War Plan Beng Rushes National Guard to Federal Service
Washington reports President Wilson ordered the Navy drafted to reach war strength and created two new Atlantic coast departments to speed mobilization. Eleven infantry regiments and guard units were recalled to federal service to police key districts, with Utah Governor Banerger urging Utah men to enlist in the National Guard.
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Washington
Wilson
Atlantic Coast
Congress
National Guard
Pennsylvania Guard
Georgia Infantry
Advertising board formed to mobilize men and funds
A national advertising advisory board led by Herbert S. Houston was formed in New York on March 25 to plan mobilization of men and money for national support through paid advertising. Chief T. E. Oxden and officers were arrested Saturday on indictments. D. A. Smyth and Sam Vixen were among those named in the report.
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New York
Herbert S. Houston
Associated Advertising Clubs
Oxden, Wiah
T. E
Mos
D. H. Mohiman
J. F. Kether
D. A. Smyth
the National Hotel
Sam Vixen
Ctmonis
Jory
United States Eyes Caribbean Island Leases in Columbia Deal
Government officials debate a treaty with Colombia that could grant the United States access to strategic territories near the Panama Canal in exchange for a payment of 25.2 million dollars. The accord aims to strengthen control over critical maritime routes and inland positions in the region.
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Colombia
United States
Panna
Wyoming Town Burns
Green River Wyoming fire destroyed the main business block four teams Afrien miles west of here. The blaze swept the area causing near total ruin of the block with extensive damage reported on March 2.
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Wyoming
Bock Kprinex
Wyo
Green River
Afrien
Here
Fourteen Regiments Recalled Washington War Dept announced
War department says fourteen regiments of the national guard are recalled into federal service for police protection. Crane to Tokyo considered by Wilson for ambassador to Japan as life ambassador Gallie retires. Grand Duke Nicholas steps down as commander in chief of Russian armies. Railroads seek freight rate increases under the Adamson law. over 3,700 women ready for hospital auxiliary service in war effort.
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Washington
National Guard of Police Protection
War Department
Crane
Toklo
Charles R. Crane
Grand Duke
Nicholas
London
Petrograd
New York
Acevice
Storm Devastates New Albany Killing Fifty People
A violent Friday storm tore through New Albany Indiana killing about fifty and injuring over a hundred. The northeastern district bore the worst damage with homes factories and a negro school wrecked. Rescue efforts mobilized police from Louisville and Jeffersonville with troops requested from the governor. A six month old Deering baby was found clinging to a dog in a stream and died later. both parents were reported dead.
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New Albany
Ind
Wert UN
Wfld
Louisville
Indiana State Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Deering
Deposed Czar Guarded At Tsarskoe Selo Palace
Nicholas Romanoff the deposed emperor was taken under guard by four duma members to the Alexandrovsky palace. His five children are ill with measles and confined to the palace, with no outside access for two days.
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Tsarskoe-Selo
Russia
Duma
Nicholas Romanoff
Taarskoe-Selo
Alexandrovsky Palace
Empresa
Poisoned dinner kills six in Carey Idaho
Six people who ate dinner at the home of Samuel P. Richards in Carey Idaho on Thursday March 16 died from poisoning. The final two died March 23. Authorities say the canned spinach contained belladonna by accident.
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Carey
Idaho
Samuel P. Richards
Salt Lake Murder Suspect Sentenced to Nine Months Jail
Salt Lake City figure Amy Mugen Sus, alleged slayer of Attorney Ross M Benny, was sentenced to nine months in county jail. The shooting happened in the attorney's Salt Lake office on November 9 1916 in the presence of a witness to the deceased.
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Salt Lake
Amy Mugen Sus
Ross M. Benny
Rear Admiral Harris Promoted Amid War Duties
Frederick A. Harris of the engineer corps is promoted to rear admiral. His tie duties, if war comes, will be crucial. Private messages from London report Emperor William suffering a severe nervous breakdown, according to The Hague Exchange Telegraph dispatch.
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Frederick A. Harris
Engineer Corps
Kenner
Collapas
London
Hague
William
Trooper dies from bullet wound at Fort Willlaine
Poor of the Third cavalry coast artillery corps died of a bullet wound sustained while attempting to halt two unidentified men detected near the Idimch river at Fort Willlaine.
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Poor
Third Cavalry
Coast Artillery Corm
Idimch Rive
Fort Willlaine
Wilson Calls Congress For An Extra War Session
President Wilson summoned Congress to meet an extraordinary session on April 2 to declare a state of war in effect and empower the president to use armed forces. Dispatches warned of imminent war as German actions threaten American rights and ships in the war zone.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
Congress
United States
McKinley
Sta
Supreme Court upholds eight hour law for railway workers
In a six to three ruling the court upholds Congress power to legislate for public emergencies and the Adamson eight hour day for railroad employees while denying public service workers the right to strike in concert Chief Justice White compares public service workers to soldiers. The decision affects over 400000 railway workers with wage costs around 50 million dollars annually and back pay totaling about 12 to 13 million dollars.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
White
New York
Pitney, Day and Vandeventer
Justice McKenna
Sink Submarines Taft Calls for Aggressive Action
Former President Taft addressed a large Atlanta audience Friday amid wild cheers. He declared armed American merchantmen should not await warding from submarines but should sink them on sight. In California Mill College girls offer navy service. Stanford and California girls also ready to answer the colors.
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Beye Taft
Atlanta
Taft
San Francisco
Mills College
Oakland
Navy Department
Stanford
University of California
Georgia Goes Dry Senate Approves Georgia Liquor Import Ban
A bill to prohibit liquor importations into Georgia except for medical and sacramental purposes passed the senate on March 13, 1906 and goes to the house. An attack on Maine ports by German submarines was reported at Rockland with warnings of possible countermeasures.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Senate
House
Maine
Rockland
Provisional Government Seizes Former Empress and Emperor
In Petrograd the provisional government announces arrests of Nicholas Homanott and Alesandra. Poodorovas, once emperor and empress of Hansa, is targeted. capital punishment is considered for the two detainees.
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Petrograd
Nicholas Homanott
Alesandra
Poodorovas
Hansa
Kendrick Rancher Clinches Wyoming Senate Seat
John B. Kendrick, ranch owner and cattleman, is described as the first Democrat to represent Wyoming in the United States Senate. The governor’s race next fall is mentioned in relation to Kendrick’s victory by 8,800 votes.
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John ©. Kendrick
Wyoming
United States Senate
Military Training for Gonvicta Belem Ore
Military training will be adopted for the convicts in the Ingalet chiefly of marching.
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Gonvicta
Belem
Ore
Ingalet
Navy Orders Destroyers in War Mobilization Drive
The Council of National Defense and seven industrial leaders mapped mobilization plans as a sweeping military budget nears congressional review. Secretary Daniels approved destroyer awards for twenty four ships with nine funded by wartime emergency, while more builders may enter as capacity expands.
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Teld Fm
House
Senate
Council of Natonal Defense
Navy Department
War Department
Army
Congress
Couny
Daniels
Germans Threaten Rubria
Petrograd reports from internal troubles and the reconstruction crisis push Russia into new danger. Indisputable evidence shows German forces massing along the northern front ready to strike at Russia's capital. Proclamations from ministers alert the nation to the threat.
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Petrograd
Russia
Idaho Proclaims Navy Recruiting Offices Urged Statewide
Boise urged opening local navy recruiting offices in all Idaho cities and towns and in commercial clubs to speed staffing for Wilson’s defense buildup. Gov Moses Alexander appeals to state groups to support the plan as Congress considers foreign debt issues and Cuba unrest news from Washington.
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Boise
Ida
Idaho
Moses Alexander
Wilson
Apokane Pledges Support at Mass Meeting
Amid a large crowd in Apokane, 5000 citizens gathered Sunday and did not adopt any pledge of support for President Wilson in the present international crisis. An overflow audience of 3000 listened to discussions by Russian reformer and phil cosmographer, noted for optimism about the Russian revolution after arriving from the Orient.
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Wilson
Mediation Plan Declared Not Open To Mediation
Washington officials stated no mediation or lacunae talks would be considered while German submarine warfare endangers American lives and ships. The state department neither confirmed nor denied prior approaches, but emphasized patience is exhausted and mediation is not on the table as defense measures escalate.
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State Department
Mega
United States Recognizes Russian Council of Ministers
The United States moved to formally recognize the Russian Council of Ministers. Ambassador Milukov, with naval and military attaches, met at Murinsky Palace in Petrograd to convey congratulations on behalf of the United States.
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United States
Raider Moewe Reaches Home From Second Atlantic Cruise
Berlin reports the German auxiliary cruiser Moewe has returned to a home port after a second Atlantic cruise. The navy says Moewe captured twenty-two steamships and five sailing ships, totaling 423 100 tons gross.
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Berlin
Moewe
Atlantic Ocean
American steamer Healdton torpedoed near London
A Hotterdam dispatch to the Daily Telegraph reports that thirty four crewmen of the American steamer Healdton were killed after a torpedo hit the engine room. The vessel was attacked and some men drowned in the ensuing peril, with thirteen deaths attributed to the explosion.
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London
Hotterdam
Daily Telegraph
Wensel
Russians Push War From Kermanabad Near Monopotamiatt
Russian troops advancing from Kermanabad in Persia report reached within forty five miles of the Monopotamiatt border. An official Friday notice says after a Turkish army was beaten to a standstill outside Karind the Turks retired to Kerind vicinity. Reports mention sending bending trips to England and a New York Alberta Gander date.
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Kermanabad
Persia
Point Leas
Monopotamiatt
Karind
Kerind
England
New York
Alberta
Gander and Day
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