Women Cast Vote in New York Special Elections
New York women voted for four Democratic successors in Greater New York districts. Women cast 9,372 of 23,998 total ballots, with strong female turnout in each district. Democrats Cleary Delaney Griffin Donovan won seats to replace Griffin Fitzgerald Bruckner Hulbert.
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New York
House of Representatives
Democrats
Congress
Willian FE. Cleary
Eighth Congressional District
Daniel J. Griffin
Willmot I. Morehouse
John JT. Delaney
John J. Fitzgerald
Anthony T. Griffin
Richard Furlone
Furlone
Arthur F Dieckman
Griffin
Tenry Bruckner
Jerome F. Donovan
John A. Bolles
Murray Hulburt
Alien Custodian Outlines Policy in War Time
Washington March 6 Mitch el Palmer alien property custodian said there is no plan to sell enemy property here except where licensed by the war trade board. He noted liquidation of some enemy enterprises under licenses and the possible sale of enemy owned commodities to prevent waste. He added no further sales are contemplated unless law changed, an amendment to grant greater disposal powers was offered in the Senate Tuesday.
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Washington
Mitchel Palmer
Ths
War Trade Board
Congress
Senate
Industries
Mr. Baruch
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Council of National Defense
Baruch
War Industries Board
London
Russia
Bolsheviki
Nikolai Lenine
Left Social
Daily Mail
Petrograd
Moscow
Berlin
Amsterdam
Lenine
Trotzky
Opinion In Japan Divided On Siberia Policy
London dispatches from Tokyo dated March 3 report sharp splits in Japanese opinion over Siberia. One faction, strong and commercially influential, wants Japan to stay inactive, dismissing German threats as a myth and opposing mobilization. The other, including top elements, calls for quick action, with leading Tokyo papers backing intervention and warning of irreparable loss if deferral continues.
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London
Reuter
Tokio
Japan
Siberia
Kokumin
Germany
Bolsheviks
Prosix
Pershing Reports New Overseas Casualties
General Pershing cabled the war department with the names of one lieutenant and three enlisted men killed on March 1 near Toul, plus five severely wounded and several slightly wounded. Included are First Lieutenant David K. Sumner and Privates Knute Olson Bruno Stokowski and Lloyd W. Spetz. Also listed are additional minor and noncombat deaths and illnesses among various named individuals.
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Ashington
Pershing
War Department
Toul
Department
David K. Summer
Jonesboro
Knute Olson
Stoughton
Wis
Bruno Stokowski
Joliet
Lloyd W. Spetz
Bismarck
N. D
Oliver D. Deardorff
Decatur
Ray J. Collins
Petersburg
George Philippoteaux
New York
Edward 8. Crane
Malden
Mass
Max Loop
Saginaw
Mich
Ernest J. Kinzeler
Philadelphia
Will Sullivan
Biddeford
George W. Caldwell
Charles A. Utz
Seattle
Edward Baker
Brattleboro
Strike Threat By Carpenter Leader Over Wage Board
Washington March 6. William L Hutcheson leader of the Brotherhood of Carpenters threatens to appeal to President Wilson after failing to win Navy Emergency Fleet Corporation and metal trades unions approval to appoint a carpenter spokesman on the wage adjustment committee in shipbuilding disputes. He says 50 000 idle carpenters could be employed if work were available and some may go to Canada. He proposes a wage panel change giving carpenters a full voting seat and outlines steps for handling grievances while work remains ongoing.
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Washington
Navy
Emergency Fleet ,Corporation
Metal Trades Unions
Carpenters
William L. Hutcheson
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Wilson
Hutcheson
Canada
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fleet Corporation
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Department of Labor
United States Shipping Board
Hold Roads 21 Months After War
Washington March 6 Governments control and operation of railroads will likely continue twenty one months after the war. Conferees reached a tentative agreement fixing the time limit and expect to present it to Congress. A key dispute remains over rate making and state regulatory powers. The agreement includes bringing all short line railroads under government system.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pomerene
Ohio
Smith
South Carolina
Transfer of Enemy Nationality Officers to Insular Posts
Washington reports a wartime policy to remove army personnel of enemy birth from frontline service when regiments head to France. Loyal individuals are kept, but those of German or Austrian birth assigned to insular posts such as Fort Shafter after being redeployed from combat units. Captain Franz J. Feinler, a regular regiment chaplain, was sent to Hawaii due to French concerns.
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Washington
France
War Department
Franz J. Feinler
Pershing
Feinler
Fort Shafter
Hawaiian Islands
Insular
American War Trophy: German Machine Gun Captured in France
A German machine gun captured by the American Army in France is to be sent to Washington as the first trophy of the war. The weapon, with several ammunition belts, was among the material dropped by retreating German forces during a recent assault on American lines and is now held by intelligence officers.
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France
Associated Press
Washington
Goethals Approves Major Chicago Warehouse Project
Just fifteen hours after General Goethals authorized the construction of a new five million dollar quartermaster's warehouse in Chicago, 500 men and two steam shovels began excavating the foundation. The reinforced concrete structure is billed as the world’s largest of its kind.
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Cuscaggs
Reorganize War Industries Board With Baruch as Chairman
President Wilson announces the reorganization of the War Industries Board with Bernard M. Baruch of New York as chairman. The board gains vastly increased powers to control U S industry output, determine priorities for government and Allied deliveries, coordinate needs, and advise on prices. The chairman holds primary authority, with the board advisory, aiming to centralize supply and reduce interdepartmental competition.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Bernard M. Baruch
New York
Wilson
United States
Cays
Heavy Snowfall Stays Fighting In Toul Sector
American forces in the Toul sector face heavy snowfall as shells rain on lines and enemy positions. About two thousand projectiles struck near American terrain and towns while American casualties remain light. Infantry moves limited to patrols and No Man's Land searches for enemy bodies, with one American killed in front of a listening post. The snow continues to fall.
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Associated Press
France
Toul
Lorraine
Warneton
Ypres
Lions
Delay on Confiscatory Law Delayed in Senate Action
Washington reports that President Wilson sought authority to acquire German owned piers in Hoboken for the government. The Senate appropriations committee postponed action awaiting administration reasons, with both parties voicing concerns over permanent government ownership and operation. Administration leaders urged swift approval without detailed explanations, hoping to attach the amendment to the appropriation bill for rapid passage.
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Washington
Wilson
Hoboken
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Grain movement up but western elevators short on supply
Reports from the railroad administration show about 40 percent more grain hauled to western primary markets over the past three weeks than a year ago, but elevator reserves in those markets are only one third of last year. The rise reflectsDecem ber and January transport disruption and milling withdrawals. Between Feb 11 and March 2, western receipts totaled 61,842 cars, with corn leading, and shipments to the east of livestock and perishables totaled 18,028 cars in 22 days.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Date Of Next Draft To Be Announced Soon
Washington March 6 An announcement of the date of the next draft is imminent The provost marshal general s office has prepared an important announcement which is believed to deal with the tune and method of summoning the second levy The first of the men will move to camp in April Publication of the announcement is held up for action by Congress on pending amendments to the selective service act The most important proposed change is to base state outflow on the total number of men in class A 1 rather than the total registered
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Washington
Congress
Crowder
Airplanes battle over Petrograd amid shifting Russia war
Reports from Petrograd say German planes dropped bombs over five o'clock, with Zeppelins seen near Gatchina, as Bolshevik factions argued over Lenin and Trotzky. Turkish fronts saw American troops repelling German attacks while weather hampered operations on other fronts.
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London
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