Baker in France to inspect American forces front
Secretary of War Baker arrived in France and will tour the American front to inspect troops and hold conferences with General Pershing and other officers. He travels with Maj. Gen. W. N. Black and others and will oversee docks railroads and ordnance base construction.
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General Pershing
War Department
Paris
Baker
France
W. N. Black
M. L.brett
Ralph Hayes
Admiral von Diederichs Foe of Dewey Dead
Admiral von Diederichs, who clashed with Admiral Dewey over Manila Bay blockade rules, is reported dead at Baden Baden. The friction arose after German officers resisted the blockade. Dewey described the incident and how a shot across a ship's bow led to better compliance and no further interference.
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Amsterdam
Admiral von Diederichs
Manila
Admiral Dewey
Philippines
Baden Baden
Washington
von Diederichs
Manila Bay
Dewey
Cormoran
Brumby
McCulloch
British issue safe conduct for Count von Luxburg
Buenos Aires reports the British government grants safe conduct for Count von Luxburg former German ambassador to Argentina to sail for Sweden on the steamer Valparaiso. A conduct for a medical attendant was refused despite earlier support due to the ambassador's mental condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Count von Luxzurs
Argentina
Sweden
Valparaiso
Count von.Luxbury
Abassador
BRITISH DESERTERS SEIZED IN YORK DURING MARCH
British deserters were captured in York amid a March operation, with authorities reporting arrests and detainment. The action involved unnamed agents enforcing wartime discipline and returning servicemen to units.
Creel Contends Metre Issuance of Names Is Not Keeping Pledge
Washington March 11 The war department rules that casualty lists published in newspapers shall not include emergency addresses or home addresses. The committee on public information led by George Creel refused to publish lists without identification details. White House intervention may be needed to resolve the matter.
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Creel
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
Fifteen million subscribers aimed for Liberty loan third issue with 3,000,000 from Chicago and the Seventh district. Over 700 participants from Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan and Wisconsin attended at the La Salle Hotel as Gov. Harding urged a hard war stance and steel for victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Franklin
Liberty
Federal Reserve District
Hotel la Salle
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Pass bill to aid industry creates war finance fund
The administration bill creating a war finance corporation with a $4.5 billion fund to aid war industry was passed by the Senate on Thursday and now moves to the House.
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War Finance Corporation
House
Washington
Senate
Army seeks additional 450 million for aircraft program
Washington reports the war department asked Congress for another 450 million dollars for the army aircraft program, on top of the 640 million already authorized, as part of broader wartime funding.
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Army
Congress
War Department
Washington
Anarchist Movement Grows In Moscow Report
Washington dispatch dated March 11 reports American Consul Summers on March 6 that the anarchist movement in Moscow is strengthening and that several people were wounded by street bombs.
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Washington
Summers
Moscow
Liberal Party Committee Endorses Prussian Reform
London March 11. The central committee of the national liberal party endorses reforms. A Copenhagen dispatch quotes the exchange telegraph on the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
National, Liberal Party
Copenhiage
Will Fight Teutons as Bolsheviks Reorganize Defense
Petrograd reports a supreme military council formed for defense and a decree to arm the entire people. Trotzky says Bolsheviks could withdraw to the Urals, seeking to revive the socialist revolution, while Moscow may be named new capital and Petrograd declared a free port.
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Petrograd
Izvesta
Lenine
Pravda
Ural Mountains
Leon Trotzky
M. Trotzky
Kerensky
Moscow
Russia
Democrats win four seats in New York special elections
In four Greater New York districts Democrats captured successors to resigning party members. New York women voted for the first time in state congressional races, casting 31,858 of 78,192 total ballots. Winners were John J. Delaney, William E. Cleary, Jerome Donovan, and Anthony J. Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
House of Representatives
Kings County
John J. Delaney
William E. Cleary
New York County
Jerome ¥. Donovan
Bronx
Anthony. J. Griffin
London Air Raid Toll Rises With 41 Dead and 46 Injured
London reports the air raid on Thursday night killed 41 people and injured 46, with authorities fearing six more bodies may be found in ruined houses. Police say the latest tally comes from official announcements.
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London
Hongkong Jockey Club Track Disaster Death Toll Rises
At least 730 lives were lost last week in a disaster at the Hongkong Jockey Club track in Happy Valley. A stand collapsed then caught fire causing massive casualties.
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Hongkong
Shanghai
Hongkong Jockey Club
Happy Valley
Cerro de Pasco Mining COMDALY Idle in March Report
A historical note from Lima Peru dated March 7 reports 3,000 idle at Cerro de Pasco mining operations under COMDALY. The brief item notes suspension and regional impact on the Cerro mining district.
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Lima
Peru
Cerro ‘de Pasco
Cerro
U-Boat Losses Fall as Allied Submarine War Grows
London reports Sir Eric Geddes states February's world shipping losses are just over half those of February last year. Submarines are being destroyed more rapidly as methods improve, with German crews increasingly reluctant to sail. Most success against U boats has been in waters around the British Isles, while Mediterranean losses reach about 30 percent of sunk merchant ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eric Geddes
The
Admiralty
Eric
England
British Isles
Mediterranean
Assembly censures La Follette after war stance clash
After 24 hours in self imprisonment the Wisconsin assembly compromised to condemn Senator Robert La Follette. The 52 to 82 vote adopts a resolution pledging behind the national war effort and denouncing La Follette for sedition and undermining Wisconsin’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Statehouse
Assembly
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Robert la Follette
U S Rejects Japan Move on Vladivostok Occupation
Washington warns Japan it has not assented to an occupation of Vladivostok. The United States says Japan must decide the necessity of action in the far East and suggests a public declaration of intent to ease Russian apprehension while guarding allied interests in Asia.
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Washington
United States
Vladivostok
Japan
Far East
Asia
Russia
Stenographer Denied Deferred Army Draft Classification
Joseph M. Shaffer, a stenographer in the Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo's office, was denied deferred classification by the Eastern Boston district exemption board.
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Boston
Joseph M. Shaffer
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Assembly approves Dry Bill by 90 to 53
Albany N Y March 8 By a 90 to 53 vote the New York Assembly adopted the dry bill advancing alcohol regulation. The action marks a key step in statewide prohibition measures amid continued legislative debate and party lines.
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Albany
N. Y
Assembly
American Colonel Captures German Lieutenant on Lorraine Raid
An American patrol of one officer and eight men missing since Wednesday night returned to the American line after a dash across No Man's Land in Lorraine. German raiders were repulsed as Allied patrols, including a French liaison, secured prisoners.
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No Man’s Land
Abash
Pershing
Lorraine
France
Toul
Chemin Des Dames
Paris
French War Office
Jamburg Seized by Teutons Amid Russian Turmoil
German forces captured Jamburg east of Narva as the Turco German offensive pushes beyond Trebizond according to a Russian agency. A Reuters dispatch reports Narva evacuated and Germans established 12 miles west of the town. Petrograd reports Ensign Krylenko resigns amid political and military disagreements.
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London
Jamburg
Narva
Trebizond
Russia
Reuter
Peitrograd
Petrograd
Krylenko
U. S. Attorney Suspended Over Liquor Policy
Assistant United States Attorney John B. Dougherty and Deputy United States Marshal Williams of Rock Island Illinois were suspended for 30 days for lack of sympathy with the Justice Department policy on enforcing liquor laws in vice zones near army camps. The Attorney General cited unsettled policy and strict enforcement to readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
John B. Dougherty
Williams
Rock Island
Department of Justice
Bank Robbed of 1400 Dollars in Jewett Vault Explosion
Three robbers blew open the Jewett Banking Company vaults in Jewett NL and escaped with 1400 dollars. The blast demolished the concrete front and wrecked the interior of the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattoon
Jewett Banking Company
Jewett, NL
Unorganized Contract Workers Strike In Springfield
Springfield March 9 unorganized employees around 50 organize a strike over work conditions in a contracted job setting. Local authorities report no violence and no arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Mabe
Western Canada farmers race for land beyond last year's crop
Reports show Western Canada ready for a larger crop area than 1916. A mild January and open fall allowed plowing. American land buyers paid 15 to 30 dollars an acre with wheat yields from 20 to 50 bushels per acre at two dollars a bushel. War boosted prices and prospects, with war time profits said to be strong and settlement aided by low taxes and favorable climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Pincher Creek
Alberta
Canada
The
Post-Intelligencer
Seattle
Wash
Ives
Iowa
Dakotas
Prairies
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
End of the Lesson Punchline From a Curio Dialogue
A humorous exchange contrasts a fatherly admonition about self control with a streetwise warning. The dog trots by as a living example while a cheeky counterpoint hints at mischief if the pointing continues.
August Flower Remedy Promoted Worldwide
Green's August Flower touted as a long used household remedy for constipation indigestion and liver trouble. The ad claims it relieves nervous dyspepsia heart palpitations headaches and related symptoms with a few doses and describes it as a gentle laxative available through druggists in civilized countries.
Old Bostery and the Million Dollar Brain Trade
A dialogue shows two men debating Old Bostery’s claim of a million dollar brain. One insists the figure is accurate, while the other replies it would cost that much to determine the brain’s problem.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Internal Cure
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for catarrh by acting through the blood. Proclaims catarrh is a constitutional illness and not curable by local applications. Mentions tonics and blood purifiers, with testimonials and pricing.
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Hall
Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Their Idea on Hens and Hoover Respite
A brief squib notes the hens refuse to speak while Hoover grants a pause until March. The exchange comments that a simple reprieve won’t pressure the birds to lay.
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Hoover
Garfield health ad touts pure blood cleanses and disease cure
An advertisement promotes Pure blood as essential to good health. It claims the product purifies the blood, dispels impurities, and cleanses the system to eradicate disease. The copy also suggests that the quietest people have the most to say about it.
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Garfield
Féa
Talix
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Luxburg
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York
March Ann Agréement
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Foe
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Trotzky
Sir Eric Geddes
State Assembly of Wisconsin
U. S
McAdoo
John E. Dougherty
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