Foch summons council to study German coup
March 12 Marshal Foch summoned a special meeting of the Supreme Council to discuss a German revolution. French authorities in the Rhineland prepared precautions after the overthrow of the German government by militarists and monarchists. Allied reports and intrigue from Berlin and the Rhineland sparked intense excitement as observers awaited further developments.
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Aris
Marshal Foch
Supreme Council
Rhineland
Anfed
Aruts
Ronditions
Tihineland
Burila
Khy
Corman
Berlin
Coig
Germany
Cabie
Tenlon
Papis
German Revolution Overthrows Ebert Government
Berlin reports indicate the Ebert government was toppled by a monarchist and pan Germanist plot. Dr Wolfgang Kapp purportedly assumed chancellorship as troops occupied central Berlin and the Reichswehr mutinied or fled. Allied dispatches note a cautious stance from London and Washington amid conflicting claims of a peaceful transfer and ongoing unrest.
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Groat United Press
Erlin
Ebert
Wolfgang Kapp
Fatherland Party
Gen.Luttwitz
Ak Gusts
Noske
Defense
Kapp
Pabst
Marine Brigade
Ehrhardt
Loewestetz
Doeheritz
Reichswehr
Wilhelmstrasse
Ander den Linden
London
Berlin
Ar di Great
Prega
German Republic
Barlier
Reichswwolf
Gustav Nowke
Dr. Rapp
Tuson
Hage
Germany
Boske
Noaky
Bis
Usser
Bly Post
Monthy
Pat-Geremanista
Treberger-Helfferich
Bert
Ehert
Sterloper Bry
Generals in $0 department to lose stars
Southern Department officials to reduce ranks as Maj Gen Hay and Col Cabell swap commands in Brownsville district. Maj Gen Hertze to return to colonel in El Paso border patrol. Col Carter succeeds at Fort Ringgold. McCos, Gray, and McCox reassigned as World War I era veterans moved to new posts. (Continued on page 4.)
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Monay
Willian H. Hay
Brownsville
Taraks
Fnl
DeRorey C. Cabell
Dit
Fort Ringgold
Col Cabell
Stitch
Ae Rink
Robert K. Hertze
el Maso
Eolonel
Lavatze
War Department
Lucius L. Carter
Gate Infantry
Prank Ti. McCox
Arizona
Douglas
Bac
Algaro Gray
Camp
Harry J.jones
Eley
How
Hay
Kexstone
Cennsylvania National Guard
Howze
Indiana
Kenthers
Army recruits flyer stunt targets Alamo city
A World War II era notice from Camp Fravis outlines a three day publicity campaign to recruit 25 000 men for the 2d Division. Flyers dropped by bombers from Kelly Field will distribute misstatements with tickets to Majestic Theater offered as prizes, with corrected copies printed in The Evening News to verify winners.
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Camp Fravis
Charles P. Hall
Army
Uncle Sam
Kelly Field
San Antonio Evening News
Charles A. Leach Jr
Majestic Theater
2D Division
Dope m
Caclo Sam
Wil
Alamo
Evening News
Levening News
Monarchists Coup D Etat Claimed Successful After 18 Months
Frank Chariton reports from New York that monarchists claim a successful coup in Germany, with a Berlin proclamation dissolving the government of Ebert. The cable notes two rival strands of activity over the past eighteen months, one monarchist and one Bolshevik-leaning, inflaming public opinion as the regime shifts.
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Frank Chariton
Fotrlen
International News
Edwards seeks withdrawal of name as Democratic candidate
Springfield Illinois March 18 Governor Edward I Edwards of New Jersey today wired Secretary Emmerson asking that his name be withdrawn as a Democratic candidate for President in the April 22 primary. Emmerson has asked Attorney General Lundage for an opinion on whether under Illinois law Edwards may withdraw. Under Illinois practice candidates have five days to withdraw after the filing period closed. The withdrawal period ended May 3.
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Springfield
Edward I. Edwards
New Jersey
Ste Emmerson
Emmerson
Lrundage
Edwards
Monarchists Occupy All Berlin in Turbulent Coup
Unconfirmed dispatches report Berlin seized by monarchists as Dr. Kapp is named Chancellor and dissolves the constituent assembly. Claims of a new government under Kapp and Littwitz spread, with Ebert’s position uncertain. Eastern and western portions of Berlin reportedly occupied, signaling a failed attempt at revolution amid a general strike and shifting authority.
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Basle
Berlin
Kapp
Constituent Assembly
Vormer
Ebert
Fdvlesg Wssercen
Gen. Littwite
Koentgabers
Omer
Kappi
London
Berlln Mspateh
Sparen Fs
I Dr. Vor Kapp
Linsglf Bremier
Crussia
Oil man pays fortune to U S as income tax
AMSANSAS CIT Kan March 1 The report notes Jim Lane a remittance of 70M as income tax for 1919. Early in Texas and a sale of his hold when the interest was at a climax. American steamer Borns TORTA Azores Islands March 1 The U S Shipping Board steamer Broadfield 1718 tons burned to the water’s edge at Payal Azores March 7, complete loss.
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U. S
Amsansas Cit
Kan
Jim Lane
Texas
Borns
Torta
Azores Islands
States Shipping Board
Broadfield
Payal
Szores
Weather report for San Antonio and surrounding regions
Weather overview shows warm trend tonight and Sunday with variable winds. Light rain and cloudy conditions persist along the Atlantic States and parts of New Jersey and Eastern New York. Snow in the Valleys and Eastern Tennessee. unsettled storm developing in the Northwest and Northern Rockies. warmth returning to the Southwest and Plains.
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San Anteglo
New Jersey
New York
Atlantic States
Tennessee
Wester
Rocky Mountain
Mil
Washington
Plains
Rocky
New York Dock Workers Walk Out Shuts Shipping
Longshoremen checkers and stevedores at Mallory Clyde Morgan Old Dominion Savannah Fall River lines strike after owners refuse wage increases. Voted for action at local unions, reserves guard piers as potential widening walkout threatens thousands of jobs along the Atlantic Coast.
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New York
Mallory, Clyde
Morgan
Old Dominion
Savannah
Fall
River Steamship Lines
Guton Leafers
Checkera
Ufter
Porta
Atlantic
York
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Foch
Council
Lqndon
War Office
Mie
Paris
Washington, D. C
State Department
Eberhard
Eberhardt
Baltic
Lokal Anzeiger Io
Adlon
Department
Howie
McCoy
William Gray Schaufpler Jit
Southern Department
Reily Field
Fort Hoag
Myers
Harry J. Speck
GS. Hobson
Harry A. Johnsen
Able Merchand
Boledad
the Fox Co
AL F. Beyer
W. Commerce, Breche and Records
Adr
McNeel Jewelry Co
Bank of Commerce, Tage
Gov. Edwards
Berlin City
Ebert Fless
PATIZ
NEW York Shipping
Jongeburé Mensiare
Dewmudding
Tate
Clare
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