Baker begins inspection tour of American front in France
Secretary of War Baker arrived in France and will tour the American expeditionary forces. He plans thorough inspections of forces and to hold conferences with General Pershing and military officers. Accompanied by Maj. Gen. Black and Lt. Col. Brett, with Ralph Hayes as private secretary.
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General Pershing
War Department
Paris
Baker
France
W. N. Black
M. L. ‘Brett
Ralph Hayes
Admiral von Diederichs Dies After Manila Bay Clash
German admiral who clashed with Admiral Dewey off Manila during the Spanish American War dies at Baden Baden. The record recalls the blockade dispute over a German ship’s failure to halt and a later exchange that clarified American blockade policy in the Philippines.
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Manila Bay
Baden
Amsterdam
aAdmiral von Diederichs
Manila
Admiral Dewey
Philippines
Baden Baden
Washington
von Diederichs
Dewey
Cormoran
Brumby
Safe conduct issued for Luxburg to sail for Sweden
Buenos Aires reports the British government grants safe conduct for Count von Luxburg the former German ambassador to Argentina to sail for Sweden aboard the steamer Valparaiso. A medical attendant is refused despite recommendations due to the ambassador's mental condition.
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Buenos Aires
Count von Luxburg
Argentina
Sweden
Valparaiso
British deserters seized by Canadian federal authorities
March 11 dispatch reports Canadian agents and federal authorities seizing British deserters. The agreement includes coordination with York authorities and highlights cooperation between British and Canadian officials in repatriation efforts.
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York
Federal
Appree
Creel Fights For Emergency Addresses On Casualty Lists
War department and the committee on public information clash over publishing military casualty lists with emergency addresses. Creel insists on full identification and addresses, while the list of names alone is deemed not public information. White House action may be needed to resolve.
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Washington
War Department
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
White House
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
McCain
Army
Pershing
Liberty Loan Workers Meet in Chicago Conference
A Liberty loan workers conference at the Hotel La Salle drew 700 delegates from Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan and Wisconsin as officials aim for 15 million subscribers to the third bond issue. Governor Harding urged a hard line against the Hun and pledged to supply soldiers with steel.
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Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Chicago
Franklin
Federal Reserve District
Liberty Loan
Hotel la Salle
Ilinois
W. N. Harding
Pass Bill to Aid War Industry in Senate Move
Washington reports the administration measure to form a war finance corporation with a $4.5 billion fund to aid war industry was approved by the Senate on Thursday and sent to the House for consideration.
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War Finance Corporation
House
Washington
Administration
Senate
Army seeks 450 million more for aircraft program
Washington on March 6 reports the War Department asked Congress for an additional 450 million dollars for the army aircraft program, on top of the 640 million already authorized.
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Congress
War Department
Washington
Army
Anarchist Movement Gains Strength in Moscow
American Consul Summers reports from Moscow dated March 6 that the anarchist movement is growing stronger and a few individuals have been wounded by bombs in street clashes.
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Washington
Summers
Moscow
National Liberal Party Endorses Prussian Reform
London dispatch reports March 11 that the central committee of the National Liberal Party is in favor of Prussian reform. The Exchange Telegraph quotes a Copenhagen dispatch noting the endorsement and reform agenda.
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London
National Liberal Party
Copenhagen
Berlin
Saul
Will Fight Teutons As Trotzky Vows No Defeat
Petrograd reports Trotzky declares Bolsheviks will not submit to revolution defeat. A supreme military council forms for defense and a decree orders arming all citizens. Moscow to be new capital. Petrograd to be a free port.
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Trotzky
Petrograd
Investa
Lenine
Pravda
Ural Mountains
Leon Trotzky
M. Trotzky
Kerensky
Moscow
Russia
Democrats win four seats in New York special elections
Democrats reclaim House seats in four Greater New York districts on March 7. Women voters for the first time cast 31 858 ballots of 78 192 total, contributing to decisive margins. Winners were John J. Delaney in Kings County Seventh, William E. Cleary in Kings County Eighth, Jerome Donovan in New York County Twenty first, and Anthony J. Griffin in New York and Bronx counties Twenty second.
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New York
House of Representatives
Democrats
Kings County
John J. Delaney
William E. Cleary
New York County
Jerome ¥. Donovan
Bronx
Anthony J. Griffin
Air Raid in London Kills Eleven, Injures Forty Six
London reports an air raid on Thursday night left eleven dead and forty six wounded. Officials fear six more bodies may be in the ruins of houses.
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London
Hongkong Jockey Club Disaster Claims 730 Lives
In Hap py Valley Shanghai reports indicate a disaster at the Hongkong Jockey Club track claiming about 730 lives after a stand collapsed and caught fire last week.
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Hongkong
Shanghai
Hongkong Jockey Club
Happy Valley
Cerro de Pasco Mining Company Reported in Lima
A sparse line from Lima Peru dated March 7 notes the Cerro de Pasco Mining Company in Cerro de Pasco. The fragment references idle status and a shut condition affecting operations.
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Lima
Peru
Cerro ‘de Pasco
Mining. Company
Cerro. de , Snd
U Boats Sunk In February Halved Loss Of World Tonnage
London reports Sir Eric Geddes states February shipping losses fell to about half of a year earlier. He notes increased submarine destruction, improving enemy action figures, and growing German reluctance to sail. Mediterranean losses run high at about 30 percent with fewer anti submarine resources.
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London
Eric Geddes
The
Admiralty
Eric
England
British Isles
Mediterranean
Wisconsin Assembly Censures La Follette in War Vote
After a day of self imprisonment the Wisconsin Assembly reached a compromise on an anti La Follette resolution. It passed 52 to 32 condemning Senator Robert La Follette and any who oppose the nation’s war effort, denouncing sedition and defending Wisconsin’s name.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
la Follette
Wisconsin
Robert la Follette
U. S. Opposes Japan’s Move on Vladivostok
Washington says the United States has not assented to Japan’s offer to occupy Vladivostok and urges Japan to declare its intentions to quiet Russian apprehension. The note states Japan must judge for itself the necessity for action in the Far East while guarding allied interests in Asia.
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Washington
United States
Vladivostok
Japan
Far East
Asia
Russia
McAdoo aid in Class 1 deferment case
Joseph M. Shaffer of Boston sought deferred classifica tion in the army draft. An exemption board in the Boston district denied the request, with the decision issued from Secretary McAdoo's office.
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Boston
Joseph M. Shaffer
Leiate
William G.mcadoo
The
Thatiure
Assembly approves dry bill in Albany amid party lines
The New York Assembly passed the dry bill by a 90 to 53 vote in Albany on March 8, with 30 to 5 in another chamber cited as the final tally. The passage marks a decisive step in statewide alcohol regulation and reflects party line divisions.
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Albany
N.Y
American Colonel Captures German Lieutenant in Lorraine Raid
In France a patrol of one officer and eight men, missing since Wednesday night near Toul, surfaced from a shell hole and sprinted to American lines without a shot fired. They cited darkness as the cause of their loss, while American guns and air forces harassed German positions and a town behind enemy lines. A French-raiding party aided by an American staff colonel captured a Prussian lieutenant, returning him to Allied lines. Paris confirmed German raids in Lorraine were repulsed with some prisoners taken.
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France
Toul
No Man’s Land
First Limes
Chemin Des Dames
Paris
French War Office
Lorraine
German forces seize Jamburg as Trebizond push continues
A Russian agency report states German troops captured Jamburg east of Narva while the Turco German offensive pushes beyond Trebizond. The dispatch also notes Narva evacuees and German gains 12 miles west of Narva. Naval and political turmoil follow as Ensign Krylenko resigns over rift with Bolshevik emissaries.
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London
Jamburg
Narva
Trebizond
Russia
Reuter
Petrograd
Krylenko
U S Attorney suspended for 30 days over liquor policy stance
Assistant United States Attorney John E. Dougherty and Deputy U S Marshal Williams of Rock Island Illinois were suspended for 30 days for a lack of sympathy with the departments policy on enforcing liquor laws in vice zones near army camps. The attorney general cited unsettled policy and strict enforcement as the reason.
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Washington
United States
John E. Dougherty
Williams
Rock Island
Department of Justice
Bank Robbers Loot Jewett Bank Vault for 1400
Three robbers blew open Jewett Banking Company vaults in Jewett Illinois and escaped with 1400. The blast demolished the building front and wrecked the interior.
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Mattoon, Ill
Jewett Banking Company
Jewett, Til
Workers Strike Hits Lourie Plant in Springfield
March 9 report from Springfield indicates unorganized employees, about 50 in number, walked out at Lourie Manufacturing demanding new contracts. The action disrupts production and highlights labor tensions in the city.
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Springfield
Lourie Manufacturing
Western Canada sees vast crop acreage rise in 1917
Reports show Western Canada acreage ready for crops greatly increased over last year. Warm January plowing and continued field work extended into late autumn. American landowners bought Canadian land at 15 to 30 dollars per acre, with wheat yields up to 50 bushels per acre and net prices around 2.21 dollars per bushel, boosting production and profits amid war.
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Western Canada
Pincher Creek
Alberta
Canada
Post-Intelligencer
Seattle
Wash
Iowa
Dakotas
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
End of the Lesson Proverb with a dog as example
A speaker urges a boy to learn discipline by a trotting dog who abstains from drinking smoking and swearing. The warning lands with humor as the narrator hints the dog may chew if the boy keeps pointing.
August Flower Promises Quick Relief for Digestive Ailments
Green's August Flower touted as a household remedy for constipation, indigestion, liver trouble, and low spirits. It claims rapid relief after a few doses, acts as a gentle laxative, and is advertised as sold worldwide through druggists.
Quip Sparks Banter Over Brain Cost in Local Tale
A witty exchange unfolds with a boastful remark about a zillion dollar brain. The other man retorts that discovering what ails it would cost just as much, highlighting the humorous dig at ostentation and clever chatter in a small-town scene.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Internal Cure
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. It is composed of tonics and blood purifiers, claimed to improve constitutional conditions. Druggists 7c. Testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toleda
Their Idea Leads to Brief Roosting Respite in March
The exchange hints at hens refusing to speak while Hoover grants a temporary delay until March. The remark suggests the pause is only a short reprieve, not a lasting change in plans or pressure.
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Hoover
Garfield Peach Spells Pure Blood for Health
A garbled note promotes pure blood as essential to health and asserts impurities cleanse the system and eradicate disease. The ad hints at health claims and includes fragmented quotes about those who speak little having the most to say.
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