Party Leaders Agree On Early Action For Bills And Committees
Washington March 28 House leaders Democrats and Republicans opened talks to push appropriation bills and crisis legislation after the extra session. They tentatively agreed to reintroduce big measures from the last session, use suspension of the rules, and send to the Senate. They also discussed committee chairmanships and minority representation, with intra party votes and potential bipartisan moves under consideration. The group noted possible protests from antiprohibitionists and insurgents as maneuvering continues.
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Washington
House
Clark
Kitchin
Mann
Fitzgerald
Congress
Senate
Ways and Means
Representative Gallivan
Massachusetts
Gallivan
Caldwell
New York
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Leargot
Representative Hill
Connecticut
Hrouse
Representative Fitzgerald
Fair Patriots Enroll In Country's Service
Scores of women enroll for active service at special enrollment stations in New York City opened by the woman suffrage party. Signers of slips pledge to perform duties from driving to cooking for soldiers in wartime.
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Woman Suffrage Party
New York City
Los Angeles to Arm Citizens for City Home Guard
The Los Angeles City Council ordered the purchase of one machine gun and 400 rifles and issued a call for 10,000 volunteers to form a home guard. John L. Butler, Chief of Police, directed the move and 150 veteran police officers were ordered to prepare to command the volunteers.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John L. Butler
Police Department
Methodist Episcopal Conference pledges aid to Wilson
The Baltimore Conference opened its annual session and adopted a resolution praising President Wilson for facing difficult problems and pledging full support.
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Baltimore
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilson
Weather Forecast For Ohio to Tennessee This Week
Ohio and Indiana fair with colder nights. Kentucky and West Virginia fair and warmer Thursday, colder Friday. Tennessee fair and warmer Thursday, Friday fair. Temperatures at various stations show Montreal 44 Phoenix 88/90 Seattle 69/50 and San Francisco 52, with Cincinnati records for March 21 1917 noting high and low temps, wind, and precipitation.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
iMontreal
O' Phoenix
Emoston
Seattle
New York
Ortland
Nville
San Francisco
Chattanooga
Winnisey
Peacede
Innedosa
Third Ohio Regiment Augments First Guarding Cincinnati
Federal troops from the Third Ohio Infantry under Colonel Hubler arrive in Cincinnati to guard postal telegraph transportation and munition facilities in Cincinnati and Southern Ohio. The First Regiment remains at posts as plans are made at the Armory.
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Third Ohio Infantry
Robert A
Cincinnati
Hubler
Meyers
Freeman Avenue
Puchta
Cope Jan
Union Depot
Ohio
Wood
Columbus
War Department
Dayton
William Cooper Procter
F. W. Galbraith
Robert Range
Althaus
Firearm Demand Surges in Cincinnati Amid Mobilization
In Cincinnati the National Guard mobilizes to defend key industries and directs a sharp rise in firearm orders. Oldest gun shop on Main Street stocks revolvers as manufacturers struggle to meet demand. A Gatling gun previously used in city history is recalled for railway yard defense amid labor tensions.
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Cincinnati
Main Street
Charles Jacob
Old Grounds
North Fairmount
John Mulholland
Third Street
Central Avenue
City Hall
Jacob
Ninth Street
Eighth Street
Lloyd George Takes Stand for Suffrage Debate in Commons
London March 28 The House of Commons approved franchise reform by 279 in a debate that accepted women’s right to vote as a war consequence. Lloyd George Bonar Law and Asquith supported suffrage, while proportional representation and suffrage would be omitted from the bill for now.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Andrew Bonar Law
Lloyd George
Commons
Bonar Law
Advisory Committee of Republican Party to Meet in Columbus
Fifty members of the new Republican State Advisory Committee will hold their initial meeting in Columbus tomorrow afternoon. Senator Warren G. Warding and his secretary George B. Christian Jr. have reservations. A chairman will be named to rehabilitate the party, organize state headquarters in Columbus, and establish a publicity bureau for two years. Representative Reighard of Fulton County is a possible chairman candidate.
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Columbus
New Republican State Advisory Committee
Warren G. Warding
George B. Christian, Jr
State Senate
Ohio
Reighard
Fulton County
British report outlines rapid advances in France and muting fronts
Reuter dispatch from British headquarters describes village captures Guyencourt and Villers-Faucon and a 3000 yard push between Longavesnes and Equancourt. Equancourt fell to cavalry, with German troops fleeing. Villers-Faucon saw resistance and Lierlemont entered. Also notes Russian front quiet, French pressure near Laon, and evacuation of Bass bagne amid worsening weather and mud.
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London
Reuter
France
Guyencourt
Villers
Longavesnes
Villers-Faucon
Lierlemant
Petrograd
Berlin
Laon
la Fere
St. Quentin
Cambrai
Nivelle
Aisne
Briquet and Tallandier
Arras
Bapaume
Baßgame
First Woman Enlists as Navy Clerk Boosts Philadelphia Station
Miss Loretta Walsh, the first woman enrolled in any nation’s navy, serves as chief yeoman at the Philadelphia naval recruiting station. Her arrival as enrolling clerk has spurred many young men to enlist in the U S Navy and join the fighting forces.
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Loretta Walsh
Naval
Philadelphia
Taft Testifies to Big Chicago Club Earnings
Charles P Taft testified at Schmalstig's claim hearing that Chicago League Ball Club dividends totaled 945 per share over ten years. He described purchases and transfers from 1905 to 1916, including sale of 300 shares to Weeghman for 500000 and distributions totaling 566250 with 55155.55 demanded by Schmalstig.
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Chicago League
Charles P. Taft
Charles Schmalstig
Charles Murphy
Schmalstig
Chicago
Charles Aga
Anson
Taft
Murphy
Mr. Taft
Anna S. Taft
Mrs. Taft
Miss Walsh
Club
Charles Weeghman
Mr. Schmalstig
British Merchant Fleet Foiled Submarine Attacks
London reports during the week ending March 25, 2314 ships over 16 tons not arrived in UK ports and 2433 vessels over 100 tons not sailed from UK ports. Eighteen British merchant vessels over 1600 tons were sunk by mines or submarines, with seven under 1600 tons also lost. The transport Tyndareus, with Middlesex Regiment, hit a mine off Cape Agulhas but was saved and returned to Simons Town. Ships Brown Brothers, Manga Reva, and Barden were posted missing.
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London
United Kingdom
Astatias
Tyndareus
Middlesex Regiment
Admiralty
Birkenhead
Simonstown
Greenock
Ocean Steamship Company of
Liverpool
Yokohama
Hongkong
Simons Town
Cape Colony
Brown Brothers
Manga Reva
Park Barden
Lloyds
Brunswick
Troon
Hampton Roads
Barden
Mobile
Cardiff
Ohio Legislator Dies Reducing Democratic House Majority
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune reports Representative J. W. Neiswonger of Monroe County dies in Columbus at Grant Hospital from araemic poisoning after illness. The death reduces the Democratic House majority by four, alongside resignations of Guthery and Fleming and the death of McQueston.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
J. W. Neiswonger
Monroe County
Grant Hospital
House
Neiswonger
McQueston
Mansfield
Guthery
Marion
State Board of Administration
Fleming
Cleveland
Germans Repulse Attack In Somme and Aisne Push
Berlin reports savage fighting Sunday between Artois and the Aisne. In the hills southwest of St Quentin Germany attacked along the Somme and Crozat Canal, said to have inflicted heavy losses and taken about 100 prisoners. East of the Somme near Leuilly and Noeuville further assaults were repulsed amid hand to hand fighting.
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Sayville
Berlin
Artois
Aisne
St. Quentin
Somme and
Crozat Canal
War Office
Somme
Leuilly
Noeuville
Beer prices rise as cost of living hits St. Louis
The St. Louis Brewing Association notified retailers that beer will cost 50 cents more per barrel, effective Monday, as part of the high cost of living impact.
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St. Louis Brewing Association
Bone Dry Bill Passed in Georgia House Vote
Atlanta March 28 The Georgia House approved the Harris bone dry bill by 120 to 48 making liquor possession illegal in the state. The measure already cleared the Senate.
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the Commercial Tribune
Atlanta
House
Senate
Prisoners Offered Release If They Enlist in Military
Cincinnati Work House inmates with clean records may win release by enlisting in the army or navy. Director Fried’ander announced the plan on Wednesday and stated several prisoners are considering it.
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Cincinnati
Army
Navy
Fried’ander
Former Marines Asked to Re Enlist at Once
The Marine Corps urges all honorably discharged Marines to re enlist immediately. The appeal appears on the fifth page as part of ongoing military retention efforts.
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Marine Corps
Virgin Islands Adopted as Uncle Sam Holdings
Washington reports Virgin Islands revived as temporary designation for the former Danish West Indies as the Navy readies formal takeover next Saturday. Admiral James H. Oliver named American Governor. Treasury Secretary McAdoo to deliver $25 million payment to the Danish Minister. Two American warships Hancock and Olympia head to the islands. fortification needs will be reported to Congress for funds.
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Washington
Virgin Islands
Uncle Sam
Danish West Indies
Navy Department
James H. Oliver
Bureau of Intelligence
Treasury
McAdoo
Constantine Brun
Panama Canal
Hancock
E. T. Pollock
Olympia
B. B.bierre
Oliver
Congress
Dewey Islands
Manila Bay
Unions Plan Labor Mobilization for War Effort
Washington invokes labor force expansion to support government shipyards arsenals and war contracts. Samuel Gompers leads AFL efforts with federation backing, while the Public Employment Service Civil Service Commission and Post Office coordinate unskilled and clerical help. Council of National Defense Labor Committee under Gompers to cooperate.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
United States Public Employment Service
Civil Service Commission
Post Office Department
Council of National Defense
Gompers
Ordnance Bids Opened and 50,000 Militia on Duty
Washington reports 50,000 national guardsmen called into federal service to police industry and strategic points. The First Regiment of Engineers returns to the capital barracks as Navy accelerates shipbuilding and recruiting. Navy bids for ordnance supplies, with Saturday bids for submarine chasers, and orders to speed Idaho and other battleship construction with a proposed bonus.
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Washington
Federal Service
First Regiment of Engineers
Navy
War and
Navy Departments
Navy Department
Daniels
Department
New York Shipbuilding Company
Idaho
Maryland
Colorado
West Virginia
Soldiers report gun flashed as plot tale unfolds
Panic-stricken Kate Keenan 38 rushes to Co and O Bridge and tells Privates Farrell Forgan and Alfred Smart of a overheard conversation about dynamiting Union Gas and Electric Co at 325 Plum Street. Police summoned after guard were faced with a revolver. suspects George Dine 32 and Lambes Marroff arrested on suspicion.
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Kate Keenan
West Front Street
Farrell Forgan
Alfred Smart
Union Gas and Electric Company
Plum Street
Smart
Forson
George Dine
Lambes Marroff
Two armed U S ships reach England safely in voyage
Two more armed ships from America have reached England safely. The Manchuria, the first armed American ship to leave New York, was overtaken by the faster St Louis and carried freight with no passengers. The Adriatic also arrived with 18 000 tons of freight and 100 passengers under Captain B F Hayes. A German submarine torpedo attack near Ushant narrowly missed the British steamer Ruahine, while a Belgian Relief steamer cleared dangerous zones and reached Rotterdam.
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New York
America
England
Manchuria
St. Louis
Adrian Zeeder
B. F. Hayes
Ushant
Rotterdam
Cincinnati Educator Named Principal of Maryland Normal
Dr. Henry S. West of the University of Cincinnati was elected principal of the State Normal School at Towson. He will assume duties at year’s end after completing his Cincinnati responsibilities as Western High School principal and Assistant Superintendent of Education. The post pays $4,000 annually.
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Commercial Tribune
Baltimore
Henry S. West
University of Cincinnati
State Normal School
Towson
West
Cincinnati
Western High School
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Mus Loretts Walsh
Chas. P. Taft
Chicago Ball Club
Cape Agulhas
Africa
Louis
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