Senate ends filibuster with 76 to 3 vote
Washington report notes the Senate adopts a bipartisan rule to curb debate limiting filibuster power. The measure requires a petition of 16 Senators to close talk on a pending measure. LaFollette Gronna Sherman oppose or support. several others absent or undecided. The armed neutrality bill debate ends in victory for two thirds rule.
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Norris
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Boston food riots report including arrests and injuries
Attacks on provision stores in Dorchester South End and Malden yesterday tied to food riots in and around Boston. One man arrested two women injured storekeeper collapsed. Also a manifesto accuses Lloyd George of breaking faith and asks Americans to press Britain on Home Rule for Ireland.
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South End
Malden
Boston
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Ireland
Rollins Surrenders in Dorchester Shooting Case
Charles Rollins, 19, brother of George Rollins of 22 Gibson Street Dorchester, gave himself up to police last night on suspicion in the murder of Ordway R Hall of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Store at 21 Washington Street Dorchester. He will be confronted today by Leo McCarthy, the store messenger and sole witness. He spent the night in city jail and faces arraignment. George Rollins surrendered the previous night. Police had sought the younger Rollins since the Feb incident and visited the Rollins home several times the next day.
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George Rollins
Gibson Street
Dorchester
Ordway R. Hall
Atlantic & Pacific
Washington Street
Leo McCarthy
Rollins
Cracker Co Head Adolphus Green Dies at 74
Adolphus Williamson Green, president of the National Biscuit Company since 1906, died in New York after a long illness at age 74. A native of Boston, he graduated from Harvard in 1863 and spent early years as a Groton High School principal before pursuing law. He organized the National Biscuit Company, served as general counsel, chaired the board, and became president.
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New York
Adolphus Williamson Green
National Biscuit Company
Full armed merchant ships backed by top U.S. Officials
Washington March 8 Secretary Lansing and Attorney General Gregory advised President Wilson that he has full authority to arm merchant ships against German submarine attacks. They told him old statutes to resist pirates do not apply to the current submarine menace.
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Lansing
Gregory
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Senate
President to act on opinion or call session to end filibuster
A report tonight describes uncertainty over whether the President will act immediately on the opinion or wait to summon a special session of Congress to pass a resolution ending the filibuster from the last Beasion.
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Congress
Mayor McLeod Loses a Foot in Brockton
Mayor Stewart B. McLeod, who has not entered City Hall since his January 1 inauguration, underwent a right foot amputation due to gangrene from arterial closure. The foot grew frost bitten in December while campaigning in deep snow and burned when alcohol ignited by sparks from an electric vibrator. He briefly finished city business this morning before consenting to surgery.
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Brockton
Stewart B. McLeod
City Hall
Edith Blanchard
Dorchester Housekeepers clash with Marcus store crowd
In Dorchester yesterday afternoon two women were injured as store defenders repelled an attempted kerosene protest at Arthur Marcus's 75 Erie Street shop. About 300 demonstrators outside the Marcus store were dispersed by police after a tense confrontation with pickets and a delivery wagon attempt to push through.
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Dorchester Housekeepers’ League
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U S Marines Land At Cuba In Santiago
Four hundred American sailors and Marines landed at Santiago aboard the mine layer San Francisco the cruiser Olympia and gunboats Petrel and Machias. The cane fields and Union Sugar Mill at San Luis burning north of the city cause alarm as barricades rise. No fighting occurred during the landing and local residents regain some confidence.
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Envoy Guthrie dies suddenly in Tokyo
George W. Guthrie American ambassador to Japan since 1913 died suddenly of apoplexy at Tokio aged 68. Cablegram notified the State Department. Post Wheeler will act as charge until a new ambassador is named. Guthrie, a Pittsburg lawyer active in Democratic politics, served since 1913 with Japan, handling key ex changes including the California anti alien controversy.
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George W. Guthrie
Japan
Tokio
State Department
Wheeler
Guthrie
Pittsburg
Wilson
United States
California
Postmaster Murray Calls for Washington Mail Reform
Boston postmaster William F. Murray attacked civic groups for protesting to local leaders while failing to push changes to Washington. He said his efforts to reform handling at North and South stations have failed and urged mail clerks to manage trains instead of unable readers porters.
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Arrested as Check Forger Louis R. Hillier Faces Charges
Louis R. Hillier a 35 year old compositor was arrested by Captain Patrick F. Hurley and Inspector Michael Neilan of the Cambridge police on charges of forging and uttering checks and the larceny of more than 4000 dollars from his aunt Mrs Helen F Gay of 3 Boardman Place Cambridge where he lived Mrs Gay 78 a widow of Archibald Gay is said to have held substantial bank deposits Hillier formerly lived in Worcester.
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Patrick F. Hurley
Michael Neilan
Cambridge Police
Helen F. Gay
Boardman Place
Cambridge
Hillier
Worcester
Rebel Leader Gomez and Staff Prisoners in Havana
Ex-President Jose Miguel Gomez head of the Liberal revolutionary movement in Cuba is a prisoner tonight in the Presidio. His staff, including Colonel Quinones his chief lieutenant, are confined behind Fort Cabanas walls.
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Havana
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Liberal Revolutionary Movement
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Presidio
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Fort Cabanas
Last Days of Sale On Coats and Suits at F Gray Co
Advertisement notes last two days of sale with overcoats and suits priced from 5.90 to 12 and 7.90 for complete suits. No reservations, coats in kerseys Scotches and black bibets, suits in all wool grays browns blues and stripes. Young men aged 16 to 20 can buy overcoats for 2.98, previously 7 to 10. F Gray Co at Wash and Hanover streets.
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F. Gray Co
Wash
Hanover Sts
Berlin reports on work of U boats
The Berlin Overseas Agency reports several merchant ships recently sunk in the Mediterranean. Vessels named include the British steamer Bradmore of 4071 tons and the Greek steamer Miaoulis of 2980 tons, appearing in lists of daily sinkings issued in London and Paris.
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Berlin Overseas Agency
Mediterranean
London
Paris
Berlin
Bradmore
Miaoulis
Zeppelin Dies of Pneumonia in Berlin Suburb
London dispatch reports Count Zeppelin, 79, died this forenoon at Charlottenburg near Berlin from pneumonia. The Berlin telegram, sent via Reuters, confirms the death and notes the veteran airship designer’s passing.
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Berlin
Reuter
Amsterdam
Charlottenburg
Count Ferdinand Zeppelin Fame At Seventy For Airship Builder
Count Ferdinand Zeppelin rose to fame at age seventy as the builder of the world’s first practical dirigible. He launched his twentieth airship to mark the milestone, after spending half a century in the field, spending his fortune of 760000 dollars and giving up a brilliant career as a German cavalry leader to conquer the air.
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B U to Form Student Battalion at Boston University
Boston University began organizing a student battalion for possible national defense, independent of War Department control. A petition to recruit members has drawn over a hundred signatures, with drills planned at the First Corps Cadets Armory following a rifle club model.
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Boston University
War Department
Deadlock on potato price stalls Fort Fairfield market
Farmers in Fort Fairfield demand $9 per barrel for potatoes while buyers offer $7. The market stands still as growers refuse to concede. In Houston, similar posture holds with farmers asking $8 and buyers matching that stance. Few potatoes have been moved for several days.
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Fort Fairfield
Houston
Autopsy Today On Body Of Sailor William Robbins
Medical Examiner George B. Magrath will perform an autopsy on William Robbins a sailor found dead in his bunk aboard the steam trawler Spray 160 miles off Boston Light. The boat reached East Boston yesterday and the body was taken to the North Grove street morgue.
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George B. Magrath
William Robbins
Spray
Boston Light
East Boston
North Grove Street
War veteran attempts to stop truck in Worcester street
Julian Z. Escolas of 228 Chandler Street, just back from Europe, was arrested in Worcester for trying to smash an auto truck after the driver refused to run over him in the street.
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Worcester
Julian Z. Escolas
Chandler Street
Europe
French American veteran drives to self harm in street rage
Escolas, a wounded French American veteran of the Verdun front, rushed into Chandler street and urged a passing truck to run him over. When the driver balked, he attacked the vehicle, smashing the windshield and injuring himself before bystanders restrained him.
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Verdun
France
Chandler Street
Ralph Taylor Amden Ordained as Baptist Minister
Ralph Taylor Amden, who has served the Union Square Baptist Church of Somerville as choir master and pastoral assistant, was ordained as a Baptist minister last evening.
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Ralph Taylor Amden
Union Square Baptist Church
Somerville
Irish Nationalists Appeal for Wide Pro-German Support
A London dated manifesto from Irish Nationalists argues the constitutional movement in Ireland can be saved only with broad active help from level headed nationalists. It urges Ireland's people in the dominions and the United States to pressure Britain to address Ireland per the principles being fought for in Europe, and especially appeals to America aligned with President Wilson's Senate address.
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Ireland
Dominions
United States
Europe
America
Wilson
Senate
Change of stance on Ulster and home rule claims
The manifesto asserts that Premier Lloyd George's attitude during yesterday's Commons debate signals a complete shift on Ulster and home rule, and amounts to a breach of faith with the Irish party and the Irish nation.
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Lloyd George
House of Commons
Wilson Improves, Yet Still Bed Confined in Washington
President Wilson, confined to bed with a cold since yesterday, showed some improvement tonight. He saw no callers and is expected to stay in bed tomorrow as Dr. Cary T. Grayson reported a comfortable day but persistent fever.
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Washington
Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
Night traffic set for 6 13 as vehicles lighted
Today's anniversaries recall General Scott's Vera Cruz landing and the 1862 clash of Merrimac and Monitor. It notes a year ago Villa's bandits shot several Americans at Columbus New Mexico.
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Fairer but colder outlook for Boston area and North East
Fair and cooler conditions expected in Boston and vicinity Friday and Saturday with light to moderate westerly winds. Northern New England forecast shows local snows on Friday, slightly colder in New Hampshire and Vermont, with fair weather Saturday and likely Sunday.
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Vicinity
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New England
New Hampshire
Vermont
Temperature readings at Thompson's Spa yesterday
The report lists hourly temperatures from 28 to 54 degrees with late evening values around 28 to 46. Averages show yesterday 42 and a year ago 30. An advertisement promotes Lovell & Covel Caramels as the most delicious.
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Thompson's Spa
Advt
Mexico to Berlin by Wireless
Washington reports from a semi official source that a wireless telegraph plant in Mexico City links directly to Germany. If confirmed this could bypass censorship at Sayville and Tuckerton and risk U.S. neutrality. Secret German meetings in Vera Cruz and Monterey were also noted as contingency planning.
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Mexico City
Germany
United States
Sayville
Tuckerton
Atlantic
Berlin
Vera Cruz
Monterey
Mexico
Bernhardt III Stricken With Cold On Farewell Tour
In Salem on March 8 Mme Sarah Bernhardt, 72, confined to her private car on a Boston & Maine siding with a severe cold. Though not serious, she fears missing engagements as the cold is blamed on inadequately heated private car.
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Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
America
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mme. Bernhardt
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