Troops in Saxony to Aid Ebert
In Westphalia Spartacist fighting with troops caused casualties as troops rushed to Hagen to crush a local soviet republic. Von Bülow and Moeble offered their troops to President Ebert while Berlin faced mounting unrest and closures.
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Saxony
Ebert
Amsterdam
Westphalia
Telegraaf
Munster
Hagen
Associated Press
Geneva
von Bulow
Moeble
Stuttgart
Risting
Berlin
Potsdamere Platz
Friedenau
Chariottenburg
Schoneberg
Tegel
Leaders of Majority Parties Consult Kapp
A Berlin dispatch reports the majority parties held a several hours long conference with Wolfgang Kapp. The meeting discussed the Reichstag situation and included Dr Karl Helfferich, former vice chancellor and imperial secretary of the treasury. The outcome was sent to Stuttgart.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Wolfgang Kapp
Stuttgart
Reichstag
Karl Helfferich
Imperial “Xpensury
Kapp Quits Office After Short Lived Coup Claiming Victory
Berlin reports Dr. Wolfgang Kapp resigned as chancellor after less than five days in power. An official communique says he retired with the mission fulfilled as the old government met essential demands and united against Bolshevism. Yet real motives remain unclear amid military leadership struggles and fears of further upheaval.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Wolfgang Kapp
Kapp
Imperial Council
Effort to Attach New Rider Falls May Vote Friday
Washington dispatch reports Republicans and Democrats blocked a plan to attach a general European policy to the peace treaty. The declaratory reservation failed 25 to 39 with irrecocilables opposing. Leaders planned to vote on ratification by Friday as other reservations linger.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Europe
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Aryan
Itelf
Egypt
Shields
Ennesser
Reed
Misseouri
Borah Reads Hoover Protest On Treaty And Bryan’s Comment
Senate moves toward final action on the peace treaty with a St Patrick's day debate on Ireland. Borah read Hoover’s memorandum opposing American representation on all commissions under the treaty, calling it a strong indictment. He also read Bryan’s 1915 statement that the United States cannot enter European politics without losing leadership and becoming part of a military alliance.
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Wasthington
Senate
St. Patrick's Day
Great Britain
Ireland
Herbert Hoover
Wilson
Borah
Hoover
Idaho
William J. Bryan
United States
Dutch Royal Decree Grants Kaiser Lodge Residency in Utrecht
A royal decree dated March 16 states the former German emperor William will be allotted a residence that forms part of Utrecht province and will be fixed later by the government. The decree relates to allied premiers’ note on the former monarch.
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Associated Press
William
Germany
Utrecht
Turn ships into hotels plan eyed by realtors
Baltimore officials and shipping men discuss converting idle Shipping Board vessels into floating workman hotels. Eleven ships sit at Patapsco and a mother ship would manage them, with similar plans in the Delaware River. Philadelphia reports worsening housing, but Baltimore may delay unless conditions worsen. Philip Pitt of the real estate board doubts current need.
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Baltimore
Shipping Board
Patapsco River
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Texcal
Philip Pitt
The
Real Estate Board
Microbes Not Cause Of Cancer Says Champy In Paris
Professor Champy of the College of France reports cancer results from functional disturbances within organs, not microbes, following experiments inspired by Dr. Carrel on cancer cell multiplication. He achieved cancerous growths from a benign tumor in serum and from healthy tissue.
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Paris
Champy
College of France
Carrel
Peru Asks U S To Help Halt War Cloud In South America
Washington reports urgent state department efforts to prevent clashes between Peru and Bolivia over Bolivian unrest tied to Chilean influence. Peru seeks U S good offices, with two notes sent and a third ready, amid fears of involvement of the League of Nations in a possible dispute.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bolivia
South America
la Paz
Peru
United States
State Department
Chile
Mmbagsy
Adiy
Montes
General Montes
League
League of Nations
Vera
League Council
Colombia
Venezuela
Switzerhuid
Spain
Tlenduras
Niccaraugas
George
England
Philander C. Knox
Bergdoll Desertion Trial Ends Without Defense
NEW YORK March 1 The court martial on Grover Cleveland Bergdoll on Governors Island ends as Bergdoll’s counsel offers no defense because the government failed to prove its case. Public verdict publication is expected within a week. Captain Bruce Ro Campbell military counsel says Bergdoll was found guilty. The nine day record will be reviewed by Major General Robert Lee Bullard or his designee before the verdict.
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Eral von Luettwitz
Kapp
von Luettwitz
Berlin
Gustav Noske
Ebert
Leon
New York
Governors Island
Grover Cleveland
Berg
Bruce Ro Campbell
Bergdoll
Berg-dow
Robert Lee Bullard
Department of the East
Sign Up Contracts For Fuel Oil For Navy
The Shipping Board announced contracts for over 12 million barrels of fuel oil to be delivered at Atlantic and Gulf ports in six months. Prices ranged from 1.27 to 1.56 per barrel. Mexican Petroleum Corporation secured 160 million barrels, Atlantic Gulf Oil Corporation 3.6 million barrels of light Mexican crude, and Standard Oil of New Jersey signed two contracts for 2.925 million and 2.8 million barrels respectively.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Atlantic
Gulf
Mexican Petroleum Corporation
Atlantic Gulf Oil Corporation
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Kapp Aide Hints At Negotiations With the Allies
Berlin report says informally discussions occurred between the Kapp government and the entente but no binding negotiations. Merker arrived with knowledge of the old government and approval from Ebert and Noske. Revolt disrupted plans to repatriate over 200000 Russian prisoners. wage rise for public workers approved. Lupettwitz empowered to seize printing houses for the government. Berlin University and colleges closed. extra court martials re established. Passover meal seized for Jewish use redistributed to workers.
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Gisoder
Brunswick
Copentlagen
London
Berlin
Poverment
Kapp
Merker
Heriin
Frederick Ebert
Gustav Noske
Germany
Associated Press
Reichsrat
Herr Schiffer
Bolshevists
Berlin University
Aoe
von Luettwits
Martals
St Joseph Census Padding Burdened by Past Errors
St Joseph, Mo March 18 St Joseph suffers from past census padding used to boost 1900 figures by including cemetery names. The 1910 census showed a drop due to padding in 1900. The St Joseph Commerce Club campaigns to correct the population figure for the 1920 census, lamenting a credit of only 77,733 despite hopes for over 5,000 more.
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St, Joseph
St. Joseph
National Department
Washington
Strong Dutch Guard Fortifies Kaiser's Old Prison Castle
AMERONGEN March 17 Reinforcements of the Dutch guard at Ven Rentinck castle convert the former German emperor s refuge into a fortified prison fortress with moats drawbridges and multiple gates. Constables patrol roads with rifles while sentries guard entrances and the terrace. The Bentinck family and a few former emperor servants alone may enter.
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Associated Press
Amerongen
Ven Rentinck Castle
Bentinck
Trains Derail Near Lewis Station Kills Two Crew
A southbound Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train No. 6 derailed at Lewis station, 32 miles south of Sedalia, killing two trainmen. Passengers were shaken but not injured. accident details are limited.
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Sedalia
Sto. M
Missouri Kansas and Texas
Lewis Station
Hawaii population reaches 249,992 in 1910 census
Washington reports Hawaii's population at 249,992 in the latest census. The figure shows a gain of 83,000 or 30.3 percent from the 1910 count, indicating rapid growth for the territory.
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Itawail
Washington
Hawaii
Census Bureau
Deny Effort to Depose Sultan Constantinople March 16
Allied high commissioner says allies do not seek to destroy the sultan's authority but may reinforce measures in Constantinople to halt massacres of Armenians. War ministries occupied, posts and telephones suspended, and shipping halted. Turkish resistance to the peace treaty prompts stronger military and naval presence as nationalist Mustapha Kemal Pasha challenges allied options. Officials to act upon further guidance from commissioners in Constantinople.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Thallies
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
President Wilson Back After Western Trip Photo Visit
Washington March 18 Photos show President Wilson leaving the White House grounds in his fifth automobile ride since he fell ill last October. The images were taken after his return from a western trip earlier last year.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Allied Fleet Keeps Turks At Bay
Allied forces under General Sir George F Milne landed 4000 bluejackets and marines in Constantinople near the Bosphorus. A clash at the war office caused fatalities among British and Turkish troops. Proclamations warned of court martial for threats to allied security as crowds watched in Gazetoun.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
George F. Milne
Turkey
War Office
Bosphorous
Galatia
Stamboul
Golden Horn
Gaz Sedtoun
Henry F. M. Wilson
Anatolia
1920 Census Reveals Wisconsin City Growth And State Figures
Census Bureau data shows Maine population at 30 709 up 6 510 or 26.9 percent, Milwaukee 457 147 up 22 5 percent, Charlottesville 10 688 up 3 923 or 68 percent, Wausau 15 661 up 2 101 or 12 7 percent, Moline 30 799 up 6 510, Moberly 12 789 up 1 866. Milwaukee fifth largest city announced, Cincinnati 401 138 up 3 or 10 3 percent, Washington DC 487 414 up 32 1 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Milwaukee
Wis
Oswerr
N. Y
Charlottesville
Maine
Wausau
Moberly
Cincinnati
Washington, D.C
Paris Fears Revival of Spartacan Revolt
Paris reports sanguinary clashes at Essen Dortmund Leipzig Montrich Frankfort and Brunswick and a workmen council seizes Chemnitz. The dispatch suggests greater danger from a Spartacan revival than from the Kapp government in Berlin.
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Paris
Essen
Dortmund
Leipsic
Montrheim
Frankfort
Brunswick
Chemnitz
Kapp
Hertin
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Owen
Oklahoma
Townsend
Michigan
Cummins
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Rkenyon
Lowa
Tivore
Marsh
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