Mouse-Driven Rush Planned for Army Preparedness Bill
The House Rules Committee, under President Wilson's push, forms a 24 hour debate rule and night sessions to speed the army bill after passage of the free sugar repeal. A sub-committee will coordinate with Speaker Clark to sidetrack other business. If approved, the army bill could reach the House by Friday, with immigration bill awaiting prior consideration.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Congress
House Rules Committee
Clark
House
Greece Rejects Allied Demands Defies Entente Notes
Premier Scoulougis informs entente powers that Greece will not accept certain demands. Cabinet rejects the note and Greek representatives outline positions on rail administration in northern Greece and Macedonia, troop withdrawals from Florina and Kavala, opposition to entente occupation of the Corinth Strait, and the opposition to wireless station tone.
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Berlin
Sayville
S. 1
Scoulougis
Greece
Stig
Athens
Germans Halt in Verdun Onslaughts Reported
Paris reports continued artillery activity on the Verdun front. West of the Meuse heavy cannonading and a German reconnaissance in Hautremont wood was checked by the French. Intense firing occurred near Vaux and in the Woevre district as a German detachment advancing on a French trench in Le Pretre wood was driven back.
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Paris
Verdun
Meuse
Hautremont
Vaux
Woevra
le Pretre
Five Dollar Americans Depart Chihuahua for Border
Thirty five Americans leave Chihuahua City today on two special trains provided by Carranza authorities. Twenty Americans refuse to depart while seventeen others in Chihuahua state remain. State department dispatches note Carranza authorities in Chihuahua show excellent cooperation.
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Washington, D. C
Chihuahua City
Carranza
Chihuahua
State Department
Presidential Primary Held in Minnesota
Minnesota voters express their presidential preferences and vote for delegates to national conventions in the first state primary. On the Republican ballot are Cummins Estabrook and Webster, with Prohibition drawing Poss and Sulzer. Wilson is unimpressive on the Democratic ticket, and no Progressive candidate is listed.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Wootrow Wilson
Albert B. Cummins
United States
Iowa
Henry D. Estabrook
New York
William Grant Webster
Chicago
Prohibition
Eugene N. Poss
Massachusetts
William Sulzer
Cedar Heights Born as Cedar Falls Fights Over Town
A Cedar Falls vote to extend city limits raises legal questions about Cedar Heights incorporation. District judges declare Cedar Heights incorporated. Cedar Falls plans quo warranto to challenge. If Cedar Falls prevails, Cedar Heights dissolves and a child is swept into mayoral life. Legal battle looms as orders hinge on city status and succession.
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Cedar Falls
Ceder
Kelly
Gedar Heights
FP. C. Kelley
James Edwards
C. H. Kahler
J. W. Slaughter
C. M. Deal
F. N. Littrell
A. T. Morehouse
Cedar Heights
District Court
Supreme Court
High Court
Newman
Four Die as Boiler Explodes at Pikeville Mill
Four men were killed and two others seriously injured when a boiler exploded at a Pikeville planing mill in Kentucky yesterday. The blast hurled bodies and mud debris about 200 yards from the explosion point. the cause was not determined. Local ads for Martin Invincible and A Goodic Cigar appear in the notice.
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Pikeville
Pershing to Lead Drive in Columbus in Mexican Expedition
Major General Frederick Funston orders censorship at Columbus New Mexico. Brigadier General John J Pershing to take charge of telegraph, watch autos, guard wires as about 4000 expeditionary troops prepare to dash after Villa from El Paso toward Columbus. General George Bell Jr to command troops at El Paso under Pershing if movement proceeds.
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San Antonio
Tex
Columbus
N. M
Frederick A. Funston
John J. Pershing
el Paso
Mexico
Pershing
First
Villa
General Pershing
Farenel
Funston
New Mexico
Bell
George Bell, Jr
Fifth Brigade
Ft. Sam Houston
Here
Funeton
Germany to make amends for attack on Silius
Washington reports unofficial advices indicate Germany will compensate the United States if a German submarine torpedoed the Norwegian bark Silius off Havre roads. Seven Americans were rescued after the ship disappeared with a Norwegian captain among the crew. Norway asks Germany for an explanation if the Silius was torpedoed.
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Washington, D.C
Germany
United States
Havre
Osborne
State Department
Savonteen
Norway
Fuquay
London
Reuter
Christiana
Silas
Floods Cause Heavy Damage and Dam Break Near Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls South Dakota March 14 Thousands of dollars in damage result from a concrete spillway break north of the city that diverts Sioux River overflow. The swift current has carved a gorge hundreds of feet wide and up to 100 feet deep, endangering farm buildings and the northern bridge. Men are at the spillway head attempting to dam the rapid current.
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Sioux Falls
Villa Hemmed by Carranza Troops in Mexico War
El Paso reports Villa as encircled by Carranza forces with 15 000 troops in Chihuahua and reinforcements on the way. General Guiterrez says Villa faces little chance to escape south of Galena as cavalry detachments move from Ahumada and Laguna to trap him. A dispatch notes Villa carried many wounded in wagons through Galena.
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el Paso
Tex
Villa
Galena
Carranza
Advieces
Luia Gutierrez
Chihuahua
Callas
Gajena
Garza
Ahumada
Addittion
J Laguna
Santa Ana
Cano
Juarez
Ville
Santa Maria
iNie
Maria
Pearsen
Willa
Naco Inhabitants Flee Amid Border Raid Fears
Naco Arizona residents flee after rumors of a planned raid from the Mexican side. Officials report cut wires isolating Cananca as nervous evacuations move women and children seven miles to Bisbee. Troops from Bisbee bolster border guards as Mexicans across the net are estimated at about 1 009.
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Naco
Ariz
Villa
P. Eifar Calies
Sonora
Catanea
Five Heirs Share Stock On Elder Parent Birthday
Franeig Tf. Meters, a major stockholder in a shoe manufacturer, marked his seventy fifth birthday by giving each of his five sons and two married daughters stock valued at 56,060 dollars. The girls’ total received 450,000.
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St. Louis
Mare
Franeig
Delivery error notice for late newspaper copy available
If the carrier fail to deliver by 6 o'clock please call 223230 for a copy of the paper. After 6:20 call Tel No. 2 for assistance.
Des Moines Leads Mayor Race by Seven Thousand Votes
Complete unofficial returns show Des Moines mayoral hopeful John MacViner leading rival I E Royal by about 7,000 votes in the non-partisan municipal primary. Council contest favors Thomas Weatherfield atop Western league club owner, with Richwert nominated for council. Other races include a new county judgeship and nonpartisan offices. Cedar Rapids sees Ball defeat Rath for mayor.
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Tes Moines
John MacVienr
Commission Plan of Government
Des Moines
Royal
Ye-Aleation
Thomas Wairweather
Ritch Wert
Abonteipal
Neurt
Cedar Rapids
Danis Rath
FL Ball
Ball
Roth
Envnee
Louis Zika
Fred Jazett
Ted
Martin Meas
J. G. Kennes
Zika
Cross
Bell Burlington
W. Jcross
J. M. Bell
United States and Mexico Agree on Cross Border Pursuit
U S authorities reply to the Carranza note proposing reciprocal privileges to pursue lawless bands across the border. The de facto Mexican government is authorized to cross into U S territory to pursue raiders, with mutual rights to chase fugitives into each country. The agreement aims to suppress banditry and restore peace along the boundary, signed by Lansing.
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Whebington
United States
Carranza
Hiundits
Vythin Gon- Bul Sumaing
Guaikikwars
Aguni
Senor Acunn
Autinwa
Jlong
Agkens
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Mexican
Iphran
United State
Lansing
Saloon Vote Passes in East Dubuque by Large Margin
East Dubuque voters approve saloons by a heavy majority in a local option election. Of total ballots cast, 292 supported saloons and 259 opposed with 23 spoiled. Women voters favored the saloon measure by a large margin, as the issue concluded a hard fought campaign.
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East Dubuque
St Dub Name
Mississippi
Wilson's Ire Aroused Over U S Mexico Tensions
Washington news summarizes administration officials awaiting word on troop movements into Mexico to pursue Villa. Carranza accepts reciprocal pursuit terms, easing border tensions while officials deny plans for broader intervention and urge restraint on sensational reports. State department notes indicate favorable reception of the note, with mixed reactions among Carranza supporters.
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Shington
D. C
Funston
Mexico
Villa
Carranza
United States
Istop
Ing Nature
Lansing
Jong the Cosst
State Department
Baker
Seenator Chamberlain
Hay
Senate
House
Stone
Senate Forces
Wilson
Polk
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