Germany in turmoil as Kapp revolt rages on
Reports from Amsterdam and London say Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and Gen. von Luettwitz have faced arrest warrants as chaos grips Berlin. Kapp reportedly fled city. von Luettwitz plans to leave as loyal troops prepare to assume control. Berlin sees barricades and a general strike amid talks of a June Reichstag election and a reorganization of government.
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LONDON
ftumors
Berlin
Wolfgang Kapp
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Hiss
Kapp
von Luettwitz
leutenant
Gustav Noske
Ebert
Eureich
London Times
Germany
thia
Joming
Spartacans
Noshe
the Times
Cologne
Spartacans WARIS
von Leuttwirtz
Kappenburg
Ernest Daumig
foreign office
Berthold von Deimling
Verdun front
Red
Culm
National Assembly
STUTTGART
Associated Press
German national assembly
ais
Leipsic
Goettlib von Jagow
Trotha
Erhardt
AV Olfsung
Luettwitz
Von Luettiitz
Dr. Hirsch
German national arty
German people's party
Reichstatg
Long Lost Opera Found and Played After 200 Years
In Cambridge England Purcel's opera The Faery Queen was revived at the New Theatre after more than two centuries. First and only performance occurred in 1693, score later lost, a 1701 London Gazette ad offered a reward, and after 000 years it was discovered in a Royal Academy of Music cuplward among manuscripts.
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CAMBRIDGE
England
Purcel
ter
London Gazette
Royal Academy of Music
Poland Weds Sea With Ancient Germanomy
Warsaw reports a formal ceremony at Puck marking Poland’s reunification with the Baltic Sea after forty eight years. Gen Haller led troops to reclaim Poland’s shoreline, with Polish towns decorated in white and scarlet. A gold ring was cast into the sea as a pledge to long term Polish access and a navy planned.
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WARSAW
Puck
Putale
Poland
Baltic
Danzig
League of Natiloris
new republic
Puck I
Prussia
Russia
Austria
Haller
France
Pilsudski
seven seas
Gen. Haler
Jugos Slavs Return From War Service
A 760 strong unit of Jugo Slavs who left mines and steel mills to aid Serbia against Austria returned aboard the steamship Santerim. Officials said the immigrants were tall and sturdy, led by Nicolas Stankowitz, fifteen, with three wounds and a medal from Prince Alexander for bravery. his father was killed in action.
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NEW YORK
United States
soll
Santerim
wis
Nicolas’ Stankowitz
Watch Identified as Wife Sparks Inquest Reopen
Dr. E S Grigsby of Tonopah declares the watch taken from the river victim belongs to his wife Mrs Sarah Grigsby prompting reopening of the inquest and a coroner's jury to amend the prior verdict. The dead woman was previously identified as Mrs Sarah Haley.
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Truckee
E. S. Grigsby
Tonopah
Grigsby
Foster
onti
Sarah Haley
Reno
the
Gazette
Kirkley
Grigsb
Dee
Russian Princess Sister of Tsar Found in Box Car
Grand Duchess Olga sister of the late Tsar Nicholas of Russia was located by American Red Cross workers in a box car near Norvorossisk in South Russia. Found among refugees she aided others while herself in ragged clothing and grateful for food and clothing. one of three surviving Romanoffs.
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WASHINGTON
Olga
Nicholas of
Russia
Red Cross
Norvorossisk
South Russia
Red Grass
house of Romanoff
Dutch decree confines exiled Kaiser to Doorn and near castles
The Associated Press reports a March 16 royal decree designates former German Emperor William to reside in Doorn and nearby areas, excluding large towns. Crown Prince considered as a residence site. Yon Bentinck castle heavily fortified with patrols and guarded by police to keep the exile secure.
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Associated’ Press
William
Germany
Utretcht
prem
Weiringen
Associated Press
Wiliam Hohenzollern
Doorn
Amerongen
Yon Bentinck castle
kaiser's refuge
Van Bentincks
bhe
Bentinck
ostrict
J. B. Kan
Hohenzollerns
Disloyal Turk Chiefs Arrested In Constantinople
Constantinople March 18. British French and Italian high commissioners issue a proclamation after occupation. They deny plans to destroy the sultan's authority while warning that massacres could alter policy. All urge citizens to aid security and obey the sultan. Several persons implicated in threats have been arrested.
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CONSTANTINOPLE
Associated Press
peral st
Turkey
Stories Told by President at Peace Conference
Paul Mantoux, interpreter at the Paris peace conference and director of the League of Nations political section, recalls the Big Four in relaxed moments. Lloyd George lounged in a fireside chair beside Clemenceau, Wilson faced a window, Orlando at Mantoux’s side, and maps appeared as stories flowed. The quartet shared friendly chatter and Wilson’s wit sparked amusement.
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LONDON
Paul Mantoux
Paris
League of Nations
Lloyd George
M. Clemenceau
Wilson
Signor Orlando
British Ambassador Guest at Dinner in London
London reports state Sir Auckland Geddes hosted a dinner for 300 members of the English speaking union. The Earl of Reading presided and Lady Astor proposed the health of Lady Geddes. Among guests were Butler Wright and Robert P. Skinner. Portrait painter dies in New York. William Ippincott, a renowned portrait and scenic painter, died Tuesday night.
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LONDON
Auckland Geddes
United States
Earl of Reading
NEW YORK
Willam’ ippincott
por- Harris
Express embargo eased in part by Chicago strike
Chicago March 18 part of the express embargo lifted following a strike by Chicago express workers. The American Railway Express Company announced restrictions on shipments remain for certain classes, with trucks allowed to Texas Oklahoma and other southwestern points and some eastbound routes through New York reduced.
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CHICAGO
Chicago express
American Railway
Texas
Oklahoma
donall
Seppalla Leads Alaska Team to Race Records
Seppalla's team of fast dogs won the All Alaska Sweepstakes races at Nome and set four new speed records. The team covered 800 miles on the snow trail, averaging remarkable daily distances, with multiple standout performances in the Northland event.
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FAIRBANKS
Alka
Leonard
Seppalla
Nome
Northland
Alaska Trade Surpasses Per Capita Peak in 1919
John W. Troy reports Alaska’s 1919 imports and exports totaled 109,652,339 but fell 27,396,793 from the prior year. The territory posted a 31,000,000 trade surplus, about 1000 per white resident, while gold shipments declined as mining costs rose without a price rise. Population gain resumed with 871.5 net increase after two years of loss.
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JUNEAU
John W. Troy
territorial collector of customs
Alaska
United States
Troy
Prince William of Sweden Starts His Honduran Visit
Stockholm March 18 Prince William second son of the king left Stockholm with four friends to spend about a year in Honduras studying geography and ethnography He was raised at sea joining the Swedish navy as a cadet at twelve his tutors insisted he work like any ordinary boy He is described as a poet skilled sportsman and golfer with few equals in SwedenMexican reports: Los Angeles March 18 The senate sub committee investigating Mexican affairs spent the day here reading reports with no formal session held.
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STOCKHOLM
William of
Sweden
Honduras
William
navyat’ a
LOS ANGELES
Cal
senate
cee
Bremen Cotton Exchange Chief Sees Mark Decline Hitting Imports
President Craemer of the Bremen cotton exchange warns that German marks may soon be unable to buy goods abroad. He notes Germany has used American cotton bought with dollars and says only half of imported bales should be used for clothing while the rest should be turned into finished products to earn foreign exchange.
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BREMEN
Craemer
cotton exchange
Germany
Berlin
RUSS BOLSHEVIK! SAY ENEMY ROUTED
War office issued a dispatch stating Bolsheviki tested a proclamation claiming plans to occupy Ekaterindar in Kuban province. Gen Denikine reportedly left Ekaterindar as women and children fled. British mission directed sixty miles to Novorossisk on the Black Sea.
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LONDON
war office
Russia
Ekxter ndar
Kuban
Denikine
Ekaterindar
Dalrymple Rights Curtailed in Prohibition Debate
In a fragmentary report the name Dalrymple appears with notes about limiting rights to locate and booze during a prohibition discussion. Mr Kramer is cited as directing a national see and mentions departures, but the text is incomplete and unclear. The item hints at legal or civic constraints affecting Dalrymple in the prohibition era.
Army polo notes and local sports wrap
Army polo team from Fort Bliss returns after five wins and one defeat on a California swing. The Seventh Cavalry defeated Del Monte Santa Barbara Coronado San Mateo clubs, but lost to the Santa Barbara regulars 9 to 7. Polo officer Lt Feathestone plans a handicap tournament for military groups in El Paso.
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EL PASO
Tex
Seventh cavalry
Fort Bliss
California
Hugh Drury
Del Monte
Santa Barbara
Coronado
San Mateo
Santa Barbara Blues
Hale
Santa: Barbara
R. E. Craig
H.R. Gay
J. W. Cunningham
Wood
J. C
Featherstone
Plana
cavalry
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LEBAR
BAKERSFIELD
Frank L.Homan
Arizona Federation of Labor
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ition
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