Navy may halt battle cruiser program for new ship type
March 1 report says Secretary Daniels ordered suspension of work on six large battle cruisers to await decision on future capital ships. Advisers plan Europe trip for firsthand study. clash over whether to favor fast battleships or fast, powerful cruisers continues among officers and board members.
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Washington
Daniels
Department
I. Ig
Europe
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Navy General Board
At- Tentiv
Badger
Mecher
Naval
Hood
Court martial criticisms highlight flaws in U S military justice
Senator George E. Chamberlain told the War League of America in New York that court martial sentences lack system and reflect command influence. He urged better treatment for returning soldiers and urged business leaders to reemploy veterans. Mayor George D. Baker warned of Bolshevism and underground moves to control business interests.
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New York
United States
George E. Chamberlain
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
United States Warst League of America
Chamberlain
George D. Baker
Portland
Ore
Washington
Panama Labor Fed denounces Blatchford moral talk
The Panama Federation of Labor adopted resolutions condemning statements by Brig Gen Blatchford about Panama's moral conditions and the canal zone. They demand explanation and evidence. Blatchford declared a moral boycott on Colon and Panama on June 3, 1918, barring American soldiers from those cities.
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Panama
Panama Federation of Labor
R. M. Blatchford
Canal Zone
Matchford
Colon
Blatchford
Colun
Hospital At Rheims Memorial of America
Paris on March 10 reports a planned memorial to American dead in France. The French government will deed land near Rheims for a hospital to be erected by the American Fund for French Wounded, with $100,000 already raised. The memorial aims to honor thousands of Americans and serve wounded in wartime.
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Paris
Rheims
France
American Fund
American Fund Organization
United States
Naval lessons from great war shape future battleships
In talks with British French and Italian officials Secretary Daniels seeks lessons from WWI naval engagements to influence ship design. Battleship contracts were awarded in March 1917 but warship construction slowed as yards built destroyers and merchant ships. The envisioned capital ships would be 34 000 tons, 35 knots, 850 feet long with ten 14 inch guns and multiple smaller weapons. In Berlin Spartacans form a resistance center near the Pommeranian quarters, with government forces pressing the district using artillery and mine throwers amid sporadic sniper and roof battles.
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Admiralty
Daniels
Berlin
Civil War Rages in Berlin Suburb and City
Associated Press reports ongoing fighting and looting in Berlin and suburbs on March 9 and 10. Spartacan forces seize police HQs and execute prisoners while government troops retaliate. 250+ wounded as bombardments and terror reign persist.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Herr Noske
Nerr Noske
Kaiser Strasse
Spartacans
Lichtenberg
Imperial
Reichstag
Unter den Linden
War Ministry
Republicans appoint chairmen for eight house expenditure panels
Washington March 11 Republicans of the next congress selected chairmen for eight house committees on government department expenditures to probe war costs and activities. Names include Graham of Illinois War department, Haskell of New York Navy, Sihkman of Maryland Post Office, White of Maine Justice, Dale of Vermont Treasury, Krieder of Pennsylvania Public Buildings, Williams of Illinois Commerce, Baer of North Dakota Agriculture.
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Washington
House
Congress
Republican Committee On
War Department
Graham
Ilinois
Navy Department
Haskell
New York
Sihkman
Maryland
Justice
White
Maine
Treasury
Dale
Vermont
Krieder
Pennsylvania
Commerce
Williams
Agriculture
Baer
North Dakota
Army of 100000 To Teuton Paris March 10
Paris dispatch reports the supreme council adopting German disarmament terms calling for an army of 100000 men enlisted for twelve years. The council also resolved disputed representation for small powers, setting seven seats per commission selected by the council to reflect special interests of Brazil Panama and Cuba.
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Associated Press
Paris
Supreme Council
M. Pichon
Brazil
Panama
Cuba
Mayor Denounces Social Unit as Dangerous Type
Cincinnati March 1. Mayor John Galvin denounces a social unit tested in a district as a dangerous form of socialism. He says it is one step from Bolshevism and notes Secretary of the Interior Lane heads the National Social Unit group planning expansion to other large cities.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John Galvin
Lane
National Social Unit Organization
Galvin
Marshall Opposed To War Tells Arizona
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall addressed a joint Arizona legislature session. He said he would rather endure hardship than another war, rejected entangling alliances, and stated America faces either joining a plan to prevent future wars or preparing for the next conflict.
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Phoenix
Ariz
League of Nations
Washington
Thomas R. Marshall
United States
Arizona
Marshall
League
America
Soldier And Sailor Squad Cleared For Action In New York
New York report says soldiers and sailors studied the situation then left March 11 after a theater postponement. Police informed them no performance would occur and the group disbanded orderly. In Washington, Major Bates of Detroit quoted 8 018 Liberty planes on hand on armistice day, from France.
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Petty Avenue
Gary
Troul
Washington
R. J. Bates
Detroit
France
Bates
Paris Considering Amendments Of Taft
Paris March 10 Taft amendments to the draft league of nations plan receive close study from peace conference delegations. Sentiment favors adoption if re opening the subject is avoided and if other nations refrain from offering further amendments.
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Associated Press
Paris
League of Nations
William Howard Taft
Mr. Taft
Paris Body Tackles Navigation on Rhine
Paris reports that the committee on ports waterways and railways met in plenary at the ministry of public works. The group continued the peace treaty clause discussion and began examining Rhine navigation control provisions.
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Paris
Committee On the International
Ministry of Public Works
Debate on League To Take Place Wednesday
Cambridge dispatch reports a debate in Symphony Hall Boston on Wednesday evening between Senator Lodge and Harvard President A Lawrence Lowell. Lowell chairs the League to Enforce Peace executive committee and will defend the League plan as outlined by President Wilson.
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Cambridge
Mass
Senator Lodge
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Symphony Hall
Boston
Lowell
League
Wilson
Federation Men Make Fraternal Exchange
Paris on March 10 reports delegates of the American Federation of Labor visiting the labor exchange. Samuel Gompers declared the league of nations is a league of the people and urged a universal union of the working classes in a fraternity of the peoples.
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Associated Press
Paris
American Federation of Labor
Labor Exchange
League of Nations
Samuel Gompers
League of the People
Gompers
Mails Told Lamar Warns of Bolshevik Propaganda Reach
W J Lamar of the post office department told the senate propaganda committee that I W W anarchists socialists and other groups are forming an American union aimed at overthrowing the U S government by bloody revolution and establishing a Bolshevik republic. He cited seized mail matter and hundreds of excerpts to show widespread radical propaganda in multiple languages and newspapers across major cities.
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Washington
W. J. Lamar
Post Office Department
Senate Propaganda Committee
United States
Lamar
Mgr. Lamarr
Mr. Lamar
Chicago
New York
Seattle
San Francisco
Federal board may hear utility rate disputes
Washington march 11 government departments consider creating a voluntary board to hear disputes over rates between public utilities and authorities. The move aims to aid street car gas and electric firms facing rising costs and financial strain while protecting workers and suppliers.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
War Labor Board
Labor Department
Treasury, Labor Department
Wilson
Desire for Immediate Ruling on Espionage Act
Chicago March 11. The executive committee of the new labor party urged a swift ruling on the constitutionality of the espionage act. The demand followed the Debs Supreme Court decision and warned the law violates civil liberties, noting today Debs is involved and tomorrow a loyal unionist could be targeted.
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Chicago
New Labor Party
Supreme Court
Eugene V. Debs
Debs
America
Memorandum Links Bolshevists to U S Conspiracy Claims
Washington march memo from the post office solicitor alleges that anarchists radical socialists and others are forming an amalgamation to overthrow the American government through a bloody revolution and establish a Bolsheviki republic. Raymond Robins contests Francis charges while defending his unofficial liaison with Bolshevists.
Defense Rests in O Leary Espionage Trial
In New York on March 11 the defense for Jeremiah A. O Leary rested after seven weeks of federal court testimony on espionage charges. The government began rebuttal, with witness Johann Sturr naming a man known as J Willard Robinson and Madame De Victorica testifying that O Leary helped obtain Robinson to relay messages to Germany.
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New York
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Johann Sturr
J. Willard Robinson
Madame de Victorica
O'leary
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