French Charge Russ Duplicity and Lenin Funding Revelation
The Petit Parisien claims new German documents show payments to Lenin and other Russian revolutionaries from Berlin banks and the Rhenish Westphalia mine owners’ syndicate. Letters cite Comrade Trotzky and Scheidemann approving funds, with totals including 171750 dollars to Lenin and 38500 to Scheidemann, noting Lenin’s travel via Germany and money moves through Copenhagen and Stockholm.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
Bernard Taft
Russia
Deutsche Bank of
Berlin
Rhenish-Westphalia
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Lenine
Trotzky
Scheidemann
Maxim Gorky
German Imperial Bank
Switzerland
Lemine
Erich
Deutsche Bank
Furstenberg
Germany
Sweden
Geneva
M. Furstenberg
Katz
Decker
M. Oldberg
Nia Banken
Vorwaerts
Rhenish- Westphalia
M. Ruffer
Helsingfors
Diskonto Geselschaft
M. Lenine
Kronstadt
M. M. Hansen & Co
YS Nilandsweg
American Artillery Bombards German Battery at Richocourt Cemetery
American forces report destroying a German battery in Richocourt cemetery and shelling the village of Lahayville on March 20. Two munition stores were blown up, and gas shells from the dump drifted into American lines.
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United States
Germany
Richecourt
Lahayville
Baltimore Shipyard Strike Hits War Effort In 1918
Workers at a Baltimore shipyard walk out demanding 156 a day for chippers and caulkers and 24 a day for riveting gangs. Officials say the strike aims to impose a new day wage scale on government shipbuilding programs, threatening unfinished minesweepers and merchant ships. J A Franklin of the boiler-makers union expects a settlement, while the government calls for drastic action to safeguard production.
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Navy
J. A. Franklin
Baltimore
Baltimore Company
Allies May Pool Reserves for Major Western Offensives
Washington reports the supreme war council at Versailles may pool army reserves from all allied nations to concentrate attacks at chosen points. British and American officials see a possible shift from Paris or channel port drives to coordinated blows in France, Flanders, and perhaps Italy where the main theater could unfold this year. The plan hinges on centralized control and coordinated strategy under Wilson's insistence.
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Washington
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Paris
Channel
Supreme Council
Wilson
Lloyd- George
Lord Curzon
Douglas Haig
War Council
War Department
Italy
France
Flanders
State department reports mixed tallies on Blagoveshchensk fighting
Washington reports six Japanese killed and two wounded in Blagoveshchensk per Peking dispatches. London dispatches cite 150 Bolshevik deaths, while later Tientsin via London reports three deaths.
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Washington
State Department
Peking
Blagovieshtchensk
London
Tientsin
Lenroot Leads in Wisconsin Senate Race Early Returns
Fragmentary returns from Wisconsin's senate primaries show Irvine Lenroot leading James Thompson by one vote in a close GOP race while Davies dominates the Democratic side over McCarthy. Rural areas favor Davies. La Crosse and Jefferson counties reveal mixed results with Lenroot edging Thompson in several precincts.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Irvine L. Lenroot
James Thompson
la Follette
Lenroot
Thompson
Davies
McCarthy
Berger
Joseph E. D Davies
Federal Trade Commission
Charles McCarthy
la Crosse County
Berner
Necedah
Juneau County
Fort Atkinson
Jefferson County
Waterloo
Ashland
Japanese rush troops to Siberia amid Bolshevik riots
Japanese forces have been rushed into Amur province in Siberia to protect Japanese citizens and property from Bolshevik rioters, according to Tokyo dispatches dated March 20.
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Tokio
Amur Province
Siberia
Germans Drop Mustard Gas Ball Bombs on Trenches
In a March 20 report American troops say German airplanes released large 18 inch rubber balls filled with liquified mustard gas onto American trenches. The effect was not serious but soldiers are furious and angered by the attack.
Petrograd Ready to Surrender to Germans
London reports on March 20 that Petrograd is near surrender as German forces advance about 150 miles from the city. Dispatches say the Russian capital shows no organized resistance and adopts a waiting posture.
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London
Petrograd
Wisconsin soldiers voting law passes for April election
Madison Wisconsin March 20 The soldiers voting law from the special session of the Wisconsin legislature grants soldiers the right to vote in the April 2 election but excludes the primary.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Wilson Signs Daylight Saving Bill
President Wilson signed the daylight saving bill into law. The measure, approved by both houses, requires clocks to move forward one hour on the last Sunday in March.
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Wilson
Washington
Congress
Farmers Holding Wheat in Washington March Report
Ongoing rise in corn movement to primary markets is noted while wheat shipments stay at about one third normal. The food administration urges farmers to market all wheat they have before May 1 except what's needed for seeding.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
The
Food Administration
Mine sweepers held up by wage demands at Baltimore yards
Washington reports a serious delay in shipbuilding as 600 riveters, chippers, caulkers, reamers and drillers walked off at the Baltimore Dry Docks and Shipbuilding yards. Officials of the Shipping Board believe the stoppage stems from workers seeking a day wage scale for special tasks after receiving substantial pay increases a month earlier.
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Shipping Board
Washington
Baltimore
Baltimore Dry Docks
Burial of Isaac Stephenson in Marinette Wisconsin
The burial of Isaac Stephenson former United States senator who died last week took place in Marinette Wisconsin. Governor Philipp and many prominent state figures attended the funeral causing business in Marinette and Menominee to pause for five minutes during services.
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Marinette
Wis
Isaac Stephenson
United States
Philipp
Wisconsin
Twin Cities
Marinette and Menorminee
Posse Pursues Bank Bandits Near Miami Bank
A posse pursues three men who attempted a bank robbery at Miami Missouri. They blew the vault door with an explosive but fled when authorities from Carrollton arrived. The attempted crime occurred about 14 miles north of Marshall, Missouri.
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Marshall, Mo
Miami
Here
Carrollton
Tar coat and exile for I W W secretary in Yakima
In Yakima Washington at midnight H R B Myers secretary of the local I W W was dragged a mile from the city, tarred and feathered, and ordered to leave town. He claimed he was compelled by threats of death to carry out orders and feared execution. He said Spokane and Seattle funds backed Yakima I W W activities and pledged future good conduct.
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Yakima, Wash
H. RB. Myers
Yakima
Myers
Montana
Spokane
Seattle
Yakima , W. W
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