Railroads to Remain U S Property Amid War Finance Clash
Washington reports the government will not relinquish control of railroads despite Congress funding failure. Director General Hines says operations will continue, no immediate rate hikes, and projects may be adjusted. Reduced passenger fares for officers and service members are being examined, with a tentative Interstate Commerce Commission view noting presidential authority over military transport classifications.
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Washington, March
Congress
Railroad Administration
Hines
Railrosd
Treasury Department
Weer Finance Corporation
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wiliam EB. Golden
Clemencon Named President of French Boy Scouts
Paris March 4 Premier Clemencon has accepted the presidency of the Boy Scouts of France. The appointment places the premier at the helm of the national scouting movement, signaling official endorsement and continued adoption of scout ideals across the nation.
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Tieade French Boy Scouts
Paris
Premier Clemencon
Boy Scouts of France
Wilson halts Camp Grant court martial sentences
President Wilson ordered new trials for 19 Negro soldiers tried at Camp Grant over an attack on a woman. Secretary Baker said haste deprived the accused of fundamental rights, prompting set aside verdicts and new courts to ensure impartiality. Eight faced death, five life imprisonment, one insane, five acquitted.
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Washington
Wilson
Camp Grant
Baker
France
US peace mission assigns officer to study Hungary relations
Lieut. Phillip Goodwin is sent to Maramoros Sziget near western Hungary to establish relations with Hungarians and Ukrainians and study the situation. He will forward his report to the peace conference.
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U. 5
Austria
Goodwin
Berne
United States
Phillip Goodwin
Maramoros Szget
Mares Sziget
Hungary
Carpathian Mountains
Budapest
Troops and Strikers Clash in Halle
Berne dispatches report violent clashes in Halle as troops fire with machine guns amid strikes. Several officers and protesters are said to have died with looting and arson reported in the Communist held area.
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Berne
Erlin
Halle
Vorwserts
Cyclone Strikes Pollard Alabama Causes Destruction
A cyclone swept Pollard Alabama on March 6 wrecking many buildings and disrupting traffic on the Louisville and Nashville railroad. No lives lost were reported.
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Mobile
Ala
Pollard
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Civilian deaths amid Halle fighting and German strikes
Berlin reports heavy street fighting in Halle between government troops and rioters with 30 civilians killed and many wounded. Rioters reportedly drowned officers in the Saale river as siege is proclaimed. Elsewhere Zeitz and Jena see labor unrest and general strikes across Germany.
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Berlin
Halle
Welmer
Saale
Bern
Zeitz
Leipsic
Lourgevine
Amsterdam
Germany
Jena
Weimer
Eisenach
L Hiunlien
Wilson Grants Clemency To Espionage Act Convicts
President Wilson acts on clemency for 33 espionage act convicts with leniency in 52 cases. Frederick Kraffit of Newark, Socialist party secretary, receives a fair pardon. Amos Linden Hitchcock’s sentence is cut from ten to two years. Clarence Waldron’s 18 year term is commuted to expire April 1. Rutherford group and others see varied reductions.
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Washington
Wilson
Frederick Kraffit
Newark
Socialist Party of
New Jersey
Amos Linden Hitchcock
School Board of
Cleveland
Clarence H. Waldron
Vermont
J. F. Rutherford
International Bille Students’ Association
Brooklyn
Rutherford
Atlanta
Theodore Buessel
Connecticut
Miora J. Florman
Texas
Robert Goldstein
California
Silas Savior
Kentucky
Allies Repulse the Reds at Archangel Front
Archangel report states Bolshevik infantry attack on the right bank of the Vaga river between Kuzka and Vistavkce was repulsed with heavy losses. Bolsh policies persist with artillery fire on Dvina front and a general offensive planned by Trotzky announced at Petrograd congress. Private Everett Brauemer of Chateworth claims to be the war's youngest recruit at sixteen, serving with the 129th Infantry.
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Archangel
Vaga River
Kuzka
Vistavkce
Dvina
London
Trotzky
Petrograd
Helsingford
Bloomington
Everett Brauemer
Chateworth
One Hundred Twentyninth Infantry
President Wilson Sails to France on George Washington
New York March 6 President Wilson departed aboard the transport George Washington for a weekend voyage to France saying he will not return until the mission is complete. Marines guarded the pier as Mrs Wilson rode in, and cheers broke out from onlookers as the ship moved away past the Statue of Liberty with grateful crowds and returning troops nearby.
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New York
Wilson
France
Metropolitan Opera
George Washington
Uehoken
Mr. Wilson
American
Paris
Sierra
Wilsoun
Sherr
Pork Price May Rise Amid War Board Export Move
The War Trade Board said starting today it will no longer require a food administration export price certificate for pork exports to Europe. Pork and pork products will be removed from the export conservation list allowing unrestricted exports, despite Food Administration protests that the move undermines hog price stabilization. The Food Administration warned prices may rise beyond March 31 and noted the reversal jeopardizes efforts to stabilize hog prices.
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War Trade Board
Food Administration
Washington
Trade Board
Ilenry, Stuart
Virginia
National Agricultural Advisory Committee
Demand for hog production boosts war needs amid fat shortages
The article notes the imperative to stimulate hog production for war demands as fat shortages threaten the allied world. European demand will rise, live hogs arriving in March and April will drop, and European markets are opening to free trading to broaden supply access.
Pan Germans Call for Emperor’s Safe Retreat in Germany
The Pan German League, meeting at Damberg Bavaria, proclaims the former Emperor William and his wife should be protected by the Ebert government as a safe retreat. It demands fixed political responsibility for the November 1 armistice crisis and the expulsion of guilty parties from public service.
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Berlin
German National Assembly
Ebert
Kenner
William
Pan-German League
Damberg
Bavaria
Germany
Bolsheviks Tighten Hold on Kiev and Ukraine Front
Warsaw reports bolshevik forces remain active in Ukraine. Kiev reportedly under bolshevik control with a 200,000,100 ruble levy. Bourgeois residents forced to exchange houses with the population in the town and ghetto quarter. A Ukrainian detachment is south of the Kirev Kovel line as bolsheviks reportedly control the railway.
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Warsaw
Ukrainia
Kiev
Kirev-Kovel
House approves Chretiansen bin to let women vote for electors
In St Paul on March 6 the measure passed 102 to 24 to permit women to vote for presidential electors. The campaign faced a stormy test as opponents argued over broader suffrage implications.
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St. Paul, Minn
House
Chretiansen bin
Stormey
Yanks Land in New York Port After Swift Return
Army transport Powhatan arrived from Bordeaux with 61 officers and 240 troops and four civilians. An influenza outbreak forced a rapid return to port with 25 of 102 patients ill but no deaths. Lieut. Robert C. Garrett commanded the unit, part of the eighty seventh division. The Sierra followed from Bordeaux five days late with 68 officers 1401 troops and two naval officers aiding Bordeaux convalescent detachments.
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New York
Powhatan
Bordeaux
Newport News
Coast Artillery Corps
Camp Devens
Forty-seventh Coast Artillery Corps
Ffth
Thirty-sixth Field Artillery
Eighty Seventh Division
National Army
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Catnos Dodge
Funston
Dix
Pike
Robert C. Garrett
New Mexico
Prince 18Moantha
Sierra
Demand for Inquiry in Rathbun Case Reaches Legislature
Critics press for a formal inquiry into the Rathbun case during a speech to the legislature. The demand centers on uncovering facts and accountability amid ongoing public scrutiny.
Clash in Berlin heavy artillery at police HQ clash
Des Moines March 6 Governor Harding before a joint session of the legislature defends pardoning Ernest Rathbun of Ida Grove now in Anamosa serving a life sentence for rape. He demands impeachment or exoneration after urging a full investigation amid bribery rumors.
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Evening Journal
Des Moines
Harding
Ernest Rathbun
Ida Grove
Anamosa
Rathhun
Heavy Artillery Fights Near Berlin Police HQ
Heavy artillery clashed today near the Berlin Police Headquarters as government forces held the position. Both Spartacans and government troops reported heavy casualties in killed and wounded.
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Berlin
Spartacans
Army Transport Arrives as Troops Reach Base Hospitals
The Santa Marta arrived carrying detachments of casual company No. 84 New York 17 casuals and sick and wounded officers 221 sick and wounded men 45 convalescents 1 nurse and 2 civilians. The armed detachments include Bor Coane convalescent detachment No. 122 and base hospitals Nos. 8 and 22. Morackies report March 5. The steamship Argentina has called at New York with 3 500 American troops aboard.
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Sien
Camp Tis
New York
Santa Marta
Lordeaulx
Bor- Coane
Morackies
March
Stea
Argentina
York
Hold Nine for Army Thefts
Paris police arrest two American army sergeants three Armenians two Belgians and two Frenchmen in a case of stolen army stores. Sergeants Prigher and Glackson are named among the Americans detained. The alleged theft includes a large stock of tobacco cigarettes six thousand pounds of chocolate and four cases of pastry.
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Paris
Prigher
Glackson
King of Serbia to Retire in Favor of Regent
A telegram from Belgrade reports King Peter of Serbia will abdicate after the opening of the cotta ate in Belgrade, passing the throne to Prince Regent Alexander. The timing remains uncertain but is expected soon.
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Serbia
Alexander
Fiume
Rome
Peter
Tiame
Belgrade
Berlin faces large German troop reinforcement push
Dispatches from Berlin report the German government pouring large numbers of re-enforcements into the city. Troops move in parties of twenty and patrol streets as authorities show confidence the situation will soon be mastered.
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Berlin
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