Senate adopts limit on debate to curb filibuster
Washington reports the Senate votes 76 to 3 to restrict debate and end the unlimited debate privilege to enable an extraordinary session of Congress to arm American ships. La Follette Gronna and Sherman vote against the rule amid fierce debate on Wilsons armed neutrality policy.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Wilson
Senate of the
United States
Senate
Republic
la Follette
Wisconsin
Gronna
North Dakota
Sherman
Illinois
Ta Follette
Lloyd George Attacks Senate on Home Rule Bill Stance
Premier criticizes opponents in parliament for alleged conspiracies to block the Home Rule measure. He calls its original form unconstitutional and unwise while asserting eight years of effort toward a closure motion.
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Senate
Grand Jury Fights Divorce In Wayne County
Richmond Ind March 9 The Wayne circuit court grand jury takes on the divorce issue noting 46 percent of suits since January 10 1917 are bills for divorce Three women were summoned and advised to reform to be faithful to their husbands Officials warned indictments could follow if no reform marks the first time a Wayne county grand jury assumes domestic relations duties
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Richmond
Ind
Wayne Circuit Court
Grand Jury
Wayne County
U S Airmen Cross Border in Hunt for Villa Forces
U S Army airmen from Camp Stewart flew into Mexico in pursuit of Villa forces near the San Martin ranch about seventeen miles south of Fort Hancock. Brigadier General George Bell Jr ordered the operation as American guards bolster the border. A machine gun company and infantry plus cavalry are stationed at Fort Hancock ready to cross if needed.
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el Paso
Tex
Camp Stewart
San Marthe Reach
Fort Hancock
George Bell Jr
Villa Trops
Saia
San Martin Ranch
Juarez
Dardanelles Fiasco Revealed by British Commission
The London commission's revised report shows Lord Kitchener backed the plan and final war council decisions blocked fuller naval and military debate. It notes a three week troop eastward delay caused by Kitchener’s uncommunicated decision and that naval advisers favored a joint attack over fleet action alone.
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London
Dardanelles
Lord Kitchener
War Council
Hhe
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Churchill
Russians Advance in Persia Push Toward Kangaver
Russian forces in Persia report further progress against the Turks after capturing the Asabad summit. On Monday they occupied the town of Kangaver while pursuing retreating units from Wamadan, marking a significant southward advance in the campaign.
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Petrograd
Persia
Wamadan
War Office
Asabad
Kangaver
Gerard at Havana After Saturday
Washington reports Ambassador Gerard and his party will reach Havana between Saturday and Monday. Fletcher to Leave Guadalajara for Mexico City. General Carranza likely to spend Sunday in Guadalajara during the national elections.
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Gerard
Havana
Washington
Mar
State Department
Fletcher
Guadalajara
Madalajara
Mex
Henry P. Fletcher
Aguilar
Mexico City
Carranza
Zeppelin Dies Seen as King of Aerial Travel
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, famed aeronaut and inventor of the dirigible, dies in Charlottenburg near Berlin at age 55. Born 1838 in Württemberg, he served in the Union army during the Civil War and later led air navigation research, founding work at Friedrichshafen on lighter-than-air craft.
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London
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Berlin
Reuter
Amsterdam
Zeppelin
Charlottenburg
Count Zeppelin
Wurttemberg
America
Carl Shhurtz
Eade
Germany
Prussia
Austria
France
Federation Council of the Empire
Friedrichshafen
Irish Nationalists Vow War on Lloyd George Plans
A nationalist manifesto argues that only level headed Irish nationalists and the Irish diaspora can save the constitutional movement, accusing Lloyd George of a breach of faith on home rule. The piece notes Andrew F. Law’s opposition to resuming the Irish debate as nationalists pledge to oppose the premier’s plans while backing the Entente.
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London
Ireland
Dominions
United States
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Wilson
Andrew Fonar Law
Brtish War Council
Claims .48 Vessels Sunk by German Submarines
Berlin reports twenty-one steamships ten sailing vessels and sixteen fishing craft sunk recently by German submarines totaling 91000 gross tons. Paris recounts torpedoing of the Cassini on Feb 28 with loss of captain six officers and 100 crew as powder magazine exploded and ship sank in two minutes.
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Berlin
Admiralty
Paris
Cassini
Mediterranean
British Within Twelve Miles of Bagdad In World War I Report
London reports British cavalry now within twelve miles of Bagdad after Major General Maurice stated no Turkish defense at Ctesiphon. He notes Ctesiphon lies about twenty miles below Bagdad and that Turks offered little resistance since Kut el Amara’s fall as British forces advanced nearly 100 miles.
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London
Bagdad
F. B. Maurice
War Office
Maurice
Ctesiphon
Campaigon
Baredad
British War Office
Kut-el Amara
Markets Report Chicago and East Buffalo Livestock Prices
Hogs receipts 26 000 with light shipping 14.40 to 14.55, heavy packing 14.40 to 14.75, good to fancy pigs to 13 50. Cattle receipts 3 500 with steers 11.00 to 11.75, cows 8.25 to 8.90, dealers prime 11.25 to 11.75. Cash grain shows wheat 1.87 to 1.96 cents, corn 1.09 14 to 1.094% 4, oats 60 to 61 14, butter 34 to 40 cents, eggs 26 to 27 1/2 cents, potatoes 2.25 to 2.50. East Buffalo market steady to strong with cattle, hogs 15.00 to 15.25 for heavy and workers, pigs 13.50, sheep top lambs 15.00, yearlings 13.00 to 13.50, wethers 12.00 to 12.25, ewes 11.25 to 11.50, veals 15.00.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Villa Tired by Kaiser 10 Slav Panama Plot Traced to Berlin
German plots involve Villa and Carranza with payoffs to seed attacks on the US border. Berlin agents allegedly bribed Peruvian sailors and planned canal disruption while expanding influence across Mexico and Asia. Arrests in New York and Peru accompany the broader scheme. Amos H Pauhl, 70, held on threats to the President as officials cite a secret assassination group.
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Laredo
Tex
Germany
Villa
Carranza
United States
Panama Canal
Washington
India
Panama -Anal
Teutons
Canal
New York
Estate Department
Secret Service
Guam
Philippines
Mexico
Central American
Pritish
Teruvian
Pauhl
Governor Reaffirms Ban on Darcey Dillon Bout
Albany reports Governor Whitman refused to alter his decision to bar Australian boxer Les Darcey for evading military duty in Australia. After a meeting at the executive mansion, Whitman stated he had learned nothing to change his position and directed the state athletic commission to prohibit the Darcey Dillon match.
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Albany
Les Darcey
Whitman
New York State
State Athletic Commission
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Peru
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