Extra Senate Session Hinted As Cloture Rule Grows
Washington reports a likely extra session by June to pass big supply measures and arm ship bill amid possible rules limiting debate. A two thirds bloc on a cloture plan aims to curb filibusters, with Wilson, Owen, Reed, and others shaping the strategy and White House talks urging prompt action.
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Washington
D. C
Congress
Wilson
Federal Reserve
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Senate
Democratic National Committee
White House
Owen
Reed
Walsh
Swanson
James
Hoke Smith
Capitol
Lansing
McAdoo
Een
Brass Slug Artists Head for Town Heid Chicagua
Four men tied to a confidence game were arrested on a Rock Island train while en route to Rock Island Illinois. They reportedly secured about $20,000 by selling brass slugs. Taken into custody were Joseph Schwartz Harry Cohen Samuel Scharf and Simon Klein. Police found two slugs and two machines for weighing gold in Cohen’s baggage.
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Chicagua
Rock Island
Rock Island, II
Joseph Schwartz
Harry Cohen
Samuel Scharf
Simon Klein
Cohen
Germans Retreat From Ancre Battlefield In Mud and Horror
William Phillip Simms reports on German withdrawal along the Ancre after brutal bombardment. He describes mud filled trenches, drowned bodies, severed limbs, and dead officers protruding from churned earth as British guns pound and relief efforts fail. The piece notes rising madness among troops and argues German positions collapse into a deadly quagmire.
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France
Anucre
Hell
United Press
Thillany
Bapaume
Madame Tassaud
Germany
Keiser
Despondent drinker attempts gas suicide after wife leaves
William Meskill, 48, a habitual drinker, tried to kill himself by inhaling gas at his Lafayette street rooms after his wife left him. He was found at 11:35 a.m. by building owner R. C. Wangier, treated at the police station, and is expected to recover. He has been out of work and urged to enter care programs.
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William Meskill
Lafayette Street
R. C. Wangier
Meskill
Builders Urged to Hurry U.S. Warships
Secretary Daniels resumes conference with shipbuilders in a drive to speed navy construction. Contracts will include new provisions to accelerate work. No move to nationalize private plants will occur until a clear need is shown to avoid delays.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
Burgouar Confesses to Tooting Reynolds Home
Chicago on March 7 Adam Procho a so called coast burglar pleaded guilty. The law provides an intermediate sentence of from 3920 years. Prochowski entered the home of George M Reynolds and other rich persons on the fashionable Lake Shore drive two months ago.
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Chicago
Adam Prochowiski
Prochowski
George M. Reynolds
Lake Shore Drive
Canned Goods Rise as New York Buyers Push Prices
New York March 7 Prices of canned fruits moved up four to nine cents per can as buyers stock up amid vegetable shortages. Joseph Hartigan commissioner of weights and measures blamed both speculators and jobbers for the increase while noting sustained heavy purchases by consumers.
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New York
Joseph Hartigan
Weights and Measures
Hartigan
Central Baseball Association Forms in Marshalltown
Marshalltown Iowa March 7 the Central Baseball association will be organized here today with eight cities to form the circuit Boone and Ottumwa seek the eighth franchise Dubuque has posted forfeits and Ford president will decide between Ottumwa or Boone George Hughes named manager of Dubuque club to recruit players and draft the schedule for a May season opening
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Marshalltown
Central Baseball Association
Boone
Ottumwa
Dubuque
Ford
Waterioo
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Dubuque- Dubuque
Managhe H. ZB
Maynard
George Hughes
Mo-1
Key City
Wilson Defends His Vote Against Armed Neutrality
Chicago March 7 Congressman William W Wilson of the Third district faced questions about his eligibility for the Union League club over his vote against the armed neutrality bill. President Frank T Loesch sent a letter criticizing his stance and asking for explanation. Wilson replied he opposed arming merchant ships to carry contraband of war, urged continued preparedness, and noted his long advocacy of readiness while others stayed silent.
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Chicago
William W. Wilson
Union League Club
United States
Frank T. Loesch
Wilson
Congress
Russian armored cruiser Rybik damaged by mine in Gulf of Finland
Big Russian armored cruiser Rybik hit a mine in the Gulf of Finland and docked at Cronstadt after damage. The ship, 15,100 tons with a 908 man crew, reflects intensified air activity on the Ivaneco-Belgian front as Entente planes suffer and shoot down enemy aircraft.
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Berlin
Marehy
Suckerton
N. 1
Rybik
Finland
Stockholm
Cronstadt
Gulf of Vininad
Ruvik
Entente
Bouchavesnes
Peronne
Somme
Verdun
Courieres Wood
Scarpe Arras
Ancre
Champagne
Meuse
Courieres
Russ Bront
Feastern
Baltic
Black Sea
Vardar
Lake Doiran
Struma
Oise
Aisne
Quennevieres
Argonne
Four de Paris
Flires
Bourhor Wood
St. Michel
Ammertawhlier
Casale
Mieppe
Department of the
Rumppler
Laval
Marne
City Council Allocates Funds to Grow Food on Vacant Lots
Chicago March in Eyanston OL city council approves funding to cultivate vacant lots to combat rising food costs. The measure allocates funds to support urban agriculture and local food production initiatives.
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Chicago
Eyanston
U S Red Cross Party Returns to German Post
The American Red Cross physician unit under Dr Edward Lippertol and Dr Frederick Nfaegler has returned to Graudenz Germany from Deutsch ly Jau to resume work under German Austrian led society. It includes Dr Terbert Dunn Chicago and nurses Miss Alma Skoog Miss Ama G Quel uurees and Miss Whiedd A Martini from New York hospital. German authorities assure permission to depart Germany when needed.
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Merlin
March
London
Arcrican Plysicians
Edward 8
Lippertol Ciscianati
Las
Bas
Deutsch Ly- Jau
New York
Terbert Dunn
Chicago
Mra
Vern Wagner
Mise Julia Koffman
American Physicians’ Unit
Ald Society of ClieqRo
Graudenz
Frederick Nfaegler
R. L. Bowen
Alma Skoog
Ama G. Quel Uurees
Whiedd A. Martini
Germany
Labor walkout by I W W at capital plant parade downtown
In Des Moines March 7 2001 laborers organized by the Industrial Workers of the World marched through downtown after a strike call by I W W leadership. Supervisors say strikers replaced, while leaders claim more join before night. They demand higher wages and safety protections amid a cave in danger claims. Police guarded the site as a snowstorm disrupted picketing.
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Lies
Moines
Industrial Workers of the World
J. W. Wieaders
Jackson
Towa Bone Dry in Fact After July
Towa and nearby Iowa move toward prohibition as July 1 deadline arrives after congress adopts the post al rider amendment. Express companies suspend liquor deliveries while awaiting official notice. Some firms report continuing shipments from East Mubique as first signs of the halt reach offices.
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Towa
Ties Moines
Iowa
Congress Tate
Alry Territory
East Mubique
German Plots Against India Under Control
Washington March 3 German plots to foment revolutions in India were stated at the state department to be entirely under control as far as operations in this country are concerned. San Francisco served as a base earlier in the war and its activities have been curbed. A smaller junta at Manila is also said to have been broken up.
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Washington
Iodia
State Department
San Francisco
Atte
Manila
Coast Survey Funds Exhausted Prompt Ocean Work
Washington March 1 Emergency Navy funds may continue coastal survey work due to passage failure and exhausted appropriations. Secretary Redfield said coast and Xzendetic funds are exhausted and conveyed the issue to Secretary Daniels.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Congress
Redfield
Department of Com
Moree
Daniels
Resolution to Choed Oenat and Road Patrolmen Reform
The Iowa Senate passed a road patrolmen bill requiring guardians to devote full time to patrols and maintenance. It also fixed October 15, 1917, for a social election and endorsed a reform package amid opposition to the president's armed neutrality bill.
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New Molnes
Wayburn
Wowostick
United States
Cummins
Enyon
Falbon
Semakor
Harvester Trust Hearings Before High Court Proceed
Hearings in the government anti trust case to dissolve the International Harvester company continued before the Supreme Court. Edgar A. Runcroft of Chicago argued trade proportion alone does not justify dissolution without proven harmful repression. Government lawyers argued Sherman law bans both bod and bad combinations that hold a preponderant position.
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Washington
International Harvester Company
Supreme Court
Harvester Trust
Edgar A. Runcroft
Chicago
Davis
Todd
Premier to Define Ireland Policy in Commons Debate
In today’s House of Commons Irish question debate Lloyd George faces pressure as Nationalists move to frame the government’s stance. A resolution by T. T. O’Connor urges strengthening Allied efforts to recognize equal rights for small nations and uphold national self determination against Germany’s suppression and domination without consent.
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Lomlan
Mare T
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Tref
Submarine Toll Weighs 204000 Tons Sunk in March
Berlin reports via wireless that German submarines returned with loss figures totaling 204000 tons sunk in March. The Overseas agency notes the aggregate tonnage from submarine operations.
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Berlin
Sarvillo
March
Vessiel
Oveens
Hogs sell at 13 dollars as war prices fall short
Market notes report hog prices at 13 dollars amid fluctuating rates. Buyers at Shr stockyards push for higher bids with a 15 dollar target while 4 pound hogs bring the top price, surpassing Civil War-era figures.
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Chace
Shr
Chirag
Delivery Help Line Pledges Paper Replacements
If the paper is not delivered by 6 o'clock due to carrier error or other cause, call 3330 for a copy to be sent. After 6:30, telephone Na 2 for assistance.
Small Towns May Organize Guard Platoons
The War Department authorized detached guard platoons from nearby towns forming a company in a regiment. Each platoon must field 34 men with one officer, one sergeant, four corporals, and 19 privates.
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Washington
Marek T
Ctonmabe
Otcer
Sargeant
British Near Bagdad In Final Push To Ctesiphon
British cavalry pressed within thirty miles of Baghdad after advancing from Kut el Amara, engaging Turkish rear guards near Lajj. Officials note 38 captured guns and river salvage, with wider operations stretching across 80 miles of terrain as Turkey’s defenses weaken. Sheikh Nuran position near Shellal abandoned by Turks. uprisings noted in various regions.
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Lajj
Ctesiphon
Mesopotamia
Helms
Bagdad
Kut-el-Amara
Kut-el-Amera
Kot-et-Amara
Townsend
London
Egypt
Sheikh Nuran
Shellal
Shelat
Upper
The
Nile
Cairo
Coal Famine Ties Up Belgian Work
The Telegraaf reports an almost complete industrial stoppage in Belgium within days due to coal and transport shortages. German authorities deem it necessary, leaving virtually the entire Belgian population unemployed except those granted special permission to operate.
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Amsterlen
London
Telegraaf
Belgium
Bel- Rin
Speed up Guards Order to Pershing San Antonio
A dated directive aims to accelerate guard movements toward Pershing as marines or state troops move to expedite border returns by April 1. About 20,000 state troops remain stationed on the border as officers report progress in the southern AP district.
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Pershing
San Antonio
Tryous
Jewett Nominated Mayor by Indianapolis Republicans
Complete unofficial returns from yesterday's primary show Charles W. Jewett nominated for mayor on the Republican ticket in Indianapolis Indiana. The report notes preliminary results and a humorous reference to an advertisement.
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Rewety
Indianapolis Republicans
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles W. Jewett
Arm merchant ships urged by officials in Washington
Officials in Washington press Wilson to arm merchant ships now arguing the 1819 act would not apply to the present crisis. Austria Hungary's note to Germany on submarine warfare appears conciliatory, reducing chances of direct U.S. rights violations. Carmania arrives with submarine defense gear while insurance costs rise amid war risk amid tonnage shortages.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
United States
Austria- Hungary
Germany
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Carmania
New York
Guard- Line
Liverpool
Carmonia
Admiralty
Royal Naval Reserve
International Mercantile Marine
Genoa
Bradley A. Fiske
U. S. Nx
American Defense Society
United States Navy
Fiske
No Amazons for Woman's Party
In New York on March 7 members of the Women's Peace party explained that Carrie Chapman Catt was not re elected honorary vice chairman because she offered President Wilson the services of suffragists in case of war. Catt appeared as a candidate but a motion passed that no officer whose stand as aalidist was in doubt should be chosen.
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New York
Women's Peace Party
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Woman Suffrage Association
Peace Party
Wilson
Catt
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