Plan of Reds to Seize U S Exposed in Seized Letters
Washington March 11 Solicitor General Lamar of the post office department told the senate propaganda committee that the T W W anarchists and socialist groups are uniting in Bolshevism to overthrow the U S government by bloody revolution. He cited hundreds of seized mail excerpts showing elaborate propaganda efforts and a nationwide campaign of terror. The memorandum notes foreign born dissidents aiding this cause and lists five English and nine foreign language newspapers used by the organization.
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Washington
Soliicitor
General Lamar
Post Office Department
Senate Propaganda Committee
United States
Lamar
Lis Copeleston
Mall
Mr. Lamar
TI. W. W
Selicitor
Bolshevsky Republic
W. W
the New Solidarity
Chicago
One Big Union
Seattle
California
Defense Bulletin
Robins Testifies on Bolshevik Recognition Links
Raymond Robins of Chicago, former head of the American Red Cross mission to Russia, told the senate propaganda committee he acted as intermediary between Ambassador Francis and Bolshevist leaders. He also said Francis agreed to push State Department recognition if the Bolsheviks kept the war against Germany.
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Raymond Robins
Chicago
American Red Cross
Russia
Senate Propaganda Committee
Francis
Mr. Robins
State Department
German peace talks eyed for March in Versnilles
Berlin reports indicate preliminary negotiations may open at Versailles around March 20. Foreign Minister Count Brockdorff-Rantzau plans a small German delegation of prominent businessmen, ready to depart March 17 or 19 with the commissioners.
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Berlin
Versnilles
Count Brockdorff-Rantzau
Halts Work on Big Ships in Navy Plan
Secretary Daniels ordered a suspension of construction on six 1916 authorized battlecruisers until he and U S naval experts choose the future capital ship type after a forthcoming trip to Great Britain France and Italy for information.
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Washington
Daniels
Great Britain
France
Italy
Graveyard of Moscow Tyranny and Typhus Aid Crisis
Davie reports from Paris describe Moscow as a typhus ravaged city known as the graveyard By Soviet orders private shops have been nationalized leaving sparse stocks and long waits for bread and fuel The population suffers hunger cold and disarray as bodies await burial and officials try to shield stores from shortages
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Davie
Moscow
Paris
Russia
Central
Head of Wabash Road Dies in Chicago
Edward F. Kearney, president of the Wabash Railway, died in St. Louis from pneumonia. He led the company since 1915 and was fifty four years old.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Edward F. Kearney
Wabash Road
Kearney
Wabash
Mr. Kearney
Wilson Sails to Paris for Conference Missions
President Wilson aboard the George Washington reports a mild cold but continues work plans. He will reach Brest March 13 and head to Paris for conferences on March 14, with a Belgium and northern France relief trip under consideration. The allied war council discusses German terms and disarmament while Hoover oversees German food distribution.
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Paris
Belgium
France
U.S. S
George Washington
Wilson
Grayson
Porsihe
Reading
Brest
Wace
Wilstm
Parise
Supreme War Council
Germany
Marschal Foch
Lloyd George
Spa
United States
Mr. Hoover
Yanks Guests of Mexico Dinner Showcased as Border Friendship
Brig Gen J J Hamtrook and staff along with Mexican Consul A G Garcia and American Consul A E Dow dined with Mexican Subsecretary of War Gen Jesus A Castro in Juarez. Photographers filmed the event to be shown in Mexico. They then toured Port Bliss to watch a polo match between Fifth and Seventh Cavalry units. An explosion was reported at Rock Island Bridge and Iron Works with unknown casualties.
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el Paso
Tex
J. J. Hamtrook
A. G. Garcia
A. E. Dow
Juarez
Jesus Agustin Castro
Mexico
Port Bliss
Fifth
Seventh Cavalry Regimenta
Eugene V Debs Sentenced to Ten Years in Espionage Case
The Supreme Court upheld Eugene V Debs conviction for violating the espionage act through a Canton Ohio speech last June and affirmed ten years' imprisonment. The ruling also supported the act's enlistment section and delivered a unanimous opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Canton
Jacob Frohwerk
Kansas City
Missouri Staa
Spartacan Rebellion Ends in Berlin as Strikes Fall
Reports from London say the Spartacan revolt in Berlin collapsed and major general strikes waned. Damage from the week of fighting reaches 150 million marks with casualties around 7,000, amid alleged mass executions by insurgents of police and soldiers.
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London
Berlin
Spartacan Uprising and Berlin Martial Law Developments
Reports say teer soldiers were captured with no word on their fate. A woman Spartacan captive confessed involvement in over twenty killings. Spartacans accused of using planes against civilians. In Berlin on March 11 the imperial flag was raised over the palace by Spartacans but quickly removed by government troops. Martial law remains in effect in Berlin and at Dusseldorf as work resumes after a strike end. President Ebert and Secretary Landsberg arrived in Berlin from Welmar.
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Berlin
Warsehauerstrasse
Cty
Lichtenberg
Kaiser
Copenhagen
Dusseldorf
Ebert
Landsberg
Welmer
Four Grand Dukes Slain in Bolshevik Executions
Copenhagen dispatch says four more Russian grand dukes were executed at Petrograd by the Bolsheviks during the last fortnight for involvement in monarchist plots. Advices to Berlingske Tidende confirm the killings amid a purge of royalists. The same period notes Bolsheviks using a clear day to bomb American positions on the Vaga from an airplane, marking the red army with a six pointed red star insignia. bombs caused no damage.
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Copenhagen
Petrograd
Berlingske Tidenda
Archange
Red Army
Car Hits Train Near Toledo Hurts 35 People
A Toledo Bowling Green and Southern traction car bound south collided with a Clover Leaf passenger train at a crossing in Mamee nine miles south of Toledo. The car plunged down a 16 foot embankment and 35 people were injured, none fatally.
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Toledo
Toledo, Bowling Green & Southern Traction
Maumee
Here
Tax Dodging Urged as Honest Citizens Urged to Help
Internal Revenue Commissioner Roeper warns that those who fail to file income tax returns by next Saturday night face prosecution. Honest taxpayers are asked to report slackers to aid in detection, with penalties up to 1000 dollars for neglect and up to 10000 dollars or imprisonment for willful refusal.
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Internal Revenue Commissioner
Washington
Internal Revenue
Roeper
Russians Escape from Hun Camp Near Jenin
About 5,000 Russian prisoners of war in a Jenin region camp escaped after soldiers enforcing a riot suppression were absent. The runaways roam the area causing fear among local villagers as troops search for them.
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Jenin
Ependau
Rulieben
Branded by Conference for All Time
A reflective note proclaims enduring branding by the conference across nations, signaling lasting influence and identity.
It will be fate of former Emperor Wilhelm to be branded arch criminal
At the Peace Conference today the commission on responsibility of the war adopted a decree declaring Wilhelm II an arch criminal. Peace terms aim to limit the German army to 100000 men and require destruction of forts along the Rhine.
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Seeotar
Svenrne Journal
Paris
Wilhelm
Rhine
Admiral Sima Downplays London Clash as Police Incident
London March 11 Admiral Sima commander of American naval forces in European waters says the Eagle Hut incident that sparked a fight between U S sailors and London police is a sporadic local matter not an international issue. He attributes no misunderstanding to the American military police and regards the affair as insignificant.
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London
Sima
Eagle Hut
United States
Miners Reject Bolshevik Plan at Peoria Gathering
About 300 miners in Peoria vote down a resolution by William Harkness of the Peoria Canton district that would push for a nationwide strike until allied troops withdraw from Russia and the Bolshevik government can work out its problems. The plan was defeated and the meeting ended in a near riot.
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Peoria, DL
Kinuis Mooney Defense League
William Harkness
Peoria-Canton
Russia
Posse Kills Bank Bandit Near Silver Lake
A bank robber who held up the Silver Lake Wisconsin bank earlier Monday was shot and killed by a posse led by Sheriff Joseph Meyer of Kenosha. The bandit had escaped with 89000 after imprisoning the cashier and bookkeeper in the vault and fired at a woman in a yard during the pursuit. A posse member was hit by a bullet through a sweater while cornering the suspect.
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Chicago
Silver Lake
Wis
Joseph Meyer
Kenosha
David Weks
British and Canadian soldiers arraigned in Eagle raid case
London reports that on March 11 81 soldiers including Canadians and Britons were arraigned at Bow Street court over the Eagle but affair. Two received small fines while the rest were remanded for further investigation. Soldiers testified police assaulted them, police denied the charges.
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London
Bow Street
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Robins
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Rock Island
Rock Island Bridge and Iron Works
Eugene V. Debs
U. S. Supreme Court
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