Old Army of Russia Disbanded
The Soviet government moves to disarm the old army and remove soldier representation from Moscow and other Soviets. Regiments resist demobilization in Petrograd as Bolshevik Red Guards seize arms. Evacuation plans push rolling stock toward the Ural, with factories and prisoners moved for industrial work in Siberia, while many soldiers show limited interest in the war.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Moscow Soviet
Russia
Petrograd
Ural Mountains
Putalotf Intuition
Shlusselburg
Pettouroid
Emipiuoyeng
Beig
Unix
Bolsk
Eid
Ue Transsiberian
Ciask
Siberian
Golespoillerd
Sumy
American Red Cross
United States
Vologda
Rumania
Ukraine
Siberia
Kola
Fraud Charged in Pickled Horse Meat Sales to Allies
Otto B. Reitkereutz, a motion picture animal trainer, was arrested by post office inspectors on a Chicago indictment for involvement in a scheme to sell pickled horse meat to the allies. Bail set at 5000 dollars. Kunza Packing Co is alleged to have a contract but Chicago officials cite a prohibiting ordinance.
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Los Angeles
Otto B. Reitkercutz
Post Office
Chicago
Reitkereutz
Kunza Packing Co., Incorporated
Kunza Company
Kunza Packings Company
Otto B. Reitkereutz
U.S. Bureau of Animal Industries
London Casualty List Week Ended March 21
London report shows British casualties for the week ending today totaling 3,567. Of these 76 officers were killed or died of wounds, 619 men killed or died of wounds, 215 officers wounded or missing, and 2,657 men wounded or missing.
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London
American War Losses List of Casualties and Deaths
Washington reports sixty two names on the latest casualty list of American expeditionary forces. It records two killed in action, thirteen missing, fifteen dead of disease, one killed by accident, and others wounded or dying of wounds. The list names soldiers by rank and surname, including Fall, Gross, Sullivan, Stonina, Payne, Struck, Backus, Bogin, Carrender, Wansen, Larcen, Morry, ONeil, Peters, Reilman, Tarracks, McElhinney, Israel, Renauld, Beccn, Boges, Brillhart, Hartman, Larsen, Michaelson, Owens, Perry, Robing, Smith, Spears, Trimble, Grochowski, Goes, Strickler, Arazeny, Gondola, Morrison, Odon nell, Anderson, Greer, Lenofke, and others. Additional wounded include Goes and others, with several listed as severely or slightly wounded. The notices provide a sobering roll of service members and their fates.
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Washington
Ienry H. Fall
Richard Gross
Sylvester P. Sullivan
Joseph Stonina
John J. Payne
Edward E. Struck
Rudolf M. Backus
Barney Bogin
Wiliam O. Carrender
Marius Wansen
Hans Larcen
Adelbert Morry
Hugh Oneil
Samuel J. Peters
Hector FE. Reilman
John Tarracks
Michael L. McElhinney
Alfred H. Israel
Alfred J. Renauld
Hamion Becc
Marry W. Goes
Arry G. Strickler
Stanley Arazeny
Simon Gondola
Oliver W. Morrison
James Z. Odonnell
Carl Anderson
George B. Greer
Absham Lenofke
Lee Morgan Pickett
Charles Glenn Roberts
George Havictoire
Kenneth V. Waghes
Lonnie Winstead
Floyd Treath
Elrer
Partlow
Jack Peavy
Prank FE
Blossom
Robert A. Foster
Salvatore Ke
Beatrice
Felmund Bielinski
Char- Tay Cain
Leslie So Emerson
Pasil Mince Prederick VO Gould
Oliver W. Totnes
Far Eo Kastner
Mike Peoris
Michael Timicheke
Fred S. Yates
Illinois Plants 10 Join War Work
Illinois moves to mobilize manufacturing for war under state council plans after a defense conference. A state committee led by T. Ke. O'Brien, J. Howard Jayne, Garrett Deforest Kinney, and Wm. Butterworth will implement display rooms in Chicago, cooperative estimating, and coordinated small factories to boost orders and speed contracts for government needs.
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Chicago
Quartermaster’s and Ordnance Divisions
War Department
T. KE. O’brien
Decatur
J. Howard Jayne
Monmouth
Garrett Deforest Kinney
Peoria
Wm. Butterworth
Moline
Increased Activity on Italian Fronts
The Italian war office reports Thursday saw heightened front activity. Opposing patrols west of Val Di Concei and the Graze were driven off. In Val Frenzela, an advance position was penetrated but neutralized by artillery and counterattacks. Near Monte Grappa, Italian troops took prisoners. Cavallo Della Piave saw intensified artillery. French and Italian planes downed an enemy aircraft on the Asiago plateau. British planes claimed three more, with another forced to land. A captive balloon south of Motta Di Livensea was burned by our artillery.
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Washington
Italian War Office
Val di Concei
Val Frenzela
Montegrappa
Planing Mill Burned In Major City Fire
ST. LOUIS March 23 The Marvin Planing Mill company plant which makes boxes for government rifle shipments was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin on Friday night. Twelve nearby buildings were also destroyed. Total loss estimated at 300000 dollars.
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Planing Mill
ST. Louis
Marvin Planing Mill Company
Coal Prices For Illinois Reclassified
Washington March 23 Coal prices for Illinois and major fields in Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia were reclassified by the fuel administration Illinois districts show run of mine and prepared sizes with cents per ton for each region including Mercer Kankakee LaSalle Grundy Will Putnam Marshall Livingston Woodford McLean Rock Island Rock Island etc. Districts list counties and new price points for run of mine prepared sizes and slack or screenings.
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Washington
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
The
Fuel Administration
Mercer
Kankakee
LaSalle
Grundy
Will
Putnam
Marshall
Livingston
Woodford
McLean
Rock Island
Henry
Warren
Knox
Stark
Peoria
Hancock
McDonough
Henderson
Fulton
Tazewell
Schuyler
Menard
Logan
Dewitt
Champagne
Vermillion
Sangamon
Macon
Pratt
Christian
Moultrie
Shelby
Green
Macoupin
Montgomery
Madison County
Alton
Bond
St. Claire
Monroe
Randolph
Clinton
Perry
Vandalia
Carbondale
Jackson County
Tlineis Central
Duquoin
Marion
Jefferson
Franklin
Williamson Johnson
Hamilton
Saline
White, Gallatin
Mines
Illinois Central Railroad
Washington, Perry
Jackson Counties
Artillery Activity Along French Front Reported
Paris dispatch details a War Office statement on March 23 noting violent artillery duels along multiple sectors north of Chemin des Dames Gourey and Yomnelle and Champagne south of Moronvilliers. It cites two German aircraft destroyed and several damaged after air combats with Allied squadrons.
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Paris
War Office
Chemin Des Tames
Gourey
Yomnelle
Champagne
Moronvilliers
Seuain
Tecons
Helena judge Chas Al Crumb impeached by senate
Helena Mont March 23 Chas Al Crumb former judge of the fifteenth judicial district was impeached Friday by the senate on all six articles of impeachment with only a few dissenting votes on one or two minor articles. The senate will pronounce judgment later.
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Helena
Mont
Chas al Crumb
Fifteenth Judicial District
Senate
Paris Raiding Aerial Warfare Signals New Squadron Tactics
News by Herbert Corey describes a 1918 air raid on Paris with fourteen tons of explosives dropped by twenty eight German planes in four squadrons. He notes the raid as a practice in new formation tactics and reports widespread bombing of Bapaume Athert Dunkirk Calais and other towns. Aircraft defenses struggle as raid night visibility remains low and lines of communication under strain.
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Paris
Herbert Corey
Bapaume
Athert
Dunkirk
Calais
Roubens
Bantamweights Pat Moore and Roy Moore Fight Drawn
Pat Moore of Memphis and Roy Moore of Minneapolis battled to a ten round draw in Peoria Illinois on Friday night according to a popular verdict. Both fighters weighed bantams.
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Peoria, II
Pat Moore
Memphis
Roy Moore
Minneapolis
Mnight
German raider outfitted in Mexico seized near Mazatlan
A German raider ship, the auxiliary schooner Alexander Agassiz, 32 tons net, captured 15 miles off Mazatlan by an American gunboat. The crew of five surrendered. the vessel, flying the German flag, was fitted as a raider with pro-German munitions found at Salina Cruz. Prisoners of war to be landed at the port.
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Pacific
Germany
Alexander Agassiz
University of California
Mazatlan
Mexico
Agassiz
United States
Agasssiz
Salina Cruz
California
Pacific Coast Trading and Shipping Company
Los Angeles
Bolshevik Denies Railway Seizure Rumors
Moscow reports that Austrian and German prisoners of war have not seized the trans-Siberian railway. Bolshevik officials say POWs, unarmed, are scattered along the line under armed patrols. In Blagoveshchik, white guards allegedly fired on Chinese, but Red Guards stopped the clash and restored order.
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Associated Press
Moscow
trans-Siberian Railway
Leon Trotzky
Irkutsk
Siberian
Iberian
Blagovieschik
Prison Banquet Amid War Prisoners At Courtrai
O'Brien and seven mates in a German prison at Courtrai plotted a banquet as escape plans simmered. They obtained potatoes, jam from stolen sugar and apples, bread, eggs, and beer with guard bribes, sharing a final meal on August 20 before looming escape.
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Brien
Courtrai
O'Brien
Au Shell-Hole
Low
British Hold Cambrai Front as German Offense Rages
Associated Press reports a fierce battle along a fifty mile front west of Cambrai with British lines holding despite German pressure. Haig’s forces inflicted heavy casualties while Berlin claims thousands captured. French and Italian fronts show activity as American and Allied units pound German positions and patrols cross No Man's Land.
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Associated Press
Cambrai
Marshal Haig
Berlin
Linuxvh
German Offensive Claims 16000 Prisoners 200 Guns
British reports on a German offensive quote a German official communication claiming 16 000 prisoners and 200 guns captured on the first day. The British dispute the figure as an exaggeration while noting heavy German costs and orderly British withdrawals. Air units supported ground troops with raids and bombardment as battles continued along the front near Arras and Laffere.
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Arras
Laffere
London
West Front
Field Marshal Haig
France
Acquitted on Charge of Fouling Gyroscope
Edward Otis claiming Riga Russia origin and former United States transport quartermaster was acquitted in a U S court on charges of violating the espionage act. He had been tried for tampering with the navigating instruments of the transport after a prior deadlocked jury.
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Baltimore
Edward Otis
Riga
Russia
United States
U. S
Otis
Italian Losses Light in Week of March 16
Rome reports Italian shipping losses from submarine attacks in the week ended March 16 totaled one steamer over 1,500 tons and two sailing vessels, one over 100 tons and one under 100 tons. Arrivals at Italian ports were 46 merchantmen while 422 merchantmen sailed.
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Rome
Mexican Snipers Pursued by Cavalry on Border
At Fabons area near Polvo and Fabens, Mexican snipers fired on a U S border patrol. Eight American soldiers held position as 30 aggressors engaged. Cavalry under Captain J K Colwell charged and repelled the Mexicans who fled back across the Rio Grande. No American casualties. one horse killed. Casualty figures unconfirmed.
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EL Paso
Tex
Fabons
Polvo
Fabens
J. K. Colwell
Rio Grande
Arrested as Enemy Alien in New York
Earl Tucker secretary to Horst Von Der Goltz involved in organizing an expedition to blow up the Welland canal in Canada was arrested as a dangerous enemy alien in New York. Federal agents say he played a prominent part in spreading pro German propaganda on the Pacific coast.
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New York
Earl Tucker
Horst von der Goltz
Welland Canal
Canada
Pacific Coast
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Corey
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Cambrai Salient
Hindenburg
Byng
Fifty Mile
Gauche Wood
Lagnicourt
Salient
St. Ledger
Doignies
Lafore
Fotty
Emperor William
Marshal von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
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Frenzela
Brenta
Italy
Luneville
No Man’s Land
Ochakov
Odessa
Teutons
British Admiralty
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