Senate Rebuke of Filibuster Hits Cummins and Others
Washington reports mark the first official rebuke of the twelve senators who blocked Wilsons armed neutrality plan. Republicans shift on Cummins Grenna and Jones while Missouri Stone faces resignation pressure amid broad Democratic protests.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Wilson
United States
Causus
Steeting
Cummins and
Grenna
Jones
Stone
St.Louis
William J. Stone
Post-Dispatch
United States Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Washington, Mar
Foreign Relations
American Veterinarian Dr. Orville M’Kim Freed by Germany
Dr. Orville M’Kim, noted American veterinarian, has been released by German authorities after detention. Details of the release and any conditions remain unclear, but the news confirms his freedom following diplomatic discussions.
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Germany
Dr. McKim
Denmark
President to Arm U S Ships Amid Sea Rights Debate
President Wilson backs arming American merchant ships to defend rights at sea. Attorney General Gregory says constitutional authority exists to place guns aboard vessels. Lansing urges immediate action as Senate debates cloture and a full armed neutrality bill.
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Atorney
Gregory
Wilson
Lansing
Washington
Mar
Senate
GIVES ENLISTED MEN CHANGE TO ADVANCE
The War Department will designate between five thousand and six thousand enlisted men for commissions as company officers in any army raised. Each regiment is to select sixty men eligible for commissions up to captain based on aptitude. The move aims to create a pool of officers from those who have served under current regiments. Likely most selections come from noncommissioned personnel. A similar list may be formed in National Guard regiments.
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Washington, Mar
War Department
Army
National Guard
Colonization is Charged in Indianapolis Primary
An Indianapolis GOP faction accuses rivals of importing Black voters to influence the primary. Fifteen arrested for alleged cross voting in the March election. They supposedly tried to vote Republican for mayor Lew Shank against Jewett and Hennessy. About 500 colored men from Gary and Toledo were alleged to be brought in.
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Indianapolis
Mar
Lew Shank
Charles W. Jewett
Paul Hennessy
Gary
Toledo
Good Roads Boosters Meet Springfield Illinois
Representatives of thirty automobile and trail associations met in Springfield to form the Illinois Motor Club Association aimed at a unified good roads program for immediate submission to the general assembly. Delegates from Peoria Decatur Galesburg Danville Rock Island Quincy Alton Carlinville and Lincoln attended.
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Springfield
Ill
Mlinois Motor Club Association
General Assembly
Peoria
Decatur
Galesburg
Danville
Rock Itsland
Quincey
Alton
Carlinville
Lincoln
House Leaders Halt Slap at Filibusters
Resolutions censuring the filibusters in the United States senate were suppressed in both houses of the legislature. James H. Kurby of Petersburg introduced the resolution in the house, but Speaker Shanahan and Michael L. Igoe agreed it would waste valuable time.
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Springfield
Ill
United States Senate
James H. Kurby
Dem
Petersburg
Shanahan
Michael L. Igoe
Appam Restored to British Owners in Prize Case
The U S Supreme Court upheld British libel against the German prize ship Appam at Newport News Virginia. It ruled British owners are entitled to restitution because the vessel violated American neutrality. The case cites 1799 and 1828 treaties and affirms American court jurisdiction. Value of vessel and cargo is about 3 million dollars.
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Washington
Mar
Newport News
United States Supreme Court
United States
Germany
Appam
Kern to Get Appointment As Boundary Commission Nominee
Washington reports that former Senator John W. Kern of Indiana is likely to be named by President Wilson to the International Boundary Commission at the start of his second term. Despite party opposition, Senator-elect Newis supports the appointment as Indiana sheds another living former U.S. senator, joining Fairbanks Beveridge Hemenway and Taggart in the state’s notable list.
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Washington
Mar
Wilson
Oormer
John W. Kern
Indiana
Internatioal Boundary Commission
Newis
Kern
United States
Charles W. Fairbanks
Albert J. Beveridge
James A. Hemenway
Thomas Taggart
German Press Lets Loose on Woodrow
German newspapers attack Woodrow Wilson with renewed venom as anti Wilson sentiment surges after the Zimmermann letter. Editors nationally vent contempt toward the United States and its leader while blaming Wilson for wartime tensions.
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Amsterdam
Mar
Fatherland
United States
Foreign Office
Woodrow Wilson
Germany
Cloture Rule May Limit Senate Debate In Crisis
A bi partisan group in the Senate moves to adopt a cloture style rule to limit debate to two thirds votes, enabling an extraordinary session to grant the President power to defend American rights at sea. The plan, unanimously supported by Democrats and supported by most Republicans, aims for a rapid vote after about a week of debate.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
United States
Congress
Lewis
Illinois
Democratic Organization
Hoke Smith
Walsh
White House
Trial of OBrien Begins in Yorkville Case
Guy OBrien, a Kendall county farmer, is on trial in Yorkville for shooting his former sweetheart Ida Torkelson last summer and fleeing. Miss Torkelson, key witness for the prosecution, reportedly refused to testify previously. The shooting occurred August 10 on the road between Newark and Lisbon when she refused to ride with him.
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Aurora
Ill
Guy O'Brien
Kendall County
Ida Torkelson
Yorkville
Miss Torkelson
O’brien
O'Brien
Newark
Lisbon
French hospital aid society organized in Muncie
Muncie Indiana on March 7 organized the French hospital service to aid hospitals in France caring for wounded soldiers. Seventy five of the citys leading residents joined, with Mrs George A Tatl wife of a glass magnate, as president of the society. Scott renamed Chief of Army Staff in Washington March 8 by President Wilson. His reappointment is required with a new administration due to his ties with the secretary of war.
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Muncie
Ind
France
George A. Tatl
Scott
Washington
Army
Wilson
Secretary of War
British Cavalry Advances Near Ctesiphon and Bagdad
British cavalry moved within nine miles of Ctesiphon on Monday, engaging the Turkish rear guard at Lajj nine miles southeast of Ctesiphon. Troops have advanced about eighty miles since Kut el Amara fell on February 26, with Bagdad now less than thirty miles away and Lajj thirty miles from the capital. About thirty-eight guns have been recovered from river debris, excluding machine guns and mortars.
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London
Mar
Ctesiphon
Tigris
Lajj
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Kut-el-Amara
Wilson nominates Liggett and Kernan for general ranks
President Wilson named Hunter Liggett now brigadier general to major general filling Funston’s vacancy. Colonel Francis J. Kernan of the Twenty-eighth Infantry is advanced to brigadier general. Grayson’s nomination as medical director in the navy with rear admiral rank is sent to the Senate again after failure to confirm.
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Washington
Mar
Wilson
Hunter Liggett
Regular Army
Funston
Francis J. Kernan
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Cary T. Grayson
Navy
Senate
Bottling Plant Burns at Chippewa Falls
Fire destroyed the main building of the Chippewa Falls Bottling works on the outskirts of town. Loss estimated at 30000 dollars.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Minnesota Dry Bill Killed in House Halt to Prohibition Effort
In St Paul the Minnesota house voted 81 to 47 to indefinitely postpone action on the Anderson prohibition bill. The move ends any chance for further legislation this session to abolish the liquor traffic. In Havana General Gomez the revolt leader and his staff were captured by government troops.
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Minnesota
St. Paul, Minn
Minnesota House
Havana
Mar
Gomez
Menocal
Colder Weather and Market Reports From Chicago and East Buffalo
Chicago live stock receipts 33 000 hogs quotes 14 65 to 14 85 cattle 12 000 receipts 11 40 to 11 60 for steers and 8 10 to 11 00 for cows and primes cash grain corn 1 07 to 1 08 oats 59 14 to 61 0 3 butter eggs potatoes listed East Buffalo Dunning and Stevens report cattle 30 cars market slow hogs 30 cars market strong large and mediums $15 00 to 15 15 lambs 14 50 to 14 75 yearlings 13 00 to 13 50 wethers 12 00 to 12 50 ewes 11 00 to 11 60 veals 14 50.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning and
Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
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