President Urges Further Talks as Rail Strike Delayed
New York March 17 after a 48 hour truce between four rail road brotherhoods and railroads the President urged further conferences to avert a nation wide walk out. W G Lee said settlement looked likely with mediation and expected resumption of talks tomorrow. Foregoing details he noted public opinion pressure and that Adamson Law issues remained in contention. Higher officials including Gompers arrived as officials pressed for a final agreement to normalize transportation.
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Council of National Defense
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Widener to wed Mrs Dodge in New York next Tuesday
Mrs Jessie Sloane Dodge, ex wife of William Earl Dodge, will marry George D Widener of Philadelphia in New York. The match follows Dodge divorce proceedings in 1905, with Dodge's daughter and Widener family ties noted. Widener, heir to wealth and Titanic tragedy memory, has Harvard ties and philanthropy lineage through Widener Library.
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Washington Post
New York
Jessie] Slaine Dodge
Wiliam Earl Dodge
New York City
George D Widen
Philadelphia
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Widener Wis
William Earl Dodge
Saratoga
Plattsburg
Henry T Sloane
California
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Amaury de la Grange
Paris
Chateau la Motteaux Bois
France
Jessie Sloane
Mr. Dodge
St. Batholomew's
Newport
R. I Dodge
Stephen H. Olin
Olver Harriman
Perry Belmont
Widener
Eleanor Elkins
William L Elkins
Alexander Hamilton Rice
Boston
Mass
Wilson Glad Strike Danger Is Lessened Says Wilson
President Wilson reports that conferences have reopened and the strike danger has diminished. He expresses hope that additional talks will bring a broader settlement, urging both parties to draw closer and for a quick result. W G Lee, spokesman for the Brotherhood, predicts an agreement by Monday to avert the strike.
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Woodrow Wilson
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City Faces New Food Shortage Amid Rail Strikes
Washington faces a severe food shortage as freight congestion cripples rail service. Two hundred cars of perishables sit idle in Potomac yards after the Pennsylvania Railroad refusal to accept them, with 100 more awaiting delivery. Baltimore and Ohio line chaos follows, crews walk out amid dispute over orders, threatening supplies for days. A nationwide strike hits Cumberland and other B and O points, with about a thousand workers leaving their posts despite armistice talks.
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Potomac
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Brotherhoods
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Baltimore
Mad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cumberland
Brunswick
Pittsburgh
VILLISTAS BOUT DE FACTO FORCE IN MEXICO FIGHT
A foreign refugee from Chihuahua city reports Gen Murguia lost about 1200 men and several cannons during the Rosario battle. He says Villa ordered executions of two Germans and seven Syrians in Parrai for aiding government troops, confirms Jiminez capture, and Murguia plans to evacuate Chihuahua city and fall back to Callejo with fortifications rising.
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Rosario
Chihuahua City
Murguia
Villa
Parrai
Jiminez
Callejo
Exodus of Car Crews and Washington Strike Conflict
An exodus of strikebreakers from Washington Railway and Electric and Capital Traction lines raises fears of a general stoppage. Officials deny departures while unions defend the Amalgamated Association. Two car collisions injure a passenger. arrests follow for disturbances. Regency crisis and Russian revolutionary news follow, with reports of mutiny at Sveaborg and arrests in Finland.
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Murder at Martinique Hotel shocks Brooklyn society
Mrs Wisie Cavan Hillair, 35, once prominent in Brooklyn circles, was found strangled in the Martinique Hotel Manhattan after registering as Florence Grey. Jewelry worth about 75 diamonds and emeralds plus money were stolen. Husband Harry Hillair, once wealthy, now a department store worker in Brooklyn, faces a baffling case linked to “lobster palaces” and tango pirates. The killer entered unknown, maid witnesses described the corpse, and autopsy labeled the murder garrotting. Also, New York's St Patrick's Day parade was canceled due to rain, a 35 year first.
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van Hillair
Brooklyn
Martinique
New York City
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Irene Murray
Murray
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Hillair
Harry J Hillair
Yargy
Otto H Schultze
New York County
Florence Grey
Boston
Mase
Emil Crackenseisch
Crackenseisch
Inspector Cray
Marian Hanley
Mrs. Hillair
Murder of British envoy rumored in Stockholm dispatch
International News Service reports travelers arriving from Haparanda say Sir George Buchanan, late British Ambassador to Petrograd, has been assassinated. If true, the act is attributed to devotees of the old regime who saw him as the revolutions' chief instigator.
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Russia
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Pinkah
Schlosselburg
Rennenkampff
Serge Ekryjanovsky
Haparanda
George Buchanan
U Boats Tie Up Trade Amid February Decline
The Department of Commerce reports American foreign trade fell about 190 million dollars in February, the first month of Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare. Exports decreased 147,022,659 and imports 42,239,685. February exports total 466,523,034 versus January’s corrected 612,555,693. Total purchases abroad in February were 199,576,597, down from 241,816,282 in January. Officials attribute the drop mainly to German submarine warfare.
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Allies Drive Forward on 36 Mile Front in Somme and Oise
Allied forces push along a 36 mile front as German retreat accelerates in France. British and French units advance 16 and 15 miles respectively, seizing fourteen villages and crossing toward Monchy au Bois and Fresnes. Roye falls, with Andechy–Oise line held. Civilians in Roye greet soldiers.
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British Advance on Both Sides of Somme Front
London dispatch reports a major British advance on a 16 mile front near the Somme. British forces claim capture of Bapaume and movement into villages from Le Transloy to La Maisonette and Fresnes, with raids near Arras and Vermelles.
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Bucquay
Essarts
Quesnoy Farm
Monchy au-Bois
Germans fall back as French advance seize Roye
French advance guards entered Roye and occupied lines between Andechy and the Oise, pushing German forces from fortified positions held for over two years. Bombing continued along the front with raids on Frankfort on the Main and attacks near Dixmude and Steenstraet as French air power supported the push toward Noyon and Lassigny.
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Roye
Andechy
Oise
War Office
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Frankfort
Bapaume
Hove
French Cabinet Resigns as Briand Leads Government
Paris reports the French cabinet under Premier Briand has resigned after a Saturday Elysee Palace meeting. The council said circumstances forced the president to interpret the national defense needs and accept the cabinet’s resignation. The Briand ministry, in power since October 1915, faced parliament attacks over economic policy and recently saw Gen Lyautey resign as minister of war.
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Council of Ministers
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Finance
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Girls Unconscious After Road Incident Near Greenwich residence
Special to The Washington Port Greenwich Conn March 17 mystery surrounds Miss Josephine O Connor and Miss Teresa MacMorrow aged 25 and 26 found unconscious along North street near Mrs Annis B Runk’s home with severe lacerations. Police suspect an automobile attack. driver did not stop. MacMorrow seriously injured. O Connor taken to Birge residence.
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Teresa MacMorrow
Annis B Runk
North Street
Exekiel H. Merry
James H Perkins
Miss McMorrow
F C Hyde
Misa O Connor
Walter W Birge
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