Enforced labor in Soviet Russia yields results
David Lawrence reports from Washington on the Bolshevik drive to mobilize labor. Conscription, literacy campaigns, and unions push workers into overtime and field work as Trotzky orders a “wet back to work” program. Early signs show gains in Petrograd and Moscow, with 30 percent more labor for the Bolshevik government and measures to eliminate illiteracy among union members.
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Petrograd
Russia
Trotzky
Revolutionary War Council
First Revolutionary Army
Revolutionary Labor Army
Supreme Committee In Charge
United States
David Lawrence
Socialists and Communists Join Forces in General Strike Attempt
France reports plans to send three more army corps to Wiesbaden Neustadt and Bonn doubling Rhine forces. Berlin faces unrest with mobs looting while Leipzig troops reportedly favor the new regime. The German assembly is summoned to Stuttgart amid uprisings along the Rhine. Marshal Foch expresses confidence in the situation.
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Daris
France
Wiesbaden
Neustadt
Bonn
Rhine
Petit Parisien
Germany
Berlin
Leipzig
Eople
German National Assembly
Stuttgart
Mayence
The
Excelsior
Marshal Foch
German Revolution Turmoil Sparks Russia Style Soviet Move
Proclamations report reestablishment of Bavarian monarchy in Munich and a planned soviet government in Germany. Independent Socialists and Communists meet at Mannheim to seize power. Strikes spread, Berlin forms cabinet efforts, old Ebert government fights to hold. Civil authorities declare orders, while Prussia and southern states vow resistance.
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ARIS
France
Munich
Berlin
Paris
Mannheim
Germany
Basle
Allies consider American Rhine troops under French marshal but not yet in Germany advance
Washington reports that American troops on the Rhine remain under marshal Foch and armistice terms. They will not take part in any allied advance without Wilson's directions. About 13 900 soldiers under Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen are stationed along the Rhine, while Versailles treaty status remains unsettled.
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Ashington
D. C
Associated Press
Marshal Foch
Rhine
Germany
Wilson
War Department
United States
Sible
Mayence
Paris
Supreme War Council
Uni
The
Henry. T. Alien
Deportations Argument in Bisbee Trial Sparks Legal Clash
In Tombstone on March 15 the prosecutor argued that the 1917 Bisbee deportations violated law and self defense claims. He cited the removal of over 1100 men, confinement in Lowell Park, and shipping them to another state as unlawful, warning that loyalty cannot justify such acts.
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Tombstone
Ariz
Bisbee
Harry FE. Wootton
A. A. Worsley
Wootton
Worsley
United States
Federal District of
Arizona
Desarters
French Girls Form League to Fight Immodest Dress
In ARIS France on March 15 a league of Gre noble young women forms to combat immodest fashions. Their creed borrows from Autur bishop by urging members to reject suggestive nudity, transparent lingerie, and skirts that exaggerate the figure to curb passions and vice.
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Aris
France
Grenoble
Autur
Admiral Sims cites Berlin code breach on first convoy to France
Rear Admiral Sims testified before the senate investigating committee that German submarines could attack the first American troopship convoy because the U S Navy used an unsafe code. He said Berlin learned when ships sailed and noted the department resisted his convoy protection plans, favoring existing orders for American destroyers.
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Berlin
U. S
Ashington
D. C
France
Navy Department
Sims
Senate
Queenstown
United States
Paris
Department
Atlantic
Pastors Attack El Paso Vices in Sunday Sermons
In El Paso pastors denounce drinking, gambling, impurity, and social vice. Rev P R Knickerbocker blasts Juarez as a path to hell and calls out weak juries while Dr Floyd Poe attacks clinics and open houses as signs of moral decay. The sermons spark audience reaction as they condemn liquor and immorality.
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JTF
el Paso
P. R. Knickerbocker
Trinity Methodist Church
Hell
Juarez
Jesus Christ
Floyd Poe
Grandview Texas Inferno Leaves Town in Ruins
Dawn reveals Grandview nearly destroyed by a March fire that tore through seven of eight business blocks and 200 homes, leaving about 1000 homeless. Fire fanned by high winds. water supply failed late, aiding spread and smoke damage. Mayor Williams formed a citizens committee to oversee salvage and safety.
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Grandview
Texas
Crandview
Alvarado
Itasca
Williams
Dixieland Well at Pecos Hums Oil Boom After Strike
The Dixieland syndicate Bell well in Reeves county Pecos valley began with near 1000 barrels daily from 657 feet, gas pressure forced the bailer to the top. Initial production later reported 1700 barrels, oil light green in color with 30 to 43 percent gasoline content. Over 50 wells contracted for similar depth. El Paso Fort Worth line issues and copper-wire construction discussed as Pecos town erupts with renewed leases and drilling contracts.
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Dixieland Syndicate
Bell
Reeves County
Pecos Valley
Ae Obien Ae
Ranger
Abner Davis
Fort Worth
Fabehs
Pecos
Stratton
Bell Weil
Four American Soldiers Die in Vladivostok Fire
Washington March 15 two American expeditionary forces men stationed at Vladivostok burned to death when fire destroyed the American barracks there March 6. two other service men are listed as missing. Names given include Pvts Alexander Y Began Oakland California Morrill D Martin Tulsa Oklahoma Julius W Morris Ringwood New Jersey and James A Brantley Fitzgerald Georgia.
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Washington, D.C
Vladivostok
War Department
Sram
Graves
Alexander Y. “Abegan
Quartermaster Corps
Oaksland
Calif
Morrill D. Martin
81St Infantry
Tulsa
Okla
Julius W. Morris
31St Infantry
Ringford, N. J
James A. Brantley
Fitzgerald, Ga
Ex-Soldier Kills Woman and Shoots Self in Denver Hotel
Denver report states ex soldier John Kowlick shot and killed a woman identified as Helen Smith in a local hotel and then fatally wounded himself after claiming a dispute over allegedly stolen money. The room papers point to the woman as Lillie Erickson, daughter of Mrs Abbie Marsh of Portland Oregon.
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Denver
Colo
John Kowlick
Helen Smith
Lillie Erickson
Abbie Marsh
Portland
Ore
New Turn of Events in Berlin Get Kaiser’s Goat
Former emperor William spent much of today in the garden of Bentink castle pacing with evident nervous tension. Religious services were omitted as the recent events weigh heavily on his mind and he seeks solitude away from others.
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Berlin
Kaiser
Amerongen
Holland
Associated Press
William
Bentinck Castle
Crown Prince Excited by Berlin Break News
Wieringen Holland March 15 The crown prince Frederick William became very excited on hearing of the counter revolution in Germany He motored several times into the village to learn if burgomaster Pereboom had late news from Berlin.
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Wieringen
Holland
Associated Press
Frederick William
Germany
Pereboom
Berlin
Japanese Revolt Across Siberia Seizes Red Straps
A revolt within Japanese troops in Siberia prompts reports from Moscow that soldiers ripped off their shoulder straps and replaced them with red ones. The wireless dispatch notes the incident involves several units and signals a shift in allegiance during the crisis.
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London
Eng
Siberia
Moscow
New Jersey Granted Permit to Test Day Law Validity
The New Jersey Supreme Court granted permission to institute original proceedings to test the validity of the prohibition amendment. The action aims to challenge the day law and seeks a ruling on its constitutionality. The decision comes from Washington D.C. on March 15.
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New Jersey
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Three Trustees To Be Elected To School Board
Three seats on the school board will be filled in an April 3 election as terms for Dr. R L Ramey John Lowman and Walter Clayton expire With low voter interest officials expect few candidates The board will meet Tuesday at Bailey school and set a noon April 1 deadline for candidate names to be on the ballot with no definite plans from the retiring trustees or any potential challengers.
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R. L. Ramey
John Lowman
Walter Clayton
Bailey School
Receiver Asks Aid In Holding Texas Oil Land
Austin, March 15 Gov W P Hobby was asked by Judge George Caldédun to assist the Texas receiver in holding possession of oil lands in the Red river bed amid Texas Oklahoma dispute The United States court at Enid Okla is said to lack jurisdiction and the Texas receiver is instructed to hold the disputed territory First assistant attorney general W A Keeling heads to Washington for steps in the boundary case A motion to stay the injunction by Judge Peysona at Enid may follow
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Austin
Texas
W. P. Hobby
George Caldédun
53D District Court
Red River
Oklahoma
Calhoun
United States Court
Enid
Okla
Atorney
W. A. Keeling
Washington
Frank A. Peypena
Federal Court
Nid
Landslides Delay Ships Through Panama Canal
Washington reports that heavy landslides at Cucaracha will likely slow passage for large ships by one to two days. Governor Harding wired the War Department that the first slide Friday night halted six vessels with 25 foot drafts, while six lighter ships of 22½ feet passed. Delays were expected to end yesterday.
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Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Cucaracha
War Department
Harding
Ranama Canal Zone
Department
El Paso Herald Now Leads City Circulation
The proved circulation of The El Paso Herald is nearly twice that of any other El Paso paper, underscoring its dominance in the local newspaper market. The claim positions Herald ahead of rival papers in reach and readership.
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el Paso Herald
el Paso
Arizona Woman Seeks Help To Find 6 Missing Children
Mrs. Olle Glover of Mesa Arizona with her father G P Willbanks Hollis Oklahoma asks El Paso police to locate her six children taken by their father last week The children are Jessie 14 Roy 13 Clyde 12 Fay 6 Pearl 5 and Edna May 4 The mother believes the children are still in El Paso and learned of them from a street sighting.
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Olle Glover
Mesa
Ariz
G. P. Willbanks
Hollis
Okla
el Paso
Jessie
Roy
Clyde
Fay
Pearl
Edna May
Glove
Paso
Maid of Wealthy Man Found Slain in Elite Oakland Area
The body of Ula Carlson a 19 year old maid employed by Willard Brown a Piedmont capitalist was found strangled in a vacant lot in Piedmont's fashionable district. Police have almost no clues as they search for the assailant. she had been in the area only three months from Sweden.
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Oakland
Calif
Ula Carlson
Willard Brown
Piedmont
Sweden
Wife of Serb Minister Will Lecture in Texas
Madame Grouitch wife of the Serbian minister will tour Texas delivering lectures on Servia. She expects to be in San Antonio on April 3 and in El Paso April 6.
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Texas
el Paso
Washington, D. C
American commander bans Coblenz riots and strikes
Coblenz Germany March 15 American commander informs socialist leaders that no general strike or public demonstration will be allowed and warns that the American army will take control if followers are not restrained Railway workers in the Rhineland join a general strike in sympathy with the old government despite Allied orders.
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Coblenz
Germany
Associated Press
Ican
Rhineland
New German Government Seeks Allied Recognition
London report says the new German government asked the allied commissions for recognition in Germany. The request was ignored as commissioners refused to acknowledge or recognize the new regime.
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London
Eng
Berlin
Germany
Senate Paves Way on Treaty Vote in Washington
Washington March action clears path for final vote on a reservation to article 10. The Inghuysen substitute was rejected 59 to 17. Kirby Democrat Arkansas offered the reservation, rejected 45 to 31 with Republicans and Gore, Reed, Sir Williams and Harrison voting against it.
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Washington, D. C
Today
Inghuysen
Kirby
Arkansas
Gore
Reed
Sir Williams
Harrison
Williams to Succeed Roper as Internal Revenue Commissioner
William Martin Williams of Alabama will succeed Daniel C. Roper as commissioner of internal revenue, the Washington dispatch reports dated March 15.
Texas Bankers to Visit Cuba in May
Senator Sheppard has obtained a blanket passport for members of the Texas Bankers' Association who will visit Cuba in May.
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Texas
Cuba
Washington, D. C
Sheppard
Texas Hankers
Headliners In Today's Theaters
Theaters list shows Elaine Hammerstein in The Woman Game at ALHAMBRA with Bric All. ELLANAY offers The Greatest Question. GRECIAN screens Mary ya Comes to Town with Ya Gish. RIALTO features The illustrious Prince with Sessue Hayakawa. UNIQUEae of the Law stars Harry Every Woman. Read amusement ads on page 9.
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Bric All
Ellanay
Mary
Rialto
Sessue Hayakawe
Harry
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