Iowa Plans Adopted For National Guard War Measures
Des Moines reports subcommittees and governors advancing bills to fund up to 500000 dollars for military needs should Iowa be called to raise troops. The War Department orders twenty infantry regiments and five battalions into federal service across western states for police and defense against possible civil disorder.
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Washington
Mar
War Department
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Try
South Dakota
North Dakota
Colorado
Wyoming
Ohio
Oregon
California
Idaho
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Michigan
Fifteen-Year-Old Bride Granted Marriage Chance
Pekin Illinois reports Peter Sers aged 38 can wed Germaine Derache aged 16 with no parental or authorities opposition. Sers was arrested when seeking a license but released later.
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Pekin
Peter Sers
Germaine Derache
Woman Ambushed and Slain in Burlington Mystery
Mrs. Alice Johnson was shot from ambush and killed in Burlington. Police search for her husband John G. Johnson who was seen near the scene. He had quarreled with his wife shortly before the crime.
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Burlington
Mar
Alice Johnson
John G. Johnson
Mutiny aboard U boat ends with capture by patrol boat
Reports describe a mutinous U boat crew surrendering after a submarine bomb disabled the vessel. German officers were missing and likely killed, while the crew and the vessel were taken by a British patrol boat after the U boat surfaced in view of a merchant ship.
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Clark
London
Admiralty
Navy Drives to Ready 87,000 as France Aid Debates
Washington March 27 three moves push naval readiness. The hornet squadron is reinforced, the marine corps raised to 17,400, and a drive to recruit 25,000 more for the fleet to relieve officer shortages. President Wilson met with Secretary Daniels and Counselor Polk amid talks on aiding France and possible large bond issues.
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Marine Corps
France
Washington
Mar
America
Wilson
State Department
Daniels
Polk
Navy
Naval Militia
Man 72, in Terre Haute, Axes Car Over Fuel Fumes
Frank Genung was jailed after destroying the family car with an ax to protest high gasoline costs. He admits the act but says his family overused the machine while fuel was expensive.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Frank Genung
St Louis Arrives Safely in Port After Atlantic Crossing
The American liner St Louis has reached its destination safely, the secretary of the navy reports. Route, passage details, and return port are kept secret under censorship rules. The arrival information came from the American Line offices in New York to ease anxious relatives. No trip details were released by the company.
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Washington
Mar
St. Louis
Atlantic
Daniels
Navy Department
American Line
New York
Indiana Storm Death Toll Reaches 36 in New Albany
The body of E. W. McCallum was found in a factory ruins, and Alpha Everbach, eight, died in a hospital, raising New Albany storm fatalities to thirty six.
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New Albany
Ind
E. W. MecCallem
Alpha Everbach
Russians Cross Into Mosul Vilayet In Persia Front
Russian detachments pursuing Turks in Persia have crossed into the Turkish Mosul vilayet, Russian and British forces press toward Mosul from the south and west, with a possible junction forecast as fighting continues along the Tigris and from Kermanshah and Sakkiz.
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Petrograd
Persia
Kermanshah
Sakkiz
Americans aboard sunken ships reported by state dept
The Wilfred, a Norwegian steamer, was torpedoed by a German submarine with two Americans aboard, while the British steamer Chorley was also sunk with three Americans aboard. The Wilfred reportedly received a warning before sinking and carried no contraband or armament.
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Washington, Mar
Wilfred
Chorley
State Department
German workers force fellow to abdicate over flag salute
Two hundred German American employees at a Kansas City brewery compelled a coworker to abdicate after he refused to salute the American flag flown over the plant. The incident occurred in Kansas City Missouri on March 26.
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Kansas City
Resignation of M. & St. L. Road President Brown
The Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad announced the resignation of BE. L. Brown as president due to illness. The move was disclosed at the road's offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 26.
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Minneapolis, Minn
BE. L. Brown
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Riots Reported Across Italy Says German Press
The German press bureau states Vienna reports serious rioting in Italy. It says Milan and other towns in the upper and middle regions experienced unrest as letters arriving in Berlin confirm.
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Italy
Berlin
Vienna
Milan
Tragedy in Clement Area Ends in Ax Murder Suicide
William Kleeman a young farmer near Clement in Redwood Falls Minnesota killed his wife and four children with an ax then hanged himself. The motive unknown and authorities investigated the scene and filed the reports.
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Redwood Falls
Minn
William Kleeman
Clement
General Nivelle Leads New French Advance
General Nivelle commands a fresh French offensive as allied forces press forward on multiple sectors. Reports describe disciplined advance across rivers and villages with air support and coordinated ground maneuvers.
Germany called treaty breaker by United States note
Washington reports the U S government accuses Germany of treating treaties as scraps of paper in a full note on reconstruction of the 1799 accord. It says Germany's flagrant violations may have abrogated the 1785 1799 and 1828 treaties and questions mutuality of undertakings.
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Washington
Mar
Germany
United States
Sinking of 76 Ships Reported by German Admiralty
Berlin reports in the last days the sinking of twenty five steamships fourteen sailing vessels and thirty seven trawlers with total gross tonnage around eighty thousand by the admiralty.
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Berlin
Mar
Admiralty
Markets Report from Chicago and Omaha Livestock and Grain
Chicago hog receipts reach 48 000 with light shipping at 14 60 to 14 95 and heavy packing 14 65 to 14 90 mortgage terms show good to fancy pigs. Cattle receipts 3 000 with steers at 11 50 to 12 25 and cows 8 50 to 9 15, prime dealers 14 75 to 15 00. Omaha hogs receipts 7 600 steady market with heavy 14 60 to 14 80 light 14 40 to 14 70 pigs 12 00 to 13 50. cattle receipts 9 600 slow market native steers 9 00 to 12 00 cows 9 50 to 10 50 western steers 8 00 to 11 00 Texas steers 7 50 to 9 00 stockers 7 00 to 10 25.
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Chicago
Omaha
Texas
Hindenburg Line Under Severe French Assault
The battle for the Hindenburg line rages with French initiative driving forward toward Folembray and the Forest of Coucy. German counterattacks fail, with Paris claims of heavy German losses. In Black Sunday action, five German aircraft are downed. British forces seize Lagnicourt.
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Amsterdam
Hindenburg Line
Teuton
Paris
Folembray
Coucy
la Fere
Soissons
St. Gobain
Lens
Laon
Lille
Teutons
St. Quentin- la Fere
Soisson
Lagnicourt
London
France
New German Peace Move Foreshadowed by Berlin Paper
Amsterdam reports Vorwaerts, the Berlin Socialist newspaper, predicts Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg will issue a peace declaration next Thursday. The piece urges Russia to accept peace and vows to resist Russia allied with democratic powers aiming to break Germany as the last bastion of reaction.
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Amsterdam
Vorwaerts
Berlin
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Russia
Germany
Absolute equality pledge to Jews in Russia
Washington March 27 report from the Russian embassy states that Jews in Russia will have equal rights with others to own property reside anywhere serve in the army and navy access education and participate in elections. The change implies no further passport restrictions for Jewish travelers beyond those applicable to all persons.
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Washington
Mar
Russia
Sailors’ ships seized over unpaid Spanish ton tax
Havana dispatch from Madrid reports the Spanish government ordered seizure of several shipowners’ vessels after their refusal to pay a 3 pesetas per ton tax imposed by the minister of finance.
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Paris
Havana
Madrid
Newcastle Sends 200 Dollars to New Albany Tornado Relief
John W. Rodgers chairman of the finance committee for Newcastle relief telegraphed 200 dollars to the relief committee of New Albany Indiana. The city was struck by a tornado Friday afternoon more severe than the previous Newcastle disaster.
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Newcastle
New Albany
Ind
John W. Rodgers
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