Japanese Landing At Vladivostok Sparks Soviet Alarm
News from Moscow reports Admiral Kato announcing a Vladivostok landing of Entente allied forces to protect Japanese and allied subjects after the murder of a Japanese soldier. Soviet leaders claim the action was prearranged and condemn it as a campaign against the Soviet republic.
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Union News Service
Moscow
Admiral Kato
Vladivostok
Russia
Siberian
Soukhanoff
Vladivostok Council of Soldiers and Workmen’s Deputies
Council of National Commissaries
Kato
Council of Soldiers
Japan
Soviet Republic
War Industries Board Announces New Plan for Organization
Bernard N. Baruch, Chairman of the War Industries Board, unveils a reorganization to prevent conflicts in ordering and delivering supplies and to unify handling of industrial problems. The requirements division will act as the central directing agency. President Wilson’s letter to Baruch emphasizes constant scientific oversight of contracts purchases and deliveries.
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Washington
Bernard N. Baruch
War Industries Board
The
Wilson
Baruch
Wilson Sends Gratitude to King on War Anniversary
President Woodrow Wilson replies to King George thanking him for a generous message. He says the United States stands with Britain in the final war for free self government and will use the full force of the nation in the struggle.
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London
United States
Wilson
King George
German offensives repelled near Hangard en Hanterre and Verdun
Official report states German attempts to advance north of Montdidier were checked and French artillery repelled five German units. A major German push against Hill 344 in the Verdun sector was also stopped.
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Paris
Hangard-en-Hanterre
Montdidier
Verdun
Food Shipments Rise to 1.1 Million Tons in March
The Food Administration announced shipments from the United States and Canada to the allies increased in March, surpassing February by 50,000 tons. The total for March reached 1,100,000 tons.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Allies
Food Administration
Train Hits Auto Killing Six in East Fort Wayne
A Wabash train struck an automobile at the Winter Street crossing in East Fort Wayne Indiana killing six people and seriously injuring four others who were riding in the car. Investigators described the crash as a fatal crossing accident with emergency crews responding to the scene. Detailing the victims and responders was limited in the report.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Winter Street Crossing
East
Presidential plan to curb mob violence and extend federal authority
The White House calls mob violence a national menace and backs urgent legislation to empower the federal government to act against disloyalty. President Wilson seeks amendments to the espionage act to include mob participants and punish seditious rhetoric, arguing current laws lack teeth and impede convictions.
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Union News Service
Washington
White House
Wilson
Department of Justice
Robert P. Prager
Congress
Vast extension of Federal powers over ships and docks
Washington reports two bills from Senator Fletcher proposing wide federal control of shipbuilding shipping rates and terminal facilities. One measure would authorize the President to set charter and freight rates and seize ships docks and terminals. A second bill would alter the Shipping Board to broaden ownership and transfer powers of vessels.
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Washington
Congress
Shipping Board
Fletcher
Florida
Commerce Committee
Hurley
Six Men Held in Prager Lynching Probe in Collinsville
Six men described as ringleaders of the mob that lynched Robert P. Prager are in custody, with officials concealing prisoners to prevent jail delivery. Attor ney General's office and U S Justice Department officials are in Collinsville to investigate and further arrests are expected.
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Collinsville
Robert P. Prager
Edwardsville
Attorney General's Office
United States Department of Justice
Lynchings Suspected In Collinsville Six Held In Custody
In Collinsville Illinois six men, including a man identified as Robert P Prager, are in custody after a sheriff's announcement. Prisoners have been hidden to prevent jailbreak. Investigators from the attorney general and the U S Department of Justice are on scene with more arrests anticipated. Catholics Voice Anger At Germans Over Paris Good Friday Killing. In New York Catholics, via a message from Cardinal Farley to France, condemn the German long range gun attack on worshippers at a Paris church on Good Friday.
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New York
France
Cardinal Farley
Paris
Cost of War to U S for One Year
Washington claims the United States spent nine billion dollars in one year of war. About half funded by loans to allies, a third on the army and military, a tenth on the navy, and a small share on shipbuilding. Only about one sixth came from ordinary taxation, the rest from liberty bonds and other debt instruments.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Proposal to reform draft classification to boost war output
Washington reports a plan from the Provost Marshal General and the Labor Department to overhaul draft classifications. It aims to purify classes two through four and reallocate deferments, treating them as privileges, not rights, to pressure idle registrants into productive work and increase national output.
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Washington
Wilson
Provost Marshal
General’s Office
Department of Labor
War Industries Board Orders 100 Percent Ship Plate Deliveries
To speed up ship building the War Industries Board ordered steel mills and fabricating plants to deliver 100 percent of all orders for steel ship plates from the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Priority is given to these orders, reducing plates for commercial use. The move follows Senate Commerce Committee complaints by George J. Baldwin of the American International Shipbuilding Corp about shortages at Hog Island yard and others.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Senate Commerce Committee
George J. Baldwin
American International Shipbuilding Corporation
Hog Island
Japanese Troops Guard Vladivostok Embassy
An armed Japanese force landed from cruisers to guard the Japanese Embassy in Vladivostok after clashes that left one Japanese dead and two wounded when five Russians entered a Japanese office and demanded money. The landing party was small and meant to prevent further disorders. Cunarder Sunk: Valeria Ship Went Down in Irish Sea with 6805 Tons, From New York March 4 Passages.
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Washington
Vladivostok
State Department
Cunarder
New York
Cunard Line
Valeria
Irish Sea
American pilot Putnam nets five air victories
Washington reports an official French dispatch noting Sergeant Putnam, one of the American pilots at the front, already credited with four confirmed victories and a fifth not yet certified.
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America
Washington
France
Putnam
Massacre Report Reaches Zionist Committee on Jew Deaths
Provisional Zionist Committee in New York confirms reported massacres of Jews in Turkestan and the Ukraine. Correspondents in Petrograd and Copenhagen conveyed the消息 to the committee.
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Turkestan
New York
Ukraine
Provisional Zionist Committee
Petrograd
Copenhagen
Germans Fail In Big Attack North Of Amiens
British War Office says German assaults along the Somme front yielded little success while Haig’s troops inflicted heavy casualties. The fighting centered near Amiens, Hamel, and the Luce Avre triangle with rains hindering German efforts to bring up guns and supplies.
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London
British War Office
Haig
Somme
Bucquoy
Albert
Aveluy
Dernancourt
Amiens
Hamel
Luce
Avre
First Military Execution at Camp Logan
A crowd at Camp Logan Houston watched the first military execution since the camp’s founding. John B. Mann and Walter Matthews, both privates in the 370th Infantry, were executed for the murder of Private Ralph M. Foley of the 130th Infantry. Also reported, Russia plans to settle war orders with American firms and discuss future trade relations with the United States.
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Houston
Tex
Camp Logan
John B. Mann
Walter Matthews
Three Hundred
Ralph M. Foley
London
United States
Russia
Moscow
Japan to supply thirty ships for U S wartime use
Washington reports the United States will obtain about 289 ships of 5 000 tons from the Japanese government. The deal allows use of the tonnage during the war at set rates without changing ownership. The U S has already bought 100 000 tons of shipping and more vessels may be built in Japanese yards as a joint war measure.
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Washington
United States
Drafted strength to 150000 per month for April
Washington report shows Crowder ordering 150000 men to be inducted before May 1 to speed U S aid to allies. Draft machinery, shipping, equipment and ally needs drive the plan, with governors and lawmakers briefed and inspections sped for Class 1 registrants.
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Union News Service
Washington
E. H. Crowder
Wilson
United States
General Crowder
Europe
Crowder
Manning
South Carolina
Stewart
Montana
Steenerson
Minnesota
Major West Bottoms Fire Devastates Kansas City District
A large blaze in Kansas City West Bottoms wholesale and manufacturing area, blamed on incendiary causes, caused about 3 million dollars in damage. Over a dozen injured including five firefighters, some fatally when a floor collapsed. Three looters were arrested as both sides' fire forces fought the blaze with dynamite to halt spread.
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Kansas City
West Bottoms
Kan
Soldiers to Work on Farms in Ohio 1918 Season
About 5,000 Ohio selectives will aid Buckeye State farmers by sowing seed and harvesting crops this spring. The plan, announced by division headquarters, uses furlough authority from March 16, 1918 to allow enlisted men to engage in agriculture during the current farming season to boost agricultural production.
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Camp Sherman
Ohio
Buckeye State
McCain
Edwin T. Glenn
Polish Legions Dissolved for Treason by Teutons
Advices from Copenhagen via a Telegraph Company correspondent say several Polish Legions have been dissolved by German authorities for treason and the Polish soldiers have been interned in Hungary.
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London
Teuton
Copenhagen
Poland
Exchange Telegraph Company
Hungary
Death toll claims rise to five hundred thousand
Paris reports from official sources and front correspondents confirm massive German casualties. British Army Medical Captain Vidal visited a hospital with Olse front wounded and heard soldiers' belief that German losses reach 500000.
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Paris
Vidal
British Army Medical Corps
Olse
Drops of magic corn remedy claims painless relief
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a magic drop for corns promising instant pain relief with a painless application, followed by the corn lifting off with fingers. It urges readers to try the product.
Tasting Dawn and Doom in Everyday Fare
An Ohio editor extols leafy dawns and noon brightness in simple greens while another voices a wilder palate for turnips and kraut. The piece notes a Ben Davis apple Pittsburgh Post reference and comments on a pretty woman as an attractive distraction amid daily life.
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Ohio
Ben Davis
Pittsburgh Post
Spring Fever Remedies and Blood Purifying Tonics
An early spring health note urges lifting fatigue and skin pallor from indoor winter living. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Pierce's A New Heart or Blood Purifier tablets as glyceric herb extracts to purify blood, ease neuralgia, backache, and rheumatic pains, with a call to buy at drug stores.
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Oregon
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