Invasion Tactics Stir House Debates and Peace Terms
The House discusses Japan’s Siberian intervention and the Brest Litovsk peace with Central Powers. Balfour asserts Germany’s reach in Russia must be curbed, while Lenine’s Bolsheviks face internal splits as Russia must renounce occupied territories and demobilize. The article covers allied war aims, Japan’s loyalty, and upcoming policy shifts amid Bolshevik leadership changes.
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Trotzky
Russia
Ukraine
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Dvinsk
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Brest Litovsk
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Zinovis
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Congress of Sovites
Courland
Livonia
Avia Minor
Armenia
Vata
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Evian
Austria-Hungary
Rus
Hans Londen
Pehate
Siberia
House of Commons
Todas Browsht
Balfour
Vladivostok
Japan
State Insurance Chief Opposes Unfiled Rate Hike
Insurance Commissioner C. J. Watson says no rate increase can be granted without ten days notice and a hearing. He warns policies west of the Mississippi should not pay a ten percent war tax surcharge until proper filing and public protest opportunity exist. The Insurance Post reports Western fire insurers plan a ten percent rise effective March 18, tied to war costs and higher expenses, with removal planned after war costs end.
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Hamsas
Journal- World
Mississippi
Chicago
Insurance Post
United States
East
South
Iass
Will Shuffle Them Across Fronts In War Mobilization
Washington reports the neighborhood character of National Army and National Guard units will fade as the war advances. Army officials say the three line system, deemed essential by Pershing and Allied leaders, will give way to a replacement scheme to manage about 250000 men this year. Enlisted regulars national army and national guard are expected to be inter mixed across front line divisions as localization cannot be sustained.
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Washington
National Army
National Guard
Pershing
General Staff
Woodmen Class 25 Members Joined Lodge After Meeting
The Modern Woodmen of America held a weekly meeting last night with 25 candidates entering the lodge. A supper followed for attendees and the chief speaker was Mr. U. S. who is running for Congress from Kansas City district. A July Fourth picnic at Brown's Grove was decided in the business meeting, and a typographical error corrected about Mrs. Quinlan's age and hearing.
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Woodmen of America
U. S
Guyer
Kansas City
Kansas
Brown's Grove
A. A. Quinlan
Allies Warn Huns of Heavy Losses in Massive Foreign War
Amsterdam reports Allied leaders tell press Germany must expect vast casualties as peaceful overtures fail. Berlin interview cites German defensive losses near 400,000 in Verdun style offensives. London air raids on Coblenz devastate factories and munitions depots, two killed, many injured. British aviators drop tonnage on Coblenz, factories targeted. Paris says French detachment gains ground west of the Maury road. Austrian workers strike in rail and other factories. Local civic payments for primary officials completed. Boys Working Reserve urges enrollment.
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Verdun
Coblentz
London
Mareh Ti
Exchange Telegraph
Amsterdam
Reuter
Theologne Gazette
Coblenz
Pershing casualty list expected to be longer
Washington reports that Pershing's casualty list for today will be longer than any prior list and may not be publishable until tomorrow morning. No outward indication explains the longer list, though American troops have been active in recent days against German trenches.
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Washington
En. Pershing
War Department
Cleared First Trench for Company A’s Noncoms Exam
Company A officers report the first trench cleared as noncommissioned officers begin a second phase of tactics and service regulation testing. Captain Deen notes this marks the completion of the initial exam portion and a waiting list for state guard membership looms as recruits line up.
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Deen
Lecal
Waitiar
Divids
Baldwin road district moves to build state highway
Trotter of Baldwin met in Lawrence to name Palmyra townships property owners and discuss a proposed road district. The plan would fund a ten mile state highway along the Santa Fe Trail into Baldwin, extending from Palmyra to a narrows near the L. C. Baker farm then east to Black Jack.
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Paldwin
Trotter
Baldwin
Lawrence
Pal- Myre
Palymyra
Wile Tow Springs
L. C. Baker
Eight Indicted for Perjury Tied to Petitions in Chicago
Eighteen indi cts were charged with forgery connected to signatures for a petition of the cage Dry Federation to be submitted to voters at the April election. Lawrence Boy in France Charles E. Rinehart of 1225 Delaware learned his son Alfred, who joined service in December, has arrived in France. Helen Bacher returns to Lawrence after travel through Michigan Washington D C and De Phos Kansas.
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Chicago
Maren
Todas
Ohta
Cage Dry Federation
Lawrence
France
Charles E. Rinehart
Delaware
Alfred
Motor Mechanics
Helen Bacher
Lawrerence
Jackson
Michigan
Washington, D. C
Deiphos
Kansas
Senior Engineers Voting Trust disrupts campus beauty contest
A University campus row centers on the Senior Engineers Voting Trust, a group of engineers pledging to cast 20,000 to 30,000 votes to a single beauty contestant, raising concerns over election legality and fraternity influence as County Farm Bureau delays action awaiting the attorney general's opinion.
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Opasaihic
School of Engineering
Buresu En Acord
Puresu
J.B
Kansas Weather Report For Yesterday And Today
A brief weather note indicates yesterday’s and today’s conditions with hints of rain tonight and Saturday. It notes warmer weather in the southern portion tonight and colder conditions Saturday.
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Kansas
South Portion
Delegates Return Home Backing Wilson and Fuel Policy
Business delegates returning from Pittsburgh pledge support for Wilson and Breitinger. They report Kans Retailers Association backing fuel conservation and cooperation. Delegates note industry enthusiasm and strikes do not dampen resolve to push ahead with the agenda.
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Wilson
Harry J. Sparks
I. Winey
Pittabinto
Mien
Héover Breitingg
Rhss
Two Are Killed and Twenty-Eight Hurt in Landslide
A landslide at the Bethtown Cut on the Indianapolis and Chicago railroad occurred during a passenger train transit, killing two prefawns and injuring twenty-eight passengers and crew. The wreck shattered the end of the track and dumped the cars into the cut, with a massive boulder weighing several tons obstructing the line.
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Carl Harrisidge
I Bethtown
Haig
Clmimati
Indianapolis & Chicas
Atchison Man Interned as British Citizen Claim
Ter Carry fan Atchison man interned as a British citizen and neutral in wartime. Marek Fly, Bede erick Wonyad Krueger, former staff of Midland College, Atchison, Kansas, was taken for interment until war’s end. He claimed British citizenship. Papers found in his possession show modern language studies at Midland. Krueger, 26, missing London. Survivors landed at Kingstown, Ireland. Senator Isaac Stephenson died after illness. he had been ill a week. Wheat shortages persist. farmers behind by about a week.
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Sentral
Kansas City
Marek Fly
Bedeerick Wonyad Krueger
Poe
Fosoer
Menern
de. Krarger
Sen. Stephenson
Marinette
Wis
Marek Bi — Forint
Tsaac Stephenson
Pa Stephensen
Indictments Against I W W Members Returned in Wichita
A federal grand jury in Wichita returns thirty five indictments against I W W members. Most defendants are under arrest or interned for alleged espionage and subversion related to wartime activities. Trials likely at the September federal court session.
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Wichita
Arer
Enroll Boys March 18 in New Labor Reserve Plan
Secretary Wilson of the Labor Department announces enrollment for a Boys Working Reserve starting Monday. Principal Olney notes 20 boys enrolled with about 80 more expected. no draft. The program, under an employment bureau, will use Superintendent Kent to assign boys to suitable posts.
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Wilson
Labor Department
Fetter Vo
HL Olney
Hee
Kent
Olney
Not Lion Tamer Local Expressman’s Record Dash
A garbled report from Marvin Brye describes a local expressman at Camp Funston era events involving Madame Adisie-Castella and Patet ment Alexander. The piece references lion cages and a massed performance for soldiers, noting doors and feeding practices and a Kansas City meet.
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Marvin Brye
Patet
Alexander Tfe
Madany
Madame “Adisie-Castella
Massi
Camp Funston
Hanity
Rye
Kansas City
Alexander
Soldiers of the National Army Impress Junction City Visitor
J. D. Gavitt, returning from Junction City, witnessed the Valley plan at the VY. M L Koty ure Has E Pmnt. He was greatly impressed by the magnificent appearance of the soldiers of the National Army.
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J.D. Gavitt
Junction City
National Army
Wage Ruling Boosts Pay for Women in Kansas Stores
Kansas state industrial welfare commission enacts a minimum wage for experienced female workers in mercantile establishments. The rule sets weekly wages of at least 6 for first six months and 6.50 for five months, with limits on minors and apprentices, prompting chain stores to adjust staffing to meet the new pay scale.
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Lawrence
State Industrial Welfare Commission
Sc Eves
Herbert Bullene
Innes Stare
Henry Boerer
Boener Cigar Factory
Aire Rece
J. H. Cohn
Te Industrial Boardy
Brewster
Cuts Booze Belt in Great Britain Speech
March 15. Premier Lloyd examined alcohol policy noting consumption now amounts to one third of four years ago. He told archmen at the city temple that no spirits were manufactured, and warned that choosing between bread and beer would not hesitate the government.
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Great Britain
Lloyd
Ben
One Delivery Plan Urged by Lawrence Merchants
The Lawrence Merchants Association advocates a citywide one delivery plan to reduce living costs. They aim to recruit all grocers and butchers into the Merchants livery system, with a morning delivery seen as best for most patrons. A campaign among non-members continues amid association discussions. War in the Air notes several British and German air engagements on the western front.
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City
Merchants Association
Butchers of
Lawrence
Sheriff to Begin Tax Enforcement Next Week
The county order shifts to the sheriff who will publish nonpaying taxpayers next week. He will collect where possible and levy a 50 cent penalty plus one and a half percent of the tax.
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