Bolshevik Plans and Moscow Capital Move Signal Revolutionary Turmoil
Petrograd reports a supreme military council formed to defend Russia as Leninists vow to retreat to the Urals to regroup rather than yield. Moscow to be capital, Petrograd declared a free port while state institutions shift to Moscow and Kazan amid ongoing German offensives and peace talks.
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Rede
Belshevik
Ural
Leon ‘Eotzky
Moscow
Russia
Petrograd
Nizhni-Novgorod
Kazan
Francis
Vologda
David R. Francis
United States
Warn of Seed Corn Famine in Illinois
Chicago March 8 facing a direst calamity in the corn belt the Illinois seed crop may see one third abandoned or shifted to other crops. The state Council of Defense backs a 2 million dollar fund to buy up to 400000 bushels of seed. Nichols acts to meet the emergency and W G Eckhardt seed corn administrator urges farmers to declare needed quantities now to avoid last minute shortages and wasted acreage.
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Chicago
Illinois
State Council of Defense
Nichols
W. G. Eckhardt
Minela
Democrats Win Four Seats in New York Special Elections
Democrats regain control of the U S House by winning four Greater New York special elections to replace resigning members. Voter turnout shows New York women cast 31 858 of 78 202 total votes. Winners include John J Delaney in Kings Seventh district William B Cleary in Kings Eighth district Jerome F Donovan in New York county Twenty first district and Anthony J Griffin in New York and Bronx Twenty second district.
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New York
Maret
House of Representatives
Democrats
Greater
Kings County
John J. Delaney
Wiliam B. Cleary
New York County
Jerome JF. Donovan
Bronx
Anthony.j. Grifin
Allies superior in West, declares Bonar Law
Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, told the House of Commons that Britain’s allies were superior in the west and that loans to dominions totalled £180,000,000. He noted Germany moved 20 divisions from Russia and warned of potential Ottoman pressure at Saloniki amid finite German manpower.
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West
Lomlen
Great Britain
Andrew Bonar Law
House of, Commons
Channel
Adriatic
Russia
Turkey
Saloniki
Germany
Liberty Loan workers meet at Chicago conference
About 700 attendees from Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Indiana and towns gathered at the Motel La Salle for the first Liberty Loan workers conference. Franklin urged 15 million subscribers in the third bond issue with 3 million in Chicago and the Seventh district. Speakers urged aggressive action and warned farmers to support government mortgages to win the war. Governor Warding’s nomination was re elected by Governor J W Goodrich of Indiana.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Tadinna
Town
Michigiy
Wisconsin
W. I. Harding
Towa
Germany
Warding
Ciov
J. W. Goodrigh
Indiana
Armama Armenia Torpedoed Off British Coast
The steamship Armenia, once a German merchantman, was beached and badly damaged after being torpedoed by a German submarine near the British coast. The admiralty announced the torpedoing and sinking of the British armed mercantile cruiser Calgarian on March 1, with two officers and 46 men lost.
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London
Admiralty
Americans Fight on Fight-Mile Front in France
American troops in France report holding about eight miles of trench along the Lorraine front and repelling German raids near Toul. Pershing’s men used an observation balloon for the first time, protected by air cover, while a missing patrol near No Man’s Land returned safely. A German lieutenant was captured by American and French raiding parties in the Lorraine sector as U.S. forces expand their lines.
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France
Washington
Prince
Maren T
Cnpliain
U.S
Mreance
Toul
No Man's Land
Fred
Che Wiens Camrides
Armerican
Chenin Des Danes
Lorraine
Leutenant
U. S
Paris
French War Office
Tarraine
U. S to Make Rail Purchases This Year
Director General McAdoo announced that railroad purchases totaling 1 to 2 billion dollars this year will be made through the railroad administration with a central advisory committee of three railway purchasing agents. Regional advisory committees will be created for the eastern western and southern districts.
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Washington, March
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
London Air Raid Kills Eleven and Injures Forty Six
Reports from police officials detail a night raid over London in which eleven people were killed and forty six injured. German bombers dropped payloads on northwest and southwest districts, demolishing several houses as fires and dust spread through ruined streets. A clear sky and northern lights aided the raid, with limited air defense impact.
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London
Tandon
Lindon
Repulse at Verdun as French repels German raid
The Verdun front war office reports heavy artillery fighting near Cormley Reims and Avecourt wood, with French fire checked enemy assaults and prisoners, including an officer, captured. Three German planes were downed by Allied pilots and two by antiaircraft guns. London reports a night raid east of Epehy under heavy artillery bombardment was completely repulsed.
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Foris
Verdun Front
War Office
Cormley
Reims
Avecourt Wood
London
Epehy
Submarine Losses Rise as Allied Tactics Improve
London reports Sir Eric Geddes and Shr Evie discuss recent shipping losses to enemy submarines. Geddes notes Americans and British sinking submarines are increasing as new methods grow more effective. February’s global tonnage loss is about half of last year’s February.
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London
Mare
Eric Geddes
Adhurralty
Getlon
Roumania Signs Preliminary Peace Pact with Central Powers
Amsterdam dispatch reports Roumania signs a preliminary peace treaty with the central powers. Roumania cedes the Dobrogea province to the Danube region and agrees to facilitate transport of Teutonic troops through Moldavia and Bessarabia to Ouessga.
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Germany
Kalaer
Amsterdam
Roumania
Bucharest
Dobradja
Danube
Moldavia
Bessarabia
Ouesga
War Department bars casualty lists with addresses in papers
A War Department ruling prohibits public casualty lists from including emergency addresses or identifying details. The Creel committee debated the change as editors and correspondents await official casualty names and ranks, with Pershing objecting to broad releases. The policy aims to provide names and ranks but keep personal data private, withholding injury specifics.
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Washington
Warr Department
George Creel
Chile
Gadveral March
Stuff
Irive
Win
Committee On Public Information
Tey
Groels
Sharp
Creel
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Committee On Publc
Floreaster
Committee On
Publc
War Department
Pershing
McCain
Army
Siberia Invasion Debate Reaches Versailles War Council
Washington reports a Versailles meeting where the allied supreme war council discussed Japanese intervention in Siberia. Teutonic menace concerns were raised as London and Spa noted, while Tokyo weighs US views in a broader strategy with Teosastan ambassadors.
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Washinon
Siberia
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Entente Powers Land
Berensky
Tokyo
United States
Spa
London
March
Robert Cecil
U. S. Attorney Dougherty Suspended Over Policy Stance
Washington March 8 Assistant U S attorney John J Dougherty and Deputy U S Marshal Williams of Rock Island Illinois have been suspended for 80 days for lack of sympathy with the department of justice policy on liquor sale and enforcement in vice zones near army camps.
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Washington
United States
John J. Dougherty
Depuuty
Williams
Rock Island
Department of Justice
Madison Assembly approves Lafoutette censure compromise
After 24 hours of self-imprisonment in the statehouse the Wisconsin assembly ended its deadlock over the anti Lafoutette measure. A compromise was reached on Wednesday with a 39 to 32 vote passing the resolution condemning Senayor Lalotette.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Senayor Lalotette
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