New National Party to Debut in Chicago This Week
Chicago March 2 A new National party plans a formal debut in Chicago with leaders from across the country. The platform targets farmers labor groups prohibition suffragists and reform advocates and aims for broad support including national prohibition initiative referendum and recall public ownership of utilities and more. Prohibition party already agrees to merge and a national convention is set to ratify the merger. Leaders predict a congressional drive with at least 25 Congressmen and three Senators poised for election as the party positions for civil rights and economic reform.
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Chicago
New National Party
National Party
Prohibition Party
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Congress
House
Convention
No Concessions by German Socialists
Amsterdam reports Vorwaerts, the Berlin Socialist paper, backs many war aims but rejects any concessions to the Entente. It says Germany will not yield on Alsace Lorraine or Posen and notes Austria must change while the afflicted peoples endure.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Vorwaerts
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Posen
Austria
Socialist Democrats
Meyer Seriously Ill in Boston
George Von L Meyer former diplomat and cabinet officer remained seriously ill in Boston on March 2. Dr Henry Jackson reported the patient rested better overnight but stayed in a critical condition.
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Meyer
Boston
Mass
George von. L. Meyer
Henry Jackson
Liquor raids thin as officers seek big game in state
In Columbia South Carolina officers report a dry ten days at police barracks with few seizures. Two stills were captured and destroyed last week by constables with help from local squads. Beer and whiskey seized. The officers’ whereabouts and aims are kept secret while liquor stores of the barracks remain stocked to quench a city-sized thirst.
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Columbia
S .C
South Carolina
Tragic Fire Claims Ben Howard Family Near Allendale
Allendale South Carolina residents report a deadly house fire Saturday morning near Allendale. Ben Howard his wife and two children, all enslaved people, perished after attempting to rescue two more children. Firefighters found the parents and one child among the ruins, the other child’s fate unclear.
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Allendale
S. C
Ben Howard
Howard
Commanders Call Meet on South Carolina Reserve Militia
Columbia March 2 A meeting of all 16 company commanders of the South Carolina Reserve Militia is set for Monday at the Jefferson Hotel at 3 PM with Colonel Thompson and Lieutenant Colonel Cogeswell. Twelve companies are in service, Greenwood and Cheraw await muster, Union and Sumter organize, targeting a full regiment and battalion. The force totals 960 men, with plans for a band to reach about 1,000 personnel.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina Reserve Militia
Thompson
Cogeswell
Jefferson Hotel
Greenwood
Cheraw
Union
Sumter
Tragic shooting claims life of Bud Talley in D C
In Union District two boys Webster Duncan and Bud Talley handle a single barrel breech loader. The gun discharged killing Talley almost instantly. Duncan allegedly triggered the weapon to unbreech it after the gun was loaded without their knowledge. Talley bled to death from a leg wound.
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Union
D. C
Webster Duncan
Bud Talley
Talley
American Red Cross officers praise Belgian front and people
General Wadsworth and colleagues of the American Red Cross recently toured Belgian front lines. They laud Belgian courage from generals to children, the nation’s resolve to free Belgium, and the care for uprooted children along with military and civilian hospitals. The king and queen receive notable admiration.
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Belgium
Eliot Wadswort
Boston
Ernest Bicknell
Chicago
Ivy Lee
New York
van Schaick
Simmons
American Red Cross
General Wadsworth
Four aviation divisions proposed for U S military
Washington March 2 The signal corps council led by Major General George O Squier debated dividing the United States into four aviation departments. The favored plan would place eastern and southeastern regions under new eastern and Atlanta headquarters, Southern at San Antonio, and Central at Chicago with a brigadier general in charge of each departmental aviation office.
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Washington
United States
Signal Corps
George O. Squier
Governors Island
Atlanta
Charleston
San Antonio
Chicago
United States Plans Third Liberty Loan Campaign
The United States will open the third Liberty Loan on April 6, the war’s first anniversary. The campaign will run three to four weeks. The loan amount and terms remain to be set, pending new legislation and war finance bills, with an anticipated total exceeding the remaining authorized bonds.
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Washington
United States
McAdoo
Austro Hungarian Forces Enter Podolia After Appeal
Vienna reports the war office states General von Boehm Ermolli’s troops crossed into Podolia in response to government pleas. They reached Novo Sielica Chotin and Kamenota Podolsky, aiming to restore order and protect imports as about 10,000 Russians surrendered and ammunition and rolling stock were salvaged.
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Vienna
London
War Office
Brenta
von Boehm-Ermolli
Podolia
Novo Sielica-Chotin
Kamenota- Podolsky
Russia
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Wins War Dept OK for Choctaw Point Docks
At Choctaw Point Mobile Alabama March 2 President W F Owen of the Gulf Mobile Northern Railway received official War Department authorization for up to 1,000,000 in improvements. The plan calls for docks piers and wharves and dredging to provide 4,000 feet of berthage alongside the piers with work to commence immediately.
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Choctaw Point
Mobile
Ala
W. F. Owen
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railway
War Department
Greatest Little Man of the Ring Passes at 38
The popular prize fighter Terry McGovern died of pneumonia at age 38. He earned an estimated $203,000 from boxing and stage work.
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Terry McGovern
Hawaii Prohibition Bill Backed By Senate Committee
A Senate committee ordered a favorable report on the bill for wartime prohibition in Hawaii. The measure includes a referendum within two years after peace to decide if the law should become permanent.
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Washington
Senate
Hawaii
Notice of Democratic Primary Registration 1918
The Democratic Executive Committee calls a primary for county officers and state senate nominees on March 19 1918. Registration runs February 14 to March 9 with registrars and judges at listed wards and precincts including Engine House Second Ward Court House McClellan’s stables Winter Park Sea Gate Seven Mile Post Cape Fear Federal Point Sunset Park Masonboro Township and other locations. Woodward serves as Chairman.
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Democratic Executive Committee
W. J. Davis
C. McD. Jones
W. F. Jones
Court House
J. F. Harrington
Geo. Applewhite
W. Lassiter
J. R. Farmer
Graham Farmer
John Berry
McClellan
New Engine House
J. R. Sellars
John BE. Taylor
A. M. Wilson
Fifth Ward
Fales
J. W. Gafford
Sam Rowan
Henry Hewett
Sixth Ward
Mann's
T. E. Mann
Percy Wells
J. H. Womble
Winter Park
Smith's
J. T. Smith
Geo. (. McIntire
Dwight Mae-Ewen
Sea Gate
Rodger
Liston Larkin
J. Kk. Woody
Geo. Rodgers
Seven Mile Post
Federal Point
Burnett's
Thor
Burnett
John R. Keys
A. W. Pate
Sunset Park
Five-Mile West
Baseball Park
J. ¢. Long
Hardy LeGwin
A. McRae
W. Woodward
Tulsa To Entertain Souths Veterans
Tulsa Okla March 2 Reports that Tulsa has withdrawn its invitation to the Confederate veterans reunion were denied by the local committee in charge. The reunion may be postponed from June to September. The committee will meet tonight to fix plans and date. Director General McAdoo assured adequate transportation and railroads would offer a special one cent a mile rate.
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Tulsa
Okla
McAdoo
Railroad Administration
Pneumonia Strikes Doss Family in Reads Gap
Three young sons of Mr and Mrs Will Doss died within seven hours and a fourth child died the next day after measles outbreak in Reads Gap Alabama. Mr and Mrs Doss are ill with measles.
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Ala
Will Doss
Reads Gap
Doss
Photographic Work Draws 1000 Recruits for Aerial School
Washington reported one thousand men trained in photographic work are wanted for instruction at the new army school for aerial photography opening March 10 in Rochester New York. The signal corps says men unfit for line service may enter this branch with minor disabilities waived. Primary training lasts four weeks and graduates receive one month of advanced training before units are sent overseas.
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Washington
Army School For
Rochester
N. Y
Signal Corps
Hearing on revoking National German American Alliance charter
Washington March 2 hearing resumed before the Senate sub judiciary committee on Senator King’s resolution to revoke the charter of the National German American Alliance on grounds of unpatriotic conduct. Witnesses testified during the session.
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Washington
King
Utah
National German American Alliance
Senate
Federal prosecutors summon several officials from varied states
The summons list includes E. Lowry Humes of Pittsburg Federal District Attorney and former Representative Bar thold of St Louis along with S. G. Von Bosse of Wilmington Del president and Adolph Timm of Philadelphia secretary of the organization.
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E. Lowry Humes
Pittsburg
Barthold
St. Louis
S. G. von Bosse
Wilamington
Del
Adolph Timm
Philadelphia
Seditious books seized in Los Angeles raid
Federal officials raided the International Bible Students Association reading room in Los Angeles and confiscated copies of The Finished Mystery described as seditious. The association is linked to the Pastor Russell Foundation, which faced a raid in Brooklyn the previous Wednesday.
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Los Angeles
Cal
International Bible Students Association
The
Pastor Russel Foundation
Brooklyn
Eve of Argentine Fiection and Cabinet Shakeup
Buenos Aires on the eve of Congressional elections reports persistent rumors of a radical cabinet shakeup after the vote. All accounts agree Honorio Pueyrredon, long acting foreign minister, will become foreign minister following the elections.
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Buenos Aires
Honorio Pueyrredon
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