FRENCH TAKE ROVE AS HAIG GAINS ON SOMME FRONT
French advance guards enter Rove and push front to the Somme, seizing villages from Le Transieu to Monchy au Bois and reporting gains near Péronne. British forces push toward Bapaume with heavy fighting at Le Transieu Achiet le Grand and Achiet le Petit, while German retreats are acknowledged. Haig’s troops enter Bapaume after intense combat and fires burn in the town. Parallel dispatches note Redgianka’s rise in Russia and a 48 hour postponement of a railroad strike in the United States amid mediation efforts.
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Paris
Rove
Anderhy
Gree
Otticea
Severdl
Koye
Nevon
le Pranslaw
Aehr et-Le Grand
Achiet-le-Petit
Aureggaoay
Ta Mais Ne Etterouth
Percianed
Te Presnes Rapauime
Rapa Hay
de Tecups
Somme
Presnes
Horguy
Villers Carbonelle
Barious
Eterpigny
la Maisonette
Bapaume
le Transieur
Bietvilflere Bihucourt
Achiet LeGrand
Ablainsvelle
Buequoy
Essarts Weats
Quesnoy Farm
Monchy- Au-Buis
Bapau
le Tirmaloy
Avchtet-Le-Petit
Haig
Bapatume
German War Office
Five Mile
Beauvraignes
Lassigny
Oise
Sathy
St. Pierre Vaastwoud
President Wilson pleases rail rivals by postponing strike
President Wilson expresses pleasure at reopened conferences between railroad representatives and employees and urges further talks to reach a full settlement. The postponement of the nationwide strike for forty eight hours is reported as hopeful for avoiding crippling disruptions to transportation nationwide.
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Washington
Wilson S Faenieht
Rairoads
New York
Hope High
Capital
Wilson
Ras
States Seek War Footing for National Guard
Philadelphia March 18 Governors of New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland and Pennsylvania adopt resolutions urging the War Department to place their state guards on a war footing. They call for adequate supplies equipment and ready resources for any military emergency. Present are Governors Whitman Edge Townsend Harrington Arumbaugh and officials including Major General Leonard Wood and State Adjutants. Edge says the aim is to awaken the nation to equip national guard units for emergencies.
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Philadelphia
War Department
Washington
National Guard
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Whitman
Edge
Townsend
Harrington
Arumbaugh
Leonard Wood
Robert L. Russell
Philadelphia Navy Yard
John C. Groome
Austrians Seek Armistice Across Vienna Conference
Dispatch from Vienna reports Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg met Emperor Charles in Laxenburg with Count Czernin to discuss the Russian situation and possible armistice talks. Vienna circles consider negotiations with the Russian cabinet while press admonishes caution and readiness. The German chancellor then heads to Berlin to brief the emperor at headquarters.
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Ondon
Vienna
Exchange Telegraph Company
The
Hague
Laxenburg Castle
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Charteas
Count Czernin
Charles
Berlin
Abdication Signal Rumors From Petrograd Duma
Reports from Petrograd claim Emperor Nicholas II agreed to abdicate in favor of his brother after talks with Duma delegates at Pskoft. Vienna reaction notes shock and unclear impact on WWI while speculating on Russia’s future leadership and front-line morale amid revolutionary upheaval.
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Petrograd
London
Nicholas
Pskoft
Plas
Tay Petrograd
Pskoff
Duma
Fron
Tag Data
Clima
Calinet
Nicholas Vrusky
Council of the Empire
Supreme Military Council
Baron W. Fredericks
Count Narishkin
Sinassaries
Russian constituent assembly to convene at Winter Palace
London March 18 Russian constituent assembly will be convened at the Winter Palace, proclaimed national property. Petrograd dispatch notes Grand Duke Nicholas returns to general staff. troops may welcome his appointment as commander in chief, as he is popular with the front-line armies.
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Nicholas
Vienna
London
Petrograd
East Front
Russia
Reuter
Winter Palace
Grand Duke Popular
Emperor Nicholas
General — Staff
Grand Duke
Freight Embargo in St Louis Extended Amid Strike Threat
The Terminal Railroad association freight embargo in St Louis continues through Saturday and Monday after word from New York that the threatened railway strike has been postponed.
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ST. Louis
Terminal Railroad Association
New York
Briand Cabinet of France Out After Resignation
Paris reports Premier Aristide Briand has rebuilt the cabinet after the Briand ministry resigned following opposition attacks in parliament. Gen Lyautey resigned as war minister with Admiral Lacassee temporarily taking the post as the chamber discussed aviation service. Briand’s reconstitution awaiting approval by President Poincare.
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Briand
Viviani
War Council
M. Ribot
Finance
Gen. Lyautey
Lacassee
M. Thomas
Chamber of Deputies
Gen. Lyautéy
Paris
Poincare
Aristide Briand
Railroad Brotherhoods Aim to Avert Strike by Monday
W. G. Lee spokesman for the four railroad brotherhoods said Saturday night an agreement would avert a strike by Monday. He noted midwest sporadic strikes arose from poor contact with workers before the walkout hour and that work likely would resume in all cases by midnight.
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New York
Railroad Brotherhoods
Brotherhoods
Cleveland
Brotherhood
Railway Brotherhoods
Lee
W. G. Lee
Council of National Defense
Interior Lane
Wilson
Daniel Willard
Gompers
Ivauel Gospers
American Federation of Latur
Atlantic City
Mio
Trutnmen’s Brotherhood
Moneas
Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
Lane
Mr. Gompers
National Council of Defense
Men Quit Work Over No Strike Postponement Orders
In multiple cities railway workers report no notice of a strike postponement and walk off at the appointed time. Brotherhood members from the Baltimore and Ohio, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, and Nickel Plate railroads quit work, with hundreds walking out in Parkersburg East St. Louis Fort Wayne and Connellsville as crews return equipment and no orders are received.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Brotherhoods
Monongahela and
Ohio River Division
Baithnere & Obie Railroad
East ST. Louis
His Four
Baltnhmore & Ohio
Nickel Plate
Fort Wayne
Imd
Marethis
Brotherhood
Russian Army Chief Publishes Decree Amid Revolution
Gen Alexis Brussiloff, commander in Galicia, authorized publication after a telegram announcing the revolution. Reports say little bloodshed beyond killings of some officials, including the Tver governor. Moscow police chief arrested. secret police HQ set ablaze. Arrests include Gen Rennenkampff and Serge Kryjanovsky, former state secretary and drafter of the suffrage law.
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London
Alexis Brussiloff
Galicia
Reuter
Petrograd
Tver
Russia
Duma
Moscow
Rennenkampff
Serge Kryjanovsky
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Ruts Sia
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Obs
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Efe
Oso
Wolby
Myr Lee
Supreme Cour O
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Rodzianko
Schouvaieff
Grigorovitch
Count Ignatieff
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Porto
Gregory
Leh
HVE
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Protea
Tageblatt
Czar
Teld
Briang
France
Lyautey
Big Four
RUSS
Brussiloff
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