Wilson Says He Has Not Power
President Wilson states Congress blocked his plan to arm American ships after a Senate filibuster. Seventy six senators sign a round robin declaring they would have supported the armed neutrality measure if allowed a vote, but the bill died with the Sixty fourth Congress as debates stretched twenty six hours.
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Mar
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Senate
House
United States
West Indies Seek New Name for Danish Islands
In St Thomas on March 5 a mast meeting urged the Washington government to rename the Danish West Indies, now American territory, as the American Virgin Islands rather than Dewey Islands or other proposed names.
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St. Thomas
Danish West Indies
Washington
American Virgin Islands
Dewey Islands
Willard Alds Defense Panel Chooses Daniel Willard Chairman
Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, was elected chairman of the advisory commission of the council of national defense at a joint meeting of the council and commission in Washington on March 25.
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Washington, Mar
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Q@hio railroad
Council of National Defense
Relatives Sought for Pneumonia Victim John Davidson
Relatives of John Davidson in three cities have been asked to claim his body after he was found in Chesterton with pneumonia. Before dying he gave a card bearing the name F E Davidson Waterloo Iowa to E T Funk, county hospital superintendent. A chain of inquiries followed to Mrs. John Fite of Cincinnati with no reply yet.
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Ind
John Davidson
Davidson
Chesterton
E. T. Funk
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Waterloo
E. R. Runyan
Charles Elliott
Mt. Carroll
Eliot
John Fite
Cincinnati
Fite
Wreck, Fire Burns Fourteen Cars on Cloverleaf Line
Fourteen freight cars burned near Pleasant Mills after a wreck on freight No. 41. Engineer Charles Motter was slightly hurt as a locomotive was overturned into a ditch. The blaze damaged telegraph wires and a large shipment of merchandise, automobiles, and matches. A defective rail is suspected.
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Decatur
Ind
Charles Motter
Pleasant Mills
Here
Ohio City
Filibuster Kills 3 Defense Bills In Senate
Washington reports three defense measures halted by a Senate filibuster tied to the armed neutrality bill. The army bill, with 337 million for land forces and universal training, the sundry civil appropriation bill for coast defense, and the general deficiency appropriation bill for emergency expenditures were all rejected, along with espionage bills to curb enemy information and citizen conduct during war.
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Washington
Senate
Sunday Gets Circus Offer For Summer Tour
New York reports evangelist Billy Sunday has been offered 2000 dollars per day or 14000 dollars per week to travel this summer with a motorized circus planned to begin mid May. The deal covers multiple weeks, with unclear duties but potential sermons to large crowds and charitable Sabbath services. Sunday has not decided whether to accept.
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New York
Billy Sunday
Sunday
Cabinet officials to inspect Rock Island nitrate plant site
Three members of President Wilson's cabinet Secretary of the Interior Lane Secretary of War and Secretary of Agriculture Houston will visit the Rock Island arsenal to study the suitability of the Davenport area for a new twenty million dollar government nitrate plant.
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Iowa
Davenport
Wilson
Interior
Lane
Ouston
Rock Island Arsenal
Bernstorff Named for Reichstag Seat
Amsterdam March 6 Count von Bernstorff former German ambassador to the United States has been nominated as Reichstag candidate to succeed the late Herr von Neiding Telegraaf reports this political move
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Amsterdam
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Herr von Neiding
Telegraaf
Wilson Enters On Second Term Inauguration Day
President Wilson was formally inaugurated at noon in the Capitol, with a parade and fireworks expressing strong patriotism. Chief Justice White administered the oath, and the ceremony included the open air address at the east front amid flags and a large gathering including Congress and the diplomatic corps.
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Mar
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Illinois plum confirmations delayed by Dr Grayson fight
About 1,200 army and navy promotions were blocked for confirmation amid the dispute over Dr Grayson. Illinois postmasters including William Buford Carlile of Chicago failed of confirmation, with several others named across Ashbum Chadwick Godfrey Lake Bluff Sidell Wedon Lake Villa and Litchfield.
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Dr. Grayson
Illinois
William Buford Carlile
Chicago
Charles A. Heffern
Ashbum
Conrad C. Meilier
Chadwick
Frank W.squire
Godfrey
Thomas E. Cahill
Lake Bluff
Harriet L. Miller
Lake Villa
Andrew J. Gillogg
Sidell
Edna Clemons
Wedon
Alta A. Rose
Atwood
Hugh Hall
Litchfield
Farm Hand Dies After Shot Near Arcola
Clinton Blevins a farm hand dies two weeks after being shot by Q D Robertson following a quarrel over waves near Arcola. Robertson in jail without bond says he acted in self defense after Blevins attacked him. In Seymour Indiana a hospital sterilizer explosion wrecked one end of Schneck Memorial Hospital. No injuries reported among staff or patients.
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Ill
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Q. D. Robertson
Arcola
Robertson
Blevins
Seymour, Ind
Mar
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Stone Spills U S Secrets in Senate Debate
Washington report says naval officers and officials condemn Senator Stone for revealing plans to equip merchant ships with light submarine chasers to guard against submarines in the prohibited zone. They note such disclosures clash with the armed neutrality bill and the government secrecy crime law.
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Washington
Mar
Stone
Senate
Navy
Carranza Set for Victory in Mexican Presidential Vote
Carranza appears sure winner as two rivals bow out before next Sundays election in Mexico City. Candidates Nicolas Zuniagay Miranga of Mexico City and Francisco A. Garcia of Zirie guza Puebla lag in the field while deputies and senate races promise close contests.
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Generel Carranza
Nicolas Zuniagay Miranga
Francisco A. Garcia
Zirieguza
Puebla
Diaz
Madero
Chamber of Deputies
Japan dismisses Zimmermann letter as unworthy of notice
Tokyo reported its foreign office learned of the Zimmermann letter via Aaron Sato the Japanese ambassador in Washington and press dispatches from New York on March 2. Tokyo said the German intrigue news did not require a diplomatic reply and would not have been considered by Japan for a moment.
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Tokio
Aaron Sato
Washington
New York
Japan
Impeachment Charges Filed Against Texas Governor Ferguson
Austin March 5 impeachment charges against Governor James K. Ferguson were filed in the Texas House of Representatives by Representative H. P. Davis of Wills Point in Van Zandt County.
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Austin, Tex
James K. Ferguson
Texas
House of Representatives
H. P. Davis
Wills Point
Vansandt County
War Vessels Sunk In North Sea And Mediterranean
London reports a British destroyer was sunk with all hands in the North Sea after likely striking a mine. Berlin cites the sinking of a 34 494 ton armed transport with about 500 colonial troops and horses in the Mediterranean on Feb 24, with further losses on Feb 28 Feb 17 and Feb 21- March 3.
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Cunard
Tondon
Marshall
Calypso
Jonemean
China Split Over Break Amid Cabinet Push to Align With U S
The cabinet proposed China join the United States in breaking with Germany, but the President refused, asserting sole authority. Premier Tuan Chi-Tut resigns and departs with cabinet members. Parliament largely backs the cabinet while party leaders oppose the President’s stance. the vice president supports the cabinet action.
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Teking
Mar
China
United States
Germany
Tuan Chi-Tut
Tien-Tsin
Zimmermann Admits Plot with Mexico Acknowledged
German Foreign Secretary Zimmermann defends seeking allies in Mexico and Japan as a defensive measure, not to be pursued unless the United States declares war. He compares the alleged plan to reports of a U.S. plot against Germany reported in South American papers.
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