Iowa Senate Declares War State Pushes Military Training
Des Moines March 24. Iowa senators unanimously approve a concurrent resolution urging Congress to enact general military training nationwide as the nation enters a war with Germany. The resolution calls on leaders to act now to preserve democracy and constitutional government and to send copies to the President and Iowa's congressional delegation.
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Des Moines
United States
Germany
Iowa State Senate
Fraley
Iowa
J. R. Frailey
Senate
House
Bunker Hill
Appomattox Courthouse
Manila Bay
Thirty-seventh General Assembly
Congress of the United States
Albert .B. Cummins
William
Kenyon
Congress
Teutons Driven From New Positions In France Battle
Paris dispatches say a major open field battle may decide Kaiser's fate as German forces clash with French near St. Quentin La Fere and Soissons. French counter attacks push forward while Germans retreat after heavy losses. fresh French troops cross the Ailette. fighting rages along the Vregny Chivres line amidst ongoing assaults.
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Paris
France
St. Quentin
la Fere
von Hindenburg
Ham
St. Simon
Seraucourt-le-Grand
Aillette
Soissons
Vregny-Chivres
Werifice
Russia’s Nicholas Enters Tsarskoe Selo Custody
Report from Tsarskoe-Selo details Nicholas II arriving in custody with four Duma commissioners and a guard battalion, then being moved to Alexandrovsky palace where Alexandra and family are confined. Empress forbidden to use telephone. Finland gains historic rights. four-nation recognition arrives. Petrograd council to appoint women to committees.
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Tsarskoe-Selo
Russia
Fou
Duma
Nicholas Romanoff
Alexandrovsky Palace
Alexandra
Alexandrovsky Park
Nicholas
Prince Dolgoroukoff
Duman
Count Benckendorff
Kobuilinsky
Petrogradsky
Warsaw
Alexandria
Finland
Petrograd
Mar
Foreign Office
Grand Duchy
Alexander III
Nichols II
London
Reuter
Illinois Mobilization Requisitions Ordered for Guard Units
Adjutant General Dickson forwarded requisitions to Major General T. H. Barry in Chicago to equip 19 000 men and 581 officers of the Illinois national guard amid potential mobilization if hostilities with Germany arose. The package included possible mobilization points beyond those in state records.
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Chicago
Illinois National Guard
Germany
Dickson
T. H. Barry
Central Department
Illinois
Kane County Boy Seeks $5,000 Settlement in Train Suit
Timmie Whalen, a Kane county boy who lost both legs when run over by an Illinois Central train last summer, petitioned through his father to settle his $100,000 damage suit for $5,000 after a Kane county jury awarded $18,000. The railroad appealed.
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Creap
Clinton
Ill
Timmie” Whalen
Kane County
Illinois Central
Missionaries Ordered Out From Asiatic Turkey
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions announced that Ambassador Elkus in Constantinople may order any or all of the ninety one missionaries stationed in Asiatic Turkey to depart if deemed necessary by authorities.
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Boston
Mar
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Elkus
Constantinople
Asiatic
Turkey
Time fuse plant bid placed by D. T. Smith in Salt Lake City
D. T. Smith of Salt Lake City submitted a bid for one of the nation's largest time fuse plants. The Irvington, New York factory, capable of producing 15 000 time fuses daily, is the subject of the tender announced March 24.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mar
United States
D. T. Smith
Irvington
N. Y
Dr Jowett Targeted as Highest Paid U S Pastor
London pressure to secure Jowett prompts Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York to offer a salary of eighteen thousand dollars annually with a six month vacation, if he stays.
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Jowett
United States
London
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
U Boat Crisis Heads to Congress in Washington
President Wilson and his cabinet defer direct action against Germany until Congress convenes after April 2, preparing resources for instant mobilization. The Healdton tanker tragedy intensifies preparedness as officials weigh a break with Austria and relief for refugees held in Beirut.
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Washington
Mar
Wilson
Congress
Germany
United States
Champ Clark
House
Healdton
Holland
White House
Canitol Hill
Austria
Penfield
Vienna
Beirut
Asia Minor
Turkey
State Department
Mediterranean Barred Zone
Des Moines
Germany imposes Arctic Ocean blockade toward Archangel
The foreign office announced that Germany has established a blockade of the Arctic Ocean between Norway and Spitzbergen. The measure targets shipments to Archangel, a major Russian import port, signaling renewed pressure on Russia.
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Christiania
Mar
Foreign Office
Germany
Arctic Ocean
Norway
Spitzbergen
Archancel
Russia
Father of Waite Is Dead
War ren W. Waite, sixty, father of Arthur Warren Waite under death sentence in New York for poisoning murder, died at his Grand Rapids home after ten days of pneumonia. Arthur Warren Waite was arrested a year ago on the date of his father’s death.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Warren W. Waite
Arthur Warren Waite
New York
John B. Peck
Waite
Kaiser Leaves Land of France Desert
Paris reports that after withdrawal from a large French front sector German forces left barbed wire and tombstones. They demolished livestock and farm equipment, razed homes, and confiscated property. German soldiers reportedly took many local women as captives, exchanging older women and girls in return.
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Paris
Angel of Peace
Britain Tightens Sea Grip on Global Shipping
Government extended control of shipping and requisitioned liner tonnage at fixed rates for Australian South American and South African trades. Move aims to systematically bring most British tonnage under the shipping controller and coordinate its use.
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London
Mra
Secretary Tumulty Attacks New Jersey Home Rule Defeat
Secretary Tumulty issued a statement assailing political manipulation after a home rule bill with a local option provision was defeated in the New Jersey state legislature.
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Washington, Mar
Tumulty
New Jersey
Former Chicagoan Considered as Successor to Late Ambassador Guthrie
Washington March 24 Charles R Crane formerly of Chicago was under consideration by President Wilson for appointment as ambassador to Japan to succeed the late Ambassador Guthrie. Crane had been appointed minister to China in the Taft administration but was recalled before leaving San Francisco due to an interview on far eastern questions.
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Washington
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
Wilson
Japan
Ambassador Guthrie
Crane
China
Taft
San Francisco
Bar German Songs in Schools in Altoona
Altoona Pennsylvania March 24 officials discontinue teaching German national songs and anthems in high school courses. Moving forward only American patriotic airs will be used in language and music curricula.
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Altoona
Germany
Two Tornadoes Strike Indiana Cause Fatalities and Destruction
Indianapolis reports describe two tornadoes hitting Sullivan County and New Albany. The first, near Carlisle, killed one man and seriously injured ten or more, destroying farms and two schools. The second struck New Albany’s northeast, killing at least twelve and injuring about forty, with dozens of structures damaged or ruined and six colored children found among the wreckage.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Sullivan County
Carlisle
New Albany
Wesley Hines
Victoria Sartor
Frank Hines
Muriel Hines
George Adams
Wilson
W. A. Deiss
Wabash
Texas
Crossbury
Dutch Fleet Sails to U S for Grain Shipment
A fleet of fifteen Dutch steamers sailed from a Holland port for the United States via Halifax. The ships, under Netherlands government charter, are north of the German submarine zone and plan to load grain in New York before returning. The move follows Holland's food shortage and aims to use a merchant fleet to bear risks.
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Washington
Mar
Holland
United States
Halifax
British Isles
Netherlands
New York
FLAG DAY AT FORT WAYNE COURTHOUSE SPARKS CONTROVERSY
In Fort Wayne Indiana on March 24 a court ordered the removal of the American flag from the recorder's office windows. The courthouse shows the flag in the courtroom with court staff wearing lapel flags. Commissioner William C Schwier apologized publicly for the action.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Eggeman
William C. Schwier
Salvation Army offers 900 barracks for recruiting stations
Salvation Army Commander Evangeline Booth proposes 900 barracks to the war and navy department for recruiting stations. Located in major cities coast to coast, two officers traveled to Washington to confer with Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels.
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Salvation Army
U. S
New York
Evangeline Booth
War and Navy Department
Washington
Baker
Daniels
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