German Army Presses East Amid Bolshevik Resistance
German forces press into the Russian front as Bolshevik defense tightens in Petrograd and Pskov. Street fighting continues with troops and workers fortifying around Petrograd while reports claim a provisional government forms in Estonia at Reval.
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Washington
von Hertling
Germany
Petrograd
Luga
Pskov
Council of Workmen's
Trotzky
Esthonia
Reval
Courland
Lithuania
Switzerland
Saxony
Russia Will Defend Petrograd as German Armistice Fails
London reports that the Russian government says they will defend Petrograd against German forces. An official wireless statement notes Germany refused an armistice and a peace delegation heads to Brest Litovsk. The message vows defense and readiness to sign what they call the usurpation peace, with continued German advances.
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von Hertling
Germany
East
Teuton
Russia
Pskov
Associated Press
London
Brest-Litovsk
Dlepatch
Ships Officers Arrested in Pro German Plot
A Pacific Port report states the captain, chief engineer, and purser of the steamship Centralla were arrested by federal authorities after an investigation into a pro German plot to aid Germans in Lower California and parts of Central and South America. The men were also accused of pro German sentiments and hindering draft operations.
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Pacific
Centralla
Lower
California
Central America
Weather Outlook Half A State More Temperate Tonight
Harrisburg area will see partly warmer conditions with a low near 35 degrees. Eastern Pennsylvania can expect partly cloudy skies, a slight warmup through tonight and Thursday, with gentle west winds.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pskov Taken and Retaken in Slavs Battle
A Petrograd rumor via Reuters says Pskov changed hands with Germans and Bolsheviks both claiming recapture. Reports note ongoing back and forth exits, with Borisoff near Minsk reported captured, and Orsha and Smolensk in evacuation. Fighting at Rostov-on-the-Don ended Monday night as Cossacks withdrew.
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London
Pskov
Petrograd
Borisoff
Minsk
Orsha
Smolensk
Rostov-on-the-Don
Leaky Gas Tube Causes Death of Two Children
In Philadelphia a leaky gas lamp tube wrapped with wax caused the suffocation of a three year old child, a seven month old child, and their father. The children's grandmother found the bodies while the mother lay dying in a critical condition.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Governor to Name Acting Health Commissioner Today
Governor Brumbaugh will name an acting commissioner of health to serve until a successor to the late Samuel G. Dixon is appointed. The move follows Dixon’s illness and centralization of the department. Dr. B. F. Royer, chief medical inspector, is considered likely to be temporary head.
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State Department of Health
Brumbaugh
Samuel G. Dixon
Brown
Dixon
Department
B. F. Royer
War Department Plans broader training areas for student aviators
Immediate steps to reduce collisions among student aviators will be taken by the War Department by spreading out training areas.
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Washington
War Department
Forty Aboard Navy Tug Cherokee Lost Off Atlantic Coast
Thirty officers and sailors are believed lost after the naval tug Cherokee foundered in a fierce gale off Fenwick Island lightship. Ten survivors landed. four more men died of exposure or from drowning. four bodies were recovered in Philadelphia. The loss is blamed on a broken steering gear as waves overwhelmed the vessel.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fenwick Island
Delaware Capes
Philadelphia
Luckenbach Steamship Line
Navy Department
Atlantic
Smallpox Epidemic Strains County Costs
The city and Steelton face a smallpox outbreak with county maintenance estimated at $350 weekly for 100 quarantined individuals. The Poor Directors report 12 families reliant on aid and 53 people under quarantine in one Steelton house, with per person weekly costs around $3.50. Extra potato supplies were allocated to the Industrial and Nursery homes.
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Steelton
Death of Archbishop Prendergast in Philadelphia
Most Rev Edmond Francis Prendergast Archbishop of Philadelphia and spiritual head of 710000 Catholics and 779 priests died at Logan Square Philadelphia at 8 25 last night. He directed the church as Metropolitan of Pennsylvania with five suffragan bishops under him.
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Pennsylvania
Prendergast
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Altoona
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Edmond Francis Prendergast
Logan Square
Air Mail Service to Start April 15 in Aviation Training Plan
The Post Office Department announces daily air service between New York and Washington beginning April 15. Eight War Department airplanes will be used and pilots will be Army fliers. One round trip daily except Sundays, with stops at Philadelphia for mail, under a one year aviation training arrangement.
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New York
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War Department
Burleson
Baker
Army
Philadelphia
Potomac Park
Ue Island
van Gourtlandt Park
Mineola
Edward Bailey to Retire as Harrisburg Trust President
Edward Bailey will retire on March 1 as president of the Harrisburg Trust Company after a board meeting. He will stay on as chairman of the board and continues to lead the firm where he has served over twenty five years, marking his twenty fifth anniversary as president earlier this year.
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Edward Bailey
Harrisburg Trust Company
Bailey
Abraham Fortenbaugh
Hali
Americans Retaliate Against Hun Artillery In France
The American artillery returned fire on Monday after German shells. Montsec buildings were destroyed and a dugout fighting party was hit. Air activity rose with several dogfights and anti aircraft guns firing all day. A sausage balloon observer was withdrawn after enemy planes attacked it and gas affected some soldiers while asleep in dugouts.
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Associated Press
France
Montsec
LaRues Last Chance to Escape Army Service Ended
Samuel LaRue of New Freedom, a York County farmer, had his final appeal denied by President Wilson. He remains in training at Camp Meade as a conscientious objector claimant and will stay there until France or the war ends. The President rejected intervention, upholding a draft board ruling sending LaRue to camp despite ten prior appeals.
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Samuel LaRue
New Freedom
York County
LaRue
Camp Meade
France
Wilson
District Appeal Board
Harrisburg Plans Flour Registry to Curb Hoarding
Pennsylvania officials announced new regulations requiring housewives to register all flour in excess of normal supply within days. State Administrator Howard Heinz warned of drastic measures to prevent wheat hoarding as shortages loom.
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Harrisburg
State Food Administration
Pennsylvania
Howard Heinz
Harrisburg to Welcome English Labor Commission
Samuel Gompers informed H. M. Brooks that English Labor Commission members will visit Harrisburg on March 8. Brooks moved quickly to arrange a large rally on Chestnut Street in Harrisburg to welcome the delegation and promote labor interests.
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Chestnut Street
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
H. M. Brooks
Harrisburg
Three U S Soldiers Killed by Poison Gas on Western Front
Washington reports bombardments on the western front intensify with gas attacks near Ypres, Chemin-des-Dames, and Verdun. American troops northwest of Toul suffer fatalities and several are seriously wounded by gas. Germany presses submarine campaign against Spanish shipping, with the Neguri torpedoed as the latest casualty.
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U. S
Associated Press
Washington
Ypres
Chemin-des-Dames
Meuse
Verdun
Toul
Canned Goods Held For War Needs Advises Public
The Food Administration instructs canners to hold canned corn, peas, tomatoes, string beans and salmon for war needs until further notice. Report holdings now and separately from March 15 filings. those with no stock should report that fact. Government seeks to reassure households that there will be no commandeering of canned goods or home stocks.
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Washington
Food Administration
Late News Briefs From Dresdé on Lithuanian Saxony Union
Zurich reports ongoing talks for a union of Lithuania and Saxony, with Prince Frederick Christian cited. The dispatch warns Poland toward a renewed old union, while other sections note blackmail charges against HoH Hirsch and J. W. Cook and various war updates and legal cases across the period.
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Saxony
Dresdéth
Frederick Christian
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