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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1919
Page
1
In Berlin a violent clash left thirty Spartacists dead as revolutionaries bombarded police headquarters with artillery. Government troops were bottled up in the building, a stand‑off that sees Reds employing tanks amid the siege.
Amsterdam reports claim armed civilians march in military style while Berlin battles rage. Key figures like Scheidemann resignations, Reds and Spartacists clash with government troops near Alexander Platz and royal palace. Sailors seize Munich and threats of rail strikes ripple through Germany.
Boston March 7 Twenty one Americans released from German raider Moewe arrived with 2,292 soldiers aboard the Vedick after the sinking of the Esmeraldas on March 10, 1917. Released prisoners include William Parker Elmira Theodore Wittmer Pittsburgh Joseph O Connor Cleveland John Jin North Carolina Jesse Wilde North Carolina John Sawyer Dubuque.
The organization to oppose the League of Nations was launched after a Society of Arts and Letters meeting in New York. Speakers included Senators Borah Reed Thomas and S. O'Gorman, voicing strong criticism of the League's covenant and constitution as against American tradition, democracy, and the U S Constitution. They warned against ceding national destiny to foreign powers.
Cable dispatches report two more contingents of the 27th Division returning from France. The first detachment includes 19 officers and 528 men from the sanitary detachment supply train and others, aboard the Agamemnon, due at New York around May 2. The second detachment, the 102nd Field Battalion Signal Corps unit with 11 officers and 477 men, is also aboard and expected May 13. After arrival, recipients will be sent to Camps Shelby Custer Dodge and Uptex. Nine casual companies accompany, including company 983 from New York alongside nurses and additional units from Illinois and mobile hospital unit 101.
New York March 7 forecast for Western Pennsylvania calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with unsettled weather on Saturday. Temperatures show little change.
Washington Marci Redfield secretary of commerce will tour in support of the League of Nations. He will address audiences in Akron March 17 Chicago March 18 Minneapolis March 19 St Paul March 20 Duluth March 21 and Superior. Other cabinet officers may also tour to boost the league drive.
Washington veteran Colonel Raymond Robins told a Senate committee that American intervention in Russia strengthened Bolshevism and aided Lenin and Trotsky. He added that widespread Russian support, demobilized troops with weapons, and German remnants helped entrench the Soviet regime while denouncing Allied remedies as the cause of renewed Bolshevik reach. He warned intervention fueled Bolshevism at home and abroad.
A telegram from the United States presages a civic moment as George Washington aboard a ship bound for Europe accepts the message as evidence of the people's readiness to express themselves. The exchange signals a broader tolerance for public voice and democratic participation.
By wireless from aboard the George Washington President Wilson plans to present the league of nations proposal as the combined view of fourteen nations. He views the Pennsylvan ia district verdict as a guide to public opinion and participated in a life boat drill with Mrs Wilson during the voyage to Europe amid calm seas and pleasant weather.
Washington reports say Boston and Buffalo telephone operators plan a strike to pressure Postmaster General Burleson to settle differences with the companies. A Buffalo delegation led by Mrs Molter supports organizing, while John Purcell of the Electrical Workers warns conservative leaders are being sidelined and radicals gaining sway. Over 1500 workers are ready to walk out if demands are not met.
Washington March — President has commuted the death sentence of Recruit Benjamin Gorski of the 1st Recruit Battalion 153rd Depot Brigade at Camp Dix New Jersey for desiant disobedience of orders. The sentence was originally to be shot by musketry but was commuted to a dishonorable discharge and confinement at hard labor for 15 years at Fort Day. The War Department also reports six other sentences from army courts martial involving American officers have been commuted or set aside.
The first ships docking in New York include the El Occidente from Bordeaux and Mexico, with 11,000 khaki-clad Eicht Transports scheduled to arrive. Details mention St Nazaire origin and returning heroes.
New York dispatch reports eleven thousand homesick soldiers and many returning troops from France expected today. The Ocidente and Mexican ships led the arrival, with thousands of air corps men and officers aboard. Chinaso and Plattsburg ships unlikely to dock until Sunday. Comfort hospital ship sails toward Pier 45 with 402 wounded. Rioting deaths in German Bohemia and Karsh events noted.
Paris reports discuss feeding Central Powers to curb hunger unrest and Bolshevism. War Council backs supplying Germany, Austria, and allies before danger marks, with 806 tons daily and transport hurdles from Dalmatian coast disruption.
United States will insist proposition be disposed of so that communication with other nations cannot be interrupted.
Paris dispatch reports peace delegates discussing cable control. American envoys demand uninterrupted global communication and the option to lay own cables if needed. They seek interlacing cable and wireless to prevent isolation and reduce reliance on alien monopolies.
Geneva dispatch from Vienna reports a great battle near Lemberg in Galicia between the Czechs and Ukrainians. Fighting also erupts in Bohemia as tensions flare across the front.
Paris dispatch reports American peace delegates meeting Secretary Lansing to push date plans ending the food shortage in Central and Southern Perry a. Italy claims Adriatic frontiers and wants port access. Serbs and Jugoslavs press for strategic sites. War Council advances on naval terms for Germany with debate over dismantling fleets and Kiel canal and Heligoland. Garrisoning of Turkey to be discussed with the appointment of a Mandatory power.
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