Trotsky Signals Bolshevik Plan to Organize Army and Resist German Drive
Washington reports Ambassador Francis quotes Leon Trotsky signaling Bolsheviks will organize an army under iron discipline to oppose Germany, worry over Entente invasion of Siberia, and hope Soviet congress endorses the stance. Odessa’s capture by Germany acknowledged, grain stores released to the invaders.
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Trotzky
Siberia
Washington
State Department
Francis
Leon Trotsky
Germany
New Republic
T Tky
Moscow
Odessa
Four American soldiers’ death sentences overturned in France
The four soldiers condemned by court martial for sleeping on post or disobeying orders will not be shot. The judge advocate general found irregularities in the findings and returned records to General Pershing, who will set aside the court findings and restore the men to duty.
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Washington
Muarch
France
Navy's Largest Appropriation Bill Sent to House
The naval appropriation bill, reported by the naval affairs committee, totals 1.325 billion dollars. It includes 150 million for naval aviation, double the initial request.
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Washington
House
Committee On Naval Affairs
Floods Cause Major Losses Across Several States
Recurring heavy rains trigger record floods in Charleston West Virginia Detroit Michigan and Hornell New York with property damage exceeding 1 000 000 in lower Michigan and widespread disruption to rail lines and power. The Canisteo Valley flood in Hornell forces evacuations and halts industries as rescue teams operate on flooded streets.
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Michigane
New York
Charleston
W. Va
Elk River
Kanawha
Telephone Company
Kanawha and Michigan Railroad
Detroit
Mich
Lower
Michigan
Eaton Rapids
Ypsilant
Jackson- Ypstlumi
Ann Arbor
Rochester
N. Y
Hornell
Canisteo
Erie & Shawmut
Mrs James Garfield Dies at 87 in California Home
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield widow of James A. Garfield died at her South Pasadena winter home after a recent illness. She would have turned eighty eight on April 19. She left five children and sixteen grandchildren, including Dr. Harry A Garfield and James R Garfield. Born in Hiram Ohio, she married Garfield in 1858 after meeting at Hiram College. A post assassination subscription later funded $360000 for her widow's relief.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
James A. Garfield
United States
South Pasadena
Interior
Roosevelt
Joseph Stanley Brown
Irving Garfield
Boston
Abram Garfield
Cleveland
Garfield
Hiram
Rudolph
James Abram Garfield
Hiram College
Allies 10 Seize Dutch Vessels in World War I Move
The United States and Great Britain plan to seize all Dutch ships in allied ports by March 18 unless the Netherlands accepts an agreement. Two major aims are to boost Allied tonnage and increase meat exports by up to 100 percent, with liberal export privileges offered as compensation. The move cites Lex Anguilla as legal precedent.
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Washington
Netherlands
United States
Great Britain
Augustus Phillips
Wilson
The
Hague
Germany
Holland
Food Administration
London
Britain
Nineteen Entente Planes Downed on Front
Berlin reports nineteen Entente airplanes downed on the Franco Belgian front yesterday. German army headquarters announced the air combat result.
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Berlin
Americans Raid German Trenches In Tuol Sector Fight
American raiders north of Tuol attacked German first lines found evacuated, with a heavy artillery barrage and machine gun fire. Troops entered the trenches, destroyed dugouts, and returned to own lines within 15 minutes without casualties.
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France
Tuol
Bowies
Luneville
Lorraing
Chemin Des Dames
Clamecy
Germans Did Not Remain To Febt
Amercan
Queensland villages razed by cyclone in Australia
A cable from Sydney reports several Queensland villages destroyed by a cyclone. Vancouver World notes heavy casualties as the disaster reaches the Australian coast.
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Australia
Sydney
Vancouver
T. C
Queensland
Sydnney, NX. & W
Vancouver World
Seize U. S. Men on Ship Held by Finnish Red Guards
Washington reports from Stockholm indicate Americans who left Finland on a neutral ship after the German occupation were captured. Twenty five Americans who left Helsingfors have been held by Finnish Red Guards at Bjom sborg on the west coast northwest of Helsingfors. Minister Morris in Stockholm relayed the American Consul Staynes as a party member that passes had been refused. All allied missions except Britain were able to leave via Helsingfors to Sweden. The French secured a Red Guard armistice permit for fugitives, but General Marn eheim rejected the arrangement.
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Washington
State Department
Stockholm
Finkind
Helsingfors
Red Guards
Bjoemsborg
Finland
Morris
Staynes
Pnasses
Army selects sites for aero squadrons and balloon companies
A War Department board was appointed to pick Atlantic coast sites for Hero squadrons and balloon companies. Norman W. Peck will lead the board meeting in Charleston West Point and Boston district commanders will add an officer. Separate Maryland truck tax dispute over war-material transport was debated by federal and state officials.
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Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
War Department
Atlantic Coast
Ala
Norman W. Peck
Signal Corps
Charleston
West Totten
N. Y
Boston
South Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic Coast
Maryland
Baltimore
Philadelphina
New York
Rainbow Division Repels German Raid With Light Loss
General Pershing reports American Forty-Second Rainbow division repulsed a German trench raid on March 5 with light losses. General Gerard of the Eighth French Army personally congratulated the division commander. The report notes Allied successes and German gas projectors discovered, limiting enemy plans near Toul. American deaths total 348 killed in action across theaters, with Spain and Philippines losses included in the broader casualty tally.
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Washington
Forty-Second
Rainbow Division
Pershing
Gerard
One Hundred and Forty-ninth Artillery
First Illinois Artillery
Henry J. Reilly
One Hundred and Forty-ninth
War Department
Eighth French Army
Toul
United States Army
Setion
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Kilhealin
Prance
Wien
70 IN NEW CASUALTY LIST FOR MAREHLIE GAONERAL PERSIINGUNITY LIST
The casualty roster lists 70 names with four in action and nine wounded. Among the fallen are Corporal Albert J. Rehmer and Privates Fred C. Brummett Harry Watkins and several others. Severely wounded include Lieut Bernard Vant Hof and Corporal George O. Marcher.
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Marehlie
Persiing
Firuy
Llugh TH. Barber
Horace B
Bernard Vent Hof
Netlonn
Albert J. Rehmer
Prank O'Connor
Cecil M. Conley
Fred D. Turner
Joseph L. Dip
Fred C. Brummett
Harry Watkins
Clarence Galley
Oscar W. Ahlberg
Larry 8. Tricus
Thomas KR. Brown
John Bruny
John H. Howell
Walter C. Jennings
Jess BE. McCarthy
Merritt M. Rhodes
Bernard Vant Hof
Corp
George O. Marcher
Joseph ©. Swanson
Lyle W. Barnes
Harlan W. Chamberlain
Lloyd Culp
William H. Dean
Joseph 0. Pige
Harold Hiar
G. Petty
Albert L. Rudig
Ralph R. Rutherford
Harry A. Templeton
Percival Vining
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Purnell
U. S. A. General Hospital
No. 2
Fort McHenry
James Garfield
U. S
Entente
U.S
Joseph L. Canby
Chicago
Clemenceau
Canby
No Man's Land
ARMY
Atlantic
Kaiser
U. S. Army
Teutons
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