Aussians Row Over Signing Peace Treaty
A dramatic split divides the Moscow Bolsheviks and the Left Social Revolutionists over the German peace treaty. Reports from Petrograd say ratification moved forward, while Moscow sources indicate a division in the Council of People’s Commissars delaying final action. Several Lenine supporters sit among the Left, threatening resignation if the treaty is approved, as the nation braces for potential defense needs amid invasion fears.
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Moscow
Petrograd
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Russia
Lenine
Social Revolutionist Party of
Left
Constituent Assembly
Party of the Right
Conflict Between Maximalists And Social Revolutionists In Moscow
London dispatch reports a clash between Maximalist and Social Revolutionists within the Soviet leadership in Moscow. Social Revolutionists refuse to ratify the German peace treaty and threaten resignation after ratification. Bolshevik caucus backs signing while condemning terms and urges restoration of order and defense preparation.
Wilson Message Delights Russian Congress Of Soviets
President Wilson's sympathy message to the Russian people was read at the all-Russian Congress of Soviets in Moscow. The body adopted a resolution praising the American people and laboring classes for the message and voiced opposition to imperialist war while urging a socialist future. Premier Lenin spoke on revolution history and peace terms as guards kept order in the Nobility Club hall.
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Moscow
Wilson
Congress of Soviets
United States
Nobility Club
M. Sverdloff
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Lenine
Tehitcherin
Petrograd
Central Executive Committee
Uheviki
Theaters Must Close In Paris After Air Raids
Paris officials and theatre owners agreed that all cinemas and theaters lacking adequate shelter will not hold evening performances during air raids. Some venues may test between five and eight pm shows. Reports highlight hospital, ambulance, and telephone staff bravery during raids. A Gotha bomber was shot down. a German officer Schobler perished after hospital care and a French general questioned his mission and fate.
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San Antonio Light
Philadelphia Public Ledger
the Public Ledger Co
Paris
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Gotha
Schobler
Munich
Soissons
Meaux
Pleasant Sunday Forecast From Local Weather Bureau
Major Allen Buell predicts a pleasant Sunday with clouds and sun, not too hot or cold. The high pressure system dominates the nation, with near normal temperatures. light rain cooled the coast of Texas including Galveston Houston Corpus Christi and Brownsville while the Southwest remains generally cloudy.
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Galveston
Houston
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Werther
Eskimo Soldier Anton Montag Leaves Army for Telegraph Work
Fort Worth Texas dispatch reports Anton Montag, an Eskimo from Canada, was discharged after a year with an Oklahoma border regiment in the Panther division. He became a telegraph company messenger boy immediately after leaving military service.
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Fort Worthy
Tex
Panther
Anton Montag
Canada
Weather fragments and unclear data march forecast
Unclear OCR weather notes show corrupted phrases and stray words. Mentions date March but lacks usable locations or measurements. Unable to determine region forecast or conditions from the unreadable text.
Weather forecast for San Antonio and major cities
Unsettled tonight in San Antonio and vicinity with Sunday fair and rising temperatures. Chicago and New York show clear skies with light to moderate winds and continued fair conditions. St Louis and Washington report cool to mild temperatures with clarities and light winds. Kansas City and other locations list varying temperatures and mainly fair conditions with gradual warming ahead.
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San Antonio
ST. Touis
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Enemy activity in Toul sector tied to American defense in France
Active artillery fire confines on American sectors northwest of Toul and east of Luneville. Gas shells fall intermittently on the Toul front as American snipers harass German lines and a prisoner escapee is recaptured by French authorities. Pershing reports first permanent advance as Americans occupy trenches northeast of Badonville and consolidate positions.
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Associated Press
France
Toul
Luneville
Was
Limneville
Timeville
General Pershing
Badunvilters
Welcome Spring Weather In France Front Hails Sunshine
Genial spring sunshine breaks weeks of rain and snow at American fronts in France. Troops discard sweaters, planes sprout at airfields, and camps air bedding as morale and readiness sharpen ahead of Secretary Baker visit. Word spreads quickly, officers say the army is ready for inspection and any anticipated offensive cooperation.
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Atialy
France
Baker
Paris
Swedish Tramp Steamer Seizure By German Submarines
March 16 report from Gothenburg says several large Swedish trawlers and the Gothenburg steamer Princess Ingeborg were captured by German submarines off Skan Denmark. The Ingeborg was sailing from Gothenburg to Rotterdam with grain for the Belgian relief commission and ordered to Wiel in Germany, with prior assurances of safe passage to Holland.
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Jutland
Denmark
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Gothenburg Shipping Gazette
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Ixchange Telegraph Company
Princess Ingeborg
Rotterdam
Wiel
Holland
Demand Made Upon Finland to Obtain Release of Emery
A report from Stockholm reveals the arrest on the Aland Islands of Henry Crosby Emery, a former Yale economics professor and Taft tariff board chairman, captured with British sailors by Germans and sent to Dantzig. The American Ambassador protested to General Mannerheim, demanding Finland secure his release, with allies pressing similar demands for sixteen British prisoners.
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Taft
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Henry Crosby
Legation
Washington
Luis
Entente Mnisters
Mannersheim
French Recapture Positions Lost to Enemy on March 1
Paris dispatch reports French troops in Champagne repelling German artillery and recapturing trench sections west of Mont Camillet taken March 1. French units took 42 prisoners including four officers. another section near Mont Blond yielded prisoners. On the British front fighting continues near Ypres Arras and Lens with Canadian raids securing captives. Argentine? No. American sectors near Toul report no change. Italian war office notes German parties dispersed near Bezzecca and Monte Pasubio mine detonation failed to damage Italian positions.
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Lanneville
Two American Aviators Dead in Fort Worth Crash
Two cadet fliers were killed in a fallout crash at Poeciek near Wicksfield Fort Worth Texas this afternoon. Cadet Joseph Lanagan from Caap Dick in Dallas and another unnamed cadet were victims of the wreck.
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Poeciek
Joseph Lanagan
Caap Dick
Dallas
Only Two Holland Ships Allowed to Leave Our Harbors
Amsterdam reports that the Dutch government accepted allied conditions for using Dutch ships in the danger zone. In Washington two Dutch steamers will be allowed to sail while others are held or requisitioned. Nieuw Amsterdam will carry woodstuffs and passengers to Holland, and Oranje will move Dutch colonial officers from an American port to Bat Sea Islands.
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Mareh
Associated Press
Washington
D. C
United States
Great Britain
Holland
Nieuw Amesterdam
Holband
Oranje
Dastelgast Inc
Marriage Made Easy Mind Of The Former Czar Affected By Long Imprisonment
Associated Press reports in Petrograd that civil marriage will be the only recognized form under a decree by the Council of National Commissaries. Citizens may marry at 16 for men and 12 for girls, with full consent. official notes confirm marriage after filing and registration. In Tobolsk, a letter from Empress Alexandra to a former noble family, intercepted, details the imperial mood. Nicholas II appears dull and withdrawn, preferring his own ways, while the family adapts to a new life with interests in literature, housekeeping, and travel plans amid hopes for peace and potential relocation.
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Associated Press Correspondencr
Etrograd
Nugsh
Council of National Commissaries
Department of Vestration of Marriages
Oast Perssonaly
Piverograd
Nicholas
Chipress
Alix
Tobolsk
Metrograd
Tatadia
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Haine
Ures
Alexia
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de Chives
Romanoft
Sone
Ruse
Jie
Taholsk
Germans Hopeful on War's End Says Vienna Paper
Vienna press edit expresses hope Lloyd George’s position is collapsed and Northern retreat may follow. It argues that propaganda cannot convince the country to keep fighting and notes only 140,000 Americans in France after a year of mobilization.
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Philahelphia Puble Ledger
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Phateague
Vienna Firepress
Austria
Lloyd George
Northehrte
Sussionar Lian
Clock Daylight Saving Bill Advances in Congress
The daylight saving bill to move all clocks forward one hour each spring and back each fall won Senate acceptance after House passage. It proposes last Sunday changes in March and October, aligning with actions in Austria Iceland and several other nations. Support comes from major industries citing energy savings and more leisure time for workers.
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America Meas Business Debate on German Property Sale
London reports editorial under the Nouding that Wilson and advisers move to seize German property in the United States. The piece says American economic power will be harnessed to satisfy Allied claims, with proceeds held by the United States until Germany’s demands are resolved.
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Entente
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Rotterdamische Courant
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United States
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Germany
Trolland
London
Wilson
MEANEST GANG RAID NET MONTGOMERY COUNTY MOONSHINERS
United States revenue division agent W Yarbrough with a posse captured eleven mountaineers in Montgomery county in a raid on a moonshine outfit in Maney Gap. Seven pleaded guilty before Commissioner Allen. one case postponed to March 23. Most prisoners are retirees. Nick distilling operated for fifteen years amid a sinister area. three men killed recently for suspected tipping off agents.
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United States
Maney Gap
Yarbrough
Nick
Plan to ration wheat in the South grows under study
Washington March 16 The food administration plans further wheat ration limits in the South if the six pounds per month flour experiment now starting in Texas succeeds. Officials say the South uses cereals besides wheat, so additional curtailment will not cause hardship.
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Abandons Flying Trip for Inaugural U S Aerial Tour
Washington March 16 Lack of a suitable airplane forced the abandonment of the first aerial tour of inspection in the United States by Colonel Arnold of the Signal Corps He left Washington for Dayton Ohio to begin surveying aviation fields from Ohio to Texas but upon arrival found no aircraft available and started the tour by train.
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D.C
United States
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Signal Corps
Dayton
Ohio
Texas
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Memphis
Tenn
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Velnes Wichita Walls
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Tes
San Antonio
Tex
President backs draft expansion proposal in Nixon era mimicry
In Washington on March 16, a former president urged Congress to amend the draft law to authorize a larger army, advocating a 6 million person force. He argued the draft law has proven its validity across multiple tests and urged swift adoption.
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Tate
Washington, D.C
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Na+ Jonna Geographic Society
Hanging of suspected Negro in Monroe courthouse yard
The body of George McNeal, a Black man believed connected to a Thursday attack on a young white woman, was found hanged in the courthouse yard. Sheriff and deputies planned to transport McNeal and John Richards to Shreveport for further handling.
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Monroe
George McNeal
Shreveport
McNéal
John Richards
Tragic Fire Kills Twenty at Alvin Siding Camp
Reports say twenty men perished in a blaze that destroyed the Alvin Siding A A Sutherland camp at Alvin Siding Nova Scotia last night as crews fought the flames. Meanwhile General Arthur Murray said troops were ordered to St Maries Idaho to quell rioting between citizens and T W A members.
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A.A. Sutherland
Alvin Siding
N. S
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Calif
Arthur Murray
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St. Maries
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Gener Maureau
United States Hints at Peace Move Amid Russian Volatile Scene
Washington reports suggest President Wilson may declare an early peace stance though form unspecified. Diplomats see limited impact from the Moscow Soviet Congress on Russia, while Germany weighs western advances and eastern losses. Officials note continued chaos in Russia and discuss potential German concessions and broader peace terms.
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