Petrograd Attacked as Kronstadt Bombardment Repeats
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports intense fighting around Petrograd with Kronstadt battleships Sebastopol and Petropavlovsk firing on Krasnoya Gorka and Oranienbaum while Finnish towns suffer blasts. Kerensky warns of repeating 1917 upheavals as Tver reportedly falls to revolutionaries. soviet claims blame allied intrigue, urging noninterference and Russia’s isolation.
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Stockholm
Petrograd
Kronstadt
Terloki
Russo Minish
Dagens Nyheter
Krasnoya Gorka
Krasnoya Gorka Imade
Sebastopol
Petropavlovsk
Velograma
Nya Dag
Heht Allehandia
Oranienbatm
Gulf of Winkland
M. Zinovieff
London
Central News
Russia
Kerensky
Wrangel
Race Riot erupts in Springfield Ohio after police shooting
Disorder foll owing the shooting of a policeman by a Black suspect leads to large crowds in Springfield. Heavy gunfire reported in the Yellow Springs street negro district with fourteen Black residents shot during the clash.
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Springfield
Ohio
Yellow Springs Street
Bolshevist Assault on Kronstadt Repulsed, Thousands Reported Wounded
Moscow advices say Bolshevist forces tried to reach Kronstadt from Sestroretsk across the ice but were repulsed. Shrapnel damaged the ice and about 800 Bolsheviks reportedly drowned with many wounded taken to Kronstadt.
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Tugu
Kronstadt
Sestroretak
Moscow
Coin flip decides divorce filing order in New Orleans
In civil District Court, a coin toss determined that J A Allegey er, son of a prominent cotton man, may file his divorce petition before his wife. Attorneys for both sides claimed priority in the clerk race before the judge flipped a penny to settle the order. The husband’s attorney won the choice of heads.
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New Orleans
Civil District Court
J. A. Allegeyer
Allegeyer
Night Riders in Jail in Jackson County Alabama
Nearly fifty prisoners, including thirty four alleged Tenants Union members, are jailed in Jackson County facing charges tied to recent night riding depredations. Widespread fear grips communities as discontent with crop division between landlords and tenants fuels unrest in Scottsboro and surrounding areas.
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Scottsboro
Alu
Tenants’ Union
Jackson County
Taxpayers To Get Large Returns From 1610 Tax Case
Government concessions in key tax suits will return two to three hundred million dollars to taxpayers. The dispute centers on the 1610 income tax law that levies tax on gains in value of capital assets including stocks bonds and other securities from March 1 1918 to the sale date.
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Washington
CUSTOM HOUSES SEIZED AS ALLIES ENTER DUSSELDORF
Allied forces entered Dusseldorf as British and French troops moved through bridges and factories while Belgian infantry crossed the Rhine into the city. Traffic stopped at Oberwesel and the Rhine front, with communications disrupted. Rhineland control shifts include German tariffs collected under allied oversight to fund reparations, while American troops remain in Coblenz and a virtual tariff line is planned east of the Rhine.
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Union News Service
Dusseldorf
Moreh T
Geaeline Gobs
Renel Aptitelery
Belgium
Oberenssel
Datteseldorf
Rhineland
Lloyd George
Supreme Council
Coblenz
Washington
Rhine
Gaucher
Duisburg
Beaurain
Riine
Mayence
Cologne
Unemployed Parade for Prince in Glasgow
The Prince of Wales visiting Glasgow received an enthusiastic reception as unemployed demonstrators marched with banners. Slogans demanded relief from rising prices, and accused the prince of declining a public dinner due to Labour opposition to town council spending.
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Glasgow
Prince of Wales
Northwest Tong War Turns Fatal in Seattle Shooting
In Seattle Washington Choy Duck a 4 member of the Hip Sing tong was shot and killed in what police call the first outbreak of the tong war in the Northwest The attack followed a clash that spilled from California Witness Yee Slug recalls two unknown young Chinese shooters who fled the scene discarding their pistols after the fatal shooting.
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Seattle
Wash
Choy Duck
California
Yee Slug
Hip Sing Tong
Eight Hundred Chinese Drowned, Hong Kong
A British owned steamer named Hong Moh wrecked off Lamock island near Swatow in Kwangtung province. The 8000 ton vessel with 1100 Chinese aboard during the current trip, has only 248 reported rescued and over eight hundred are believed drowned.
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Hong Kong
Lamock Island
Swatoow
Kwangtung Province
Singapore
Roosevelt Sworn In as Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Lieut. Col. Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as Assistant secretary of the Navy after confirmation by the Brnote. He meets naval officers and civilian employers on duty at the department.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
To Improve Postal Service
Washington President Harding aims to improve the national postal service. Postmaster General Will Hays vows to carry out the President's wishes, stating the postal establishment is a service institution not for profit or politics. He pledges to humanize the industry and maximize efficiency.
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Washington
Harding
National Postal Service
Will Hays
Hays
Red Leaders Flee City As Revolt Seizes Petrograd
A Riga dispatch says Bolshevist leaders escaped Petrograd by car after revolutionaries captured the city except for two railroad stations. Soviet troops suffered heavy losses at Krasnoye Selo and Gatcina, while forts surrendered. Revolutionaries control Petrograd amid bombardment and machine gun battles. Moscow reports remain quiet with arrests in progress. White Ruthenians declare independence from Russia, aiming to convene a legislative assembly in Vitebsk and move Minsk as capital.
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London
Riga
Petrograd
Nicolai
Vinland
Krasnoye Selo
Gatcchina
Krasnoya Gorka
Oranienbuurl
Red Army
Copenhagen
Helsingfors
Kronstadt
Krastopa Gorko
Lysterbak
Trotzky
M. Zinovieff
St. Peter and St. Paul
Brustloff
Moscow 4
Lenine
Kremlin
Warsaw
Uss
Minsk
Thissia
Thussian
Alinsk
Kutheria
Thuthentians
Aegislature
Vitebek
Mill Worker Clara Jacobs Debuts in Naples Opera
Miss Clara Jacobs, once a mill hand at American Woolen in Lawrence Massachusetts, has starred in Grand Opera in Naples with the Royal San Carlos Opera Company. She reportedly won a triumph, according to word from Naples.
Third Man Killed in Chicago Feud Claims Third Victim
A beaten unidentified man was found near Alderman John Powers home marking a third fatality in the Chicago ward feud. Police have sixty suspects linked to the Labriola Almond killings, but secrecy hampers progress as investigators seek leads amid ongoing violence.
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Chicago
Ninteenth
John Powers
Paul Labriola
Harry Almond
Harding to Call Special Session After April 4
Washington March 9 President Harding announced a special session of Congress would not be before April 4 and perhaps a week later He spoke after a White House dinner with Republican leaders noting four hours of talks on a coordinated program of cooperation The session will focus on tax and tariff measures and the next Congress agenda with scattered discussion on army navy matters and treaty ratification involving Colombia Panama paym ent of 25 000 000 and tariff revision plans by Chairman Fordney and opposition from some senators.
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Union News Service
Washington
Harding
Congress
White House
United States
Colombia
Panama
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mexican Return Extended Thirty Days
The Department of Labor announced a thirty day extension for Mexican laborers who entered under war emergency provisions waiving literacy, rent, and head tax. Authorities stated border sheep were being sheared and withdrawal of Mexican labor now would harm the industry.
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Washington
Mexico
Department of Labor
Draft Evaders Lists to Be Publicized by Districts
The War Department announced that names of individuals who evaded the selective service law will be published by draft districts as quickly as local draft boards finish compiling. The final district checks will be sent to the War Department, then the compiled rate will be released. The first district compilation is expected within a few days.
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Washington
War Department
Ballot on Strike Question Prepared for Walkout
Ombhha Neb March 11 Referendum strike vote authorized after Harding referred packing house labor to the Labor Department. Ballots to be prepared immediately from Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Union in Chicago. Executive board to conduct strike if vote favors action and eight hour day is not restored.
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Ombhha
Neb
Washington
Harding
Department of Labor
Amalgamated Meat Cutters’ and Butcher Workmen's Union
Chicago
Dennis Lane
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Lane
Morrison
Conference of Butcher Workers
White House
United States Department of Labor
Gale Hits Doeran Area In Devastating Hurricane Path
A hurricane traced a twenty mile stretch with a one quarter mile width paralyzing Downington Pa and nearby farms. Thousands of dollars in damage occurred as buildings were wrecked, railway stations moved, a Doeran school house razed, and several people injured.
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Downington
Doeran
Bernstorff Arrives in Italy on Forged Passport
Rome reports former German ambassador to the United States Count Von Bernstorff has reached Italy on a forged passport with a personal fortune of about $1,000,000. Dispatch says Italian press demands his expulsion.
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Paris
Rome
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Italy
Echo de Paris
Preas
Bernstorff
Panama Appeals to League Over Territorial Award
Panama through Foreign Minister Garay appeals to the League of Nations against the U S demand that it accept Chief Justice White's territorial award. Garay says refusal harms U S pride and may impair mediation, threatening to submit the dispute to the Magne's international court.
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Panama
League
Geneva
Republic of Panama
Garay
League of Nations
United States
White
Garay Sald
Costa Rica
Magne
International Court
Wyoming Brief News Notes Tells Local Incidents
Lona Bowers bound over to District Court for first degree murder in Kirby case. Rock River mayor resigns. A. J. Denny to act as mayor. Glenrock engineer William Blaney killed by flywheel. Iva Barr dies in Powell after scarlet fever. Sublette County added to Second Judicial District with Judge Tidball. Fire from hot ashes destroys Nelson chicken coop. Elsa Sriebel named private secretary to Philippines bishop Mosher. Casper and Sheridan hospitals to open end of year. Koenig and Sherman case continued to June 20. Laramie youth fund drive nets $19.90 from 25 cent loans. Lovell tragedy as 15 year old Essie Rich dies from an unloaded gun shot by her 8 year old brother. Dr. George C. Rafter, longtime Cheyenne rector, dies. Albany County receives forest reserve funds. 12 year old Clarence Scharen injured from riding fall. Greybull burglars damage Greybull Lumber safe files for combination.
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Lona Bowers
Ben James
Kirby
Justice of Peace Court
Thermopolis
C. H. Poole
Rock River
A. J. Denny
William Blaney
Municipalight
Glenrock
Irby Lam
Blaney
Powell
Iva Barr
Chester L. Nelson
Gillette
Elsa Sriebel
University
St. Michael’s Indian School
Ethete
Lander
G. Frank Mosher
Episcopal
Philippines
Casper
Sheridan
State Board of Charities and Reform
Winfred Koenig
William Sherman
Smith Drug Store
Lingle
Goshen County
L. E. Carter
Methodist Church of
Laramie
Oscar Blair
Roger Deland
Joe Carter
Willard Hansen
Missionary
Lovell
Wyo
Essie Rich
Orville
George C. Rafter
West
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church of
Cheyenne
Rafter
Adele Rafter
Wyoming Senate
Featherstone
Jefferis
Albany County
Forest Reserve Fund
Common School
Clarence Scharen
B. F. Scharen
Sheel Creek
Greybull
Greybull Lumber Company
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Night Riders
Rhineland Commission
Prince
Roma
Arrivanir Service
Trotsky
New Star
Gale
Wyoming
Western Newspaper
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