American ingenuity tops world navies with New Mexico propulsion breakthrough
London reports praise for Captain Durtnall and Admiral Griffin as the United States showcases a polyphase alternating current propulsion system on the battleship New Mexico. The invention enables compact motor units, fuel savings, and steady performance in heavy seas, challenging steam propulsion norms.
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London
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Admiral Griffin
W. L. R. Emmett
New Mexico
England
Daniels
William P. Durtnall
Institute of Marine Engineers
Royal Air Force
Naval
Chatham
Durtnall
Jangland
Charles Parsons
Sir Charles Parsons
Thompson Houston Electric Company
General Electric Company, A. & A
Comptroller General of Patents
Durtnul
Statue design by Ace Desiginer honors Pershing and doughboy
Lieut Walter Chalnire recently back from the front and an ace pilot designed a bronze statue of General Pershing with an American doughboy. The statue, to be cast by Miss Belle Kinney of New York, will be presented to General Pershing. Chalnire, a former newspaperman and admitted lawyer, spoke of his Paragon propulsion system and praised U S Navy trials of the New Mexico.
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Walter Chalnire
Nina Tfun
General Pershing
Belle Kinney
New York
Chalaire
France
Admiralty
Jupiter
New Mexico
Charles Parsons
Doctor Ferrand
Durball
United States Navy
Daniels
New Boundaries for Poland Drawn by Armistice Commission
The allied armistice commission fixes a provisional boundary in Posen, backing Poland for most of the province while leaving out areas deeply Germanized. The map highlights the new territory including Grosser Neudorf, Labischin, Schodziesen, Exin, Sann, Czarnikau, Birnbaum, Lientechen, Wollstein, Lissa, and Wiernszow.
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Posen
Grosser Neudorf
Bromberg
Labischin
Schodziesen
Exin
Sann
Czarnikau
New Ban on Fraternizing in Coblenz
American forces tighten control by banning soldiers from patronizing German doctors and limiting local food purchases. Newspapers praise the new German government while food shortages grow. A small meat supply boost comes from selling condemned army horses, and milk shortages are noted by health officials.
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Coblenz
Germany
Army of Occupation
Wrote Her Own Obituary Miss Haley Passes at 81
New York obituary notes Miss Anna M. Haley who died at 81 on Roseville Avenue New York wrote her own obituary four years earlier and left it with undertakers. It recalls spinal trouble a globe trotting health tour with her brother in 1879 1880 and her ancestral New York roots and Gramercy Park education.
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New York
Anna M. Haley
Roseville Avenue
Newark
Haley
California
Sandwich Islands
Australia
India
Egypt
Europe
Local appeals urge reduced milk use for infant health
Readers are urged to minimize milk consumption to protect baby health as officials stress careful feeding practices. The note reflects public guidance amid health concerns and calls on communities to follow recommended nutrition for infants.
Remarry After Twenty Six Years in Boston
Divorced 26 years ago, John J. Cameron and Lillian T. Cameron plan to wed again. Cameron filed a marriage intention. his second wife died after their remarriage. He is sixty eight and his fiancée is fifty eight.
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Boston
John J. Cameron
Lillian T. Cameron
Cameron
Europe Must Restart Production Or Face World Disaster
Paris reports A Vanderlip warns America that Europe is near collapse without resumed production. He cites wrecked central empires, hunger in Germany, and the danger of Bolshevism unless terms of peace and indemnity enable a return to industrial life. He urges all partisan bias set aside and concerted action.
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Paris
America
Europe
A. Vanderlip
England
France
Switzerland
Italy
Germany
Rhine
Red attack repulsed at Vistavka village
Archangel dated report states ten guns shelled the village of Vistavka on the Viga river nearly destroying it. Heavy infantry assaults followed but were repulsed with heavy losses by American British and Russian forces.
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Archangel
Vistavka
Viga
German Emperor Complains of Dutchland Climate in Basel Report
A Basel dispatch says the former German emperor complains about his residence in Holland and states the climate is disagreeable. The note is dated Geneva March 14.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Basel
Holland
Chicago Politician Held on Perjury Charge
Chicago March 14 John Martin Kantor mayoral aide and former city real estate expert was bound over by Judge Landis to the federal grand jury on perjury charges in a $30 000 bond proceeding.
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Chicago
John Martin Kantor
Thompson
Landis
Unemployment Decrease Reported After Armistice
The United States employment service reported a drop in unemployment since the armistice signing. Total unemployed fell by an estimated 356 560, a decline of 8 830.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Soldier Weds Countess After War Return
Sergt. James Leroy Carson of Chicago marries Countess Madeline de Bessirard de la Touche after returning from France. The wedding marks a real wartime romance disclosed in New York with Carson at 4717 Kenwood Avenue.
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U. S
New York
Sergt
James Leroy Carson
Kenwood Avenue
Chicago
France
Madeline de Bessirard de la Touche
I W W trial in Kansas links to Bolshevik plot
Federal prosecutor Fred Robertson will present evidence at the trial of 82 alleged I W W members for espionage to show the organization is connected to Bolshevik aims. He claims a nationwide plan began in Seattle and Kansas fields and would use strikes and sabotage to overthrow government.
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Wichita
Kan
Fred Robertson
Organization
Robertson
America
Russia
Trotzky
United States
Seattle
Kansas
Oklahoma
Atlantic Seaboard
Yankees Riot in London Rages Across City
A serious riot broke out in London as American soldiers and sailors joined Canadian and Australian troops against police. Policeman P C Field is hospitalized with a fractured skull. four officers have scalp wounds. Twenty American servicemen are detained by order of Provost Marshal Major Campbell. The disturbance began after a raid on a sailors' craps game behind the Eagle hut.
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London
P. C. Field
Lancaster Gate Red Cross Hospital
Major Campbell
Eagle Hut
Debs Convicted Under Espionage Act Upheld
The U S Supreme Court sustained Eugene V Debs conviction for violating the Espionage Act from remarks in a Canton Ohio speech last June and upheld the enlistment section as constitutional in a unanimous decision. Debs faces ten years in prison.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Eugene V. Debs
Canton
Swiss to Recognize Polish and Czecho-Slovak States
The Swiss government will recognize the Polish and Czecho-Slovak states and establish diplomatic relations. Poland has appointed Baron Modzelewsky as minister at Berne.
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Berne
Poland
Baron Modzelewsky
Board of Trade permits free import of selected raw materials
London March 14 the board of trade announces all raw materials may be imported without license. The order includes hides timbers sugar cane and tallow.
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London
Board of Trade
Kentucky Equal Rights Association denounces militant suffragists
Louisville Kentuckys annual convention of the Kentucky Equal Rights association adopted resolutions denouncing militant suffragists as fatuous unwomanly and reprehensible.
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Louisville
Kentucky Equal Rights Association
Soldiers Fight Warehouse Fire With Gas Masks
In Chicago on March 13 soldiers equipped with gas masks replaced firemen amid dense smoke at a government warehouse blaze. The fire was brought under control with an estimated loss of 200000 dollars.
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Chicago
Arch Criminal William to be Branded by Peace Conference
Paris March 12 Former Emperor William to be branded arch criminal by nations at the peace conference as plans for responsibility report indicate majority support. Lansing urges feeding Germany to avert bolshevism and keep markets open. Hunger and privation afflict Germans as central powers collapse and civil order erodes.
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Paris
William
Germany
Lansing
Interallied Press Club
France
Mutinous US Troops Threaten Tolon Landing
Halifax reports 800 British army troops enlisted in the United States threaten to sink the Tolon unless allowed to land. Captain Jackson states 11 are American citizens and only those with funds to cover transport and U.S. immigration costs would be allowed to land for rail to destinations in the United States. The Toron had returned to coal before resuming voyage after harbor strike in New York.
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Halifax
United States
Tolon
Jackson
Toron
New York
England
Two Held for Army Graft in Camp Grant Meat Scheme
George W. Stump and Roy Jones, camp Grant mess sergeants, are held as agents probe a confession of a wide conspiracy to steal government meat. George Brennan of Morris & Co. allegedly delivered orders 200 to 800 pounds short and the trio split the proceeds from the shorted meat.
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Rockford
George W. Stump
Cumberland
Ohio
Roy Jones
Park Falls
Wis
Camp Grant
George Brennan
Morris & Co
Brennan
New York Bank Robbed of 26000 in Bronx Vaults
Police report the Cosmopolitan bank in the Bronx was robbed of 26000 in currency from its vaults. The theft occurred sometime Monday night and was disclosed today.
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New York
Cosmopolitan Bank
Bronx
Allies Limit German Fleet To Six Battleships
London report says the Paris correspondent of the London Chronicle states the allies agreed to cap the German fleet at six battleships, five cruisers, 12 800 ton destroyers and 26 destroyers.
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London
Paris
London Chronicle
Denver Carpenters Strike Paralyzes City to Wage Dispute
Denver carpenters strike after Denver general contractors refuse wage increase. About six hundred workers halt construction. almost all building in Denver affected.
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Denver
Colo
General Contractors
Fire Rears Tragedy: Two Webb Children Die Near Tucson
Two children, a brother and sister, were burned to death when a farmhouse owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Webb burned near Tucson Arizona. The blaze occurred five miles from the city.
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Tucson
Ariz
Frank Webb
Right Hon. W S Massey Premier of New Zealand
Right Honorable W S Massey is identified as the premier of New Zealand and a leading statesman within the British empire.
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W. F. Massey
W. S. Massey
New Zealand
British Empire
Berlin Revolt Ends as Spartacists Surrender to Government
Spartacists in Berlin surrender unconditionally to War Minister Noske giving up arms and signaling end of red terror. Protests flare in provinces with Dusseldorf and Hamburg seeing suppression by machine guns. Reports claim brutal acts in Berlin's Lichtenberg and ongoing street fighting in subways.
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Berlin
Noske
Dusseldorf
Rhine
Spartacans
Herr Noske
Hamburg
Lichtenberg
Russia
Ships Bring In 7 411 Yanks From Brest and Bordeaux
The Mount Vernon docked with 85 officers and 2 674 troops of the Twenty seventh division plus 5 784 troops including casuals and 96 nurses and 813 sick or wounded. The Chjoan arrived from Bordeaux with 1 627 troops mainly from the 848th infantry of the eighty seventh division with machine gun companies and detachments.
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New York
New York State National
Louisiana
Mississippi
Strike Delays Big Liners Amid Harbor Walkout
New York reports a longshoremen strike stalls major transatlantic steamship lines. The Marine Workers threaten to renew action against railroads over alleged settlement terms violations, while independent boat owners reject the agreed terms.
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New York
Marine Workers
Railroad Administration
Germans deny recapture of Riga by Berlin dispatch
Berlin dispatch denies reports of the recapture of Riga by German forces. It states German troops remain a considerable distance from Riga on the Baltic coast as of March 13.
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Hans
Riga
Copenhagen
Baltic
Berlin
New Gun Outsells the 155 Millimeter in Aime Arsenal Letter
The United States government ordered from Watervliet arsenal a gun to supersede the 155 millimeter field piece. The new gun is larger and is described as a 194 caliber weapon.
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Troy
United States
Watervliet
Death of Wabash Railroad President Kearney
Howard F. Kearney, president of the Wabash Railroad since 1915, died in St. Louis from pneumonia. The Chicago report notes his death was announced today.
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Wabash Railroad
Chicago
St. Louis
Howard F. Kearney
The
Wabash Road
Kearney
Wabash
Plane Falls With Seven Officers Near Elizabeth
A government airplane carrying seven officers crashed about three hundred feet above ground near Elizabeth New Jersey and landed on the Passaic river bank. Early reports indicated no injuries among the officers.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Passaic River
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