Senate Defies Czarist Control Over Colombian Treaty
The minority in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee denounces the Colombian treaty as blackmail and says ratification would degrade the United States. They vow to block proposed indemnity payments as part of a heated Senate debate. New rain eggs advertised at Prosser's Harness Shop at $1.00 per dozen.
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Borah
McCumber
Senate
Panama
Colombia
Prosser’s
German Spy Eludes Secret Service in Washington
National News Service reports a sensational pursuit in the capital as a German spy escaped Secret Service officers. Despite plans to seize him and the papers, he slipped away from a prearranged exit route before dawn. En route to Mexico, incriminating documents were found, though the most valuable were missing.
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National News Service
Washington
Secret Service
Mexico
Fire drives guests from Fuiel Rosslyn hotel in Los Angeles
March 15. A basement blaze at the Fuiel Rosslyn sent four hundred guests onto the street in scanty attire. Fireproof construction limited damage to the million dollar structure while investigators suspect an incendiary in two recent large fires this week.
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Los Angeles
International News Service
Los Angres
Fuiel Rosslyn
President demands submarine facts for special session
The president has ordered the state and navy departments to gather full details on German submarine warfare from the war’s start to now especially since February. The information will be prepared for a special congressional session next month and discussed in the president’s message.
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Inarnational News Service
Washington
State
Navy Departments
Congress
Germany
Crisis in talks over rail strike amid Adamson law clash
International News Service reports crisis between brotherhood chiefs and railroad managers with a looming Saturday strike and potential general rail stoppage by March 21. Both sides press for Adamson law provisions while government action or court ruling on constitutional validity looms. Local market notes follow about dresses and produce in brief.
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R. R
International News Service
New York
Supreme Court
Revolution in Petrograd Duma defying czar takes control
London reports say czar Nicholas urged to abdicate as revolution spreads from Petrograd. Transocean News Agency states the Duma leads a new government seizing offices across Russia, replacing officials loyal to the old order. Czar remains in the palace as chaos grows and war continues.
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Duma
Czar
London
Nicholas
Berlin
Transocean
Grand-Ducal
Russia
Peruvi an congressman killer sparks mock funeral and revolt
National News Service reports Peruvian government agents killed Congressman Greau. Body dumped in a river, then a pompous mock funeral to mask the death, provoking renewed revolutionary stir. Lima remains held by government forces while rebels organize in Cuzco and rural areas.
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Lima
Peru
Cuzco
Two explosions at Dupont powder works in Wilmington
Two large explosions rocked the Dupont powder works in Wilmington this morning though casualties appear likely light as most were away from danger. An investigation to determine cause is underway aboard a day of war reports and local notices follow.
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Dupont
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