were killed or captured as German casualties.
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Paria
Sioux City voters retain commission government
The voters of Sioux City Iowa chose to keep the commission form of government by about a two to one margin. More than 0000 ballots were cast as pro aldermanic forces mounted a strong campaign.
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Sioux City
Iowa
North Dakota Schools Conduct Statewide Crop and Labor Survey
Fargo reports every rural and city school in the state engaged Thursday in a statewide crop and labor survey conducted by the school systems under state officials.
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North Dakota
Fargo
N. D
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