United States Seizes Dutch Ships To Aid War Effort
President Wilson announces navy control of Dutch ships totaling about 600,000 tons, to be used immediately for transporting troops to France and delivering food to allies. The move mirrors Allied governments action on 200,000 tons, ending German grip on key tonnage. Netherlands expresses sympathy but lacks independent power to counter coercion. steps are taken to place Dutch vessels under U S sovereign control within territorial jurisdiction.
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United States
Navy Department
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France
Netherlands
England
Italy
Mie
Germany
Holland
Wilson
Hatland
Twelve more deaths from destroyer Manley collision
In Washington on March 23 the navy announced twelve additional deaths from the Manley British engagement bringing total fatalities to eighteen. In Ireland three bodies from the United States destroyer Mansey arrived for embalming and transport to America after fire in the afterpart and a depth charge detonation. Surviving sailors were taken to a hospital.
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Washington
Manley
Navy Department
United States
Mansey Haveen
America
Crum Impeached Judge Debarred From Office in Montana
Charles L Crum former judge of the Fifteenth district was impeached by the senate for seditions utterances and acts. Six articles of impeachment passed with few dissenting votes. The judgment bans Crum from holding any public office of honor trust or profit in Montana.
Wilson Signs Railroad Bill To Run Railways Under Govt Control
President Wilson signed the measure placing railroads under government operation and control for 22 months after the war ends, as announced from Washington on March 22. The action marks a major shift in transportation policy during postwar demobilization.
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Washington
Wilson
Easter Bulbs Are Grown at Home In U S A Efforts
The United States Department of Agriculture notes a rising Easter flower trade and outlines experiments to grow bulbs and flowering plants domestically. It cites tulips narcissi hyacinths and freesia as being cultivated in California Washington and other states to match or surpass imports. Advances in climate soil and machinery may expand home production and reduce reliance on Holland and Bermuda sources.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Bermuda
Japan
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Department of Agriculture
Florida
Mississippi
Washington
Texas
California
Fordern
Nlso
Rastertide
Beeth Aes
Haarlem
Holland
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Averlen
Arcur
Inbor
Belgium
Pacific
Ghent
Belatum
America
Dealera
South Africa
Georgia
Santa Rus
Santa Barbara
Pasadena
San Gabriel
Freesia
Natal
Italy
Branca
England
United States senator Miller dies in New York hospital
Obituary notes the death of former United States senator William Miller who served New York from 1881 to 1887, dying at age 79 in a New York hospital. Other briefs report German advances at Ochakov, losses near Mons, and indictments in New York. ship launches and bills on war finance.
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Warner. Miller
United States
New York
Ochakov
Chteper Entuaey
Odexen
Reuter Petrograd
Bondon
Kilien
Medrianlet Station
Mons
Dispateh
London
Scott Nearing
University of Pennsylvania
Toledo: University
New ‘York
Basel
Heim
Germany
War Finance Corporation
LaFollette
Washington
Mason
Itolg
Senate
Theodore E. Werris
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Gsepure Commerce Committee
Corporation
Carney’s Meadows Alps
Poundation Shipbuilding Company
Newark
N. J
Coyote
Henry "N. Conden
Ima
Border clash leaves four Mexicans dead near Fabens
U S troops on border patrol near Fabens exchanged fire with Mexican forces after firing across the border. Official reports say four Mexicans were killed while American troops suffered no casualties. The incident was announced by military headquarters in El Paso, Texas, on March 23.
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Amevicaa
Fighting on Italy's Front
Rome reports increased activity along the entire front as the war office states Italian forces drove back patrols at several points and repelled an Austrian detachment that had pressed into an advanced post in the Frenzela valley sector.
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War Office
Frenzela
Fraud conspiracy arrests in Philadelphia port
Two enemy aliens and one naturalized American were arrested in Philadelphia on March 23 and held on heavy bail on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government by supplying defective gauges for torpedoes used on American warships.
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Philadelphia
Market price table and commodity figures from Chicago
Open high low close quotes for corn and oats with US flour standards and prices for barley white rye and other grains. Butter eggs dressed poultry potatoes cattle hogs and packing stock prices listed by class and weight with regional references and commodity ranges.
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Chicago
United States Administration
Whitewood
Wisconsin
Bologna
Jbw
Butchers
Rise of the Disciple Belief in Resurrection
The fragment discusses belief in the resurrection of Christ as a historical claim accepted by some while noting no alternative account gains currency. It questions how the regurgitation of belief arose and why it remains unexplained beyond the simple assertion that the Lord did maneusaga.
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Ugesa
Moula
Lily Dedicated to the Virgin In Church Symbolism
A fragment notes the white Migtos in church symbolism dedicated to the Virgin for purity. reference to being aided by the Angel of the Annunciation appears in the incomplete text.
Madonna Wiles and an Easter Dawn Legend
A fragment recounts legends of the Blessed Virgin walking in Zacharion’s Garden touching a fragranceless flower that later exudes a sweet scent. It mentions Madonna Wiles, Easter dawn, and St Thomas, plus a note about Japan being short of steel.
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Ation
Zacharion
Fire destroys part of Clarke county town in 1900s
Iowa item reports B. R. Brick of Cassopolis indicted for arson in a major fire that damaged several buildings in a Clarke county town during the morning of November 2. The blaze caused heavy losses and drew attention to local investigation by the fire marshal's department.
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Clarke Fell
Lmar ‘McDowell
McGragor
Minaisaipphilla
Kuntera
McDowell
W. Li Harding
Red Cross
Harlan -High School
B. B. Griffith
Bhelby County
W. Lb. Harding
A. By Kepford
H. W. Byars
Des Moines
Wera Epenkera
Torm
L. Hendershot
Marengo
Joby Stapleton
J. F. Kirby
United States Appeal
Waterloo
Amana
Waterloo Board
Kirby
Ltizena
West Liberty
J. B. Deema
Iowa
Deemz
Perry
Universtisay
Newhall
Itfa
Signal Corps
Jowa
Logan
Staty-eighth Infantry Regiment
Albert
Behmer
Sutherland
Cacil M. Conley
Atlantic
Fred H. Turner
Fred
Brummett
Appanoose County
Jacob A. Jacobson
Nevada
Anna B. Jacobson
Jacobson
America
Vince
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