Mormon Missionaries Reported Held by Villa Forces
An unofficial dispatch from Juarez says four Mormon missionaries are reportedly held by Francisco Villa south of El Valle Chilhuahua. Bishop Joseph Bentley, leader of the Morgan state at Colonia Juarez, has not received confirmation from church officials or the American consul. Spencer and Williams, from Colonia Dublan, are among the missionaries on tour in western Chihuahua. Williams may be among those captured.
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Jendig
El Paso Officer Heads to Ha hita for Border Activity Probe
Colonel Ames Hornbrook departed El Paso today to Ha hita New Mexico to investigate jlla activities south of the border according to official notices.
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el Paso
Colonelames Hornbrook
Hahita
New Mexico
Jlla
Marine Aviator Edward Chamberlain Faces Court Martial
London reports an investigation into Captain Edward G. Chamberlain of the U S Marines now under consideration for court martial. The inquiry centers on alleged forged recommendations and the truth of his July 1918 exploits including destroying enemy planes and rescuing a captured officer under fire.
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London
Edward G. Chamberlain
San Angnio
Texas
Unite States Marine Corps
Champlain
Champlain’s Recommendations For Decations Were All Forgeries and Eiher
Chamberlain
United States
Chambera
Postponement in I W W Case Now to September 1919
Wichita Kansas March 15 The leases of thirty two alleged members of the Industrial Workers of the World on trial in federal court were continued to the September 1919 term Judge John C Pollock said he needed time to rule on demurrers and motions to quash the indictments The defense challenges venue illegal seizure of offices and documents and the constitutionality of the selective service law The district attorney said the case is not abandoned and will be prosecuted regardless of delay
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Wichita
Kan
Industrial Workers of the World
John C. Pollock
Frederick Roberts
Testing wartime prohibition act in stockholders suit
In New York on March 15 a stockholders suit against James Everard breweries seeks a preliminary injunction to halt manufacturing after May 1 and sales after July 1 under the federal wartime prohibition act. The complaint alleges the act’s emergency clause is unconstitutional as a safeguard for national security after armistice.
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New York
James Everard Breweries
Joseph Everard
Demobilized Men Present Date Report
Military dispatch notes that men previously in service are being demobilized and released as of the present date. The notice outlines the orderly return of personnel and the ongoing transition to civilian life.
Air squadron to visit Pocatello for Victory loan event
A government air fleet may stop in Pocatello next month to promote the Victory loan. Congressman Addison T. Smith via J. Robb Brady says officials are pursuing the plan and the fleet will visit other Idaho centers en route to the coast. It may return for the soldiers and sailors Fourth of July celebration.
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Pocatello
J. Robb Brady
Addison T. Smith
Washington
Idaho
German propose ban on Russian ruble in Germany
Berlin officials plan immediate enactment of a law barring the Russian ruble from circulation amid rising Bolshevik currency concerns. The issue followed the arrival of Bolshevik envoy Adolf Joffe last summer and continues to alarm authorities. Basel reports Bavarian diet to meet Monday to elect a new premier after Kurt Eisner's assassination last month.
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Berlin
Ministry of Finance
Germany
Adolp Joffe
Basel
Kurt Eisner
Draft Dodger Draws Ten Years
Robert Livingston of Los Angeles was sentenced to ten years in a military prison after a court martial for desertion and evading the selective service draft. Court records show three Livingston brothers were drafted and multiple family members faced charges or fled abroad during the 1917 to 1918 evasion case.
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Los Angeles
Robert Livingston
Roy Meacham
Livingston Brothers
George Washington Livingston
Camp Lewis
Central America
Ben Livingston
Nathan Livingston
Venezuela
Clara
Elsie Livingston
Wilson Not Asked to Act Arbitrator
Guayaquil Ecuador March 15 It is announced that Ecuador has not asked Wilson to act as arbitrator in its boundary dispute with Peru. The report is unfounded and could compromise the government's position with the Ecuadorean congress before it decides on the League of Nations project.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Wilson
Peru
Ecuadorean Congress
League of Nations Project
Stamp sales show 45c per person nationwide
Washington March 15 war savings stamps were sold in January at 45 cents per person with a total of 48,399,000 dollars, according to the headquarters report.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Acute unrest prompts widened British bridgehead plan
A Mail dispatch from London dated March 15 reports acute unrest across the Westphalian industrial region. The correspondent notes the situation may require expanding the British bridgehead in that direction.
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London
Assailant of Clemenceau Given Death Sentence
Paris March 15 Emile Cottin the anarchist who recently attempted to kill Premier Georges Clemenceau was sentenced to death by the court martial holding his trial The verdict was unanimous The records show Cottin formed the plan in May 1918 and practiced shooting after an aviation factory strike that month He fired twice while stationary then five times while running toward the car and aimed at the premier's seat with bullets nearly hitting it
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Paris
Emile Cottin
Georges Clemenceau
Cottin
Clemenceau
Secretary Daniels sails to France on Leviathan
Secretary Daniels sailed from New York aboard the transport Leviathan for France to study current developments in aircraft during his international visit.
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Washington
Secretary Daniels
New York
Leviathan
France
Belief Emperor Nicholas and wife Alive Widely Supposed
Rome March 15. An interview with Stefania Turr daughter of a noted Hungarian general in the Géor nale d Italia reports a belief that Emperor Nicholas II his wife and several Russian grand dukes were not killed by the Bolsheviks.
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Rome
Stefania Turr
Géornale d'Italia
Nicholas
Germany predicts food aid through August
Berlin reports Under Secretary von Brann expects Allied food shipments to cover Germany until August 15, the earliest harvest date, as he heads to Brussels for Allied Commission talks on shipments and German ships. In Brussels delegates confirm acceptance of Allied provisioning terms for the former German mercantile fleet.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
von Brann
Brussels
Allied Commission
Tornado Strikes Saunders County Nebraska
A tornado hit a Saunders county area about forty five miles north of Lincoln yesterday evening killing one person and injuring three while causing substantial property damage across the narrow path of destruction.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Saunders County
Man Guilty in Interstate Whiskey Theft Case
William Woods was found guilty in U S district court of receiving goods stolen from an interstate whiskey shipment. Witnesses testified that on March 20, 1918, a gang stole eleven cases of whiskey and Woods agreed to buy, meeting them in the yards near Main and Center streets.
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William Woods
United States District Court
F. S. Dietrich
Anderson and
Edens
J. R. Smead
Ora Roe
BE. R. Ackley
H. H. Gentz
Butte
Montana
Missouri
Woods
Main
Center Street
North End
Roe, Ackley
Gentz
Oods
Laigs Dietrich
Carl Christensen
British Hold Separate Peace Plan After Sinkings
Nine sailors are reported drowned when the American transport Yselhaven struck a mine in the North Sea. Thirty-five survivors are landed. the ship left Baltimore for Copenhagen February 18. The sinking follows a report of Britain pursuing separate preliminary peace treaties with the Central Allies after Germany is disposed of.
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Stray Mine
North Sea
Yselhaven
Baltimore
London
Lloyds
Copenhagen
Rotterdam
United States Shipping Board
United States
General Pershing Sees U S Troops In Combat Formation
Coblenz March 15 The first sight of American troops in combat formation on German soil was shown to General Pershing this morning on a 600 acre Rhine plateau. He inspected the Second division and awarded eighty decorations led by Sergeant Louis van Israel of New York N J who received the congressional medal of honor for crossing the Meuse in Argonne, escaping a German trap, and returning with crucial enemy intelligence.
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Coblenz
Associated Press
Pershing
Rhine
Louis van Israel
New York
N. J
Argonne
Meuse
Supreme Justice Prayer of New York Dies in Pneumonia
New York, March 15. Supreme Justice Prayer of New York died last night of pneumonia. He had been charged with buying stolen property and entered a not guilty plea Friday before Judge Dietrich. Several defendants pleaded or entered pleas in related cases, with motions and dismissals noted for J. G. Butcher and others facing distilling and liquor transport charges. Thomas Powell and C. Robinson pled guilty to rectifying or transporting intoxicants and await sentencing. Theras Samarges awaits trial this afternoon for distributing liquor to Indians.
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New York
Supreme Justice Prayer of
Dietrich
J. G. Butcher
Nations League Inquiry Draws Neutral State Replies
The peace conference invited neutral states to join talks on a league of nations and received replies from Switzerland Holland Denmark Norway and Sweden. Joseph P Tumulty announced a cable from President Wilson stating the plenary council has positively decided that a league of nations will be part of the peace treaty.
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League of Nations
Switzerland
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
New York
Joseph P. Tumulty
Wilson
Tumulty
Paris confirms no change in league of nations plan
The French president stated there has been no alteration to the original plan linking the league of nations with the peace treaty. He noted the plan was laid out by the peace conference at the first plenary session and remains unchanged. Wilson promptly engaged with Lloyd George and Clemenceau to discuss peace issues.
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Paris
League of Nations
Wilson
Lloyd George
House
Clemenceau
George
Secretary of Labor Grants Paroles Aliens
Washington March 15 secretary of labor Wilson granted parole to 12 aliens of a group of 54 sent to New York from the west under deportation orders. The deportation order was confirmed in 19 cases with 25 other cases not applying.
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Washington, D. C
Pne
Secretary of Labor
Wilson
New York
West
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