Bolshevik Trio in Flux as Trotzky Resigns
Petrograd March 9 Leon Trotzky announced his resignation as commissary for foreign affairs at a Marshaliat party meeting. Berlin had forecast Krylenko and Trotzky departures, leaving Lenin as the surviving leader of the Bolshevik ruling triumvirate with Trotzky also serving as Petrograd Workmen and Soldiers Council president and food dictator.
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Petrograd
Leon Trotzky
Marshaliat Party
Leber Braunstein
Kerensky
Nikolai Lenine
Trotzky
Russia
Brest-Litovsk
Rotzky
Berlin
Krylenko
London
Council of People’s Commissarier
Restoration Plans for Siberia Under Kolchak
From Pekin on March 9 a new Russian army is to be formed to support General Semenoff in Siberia. Admiral Kolchak plans a popular government restoration with an allied force moving east from Manchuria toward Irkutsk, awaiting Japanese backing in money and men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
China
Siberia
Admiral Kolshak
Black Sea
Semenoff
Manchurian
Manchurai
Manchurian-Transbaikal
Irkutsk
Draft Board to Select Electrician for Kelley Field
Local Draft Board receives approval from Kelley Field in San Antonio Texas that they must supply electricians for aviation camp. Registrants will be examined starting Monday to select a competent man who will be sent to Kelley Field with all expenses paid.
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Kelley Field
San Antonio
Texas
Casualty Lists From France Released Without Addresses
Washington reports the first expurgated casualty list from the war department. It names First Lieutenant Louis J. Jorium killed in action and First Lieutenant John H. Greene slightly wounded. Thirty six privates are listed without home addresses or next of kin, detailing two killed in action, eight dead of disease, five severely wounded, nineteen slightly wounded, and two killed in accident including an airplane casualty.
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France
Washington
War Department
Louis J. Jorion
John H. Greene
Filling the Holes Contractor to Repair the Pavement
The contractor for laying new water mains announced materials have arrived to fix the pavement where the mains cross streets. One carload of brick is on the way after four months. Work began today on Tennessee street with further sections addressed in order. Some ditches on the parkings will wait due to water scarcity delaying settling.
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Tennessee Street
Mrs H M Light and daughter in Kansas City visit
Mrs H M Light and her daughter Mrs Henry Samson of Amarillo Texas spent today in Kansas City on a brief visit, sharing time with local friends and sightseeing before returning home.
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H. M. ‘Light
Henry Samson
Amarillo
Texas
Kansas City
Long Expected Hun Attack Begins On Western Front
German forces launch two heavy assaults on British lines in Belgium signaling a new phase of World War I on the western front. Despite initial gains, German attacks along stretches near Houtholst Wood and Poelderhoek Chateau are repulsed with heavy casualties, and British counter actions reclaim ground along the Ypres Menin road.
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Western Front
Teutons
Associated Press
Belgium
Houtholst Wood
Ypres-Menin
Poelderhoek Chateau
Two Russian Transports Sunk by German Destroyers
London March 9 A Copenhagen dispatch reports two Russian transports were attacked and sunk by German destroyers after a fight south of the Aland Islands on Thursday.
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London
Mar
Aland Islands
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Teutons Raid Paris
German aviators raided Paris last night with bombs causing some loss of life. Signals indicated the all clear at 12 30 a.m.
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Teutons
Paris
Germans Open Fresh Attack on London Front in Belgium
Germans launched a renewed assault after a daylong bombardment striking a front nearly a mile long from south of the Menin Road to north of Woelderhoek, according to the war office report dated March 9.
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London
Belgium
Menin Road
Woelderhoek
War Office
MAKE NEW PLANS High School Senior Girls Set May Fete Plan
At a senior girls meeting the class decided to run the annual May Fete and a girls circus at the high school. Proceeds will fund the Annual Breakfast. Jennie Glendinning and Roberta Gorsuch named to prepare arrangements. Silk or satin dresses banned for spring graduation.
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Jennie Glendinning
Roberta Gorsuch
Trying for Prize High School Junior Red Cross Contest
High school organizations compete in the Junior Red Cross contest with a Starter prize toward a Liberty Bond. The YWCA, the Ofitas, and the senior High School girls lead the field in the competition for best work.
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Red Cross
Ofitas
Y M C A Secretaries Not Exempt From Draft
A Camp Custer report by Burr Osborn states Y M C A secretaries in France are not exempt from regular military service. About fifteen are currently serving abroad with the rest having returned. The article clarifies these men are not part of the army but will be recalled when their names are called.
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Burr Osborn
Custer
Trench
Mrs T S Feastmaker and daughter to Kansas City visit
Mrs T S Feastmaker and her daughter Ethel traveled to Kansas City this morning for a several week stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Feastmaker
Fthel
Kansas City
Third Revolution Now in Russia Sparks National Guard
London reports Social revolutionaries plan a National guard to topple Bolshevik rule in Russia. Dr Kilelf of Moscow University cites a Moscow conference outcome via Copenhagen dispatch. A Don district army with Cossacks and a planned republic with a coalition government oppose German Bolshevik peace. Prof Eloff says Petrograd Bolshevik News Agency suppressed the news.
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London
Russia
Kilelf
Moscow University
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph
Moscow
Don
Eloff
Petrograd
Seed Demonstration At Fairview Prompts Seed Kafir Plan
Good attendance at the Fairview school house heard Prof Brentzel from the federal agriculture department lecture and see a dry oats treatment for smut. The event projected yield gains from five to twenty five bushels per acre and a committee of L D Howard Ed S Harvey and Charles Whedon to secure tested seed Kafir corn by March 20.
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Fairview
Prof
Brentzel
Federal Department of Agriculture
L. D. Howard
Ed S. Harvey
Charles Whedon
Salvage Sale Prompts Rubber Donations at University
Lucene Spencer oversees salvage salvage boxes placed in Fraser Hall Snow Hall and the Chemistry Building. Students are asked to transport salvaged rubber and bulbs to Kansas City with some proceeds aiding the Red Cross surgical dressings fund. Women students contribute more than men and faculty members lead in donations. Collections occur when quantities grow to fetch higher prices.
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Fraser Hall
Snow Hall
Lucene Spencer
Kansas City
Lawrence
University
Surgical
The
Red Cross
Big Adventists Meet in San Francisco Conference
Seventh-Day Adventists in the Kansas Conference plan to attend the General Conference sessions in San Francisco from March 29 to April 1. It will be the first since 1913 and likely the largest turnout. Civic Auditorium, seating 10,000, is secured for the full session with Pastor Morris Lukens, Kansas Conference president, chairing the Kansas delegation.
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San Francisco
Kansas
Morris Lukens
Wichita
Atchison
Chanute
Coffeyville
Emporia
Hutchinson
Independence
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Topeka
Ottawa
Duran Couple Plans Day Trip to Lawrence
Mr and Mrs Thomas Duran of Topeka will spend tomorrow in Lawrence for a brief visit with no further details provided.
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Thomas Duran
Topeka
Lawrence
Lone American Sentry Foils German Raid in France
A lone American sentry atop a trench repelled a German patrol of about forty, killing its leader and wounding others as the Americans countered with rifle fire and hand grenades. German flame projectors were repelled by an American patrol, marking the first liquid fire attack in the Toul sector. four projectors were captured and later photographed. The Lorraine front saw active artillery and air operations with no disclosed American casualties.
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France
Associated Press
No Man’s Land
Toul
Man’s Land
No Man's Land
Avhieh
Moantsen
Lorraine
Kansas Weather Report Update At Seven Pm
Weather report notes yesterday evening and today with temperatures around 0.2 and 0.5 at 2 pm. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday, with much colder conditions tonight and a warming trend in the northwest portion by Sunday.
Kansas Supreme Court upholds White Slave law
Topeka March. State supreme court upholds constitutionality of Kansas White Slave law. Decision expands scope of prosecution and allows penalties under state laws. Case arose from Montgomery County incident. lower court ruling overruled.
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State Supreme Court
Topeka
March
Kansas
State Supreme
Uraer
St Perme
Pleensin
Vwev
Gale Destroys Fraser Hall Roof and City Damage
A near gale with forty five mph winds swept the city injuring several structures. Fraser Hall roof torn off, two windows broken, a window in Snoholi, and a court bierttre damaged. Telephones poles toppled between Paxyrence and Lone Star, trees uprooted, and a high board fence at Friend lumber yard blown down.
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Fraser Hall
Fraser
Lone Star
Friend Lumber Yard
Old Landmark Gone Wind Destroys Two of Citys Ancient Trees
A strong wind destroyed one of the citys oldest trees at the corner of Fourteenth and Tennessee since 1859 and blocked the street railway on the University line for two hours. A large tree near Cordley School was uprooted leaving a wide hole and two electric light wires were broken.
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City
University
Fourteenth
Tennessee
Cordley School
Holloway
Old Allies Fight Battles Reported Between Russian and Romanian Troops
London dispatch reports the conclusion of peace between Russia and Romania. Romania agrees to evacuate all of Bessarabia including Berdarine on the Dniester within two months. The two allies have recently clashed in several battles as tensions eased.
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London
Russia
Romania
Bessarabia
Bendarin
Dniester River
Kishinev
Rumania
Sand in the Air From Red River Arkansas Claim
Herb Dunmire asserts red sand in the air comes from the Red River district in Arkansas. The Journal-World office boy checked papers on Massachusetts street and found no corroborating South American papers among the flying print, returning disappointed.
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Red River
Arkansas
Herb Dunmire
Journal-World
Massachusetts Street
Women Lead In Clerical Exam For Washington Ordnance Jobs
The third and final exam for prospective clerks for the ordnance and war departments in Washington is held today at Lawrence Business College rooms by Wim Mays. So far this year 270 have taken the exam. In Douglas county fifty-one participants include forty-two women and nine men. Teachers make up a large portion of examinees.
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Washington
D.C
Ordnance and War Departments
Lawrence Business College
Wim. Mays
Douglas County
Movs
Stork Beats Reaper in Lawrence Births Surpass Deaths
City Clerk Brooks reports February records show 17 births and 11 deaths in Lawrence. Stork outdistances grim reaper in local vital statistics tally, reflecting a growing population trend for the city.
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Lawrence
Brooks
Poultry Club Organized in School District 46 for War Work
The Poultry Club of School District No 46 is organized to support war work in agriculture. Kansas State Agricultural College backs the effort. Miss Ruth E. Clark will instruct the club’s activities.
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Has Poultry Club
Kansas State Agricultural College
Ruth E. Clark
Swadley Improves After Two Weeks’ Illness
E Swadley, ill with eas for the past two weeks at a Leonard avenue, is reported as improving.
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E. Swadley
Leonard Avenue
Five Mayoral Candidates In Lawrence Pro American
The Journal World notes five candidates for mayor in Lawrence. Each has supported war efforts and patriotism. Francisco cites a son in France, Bryant has two sons in the army, Spalding has a son in service, Kreeck led Red Cross campaigns, and Asher was a Four Minute Man promoting patriotic sentiment.
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Journal- World
Lawrence
Francisco
France
Alex C. Bryant
W. E. Spalding
George Kreeck
Campaign For the Red Cross
Douglas County
Henry H. Asher
Pershing's Request Signals Larger American Front for War
The war department plans a five to six corps field army under General Pershing, enabling American troops to hold a longer front than Britain did after two years of war. Censorship bars the exact date, but by January 1919 or earlier the U.S. may control about 100 miles of trenches, with some 150 to 200 thousand support troops and 40 thousand per corps. The larger unit plan aims to reduce organizational overhead while expanding frontline reach.
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Washington
Mar
Wuith
Debarkation
Pershing
Local basketball results from Class C games and junior matches
Methodists Rh defeated Union A 3 to 10 while Lutheran Union earned an 8 to 45 win over Presbyterian. Haskell Lecompton hosted two junior games with Y M Juniors facing Haskell Juniors and City Al Stars clashing with Haskell AIL Stars.
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Methodists
Union A
Christian
Lutheran
Union Av
Presbyterian
Haskell
Lecompton
Mideet
Y. M
City al Stars
AIL Stars
Real War Bread Eaten Here Soon Says Food Administrator
Lawrence bakers face wheat flour shortage and must use twenty percent substitutes. Federal authority demands full use of substitutes like corn flour or potato flour, with licenses at risk if not followed. Transportation delays hinder supply as bakers already bake Liberty Bread for wheatless days.
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Lawrence Bakers
France
Wichita
Clarence Hall
Hall
Walter P. Innes
Washington
Lawrence
Food Administration
MUST EAT SUBSTITUTES TRAITORS SAYS INNES
Walter P. Innes Kansas food administrator issues the fifty fifty rule for flour sales. He warns grocers must sell equal quantities of substitutes with flour or have stores closed. He also condemns buyers who divert substitutes to chickens or servants as enemies of the government and war effort.
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Administrator Innes
Wichita
Kans
Walter P. Innes
U.S
Kansas
Mr. Innes
France
Red Cross
Petition Circulates for Inter Urban Franchise Acceptance
Tom Sweeney circulated a petition in the business district urging the city commission to accept the inter urban franchise ordinance. The proposal would allow railway freight switching in the eastern city area and permit passenger cars only along Massachusetts street, with about two hundred local business leaders among the signers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Sweeney
City Commission
Eastrn
Massachusetts Street
Sweeney
Eastman Offers Reward to Find Stolen Auto Fixtures
Glen Eastman announces a $25 reward for information leading to recovery of a storage battery two inner tubes and other auto fixtures stolen from the Allen Curtist garage earlier this week. Eastman was arrested Tuesday and fined $20 plus costs after admitting taking a hood and cover from the garage. He now says the items were taken by mistake and placed on his own car, and seeks to locate the remaining missing articles.
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Glen Eastman
Allen Cur- Ust
Eastman
Joint meeting of Sons of Veterans and Auxiliary
A joint meeting of the Sons of Veterans and their Auxiliary will be held Monday evening at 8 o'clock in G. A. R. Hall. A full attendance is desired.
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Sons of Veterans
G. A. R. Hall
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Bolsheviks
Kaiser
Workmen and Soldiers Council
Anti-Bolsheviki
New Republic
Japan
Terauchi
Count Motono
Motono
Institute AT
KK. U
BIG Adventists
Kansas Weather Report
State Penitentiary
Uncle Sam
Stork
Reaper
BEND
Gonzag
Fercante Gonzaga
Italy
Genoa
General Gonzaga
Leddershry
Gorilza
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