French War Head Quits After Row
In Paris and London reports say Admiral Savage becomes minister of War. General Lyautey resigns after parliamentary uproar over his defense bill and priest conscription plan. Briand apprised, cabinet to meet as uproar highlights political tension and defeats in the chamber.
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London
Admiral Savage
Paris
Luis Lyautey
Briand
Lyautey
Chamber
War Ministry
Poincare
Tolny
Chamber of Deputies
Tat
Paul Deschane
National Defense
Hoe
Tribune
Petit Parisien
Figaro
General Lyauteyings
Kt Ia
Thom
General Lyautey
Lyal
Navy awards contracts for battleships and cruisers
The navy department awarded contracts totaling about 136 million dollars for five battle cruisers at 19 million each and six scout cruisers at about 6 million each. Secretary Daniels said the fifth battle cruiser would be built at the Philadelphia navy yard and two of the three remaining dreadnoughts will be built at navy yards.
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Washington
Navy Department
Daniels
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Navy Yards
Telegraphers Granted Wage Increases Across Railroads
Chicago on March 16 telegraphers from five railroads received wage increases. The Chicago & Northwestern Illinois Central Chicago & Eastern Illinois and Chicago & Alton granted raises averaging around a half percent while negotiations at the Chicago Great Western continue.
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Chicago
Chicago Great Western
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago & Eastern
Chicago & Alton
Professor's Victim Dies After Wounding in Virginia
Stockton Heth Jr was found wounded at the home of Prof Charles E. Vawter of Virginia Polytechnical Institute. He died at a Roanoke hospital as his brother and two sisters watched. A report states Heth claimed Professor Vawter fired the shot.
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Hoanoke
Stockton Heth, Jr
Charles E. Vawter
Virginia Polytechnic
Aitute
Birkburg
Heth
Vawter
Fred
Women March Over Potato Shortage in Glasgow Nova Scotia
About 2000 women organized by social interests marched to the city chamber to protest alleged potato supply hold ups. Protesters displayed banners including No potatoes no sugar what next. Town council declined to receive a deposition. inflation concerns cited as costs affect crop yields.
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Glasgow
NS. Y
Socialinte
Chambera
Sagamore Sunk By Submarine With Cargo Valued at 1.6 Million
Warren line reports indirect word that the British steamer Sagamore sailing from Boston February 21 to Liverpool was sunk by a submarine. Captain P Cummings commanded a crew of 40. Vessel carried general cargo including munitions and armed with a 4.7 inch gun. Ship and cargo valued at 1.6 million dollars. Two American firemen from Boston, Michael Holloway and John Henry, were said to have died aboard the Sagamore as departure approached.
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Boston
Mase
Agenta
Warren Line
Sagamore
Liverpool
Sag¢amore
P Cummings
Ater
Michael Holloway
John Henry
Tbhoard
New York Guards Readied for Quick Mobilization
Adjutant General Louis Stottsbury of the New York National Guard reports a War Department bureau of militia message urging unit commanders statewide to prepare for rapid mobilization. A full division has just returned from the border fully trained, with a coast artillery force and four more infantry regiments also on standby.
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New York
Adjt
Louis Stottsbury
New York Naional Guard
Bureau of Militia
War Department
Forcing Sweden into World War debated in Europe
London reports cite Count von Reventlow arguing Britain seeks to tilt neutral Sweden by expanding consular posts. He warns Germany will not wait for Sweden’s future stance toward the Entente, viewing the choice as crucial to the war. In New York, the ship Kristianiafjord sailed with 1,000 Americans seeking passage home but refused 600 applications amid submarine blockade fears.
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London
Amsterdam
Reuter’s
Count von Reventlow
Iton
Sweden
Berlin
Tages Zeitung
Great Britain
Germany
New York
Rts
Kristianiafjord
Bernstorff Seeks Audience With German Emperor
London dispatch reports Count von Bernstorff met with the foreign office and the imperial chancellor. He asked for an immediate audience with the emperor, said to be arranged for today, after facing cool reception in German papers for interviews given without government consultation.
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London
Count von Bernstorff
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Foreign Office
Short freight cars force mill closings in Minneapolis
Minneapolis March 16 One Washburn Crosby flour mill was closed and Pillsbury and Northwestern Consolidated considered shutting some plants due to a severe shortage of freight cars. Local millers said the crisis was more acute than ever before.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Washburn-Crosby Company
Pillsbury and
Northwestern Consolidated Companies
Russians Who Refused Must Salute U S Flag
Baltimore March 15 six Baltimore boys who refused to salute the United States flag as they were Internationalists will salute it in school in front of their matron and recite The Star Spangled Banner and My Country Tis of Thee. Suspension will be lifted only after this demonstration. It is understood all are now willing to comply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
United States
Transfer of Ships Under American Flag Gains
Washington March 14 A bureau of navigation report shows from July 1 1914 to February 28 1917 ships transferred to the American flag totaled 664 825 tons while ships sailing to foreign flags amounted to 50 810 tons The American fleet registered a net gain of 61 114 tons in vessels bought by American citizens, with Britain and Germany contributing most to the tonnage increase while Norway Japan and France showed significant net gains
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Navigation
Department of Commerce
Change in government rights reshapes Prussian Lords
Berlin reports motion by Herr Friedberg for electoral representation in the Prussian house of lords while maintaining royal appointment. Berlin dispatch notes Bethmann-Hollweg predicts postwar German reform to widen popular participation and shared imperial administration. Chancellor warns only united, patriotic effort can win the conflict and rebuild.
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Berlin
Bayville
Herr Friedberg
National Liberal Party
House of Lords
London
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reuter
Amsterdam
Diet
Germany
Republicans to Beat Treaty With Colombia
Republican members of the Senate foreign relations committee draft a minority report opposing ratification of the Colombia treaty. They say the United States should not pay Colombia 25 million dollars and see no grounds for regret over the Panama partition. GOP leaders claim to have 39 or 40 senators ready to defeat the treaty.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Colombia
United States
Panama
Grayson Confirmed After Long Senate Fight
Washington reports Lt Cary T Grayson a close ally of President Wilson was confirmed by the Senate as medical director and rear admiral in the navy after a lengthy opposition from Republican senators.
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Washington, D. C
Cary T. Grayson
Wilson
Senate
Navy
British Get All Wheat
Ottawa March 11 The Canadian Council of Agriculture meeting at Regina decided the wheat crop for the British government. Price set for No 1 northern at Winnipeg minimum 1.60 maximum 1.00 a bushel with an optional 1.70 at Fort William for grade from No 1 northern down to be levied by milling. The British offer was 1.00 at Fort William. the Canadian government will handle buying from farmers and ensuring transport to the warehouse.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Regina
Canada
Winnipes
Fort William
Czar Overthrown Amid Russian Revolution Push
Reports from Petrograd and Moscow detail a largely bloodless revolution as troops and duma allies seize power. The Provisional Government replaces the former regime. Emperor Nicholas appears at the palace as ministers resign and Sturmer and Protopopoff are detained or sought.
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London
Russia
Petrograd
Duma
Moscow
Sturmer
M. Protopopoff
Nicholas
Enin
Golitzine
Secret Police
Victory for party against the Germans in Petrograd
Washington reports a bloodless Russian Revolution in Petrograd viewed as a win for anti German forces. State Department briefings from Petrograd say order is restored and upheaval is settled as of mid March.
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Washington
Petrograd
Russia
State Department
Jewish Congress Date Fixed by Committee
New York March 11 May 1 set for assembling the Jewish congress in Washington. Unanimous resolutions call for election of delegates immediately so they may convene on short notice, and that the congress assemble not later than May 1, 1917. Bernard B. Darin, president of the Des Moines City Jewish Congress, says local organizations will meet soon to name a delegate. The aim is to present grievances and demands of Jews to the great powers at the peace conference.
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New York
Washington
D. C
Bernard B. Daron
Fiqux City Jewish Congress Organisation
Done
Toon
Bonar Law Proposes Supplementary Credit in Commons
London March 16 Andrew Bonar Law chancellor of the exchequer introduced in the house of commons a supplementary vote of credit of £464 000 000 for the current year setting a large wartime finance measure.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Command
British General says German withdrawal rapid on Somme front
London reports Brigadier General Frederick Maurice says German retreat from the Bucquoy line is progressing faster than expected and the new line may soon lie on the reverse side of the Bapaume ridge. Petrograd notes Turks retreat on Caucasian front as Russians press a wider Persian advance with Kermanshah captured.
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London
Frederick B. Maurice
British War Office
Associated Presse
Bucquoy
Somme
Bapaume Ridge
Petrograd
War Office
Kermanshah
Early war indicated by report from Washington
Washington reports indicate rising certainty of imminent conflict over Germany's submarine policy. Officials expect war, possibly a Berlin or Washington declaration, as Germany pursues a blockade and attacks ships entering the barred line. Admiral Gerard and Secretary Lansing discuss the situation amid tensions following the Algonquin sinking.
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Washington, D. C
Gerard
Lansing
Germany
Count von Bernatorff
Berlin
Washington
Congress
U.S
U S Accepts Honor Of Japs To Guthrie
Washington March 14 Japan formally accepted a Japanese offer to send a warship to bring home the body of the late American Ambassador Guthrie. The gesture was praised by officials as a signal honor from both the Japanese government and people.
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Washington, D. C
Japan
Guthrie
Gerard Reveals More of German Conditions
The report notes troops advancing toward Sakkia and Banu while pressing retreating Turks. In Hamadan direction, after an exhausting chase, our forces seized Kormanshah and continue the pursuit of the Turks.
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Gerard
Sakkia
Banu
Hamadan
Kormanshah
Union Rail Brotherhoods Give Final Strike Call
In New York on March 16 representatives of four railroad brotherhoods rejected a counterproposal and declared a general strike would start at 6 p.m. Saturday. They demanded immediate enforcement of the Adamson law while railroad executives declined and issued orders delaying freight shipments of all carload and less than carload tonnage.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Wilson Keeps Eye On Looming Railway Strike In Crisis
Washington March 16 President Wilson continued to monitor a threatened railway strike. If the strike nears, he is understood to issue a peremptory demand to both sides to reach a settlement in the public interest amid the grave international situation.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Open fighting grows British push ahead near Bapaume
London dispatch reports open fighting widening on a front near four miles west of Bapaume. British patrols clash with German rear guards as they press toward Bapaume, hardening a line while securing Grevillers and Loupart woods.
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London
France
Bapaume
Hapaume
ueMday
Grevillers
Loupart Woods
Outekirth
English Patent Aims at Hollow Steel Carriage Processing
An English patent describes a method to roll hollow steel carriages from ingots drilled and filled with heat resisting sand. Another English invention proposes withdrawing metals absorbed by the human body through electrolysis.
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Empire
Petro
M. Sturmer
Zematavoes
Rodzianko
Militareste
Seek Protopopoff
Council of the Empire
Sayville
M. Rodzianko
Othe
Engelhart
Gronski
Norway
Stockholm
Associated Press
Tuckerton
Tidningen
Sundevell
Neva
Nyheter
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Herlin
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Tokio
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