U S Navy Accelerates War Readiness Against Submarines
Washington moves to rapid naval buildup after German submarine attacks. President Wilson orders 60 submarine chasers built at once and speeds up Annapolis graduations to supply more officers. An emergency $115 million appropriation funds construction and overtime pay.
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Germany
Washington
Congress
Annapolis
Mar
United States
Vigilancia
City of Memphis
Mlllinois
Wilson
Daniels
Lansing
New York Navy Yard
New York Yard
Navy Department
Naval Department
British Government Daily Expenditure Report Quoted
London March 20. In reply to a house of commons question Andrew Bonar Law the chancellor of the exchequer said the daily average expenditure of the British government from April 1 1918 to March 31 1917 would be about 30 million dollars.
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London
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Germans Lose 165 Towns In Big Drive
British and French troops press on in northern France capturing hundreds of villages as they advance on retreating German forces. Haig reports rapid progress with gains of two to eight miles depth and dozens of new villages, while Paris says over 125 villages and small towns have fallen. The French cavalry advances toward St Quentin, and the landscape shows widespread devastation. Since the retreat began France has recovered about 620 square miles.
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London
France
Haig
Paris
Ham
Somme
Chauny
Oise
St. Quentin-Laon
St. Quentin
Willard Fulton Bout Set for Milwaukee Outdoor Arena
Promoter Tom Andrews and manager Tom Jones confirm a ten round bout between Jess Willard and Fred Fulton to take place in June or July in Milwaukee. Both fighters are signed and official word will come with the Leonard Mitchell fight night announcement.
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Milwaukee
Jess Willard
Fred Fulton
Tom Jones
Tom Andrews
Willard
Fulton
Leonard Mitchell
Cargo Loss Claims $1,000,000 Valued Freight
New York reports that the Vigilancia sank with a cargo valued at $1,000,000. Owners list iron copper spelter machinery and foodstuffs among the lost goods.
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New York
Vigilancia
National Guards To Be Held In Service
Chicago dispatch reports General Thomas H. Barry orders state troops not to be mustered out and to stay at current stations. War department approval signals preparations for potential early hostilities with units in Colorado Iowa Michigan Indiana Ohio retained, including infantry cavalry artillery engineers signal corps and sanitary units.
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Chicago
Thomas H. Barry
Central Department
War Department
Colorado
Signal Corps
Iowa
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Taxi collision injures ten in Anderson
In Anderson Indiana on March 20 O C Shetterly of Lapel suffered serious cuts and George Poor a taxicab driver had cuts on the hand as eight others were bruised when Poor's taxi crashed with a machine driven by Ira Williams.
New Trial Granted in Patricide Case in Philadelphia
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has granted a new trial to Ernest Haines, a youth convicted of murdering his father in Philadelphia. The ruling comes as the latest turn in the patricide case, affecting ongoing judicial proceedings and potential sentencing.
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Philadelphia
Mar
Supreme Court of Pennsyyvania
Ernest Haines
No Lost Motion In William
In Terre Haute a shooting attempt ended with George Moore firing twice at William Roulett who boarded with Moore’s ex wife. Roulett seized the revolver, had Moore arrested, then obtained a marriage license and wed Mrs Moore.
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William
Tére Haute
Ind
George Moore
William Roulett
Roulett
Moore
General Haig Commands Victorious Britons on French Front
General Haig leads British forces in renewed operations on the Western Front as Allied troops push forward against German positions. Intercepted dispatches describe coordinated advances and consolidation of gains with increased shelling and patrol activity reported from multiple sectors.
Court Upholds Eight Hour Day Act in Rail Labor Ruling
The Supreme Court sustains Congress power to set eight hour workdays for railroad workers and approve wage increases. Chief Justice White describes workers as like soldiers in public service, upholding the Adamson Act 5 to 4 while noting dissents from Justices Day Pitney and Van Devanter.
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White
Congress
Washington
Mar
Supreme Court
Day
Pitney
Vandevanter
Justice McReynolds
McReynolds
Hugo Burden
van Devanter
Justice Day
Justice McKenna
Jstice
Grand Duke Michael Renounces Claim to Russian Throne
Grand Duke Michael announces he surrenders his right to the Russian throne. The decision ends his candidacy in the imperial succession.
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Michael
Interned Germans Break for Liberty at Philadelphia Yard
German sailors interned aboard the commerce raiders Prince Eitel Frederick and Pronprinz Wilhelm escaped at 9:30 p.m. from League Island navy yard. Police and patrols pursued through meadows near South Philadelphia, rescuing several men found in pools of water.
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Philadelphia
Mar
Prince Eitel Frederick
League Island Navy Yard
Navy Yard
South Philadelphia
Farm Loan Rate Sets 5 Percent For Farmers
Washington March 20 The Farm Loan Board announced a 5 percent interest rate on all loans to farmers by federal land banks and a 4.4 percent rate on bonds to be issued by the land banks.
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Washington
Mar
The
Farm Loan Board
Markets Update Hogs Cattle and Grain Prices Chicago East Buffalo
Chicago live stock receipts hogs 7,000 with light to heavy prices 14.90 to 15.10 and 11.75 to 13.25 for pigs. Cattle receipts 2,500 with steers 11.50 to 12.25 cows 8.60 to 9.25 and dealers 13.75 to 14.25. Cash grain corn 1.09 to 1.10 oats 0.59 0.60. East Buffalo quotes cattle 60 cars 50 cents higher hogs 15.75 and pigs 13.50 to 14.00. lambs 15.50 to 16.00, yearlings 13.00 to 14.00, wethers 12.50 to 12.75.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Russia Embraces Free Russia as Abdication Reigns
The resignation of Grand Duke Michael is accepted as Russia moves to a new government. The Duma committee backs abdication while Miliukov signals a new constitutional order. Jews gain citizenship rights and press freedom expands as Nicholas Romanoff’s fate remains uncertain. Lloyd George plans to congratulate the Duma.
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Petrograd
Mar
Michael
Duma
Price Looff
Milinkoff
Rodzianko
Grand Duke
Russia
Miliukoff
Council of
Revolutionary Party
Railroads to Pay 13 Million in Back Pay Under New Agreement
Chicago March 20 Back pay dating from January 1 covering the pay raise allowed railway employees under the new agreement and calling for a cash outlay of about 13 million dollars by the railroads up to March 19 was included in the agreement canceling the strike order. The move and union leaders forecasts of a nationwide push for an eight hour day dominated the railroad situation.
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Chicago
Man shoots three in Sparta as posse captures suspect
In Sparta Illinois on March 20 Everett Allen, identified as a negro, cut Billy McFarland and shot Samuel Burns and Gig Adams, wounding them seriously. He was later shot twice and captured by a posse of several hundred citizens. No motive for the violence is known.
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Sparta
Ill
Everett Allen
Samuel Burns
Gig Adams
Allen
Billy McFarland
Ammunition Plant Closes in Hammond Indiana Harbor
The American Steel and Foundry company at Indiana Harbor has closed its ammunition making plant, laying off 400 men. The plant, which produced shells, ran out of order and most workers found jobs in other Calumet region industries.
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Hammond
Ind
American Steel and Foundry Company
Indiana Harbor
Calumet
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U. S. Supreme Body
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Kronprinz Wilhelm
Gzarina
Czar
Crimea
Lloyd George
Nicholas Romanoff
Czarina
Berlin
Tsarskoe- Selo Winter Palace
England
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