United States weighs recognition of new Russian government
The United States signals that provisional Russian ministers are de facto rulers if stability proves lasting. Ambassador Francis reports regular talks with Russia’s foreign office and urges caution as fears persist about radical and socialist factions undermining moderates. Full recognition hinges on demonstrated stability amid wartime strategic stakes with Germany.
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Washington
Emen Ad
Russia
United States
Francis
Petrograd
State Department
America
Germany
Chinese Battle in Stockton Streets Ends in Death
In Stockton California March 22 a street gunfight among rival Tong factions left Lee Won of Suey Sing dead and Lee Hey wounded. A passing Japanese man was also shot in the head and likely to die. Toy Lee of Bing Kong was arrested after Lee Won fired then fled and Toy Lee allegedly shot him.
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Stockton
Cal
Lee Won
Suey Sing
Lee Hey
Toy Lee
Bing Kong
Railroad Workers Discuss Increases in Wages
Conferees from six unions in Kansas City met behind closed doors late into March 22 to discuss wage increases. Officials withheld information though admitted informal talks followed recent wage advances by the four major train brotherhoods.
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Kansas City
Western Railroad
Saloons Remaining Barred in Two Harbors After Socialists Out
Continue ban on saloons and ouster of Socialists from city government in Two Harbors Minnesota after years of Socialist control. Voters decided Tuesday to maintain prohibition and replace leadership, reshaping local governance.
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Two Harbors
Minn
Dr Kings New Discovery Cough Remedy Advertisement
An old medicine ad promotes Dr King s New Discovery as a cough remedy that soothes the throat loosens phlegm and fights germs. It claims quick relief for colds and notes suitability for children and adults with wording reflecting vintage advertising.
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Dr. King
Three American Ships Sunk by German Forces
The American built vessels City of Memphis Vigilantia and Tihnats were sunk by German action. City of Memphis left Savannah January 23 for Lavre arriving February 6 with 9653 bales of cotton valued at $600000. Vigilantia sailed from Chester PA to Britain via St Michaels Azores Havre and was reported sunk. Witness oil tanker owned by Texas company left Newport News bound for Havre. its status unclear.
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City of Memphis
Tihnats
Vigilantia
Chester
Witness
Texas Company
Newport News
L. P. Rerum
Lavre
Women urged to favor economical fashions for war effort
The York city woman’s section of Mayor Mitchel’s defense committee asks patriotic women to influence dress in economical, practical ways. It condemns extravagant styles and urges saving time and money for national needs, while planning to aid agriculture and organize a wartime army commissary.
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York
Mitchel
Committee On National Defense
Collapses On Stand While Telling Story In Murder Trial
Mrs. Stella Moore Smith testified in district court about alleged abuse by her husband John L. Smith and described events blamed for his January slaying at their Denver home. She collapsed on the witness stand during cross examination, and court halted briefly before she recovered.
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Denver
John L. Smith
Stella Moore Smith
District Court
Flag Over Trenches Inspires Clergy Cheer in New York
In New York on March 22 Major Charles W. Gordon known as Ralph Connor addressed about a hundred clergy from many denominations. The 43rd Canadian infantry veteran spoke on the stars and stripes waving over French trenches and will return to his regiment in Flanders on a British war office mission.
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New York
Stars and Stripes
France
Charles W. Gordon
43Rd Canadian Infantry
Ralph Connor
Gordon
Winnipeg
British War Office
Flanders
Advance bill to restore passes passes house action
In Springfield on March 22 the house public utilities committee approved Rep. T. D. Murphy’s bill to repeal the anti pass provision of the public utilities act. The measure would restore railway passes to elective state officers members of the legislature and the state board of equalization and was reported out for favorable action with no dissent.
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Springfield
Ill
State Board of Equalization
T. D. Murphy
Public Utilities Act
House Public Utilities
Murphy
Chinese Find Bombs Under German Ships
Chinese naval officers in Shanghai discovered bombs with percussion caps and time fuses fixed under the machinery of the German steamers Deike Dick mers and Sikiang and Albens, seized March 14 by Chinese authorities. Machinery had been dismantled and parts were missing.
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Peking
Shanghsi
Deike Dick
Mers
Sikiang
Albens
Munition Workers in Düsseldorf Strike Over Rations
A dispatch from Amsterdam to the Xchange Telegraph reports five Düsseldorf munition factories have staged strikes in the last 48 hours. Workers refuse to resume work until food rations are increased.
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London
Xchange
Amsterdam
Dusseldorf
Military Census Proposed in Ohio Senate
Columbus Ohio March 22 a military census of all men in Ohio aged 18 to 45 may be taken under an act introduced and passed by the Ohio senate as an emergency measure to take effect once it passes the house
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Senate
House
Dutch Harbors Closed as 10 Armed Ships Barred
A Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam reports the Dutch government will not permit armed American merchantmen in Dutch harbors. Informed circles say the response to the Princess Melita case will be unsatisfactory to the Entente. The Melita, armed, arrived at the Hook of Holland March 5 and was ordered out. London dispatches note Britain will demand entry for defensively armed ships.
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London
Reuter’s
Amsterdam
Princess Melita
Hook of Holland
Dutch Naval Department
Baker declares the guard has made good in Washington
Secretary Baker told a mass meeting in Washington that the District of Columbia national guard on the border expedition had "made good" and the welcome home demonstrations showed the country has men and spirit to defend itself. Senator Chamberlain urged universal military service and was cheered by the guardsmen.
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Washington
Baker
District of Columbia National Guard
Senator Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Venezuela defends neutral rights amid submarine war
Caracas reports Venezuela will uphold the rights of humanity and neutral nations in response to Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare. The Venezuelan minister in Washington was instructed to notify the United States of their unqualified endorsement of the U S stand on neutral rights.
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Williemstad
Curacao
Venezuela
Caracas
Germany
Washington
United States
Woman Enlists for Navy Service in Philadelphia
Loretta Walsh of Philadelphia, 22, named chief yeoman and assigned to an open air recruiting station as the first woman to enlist under Secretary Daniels new order admitting women to the navy. More than 100 men, mostly skilled mechanics, sought enlistment in the newly organized naval coast defense reserve.
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Philadelphia
Loretta Walsh
United States Navy
Daniels
Navy
Naval Coast Defense Reserve
Little Girl Fights Croup Wins With Honey and Tar
Mrs R M Raney of Stanford Kentucky reports her child’s night of quiet sleep after dosing with Feley’s Honey and Tar Compound every two to three hours. She notes the cold cleared by the next day and urges others to use Foley’s Honey and Tar for grippe coughs colds and croup from Miller Arthur Drug Co.
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R. M. Raney
Stanford
Feley
Foley's
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
Adv
Distillers optimistic on bone dry law impact
At the Distillers Securities Corp annual meeting in Jersey City president Julius Kessler said bone dry enforcement could favor distillers. He noted many dry states may go wet next fall while wet states remain industrial centers. The firm could convert grain distilleries to denatured alcohol from molasses if nationwide prohibition occurs.
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Jersey City
N. J
Distillers’ Securities Corporation
Julius Kessler
Kessler
Securities Corporation
Ife
Planes Form Escort for Dead Aviator
Westbury New York March 22 4 A squadron of 12 airplanes circled above the cortege as an aerial escort for Peter Cart Millman youthful civilian instructor in aviation of the first aero corps who died Sunday from pneumonia and was buried here Wednesday. As his body was lowered into the grave his former flying comrades plane down close to the earth and dropped masses of flowers over his resting place. On each machine an American flag fluttered.
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Westbury
N. Y
Peter Cart Millman
First Aero Corps
Stewarts Speedometer Heiresses In Million Estate
The will of Mrs. Julia B. Stewart widow of a speedometer manufacturer is filed in Chicago probate court naming her two children Marion 15 and Jean 5 as heirs to an estate valued around 7 million dollars. A trust company is named executor. Mrs. Stewart died recently in Aiken South Carolina leaving husband deceased months before.
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Chicago
Julia B. Stewart
Marion
Jean
Stewart
Aiken
S. C
Government Given Credit
President Wilson signs executive order stating federal military service time will not count against national guardsmen on civil service eligibility lists. The directive affects guardsmen nationwide and clarifies how military service is credited for federal appointments.
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Wallington
Wilson
Rae Tanzer jury fails to reach verdict in perjury case
In New York on March 22 the Rae Tanzer jury deliberated six hours without a verdict. Judge Van Fleet ordered the panel locked up for the night. The indictment stemmed from a breach of promise suit against James W. Osborne a former assistant district attorney. Witness Charles H. Wax testified he courted Tanzer under the name Oliver Osborne, which she denied.
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New York
Rae Tanzer
van Fleet
United States District Court
Miss Tanzer
James W. Osborne
Charles H. Wax
London Comment Welcomes Move Toward War
London reporters note President Wilson may convene Congress in a special session and US war preparations loom large. The Daily Telegraph predicts the first week of April will bring US recognition of a state of war with Germany, a turning point for Europe and the United States, warning German partisans of a rough news arc ahead.
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London
Wilson
Congress
Washington
New York
United States
Daily Telegraph
Germany
Europe
Insanity Defense Claimed in Oklahoma City Murder Trial
John M. Couch stands trial for the murder of his sister in law Nel lie M Dunn and music teacher Rowland D Williams. Defense attorneys announce they will prove temporary insanity at the time of the crime and argue inherited mental illness dating to Civil War trauma that endangered his mother.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
John M. Couch
Nellie M. Dunn
Rowland D. Williams
Couch
Vardaman Repents Back of Wilson Now
Jackson Mississippi March 22 Senator James K Vardaman one of twelve lawmakers who voted against the armed neutrality bill says if war with Germany is declared he would vote to supply the President with men and money to defend the country He argues that adherence to perfect neutrality could have averted war
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Jackson
Miss
James K. Vardaman
United States
Congress
Germany
Fish at Wisherd's and local society notices
Brief personals from Quincy area listing visits and travels among residents. Mrs. William Weibring underwent surgery at Blessing hospital Wednesday morning. Several residents travel to St Louis or Chicago for business or visits. Local clubs and events at Weber's, Hotel Quincy, and the Cheerful home linked to community activities.
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Wisherd’s
William Weibring
Cherry Street
Blessing Hospital
William Hughes
North Eighth Street
St. Louis
Snyder
W. W. Christian
Christian
J. M. Harrop
Lindstreet
George Hemile
Springfield
Josephine Ricker
Quincey
F.C. Millspaugh
Canton Frust Company
Quincy
Clearing House Association
Weber's
Goldie Crane
Edgar Schaller
Maywood
Guy Nations
Chicago
B. M. Cavanagh
Yyattrell, Cavanagh
Lodge
Cy Moeller
Allie Weimers
Lincoln
Neb
Young Women's Christian Home
Fred Johnson
Oriental Hotel
St. Mary’s Hospital
Edward Malone
Steve Malone
South Third Street
Arthur Hardman
Cedar Street
Helen Laaker
Melrose Township
William Wachter
South Fifth Street
H. J. Jurgens
Christine
Walburga Meienzen
Newcomb Hotel
Chinese in Berlin Arrested by Police
Reports from Amsterdam via Exchange Telegraph say 50 Chinese residents in Germany, especially Berlin and Munich, were arrested on conspiracy charges. They were preparing to leave Germany with the Chinese legation. most were students.
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London
Amsterdam
Cologne
Exchange Telegraph
Germany
Berlin
Munich
Genuine Laxative BromO Quinine Ad Promises One Day Cure
Advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE with full name E. W. Grove for curing a cold in one day. Signature line asserts potency and price at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Allies Decline Safe Passage for Americans from Beirut
Turkey has informed the state department that Germany and Austria Hungary will not guarantee safe passage for the American cruiser Des Moines and the naval collier Caesar from Alexandria to Beirut. The fate of about 1,000 refugees stranded in Beirut, and the wider U S Germany tensions, loom large as Ambassador Elkus plans renewed pleas.
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Washington
Turkey
State Department
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Des Moines
Caesar
Alexandria
Egypt
Beirut
Elkus
United States
Austria
Civil Service Aids Enlistments In National Emergency
The Civil Service Commission extends its reach nationwide to recruit skilled workers for public service. It directs 3,000 local examiner boards to fill navy yards arsenals and other government plants and opens a waiting list of eligibles for urgent needs.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
United States
Ita
Commission
A Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
An old advertisement claims Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder ailments including gravel diabetes rheumatism and irregularities in men women and children. It promises two months of treatment per bottle and offers mail order for $1.00 with testimonials to Dr E W Hathaway 2926 Olive St St Louis Missouri.
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Texas Wonder
E. W
Olive St
St. Louia
Adv
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Hosteter
DR. Welsch
Hampshire Street
Case
Telegraph
U. S
Vardaman
Declane
Civil Service Board
Texas
Paris
A. E. Prince
Palmyra
Savoy Hotel
H. E. Grant
Salko
Reed’s Drug Store
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