Revolution rocks Russia as czar abdicates and regent named
Stockholm and Petrograd report a major Russian uprising ending Nicholas II's reign. Protopopoff reported slain amid street fighting. Grand Duke Nicholas named regent for Alexis as the reactionary government falls and a safety committee seizes power. London notes say abdication possible.
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Moscow
Petrograd
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Stockholm
Empire of
Russia
Nicholas Sr
Russias
Michael Alexandrovitch
Czarovitch
Alexis Nicolaievitch
Protopopoff
Mar
M. Protopopoff
London
Czar
Sturmer
Interior
Committee of Safety
Germany
Duma
Canada Sells Its Wheat to Britain
Ottawa reports the Canadian council of agriculture at Regina decided all of Canada's wheat crop would go to the British government. No. 1 northern at Winnipeg to be paid 1.50 to 1.90 per bushel, with a 1.70 flat at Fort William for lower grades. Britain offered 1.59 at Fort William. the government will buy from farmers and ship to seaboard.
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Ottawa
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Regina
Canada
Winnipeg
Fort William
Dominion
Seaboard
Australia
Great Britain
England
Air Bubble Doctor Guilty In Wisconsin Case
Madison physician Dr. N J Hamilton convicted in the air bubble death of Mrs. Grace Haskell of New London Wisconsin and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary at Waupun.
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Madison
Wis
N. J. Hamilton
Grace Haskell
New London
Wanpun
Italians Win In Bu Am ez Tripoli Action
Italians announce the occupation of Bu Ame z Tripoli by Italian forces in a terse dispatch dated March 16 from Rome and Tripoli noting strategic gains in the campaign.
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Tripoli
Rome
Amez
Grand Duke Nicholas Named Regent of Russia in Anti-German Stand
A historic report notes Grand Duke Nicholas considered for regency in Russia as tensions rise with Germany. The article outlines his leadership role and potential impact on wartime governance and national policy.
U S Navy Awards Record Contracts for Battle and Scout Cruisers
Secretary Daniels announced the largest naval contract in U S history totaling over 100 million dollars for four battle cruisers and six scout cruisers. Newport News and Fore River will build one battle cruiser each, with two scout cruisers built by William Cramp Philadelphia Union Iron Works San Francisco and Seattle Construction. The Philadelphia navy yard will build the fifth battle cruiser. Work has started.
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Washington
Navy Department
Daniels
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation
William Cramp Company
Philadelphia
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Seattle Construction Company
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Department
Germans Hold 2 Americans in Internment Camp
Copenhagen reports two American crew members from the sunken Norwegian ship Storskog are detained in Germany. James Moore, joined by three Russians and one British crew, remains interned while August Henning of Chicago, a National Radiator bookkeeper, is denied permission to depart for the war's duration.
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Copenhagen
Germany
James Moore
Storskog
August Henning
Chicago
Berlin
National Radiator Company
Mr. Henning
Whitman Signs Compulsory Military Training Bill
Governor Whitman signed a bill extending the previous law to require all boys aged 16 to 19 in Albany to receive military instruction. The measure now covers working boys in addition to students from last year.
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Albany
N. Y
Whitman
Fire apparata refusing horse drawn fire engines
New York reports that in the previous year 1 045 pieces of automobile fire apparatus were bought by cities across the United States and Canada while only eighteen horse drawn vehicles remained in service according to Fireman's Herald statistics.
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New York
United States
Canada
Fireman’s Herald
Snow Plows Clear Duluth Blizzard Roads Resumes Street Cars
Duluth Minnesota reports snow plows including electric and many horse drawn units clearing blizzard blocked streets. Street car service has been resumed as railroads say lines are cleared and service is returning to normal.
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Duluth
Minn
Rail Strike Set to Begin Saturday Night Across Major Lines
New York reports a 400000 member railway brotherhood strike will go into effect at 6 pm Saturday, with engineers firemen conductors and trainmen in freight service among those called out. Negotiations have collapsed and Goethals eight hour day plans rejected. President Wilson appeals for restraint.
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New York
Mar
Brotherhoods
Grand Central Terminal
Goethals Commission
Brotherhood
W. G. Lee
Wilson
Brothershood
Goethals
Washington
Daniel C. Roper Named by President Wilson Tariff Commission
President Wilson appoints Daniel C. Roper to head or join the Tariff Commission, signaling a key personnel change in trade policy. The nomination highlights Roper as a figure in federal economic oversight during the era.
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Wilson
Tariff Commission
Crash Kills 1 Injures 5 In Fort Wayne Line Collision
A work car and a freight car collided on the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction main line south of Fort Wayne. Carl Thompson of Bluffton died, dead heading on the freight car. Injured are Roy Shields Bluffton motorman. Bill Kelley Fort Wayne conductor. W D North Fort Wayne foreman. Mike Draggoo Fort Wayne. Frank Prilla Fort Wayne.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Mar
Fort Wayne
Northern Indiana Traction Line
Here
Carl Thompson
Bluffton
Roy Shields
Bill Kelley
W. D. North
Mike Draggoo
Frank Prilla
Pastor for Sunday Movies in Valparaiso
Valparaiso Indiana March 16 moving picture theaters advertise the sermon of Rev John W Newsom pastor of the Baptist church. He will discuss did Governor Goodrich make a mistake in vetoing the Sunday motion picture law. Newsom favors clean pictures for Sunday but says the governor was right in his veto because someone tried to put something over.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Moving Picture
John W. Newsom
The
Baptist Church
Goodrich
Politically Reorganizing Germany After War Predicted
Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg told the Prussian diet that postwar Germany would see a political reorganization with greater people involvement in imperial affairs. He defended the war end plan and said the government would propose reform of the Prussian franchise.
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London
Mar
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Berlin
Reuter
Amsterdam
Reichciag
Diet
Germany
Gelderland Dutch Cruiser Hit by Boiler Explosion
A boiler explosion on the Dutch cruiser Gelderland during the night killed one sailor and injured fourteen. The ship was towed to Flushing by a torpedo boat, according to Reuters reporting from The Hague.
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London
Mar
Gelderland
Reuters
Hague
Flushing
Wabash Worker Killed While Unloading Rail at Clarksdale
William Daniels aged fifty, a section hand for the Wabash, was crushed to death at Clarksdale when a steel rail he was unloading from a car toppled and trapped him.
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Ball
Pana
Til
William Daniels
Clarksdale
Attacks in submarine zone raise war basis fears
Washington reports sworn statements from Liverpool describe the sinking of the British steamer Memnon Bakar with three Americans aboard. Two Americans were later endangered when the Belgian ship Hainault was sunk. Details of the Algonquin’s sinking also reach the State Department as prep for President Wilson’s April 16 address.
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Memnon Bakar
Hernault
Algonquin
Washington
Mar
State Department
Liverpool
Brisco
Barlow
Matthew Hill
Gainesville
Tex
Charles Edward Woods
Fourth Street
Portland
Ore
Jacob Simon
Portland Light
Fastnet
Consul Frost
Queenstown
Herman Pitto
Princess Ann
Francisco Rodriguez
van Vordt Street
Stevens
Plymouth
Nordberg
Wilson
Congress
Dr. Cary Grayson Confirmed as Navy Medical Director
Washington on March 16 Senate confirmed Dr Cary T Grayson a friend of President Wilson and naval aid as medical director and rear admiral after a long fight by Republican senators.
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Grayson
Washington
Mar
Cary T. Grayson
Wilson
Senate
Navy
Market report highlights for Chicago and East Buffalo livestock
Hogs receipts 21 000 with light to heavy price ranges from 14.20 to 14.45 and 11.50 to 13.00 for different grades. Cattle receipts 4 500 with prices 11.00 to 12.25 for steers and 8.60 to 9.25 for cows. East Buffalo quotes cattle 5 cars hogs 10 cars with top hogs 15.85 and lambs to 15.30.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
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