Embargo on All Luxuries Aims to Speed War Effort
The War Trade Board released a first ban list covering 83 articles deemed least essential for import to the United States. The measure, under President Wilson's proclamation, restricts metals foods and luxuries to conserve tonnage for war. Some exceptions allow restricted imports by rail from Canada or Mexico or ships with licensed cargo space. Prohibitions apply to consignments after April 15 with proof of license. Officials say the embargo targets no country and applies equally to those exporting to America.
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Union News Service
Washington
War Trade Board
Wilson
Europe
Canada
Mexico
United States
America
Old Russian Army Disbanded and Disarmed in Revolution
The Soviet government rapidly disarms the old army and removes soldier representatives from executive committees across Russia. Petrograd districts report regiments resisting demobilization as Bolshevik red guards seize arms and drive soldiers from barracks. The new volunteer army will elect representatives in the Soviet system.
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Moscow
Moscow Soviet
Russia
Petrograd
Red Guards
Americans Raid German Trenches Near Luneville
American troops in the sector east of Luneville conducted a night raid on German trenches, penetrating enemy lines for some distance. Hand-to-hand fighting followed, lasting about 40 minutes before the raiders returned to their lines. The operation was done with French troops after a brief barrage. German forces answered with gas and high explosive bombardment on American batteries.
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France
Luneville
Fire volley hits Mexican band near Polyo Texas
Six Mexicans were seen to fall after a volley fired into a band of 30 by a U S border patrol near Polyo Texas forty miles east of here One U S cavalry horse was killed by fire from the Mexican side but no American soldier was hit Officially announced at military headquarters.
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el Paso
Tex
Polyo
Here
United States
Washington calls up 60 000 for special military training
Provost Marshal Crowder will begin within days a call for men in the draft to fill technical positions. A general survey of educational institutions is under way to determine available colleges and industrial schools for training. Local draft boards will widely publish the opportunity offered.
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Washington
Crowder
Army
Dutch Ships Seized as Britain and US Reallocate Fleets
The United States requisitioned all Dutch ships in American waters after Holland refused to honor a voluntary agreement to restore its merchant marine. Britain also seized Dutch vessels in its ports, adding about 1.1 million tons to Allied service, mostly for food shipments to Europe. President Wilson issued the proclamation after London signaled rejection of the Dutch reply, noting prior failed negotiations with Germany blocking a permanent pact.
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Washington
Holland
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Wilson
London
Navy
Navy Department
Shipping Board
Germany
Little Kingdom
Farmers Urged to File for Draft Deferments
Washington reports farmers seeking deferred classification must file affidavits with local Draft Boards. The Department of Labor emphasizes boards have no authority to grant deferred status otherwise.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Chicago saloons face price rise and wave of retirements
Liquor dealers forecast a 25 cent whisky price after May 1 in Chicago. They also predict about 1,000 saloonkeepers will retire from business as liquor stocks run low.
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Chicago
Town in Ukraine Taken by German Forces
Berlin reports Kherson in Ukraine near the Dnieper mouth, 92 miles northeast of Odessa, has fallen to Teutonic forces according to army headquarters.
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Ukraine
Berlin
Kherson
Odessa
Dnieper
Teutonic Forces
Germans Pierce British Lines On Fifty Mile Front
German artillery bombardment breaks on a fifty mile front from the Scarpe to Vendeur as Hindenburg launches a Western drive near Cambrai. British lines under Haig report some penetrations but German losses are heavy and no objectives were reached. The clash may mark the war’s greatest offensive to date.
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London
Hague
Germany
Holland
Entente
United States
Hindenburg
Cambrai
Vendeur
St. Quentin
Verdun
France
Haig
Soap peddlers arrested on suspicion over poisonous product
Three young men selling soap on Toledo's East Side were arrested on suspicion after complaints that the soap contained poisons. Several women reported their hands and arms became bilatered after use.
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Toledo, O
French Submarine Diane Declared Lost After Long Absence
Paris reports the submarine Diane is officially considered lost after being unheard for an extended period. The Cherbourg built vessel is sea going, launched in 1914, displacing 630 tons with a crew of 35 men aboard.
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Paris
Diane
Cherbourg
Montana Judge Crum Impeached and Disqualified
Helena Montana Charles L Crum former judge of the Fifteenth Judicial District was impeached by the senate on all six articles with few dissenting votes on minor articles. The senate sentenced him to be disqualified from holding office in the state. He was charged with disloyalty and sedition. No defense was offered and Crum resigned days earlier and reportedly left the state.
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Montana
Senate
Helena
Mont
Charles L. Crum
Fifteenth Judicial District
Judge Crum
Crum
Lay Out Zones for Coal Distribution Plan Announced
Washington reports zoning districts for the coal industry starting April 1. Dr H A Garfield and McAdoo announce more than twenty zones to deliver coal directly to local consumers. The plan cuts cross hauling and reduces distant transport, boosting production by millions of tons.
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Washington
H. A. Garfield
McAdoo
The
Fuel Administration
Director General of Railroads
Kaiser Turns on Roumania in Wartime Diplomacy
Washington reports from Ambassador Francis state four Americans are detained in Bjohneborg Finland as he seeks permission to move them to Sweden. Dailey and 33 other Americans reach Harbin while Germany pressures Roumania with harsher peace terms per Mackensen’s ultimatum and earlier proposals.
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Washington
Bjohneborg
Finland
State Department
Francis
Sweden
James G. Dailey
Petrograd
Harbin
Germany
Roumania
Mackensen
Wheat Cut Ordered to Supply Armies by Illinois Official
Illinois Food Administrator Harry A. Wheeler told 200 bakers from 33 states at a National Association of Master Bakers conference that the American public must cut wheat consumption by 50 percent from now to August 31 to feed American and Allied armies.
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Chicago
America
Harry A. Wheeler
Illinois
National Association of Master Bakers
South Dakota bill targets farm labor conscription
Both houses passed a measure authorizing County Councils of Defense under the State Council to register and conscript men for farm labor. The law carries three months imprisonment and a $1000 fine for evasion, aiming at urban unemployed who refuse farm work.
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Piere
South Dakota
State Council
Authorized Wheat Substitutes List Here
Federal Food Administrator Croxton notes consumer complaints about unapproved wheat flour substitutes. The following can be sold in equal amounts to white flour: hominy corn meal corn starch rice rice flour buckwheat flour rolled oats oatmeal sweet potato flour soybean flour feterita flours potato flour grits and tapioca flour.
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Columbus
Croxton
The
Food Administration
Paris Bombarded by German Long-Range Gun Fire
German long distance artillery targeted Paris from the St Gobain forest west of Laon, about 122 kilometers from the city hall. Shells, ten inches in diameter, fell intermittently all day until a late afternoon lull, with crowds seeking shelter yet many continuing to church services. The note claimed the French front remained intact and suggested a second long-range gun was in use.
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Union News Service
Berlin
Paris
St. Gobain
Laon
Matin
St. Gobain Forest
Siberian Crisis Sparks Japan Debates on War Role
The article notes growing concern over Japan’s potential military involvement in Siberia. It reports Japan has discussed with the Allies and is still weighing policy without a decision, while interest in America and Europe mirrors Tokyo’s dilemma.
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Siberian
Tokyo
America
Europe
Japan
Siberia
Regulations For Oil Distribution In War Time
President Wilson announced tighter regulation of fuel oil distribution east of the Rockies due to fuel shortages. Proclamation dated January 31 requires manufacturers and distributors with annual gross sales over 100000 barrels to obtain licenses from the Fuel Administration. The current regulations implement these license controls.
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Washington
Wilson
Rocky Mountains
Fuel Administration
German Transport Strikes Mine Sinks With All Hands
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Stockholm reports the German transport Frankland struck a mine near Noorland and sank. The crowded ship carried soldiers cannons and munitions. The entire crew soldiers and Admiral von Meyrer were lost.
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London
Stockholm
Svenskund
Frankland
Noorland
Admiral von Meyrer
Peace They’re After in Piave War Front Activity
Italian front reports show increasing cannonade on the Piave and mountain fronts. The enemy escalates propaganda campaigns, with air raids now delivering manifestos and peace literature rather than bombs.
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Piave
Lima Senate Delays Gold Certificate Currency Bill
In a secret session the senate postponed for some time the passage of the government bill authorizing the issue of gold certificates as currency backed by deposits in U S banks.
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Lima
Peru
Senate
United States
Riddle exchange at a crowded breakfast table
A Yonkers Statesman cartoon scene shows a thin border and several workers trading quips over a meatless breakfast. Jokes hinge on elephants microbes and a bank clerk, ending with a pun about carrying a trunk.
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Compdrum
Yonkers Statesman
Depth Bombs Spell Raider's Doom in Atlantic Port
Passengers describe American destroyers saving a British ship and likely destroying the attacking submarine as the vessel arrives at an Atlantic port.
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Atlantic
Men Prefer Dogs Over Wives, Citing Loyalty
A quip notes some men favor their dogs over spouses as dogs never growl or argue back, contrasting canine loyalty with marital friction.
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