U S Naval Men Study New Ships
WadtilNGLON March 8 Secretary danis and a party of American Navy captains will voyage to Europe next week to confer with allied navies on future capital ships. The mission will assess wartime lessons, discuss ship types, and report to Congress in December. The group includes Rear Admirals Taylor and Griffin and Commander Teote, sailing from New York aboard Le Voithan.
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Wadtilnglon
Ddanivis
Hava Caperts
Europe
Baauise
Seoner
Atord
Chugwigs
Wilson
Anny
Harry
Paylor
Bureau of Construction and Repees
Gariffin
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Earle
Ordnance
Teote
Lenson
Bureau of Operatios
Sams
Tata
Dminiels
Fou New York
Pares
Lon- Con Gad Reme
Helf
United States
Rear Vietcher
Rodman
Freers
Four Ion Mark Passing Record Raises City Postal Stats
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Ion Mark and a CHICA reference near Chicago. It notes cording officials of city, mentions displacing a city, and cites postal statistics, with unclear context about the four largest cities. Names and clear events are not definitively provided.
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Chicago
Threats to defeat League if Irish question ignored
Paris March 7 Irish question may halt ratification of the League of Nations if unresolved at the peace conference. Sean O Cealligh O hugh John O Kelly, Irish provisional government delegate, warned that Ireland’s case must be heard and urged action over words. He said the Irish will not accept mere courtesy and criticized Sinn Fein amnesty in England.
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Assoebbeted Press
Paris
Friends of Ireland
Sean O'Ceal Ugh
John O'Kelly
Tosh
League of Nations
Pentry
Wison
Wei
Wilon
O'Cealligh
Ireland
Gen Bliss
England
Seeks To Stop Film Of Mrs Bernstorff
In New York on March 8 a supreme court injunction was sought to bar exhibition of a moving picture showing Countess Von Bernstorff with her husband at a banquet. The caption claimed she and her husband were engaged in murder and other crimes in the United States. Countess Von Bernstorff, born Jeanne Luckemeyer in 1867, forfeited American citizenship by marriage but retained loyalty to the United States. The couple had returned to Germany as diplomatic relations were severed.
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New York
Supreme Court
Countess von Bernstorff
United States
Bernstorff
Pauline Lewis
Jeanne Luckemeyer
Edward Luckemeyer
Germany
Six Russian Officials Deported in Vladivostok Action
In Vladivostok six non-Bolshevik Zemstvo officials were arrested and deported to the frontier by General Ivanoff Rinov, head of the Vladivostok district. The U S State Department noted the move occurred without Kolchak or Omsk approval and cited alleged political activity as the charge. Officials privately question arbitrary powers in postwar Russia.
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Washington
Vladivostok
Ivanoff Rinoff
Omek Siberian
State Department
Zemstvo
Kolchak
Omsk
Treasury explains exemption on Liberty bonds
Washington explains bond tax relief rules for Liberty holdings. Taxpayers may hold up to 110000 in Liberty bonds with interest exempt from excess profits and war taxes if holdings are distributed, in addition to tax exempt first 3 percent bonds. Several series and thresholds described, including exemptions applying after January 1 1919 and conditions on original subscriptions and filing.
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Washington, March
Treasury Department
Addiiton
Villa Band Occupies Mexican Town Without Damage
El Paso report says a Villa band of 150 men under Ramon Vega entered Pearson Chihuahua 150 miles southwest of the border, occupied the town overnight, then left without depredations. The raid alarmed locals as the nearby Madera Lumber Company plant, a joint American Canadian firm, was threatened with dynamite after March 1 unless a heavy ransom is paid.
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EL Paso
Texas
Villa
Ramon Vega
Pearson
Chihuahua
Madera Lumber Company
Huge Mortars Hidden Among Flower Plots
New York report details how large mortars with half ton projectiles were secretly erected among private gardens and along the Atlantic coast for coastal defense. Ambrose Channel and nearby forts were protected by concealed guns, some two and a half miles inland, camouflaged by trees and flowers. Maximilian Toch, a camouflage expert, cited Navy and Army involvement and cautioned early war resistance to camouflage ideas.
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New York
New York City
Atlantic
Maximilian Toch
American Chemical Society
Toch
Navy
Daniels
Ambrose Channel
New York Harbor
Pensacola
Key West
South Atlantic
Tech
Cuba
Havana
United States
Mr. Toch
Unemployment Improves for Soldiers and Women Workers
Washington March 8 Arthur Woods says labor reports show improving unemployment nationwide. Discharged soldiers are finding jobs, many men are reluctant to seek old positions, and the government will avoid discharging current workers while seeking better opportunities. No discrimination against women workers is planned.
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Washington
Arthur Woods
Baker
Woods
Wood
Labor Candidate Files in Chicago Mayoral Race
The nominating petition of John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor and mayoralty candidate of the labor party, was filed Friday. Adolph S. Carm, mayoral candidate for the independent social labor party, also filed.
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LABOR
Chicago
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
Labor Party
Adolph S. Carm
Independent Social Labor Party
Official Illustrated Government Garden Book Push
Millions who gardened last year are urged to start now with the official illustrated government garden book. Different versions fit various regions and are sent by the Quincy Whig Information Bureau in Washington. Enclose two cents, write name and address clearly.
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Quincy Whig Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Rioting at Kinmel Camp Caused By Canadian Troops
Riots at Kinmel camp Rhyl Wales over demobilization left from eight to twenty seven dead and 24 to 70 wounded in three days. Cavalry deployed, stores looted, and a Victoria Cross holder reportedly killed amid chaotic scenes as Canadian authorities seek discipline.
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London
Kimnel
Rhyk
Wales
Liverpool
France
Chester
Abergele
Ryhl
Commons
House of Commons
Willam Tyson Wilson
Lacanshire
Edmund Talbot
Kinmel
Rhyl
Edmund
Turner
Evening Standard
Cordova Workers Strike Paralyzes City
In Cordova Spain on March 7 workers in several trades walked out and municipal employees quit work, signaling a broad labor stoppage across the city.
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Cordova
Spain
Havas
Save Ships Wilson Says Save Ships
President Wilson writes Representative Fuller that he opposes sinking the surrendered German warships but has not yet spoken with authoritative naval men. He plans to confer in Paris, calling destruction the counsel of those who do not know what else to do.
Government Wheat Stocks To Be Sold March 15
The United States Food Administration Grain Corporation will begin selling surplus wheat on March 15 in American milling centers including Duluth Kansas City Chicago and St Louis to curb rising flour prices. President Julius H. Barnes said the 1918 crop will be just enough for home and foreign needs and mills are paying 10 to 15 cents above the guaranteed price to secure wheat. Sales will be at cost plus accumulated charges.
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New York
United States Food Administration Grain Corporation
Julius H. Barnes
Department of Agriculture
Grain Corporation
United States
Barnes
Duluth
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
German Plea For Food Pure Bluff
Associated Press reports from Geneva that Germany, after breaking relations with the Allies over food, is seen by travelers entering Switzerland as bluffing for better terms. Meanwhile travelers from Austria and Hungary say their populations are starving and require urgent aid.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Germany
Spao
Switzerland
Across the Rhine
Austria
Hungary
Certificate Issue Oversubscribed in Victory Loan
The treasury announced that subscriptions for 500 million dollars of certificates of indebtedness, closed Thursday, were oversubscribed by 32.341 million. All districts except Boston met or exceeded quotas, marking the most successful oversubscription besides one anticipated victory liberty loan. Subscriptions for certificates to be redeemed from victory loan proceeds total 4.378 billion, not counting the new 500 million issue.
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Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Boston
Idaho House censures Wilson over peace treaty with league stance
ROISE Idaho March 8. The Idaho lower house voted 42 to 16 to approve a memorial condemning President Wilson for a defiant and dictatorial attitude. It calls on the U S Senate to reject any peace treaty including the current charter for a League of Nations.
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Roise
Idaho
Congress
Wilson
United States
United States Senate
Charater
League of Nations
Senate backs League of Nations plan in party vote
Denver March 8 The Colorado senate by a direct party vote adopted a resolution favoring President Wilsons league of nations plan. The house last week tabled a similar resolution. Democrats control the senate Republicans hold the house.
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Denver
Senate
Colorado
Wilson
House
Berlin siege lifts as government troops control city
Berlin battle ends with government forces in control of most key buildings and reports of over 400 dead or wounded. Spectators suffered heavy casualties as loyal troops advanced to police headquarters and telegraph offices amid Red Cross peril and chaotic fighting.
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Republian Guards
Red Cross
London
Berlin
Col. Taylor
Palace Hotel
Hotel
Adlon
Cook Jury Clears Defendant Rumor From Jury Rooms
CHICAGO March 8 The jury in the trial of John Norman Cook charged with the murder of William E Bradway was directed Friday night after several hours deliberation to return a sealed verdict today A report of an acquittal circulated but could not be confirmed The jury was sent to the criminal court building after brief deliberations and the judge had ordered them locked up to be ready with a sealed verdict if reached The defendant and his counsel appeared confident of acquittal The prosecution sought conviction though the death penalty was not directly requested
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Chicago
John Norman Cook
William E. Bradway
Cook
Norma
Criminal Court
Kersten
Senators Predict Passage of Suffrage Amendment
Louisiana Senator Ransdell and New York Senator Calder predicted the Woman suffrage amendment would pass the next Congress during speeches at the opening of a campaign for national recognition of equal suffrage.
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New York
Ransdell
Louisiana
Calder
Congress
Settle Marine Strike Ends Paralyzing Shipping
The Marine Workers Affiliation accepts terms offered by the railroad administration to settle the strike that has halted trans-Atlantic and coastwise shipping since Tuesday morning. The decision was made at New York.
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Settle Marine Strike
New York
March
Marine Workers
Railroad Administration
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