Exiles in Siberia Flee to Freedom Amid Russian Revolution
Fifty thousand sledges carry political convicts and administrative exiles from mines and camps in Siberia toward the Trans Siberian Railway as spring thaws threaten to halt their flight. Exiles rush to reach rails within a fortnight or wait weeks for river navigation to open, amid scenes of emaciation and hardship.
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Siberia
Petrograd
London
Russia
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Lena
Associated Press
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M. Rosenoff
Council of the Empire
Siberian Express
Ekaterinburg
Urals
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Black Sea
Irkutsk
Motor Craft Fleet Ready for Patrol Duty
Hundreds of yachts and fast motor boats and hydroplanes are prepared for Navy use in New York harbor patrols and submarine hunting in a possible war with Germany. Over forty vessels, owned by wealthy volunteers from last summer’s naval training cruise, include the speedy motor yacht Gem owned by William Ziegler, heir to the late baking powder magnate.
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Navy Department
New York Harbor
United States
Germany
William Ziegler
Spain Again Normal in Valladolid After Reopening Shops
Spain reports normal conditions in Valladolid with two reopened shops for railway workers and absolute tranquility nationwide. Dispatch from Spanish foreign office to Ambassador Riano states normalcy has been re established.
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Washington, D. C
Spain
Foreign Office
Riano
Valladolid
Change at Hot Wells Hotel in San Antonio Texas
Gustav Beraud succeeds Arthur G. Jury as manager effective Monday chosen by Ike T. Pryor owner. Beraud brings Texas hotel experience from the Rice Hotel Houston and prior roles in New Orleans Kansas City and other eastern hotels. Jury leaves for a larger hotel after guiding extensive improvements including bathhouse grounds and garden over three months.
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Hot Wells
Gustav Beraud
Arthur G. Jury
Ike T. Pryor
Beraud
Texas
Rice
Houston
St. Charles
New Orleans
Baltimore
Kansas City
Jury
San Antonio
Hot Wells Hotel
Democrats Organize All House Committees in Democratic Reorganization
The House, under a Democratic reorganization, names new chairmen for key panels including Rules, Appropriations, and War, with Republicans gaining some seats. Majorities stay with Democrats. Northern Democrats replace Southern on some posts. Wilson of Fort Worth keeps naval affairs seat amid a shifting committee landscape. Fuller of Massachusetts opposed Mann for speaker but broke with party on some votes.
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Oklahoma
Maher
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Mississippi
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Interior
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Justice
Banter
California
Commerce
Crosser
Ohio
London
McClintic
Ways and Means Committee
Fort Worth
Naval Affairs Committee
Callaway
Congressman Fuller
Massachusetts
Mann
London Windows Dirty City Highlighted by height risks
London reports dirty windows in the capital, with women cleaners working at perilous heights. Insurers refuse to insure accidents involving women window cleaners, noting the danger beyond ground level.
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London
Texan Awarded Prize at Oxford
Clyde Eagleton of Austin wins a prize of ten pounds sterling from Christ Church Oxford for a French literary essay. The same Oxford awards go to A G Fite and B H Branscomb for translation and modern history, reflecting American prize success.
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Clyde Eagleton
Austin
Oxford
England
A. G. Fite
Nashville
Tenn
Christ Church
Oxford University
B. H. Branscomb
Birmingham
Ala
Tex
Benefit Concert Opens Series for Fresh Air Fund
Eileen Castles and assisting artists performed Monday evening at the Gunter Hotel ballroom. Presented under Prospect Hill Community and Neighborhood Club auspices, the concert funds a fresh air program for summer vacations of poor women and children. An appreciative audience attended.
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Eileen Castles
Gunter Hotel
Prospect Hill
Second concert listed with Castles vocals and Sevasta harp
The article notes a first concert with growing attendee numbers and outlines the second program featuring Eileen Castles, soprano, with Signor Fillippo Sevasta on harp and Lee Cronican on piano. Works include Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Dvorak and classic songs. The second concert is slated for Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. at the same venue.
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Eileen Castles
Signor Fillippo Sevasta
Lee Cronican
Schumann
Divine Redeemer
Gounod
Leoni
St. Seans
Princeton Initiates Reserve Officers Training Camp
Princeton University hosts a senior division reserve officers training camp started by the War Department. The program adds structured military instruction for officers in training at the university in early April.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
War Department
Relief Workers Leaving Belgium Ahead of Whitlock Mission
Seven members of the Belgian relief commission depart Berne for Paris this afternoon. Minister Brand Whitlock and a group of about 990 Americans are expected to arrive tomorrow. Prentiss Grey remains to close American books with a leave-when-ready guarantee. A few relief workers still in Belgium face a two to four week quarantine before departure.
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Berne
Paris
Belgian Relief Commission
Brand Whitlock
Whitlock
Prentiss Grey
Commission
Grey
Belgium
Men of brains may live longer says Baltimore American
The Baltimore American notes a saying that men with brains may have longer lives and adds a cautious caveat that anyone can be an exception to this belief.
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Baltimore American
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