Navy manpower debate shapes preparedness plan
Secretary Daniels testified before the House naval committee on enlistment trends and the disciplined path to a larger peacetime fleet. He outlined a 67 952 enlisted target, noting annual losses of about 21 225 and the need for skilled workers, machinists, and chauffeurs while stressing education and vocational training for sailors.
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Washington
Daniels
Navy
House Naval Committee
Department
Hich Kaves
Tropics
Naval Reserve
Jeln
British Hold Fourth of Front In France Report
London reports that three British armies now hold a quarter of the western front from the Yser to the Somme, releasing French forces for other sectors. The British aim is to time a coming offensive, while German attacks on Verdun are not yet breaking the strategic plan. In Saloniki, Serbian refugees dwindled by hunger and cold, with only about 40,000 reaching safety. German infantry efforts at Avecourt wood failed to retake positions, and Meuse artillery activity was heavy with no further Marincourt advances.
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London
Reuters
France
Yser
Somme
Verdun
Berne
Por’s
Saloniki
Milo
Comidéa
Geneva
Paris
Avecourt Wood
War Office
Saulis
Marincourt
Meuse
Six Wounded In Raid From Austrian Planes
Rome reports six persons were slightly wounded by bombs dropped during a raid on the Venice province last Monday. The attack was carried out from Austrian aircraft operating over the area.
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Rome
Paris
Venice
Woods Named Head Of Republican Committee
Washington March 30 Officers of the national Republican Committee were elected Representative Woods Iowa chairman Senator Fall New Mexico vice chairman John B Everyman Arnels secretary Executive committee Members include McKinley Illinois Woods Iowa Faireull New York Mondell Wyoming Kann California Austin Tennessee Campbell Kansas Browning New Jersey Steenerson Minnesota Stempt Virginia Winslow Massachusetts Fens Ohio Tilson Connecticut Graham Pennsylvania Miller Delaware Britt North Carolina
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Washington
D. C
National Republican Committtee
Representative Woods
Iowa
Senator Fall
New Mexico
John B. Everyman
Arnels
McKinley
Ilinois
Woods
Faireull
New York
Mondell
Wyoming
Kann
California
Austin
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Campbell
Kansas
Browning
New Jersey
Steenerson
Minnesota
Stempt
Virginia
Winslow
Massachusetts
Fens
Ohio
Tilson
Connecticut
Graham
Pennsylvania
Miller
Delaware
Britt
North Caroina
Villa Edifies Six Mexican Youths In Army Academy Plan
Bon Rafael March 10 Six Mexican lads receive education at a local military academy funded by Francisco Villa. They have studied since 1913 with 19 000 tuition paid in advance for three years. Villa also has 14 000 for six other youths two years ago at another academy.
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Bon Rafael
Cal
Francisco Villa
Amalgamated Society orders Glasgow strike return
London reports that after investigating grievances, the council of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers declared the six Clyde shops strike unconstitutional. The councils vote held that the stoppage violated the munitions of war act and urged workers to return to duty.
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London
Glasgow
Society of Engineera
Clyde
THREE MINERS TRAPPED IN SEWARD MINE ACCIDENT
Johnstown Pa March 50 Three miners are reported entombed today in the Cone Gielems coal mine at Seward eight miles from here after a collapse. Rescue crews race to reach them as conditions worsen and officials form a response plan.
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Johnstown
Cone- Gielems ‘Coal Company
Seward
Roosevelt’s 1920 Approach Shapes GOP Fight in Chicago
Kansas City March 31 A Washington dispatch says Theodore Roosevelt will defend national honor and oppose factional fights, urging a progressive, forward looking Republican platform on foreign relations and economic policy. He hints at Hughes support if Hughes withdraws. Roosevelt’s stance centers on avoiding a “milk and water” platform and ensuring a strong, unified campaign against the Democratic administration.
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Kansas City
Washington
Kansas City Star
Saya
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Chicago
Terun
Colonel Roosevelt
Hughes
Charles Bird
Massachusetts
Scientist Produces Synthetic Diamond Report Rises
Geneva reports a synthetic diamond may have been created at the Geneva laboratory of inorganic chemistry. Research involves carbonic anhydrides in chlorophylous pyridine solution with nitrous organic liquids. Residues include hard tetrahedral and octahedral crystals burning without ashes, insoluble in aqua regia, showing diamond-like properties.
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Geneva
Paris
Geneva Tribune
Geneva Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry
Aqua Regia
Record exports hit high for a month at New York port
Exports of domestic merchandise valued at 220 246 021 shipped through the port of New York set a new monthly record. The higher figure surpassed November’s best, indicating strong demand and a peak performance for the period.
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New York
Long Hunt A Read For Pancho Villa
A El Paso report says Villa raided San Tomas south of Namiquipa but no Mexican or railroad news confirms the raid. Officials believe Villa has slipped the Carranzista and American cordon as roving Villistas are reported in the Santa Maria valley. Ranchers warn prices on Villa may entice betrayals by peon informants, while US troops and de facto government forces press to trap the bandit.
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el Paso
Tex
Villa
Santo Tomas
Namiquipa
Mexico
Mexico Northwestern Railroad
Santa Maria
Chihuahua
Santa Maria Valley
Russians Prepare Renewal of Attacks on Riga Morning Report
London dispatch notes thaw in Russia as authorities forecast renewed German attacks on Riga within four weeks. Germany aims to strike by land and sea, massing ships at Libau to try to destroy the Russian fleet and seize control of the Baltic. Meanwhile, fighting continues along Dvina, Narocz, Oginski canal, Stripa and Bessarabian fronts with Russian offensives and artillery actions active in Jatha.
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London
Daily Mail
Petrograd
Riga
Libau
Baltic
Gulf of Riga
Dvinak
Lake Narocz
Oginski Canal
Stripa River
Bessarabian
Jatha
Obregon Raises Pay And Pension For Mexican Troops
Mexico City March 20 In a circular order General Obregon the minister of war advanced private soldier pay by 60 cents daily to be provided as a ration effective April 1 The measure also creates a pension for widows and orphans equaling one half the soldier s daily pay starting May 1 It marks Mexico s first organized pension system The constitutionalist government also demanded recall of the Spanish vice consul at Acapulco over artillery policy interference.
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Mexico City
Mex
General Obregon
Mexico
Acapulco
Eight More Airships To Be Sent Pershing
Washington March 30 the war department authorized at once the immediate dispatch of eight aeroplanes to Brigadier General Pershing. A special board of signal officers will inspect the machines. The board includes Capt Virginius E F Clark head of the motor and aviation school at San Diego Lieut Thomas De W Milling head instructor at San Diego and Lieut B Q Jones. Major General Funston stresses need for more flyers with advance columns in Mexico. Of the eight machines that accompanied the expedition two are destroyed four disabled leaving only two in service.
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Washington, D. C
Pershing
War Department
Virginius
FE. Clark
Department of Motora and Aviation Schoe
San Diego
Thomas de W. Milling
Ban Diego
Pacific Coast
B. Q. Jones
Signal Corps
Funston
Mexico
Reynolds to Denver Pitcher Signs With Club
Reynolds, a pitcher formerly with Louisville, has signed with the Denver club.Details from the March 30 report indicate the agreement was arranged by manager Hebel Oakes, bringing Reynolds to the squad for the season.
Embalmer Sought in Peck Mystery
New York March 31 a key witness in the Peck murder case remains missing Embalmer Eugene Kane who Dr Arthur Warren Waite says accepted 25000 to swear arsenic use in the body of Walter Peck the father in law of John E Peck Grand Rapids Mich is sought by the district attorney for conspiracy to hide a crime and possible involvement of others Undertaker John S Potter denies any plot and Waite says his client did not intend an insanity plea as a man from the evil spirit drove him to poison the Pecks.
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New York
Peck
Eugene
Kane
Arthur Warren Waite
Waite
Walte
John E. Peck
Grand Rapids
Mich
John 8. Potter
Alite
Aftor
Walter RB
Mr. Peck
Investigate Cause of Railroad Wreck in Amberat
Cleveland dispatch reports the Amberat railroad wreck toll may exceed 27 with two seriously injured, Albert Keller of Chicago and Wilbur Mahoney of Toledo not expected to live. A quadruple investigation will probe fault by federal state county authorities and the railroad. Officials differ on whether the engineer or the signalman bears primary blame, with debate over whether the signal or the engineer failed to heed orders as the eastbound train No 84 approached.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Amberat
Albert Keller
Chicago
Wilbur Mahoney
Toledo
Povernmae
D Company
Omara
Anid Hermas
Hess
New York
Dpmerica Railroad
Aslees
Nees
Diaz Movement in Mexico Sparks Conflicting Reports
Washington dispatches from European legations and Mexican officials diverge on Felix Diaz leading a revolutionary movement in southern Mexico. Some say Diaz commands a formidable anti American faction, while investigators claim Diaz may be outside Mexico, possibly hiding in the United States, with New Orleans as a probable location.
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Diaz
Washington, D. C
Advioey
Felix Diaz
Mexico
X Diaz
New Orleans
Troops Use Mexico Northwestern Railway for 140 Miles
American forces have operated along the Mexico Northwestern Railway for about ten days, moving troops and supplies along roughly 140 miles from Casas Grandes to Madera. Walter Warren, a Black trooper in Troop A, Tenth Cavalry, arrived in Columbus yesterday.
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Columbus
N. M
Mexico Northwestern
Casas Grandes
Madera
Walter Warren
Tenth Cavalry
Clandestine gambling resumes in Paris amid war strain
In Paris clandestine gambling houses reopen after wartime closures. A raid on Rue Chateaudun found 16 women and 4 men around tables, all foreigners. In Montmarte and the Latin Quarter, liquor sales after 10:30 pm skirt martial law. Poker and baccarat are cited as favored games in tense social scenes.
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Paris
Chateaudun
Montmarte
Greece in no mood to oppose Entente
A Greek high court official told the Associated Press that the serial attack on Salonika is Germany’s attempt to push Greece toward expulsion of French and British forces from Salonika. He said such a move is out of the question, noting Greece remains aligned with the Entente powers.
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Greece
Athens
Paris
Associated Press Today
Saloni
Germany
Nannat
Malon
Senlion
Australians Lose Four in Rain Rained Planes Fight
In Rome on a windy March day, four Austrians reportedly lost planes during a rain disrupted air event. The unclear text notes a Venetian location and Monday timing with scattered details about the incident.
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Rome
March
Provocative Americans Aid Villa Allegations Stir City News
Washington reports say a circle of agents seeks American sources of funds and supplies tied to Villa amid claims of German backing. New York and other cities are being checked. evidence remains unclear. Officials hesitate to act on collateral evidence, aiming to trace the trail to higher officers if possible.
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Washington
Feng Ail
New York
Pecca Gigs
CHARGES OF SCANDAL IN CANADA MUNITIONS CONTRACTS
Ottawa reports government awaiting Sir Sam Hughes reply from England over favoritism charges in munitions contracts. An insurgent government crisis feared as Middlemen profit over 1.6 million alleged from contracts. G W Kyte of Nova Scotia cites profits shared with Colonel J Wesley Allison, B F Yoakum, and Eugene Lignanti.
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Ottawa
Ont
Sam Hughes
England
Hughes
Canadian Shell Committee
G. W. Kyte
Richmond County
Nova Scotia
J. Wesley Allison
Militia Department
B. F. Yoakum
Eugene Lignanti
Montreal
Use of Mexican Northwestern Railroad in Mexican revolt
Washington imposed secrecy on General Funston over plans to use the Mexican Northwestern line under the de facto government. No comment on a code message about shipments from El Paso to Casas Grandes. Military circles hope for Carranza concessions to ease shipping, with guards over transit and continued non motor racks between Columbus and the field lane.
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San Antonio
Tex
Washington
General Funston
Exican
el Paso
Casas Brandes
State Department
Carranza
Columbus
Munitions Steamer Held Up by German Seized Near Lewes
Ernest dealer, a German, was arrested after aboard a British steamer bound from New York to Vladivostok with war material. A stowaway caused a scene by opening a safe, then signaling the vessel and papers. The man was landed this afternoon and is in custody.
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Lewes. del
Ernest Dealer
New York
Vladivostok
Air raid report cites German planes over city
A Havas dispatch notes another German aerial raid on the city was attempted yesterday. Allied airmen engaged the intruders, drove them off, and forced them to retreat without completing their mission. Several bombs were dropped on Orfani before the action ended.
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Havas
Balonski
Orfani
New Aviation Field Planned at Columbus New Mexico
Several hundred workers began work today on an aviation field in Columbus New Mexico. Land was cleared of small knolls and clumps of mesquite to allow proper landings and make the site suitable for purchase by the department.
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Columbus
N. M
Long distance presiding in Superior March event
In Superior on a March date, officials announce a long distance presiding activity. The report mentions J. T. Mur of Los Angeles and Perce Shipverde, Trae Areata, and related roles.
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Superior
Wis
J. T. Mur
Ins Angeles
Perce
Ios Shipverde
United States Seeks Proof on Sussex Submarine Attacks
Washington March 31 United States officials press to secure conclusive proof that German submarines torpedoed unarmed merchant ships including the Sussex. If Germany denies responsibility the United States will press investigations while preparing a decisive next step. Four vessels sunk in 24 hours and total British losses reach twenty since the campaign began. Ambassadors report survivors and aid from British destroyers. Copenhagen reports Pale mbang sunk by a submarine. Diadem sinks near Penarth.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Ihe
Sussex
Germany
Rome
Unies
State Department
Sayin
Vslue
Dulveland
Ottomar
London
Sonay
Caneee SF An
Ambassador Page
Submarine Base Found on Corfu Island
Paris reports an elaborate organization on Corfu supplying information and submarine parts to aid operations. Arrests have been made as authorities investigate links to France and possible support for submarine activity.
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Corfu
Paris
Diero
Av Home Og
Poe
Wain SAPEDITE SHIPMENTS
Rail traffic congestion slows shipments as railroad officials cite political disputes and policy delays. Freight movements are disrupted, affecting shipments to several hubs and regional customers. Local merchants report delays in receiving goods, increasing concerns over supply chains and regional commerce.
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Charles E. Hughes
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Huges
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Russia
Obregon
Embalirer
Dr. Waite
New York Central
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Palembang
Copenhagen
Rotterdam
Paleimbang
Palembunr
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Diadem
Penarth
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