Americans and Allied Troops In London Riot At Bow Street
A London riot involved American soldiers and sailors along with Canadian and Australian troops clashing with police at Bow Street. Wounded officers and twenty Americans arrested dominated the scene as police faced a mob near the Eagle Hut and Y M C A bugle hut on Aldwych Street.
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Lancaster Gate Red Cross Hospital
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Aldwych Theater
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Winchester Camp
Husky
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Swarm Attacks Zimmerman at Bow Street Station
A group including Zimmerman’s assailant and two other policemen assaulted him with clubs on Bow Street. Seaman Pickens from New York rushed to his aid and fought until knocked senseless. Zimmerman was dragged into Bow Street station in a half conscious state.
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Zimmerman
Pickens
New York City
Bow Street Station
Korea Declares Independence and Seeks French Recognition
Reports from San Francisco say Korea has declared independence from Japan. Delegates Son Pyung Hi Phee Song Chai and Kil Sun Chon head for Paris to seek recognition, with Doctor Rhee to join in Versailles. A Northern messenger sent via Shanghai delivered the cable to Ahn, president of the National Korean association.
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Korea
Japan
France
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Phee Song Chai
Kil Sun Chon
Rhee
Washington
Paris
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Ahn
National Korean Association
Korean National Independence Union
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Pyonyang
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Versailles
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Hun Women to Fight Reds
Weimar reports Frau Breenner an authoress and publisher and delegate of the German democratic party has left for Koenigsberg to organize East Prussia women into a border militia against the bolsheviki.
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National Assembly
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Nto
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Buford Rescued After Terrific Gale Off Cape Henry
More than 1 000 US service members disembarked at Newport News from the transport Buford after a 21 day voyage in heavy seas. The ship lost steering gear, weathered waves, and was guided by tugs into port. Crews and passengers faced extreme exhaustion and fuel shortages while the vessel, carrying varied units from several states, finally reached land.
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Texas
Three Hundred and Forty-ifth Infantry
Limits on Allied Credits In U S Declared For PostwarUse
Washington reports limit future allied credits to 1 154 000 000 of the unspent 10 100 000 000 Treasury appropriation until peace is declared. After that period credits may extend mainly to buy American property in Europe and to finance wheat purchases guaranteed by the United States. France and Belgium are seen as primary borrowers for railroad equipment and warehouses.
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Treasury
Europe
United States
War Department
Liquidating Commission
France
Belgium
Congress
War Finance Corporation
Pleven
Creditx
Fragmentary military unit listing in midatlantic war dispatch
Fragmented OCR notes show midty seventh division references to regiments or units in Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas with mentions of a negro casual company for Virginian and scattered casuals for Witness and Ohio.
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Midty-seventh
Louisiana, Mississippi
Arkansas
Witness
Ohio
250000 Tons of Food Sent to Europe Relief
Washington reports a Hoover relief review shows 26000 tons of food mainly flour and fats sent to distressed civilians. Relief staff determine needs and direct distribution across central European countries.
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Washington
Europe
Herbert C. Hoover
Food Administration
New Name Given to Senator Borah Pervades Sermon
In New York on March 10 at Brick Presbyterian Church Rev Henry Van Dyke urged worshippers to ignore Senator Borah of Idaho tagging him a pagan pessimist. He touted Christian meliorists Roosevelt Taft and Wilson and framed the issue as religion versus infidelity or faith.
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New York
League of Nations
Henry van Dyke
Borah
Iteho
Ike Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Spartacan executions shock Berlin as revolt brutalized
Government troops executed two hundred Spartacans taken prisoner in the past week of rebellion. Reds were lined up and shot at a wall in a grim, wholesale liquidation. The people’s navy division was disarmed and dissolved. Berlin police facilities suffered heavy damage.
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Berlin
People’s Navy
Boon
Alexander
Evolt
Wilson considers league changes to win support for peace plan
President Wilson may modify the league of nations terms after warning that American opposition could derail peace efforts. He reportedly told a trusted senator he favors constitution changes to remove faulty features and add essential provisions to satisfy nations and gain broader backing.
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Washington
Wilson
Europe
Senate
Ife
Aman
League
Oream
Willian J. Bryan
Bryan
Lepzue
Elf
Brran Tndi
United States Laboring Over League Treaty Dissent
The article reports that Champ Clark opposes the league as drafted over British majority control and war declaration limits. It notes Taft’s amendments may be incorporated for U S acceptance. Wilson plans nonpartisan league meetings with Taft and Senator Lewis as speakers. The president fears Bryan and Speaker Clark may campaign against the treaty if objections remain.
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Great Britain
United States
Taft
League
Wilson
James Hamilston Lewis
Bryan
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Hoover Plans to Quit Relief Work This Summer
Paris March 10 Herbert Hoover the American food administrator and recently appointed director general of the inter allied relief organization is to cease his relief work in the summer. He indicated that a majority of his coworkers would return to private life. He noted problems in the wheat situation would need to be served by someone else as neither he nor most of the food administration can continue in government service after July.
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Paris
Herbert Hoover
Interallied Relief Organization
Hoover
Floover
6000 Yanks Wed in France in Last Year
Paris reports 6009 American men in France married French women in the past year. The Petit Journal notes most brides were country girls or workers in town establishments.
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Paris
France
Petit Journal
Estal Ishments
Japan Prepares Peace Treaty Demands on Monroe Doctrine
Paris March 10 Japan signals readiness to demand treaty recognition of its right to consult on Asia matters within its sphere of influence if the peace treaty mentions the Monroe Doctrine. Tokyo asserts U S recognition of Japan's superior in the Far East via the Sahil-Lansing pact and seeks a formal guarantee in the League covenant. American commissioners resisted, hoping to avoid controversy.
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Paris
Japan
China
Asia
United States
Yar East
U. S. Claims Against HMS Billa for Damages Hit 750 Million
United States claims for damages against Germany and Austria tally 750 million dollars as of the latest wartime account. The dispute names Waskuska and Mayer among parties asserting claims for losses suffered.
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Billa
Germany
Austria
Waskuska
Mayer
Red Forces in Suburbs of Berlin
In the suburbs of Berlin Red forces engaged and killed sixty officers and soldiers in a daytime assault. The fighting disrupted lines around several neighborhoods as troops pressed toward strategic targets near the city outskirts.
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Berlin
Spartacan forces occupy Berlin suburb Lichtenburg
Report from Amsterdam dated March 10 says Spartacan forces seized the Berlin suburb of Lichtenburg and killed sixty government officers and soldiers. The dispatch notes advances and surrounding actions as the conflict persists.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Lichtenburg
President Wilson Suffering From Cold In White House
Special report from the George Washington on board Svennne Journal by Wireless states President Wilson has a cold and remains in his room today following medical advice from Dr. Gray.
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Svennne Journal
George Washington
Wilson
Gray
Supreme Court Upholds Debs Espionage Sentence
The Supreme Court today sustained the conviction of Eugene V. Debs socialist leader found guilty of violating the espionage act and sentenced to ten years in prison. The opinion of the court was unanimous.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court Today
Eugene V. Debs
Submarine War Claims Filed by American Citizens
The state department announced total claims reaching 5.75 billion with further increases possible. American claimants allege death and injury from submarine warfare, destruction and damage to vessels, cargo losses on American and foreign bottoms, and loss of property value due to German and Austrian actions in enemy or occupied territories.
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Austela
State Department
Germany
Woman dies in hydrotherapy accident at state hospital
Mrs Hie Petroff, 24, a patient at the Chicago State Hospital for the Insane in Dun ning, died when overheated water in a bathtub scalded her during hydrotherapy. An attendant failed to notice a leaking hot water pipe.
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Iilinoie State Hospital
Chicago
Hie Petroff
Chicago State Hospital For the
Dunning
World Aero Congress Set In Atlantic City
The Aero Club of America announced the largest aeronautic convention to be held in Atlantic City from May 1 to June 1. Governments of allied and Latin American countries and their aeronautic organizations were invited to send commissions.
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Atlantic City
New York
The
Aero Club of America
Clemenceau Again Accosted by Fanatic in Paris
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau was confronted by a fanatic as he left the Quai dOrsay. The assailant leaped from a doorway shouting Down with tyranny at M Clemenceau. The premier had just recovered from an earlier assassination attempt.
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