War feared as Congress convenes for early session
Secretary Daniels moves to prepare for U boat chasers and armed patrols as a push grows for an earlier congress call. Cabinet members discuss steps to protect commerce and organize patrols along the Atlantic coast while insurers ready policies for vessels not carrying contraband.
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Pope
Rachis Alteniy
Atlantic Coast
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Marvell
Anerchons Ahe
New York
Boston
Theroemast Paints
Clabie
Manors
Ver
Ess
New Jersey College Develops Purple Carnation
The New Jersey Agricultural College reports creation of a purple carnation by Prof. M. A. Bake through artificial hybridization. A cutting from the plant is valued at £190 and was sent to the executive office. The State Agricultural Lodge notes the origin of the colored flower.
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Neww Jersey Agricultural College
Trenton
Gary
Edge
M. A
Tar ' G Fpmin
Speitmertz Station
Revolts in German Cities Reported Across Europe
Cable dispatches from London Amsterdam and London report rumors of revolutionary activity in Hamburg Rotterdam and German industrial towns including Leipzig Dresden and Munich. No confirmations or official advices verify the disturbances or strikes claimed by Danish and Swiss newspapers.
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Evening Sun Today
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Hamburg
Germany
Amsterdam
Telegraaf
Rotterdam
Revolutionary Socialist Party
Switzerland
Leipzig
Dresden
Munich
Irish leaders threaten cabinet over court martial report
In the house of commons John Dillon and other nationalists denounced the government's refusal to publish the Sinn Fein court martial proceedings arguing it breaches Asquith's pledge and could trigger an anti Irish election. Chief Secretary Fleury Barnard Duke insisted publication would harm the country’s welfare and risk disorder.zhaku
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House of Commons
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Asquith
John Dillon
Andrew Bonar Law
Exchequer
Dulon
Baron Kuhlmann
Ulster
Kuhlmann
Berlin
Fingland
Dillon
Empire
America
Fleury Barnard Duke
Ireland
Joseph Devlin
Tilton
Castile
Devlin
Imperial Council Meeting in London March 2
London March 2 The British imperial conference opened with colonial statesmen joining British government members at Premier Lloyd George's residence. Delegates included Sir Robert L. Borden William Massey Sir Robert Morris Lieut Gen Smuts and Indian representatives J Austen Chamberlain the Maharajah of Bikaner and Sir Satyendra Sinha Australia not represented. The British minister attendance was unusually large for a war cabinet and future meetings may include fewer cabinet members.
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London
India
Maharajah of
Bikaner
Satyendra P. Sinha
Australia
Roosevelt Urges Action as U S Prepares for War
Roosevelt declares the United States is hiding behind the British fleet and demands immediate decisive action. He warns that neutrality is feeble and urges an expeditionary force, full mobilization, and use of the fleet to deter German aggression, urging Americans to back strong preparation and unity.
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T. R. Root
Union League Club
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United States
Charles E. Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
Wei
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England
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Caribbean
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California
Panama Canal
Dandanelles
Russia
Root
Zimmermann
Mexico
Japan
Suffrage for Uta Now Active in Politics
Petrograd reports show rising calls for women’s suffrage to be included in the new constitution while reforms spread in the army. A war minister’s commission for army reform aims to lift social restrictions on private soldiers and bolster discipline as the provisional government reshapes provincial leadership and recruits a provisional militia.
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People's Army
Prince Lyvoff
Switzerland
London
Petrograd
Reuter
Poli!vanoff
Gen. Myshlaevski
Council of Workmen
Winter Palace
Zemstvoa
Poisoned dog found on Greenwich estate worth $2,000
Krazia a Russian wolfhound owned by Henry L. Brittain president of Em pire Metal Products Corporation New York City was found dead on the Brittain estate in Greenwich Conn valued at $2 000 Dr Earl Scofield the veterinarian ruled poisoning by strychnine A $500 reward was offered for information leading to arrest and conviction The dog four years old and its mother was previously sold in America for $1 800
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Wahington Post
Greenwich
Conn
Krazia
Henry L. Brittain
Empire Metal Products Corporation
New York City
Brittain
Earl Scofield
Illinois to regulate ball gowns in dance halls
Springfield March 20 A barred zone regulating decollette gowns in ballrooms will be established by the State of Illinois if an amendment offered by Senator Denver to a dance hall bill is adopted The amendment would prohibit girls from wearing any dress in a dance hall that exposes the body below a line drawn from shoulder tip to shoulder tip
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Springfield
Ilinois
Denver
Bars Tobacco In Camps Prohibition Likely in Army Bill
Senate committee amendment for universal military training would bar use or sale of tobacco on army reservations during training. The provision is included in the army bill slated for special session action. Defeat of the provision is expected.
Women in Navy for Shore Duty
Secretary Daniels ordered naval shore station commandants to enlist women for shore and sea service as judge advocate general ruling allows. Women will fill stenographer, clerk, telephone and radio operator roles, with Yeoman class equivalents and potential noncommissioned officer promotion. Applicants will be examined at shore stations when they apply.
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Naval Service of the
United States
Daniels
Judge Advocate General
Navy
Navy Department
U.S. Expands Insurance to Cover Contraband at Sea
The U.S. government war insurance bureau will broaden its scope to insure contraband for European countries except arms and ammunition. The policy, decided by Secretary McAdoo and the advisory board, aims to facilitate U.S. commerce by covering nearly all cargoes not deemed implements of battle. Since 1914 the bureau has issued about $200 million in policies with $600,000 in total losses.
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Congress
Washington
al Warmak Bureau
McAdoo
Amersips
War Flak Insurance Bureau
United States
Congress May Be Called Today to Address Matters
A brief index outlines today's pages with headlines across politics, war updates, labor, and society. Highlights include potential congressional calls, U S recognition moves, Russian affairs, and domestic events such as strikes and local incidents.
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Flood
G. D. Widener
Financial Steel Corporation
News of
Alexandria
Central High
Washington preps for district guardsmen reception tonight
Secretaries Baker and Chamberlain will address 1300 soldiers returning from the Mexican border at Convention Hall. A torchlight parade along Pennsylvania Avenue will line the route with spectators and 300 Boy Scouts carrying torches. Military units include the Third District infantry leading, followed by First Separate Battalion infantry and field artillery.
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Senator Chamberlain
National
America
Convention Hall
Newton Baker
George E. Chamberlain
Oregon
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Ogella Smyth
Prograitc
Second Street
J. C Castner
Second
Thirteenth
Signal Corps
Field Hospital Corps
Germany
Baker
Chamberlain
Louis Brownlow
Brandenburg
Washington Board of Trade
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Ross DP. Andrews
Asbociaton, and Co
Richard J. Simms
Lepira
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J. EB. Walker
If Epps
J. H. Patterson
J. Or
Two JAIL BREAKERS KILLED in Alabama clash
In Birmingham a sheriff's posse killed David Overton and Tony Martino, both under death sentences for murder, wounds J L Lathem, and three others escaped after a febrile jailbreak at Jefferson County jail. A running car escape and immediate search followed the gun battle with about 50 shots fired.
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Birmingham
Ala
David D. Overton
W T. Lawler
Huntsville
Tony Martino
J. L. Lathem
Jefferson County
French Push Front Near St Quentin. British Progress Slow
Paris dispatch reports French cavalry within about 4 miles of St Quentin with 14 villages cleared as Haig’s forces press along the Somme and Aisne. German raids unleash vandalism, many libraries and the Courty Tan Chateau destroyed. air operations claim several enemy aircraft shot down as Britain and France pursue momentum in the Somme and Artois sectors.
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Berlin
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Somme
Aisne
Targnier
Amiens
Rheims
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France
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Atlas
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Sayville
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Ypres
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