John Edward Redmond a Leader in Irish Home Rule History
John Edward Redmond, a longtime Irish Nationalist and chairman of the Nationalists, shaped the Irish Convention of 1917 and influenced home rule efforts. Born 1851 to WL AL Redmond, he sat in the British Commons from 1881, earning the title stormy petrel. His brother Maj. William HA Redmond died serving in France in 1917.
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Redmond
Westminster
John Edward Redmond
Home R Ule
Ireland
House of Commons
Bolshevik Resolve to Arm Nation Drives Urals Retreat Claim
Petrograd reports a supreme military council forms to defend Russia as commissar orders nationwide arming. Trotzky predicts Bolsheviks would retreat to the Urals rather than accept defeat and hints at possible holy war while Moscow becomes the new capital with Petrograd a free port.
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Petrograd
Supreme m
Izvesta
Workmen’s
Lenine
Pravda
Ural Mountains
Leon Trotzky
M. Trotzky
Kerensky
United States
Trans-Siberian Railroad
Japan
United States withholds consent on Siberia action
Washington reports that the United States has not assented to Japan sending a military expedition into Siberia nor protested against it. Officials cite Ambassador Francis’s stance toward Germany and Russia as influencing policy. President cited war aims to aid Russia’s independent development and cooperation among free nations.
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Russia
United States
America
M. Trotzky
Germany
Moscow
Washington
Japan
Siberia
Far East
David K. Francis
Francis
Fronets
Root
White House
Congress
Society of Free Nations
Naons
Irish Leader Redmond Dies After Operation
John E Redmond Irish nationalist leader died Wednesday morning after an operation for intestinal obstruction last Friday Death followed by heart failure King George Lloyd George and Asquith expressed shock Funeral expected in Dublin.
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London
John E. Redmond
Redmond
King George
Lloyd-George
Asquith
Dublin
U. S. Destroyers Active in Mediterranean Submarine War
An Atlantic port report cites Captain Sato Yamamoto saying American and Japanese destroyers cooperate with Britain Italy and France against submarines in the Mediterranean. He notes U S destroyers helped sink 1 5 percent of U boats last month and says the naval effort is intensifying. In Albany the assembly votes 11 to 33 to ratify the federal prohibition amendment and sets next Tuesday for further debate.
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Atlantic
Great Britain
Italy
France
Mediterranean
Sato Yamamoto
Rome
Yamamoto
Tokyo
Albany
N. Y
Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Woman Found Dead in Rock River Near New Bridge Span
The body of a well-tressed young woman was recovered from the Rock River at Rockford near Camp Grant under a broken span of the engineers new bridge. March date unavailable. Local authorities investigated the scene and identified the location as the bridge construction area.
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Rockford
Camp Grant
Rockford I
Rock River
Wisconsin Assembly End War Row Condemns LaFollette
After 24 hours of self-imprisonment the Wisconsin Assembly broke a deadlock by passing a resolution condemning Senator Robert La Follette. The vote was 42 to 2. Speakers criticized his war record and urged loyalty to the national government and war effort.
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Madison
Wis
Statehouse
Assembly
Labollette
Stith
Rosa
LaFollette
Donnelly
O'Brien
Wisconsin
Robert la Pollegte
American Troops Hold Eight-Mile Front in Lorraine Battle
American forces on the Lorraine front are holding about eight miles of trenches with a four and a half mile frontage visible from Washington. The line features flanking fire points and machine gun redoubts amid sloped terrain. Enemy aircraft are engaged by anti aircraft guns as observation balloons reappear along the front.
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France
Lorraine
Wasehington
Ywareh T
American Balloon Soars Along Front Guards Planes
An American observation balloon entered service as the first complete American air service unit in action. It ascended after two days of readiness, aided by French observers earlier. A fault with telephone wires delayed launch briefly, but the balloon rose high and remained aloft for hours while American gunners protected it. Two enemy planes approached, then veered off, possibly due to a squadron with French insignia.
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American Air Service
Leutenant
Calgarian Sunk by U Boat Off Irish Coast
The British liner Calgarian, 17 515 tons, 568 feet, 70 feet beam, torpedoed March 1 off the Irish coast. Two officers and 46 men lost. about 610 aboard, nearly 500 landed at Irish ports. Armenia, a former German merchantman, was damaged after torpedoing in the Atlantic. crew arrived at Belfast March 7.
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Armenia
Belfast
London
Admiralty
Glasgow
Iaet
Roumania Signs Tet Peace Terms
A preliminary peace treaty with the central powers is signed in Bucharest. Roumania cedes Dobrudja to the Danube and agrees to demobilize at least eight army divisions under joint supervision, while enabling transit for Teutonic troops through Moldavia and Bessarabia to Odessa.
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Amsterdam
Roumania
Bucharest
Dobrudja
Danube
Moldavia
Bessarabia
Odessa
Constanza
Black Sea
Austria-Hungary
Rouwmania
von Mackelsen
Russia
Rouania
Rainbow Division and Draft Outlook Share April Move
A dispatch from New York suggests Rainbow division units, including several Washington boys, may be in France already with an April move anticipated. Corporal Travers of Freeport, New York, is named among the wounded. Drafts and camp relocations are discussed as Camp Dodge and Camp Cody prepare for guards and regiments, with a possible half million men called and Washington county to supply about one hundred. Congress may amend selective service to base state quotas on Class A-1 totals rather than registered numbers.
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Washington
New York
Rainbow Division
France
Travers
Freeport
New York Regiment
Firine
Washington, D. C
Focal Draft Board
Camp Dodge
National Guard
Camp Cody
Washington County
Congress
Quadruple alliance assures safe conduct of officers
Report notes that officers fighting the Quadruple Alliance remain in Romanian service. The safe conduct for these officers is guaranteed by the Quadruple Alliance, with the treaty entering into operation immediately.
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Sears Roebuck charged in federal action over sales tactics
Washington March 7 The Federal Trade Commission filed against Sears Roebuck & Co of Chicago alleging unlawful competition practices. The complaint claims promotional pricing misleads buyers and that Sears catalogs depict rival merchandise as inferior. A hearing is set for April 11.
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Washington
Roebuck & Co
Chicago
Fieral Trade Commission
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Renewed Austrian move on Italian front signals threat
Washington reports renewed Austrian risk to Italy with dispatches indicating February enemy movements. A new attack group resembles the November offensive and long columns head toward Valdastice and Giudearis with artillery massing behind front lines. The best Austrian forces are said to have been cut to the halt.
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Washington
Valdastice
Giudearis
Halla
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Eusiga Krylenko
Vologda
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