Debates On President Wilson Military Bill Continue
Washington March 18 The House military bill, Wilsons own measure, dominates debate under the 10 hour rule. Hay says the president fully approves it amid strong support for the broad reform. Only Meyer London of New York opposes military preparedness.
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Washington, D. C
House
Wilson
Hay
Military Committee
Congress
Meyer London
Senate
Chamberlain
Monay
Gardner
Massachusetts
Baker
War Department
Regular Army
German Admiral von Tirpitz Retires After Plan to Attack Britain
A Rome wireless dispatch says Admiral von Tirpitz retired after proposing to attack Great Britain with the German navy. The plan was vetoed by Emperor William and Prince Henry, per the report from Rome.
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London
Rome
von Tirpitz
Great Britain
William
Prince Henry
Chicago Recruits 3200 Enlistments in District
About 3200 applications for U S army enlistment were received in the Chicago district by today as recruiting resumed. An advertising push was started with postmasters in nearby towns asked to post ads and personally urge enlistments.
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Chicago
Ill
United States Army
Will Attack Cuernavaca Zapata Forces Move on Cuernavaca
March 18 report from Mexico City says the East division prepares a vigorous campaign against Emiliano Zapata across Morelos and Guerrero. Guerrero forces under Jesus Zalgado hold a high Sierras position. siege operations are planned. In Morelos roads are being repaired to allow artillery passage. Cuernavaca, in a valley ringed by steep hills, is held by Zapataists and eyed as first target.
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Mexico City
Army Division of
Emiliano Zapata
Morelos
Guerrero
Jesus Zalgado
Sierras
Cuernavaca
Zapata
Portuguese Officers Barred From U S Aviation School
Four Portuguese army officers assigned to a San Diego aviation school must stop flying after Washington ordered a halt. Germany’s declaration of war against Portugal cited as the reason, with the government saying it cannot train aviators from a belligerent nation.
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San Diego
Cal
United States Army
Washington
Portugal
Germany
Salvation Army to abolish bread line at Cooper Square
New York March 18 The Salvation Army will abolish its Cooper Square bread line. Officials said the line is fed by beggars unwilling to work and that investigations show bread lines across the city are filled by men who move between lines and idle in public libraries. Authorities assert all New Yorkers able to work can find employment.
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New York
Salvation Army
Cooper Square
McConnell Dies Rich Merchant of Chicago at 74
Charles H. McConnell of Chicago died today at age 74 after making and losing two fortunes totaling nearly 1 million dollars. He built a third fortune after turning 50, then faced 400,000 dollars in debt. His final wealth came from the cut rate drug business.
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Chicago
Charles H. McConnell
Debating Army Bill Delayed With Amendments Pending
General debate on the army appropriation bill continued in the House today with numerous amendments expected and many five minute speeches. Little chance of passage by tonight was noted and a vote may not occur before the end of next week.
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Washington, D. C
House
Decisive Hour At Hand In Paris On Verdun Battle
Paris March 18. Finance Minister Alexandre Ribot told the Chamber of Deputies that the decisive hour has arrived and the end of the horrible war is in sight. His remarks, seen as crucial to Verdun, reflect eased tension in France and a shift toward favorable ally developments.
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Paris
Alexandre Ribot
Chamber of Deputies
Ribot
Verdun
France
Weather outlook for San Antonio and vicinity
Fair conditions expected tonight and Sunday across San Antonio and surrounding areas. Winds light, with no significant precipitation anticipated. Temperatures remain mild, with little variation from today’s readings.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Home Weather For Tourists Forecasts By The Light
Weather briefing for major cities shows cold, clear or cloudy conditions with SE or other winds. Temperatures range from eight in New York to thirty eight in Kansas City with continued cold.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Britain set to ban many imports to ease war ships
London reports an order in council to bar luxury imports into the United Kingdom including private cars, musical instruments, cutlery, hardware, yarns and chinaware. Walter Runciman notes the measure aims to free ship space for essential goods and war needs while all countries are affected. He cites high industry activity, rising wages, low unemployment, and growing female labor, with plans to find postwar work for soldiers.
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London
United Kingdom
Associated Press
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Runciman
United States
British Isles
Mr. Runciman
England
Return of peace to ease employment and export trade
Mr Runciman says after peace the army will wind down gradually and overtime will drop. More workers will be needed as mining returns and export trade expands. The key is restoring export trade and tonnage to meet demand.
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Runciman
War end peril prompts higher insurance premiums
In London Lloyds inquiries rise for total loss insurance if peace arrives this year. Large war contract holders seek cover for material orders at war prices. Premiums trend upward with quotes from twenty to seventy percent for end of June to year end, brokers reaching ninety percent for December end. Underwriters' optimism rests on Verdun stalemate, peace feelers, and Turkey proposing separate peace.
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London
Lloyd's
Verdun
Germany
Turkey
Battleship Kentucky Returns to New Orleans Wharf
The battleship Kentucky anchored and began a voyage to Vera Cruz but returned to her New Orleans dock after wireless orders from the Navy Department. Crew remained aboard with no civilian access, and reports said an extra marine detachment might be loaded before resuming the journey to Mexican waters.
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New Orleans
Kentucky
Vera Cruz
Naval Station
Navy Department
Schooner La Providencia Wrecked South of Rio Grande
Captain Reed reports the schooner La Providencia wrecked about 100 miles south of the Rio Grande mouth. The vessel was said to carry arms and ammunition. Captain Reed is ordered to reach the scene and aid any crew members if needed.
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Galveston
Tex
Phillips
Ninth District Coast Guard Service
Reed
Point Isabel
la Providencia
Rio Grande
Emily P. Wright
Wright
Enver Pasha Returns to Constantinople from Near East Tour
An official dispatch from Constantinople reports that Enver Pasha the Turkish war minister has returned from a inspection trip to Syria Palestine and Arabia He reached Medina the prophet's city and paid respects at Mohammeds tomb during his travels
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Berlin
London
Constantinople
Enver Pasha
Syria
Palestine
Arabia
Medina
Mohammed
French Denial Quietly Casts Doubt on Dead Man's Hill
The French embassy in Paris today sharply denied that German forces held any portion of Dead Man's Hill, stating there is no occupation or control by Germany in the area. The denial comes amid ongoing war reporting and diplomatic chatter about strategic positions in the region.
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Washington, D. C
Paris
Dead Man's Hill
Arrest the Governor in Minneapolis automobile glare case
St Paul March 18. Governor Burnquist and former Governor A O Eberhardt were detained by Minneapolis police Thursday night for violating the automobile glimmer ordinance. They were released after identity verification.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Burnquist
A. O. Eberhardt
Minneapolis
Electric Sparks Linked to Auto Fires, Says Bureau
A Bureau of Standards statement links numerous unexplained auto fires and explosions to electric sparks from filtering gasoline. Ongoing research indicates many accidents blamed on unknown causes were due to sparks produced in machines where tanks were filled through wire strainers and a piece of chamois skin.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Standards
San Antonio women volunteer as Red Cross nurses
Fourteen San Antonio women and girls volunteer to serve as Red Cross nurses on the border and in Mexico amid the punitive expedition against Villa. Names submitted to Company B and the Chamber of Commerce are forwarded to Major General Funston. Details note prior training and Spanish language skills for several volunteers.
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San Antonio
Red Cross
Mexico
Republic
Villa
Houston Street
First Texas Infantry
Chamber of Commerce
John B.carrington
Frederick Funston
Lena Haley
Martin Street
S. Autry
East Commerce
Joliad Street
Frances Lucille Porter
Paso Hondo
Ella Sammons
Meerscheidt
Agnes Scholz
Guenther Street
Haley
Santa Rosa Hospital
Willey
Monterey
Walter H. Somers
Mr. Carrington
General Funston
Allen killed near Mount Airy by friend of Sidna Allen
Roanoke dispatch reports Jack Allen brother of Sidna and Floyd Allen, leaders of the Carroll county court assassins, slain last night at Mrs Birt Martin’s home seven miles from Mount Airy North Carolina. Will McCraw, present with Allen and who vanished after the shot, is suspected of the crime.
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Roanoke
Jack Allen
Sidna
Floyd Allen
Carroll County
Birt Martin
Mount Airy
N.C
Will McCraw
Allen
France approves 7.8 billion franc second quarter credit
Paris reports France spent over 22 billion francs in 1915 yet remains in good financial standing due to the internal loan. Finance Minister Felix Ribot told the Chamber of Deputies that a 7.8 billion franc credit for the second quarter was adopted with one dissenting vote. He projected daily expenditures of 90 million francs in France and 110 million in England.
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Paris
France
Felix Ribot
Chamber of Deputies
England
Railroad unions called eight hour demand unjust says Santa Fe
Officials of Atchison Topeka Santa Fe addressed over 4000 employees in Topeka urging harmony and arguing that the eight hour with time and a half demand would raise pay rather than reduce running time. General manager C W Kouns said enginemen now get 28 percent of wages and the current contract favors mileage pay. Secretary treasurer KE Copeland appealed for nonradical action to avoid crippling rail traffic. Similar meetings planned at other division points.
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Topeka, Kan
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Allied Brotherhoods
C. W. Kouns
Santa Fe
KE. L. Copeland
Machinists Get Industrial Pay Increase On Railroads
Labor talks with South eastern railroads and allied crafts lead to a wage rise of one to three and a half cents per hour and a pledge to establish a minimum rate of pay across all crafts.
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Washington, D. C
British airmen killed in experimental flights
Three Brit ish airmen Lieutenants Johnstone Beaumont and Laidlaw were killed yesterday during experimental flights. Johnstone and Beaumont died on Scotland's east coast while Laidlaw perished at Hendon Aerodrome.
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London
Johnstone
Beaumont
Laidlaw
Scotland
Hendon
Feature Aerial Parade Opens Panama-California Exposition
The Panama-California International Exposition opened with an aerial parade of military planes. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, delivered the day’s address. Officials expect stronger success than last year as many exhibits reach from San Francisco, with twenty nations displaying installations.
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San Diego
Cal
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Wilson
San Francisco
Germans Oppose Wilson At Davenport Convention
The German American alliance of Iowa met in Davenport and adopted a resolution urging members to oppose Woodrow Wilson or Theodore Roosevelt if either seeks the presidency, reflecting a political stance by the group.
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Davenport
General Lyon Ill in Sherman as Pneumonia Improves
General Cec A Lyon ill with pneumonia in a Sherman hospital, reports indicate he improved during the night. The condition was described as serious earlier, with physicians maintaining careful monitoring. Lyon, a senior Army officer, has been hospitalized since the illness began.
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Sherman
Roumania Shifts Troops as Bulgaria Moves Noted
Havas dispatch from Bucharest reports large scale troop movements in Bulgaria, with passenger and freight traffic suspended. In Romania, travel on the line north from Bucharest to Predeal near the Hungarian border is halted for ten days.
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Roumania
Paris
Bulgaria
Havas
Bucharest
Prebeal
Chinese Troops Join Rebels Near Canton Plan
Advices from Chinese revolutionary sources state 500 government troops in Wai chow Fu Kwang Tung province have revolted and joined revolutionary forces planning a concerted attack on Canton. If Canton falls Dr Sun Yat Sen is expected to proceed there to attempt to establish a corporate government.
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Tokio
Waichow-Fu
Kwang-Tung
Canton
Sun Yat Sen
Jitney Declared Common Carrier In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg March 18 The state public service commission ruled that individuals or corporations operating jitneys must obtain certificates before engaging in public service. The decision places jitney service on the same legal footing as railroads trolley lines and other common carriers.
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Harrisburg
State Public Service Commission
Children Lead Vote Protest in Texarkana Parade
About five hundred children march with banners urging votes against saloons during a prohibition election in Bowie County. Banners warn saloons would deprive them of food and clothing. turnout expected heavy as county remains dry but efforts to re admit saloons continue.
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Texarkana
Tex
Bowie
Fort Worth Cadets Skip Bryan Parade Over Peace Policies
Fort Worth Central High School cadets refused to march in William Jennings Bryan's parade yesterday afternoon due to disagreement with his peace policies. The faculty learned of the dissent and informed the committee that the boys would not participate. Bryan spoke here last night.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Fort Worth Central High School
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Villa Reported Far to the South
El Paso March 18 Francisco Villa is in the neighborhood of Las Cruces, 110 miles south of Casas Grandes, according to information received today by General Gavira Carranza's commander at Juarez.
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Gavira
Las Cruces
Casas Grandes
Cisco Villa
No Fighting at Verdun and Western Front Quiet
VERDUN report states no infantry attacks last night in the Verdun region with intermittent cannonading. BERLIN reports fighting on the western front was less vigorous according to today’s official German army statement.
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Verdun
War Office
Berlin
Mexican War Secretary Revokes Army Commissions for Women
The War Secretary Alvaro Obregon revokes all women officers commissions in the Constitutionalist armies of Mexico. Over 100 women affected, many already holding ranks. Some resignations may receive pensions. Previously many women served as fighters and sustainers, with a few attaining command roles. Obregon cites no need for women to expose themselves in battle.
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Mexico
Alvaro Obregon
T. R. Beltran
Soldaderas
Obregon
Count Jacques de Cazes Killed in Air Duel
Paris reports Count Jacques de Cazes a noted military aviator and brother of the Duke de Cazes was killed in an air battle. He had downed a German aircraft after a long duel when his aeroplane was struck by an inflammable dart from another German plane. His machine burst into flames and fell inside the German lines.
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Paris
Jacques de Cazes
Duke de Cazes
Negro convict hanged at Angleton for murder
Chester Williams, an inmate at a convict farm, was hanged in Angleton Texas for slashing the throat of a fellow convict while the latter was getting a shave. Williams, serving life for his wife’s killing, spoke briefly from the scaffold and advised others to profit by his experience.
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Angleton
Tex
Chester Williams
Williams
Across Ocean 1100 Times New York Sailor Retires
Thomas Kinsey purser of the American line steamer St Paul sails for Liverpool on his 1100th Atlantic crossing. Upon return he will retire as the oldest purser in service with over four million miles traveled since 1853. Granddaughter of Morgan to Wed in New York. Helen Morgan Hamilton to Arthur Woods engagement announced. Hamilton family ties to Morgan firm and Alexander Hamilton. Woods, Harvard graduate 1892, now New York police commissioner appointed by Mayor Mitchel two years ago.
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New York
Thomas Kinsey
American Line
St. Paul
Liverpool
Atlantic
Kinsey
Morgan
Helen Morgan Hamilton
William Pierson Hamilton
J. P. Morgan
Arthur Woods
New York City
Miss Hamiliton
Alexander Hamilton
Woods
Boston
Harvard
Mitchel
Military Training Plan Backed by Chicago Board of Education
In Chicago on March 18 the education board committee recommended complete military organization for third and fourth year high school students. A majority of the board is said to favor the plan.
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Chicago
Ill
Board of Education
American Troops Close Behind Villa Near Galeana
Major General Frederick Funston reports Col Dodd's cavalry may have reached Casas Grandes by Friday night, a 100 mile ride in 48 hours. He notes continuous night marching, potential gaps with Gavira's info, and says Pershing controls dispositions. Galeana district poses risk as Villa moves toward Sierra Madre with Carranza forces nearby.
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Pershing
Colnel Dodd
Villaway
Frederick Funston
Dodd
Casas Grandes
Galeana
Villa
Department
Funston
Gavira
Carranza
Juarez
General Funston
Mexico
Arizona
Mexican Northwestern
Sierra Madre Mountains
Madera
Pearson
Chihuahua City
American Expedition Says It Will Not Occupy Towns
White House and War Department stated that American troops pursuing Villa have no intention and no orders to occupy cities or towns during their march into Mexico. The report followed claims by General Gavira, Carranza commander at Juarez, that Pershing’s forces would occupy settlements.
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Washington, RD. C
Villa
Mexico
White House
War Department
Gavira
Carranza
Juarez
Pershing
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