Trotzky forecasts army to oppose Germany in new Russia
Ambassador Francis quoted Leon Trotzky assuring an army under iron discipline to oppose German advances and defend the new republic. Trotzky warned against entente invasion of Siberia and suggested Soviet leaders may seek Entente help if supported, while the Odessa capture by Germany shifts grain supplies to Berlin.
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Trotzky
Siberia
Washington
State Department
Francis
Leon Trotzky
Germany
Trétzky
Moscow
Odessa
Reviewing Authority Reverses Court Martial Verdicts
Washington reports that four American soldiers condemned to death in France will not be shot. The judge advocate general’s office reviewed the records and found irregular findings, returning them to General Pershing with notes. The irregularities suggest Pershing must set aside the findings and restore the men to duty.
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Washington
France
Wil Son Wesgy
Judge Advocate General’s Office
Pershing
Nation’s Largest Naval Appropriation Bill Reported
The House committee on naval affairs reported the largest naval appropriation bill in U. S. history. It totals 1.325 billion dollars with 180 million for naval aviation, a sum double the original request.
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Washington
House
Committee On Naval Affairs
Floods Cause Widespread Damage Across States
Heavy rains trigger major flood events in Charleston West Virginia Detroit Michigan Rochester New York with water filling cellars halting trains and causing power outages. Elk River and Canisteo valley floods disrupt rail service and trigger large property losses across multiple communities.
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Charleston
W. Va
Elk River
Kanawha
Telephone Company
Kanawha and Michigan Railroad
Detroit
Mich
Lower
Michigan
Eaton Rapids
Ypsilanti
Jackson- Ypsilanti-Annn Arbor
Rochester
N. Y
Hornell
Canisteo
Mrs. Lucretia Rudolph Garfield Dies in California
Mrs. Lucretia Rudolph Garfield widow of President James A. Garfield died at her South Pasadena winter home after pneumonia. She would have been eighty eight next April. She left five children and sixteen grandchildren including Dr. Harry A. Garfield, James R. Garfield, Mrs. Joseph Stanley Brown, Irving Garfield, and Abram Garfield. Born in Hiram Ohio she married Garfield in 1858. A post assassination fund raised $360000 for her widowhood.
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Los Angels
Cal
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
James A. Garfield
United States
South Pasadena
Interior
Roosevelt
Joseph Stanley Brown
Irving Garfield
Boston
Abram Garfield
Cleveland
Allies to Seize Dutch Vessels in War Time Action
United States and Britain plan to seize all Dutch ships in allied ports on March 18 unless the Netherlands accepts an agreement. The move, cited as aiding Allied needs, would provide about one million tons of tonnage with liberal compensation and expanded meat exports.
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Washington
Netherlands
United States
Great Britain
Augustus Phillips
Wilson
The
Hague
Germany
Holland
Food Administration
London
Britain
German forces down nineteen Entente planes on front
Berlin reports nineteen Entente aircraft were shot down on the Franco Belgian front yesterday as confirmed by army headquarters.
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Berlin
U.S. GUNS BLOW UP FOE IN HOT Tuol Sector Fights
American raiders in the Tuol sector of France pressed into German trenches under a heavy artillery barrage. They found evacuated lines, routed the enemy, and recovered bombardment evidence including dugouts and bodies. No prisoners were taken as Germans fled.
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France
Tuol
Bowies
Luneville
Lorraine
Chemin Des Dames
Clumecy
Toul
Govnain
Amercan
Queensland villages razed by cyclone reported
A Vancouver World cable from Sydney says several Queensland villages in Australia were destroyed by a cyclone with heavy casualties reported. The news notes extensive damage and power outages across the coastal regions.
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Australia
Sydney
Vancouver
B. C
Queensland
N. W
Vancouver World
Seize U S Menon Ship Held by Finnish Red Guards
Reports from Stockholm say Americans who left Finland on a neutral ship after the German occupation were captured. Twenty five Americans who left Helsingfors have been held at Bjomssborg by the Finnish Red Guards on the west coast, northwest of Helsingfors. Passes were refused. some allied missions except Britain escaped via Helsingfors to Sweden. The French secured a Red Guard armistice for fugitives, but General Manneheim rejected it.
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Washington
State Department
Stockholm
Finland
Helsingfors
Red Guards
Bjoemsborg
Morris
Stoeckholm
Haynes
Sweden
Mr. Morris
Red Guard
Manneheim
Rainbow Division Repels German Raid in March Front
Pershing reports Forty-Second Rainbow division repulsed a March 5 trench raid with light American losses and no prisoners. General Gerard of the Eighth French Army personally congratulated the division commander. The report notes 149th artillery, formerly the first Illinois, is part of the Rainbow division.
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Gerard
Washington
Pershing
One Hundred and Forty-ninth Artillery
First Illinois Artillery
Henry J. Reilly
One Hundred and Forty-ninth
War Department
Mareh
Eighth French Army
Army selects Atlantic coast sites for hero squadrons and balloon units
Washington reports the War Department has formed an army board led by Maj Norman W Peck to pick sites along the Atlantic coast for hero squadrons and balloon companies. Charleston S C Fort Totten N Y and Boston will host meetings with district commanders aiding site selection while state officials clash with federal leaders over war materials truck taxes and road upkeep.
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Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
War Department
Atlantic Coast
Norman W. Peck
Sizhal Corps
Charleston
S. C
Fort Totten
N. Y
Boston
South Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
I- 18
Maryland
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
70 in New Casualty List
Washington reports General Pershing’s casualty list shows 70 soldiers with four killed in action two dead of wounds one dead of accident and nine of di sease plus 14 severely and 40 slightly wounded Names include Capt Hugh H Barber Lieut Horace B Sinth Lieut Bernard Vant Hof and others with specific causes such as died of wounds died of disease and pnuemonia etc
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Toul
United States Army
Spain
War Department
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Prance
Yoo
United States
Washington
Pershing
Hugh H. Barber
Horace B Sinth
Bernard Vont Hof
Netion Corp
Albert Fr. Behmer
Frank O'Connor
Cecil M. Conley
Fred D. Turner
Joseph L. Dip
Fred C. Brummett
Harry Wintkine
Clarence G. Bailey
Oscar W. Ahlberg
Harry S. Briges
Thomas R. Brown
John Bruny
John H. Howell
Walter ©. Jennings
Jess B E. McCarthy
Merritt M. Rhodes
Bernard Vant Hof
Corp
George C. Marcher
Joseph ©. Swanson
Lyle W. Barnes
Harlan W. Chamberlain
Lloyd Culp
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U. S. A. General Hospital
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Fort McHenry
Michigane
James Garfield
U. S
Entente
Joseph L. Canby
Chicago
Clemenceau
Canby
No Man’s Land
U.S
U. S. Menon
Rainbow Division
U. S. Army
ARMY
Atlantic
Kaiser
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