Trainmen Strike Looms as Eight-Hour Day Clash Grows
Chicago learns a weekend strike plan with five day grace for milk trains and passenger service to run sparingly. Brotherhood leaders announce a campaign while President Wilson may intervene. Seven west coast officials set Chicago headquarters and prepare to enforce action if talks fail.
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Chicago
General Conference
New York
Wilson
Brotherhoods
Cleveland
Rail
Brotherhood
Funston's Successor General Hunter Liggett Advanced to High Rank
General Hunter Liggett, named to succeed Funston, receives a rapid rise in rank reflecting his demonstrated leadership. The appointment elevates Liggett within the Army hierarchy, signaling confidence from military authorities in his strategic capability and wartime command potential.
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Hunter Liggett
Wilson to Act to Prevent General Railroad Tie-Up
President Wilson plans prompt decisive action to avert a nationwide railroad strike that could paralyze commerce. He believes railroads and their workers will unite for national defense and remains in close contact with the rail situation from his room.
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Wilson
Washington
Mar
Colombia Pact Gets U K Of Senators
The senate foreign relations committee approved a modified treaty with Colombia authorizing payment of 25 million dollars for the partition of Panama. The pact now includes joint regret by both nations for incidents harming ties and drops a Colombia acknowledgment of U S title to the Canal Zone. The reduced 15 million payment amendment was removed.
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Washington
Mar
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Colombia
United States
Panama
Senate
Canal Zone
Missouri House approves bill to create state fire marshal
Jefferson City March 14 Missouri lawmakers push to establish a state fire marshal as the senate previously rejected a similar measure last week. The House passed the bill seeking a dedicated official to oversee fire safety and inspection duties.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House
Senate
Armament On U S Merchant Ships At War Zone
Armament heavy enough to combat any submarine is being mounted on American merchant vessels bound for the German war zone. Some ships may carry four big guns with a diplomat aboard the first armed ship. The move marks a unprecedented step under international law to protect crews and ships carrying contraband.
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Washington
Mar
State Department
Department
Navy Department
United States
Hugh Gibson
London
Gibson
Captain Boy-Ed Slips Into U S On Diver
Philadelphia report says Captain Karl Boy-Ed former German naval attaché was in the city within a week as part of a Justice Department probe into a smuggling plot tied to two interned German commerce raiders. He is linked to Adelbert Fischer of Schutte-Koerting, a major warship bidder, and is suspected as the plot’s brains.
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Karl Boy-Ed
Washington
Frank Garbarino
Philadelphia Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Philadelphia Pavy Ward
Schutte-Koerting Company
Boy-Ed
von Papen
Wilson
United States
Mexican
Couple Die In Auto Mishap Near Jacksonville Illinois
Amos Wellenreiper a 30 year old farmer and his wife died when their auto plunged from a high bridge near Jacksonville Illinois. An infant son survived unharmed held in the mother's arms. Mrs Wellenreiper formerly Miss Kate Hagner of Arenzville Illinois. Authorities believe steering gear failed.
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Jacksonville
Ilol
Amos Wellenreiper
Wellenreiper
Kate Hagner
Arenzville
Ill
Aunt Fannie Smith Dies in Danville Roadway Death
The aged former cook to Abraham Lincoln during his Danville visits was found dead on a road near Danville. Authorities believe she was struck and killed by an automobile.
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Dancille
Fannie Smith
Vermilion County
Abraham Lincoln
Danville
Bill for Greater St. Louis Passes
Jefferson City Missouri March 13 The Missouri senate passed a bill authorizing the City of St. Louis to annex all or any part of St. Louis county in a majority vote of the city and county favoring the annexation The city and county elections to be separate.
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Greater St. Louis
Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
St. Louis
St. Louis County
Canada Offers 150 Million Domestic War Loan
Ottawa reports the third Canadian domestic war loan of 150 million dollars is issued as 5 percent twenty year bonds priced at ninety six. The loan is open for purchase in the United States and payable in New York.
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Canada
Ottawa
United
Wilson Renames Carlile Postmaster Nominee to Senate
Washington March 15 The President sent to the Senate the nominations of officials not confirmed in the recent session including William Buford Carlile for Chicago postmaster and William H Edwards for New York second district collector of internal revenue.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Congress
William Buford Carlile
Chicago
William H
Fig Bill) Edwards
New York
British take Kazimain near Baghdad after coup
British cavalry advancing from Baghdad occupied Kazimain on the Tigris five miles above Baghdad on March 11. The official report details Turkish destruction in Baghdad since February 23, with British forces recovering camp equipment, arms, ammunition, and prisoners. Between 200 and 300 Turkish dead were counted on the left bank of the Tigris, and 300 Turkish prisoners were taken.
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London
Bagdad
Kazimain
Tigris
Beedadi
Tieris
Gerard welcomed by hundreds in Daytona on journey to Washington
James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany and his party arrived in Daytona with a large crowd and band greeting. He smiled as the crowd cheered and escorted the travelers on their way from Berlin toward Washington.
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Gerard
Daytona
Fila
James W. Gerard
Germany
Berlin
Washington
Insult Revelry Ends in Roadhouse Killing at Mitchell
In Mitchell Illinois William FE Kennedy, 27, of Alton, was shot four times by Clarence Kelly 17, of Woodriver, after a dispute over an insult to Miss Catherine Burke of Woodriver. The confrontation began when Kennedy allegedly insulted Burke while Kelly escorted her. Kelly said Kennedy approached their table repeatedly and later spoke to the girl leading to a fatal quarrel.
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Mitchell
Ill
William FE. Kennedy
Alton
Clarence Kelly
Woodriver
Kennedy
Catherine Burke
Kelly
Thaw declared insane. extradition halted in Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw was adjudged a lunatic by the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court after lunacy proceedings. He will be kept at St. Mary's hospital pending transfer to a Pennsylvania asylum, ending extradition efforts for his assault trial in New York. The decision triggers a New York response to pursue further actions via Governor Brumbaugh and the state attorney general.
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Harry K. Thaw
Common Pleas Court
New York
Frederick Gump, Jr
Kansas City
Thaw
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pennsylvania
Martin
State of
Court of Chancery
Commonwealth
Nother
Judza Martin
Common Pleas Court of
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Frederick Camp Jr
Swann
Brumbauch
Anid
Iunnev
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Porter Charlton
Black
Drew
New Hampshire
Supremeg Court
Whitman
Harry Thaw
Allies Sink 60 Submarines in Two Months
Washington reports that about sixty German submarines were captured and destroyed between January 1 and February 15. The average rate suggests rising Allied success against the U boats. No official count of Germany’s total submarine fleet is given, though unofficial figures cited range from 300 to 500.
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Washington
Germany
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