Berlin Reign of Chaos as Armed Struggle Surges
Frontline fighting in Berlin rages with Spartacists and government troops locked in near total war. Reports claim executions, looting, barricades, and mass desertions as 20,000 troops reinforce the city and 5,000 Russian prisoners escape Ruhleben. Desultory night battles persist amid appeals for ceasefire.
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Frankfurterstrasse
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Ruhleben
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Swedish Red Cross to Distribute Food in Germany
The inter allied food council approved Swedish Red Cross distribution of food to German children and charitable institutions. The United States legation announced the move as the first consignment from America is expected to arrive soon.
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United States
Legation
America
Bernstorff Leads New German Democratic Party Club
Berlin reports Count von Bernstorff former German ambassador to the United States was elected president of the newly formed German Democratic Party Club. The announcement came via London on March 12, reflecting a political reorganization in Germany.
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German Democrats
Berlin
London
Count von Bernstorff
United States
German Democratic Party Club
California Syrup of Figs Advertisement Pitches Home Remedy
A nostalgic medical advertorial extols California Syrup of Figs as the ideal laxative for children. It promises gentle cleansing of stomach and bowels, relief from feverish discomfort, sour stomachs, and colic, urging mothers to keep the product on hand and to ask druggists for the familiar bottle.
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California
British Military Expert to Lecture in America
Major-General Sir Frederick Barton Maurice, chief director of military operations at the British War Office from 1915 to 1918, will soon depart for the United States to lecture on the war. Maurice, who gave weekly London interviews as military director, sparked significant attention with an April 1918 interview that stirred public interest and preceded his field assignment.
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Frederick Barton Maurice
British War Office
America
London
Maurice
Western Front
Blucher
Wilson Hopes 10 Return By May
President Wilson aboard the U S 8 George Washington en route to Europe for peace talks expects to return by May. He coordinates with Col E M House and Paris advisers by wireless and awaits a plenary conference to review war responsibility and reparation reports. Aims to speed terms to Germany and perhaps sign a preliminary peace treaty in April.
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U.S
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Paris
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Germany
New Jersey Strike Shuts Down Northern Commutes
Thousands of commuters walked to work across northern New Jersey as 4000 trolley workers began a strike. Hundreds of jitneys and many trucks ferried employees to jobs in Newark and surrounding cities including Jersey City Trenton Hoboken Paterson Passaic and Elizabeth. Power house workers were said to join the action seeking union recognition.
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Paterson
Passaic Hackensack
Englewood
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Elizabeth
Perth Amboy
New Brunswick
Mrs Inch on Trial for Extortion in New York
Betty Inch faced a new trial in the criminal branch of the supreme court on an extortion charge after a hung verdict. She allegedly extorted 215 dollars from Eugene P Herrman a wealthy motor truck manufacturer, with prior accusations that her wardrobe swayed the jury as counsel moved to select a non susceptible jury.
Maryland Blue Laws Repealed by Baltimore Mayor
Baltimore authorities repeal longstanding Sunday blue laws prohibiting baseball and outdoor recreation in the city. Mayor Preston signed the ordinance after approval by both city council branches, ending the ban.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Preston
Germany urged to appeal to world conscience
Germany was urged to appeal to the conscience of the world by Herr Peter sen, a member of the national assembly, warning that without food Germany would trigger a European disaster. Martial law proclaimed in Graudenz Thorn and Strasburg as Spartacist advance prompts eastern city actions.
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Weimar
Berlin
London
Herr Petersen
National Assembly
Basle
Graudenz
Thorn
Strasburg
German Agent in Russia Report from Helsingfors
A March 11 dispatch via London says German agents are active in Russia’s regeneration efforts. Helsingfors reports the city swarmed with agents supplied with gold, each seeking glory at the cannon's mouth.
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Helsingfors
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Senators plan to ratify treaty with reservations
Washington reports opponents of the League of Nations reached a definite plan in conference to ratify the treaty with reservations. They could strike out League provisions or add amendments to nullify them. Senator Borah will tour the western states on March 25 seeking support. Taft urged changes, while Johnson of California awaited a position.
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League of Nations
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Taft
Wilson
Senator Johnson
California
Cummings Urges Bipartisan Support for League of Nations
Homer Cummings chairman of the Democratic National Committee said the League of Nations is too great a question to be partisan and urged all Americans to back President Wilson for a peace treaty that ensures future peace. He praised Taft and criticized senators opposing the league as driven by personal antipathy to the president and weakening influence at home and abroad. He warned delaying a league would leave civilization unstable and the treaty at risk of being torn apart when interests clash.
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League of Nations
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Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
Taft
Happenings in This Vicinity 25 Years Ago in Penny Press
items note schooner Helen Augusta overhaul at Gildersleeve yard and strong cheap goods demand. 12th anniversary of Young Emeralds T. A. B. society with 99 members. two charter members remain. Parish history includes St Mary’s founded 1872 and church cornerstone laid 1877. Locals report 5 cent linen towels. Professor Rosa to wed March 21 in Harrisburg. New York steamer’s first trip of season at 5 am. steam yachts Engineer and Trio prep for summer cruising. Brick-yards boom. Langshank egg measures 9 1/2 by inches. Electric street railroad hearing set next Tuesday. number of orphans remains uncertain as to closure rumor persists.
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Burlington Principal Charged Over School Beating Case
Burlington Vermont March 12 School commissioners hear case against Wesley P Douglass junior high principal accused of severely chastising 15 pupils for playing tru ant. Parents claim each child received six to 24 blows with a rubber bicycle tire in the school basement leaving many with black and blue marks. Nine pupils testified alleging name calling and other mistreatment.
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Wesley P. Douglass
Itate
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Amelia Barr Dies at 87 in New York Home
Amelia E Barr famed author of about 80 novels died Monday night at her Richmond Hill Los Angeles home after an illness since a heat stroke last July. She would have turned 88 on March 29. Three of her 15 children survive: Mrs Edward Munro Miss Alice Barr and Mrs Mary Munroe wife of Kirk Munroe who is en route from Florida.
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Alice Barr
Mary Munroe
Kirk Munroe
Florida
Ludendorff’s War History Offer Rejected by Daily Express
London on March 12 reports General Ludendorff’s bid to sell his war history to the Daily Express for 200000 dollars was refused. The paper stated that Ludendorff had already cost the allies enough and that they would not pay indemnity.
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Ludendorff
London
Daily Express
Freezone touted as magical corn cure from Cincinnati genius
A lively claim touts Freezone as an instant remedy for hard corns with a simple application and a cheap bottle sold by a druggist. The advertisement highlights quick relief and easy removal using a sabre, crediting a Cincinnati inventor for the discovery.
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Cincinnati
Lansing Speech Urges Immediate Peace and Aid to Germany
Paris reports Secretary of State Lansing, addressing Allied delegates at a dinner for American peace commissioners, urges quick peace without delay. He calls for ships laden with food to enter German harbors, warns against vengeance, and says the world faces a crisis needing restrained judgment to end despotism.
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France
America
Lansing
Germany
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Breath Relief
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets present as a gentle bowel and liver remedy for bad breath, touted as a non calomel alternative. The vegetable tablets with olive oil are advertised to purify the system and improve breath, sold in 10 and 25 cent sizes by all druggists.
Proposal for a North German State under League of Nations
Paris reports a Temps proposal to create a separate northern German state along the Kiel canal under the League of Nations. The envisioned state would fuse Schleswig, Holstein and Lünenburg, historic duchies once independent before Bismarck’s 1864 annexation. Denmark seeks Schleswig’s return and a plebiscite for self determination may be suggested.
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Kiel
Temps
League of Nations
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Holstein
Lauenburg
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Denmark
Military Terms Warmed as Paris Peace Talks Move Forward
March 12 Paris dispatch stresses that military terms form the essential base of any peace edifice. Delegates consider a Czech denouncement of German Austrians and German Hungarians over alleged plots to foment Bolshevism in Czecho-Slovakia, urging permanent allied accord.
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