Government Keeps Railroad Control Amid Funds Shortage
Washington reports the government will not relinquish control of railroads despite congressional failure to fund the railroad administration. Director General Hines says operations will continue, layoffs avoided, and financing sought through private loans or the War Finance Corporation. He notes capital projects may be scaled back but no rate hikes are planned and co operation from industry and bankers is expected. The army concessions for reduced fares are being reviewed as attorney examiner finds merits in the policy but funds and authority rest with the president and military agencies.
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Washington
Congress
Railroad Administration
Hines
War Finance Corporation
Mr. Hines
Treasury Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wiliam E. Golden
Army and Navy
Food Administration
More Yankees Arrive as Transport Lands 25 Flu Cases
Army transport Powhatan docked in New York after arriving from Bordeaux with 2,465 troops and 61 officers. An influenza outbreak forced a return to port. 25 of 102 patients ill were aboard and 24 sick were convalescent on arrival. Ship Sierra also arrived from Bordeaux five days late due to boiler trouble with 1,401 troops and 2 naval officers. A third vessel Santa Marta brought 45 convalescents and 17 casual officers. Meantime Argentina sailed from Marseilles for New York with 3,500 troops aboard.
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Powhatan
Bordeaux
Newport News
Coast Artillery Corps
Camp Devens
Forty-seventh Coast Artillery Corps
Eighty Seventh Division
National Army
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Dodge
Funston
Dix
Pike
Robert C. Garrett
New Mexico
France
Forty-fourth Artillery
Sierra
Camp Dix
York
Army Tansport
Santa Marta
Marseilles
Argentina
Ka4s
Supreme Court Backs Espionage Act Conviction
The Supreme Court effectively sustains federal court rulings convicting Abraham Sugarman of Minneapolis under the Espionage Act. Sugarman received a three year term for statements in a speech. Justice Brandeis said no constitutional questions were involved and the court had no jurisdiction.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Abraham ‘Sugarman
Minneapolis
Sugarman
Brandeis
Impeach or Exonerate Me Demands in Ireland Resolution
Washington reports the House passed a self determination resolution 216 to 41 urging peace conference support for Ireland. It moved to the Senate where it stalled amid filibuster and committee referral. In Des Moines Governor Harding calls for impeachment or full exoneration over Rathbun pardon case after questioning motives and seeking Assembly inquiry.
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Senate
Washington
House
Ireland
France
Maryland
Smith
Georgia
Foreign Affairs Committee
Representative Connally
Texas
Mann
Representative Moore
Pennsylvania
Taxpayers urged to file returns early and pay first installment
Washington readers report that Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper urged quick filing of income tax returns and full payment by March 15. He stressed returns should be filed without prompting and that the first installment, though only a quarter of the total, must be paid by the deadline to meet government obligations.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Roper
General Moerken Attacked by Reds in Elfeld Region
Copenhagen reporting that General Moerken, commander of German government forces in Elfeld, was attacked by Spartacans and mistreated before rescue by his troops. The assailants allegedly rifled his pockets and seized plans for a military campaign against the revolutionists in central Germany.
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Moerken
Copenhagen
Elfeld
Germany
Ford Eagle Boat Approved As Navy Submarine Chaser
The Ford eagle boat is described as the best type of submarine chaser and is deemed essential to a complete navy even in peacetime, per the senate naval affairs subcommittee report.
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Washington
Senate Naval Affairs Subcommittee
Troops and Strikers Clash Reported in Halle
Berlin telegrams say troops used machine guns in Halle with officers and strikers killed. Vorwaerts reports looting and arson in areas held by communists amid the clashes.
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Halle
Germany
Berne
Berlin
Vorwaerts
Final Senate action on demobilization vote record
The Senate voted 47 to 38 to demobilize within 30 days all soldiers in U S military camps. Senator Pittman of Nevada moved to table Senator Gore of Oklahoma’s demobilization resolution. the motion failed. Gore pressed the resolution just before adjournment with floor consent from Senator Sherman.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Pittman
Nevada
Gore
Oklahoma
Sherman
Illinois
Sparticans Battle in Berlin Streets Reported
Berlin reports fierce fighting between authorities and Reds with heavy artillery near police headquarters. Government forces hold control while both sides suffer many casualties in ongoing clash.
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Berlin
Youngest Yank Soldier Claim By Chatsworth Youth
Bloomington March 6 Private Everett Brammer of Chatsworth claims to be the war’s youngest soldier after enlisting at fourteen. He served fourteen months in France with the One Hundred Twenty Ninth Infantry.
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Hilneis
Bloomington
Everett Brammer
Chatsworth
France
One Hundred Twenty Ninth Infantry
Wilson Pardons 38 Espionage Act Convictions
President Wilson acted on clemency recommendations for 38 persons convicted or sentenced under the Espionage Act where intents to violate the law were absent or sentences excessive. Notables include Frederick Kruffit of Newark, full pardon. Amos Linden Hitchcock, Cleveland, four school board member, sentence reduced from ten to two years. pacifist preacher Clarence Waldron to expire April 1. Theodore Buessel, Lutherans, sentence cut to April 2. Flora Flerman, a Texas teacher, sentence to two years. Robert Goldstein, later moved to three years with fines remitted. Silas Saylor, pacifism case, one year and one day. J. F. Rutherford and seven associates remain jailed.
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Washington
Wilson
Frederick Kruffit
Newark
Socialist Party of New Jersey
Amos Linden Hitchcock
School Board
Cleveland, O
Clarence H. Waldron
Vermont
J. F. Rutherford
International Bible Students’ Association
Brooklyn
Rutherford
Atlanta
Theodore Buessel
Connecticut
Flora T. Flerman
Texas
Robert Goldstein
Eoirt
California
Silas Saylor
Kentucky
Owen Warns Governors on Autocracy in Business
Senator Owen of Oklahoma, chair of the banking and currency committee, told U S governors at the White Mountain conference that unrest in America can be avoided only by stamping out autocracy in business. He spoke after a 24 hour congress session, earning a long ovation during a two day meeting. Morning reports covered state governor updates while afternoon discussions focused on labor unrest and city measures to quell strikes peacefully.
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Washingtom
Senator Owen
Oklahoma
Committee On Banking and Currency
United States
America
Owen
Congress
Huns in Siege Against Reds in Berlin
A general strike toppled in Berlin halting all trade and transport. Water, electricity and gas were cut. The Prussian government declared a state of siege in Berlin Spandau and suburbs to protect workers from famine and terror. Minister Noske has assumed executive power.
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London
Berlin
Exchange
Copenhagen
Spandau
Noske
Teltow
Niederbarmen
Ruling Forecasts Rise in Pork Price In War Crisis
Washington March 6 A clash between government branches signals higher pork prices for consumers. The War Trade Board lifts export licenses without Food Administration certification, removing pork from export controls while the Food Administration protests. Officials warn prices may rise as hog supply for March and April tightens and European demand grows.
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Food Administration
War Trade Board
Washington
Trade Board
Henry, Stuart
Virginia
National Agricultural Advisory Commalte
Maintaiin
Mareh
Deport More Undesirables from Chicago March 6
A party of undesirables left Chicago under Immigration Inspector Charles H. Paul bound for the south and west. Thirteen Mexicans were to be picked up at Carbondale en route to the border, with Chinese and Mexican detainees from Detroit and Chicago. Chinese travelers were to be shipped to the orient from San Francisco. All deported men had prior trouble with authorities.
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Chicago
Charles H. Paul
Detroit
Carbondale
Orient
San Francisco
Spartacan Movement Aims for Koenigsberg Seizure
Berlin reports a Spartacan bid to seize Koenigsberg East Prussia to forge a route to Moscow aiding Bolshevik forces. Government forces moved into Koenigsberg to quell the strike and block the seizure. A Havas dispatch from Berlin says a Spartacan attack on the Northern railroad terminus was repulsed with five rioters killed.
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Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Moscow
Russia
Paris
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